Charlotte Hornets

Franchise
Elite
All-Star
Starter
Rotation

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM
LaMelo Ball	PG	20	38	31.9	19.2	7.3	7.7	1.6	0.4	2.42	-0.01	2.41
Terry Rozier	PG	27	36	32.7	18.6	4.1	3.8	1.2	0.4	1.6	-0.79	0.81
Gordon Hayward	SF	31	44	33.2	17	4.7	3.7	1	0.5	0.87	-0.4	0.47
Miles Bridges	PF	23	43	36.1	20	7.3	3.6	1.1	0.9	1.63	-0.98	0.65
P.J. Washington	PF	23	28	24.2	9.5	5.4	2.2	0.8	1	-0.53	0.09	-0.44
Mason Plumlee	C	31	36	24.9	6.6	7.1	2.7	0.8	0.8	-1.88	1.11	-0.76
Kelly Oubre Jr.	SF	26	41	28.1	16.6	3.9	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.86	-1.26	-0.41
James Bouknight	SG	21	18	8.2	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.1	0	-2.43	-0.94	-3.36
Ish Smith	PG	33	29	14.1	4.7	1.4	2.7	0.6	0.2	-2.54	-0.42	-2.96
Jalen McDaniels	PF	24	38	17.9	6.7	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.4	-1.16	-0.31	-1.47
Cody Martin	SF	26	40	27	8.3	4.2	2.7	1.4	0.5	0.07	0.67	0.74
Kai Jones	C	21	12	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0	0	-2.8	0.1	-2.7
Vernon Carey Jr.	C	20	2	5.9	3.5	1.5	0	0.5	0	-3.3	-0.2	-3.5
Scottie Lewis	SG	21	2	3.3	0.5	0	0.5	0.5	0	-2.6	0.2	-2.4
Nick Richards	PF	24	32	9	3.9	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	-2.41	-0.1	-2.51
JT Thor	PF	19	10	10.9	2.6	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	-2.77	-0.38	-3.16

Projected Net Rating/100

3.2

Lineup Synergy Rating

5.2

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Gordon Hayward	SF	31	44	33.2	17	4.7	3.7	1	0.5	95	-0.4 38%
Cody Martin	SF	26	40	27	8.3	4.2	2.7	1.4	0.5	85	0.67 73%
LaMelo Ball	PG	20	38	31.9	19.2	7.3	7.7	1.6	0.4	65	-0.01 54%
P.J. Washington	PF	23	28	24.2	9.5	5.4	2.2	0.8	1	62	0.09 59%

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

5.8

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.4

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
LaMelo Ball	PG	20	38	31.9	19.2	7.3	7.7	1.6	0.4	2.41 90%
Terry Rozier	PG	27	36	32.7	18.6	4.1	3.8	1.2	0.4	0.81 77%
Cody Martin	SF	26	40	27	8.3	4.2	2.7	1.4	0.5	0.74 76%
Miles Bridges	PF	23	43	36.1	20	7.3	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.65 73%
Gordon Hayward	SF	31	44	33.2	17	4.7	3.7	1	0.5	0.47 70%

Esimated Win Total*

41.1

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
LaMelo Ball	20	38	31.9	19.2	7.3	7.7	1.6	0.4	2.41 90%	4.61	8.1
Miles Bridges	23	43	36.1	20	7.3	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.65 73%	1.13	3.8
P.J. Washington	23	28	24.2	9.5	5.4	2.2	0.8	1	-0.44 57%	0.31	2.3
Jalen McDaniels	24	38	17.9	6.7	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.4	-1.47 40%	-1.21	0.8
Nick Richards	24	32	9	3.9	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.6	-2.51 20%	-2.04	0.1

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.

Charlotte Hornets

Stats & Analytics

Roster Talent Level

Playoff Early Exit

Roster

Versatile

Closers

Young Core

Projected Net Rating/100

3.2

Lineup Synergy Rating

5.2

Projected Net Rating/100

5.8

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.4

Esimated Win Total*

41.1

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