Post by 20s on Mar 22, 2021 1:13:35 GMT -5
In this article, I am going to take a look at who provided the most bang for the buck to GMs in 3002 as well as who GMs were paying a lot of money for little return. I am going to do this by looking at Win Shares and Salary and then calculating the $ paid per win share for each player. First, let's take a look at the numbers across the league in 3002.
One thing to keep in mind is that although this implies an average of 2.65 million spent per win share across TMBSL in 3002, this is only for players who appeared on the Win Shares link posted by eric. So there may also be players who did not play at all and don't show up on his page, but did still earn a salary.
Please note: throughout the entirety of this article, position refers to the listed position of the player, not where they played on the depth chart.
We see here that the C position has been the cheapest to fill for TMBSL GMs, while SF and PF have been the most costly relative to their win shares provided.
At the end of the article, we'll take a look at the best and worst across the league, but next I wanted to look at the breakdown of each position.
Point Guard (min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at PG
Shooting Guard(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at SG
Small Forward(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at SF
Power Forward(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at PF
Center(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Value at C
Worst Values Overall (min. 5.0 win shares)
Best Values Overall (min. 5.0 win shares)
Worst Values Overall (no minimum)
These guys were just stealing money. Irwin Dambrot confirmed worst pick of the creation draft.
One thing to keep in mind is that although this implies an average of 2.65 million spent per win share across TMBSL in 3002, this is only for players who appeared on the Win Shares link posted by eric. So there may also be players who did not play at all and don't show up on his page, but did still earn a salary.
Please note: throughout the entirety of this article, position refers to the listed position of the player, not where they played on the depth chart.
We see here that the C position has been the cheapest to fill for TMBSL GMs, while SF and PF have been the most costly relative to their win shares provided.
At the end of the article, we'll take a look at the best and worst across the league, but next I wanted to look at the breakdown of each position.
Point Guard (min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at PG
- Jon Davis and Jason Gardner were the two worst bang for your buck PGs and they both were rostered by the Warriors
- Rod Foster and Stewart Granger were the best bang for your buck at PG, both 2nd rounders on their rookie deals (a theme we will notice)
- Kelvin Ransey and Larry Drew Sr. were the best value for guys not on a 2nd round contract and they were both picks after 10 in the 1st round.
- Sergei Belov was the best bang for your buck for a player not on a rookie contract
Shooting Guard(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at SG
- Raymond Lewis is one of the worst values among players with over 1 WS
- Lenny Cooke was the worst bang for your buck among starters
- Luke Recker's disappointing season with the Knicks landed him on the worst values
- Bruce Collins is the first real contributor on the best values list (this won't be the last we see from the Sonics)
Small Forward(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at SF
- Walter Szczerbiak and Ish Muhammad were the worst values among real contributors
- Jon Pinone and Ken Austin were the best values at SF which shouldn't come as much of a surprise to those paying attention
- The Sonics had quite the value at on their wing combo with both Collins and Austin appearing near the top in terms of cheapest WS. Randy Wittman whom they traded to the Lakers late in the season also appears high on this list.
Power Forward(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Values at PF
- More 2nd rounders at the top. This time Wayne Robinson, Kurt Rambis, and James Ray lead the way.
- Shawn Kemp Jr. was the worst bang for your buck among players with 3+ win shares at PF
Center(min. 1.0 WS)
Best and Worst Value at C
- There's a theme here with the worst values: 4th Bigs on creation contracts who aren't playing enough minutes to earn their paycheck.
- Best values are once again the successful 2nd/3rd round guys.
- Winfred King, Jawann Oldham, Lavon Mercer and Ron Crevier are the top of thge list.
Worst Values Overall (min. 5.0 win shares)
- When we limit this to guys with 5+ win shares (good contributors), we see a lot of guys we would label as good players but overpaid at the top.
- Other than Mike Gansey, I'm not sure there's really anyone on this list that their GM isn't happy to own on their current contract.
Best Values Overall (min. 5.0 win shares)
- Here we just see all of our 2nd round darlings and then the best guys on 1st round deals.
- Congratulations to Wayne Robinson and the Bucks on getting the most win shares bang for your buck last season.
Worst Values Overall (no minimum)
These guys were just stealing money. Irwin Dambrot confirmed worst pick of the creation draft.
