Center minutes and proficiencies
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2024 1:06 am
There are teams with no very good centers, and there are a few with 2 good ones: For Dallas, Gafford goes out, Lively comes in, nothing is lost. Atlanta has Capela and Okongwu splitting the job 50/50.
But for most teams, it's a star center or a committee.%cMin = fraction of center minutes for the team, to date. I've listed the top 3 from each team and any others with 10% of team C minutes.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/te ... _pbp_stats
If it looks like the Western Conference has most of the good centers, this seems to be so. The 7 best center-proficient teams are in the West. Aggregate BPM and BPM-Wins are shown.Teams avg about 26 games played, or about 13 wins per team. That's about 2.6 wins per position.
But for most teams, it's a star center or a committee.
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center %cMin BPM bpmW center %cMin BPM bpmW
. Dal 1.00 3.29 4.09 . Atl 1.00 -0.06 2.55
Gafford .41 4.5 1.90 Capela .48 -0.1 1.22
Lively .40 3.6 1.69 Okongwu .46 -0.3 1.12
Powell .12 2.0 .42 Nance .05 5.5 .25
. Den 1.00 6.96 5.43 . Bos 1.00 1.57 3.29
Jokic .67 12.9 5.42 Queta .29 -0.9 .61
Saric .12 -7.2 -.10 Kornet .27 3.8 1.19
Jordan .10 -2.7 .12 Horford .26 2.0 .90
. GSW 1.00 1.12 2.93 Porzingis .13 4.2 .61
J-Davis .33 2.2 1.14 . Brk 1.00 -0.40 2.32
Looney .32 1.0 .91 Claxton .40 1.4 1.28
Kuminga .14 -1.3 .26 JWilson .16 -3.4 .14
Anderson .11 1.7 .36 CJohnson .14 3.9 .60
. Hou 1.00 4.02 4.45 Clowney .12 -4.4 .05
Sengun .64 6.8 3.71 Watford .10 -4.6 .03
Landale .12 -0.7 .27 . Cha 1.00 -1.43 1.84
Adams .12 -2.9 .13 Diabate .36 -2.8 .43
. LAC 1.00 0.35 2.78 Richards .22 -0.4 .50
Zubac .67 0.8 2.00 Bridges .13 0.5 .35
Bamba .12 -1.0 .26 Gibson .12 -4.2 .06
KJones .11 0.1 .30 . Chi 1.00 2.33 3.75
. LAL 1.00 3.15 4.02 Vucevic .64 4.0 2.91
ADavis .68 5.8 3.57 JSmith .28 -0.1 .73
Hayes .15 -1.5 .27 Liddell .02 0.6 .07
Koloko .13 -4.3 .06 . Cle 1.00 2.63 3.99
. Mem 1.00 3.04 4.10 JAllen .63 3.4 2.74
Jackson .38 3.7 1.69 Mobley .29 3.3 1.24
Huff .30 3.7 1.33 Thompson .06 -8.2 -.09
Edey .24 1.2 .75 . Det 1.00 -0.10 2.58
. Min 1.00 0.64 2.72 Duren .44 -0.1 1.14
Gobert .71 0.7 1.95 Stewart .44 -0.2 1.10
Reid .25 0.8 .69 Reed .10 1.1 .31
Garza .03 -2.8 .03 . Ind 1.00 -0.98 2.12
. NOP 1.00 -3.47 .88 Turner .60 -2.2 .92
Missi .52 -2.5 .70 Toppin .23 2.3 .86
Theis .21 -4.2 .11 IJackson .06 0.2 .17
Jemison .12 -6.3 -.06 . Mia 1.00 1.01 2.79
R-Earl .10 -3.0 .11 Adebayo .72 1.6 2.20
. OKC 1.00 1.88 3.27 Bryant .10 0.0 .23
Hart'n .25 2.2 .86 Love .09 1.9 .30
Holmgren .22 5.7 1.11 . Mil 1.00 2.28 3.46
Dort .16 0.9 .45 Lopez .68 0.2 1.70
Dieng .15 -1.6 .24 Giannis .25 9.1 1.64
KWilliams .12 3.9 .52 Portis .04 -0.6 .09
center %cMin BPM bpmW center %cMin BPM bpmW
. Phx 1.00 -2.32 1.35 . NYK 1.00 2.13 3.51
Nurkic .37 -4.3 .16 Towns .66 4.9 3.19
Plumlee .34 -1.6 .57 Sims .22 -2.6 .27
Ighodaro .17 -2.3 .23 Hukporti .08 -5.3 .00
. Por 1.00 -1.23 1.92 . Orl 1.00 2.72 3.98
Ayton .41 -2.4 .56 Bitadze .41 2.2 1.54
Clingan .26 -1.3 .49 MWagner .40 4.4 1.92
RWilliams .11 7.4 .66 WCarter .15 0.0 .39
Camara .10 -2.1 .15 . Phl 1.00 -1.71 1.57
. Sac 1.00 3.61 4.43 Yabusele .37 -0.8 .74
Sabonis .68 6.3 3.93 Drummond .37 -2.7 .42
Lyles .12 -2.3 .18 Embiid .15 0.7 .40
Len .11 -0.1 .27 . Tor 1.00 0.44 2.84
. SAS 1.00 3.23 4.03 Poeltl .64 0.8 1.93
Wemby .54 6.2 2.96 Mogbo .20 -0.3 .49
Collins .27 0.1 .70 Fernando .11 -0.2 .28
Bassey .15 -1.5 .27 . Was 1.00 -1.43 1.68
. Uta 1.00 0.33 2.54 Sarr .46 -3.9 .27
Kessler .46 2.0 1.53 Valanciunas .41 1.5 1.22
Fil'ski .21 -1.9 .32 Bagley .11 -1.6 .17
Eubanks .18 -0.9 .36
https://www.basketball-reference.com/te ... _pbp_stats
If it looks like the Western Conference has most of the good centers, this seems to be so. The 7 best center-proficient teams are in the West. Aggregate BPM and BPM-Wins are shown.
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west BPM bpmW east BPM bpmW
Den 6.96 5.43 Cle 2.63 3.99
Hou 4.02 4.45 Orl 2.72 3.98
Sac 3.61 4.43 Chi 2.33 3.75
Mem 3.04 4.10 NYK 2.13 3.51
Dal 3.29 4.09 Mil 2.28 3.46
SAS 3.23 4.03 Bos 1.57 3.29
LAL 3.15 4.02 Tor 0.44 2.84
OKC 1.88 3.27 Mia 1.01 2.79
GSW 1.12 2.93 Det -0.10 2.58
LAC 0.35 2.78 Atl -0.06 2.55
Min 0.64 2.72 Brk -0.40 2.32
Uta 0.33 2.54 Ind -0.98 2.12
Por -1.23 1.92 Cha -1.43 1.84
Phx -2.32 1.35 Was -1.43 1.68
NOP -3.47 .88 Phl -1.71 1.57
avg 1.64 3.26 avg .60 2.82