The Toronto Raptors could not have improved their record from 49 to 56 regular season wins (and zero to ten in the post-season) without demonstrable improvement from many players. Is there an objective way to figure out who took the biggest step forward?
Life is too short to compare season over season PER ratings (and PER is shaky anyway), so I’ve taken a look at a slideshow from Hoopshype. They have borrowed the rankings from NBA2K16, which lists players according to a synthetic stat called OVR, or OVerall Ranking.
Moving from 83 to 89 is none other than DeMar DeRozan.