Houston Rockets

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM	WARP
Fred VanVleet	PG	29	73	36.8	17.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.1 94%	7.45
Jalen Green	SG	21	82	31.7	19.6	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	-1.8	-1.1 40%	1.7
Jabari Smith Jr.	PF	20	76	31.9	13.7	8.1	1.6	0.7	0.8	-0.7	-0.7	-1.4 32%	1.16
Dillon Brooks	SF	28	72	30.9	12.7	3.4	1.7	0.9	0.1	-0.9	0.4	-0.6 53%	2.02
Alperen Sengun	C	21	63	32.5	21.1	9.3	5	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.9 76%	3.42
Amen Thompson	SG	21	62	22.4	9.5	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	-0.2	1.3	1.1 80%	2.42
Jeff Green	PF	37	78	16.8	6.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.4	-2	-1.1	-3.2 3%	-0.56
Aaron Holiday	PG	27	78	16.3	6.6	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.1	-1	0.8	-0.2 60%	1.38
Jae'Sean Tate	PF	28	65	15.9	4.1	3	1	0.6	0.2	-1.8	2.1	0.3 68%	1.38
Cam Whitmore	SF	19	47	18.7	12.3	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	-1.2	-0.8 48%	0.7
Jock Landale	C	28	56	13.6	4.9	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	-0.5	0.8	0.3 69%	1.03
Tari Eason	PF	22	22	21.8	9.8	7	1.2	1.4	0.9	-0.9	1.1	0.3 67%	0.64
Reggie Bullock Jr.	SF	32	44	9.5	2.2	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	-1	-0.3	-1.3 33%	0.22
Boban Marjanovic	C	35	14	5.1	3.2	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	-1.5	0.1	-1.4 32%	0.03
Steven Adams	C	30								-0.2	2.2	2 90%	0

Projected Net Rating/100

6.8

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.7

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Steven Adams	C	30									2.2 96%
Jae'Sean Tate	PF	28	65	15.9	4.1	3	1	0.6	0.2	96	2.1 95%
Amen Thompson	SG	21	62	22.4	9.5	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	74	1.3 84%
Fred VanVleet	PG	29	73	36.8	17.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	53	1.7 92%
Jock Landale	C	28	56	13.6	4.9	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.6	11	0.8 76%

Each team's projected most versatile 5 man lineup, their projected net rating per 100 possessions, and the lineups synergy rating.

Short Story:

Remove the least versatile defenders, unless they happen to be a superstar.
Remove the horrible defenders, unless they happen to be a superstar.
Spit out the four best defenders of the remaining PG's, SG's and SF's.
Spit out the two most versatile defenders among the remaining PF's and Centers.
Spit out the 5 best defenders among the remaining 6 players.

This weeds out the defenders who would likely be exposed in a playoff matchup as well as the least switchable players (think Trey Burke/Greg Monroe). The idea was to find the best/most versatile lineup for those tough playoff matchups.

*Some teams may not have 5 players meet these qualification. These teams are usually garbage, or they have a position of great weakness and therefore did not have 5 players qualify.

Versatility Rating comes from a project put together by both Krishna Narsu and Patrick Miller of Nylon Calculus. A quick, concise explanation of Versatility Rating (higher is better) can be found on the glossary page.

Projected Net Rating/100

6.3

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.4

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
Fred VanVleet	PG	29	73	36.8	17.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	3.1 94%
Steven Adams	C	30								2 90%
Amen Thompson	SG	21	62	22.4	9.5	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.1 80%
Tari Eason	PF	22	22	21.8	9.8	7	1.2	1.4	0.9	0.3 67%
Aaron Holiday	PG	27	78	16.3	6.6	1.6	1.8	0.5	0.1	-0.2 60%

Esimated Win Total*

52.4

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
Alperen Sengun	21	63	32.5	21.1	9.3	5	1.2	0.7	0.9 76%	3.04	6.3
Amen Thompson	21	62	22.4	9.5	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.1 80%	2.99	6
Cam Whitmore	19	47	18.7	12.3	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	-0.8 48%	2.84	5.8
Jalen Green	21	82	31.7	19.6	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	-1.1 40%	1.56	4.2
Jabari Smith Jr.	20	76	31.9	13.7	8.1	1.6	0.7	0.8	-1.4 32%	1.29	4.1

Young Core - players must be 26 or younger with a PeakWAR > 1 to qualify. Win Shares come from FiveThirtyEight's CARMELO Projections. Projections go out to 2025 and take each players peak projected season.

* Estimated Win Total - This is a crude estimate based upon adding these players to a team with slightly below average talent (a 26 win team). We came to this number by taking an average team's minutes distribution, making their three highest minute players replacement level (using -2.5 plus minus as replacement level), and filling out the roster with a group of average (~ -.5 plus minus) players. We then ran this roster through a simulated NBA schedule 100 times, and came out with about 26 wins.

The idea being that the players from the Young Core replace the minutes played by the replacement level players from the 26 win team.

*The Wins Above Replacement player projections come from our player projections, and update periodically throughout the season. While a player like Jayson Tatum is listed at a 9.1 peak WAR, this is what we consider his most likely outcome. It is just as possible that he goes over that 9.1 as he goes under.

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Projected Net Rating/100

6.8

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.7

Projected Net Rating/100

6.3

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.4

Esimated Win Total*

52.4

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