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Nov 28 2019

NBA 2019-2020: START

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by Law Murray

It’s here: the first of the commercially-poor but critically *decent* NBA analysis series of the 2019-20 NBA season! The NBA Lightweight Report came out last month, but now we have data to play with, so let’s see what’s doubtful!

The standings above show each team’s record through the first 16 games of the season; I’ll plan to do 16-game splits throughout the season, with asterisks placed on teams that would make the postseason if only six teams made it per conference (division winners get automatic playoff bids).

I’m going to run through each team’s offensive and defensive rankings (efficiency) through November 27. I’ll also spotlight the most-used lineup for each team. First, the offensive, defensive and net efficiency rankings for the season all in one place:

  • Offensive, defensive, and net efficiency rankings through November 27, 2019. (NBA.com/Stats)

  • Offensive, defensive, and net efficiency rankings through November 27, 2019. (NBA.com/Stats)
  • Offensive, defensive, and net efficiency rankings through November 27, 2019. (NBA.com/Stats)

Team rankings – Most used lineups

ATLANTIC

BOS: (11th offense, 5th defense) – K. Walker/M. Smart/J. Brown/J. Tatum/D. Theis (9.8 net rating in 112 minutes) 1

TOR: (5th offense, 4th defense) – F. VanVleet/N. Powell/O. Anunoby/P. Siakam/M. Gasol (15.8 net rating in 148 minutes) 2

PHI: (18th offense, 2nd defense) – B. Simmons/J. Richardson/T. Harris/A. Horford/J. Embiid (21.3 net rating in 102 minutes) 3

BRK: (16th offense, 18th defense) – S. Dinwiddie/G. Temple/J. Harris/T. Prince/J. Allen (12.7 net rating in 108 minutes) 4

NY: (29th offense, 22nd defense) – F. Ntilikina/R. Barrett/M. Morris Sr./J. Randle/T. Gibson (4.1 net rating in 127 minutes) 5
CENTRAL

MIL: (4th offense, 3rd defense) – E. Bledsoe/W. Matthews/K. Middleton/G. Antetokounmpo/B. Lopez (22.4 net rating in 116 minutes) 6

IND: (13th offense, 7th defense) – M. Brogdon/A. Holiday/T. Warren/J. Sampson/D. Sabonis (17.4 net rating in 66 minutes) 7

DET: (15th offense, 20th defense) – B. Brown/L. Kennard/T. Snell/M. Morris/A. Drummond (-14.5 net rating in 69 minutes) 8

CHI: (30th offense, 13th defense) – T. Satoransky/Z. LaVine/O. Porter Jr./L. Markkanen/W. Carter Jr. (3.4 net rating in 119 minutes) 9

CLE: (26th offense, 23rd defense) – D. Garland/C. Sexton/C. Osman/K. Love/T. Thompson (3.6 net rating in 217 minutes) 10
SOUTHEAST

MIA: (14th offense, 6th defense) – K. Nunn/D. Robinson/J. Butler/B. Adebayo/M. Leonard (17.1 net rating in 132 minutes) 11

ORL: (28th offense, 11th defense) – M. Fultz/E. Fournier/J. Isaac/A. Gordon/N. Vucevic (7.8 net rating in 141 minutes) 12

WAS: (2nd offense, 30th defense) – I. Thomas/B. Beal/T. Brown Jr./R. Hachimura/T. Bryant (-10.6 net rating in 154 minutes) 13

CHA: (23rd offense, 25th defense) – T. Rozier/D. Graham/M. Bridges/P. Washington/C. Zeller (-18.1 net rating in 119 minutes) 14

ATL: (27th offense, 29th defense) – T. Young/C. Reddish/D. Hunter/J. Parker/D. Jones (-21.6 net rating in 84 minutes) 15
NORTHWEST

DEN: (17th offense, 1st defense) – J. Murray/G. Harris/W. Barton/P. Millsap/N. Jokic (15.8 net rating in 299 minutes) 16

UTA: (22nd offense, 9th defense) – M. Conley/D. Mitchell/B. Bogdanovic/R. O’Neale/R. Gobert (14.9 net rating in 209 minutes) 17

MIN: (19th offense, 12th defense) – J. Teague/A. Wiggins/T. Graham/R. Covington/K. Towns (-14.4 net rating in 70 minutes) 18

OKC: (21st offense, 14th defense) – C. Paul/S. Gilgeous-Alexander/T. Ferguson/D. Gallinari/S. Adams (-5.3 net rating in 162 minutes) 19

POR: (10th offense, 21st defense) – D. Lillard/C. McCollum/R. Hood/A. Tolliver/H. Whiteside (-4.7 net rating in 67 minutes) 20
PACIFIC

