Toronto Raptors

Franchise
Elite
All-Star
Starter
Rotation

Name	Pos	Age	Games	MPG	O Role	D Role	CraftedPM	WARP	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk
Fred VanVleet	PG	26	52	36.5	Secondary Ballhandler	On Ball Stopper	3.32 96%	5.88	19.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7
Pascal Siakam	PF	26	56	35.8	Glue Guy	Versatile Big	1.71 88%	4.56	21.4	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7
Kyle Lowry	PG	34	46	34.8	Glue Guy	Off Ball Wing	1.82 90%	3.73	17.2	5.4	7.3	1	0.3
Chris Boucher	PF	28	60	24.2	Pick n Pop Big	Versatile Big	2.03 92%	3.54	13.6	6.7	1.1	0.6	1.9
OG Anunoby	SF	23	43	33.3	Spotup Wing	On Ball Stopper	1.16 82%	2.86	15.9	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7
Gary Trent Jr.	SF	22	58	31.1	Runaround Wing	Off Ball Wing	-1.51 36%	1.14	15.3	2.6	1.4	1	0.2
Yuta Watanabe	SF	26	50	14.5	Spotup Wing	Hidden	-0.13 62%	0.97	4.4	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.4
DeAndre' Bembry	SF	26	51	19.1	Spotup Wing	Off Ball Wing	-0.9 46%	0.92	5.7	2.9	2.1	1	0.4
Malachi Flynn	PG	22	47	19.7		Off Ball Wing	-1.06 42%	0.8	7.5	2.5	2.9	0.8	0.1
Aron Baynes	C	34	53	18.5	Pick n Pop Big	Hang Back Big	-2.04 25%	0.35	6.1	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.4
Stanley Johnson	SF	24	61	16.5	Spotup Wing	Versatile Big	-2.26 21%	0.25	4.4	2.5	1.5	0.9	0.3
Freddie Gillespie	PF	23	20	19.6			-1.94 26%	0.16	5.6	4.9	0.5	0.7	1
Jalen Harris	SG	22	13	13.2		FALSE	-2.53 16%	0.02	7.4	1.4	1.3	0.6	0
Paul Watson	SF	26	27	11		FALSE	-2.65 14%	0.01	4.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.1
Patrick McCaw	SF	25	5	6.7		FALSE	-2.5 16%	0	1	0.6	0.8	0.4	0
Rodney Hood	SG	28	55	17.1	Glue Guy	Off Ball Wing	-4.07 1%	-0.63	4.5	1.9	1	0.4	0.1

Projected Net Rating/100

11.5

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.9

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
OG Anunoby	SF	23	43	33.3	15.9	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	98	1.36 90%
Pascal Siakam	PF	26	56	35.8	21.4	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	82	0.66 75%
Kyle Lowry	PG	34	46	34.8	17.2	5.4	7.3	1	0.3	70	0.19 60%
Chris Boucher	PF	28	60	24.2	13.6	6.7	1.1	0.6	1.9	69	0.41 67%
Fred VanVleet	PG	26	52	36.5	19.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	53	1.4 90%

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

11.5

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.9

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
Fred VanVleet	PG	26	52	36.5	19.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	3.32 96%
Chris Boucher	PF	28	60	24.2	13.6	6.7	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.03 92%
Kyle Lowry	PG	34	46	34.8	17.2	5.4	7.3	1	0.3	1.82 90%
Pascal Siakam	PF	26	56	35.8	21.4	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	1.71 88%
OG Anunoby	SF	23	43	33.3	15.9	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.16 82%

Esimated Win Total*

37.6

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
OG Anunoby	23	43	33.3	15.9	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.16 82%	1.94	4.7
Gary Trent Jr.	22	58	31.1	15.3	2.6	1.4	1	0.2	-1.51 36%	-0.04	2.1
Malachi Flynn	22	47	19.7	7.5	2.5	2.9	0.8	0.1	-1.06 42%	0.43	2.1
Freddie Gillespie	23	20	19.6	5.6	4.9	0.5	0.7	1	-1.94 26%	0.02	2
Stanley Johnson	24	61	16.5	4.4	2.5	1.5	0.9	0.3	-2.26 21%	-1.21	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.

Toronto Raptors

Stats & Analytics

Roster Talent Level

Playoff Early Exit

Roster

Versatile

Closers

Young Core

Projected Net Rating/100

11.5

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.9

Projected Net Rating/100

11.5

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.9

Esimated Win Total*

37.6

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