Indiana Pacers

Franchise
Elite
All-Star
Starter
Rotation

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM
Malcolm Brogdon	PG	29	36	33.5	19.1	5.1	5.9	0.8	0.4	2.48	-0.28	2.2
Tyrese Haliburton	SG	21	77	35	15.3	4	8.2	1.7	0.6	2.01	-0.96	1.05
Myles Turner	C	25	42	29.4	12.9	7.1	1	0.7	2.8	-0.48	2.75	2.27
Buddy Hield	SG	28	81	30.8	15.6	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.41	-1.33	0.09
T.J. Warren	SF	28								-0.7	-0.3	-1
Chris Duarte	SG	24	55	28	13.1	4.1	2.1	1	0.2	-0.68	-0.11	-0.79
Ricky Rubio	PG	31	34	28.5	13.1	4.1	6.6	1.4	0.2	-0.03	1.53	1.51
T.J. McConnell	PG	29	27	24.2	8.5	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	-0.35	0.39	0.03
Tristan Thompson	C	30	57	15.7	6	5.1	0.6	0.4	0.4	-0.84	0.07	-0.76
Goga Bitadze	C	22	50	14.6	7	3.5	1.1	0.4	0.8	0.01	-0.69	-0.68
Isaiah Jackson	PF	20	36	15	8.3	4.1	0.3	0.7	1.4	-1.43	0.31	-1.11
Jalen Smith	PF	21	51	18.1	9.2	6	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.16	-0.76	-0.6
Oshae Brissett	PF	23	67	23.3	9.1	5.3	1.1	0.7	0.4	-0.49	-0.77	-1.27
Duane Washington Jr.	PF	21	48	20.2	9.9	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	-1.04	-1.71	-2.76
Lance Stephenson	PF	31	46	17.7	8.3	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	-0.43	-1.94	-2.37
Terry Taylor	PF	22	33	21.6	9.6	5.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	-1.21	-0.61

Projected Net Rating/100

6.4

Lineup Synergy Rating

5.3

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Malcolm Brogdon	PG	29	36	33.5	19.1	5.1	5.9	0.8	0.4	76	-0.28 43%
Jalen Smith	PF	21	51	18.1	9.2	6	0.5	0.3	0.8	44	-0.76 22%
Ricky Rubio	PG	31	34	28.5	13.1	4.1	6.6	1.4	0.2	41	1.53 88%
Tyrese Haliburton	SG	21	77	35	15.3	4	8.2	1.7	0.6	28	-0.96 17%
Myles Turner	C	25	42	29.4	12.9	7.1	1	0.7	2.8	13	2.75 99%

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

8.2

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.1

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
Myles Turner	C	25	42	29.4	12.9	7.1	1	0.7	2.8	2.27 88%
Malcolm Brogdon	PG	29	36	33.5	19.1	5.1	5.9	0.8	0.4	2.2 87%
Ricky Rubio	PG	31	34	28.5	13.1	4.1	6.6	1.4	0.2	1.51 83%
Tyrese Haliburton	SG	21	77	35	15.3	4	8.2	1.7	0.6	1.05 77%
Buddy Hield	SG	28	81	30.8	15.6	4.4	2.8	0.9	0.3	0.09 65%

Esimated Win Total*

47.1

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
Tyrese Haliburton	21	77	35	15.3	4	8.2	1.7	0.6	1.05 77%	2.76	5.8
Isaiah Jackson	20	36	15	8.3	4.1	0.3	0.7	1.4	-1.11 45%	2.21	5.1
Myles Turner	25	42	29.4	12.9	7.1	1	0.7	2.8	2.27 88%	2.38	4.6
Jalen Smith	21	51	18.1	9.2	6	0.5	0.3	0.8	-0.6 54%	0.93	2.8
Chris Duarte	24	55	28	13.1	4.1	2.1	1	0.2	-0.79 51%	0.64	2.8

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.

Indiana Pacers

Stats & Analytics

Roster Talent Level

Playoff Early Exit

Roster

Versatile

Closers

Young Core

Projected Net Rating/100

6.4

Lineup Synergy Rating

5.3

Projected Net Rating/100

8.2

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.1

Esimated Win Total*

47.1

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