AFM wrote:TheSecretWeapon wrote:I ran PPA on the D-League last season when Eddie had 37 games played. At that point, his D-League PPA -- not a projection of what he'd do in the NBA -- was a 97. In PPA, average is 100 and higher is better. If he closed out the season playing well, he might have pushed into slightly-above-average range. Maybe.
But hey, they "added" shooting. Or something.
It'd be nice if they'd add a good player someday.
Run it again for this year when you get a chance. His numbers are up this year. Hard to imagine someone with a TS% of 0.73 being below average.
Don't have time to run it on the whole league, so I just ran my estimator on his numbers. His ePPA so far this season in the D-League: 132. Better, but still not outstanding. Looking back at last season's numbers, Capela had a 200.
When I look at the inputs, I see Eddie shoots well from 3pt range. He doesn't get the FT line, he doesn't rebound much, and he doesn't get steals or blocks.
Kind of a classic Grunfeld move. Basically go get a guy based on one -- and only one -- thing.
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