NBA 2015-2016: OLD YEAR

Happy 2016. Now that every team has played at least 32 games, here are the 16-game splits for each team’s performance from games 17-32 (with asterisks placed on teams that would make the postseason if only 6 teams made it per conference):

Part II: Each #NBA team’s record through the 2nd 16 games of the season. Congested East, Top-heavy West: pic.twitter.com/ju5sb4Jnjb

— Law Murray (@LawMurrayTheNU) January 8, 2016

I’m going to run through each team’s offensive and defensive rankings (efficiency) from December 3 through January 4, and I’ll add in the most used lineup through that date with their net efficiency AND minutes played. At last, we at least have a reaction to how these teams started the season:

Atlantic

Toronto: (6th offense, 18th defense) – Lowry/DeRozan/Ross/Scola/Biyombo (8.7 net rating in 92 minutes)

Boston: (23rd offense, 3rd defense) – Thomas/Bradley/Crowder/Sullinger/Johnson (14.2 net rating in 167 minutes)

New York: (18th offense, 21st defense) – Calderon/Afflalo/Anthony/Porzingis/Lopez (-7.3 net rating in 221 minutes)

Brooklyn: (25th offense, 27th defense) – Jack/Johnson/Bogdanovic/Young/Lopez (-0.4 net rating in 229 minutes)

Philadelphia: (30th offense, 29th defense) – Smith/Canaan/Sampson/Grant/Noel (3.5 net rating in 33 minutes)

Central

Cleveland: (11th offense, 2nd defense) – Dellavedova/Smith/James/Love/Mozgov (-11.0 net rating in 69 minutes)

Chicago: (13th offense, 8th defense) – Rose/Butler/Snell/Gibson/Gasol (7.8 net rating in 115 minutes)

Indiana: (24th offense, 13th defense) – G. Hill/Ellis/Miles/George/Mahinmi (-14.4 net rating in 147 minutes)

Detroit: (16th offense, 5th defense) – Jackson/Caldwell-Pope/Morris/Ilyasova/Drummond (-1.0 net rating in 335 minutes)

Milwaukee: (21st offense, 23rd defense) – Carter-Williams/Middleton/Antetokounmpo/Parker/Monroe (-5.9 net rating in 133 minutes)

Southeast

Miami: (9th offense, 9th defense) – Dragic/Wade/Deng/Bosh/Whiteside (13.9 net rating in 146 minutes)

Atlanta: (12th offense, 11th defense) – Teague/Korver/Bazemore/Millsap/Horford (0.0 net rating in 139 minutes)

Orlando: (20th offense, 14th defense) – Payton/Fournier/Harris/Frye/Vucevic (6.9 net rating in 215 minutes)

Charlotte: (19th offense, 12th defense) – Walker/Batum/Hairston/Williams/Zeller (-0.4 net rating in 166 minutes)

Washington: (15th offense, 17th defense) – Wall/Temple/Porter/Dudley/Gortat (-9.7 net rating in 99 minutes)

Northwest

Oklahoma City: (2nd offense, 4th defense) – Westbrook/Roberson/Durant/Ibaka/Adams (27.2 net rating in 230 minutes)

Utah: (17th offense, 22nd defense) – Neto/Hood/Hayward/Lyles/Favors (10.9 net rating in 93 minutes)

Portland: (10th offense, 24th defense) – Lillard/McCollum/Aminu/Vonleh/Plumlee (5.0 net rating in 145 minutes)

Denver: (8th offense, 30th defense) – Nelson/Harris/Gallinari/Faried/Lauvergne (-13.7 net rating in 64 minutes)

Minnesota: (26th offense, 25th defense) – Rubio/Wiggins/Prince/Garnett/Towns (9.1 net rating in 94 minutes)

Pacific

Golden State: (3rd offense, 6th defense) – Curry/Thompson/Rush/Green/Bogut (20.6 net rating in 103 minutes)

Los Angeles Clippers: (4th offense, 7th defense) – Paul/Redick/Mbah a Moute/Griffin/Jordan (10.4 net rating in 162 minutes)

Sacramento: (22nd offense, 15th defense) – Rondo/McLemore/Gay/Casspi/Cousins (-7.2 net rating in 150 minutes)

Phoenix: (28th offense, 26th defense) – Bledsoe/Knight/Tucker/Leuer/Len (4.3 net rating in 116 minutes)

Los Angeles Lakers: (29th offense, 28th defense) – Williams/Clarkson/Bryant/Nance/Hibbert (-16.1 net rating in 169 minutes)

Southwest

San Antonio: (1st offense, 1st defense) – Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan (4.4 net rating in 149 minutes)

Dallas: (7th offense, 19th defense) – Williams/Felton/Matthews/Nowitzki/Pachulia (0.7 net rating in 97 minutes)

Memphis: (27th offense, 10th defense) – Conley/Lee/Barnes/Green/Gasol (5.0 net rating in 160 minutes)

Houston: (5th offense, 16th defense) – Beverley/Harden/Ariza/Capela/Howard (6.4 net rating in 121 minutes)

New Orleans: (14th offense, 20th defense) – Evans/Gordon/Gee/Davis/Asik (-14.8 net rating in 104 minutes)

-1SKILLZ