03-31-2021, 05:14 PM
(03-31-2021, 04:52 PM)omahen Wrote: As for this part, I have checked stats since Feb 1st trying to take away some Covid noise.
Looking at 5 man lineups the standard starting 5 played most minutes together and they are great. Rest of lineups have far less minutes, but for example lineup where THJ is in for Kleber and Brunson for Doncic has second most minutes and net rating of 25,8. This is the lineup that starts after 5th minute of first quarter. Lineup with THJ instead of DFS is also good with net rating of almost 12 (third most used lineup, but only 50 minutes together). Lineup with THJ instead of Kleber is a disaster with negative 13 rating in 35 minutes together.
Looking at two man lineups, THJ and Richardson are bad. But 2 man lineups of Richardson with either Kleber, KP, DFS and Luka are all positive. On the other hand THJ is negative with Richardson, DFS and Kleber.
Based on all this it is difficult to point out a single man. A lot of stuff shows that team is performing well with both on the court.
You might go to 82games.com. You can see the most used lineups for each player and select stats for those lineups. You can’t select periods of time, just the entire season. But, it might help find patterns in what works and what doesn’t. It is updated weekly rather than daily.