LAL: (6th offense, 8th defense) – K. Caldwell-Pope/D. Green/L. James/A. Davis/J. McGee (1.5 net rating in 107 minutes) 21

LAC: (8th offense, 10th defense) – P. Beverley/L. Shamet/K. Leonard/P. Patterson/I. Zubac (9.1 net rating in 90 minutes) 22

PHO: (7th offense, 15th defense) – R. Rubio/D. Booker/K. Oubre Jr./D. Saric/A. Baynes (12.8 net rating in 133 minutes) 23

SAC: (20th offense, 19th defense) – C. Joseph/B. Hield/H. Barnes/N. Bjelica/R. Holmes (-8.6 net rating in 103 minutes) 24

GS: (24th offense, 28th defense) – A. Burks/G. Robinson III/E. Paschall/D. Green/W. Cauley-Stein (-4.5 net rating in 43 minutes) 25
SOUTHWEST

DAL: (1st offense, 16th defense) – L. Doncic/S. Curry/D. Finney-Smith/K. Porzingis/M. Kleber (-9.5 net rating in 62 minutes) 26

HOU: (3rd offense, 17th defense) – R. Westbrook/J. Harden/D. House Jr./P. Tucker/C. Capela (20.5 net rating in 156 minutes) 27

NO: (12th offense, 27th defense) – J. Holiday/J. Redick/B. Ingram/K. Williams/J. Hayes (21.3 net rating in 68 minutes) 28

MEM: (25th offense, 24th defense) – J. Morant/D. Brooks/J. Crowder/J. Jackson Jr./J. Valanciunas (2.1 net rating in 157 minutes) 29

SA: (9th offense, 26th defense) – D. Murray/B. Forbes/D. DeRozan/L. Aldridge/T. Lyles (-7.6 net rating in 154 minutes) 30
Show 30 footnotes
  1. BOS C Daniel Theis averages 1.6 blocks per game. ↩
  2. TOR C Marc Gasol averages 1.0 blocks per game ↩
  3. PHI C Joel Embiid averages 12.1 rebounds per game ↩
  4. BRK SF Joe Harris averages only 0.7 steals per game. ↩
  5. NY SF Marcus Morris Sr. shoots 51.5% from 3, but only 42.0% from the field overall. ↩
  6. MIL PF Giannis Antetokounmpo averages 13.7 rebounds per game. ↩
  7. IND PF Domantas Sabonis averages 13.3 rebounds per game. ↩
  8. DET SG Luke Kennard averages only 0.5 steals per game. ↩
  9. CHI SG Coby White shoots only 36.6% from the field. ↩
  10. CLE SG Jordan Clarkson shoots only 42.2% from the field. ↩
  11. MIA SF Jimmy Butler averages 2.6 steals per game. ↩
  12. ORL SF Terrence Ross is shooting only 28.3% from 3 on a team-high 6.1 attempts per game. ↩
  13. WAS C Thomas Bryant is the only player on the team averaging more than 0.7 blocks per game. ↩
  14. CHA C Cody Zeller averages only 0.4 blocks per game. ↩
  15. ATL PF Jabari Parker averages only 6.6 rebounds per game. ↩
  16. DEN SF Will Barton averages 7.0 rebounds per game. ↩
  17. UTA SG Donovan Mitchell averages 5.2 rebounds per game. ↩
  18. MIN C Karl-Anthony Towns averages 1.5 blocks per game. ↩
  19. OKC PF Danilo Gallinari averages only 0.5 offensive rebounds per game. ↩
  20. POR SG Kent Bazemore averages 3.1 personal fouls per game. ↩
  21. LAL SF LeBron James averages 25.8 points per game on 49.6% FGs. ↩
  22. LAC C Montrezl Harrell averages 3.0 offensive rebounds per game. ↩
  23. PHO C Aron Baynes averages 3.9 personal fouls per game. ↩
  24. SAC SG Buddy Hield averages only 2.1 FTAs per game. ↩
  25. GS SF Eric Paschall averages only 5.4 rebounds per game. ↩
  26. DAL SF Delon Wright averages 3.1 assists and only 0.8 turnovers per game. ↩
  27. HOU SG James Harden averages 37.7 points and 13.9 FTAs per game. ↩
  28. NO SG JJ Redick averages only 2.9 rebounds per game. ↩
  29. MEM PF Jaren Jackson Jr. averages only 2.6 FTAs per game. ↩
  30. SA PG Dejounte Murray is the only player on the team averaging more than 0.9 steals per game. ↩

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