Checking in on the Capital City Go-Go

Vernon Carey Jr. has been the Wizards’ best player with the G League Capital City Go-Go.With a couple days between games for the Wizards, it seemed a good time to check in their farm team — the Capital City Go-Go. The team went 9-9 in the Showcase Cup and currently has a 6-2 regular season record. That knowledge, plus ~$2.50, will get you a venti coffee at one of your nine neighborhood Starbucks.

Getting stats in the form needed for my analysis was a proverbial pain in the neck but after a couple hours of data cleansing, I could run full-season numbers on the Go-Go players. Doing the same kind of work for every individual player in G League was more work than I had time to do on a Sunday…