Fantasy Spin: Thursday, November 28, 2013

Top Performers of 2013-2014 so far

And now, something completely different. The following is a review of the 2013-14 NBA landscape in the form of tables. The first table is the top DraftStreet points per game performers this season as compared to their 2012-13 per game average:

2013-14	Pos	Age	Tm	DS per game	Last Year		TOP10 2012-13 (40 or more games)
Kevin Love	PF	25	MIN	42.00	33.08		LeBron James	45.14
Chris Paul	PG	28	LAC	41.69	35.56		Kevin Durant	42.18
Anthony Davis	C	20	NOP	40.77	26.68		Kobe Bryant	36.84
Kevin Durant	SF	25	OKC	39.12	42.18		James Harden	36.02
LeBron James	PF	29	MIA	38.80	45.14		Russell Westbrook	35.67
Carmelo Anthony	PF	29	NYK	36.48	34.19		Chris Paul	35.56
Blake Griffin	PF	24	LAC	36.33	31.31		Tim Duncan	34.91
John Wall	PG	23	WAS	35.12	31.06		Dwight Howard	34.21
DeMarcus Cousins	C	23	SAC	34.96	30.39		Carmelo Anthony	34.19
Michael Carter-Williams	PG	22	PHI	34.52			Stephen Curry	33.69

What about the top bench players? Here’s the top 10 players who have started less than 20% of the games they’ve played (minimum 10 games played this season):

2013-14	Pos	Age	Tm	DS per game	Last Year	%start	TOP10 2012-13 (40 or more games)
Isaiah Thomas	PG	24	SAC	23.60	19.31	78	J.R. Smith	25.25
John Henson	PF	23	MIL	21.54	12.08	14	Jarrett Jack	21.77
Markieff Morris	PF	24	PHO	21.30	15.79	39	Derrick Favors	20.77
Rodney Stuckey	SG	27	DET	20.80	17.06	32	Manu Ginobili	20.75
DeJuan Blair	PF	24	DAL	20.58	10.66	26	Vince Carter	20.55
Manu Ginobili	SG	36	SAS	19.08	20.75	0	Andre Drummond	20.44
Tyreke Evans	SF	24	NOP	19.07	24.08	94	Ramon Sessions	19.84
Jordan Farmar	PG	27	LAL	17.56			Andre Miller	19.82
Marcus Morris	SF	24	PHO	17.30	11.83	30	Wilson Chandler	19.52
Ray Allen	SG	38	MIA	16.94	15.31	0	Jamal Crawford	18.96

The top five players, by DraftStreet points per game, at each position (compared to the top 5 last season):

2013-14	Pos	Age	Tm	per game		TOP5 2012-13 (40+gms)	POS	Age	Tm	DSS/gm
Anthony Davis	C	20	NOP	40.77		Tim Duncan	C	36	SAS	34.91
DeMarcus Cousins	C	23	SAC	34.96		Dwight Howard	C	27	LAL	34.21
Dwight Howard	C	28	HOU	33.94		Al Horford	C	26	ATL	33.53
Spencer Hawes	C	25	PHI	32.79		Joakim Noah	C	27	CHI	32.76
Nikola Vucevic	C	23	ORL	32.60		Al Jefferson	C	28	UTA	31.19
Kevin Love	PF	25	MIN	42.00		LeBron James	PF	28	MIA	45.14
LeBron James	PF	29	MIA	38.80		Carmelo Anthony	PF	28	NYK	34.19
Carmelo Anthony	PF	29	NYK	36.48		David Lee	PF	29	GSW	33.47
Blake Griffin	PF	24	LAC	36.33		LaMarcus Aldridge	PF	27	POR	33.45
LaMarcus Aldridge	PF	28	POR	33.73		Josh Smith	PF	27	ATL	32.21
Kevin Durant	SF	25	OKC	39.12		Kevin Durant	SF	24	OKC	42.18
Paul George	SF	23	IND	33.10		Paul George	SF	22	IND	30.48
Evan Turner	SF	25	PHI	28.91		Paul Pierce	SF	35	BOS	29.28
Luol Deng	SF	28	CHI	28.20		Nicolas Batum	SF	24	POR	27.45
Nicolas Batum	SF	25	POR	27.56		Rudy Gay	SF	26	TOR/MEM	26.48
James Harden	SG	24	HOU	33.77		Kobe Bryant	SG	34	LAL	36.84
Dwyane Wade	SG	32	MIA	30.10		James Harden	SG	23	HOU	36.02
Arron Afflalo	SG	28	ORL	29.37		Dwyane Wade	SG	31	MIA	32.96
Goran Dragic	SG	27	PHO	26.94		Monta Ellis	SG	27	MIL	29.39
Kevin Martin	SG	30	MIN	26.55		Andre Iguodala	SG	29	DEN	26.17
Chris Paul	PG	28	LAC	41.69		Russell Westbrook	PG	24	OKC	35.67
John Wall	PG	23	WAS	35.12		Chris Paul	PG	27	LAC	35.56
Michael Carter-Williams	PG	22	PHI	34.52		Stephen Curry	PG	24	GSW	33.69
Stephen Curry	PG	25	GSW	34.04		Kyrie Irving	PG	20	CLE	31.10
Ty Lawson	PG	26	DEN	33.41		John Wall	PG	22	WAS	31.06

Who are the most valuable three-point shooters? Those who best combine success and frequency. Here are the top 10 in net three-pointers per game (the league average is used as a baseline):

2013-14	Pos	Age	Tm	net 3pt/gm	Last Year		TOP10 2012-13 (40 or more games)
Wesley Matthews	SG	27	POR	0.847	0.238		Stephen Curry	0.726
Klay Thompson	SG	23	GSW	0.755	0.270		Kyle Korver	0.546
Arron Afflalo	SG	28	ORL	0.730	-0.221		Jose Calderon	0.394
Kyle Korver	SG	32	ATL	0.711	0.546		Danny Green	0.359
Jose Calderon	SG	32	DAL	0.589	0.394		Kevin Martin	0.322
Stephen Curry	PG	25	GSW	0.547	0.726		Shane Battier	0.313
Jodie Meeks	SG	26	LAL	0.519	-0.010		Steve Novak	0.284
Bradley Beal	SG	20	WAS	0.500	0.112		Mike Dunleavy	0.275
Spencer Hawes	C	25	PHI	0.495	-0.003		Martell Webster	0.275
Gary Neal	SG	29	MIL	0.478	-0.016		Randy Foye	0.271

Finally, the top 10 shot blockers per 36 minutes played (minimum 150 total minutes):

2013-14	Pos	Age	Tm	BLK/36min	Last Year		TOP10 2012-13 (1000+minutes)	BLK/36min
Roy Hibbert	C	27	IND	4.71	3.27		JaVale McGee	3.94
Anthony Davis	C	20	NOP	3.98	2.18		Larry Sanders	3.74
Brook Lopez	C	25	BRK	3.25	2.46		Serge Ibaka	3.50
John Henson	PF	23	MIL	2.77	1.83		Roy Hibbert	3.27
Serge Ibaka	PF	24	OKC	2.71	3.50		Tim Duncan	3.17
Rudy Gobert	C	21	UTA	2.57			Andre Drummond	2.75
Timofey Mozgov	C	27	DEN	2.52	1.77		Jermaine O’Neal	2.73
Vitor Faverani	C	25	BOS	2.43			Greg Stiemsma	2.68
Ed Davis	PF	24	MEM	2.43	1.88		Derrick Favors	2.62
Tim Duncan	C	37	SAS	2.43	3.17		Brook Lopez	2.46

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