Okay, the pre-season has already started, but I have a giant database of stats, a degree in operations research, and a weekend to kill. As I’ve described in two previous articles, I took seven different player metrics, converted them to percentiles, weighted them by correlation with minutes per game, and used that to represent overall player value, plus offensive and defensive value.
Based on these, plus games played, minutes per game, and 2022-23 salary, I decided to do some exploratory data analysis…and give out some awards in the process.