2015-16 Team win projections

[Mike G]

Reshuffling at the top:

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AJ   5.65      rsm   6.40      nr    7.51
Cal  5.74      Crow  6.42      EZ    7.71
DF   5.75      fpli  6.46      Dan   7.75
tzu  5.78      MG    6.61      taco  7.90
KF   5.83      yoop  6.64      DrP   7.94
km   5.91      itca  6.79      15py  9.61
DSM  6.13      BD    6.87         
bbs  6.23      snd   6.90         

[kmedved]

Christmas break is a good time for an update:

I've added a column tracking each team's remaining average opponent SRS. These are adjusted (regressed) SRSs, so they're not quite as extreme as simply adding up the remaining schedule opponents. I've also added in a home court advantage, which makes a big difference for some teams (Miami has played 18 home games and only 9 road so far).

Rockets are in for a rough stretch:

[Statman]

Wow, like that last one - since I rank so much higher than any of the recent previous posts.

[Mike G]

Congratulations. Relative to b-r.com, you're not looking as well as in the blend of several.
Of course, as the season progresses, all these forecasts converge on actual wins.
Since the E and W are suddenly equal, we should expect better predictions from plus-minus systems. In boxscore metrics, East players unexpectedly got better.

[caliban]

great additions kmedved

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AJbaskets increasing the lead in a week that had the field all over the place

[BasketDork]

Two solid weeks in a row, ( this week, only AJBaskets & Yooper gained more ground.) I'm hoping to keep the momentum going.

[Mike G]

The Clippers have not been the greatest disappointment, but we were all guessing 6-14 wins better than their current projections.

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.                          2015-16                    2014-15
. Clippers      Min   PER   WS/48  BPM   e484      PER   WS/48  BPM   e484
Blake Griffin  1048   23.7  .179   4.5   2.12      22.8  .183   4.1   2.11
DeAndre Jordan 1017   19.5  .193   2.6   1.70      21.0  .217   4.1   1.60
Chris Paul      844   23.7  .212   4.8   1.92      26.0  .270   7.5   2.30
Jamal Crawford  784   10.7  .033  -4.1    .54      16.6  .102  -1.0   1.25
J.J. Redick     732   17.4  .146   0.6    .97      16.2  .134   0.7   1.05

Austin Rivers   618    7.9  .016  -3.2    .21      10.2  .046  -2.4    .46
L Stephenson    503    7.5  .020  -2.6    .26  Cha  8.8 -.026  -3.5    .62
Paul Pierce     479    6.4  .014  -3.7    .05  Was 15.2  .138   1.5   1.09
Wesley Johnson  477   12.6  .098   0.2    .39  LAL 11.1  .037  -1.5    .45
Josh Smith      413   14.2  .045   0.5    .94  Hou 14.9  .048   1.0   1.27

L Mbah a Moute  355    6.9  .048  -2.7   -.09  Phl 10.6  .027  -3.2    .53
Pablo Prigioni  134    8.8  .055  -0.5    .12  Hou 12.2  .092  -0.5    .38
Cole Aldrich     62   15.0  .103   0.5    .73  NYK 18.1  .107   0.9   1.28

eW/484 are a few days outdated.
The 6 returnees from last year have gone down avg 1.6 in PER, .029 ws/48, and 1.3 in BPM
The 6 new guys avg drops are 3.0 in PER, .014 WS/48, .7 BPM

[caliban]

Vegas winning in a week that had a very heavy regression towards preseason expectations. AJbaskets slowly turning into a Akakabuto sized bear at the mountaintop with tarrazu and DSmok1 closing in. Myself and kmedved falling.

oh, and Basketball Dork with the 3rd solid week in a row climbing the ladder like Petyr Baelish.

Side note; Think I'll start decreasing the weight of the top5 starting February or so.

[Mike G]

At about 42% of the season, avg errors relative to b-r.com forecast.

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tzu  5.24      bbs   5.91      snd   6.35
AJ   5.25      yoop  5.97      itca  6.43
DF   5.48      fpli  5.99      EZ    7.05
Cal  5.50      MG    6.17      nr    7.06
DSM  5.51      Crow  6.19      Dan   7.54
KF   5.56      rsm   6.25      DrP   7.57
km   5.73      BD    6.31      taco  7.57

Likely to win the West in playoffs: SAS 49%, GSW 38%, OKC 10.5%
http://www.basketball-reference.com/fri ... f_prob.cgi

[Dr Positivity]

Here's to Ish Smith turning the Sixers into a .500 team the rest of the season and making my 33 W prediction manageable. A man can dream.

[Mike G]

It's funny -- whenever I see Sixers highlights, there's Ish Smith. But he's shooting .430, with 30% Usg. His WS/48 is negative, his BPM is sub-replacement level, and his PER is 15.9
Oh, his ORtg-DRtg is 92-108 in 6 Phl games. This after a 122-104 night.

[nbacouchside]

At about 42% of the season, avg errors relative to b-r.com forecast.

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tzu  5.24      bbs   5.91      snd   6.35
AJ   5.25      yoop  5.97      itca  6.43
DF   5.48      fpli  5.99      EZ    7.05
Cal  5.50      MG    6.17      nr    7.06
DSM  5.51      Crow  6.19      Dan   7.54
KF   5.56      rsm   6.25      DrP   7.57
km   5.73      BD    6.31      taco  7.57

Likely to win the West in playoffs: SAS 49%, GSW 38%, OKC 10.5%
http://www.basketball-reference.com/fri ... f_prob.cgi

Going tumbling down the rankings. Womp womp.

[kmedved]

Update:



The aggregate of the top 5 is now handily winning in RMSE.

[BasketDork]

Why am I doing so much crappier in kmedved's rankings than in Mike G.'s or caliban's ?

[Mike G]

I'm just using b-r.com's forecast. The forecasts will of course converge as the season progresses.

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AJ   5.06      fpli  5.86      BD   6.33
Cal  5.32      Crow  5.92      snd  6.46
tzu  5.40      rsm   5.97      nr   6.99
DF   5.43      bbs   5.98      EZ   7.16
KF   5.64      yoop  6.12      Dan  7.56
km   5.66      MG    6.22      taco 7.58
DSM  5.66      itca  6.32      DrP  7.62