Utah Jazz

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Rotation

Name	Pos	Age	GP	MPG	Pts	Reb	AST	Stl	Blk	CraftedOPM	CraftedDPM	CraftedPM
Donovan Mitchell	SG	25	67	33.8	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	4.82	-1.74	3.08
Rudy Gobert	C	29	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.29	4.73	6.02
Mike Conley	PG	34	72	28.6	13.7	3	5.3	1.3	0.3	2.35	1.63	3.98
Bojan Bogdanovic	SF	32	69	30.9	18.1	4.3	1.7	0.5	0	1.51	-1.67	-0.16
Danuel House Jr.	SF	28	42	17.3	5.9	2.6	1	0.5	0.4	-1.32	-0.03	-1.35
Royce O'Neale	SF	28	77	31.2	7.4	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	-0.12	1.16	1.04
Jordan Clarkson	SG	29	79	27.1	16	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	2.44	-1.07	1.37
Rudy Gay	PF	35	55	18.9	8.1	4.4	1	0.5	0.3	-0.54	0.56	0.03
Juancho Hernangomez	PF	26	40	11.1	3.3	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	-0.78	-0.7	-1.49
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	23	65	22.6	10.6	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	-1.25	-0.39	-1.64
Hassan Whiteside	C	32	65	17.9	8.2	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	0.55	2.05	2.6
Eric Paschall	PF	25	58	12.7	5.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	-0.24	-1.57	-1.82
Jared Butler	SG	21	42	8.6	3.8	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.2	-2.01	-0.76	-2.77
Trent Forrest	PG	23	60	12.8	3.3	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	-1.01	-0.56	-1.57
Udoka Azubuike	C	22	17	11.5	4.7	4.2	0	0.1	0.6	-2.78	0.05	-2.73

Projected Net Rating/100

14.1

Lineup Synergy Rating

4.8

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	VersatilityRating	CraftedDPM
Royce O'Neale	SF	28	77	31.2	7.4	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	96	1.16 83%
Donovan Mitchell	SG	25	67	33.8	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	41	-1.74 4%
Jordan Clarkson	SG	29	79	27.1	16	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	32	-1.07 14%
Hassan Whiteside	C	32	65	17.9	8.2	7.6	0.4	0.3	1.6	13	2.05 95%
Rudy Gobert	C	29	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	11	4.73 100%

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

17.8

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.4

Name	Pos	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM
Rudy Gobert	C	29	66	32.1	15.6	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	6.02 99%
Mike Conley	PG	34	72	28.6	13.7	3	5.3	1.3	0.3	3.98 96%
Donovan Mitchell	SG	25	67	33.8	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	3.08 93%
Jordan Clarkson	SG	29	79	27.1	16	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.37 81%
Royce O'Neale	SF	28	77	31.2	7.4	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	1.04 77%

Esimated Win Total*

39.5

Name	Age	Games	Minutes	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	CraftedPM	CraftedPeakPM	PeakWAR
Donovan Mitchell	25	67	33.8	25.9	4.2	5.3	1.5	0.2	3.08 93%	3.32	6.5
Jared Butler	21	42	8.6	3.8	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.2	-2.77 13%	1.38	4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	23	65	22.6	10.6	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	-1.64 34%	-0.02	1.7
Trent Forrest	23	60	12.8	3.3	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.1	-1.57 35%	-0.82	0.9
Udoka Azubuike	22	17	11.5	4.7	4.2	0	0.1	0.6	-2.73 14%	-1.33	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.

Utah Jazz

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Young Core

Projected Net Rating/100

14.1

Lineup Synergy Rating

4.8

Projected Net Rating/100

17.8

Lineup Synergy Rating

6.4

Esimated Win Total*

39.5

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