San Antonio Spurs

Franchise
Elite
All-Star
Starter
Rotation

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM
Dejounte Murray	PG	25	42	1446	19.3	8.5	9	2	0.4	2.46	0.63	3.09
Derrick White	PG	27	42	1278	14.4	3.6	5.6	1.1	0.9	1.11	1.43	2.54
Devin Vassell	SG	21	39	976	11.3	4.2	1.3	1	0.7	-0.35	0.02	-0.33
Keldon Johnson	SF	22	43	1320	14.9	6.2	1.7	0.7	0.1	-0.64	-0.25	-0.89
Doug McDermott	SF	30	32	789	11.3	2.4	1.2	0.2	0.1	-0.02	-1.63	-1.65
Jakob Poeltl	C	26	39	1136	12.8	9.1	2.7	0.7	1.6	0.96	2.19	3.15
Thaddeus Young	PF	33	23	334	5.8	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.3	-0.29	0.38	0.09
Lonnie Walker IV	SF	23	43	979	11.2	2.7	2.3	0.6	0.3	-1.1	-1.88	-2.98
Bryn Forbes	SG	28	40	715	9.1	1.5	1	0.4	0.1	-0.31	-1.9	-2.21
Drew Eubanks	PF	24	41	513	4.5	3.9	1	0.3	0.6	-2.58	0.58	-1.99
Zach Collins	C	24								-2.2	0.5	-1.7
Tre Jones	PG	22	32	455	4.2	1.9	2.2	0.4	0	-1.03	-0.64	-1.67
Joshua Primo	SG	19	18	269	4.1	1.6	1.3	0.4	0.5	-2.22	-0.31	-2.53
Joe Wieskamp	SF	22	8	77	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.2	-2.48	-0.76	-3.24
Keita Bates-Diop	SF	26	38	674	5.6	4.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	-1.8	-0.18	-1.98

Projected Net Rating/100

5.4

Lineup Synergy Rating

4.1

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Devin Vassell	SG	21	39	976	11.3	4.2	1.3	1	0.7	80	0.02 56%
Derrick White	PG	27	42	1278	14.4	3.6	5.6	1.1	0.9	75	1.43 88%
Dejounte Murray	PG	25	42	1446	19.3	8.5	9	2	0.4	57	0.63 73%
Thaddeus Young	PF	33	23	334	5.8	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.3	20	0.38 68%

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

8.5

Lineup Synergy Rating

5.1

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
Jakob Poeltl	C	26	39	1136	12.8	9.1	2.7	0.7	1.6	3.15 94%
Dejounte Murray	PG	25	42	1446	19.3	8.5	9	2	0.4	3.09 94%
Derrick White	PG	27	42	1278	14.4	3.6	5.6	1.1	0.9	2.54 91%
Thaddeus Young	PF	33	23	334	5.8	3.4	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.09 65%
Devin Vassell	SG	21	39	976	11.3	4.2	1.3	1	0.7	-0.33 58%

Esimated Win Total*

41.1

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
Dejounte Murray	25	42	1446	19.3	8.5	9	2	0.4	3.09 94%	2.99	6.1
Devin Vassell	21	39	976	11.3	4.2	1.3	1	0.7	-0.33 58%	1.65	4.3
Keldon Johnson	22	43	1320	14.9	6.2	1.7	0.7	0.1	-0.89 52%	0.01	2.2
Joshua Primo	19	18	269	4.1	1.6	1.3	0.4	0.5	-2.53 19%	-0.04	2.1
Drew Eubanks	24	41	513	4.5	3.9	1	0.3	0.6	-1.99 28%	-1.66	0.4

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.

San Antonio Spurs

Stats & Analytics

Roster Talent Level

Lottery Bound

Roster

Versatile

Closers

Young Core

Projected Net Rating/100

5.4

Lineup Synergy Rating

4.1

Projected Net Rating/100

8.5

Lineup Synergy Rating

5.1

Esimated Win Total*

41.1

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