Los Angeles Lakers

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM	WARP
Anthony Davis	C	30	21	35.2	23	12.6	3.1	1	2.8	1.2	2.4	3.6 98%	2.04
LeBron James	PF	39	21	33.9	24.7	7.6	6.6	1.5	0.7	3.7	1.2	4.9 99%	2.4
D'Angelo Russell	PG	27	22	30.6	16.7	3.3	6.5	0.8	0.5	1.2	-0.9	0.3 71%	0.82
Austin Reaves	SG	25	22	29.4	14	4.7	4.6	1	0.1	0.7	-0.7	0 63%	0.68
Taurean Prince	SF	29	20	29.7	8.5	2.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	-1.3	-0.4	-1.7 26%	0.14
Christian Wood	PF	28	21	20.2	7	5.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	-0.4	0.2	-0.1 61%	0.44
Cam Reddish	SF	24	18	24.1	7	2.7	1.1	1.4	0.3	-1.6	-1	-2.5 10%	-0.08
Max Christie	SG	20	17	17.7	4.9	2.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	-2.4	-0.4	-2.8 7%	-0.09
Rui Hachimura	PF	25	13	23.1	11.4	3.7	1	0.8	0.2	-1.2	-0.4	-1.6 27%	0.07
Jaxson Hayes	C	23	19	10.8	3.1	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.5	-1.9	0.3	-1.5 29%	0.06
Gabe Vincent	SG	27	4	28.4	6	1	3	1.5	0	-1.5	-0.6	-2.1 18%	0
Jalen Hood-Schifino	PG	20	4	10.9	3.3	0.5	0.8	0	0	-1.9	-0.7	-2.6 9%	-0.01
Maxwell Lewis	SG	21	10	4.3	0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0	-2.3	-0.4	-2.7 8%	-0.01
Colin Castleton	C	23	3	7.5	2	2	0.7	0	0	-2.8	-0.6	-3.4 3%	-0.01
Jarred Vanderbilt	PF	24	2	14.3	0.5	5	1.5	0.5	0	-0.7	1.4	0.7 78%	0.02

Projected Net Rating/100

9.1

Lineup Synergy Rating

3.7

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Jarred Vanderbilt	PF	24	2	14.3	0.5	5	1.5	0.5	0	87	1.4 90%
Christian Wood	PF	28	21	20.2	7	5.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	62	0.2 63%
Austin Reaves	SG	25	22	29.4	14	4.7	4.6	1	0.1	34	-0.7 25%
LeBron James	PF	39	21	33.9	24.7	7.6	6.6	1.5	0.7	31	1.2 85%
Anthony Davis	C	30	21	35.2	23	12.6	3.1	1	2.8	10	2.4 97%

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

6.0

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
LeBron James	PF	39	21	33.9	24.7	7.6	6.6	1.5	0.7	4.9 99%
Anthony Davis	C	30	21	35.2	23	12.6	3.1	1	2.8	3.6 98%
D'Angelo Russell	PG	27	22	30.6	16.7	3.3	6.5	0.8	0.5	0.3 71%
Austin Reaves	SG	25	22	29.4	14	4.7	4.6	1	0.1	0 63%
Taurean Prince	SF	29	20	29.7	8.5	2.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	-1.7 26%

Esimated Win Total*

32.2

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
Austin Reaves	25	22	29.4	14	4.7	4.6	1	0.1	0 63%
Jarred Vanderbilt	24	2	14.3	0.5	5	1.5	0.5	0	0.7 78%	0.53	2.5
Max Christie	20	17	17.7	4.9	2.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	-2.8 7%	0.1	2.3
Cam Reddish	24	18	24.1	7	2.7	1.1	1.4	0.3	-2.5 10%	-1.39	0.7
Rui Hachimura	25	13	23.1	11.4	3.7	1	0.8	0.2	-1.6 27%	-1.17	0.7

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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