Might as well put this here, just to give a wider range of perspectives. Here are the Pelicans as measured by a bunch of different impact stats and advanced metrics. I am only counting players who logged at least 900 minutes for the team, as my arbitrary cut-off point for minutes. I have also added where they rank in the NBA in relevant stats, for comparison. For those who did not hit the minutes limit for league wide ranking (NAW, Jax) I have put where their number
would rank if they were on the leaderboard.
Name |
|
PER |
LEBRON |
EPM |
RAPTOR |
ON/OFF |
BPM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bledsoe |
|
11.5 (153rd) |
-0.07 (176th) |
-2.0 (304th) |
-2.2 (203rd) |
-1.9 (154th) |
-2.3 (153rd) |
Ingram |
|
19.2 (49th) |
+1.03 (92nd) |
+0.9 (120th) |
+1.3 (89th) |
+2.5 (83rd) |
+2.2 (44th) |
Zion |
|
27.1 (4th) |
+3.78 (12th) |
+4.4 (15th) |
+3.0 (38th) |
+5.6 (44th) |
+5.4 (11th) |
Lonzo |
|
15.2 (91st) |
+1.40 (62nd) |
+2.1 (56th) |
+1.8 (77th) |
+2.7 (79th) |
+1.6 (52nd) |
Adams |
|
15.1 (92nd) |
+0.68 (105th) |
+0.3 (156th) |
+0.6 (118th) |
+0.8 (104th) |
-0.8 (118th) |
Hart |
|
12.2 (135th) |
-0.19 (195th) |
-1.4 (268th) |
+0.8 (110th) |
+1.1 (103rd) |
-1.1 (130th) |
Nickeil |
|
12.5 (133rd) |
-0.04 (172nd) |
-2.2 (320th) |
-0.6 (164th) |
-2.7 (173rd |
-1.6 (141st) |
Jaxson |
|
19.1 (50th) |
-0.44 (234th) |
+0.8 (125th) |
Not Logged |
-0.6 (129th) |
-0.1 (93rd) |
What you tend to notice from this chart:
- Zion is considered a top 15 player by most metrics, and a top 50 player by all metrics
- Ingram is considered a top 100 player by almost all metrics, and top 50 by a few
- Lonzo had a career best impact this season, and is considered a top 80 player by most metrics here
- Adams was roughly neutral
- Bledsoe had a horrible impact on the team and isn't considered a top 150 player by
any metric listed, as a clear negative in every stat
Now of course, for some of these we can apply our knowledge of statistics and also our knowledge of the team to contextualise them. For example, we know that BPM 2.0 (the stat BasketballReference uses as BPM) favours
steals as a way of calculating defensive impact, which means guards who tend towards high steal rates tend to do well in this metric, so that's something you have to keep in mind. Similarly, we know that PER tends to value pure production more than anything else, so players who have a high impact that doesn't show in the box score tend to suffer here.
So take all of these stats with a grain of salt. Evaluate them critically. But there they are, if anyone wants to compare players.