Nivek wrote:Webster isn't just playing like a legit starter -- his overall production in the preseason rates about the same as what Lebron James did last season. Much of it on outlandishly good efficiency (138 ortg). Hard to imagine him keeping up anything close to that.
On a small sample of 173 minutes, I have Webster w/ a WP48 of .326. That's stellar -- LeBron-like, as you say.
But it's not the only interesting result:
Price was a big surprise. He played 163 minutes and was quite good, posting a .174 WP48 -- better, for example, than any comparable stretch by John Wall (or is there a 163 minute stretch to be found in wch Wall played this well?). Now... he went 13-25 on 3 pt shots, a pace that he obviously won't maintain.
Booker played about the way he played last year -- a little behind that pace, actually, because in this very small sample of 81 minutes he rebounded substantially below his usual pace. Mack played to about the same level as last year.
Chris Singleton was a big, and very positive, surprise. Again, a small sample, but in 111 minutes he played to a .267 WP48. That's all star production; even if he doesn't maintain that level, wch would be expecting too much, it's still a great sign of development.
On the other hand, Beal was not good overall: e.g. he shot 38% (28% from 3-point range).
Vesely was awful. Cook was ok. Barron was just awful despite Hands' comments -- shot 40%, turned it over, etc. Not an NBA player.
Whether you place much confidence in WP48 or not, these are still interesting results: esp. for Webster, Price and Singleton. A team that started guys who produced at that level would win a lot of games.
