With 43% of the vote, fans chose Kyle Kuzma as the next Wizards player to go through my Statistical Doppelgänger Machine. To summarize what I wrote about Kuzma in May, his overall production last season was largely in line with his career norms with a few exceptions — he got more defensive rebounds, produced more assists, blocked a few more shots, and committed more turnovers.
In my PPA metric (where average is 100 and higher is better), Kuzma rated a 108, which was the best mark of his career and a little better than average. Here’s his year-by-year PPA scores:
- 2017-18 — 89
- 2018-19 — 95
- 2019-20 — 59
- 2020-21 — 98
- 2021-22 — 108
- Career average — 91
He had a stretch of almost half a season (37 games) where he produced a solidly above average 127 PPA.