ESPN Player Projections.

[oldmangrouch]

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/#noah-vonleh

Have fun playing with it. Expect to be annoyed about many of the Blazer projections.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/#lamarcus-aldridge

It's all downhill from here.

 

[Hobbesarable]

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/#noah-vonleh

Have fun playing with it. Expect to be annoyed about many of the Blazer projections.

Fonz posted the same thing in the ESPN Player Ratings thread yesterday.

 

[Draco]

Yeah the projections seem conservative to me. Look at all the stars outside of Anthony Davis they're all projected to decline. We don't really have anyone projected to make big improvements yet most analytical writers seem to like our moves.

If all these players have declining production there has to be players out there that improve?

 

[Draco]

It's funny how the acronym is Carmelo.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Fonz posted the same thing in the ESPN Player Ratings thread yesterday.

Sorry, missed that. This is about future projections, not current ranking.

 

[PDXFonz]

 

[ant]

Here are the categories they all fell into for their player's future forecasts:

Dame: ALL-STAR
Aminu: KEY ROLE PLAYER
Mason: ROTATION PLAYER
Meyers: ROTATION PLAYER
Henderson: SCRUB

CJ: ROTATION PLAYER
Ed Davis: ROTATION PLAYER
Vonleh: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Harkless: ROTATION PLAYER
Crabbe: ROTATION PLAYER

Frazier: SCRUB
Pressey: PROJECT
Alexander: OK PROSPECT
Pat: MARGINAL PROSPECT
Kaman: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

 

[PDXFonz]

 

[Draco]

Here are the categories they all fell into for their player's future forecasts:

Dame: ALL-STAR
Aminu: KEY ROLE PLAYER
Mason: ROTATION PLAYER
Meyers: ROTATION PLAYER
Henderson: SCRUB

CJ: ROTATION PLAYER
Ed Davis: ROTATION PLAYER
Vonleh: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Harkless: ROTATION PLAYER
Crabbe: ROTATION PLAYER

Frazier: SCRUB
Pressey: PROJECT
Alexander: OK PROSPECT
Pat: MARGINAL PROSPECT
Kaman: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Interesting that Hendo is projected as a scrub. Many of us thought he could be an acceptable starter or great sub but there's definitely statistical red flags with him. I'm as interested to see his performance this year as our young guys.

 

[Boob-No-More]

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I love that Felton has his own category.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I love that Felton has his own category.

I wish that category had been "DOUGHNUT SPECIALIST'

 

[oldmangrouch]

Here are the categories they all fell into for their player's future forecasts:

Dame: ALL-STAR
Aminu: KEY ROLE PLAYER
Mason: ROTATION PLAYER
Meyers: ROTATION PLAYER
Henderson: SCRUB

CJ: ROTATION PLAYER
Ed Davis: ROTATION PLAYER
Vonleh: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
Harkless: ROTATION PLAYER
Crabbe: ROTATION PLAYER

Frazier: SCRUB
Pressey: PROJECT
Alexander: OK PROSPECT
Pat: MARGINAL PROSPECT
Kaman: DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST

Really sums up the problem. Great depth, lots of rotation worthy players, but only one stud.

I really hope they are wrong about Vonleh and that he has a higher ceiling then that. As for Kaveman being a "defensive specialist"....WTF?

 

[Natebishop3]

I like that Pat's entire existence is summed up so well with those two words..... marginal.... prospect.

 

[PDXFonz]

I wish that category had been "DOUGHNUT SPECIALIST'

I love that Felton has his own category.

He's actually a "scrub" and I photo shopped it. I was going to put donut lover at first, lol.