Chicago Bulls

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM	WARP
DeMar DeRozan	SF	34	79	37.8	24	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	1.6	-0.8	0.8 75%	4.83
Coby White	PG	24	79	36.5	19.1	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.2	0.9	-1.5	-0.6 52%	2.54
Nikola Vucevic	C	33	76	34.3	18	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	-0.3	-0.5	-0.9 46%	1.96
Ayo Dosunmu	SG	24	76	29.1	12.2	2.8	3.2	0.9	0.5	-0.4	-1	-1.4 31%	1.05
Alex Caruso	PG	29	71	28.7	10.1	3.8	3.5	1.7	1	-0.7	3.2	2.5 92%	5.08
Andre Drummond	C	30	79	17.1	8.4	9	0.5	0.9	0.6	0	0.6	0.6 74%	2.03
Patrick Williams	SF	22	43	27.3	10	3.9	1.5	0.9	0.8	-1.1	-0.2	-1.3 35%	0.66
Torrey Craig	PF	33	53	19.8	5.7	4.1	1.1	0.6	0.4	-1.3	-0.9	-2.2 17%	0.1
Jevon Carter	PG	28	72	13.9	5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.2	-1	0.8	-0.2 59%	1.09
Zach LaVine	SG	28	25	34.9	19.5	5.2	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.6	-0.8	-0.2 59%	0.95
Dalen Terry	SG	21	59	11.5	3.1	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	-1	1.3	0.3 69%	0.92
Julian Phillips	SF	20	40	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.2	-2.4	0	-2.4 13%	-0.01
Onuralp Bitim	SF	24	23	11.7	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.1	-2.1	-0.8	-2.9 5%	-0.08
Terry Taylor	PF	24	31	6.1	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.7	0	-0.7 49%	0.16
Lonzo Ball	PG	26								0	1.3	1.4 85%	0

Projected Net Rating/100

2.9

Lineup Synergy Rating

4.1

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Alex Caruso	PG	29	71	28.7	10.1	3.8	3.5	1.7	1	80	3.2 99%
Zach LaVine	SG	28	25	34.9	19.5	5.2	3.9	0.8	0.3	44	-0.8 23%
Jevon Carter	PG	28	72	13.9	5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.2	29	0.8 75%
DeMar DeRozan	SF	34	79	37.8	24	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	28	-0.8 22%

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

4.0

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.6

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
Alex Caruso	PG	29	71	28.7	10.1	3.8	3.5	1.7	1	2.5 92%
DeMar DeRozan	SF	34	79	37.8	24	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	0.8 75%
Andre Drummond	C	30	79	17.1	8.4	9	0.5	0.9	0.6	0.6 74%
Dalen Terry	SG	21	59	11.5	3.1	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.3 69%
Jevon Carter	PG	28	72	13.9	5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.2	-0.2 59%

Esimated Win Total*

38.5

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
Dalen Terry	21	59	11.5	3.1	1.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.3 69%	2.56	5.5
Julian Phillips	20	40	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.2	-2.4 13%	0.35	2.3
Terry Taylor	24	31	6.1	1.5	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	-0.7 49%	0.19	2.2
Coby White	24	79	36.5	19.1	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.2	-0.6 52%	-0.09	1.6
Ayo Dosunmu	24	76	29.1	12.2	2.8	3.2	0.9	0.5	-1.4 31%	-0.87	0.9

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

2.9

Lineup Synergy Rating

4.1

Projected Net Rating/100

4.0

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.6

Esimated Win Total*

38.5

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