Improved players 2016-17

[Crow]

I guess that is a quick way to get the info indirectly. Hadn't thought about that.

[rlee]

http://www.bulletsforever.com/2017/3/13 ... izards-nba

[rlee]

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-a ... ng-trends/

http://fansided.com/2017/03/15/antetoko ... mip-award/

[rlee]

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/most- ... yer-watch/

[rlee]

http://fansided.com/2017/04/04/argument ... candidate/

[Mike G]

See the link from rlee, above.

...Gobert is leading the league in block percentage, and true shooting percentage...

Wow! Has this been done before? He also leads in defensive Win Shares.
His Usage% is a modest 16.6, or just 83% of average. His teammates then avg 104% of normal.

Can't find a previous case of anyone winning TS% and Blk% for a season.
Mutombo led in TS% once, but it was after his great shot blocking years. Gilmore led 5 times, well past his defensive prime.

They expect Giannis A to win MIP. He is ...

... on track to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks per game.

Who else has done this? Kirilenko did not lead in Ast. Grant Hill did it all but the blocks (Theo Ratliff) in 3 straight years.
Scottie Pippen 1995! -- not counting Jordan for 17 games.

There's no doubt who leads Milwaukee.

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/G   Giannis    2nd
Pts - 23.2   20.1  Parker
Reb -  8.7    6.6  Monroe
Ast -  5.4    4.8  Delly
Stl -  1.7    1.4  Middleton
Blk -  1.9    1.4  Henson 

After Giannis in total minutes: Snell, Brogdon
He has more FT than any other 3 Bucks combined.

[Crow]

And yet Bucks only win 48% of his time on court according to 82games.com. Team shoots slightly worse with him on court vs. off and with a slightly lower assist rate. The positives with him on court are more free throws and less turnovers.

His top 4 lineups as of a few days were only winning 36-47% of the time. Would expect better. Probably need lineup management changes unless they are running a win with bench heavy lineups strategy. Hoopsstats.com has their bench as 2nd best on differential of NBA efficiency, fwiw. Top 2 lineups overall negative then 9 positive. Might be explicit strategy or just the way it turned out. But even then maybe they could do better than they are now. Will need to improve to actually matter in future. Currently 15th best against top 10.

At matchup level 82games has them winning big at forward spots and losing everywhere else. They have Giannis at both forward spots, fwiw. Plays well by raw team plus minus with Monroe & Brogdon and most of bench. Mild weaknesses with Dellavedova and Parker.

[Crow]

Team with Giannis on court was -24 tonight. Second worst mark of season for this piece of team / player data.

[rlee]

http://fansided.com/2017/04/05/khris-mi ... -playoffs/

[Mike G]

RPM says Giannis is #19 in the league and 5th best at SF.

[rlee]

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/m ... 72154.html

[Crow]

RPM also has him as 15th best #1 player on team. Bucks coincidentally 15th on SRS. Average top star, average build around him. Sounds about right, for now. Maybe they should have been better than that, but they weren't due to injuries, youth, coaching (of defense?).

19th best RPM estimate. Only one or two guys ahead of him who imo he might be outperforming, all things considered, not just box score. Does anyone think he should be rated 10th or 5th best? I guess some of the box score only metrics do. 5th best SF? Sounds about right to me.

His top minutes lineup is only 22nd best among lineups over 250 minutes. Can't do it alone. But Jabari is not the main answer. Player pair was negative and worse than last season. 2nd worst pairing for him.

[rlee]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2701 ... ved-player

[Crow]

Not surprised by A Davis' performance but I barely heard or thought about him this season. Belenelli improved? Ok, but still below average. Pop saying "he's special"? Maybe to you but not "good" overall to me. Missed the Myles Turner surge. Didn't pay attention to Pacers, besides urging a P George trade.

[rlee]

ESPN folks' picks:

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
WRITER PICK
J.A. Adande Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kevin Arnovitz Giannis Antetokounmpo
Bradford Doolittle Giannis Antetokounmpo
Amin Elhassan Giannis Antetokounmpo
Jeremias Engelmann Myles Turner
Chad Ford Giannis Antetokounmpo
Chris Forsberg Giannis Antetokounmpo
Nick Friedell Giannis Antetokounmpo
Israel Gutierrez Nikola Jokic
Tom Haberstroh Giannis Antetokounmpo
Chris Haynes Giannis Antetokounmpo
Baxter Holmes Isaiah Thomas
Zach Lowe Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tim MacMahon Giannis Antetokounmpo
Jackie MacMullan Giannis Antetokounmpo
Dave McMenamin Giannis Antetokounmpo
Kevin Pelton Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ramona Shelburne Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ethan Sherwood Strauss Giannis Antetokounmpo
Marc Spears Nikola Jokic
Marc Stein Giannis Antetokounmpo
Justin Verrier Giannis Antetokounmpo
Calvin Watkins Giannis Antetokounmpo
Brian Windhorst Giannis Antetokounmpo
Mike Wise Isaiah Thomas
Michael Wright Isaiah Thomas
Royce Young Giannis Antetokounmpo
Ohm Youngmisuk Giannis Antetokounmpo