Key Individual Stats Tracker - '24-25 Season

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I thought Jaden was good

I wonder where he'd be since Jan 1.

I have individual net ratings in 10-game increments starting earlier in this thread. Jaden's has indeed been going up. His individual Net Rating since January 1 is +6.8, which is third best among the main rotation. DDV and Naz are the only two that are better since then.

It's not an exaggeration to say that he has had a dramatic in-season turnaround. Since the numbers above are for the full season, they of course still include the first few months of the season where Jaden really struggled.

One other point on Jaden is that he along with Ant and Rudy probably play the most against the opposing team's best players, so they are often on the bench when the likes of DeAndre Jordan and Julian Strawther are in the game for Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray (for example).

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Final Regular Season Advanced Stats, sorted by minutes played:

Player - PER/WS48/VORP/Net Rating
Ant - 20.1/.140/4.6/+4.8
Jaden - 13.3/.115/1.4/+4.0
Rudy - 18.3/.204/2.4/+6.7
Randle - 17.5/.134/1.8/+3.4
Naz - 15.8/.125/2.0/+7.4
NAW - 11.6/.099/0.8//+6.6
Conley - 13.3/.142/1.4/+6.5
DDV - 14.1/.115/1.6/+5.1
Clark - 12.0/.147/.2/+5.6

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Regular season wrap-up on individual players:

Anthony Edwards - He had a career year if you look at his stats. Career best in PER, Win Shares, VORP, True Shooting Percentage, and Box Score Plus Minus. Did he make the post-Olympic leap into superstardom? Nope, for reasons we've talked about ad nauseum on here. But he is overall a better player than last year.

Jaden McDaniels - He also had a career year after a very shaky start and dramatic mid-season turnaround. Career best in PER, Win Shares, VORP, and Box Score Plus Minus. He diversified his game to be more than a wing defender. I think he could blossom the most if Randle were to move on and he spent more and more minutes playing PF. But that's an off season discussion.

Rudy - Definitely slipped a bit compared to last season, but his late season surge bodes well for the playoffs. Continues to be a guy that probably gives the most professional effort night in and night out.

Randle - He and Finch deserve a ton of credit for integrating him as best they could, as he is simply not a great fit when paired with two other non-shooters in the frontcourt. From a pure stats perspective, he took a step back this season, but perhaps less is more given the overall talent on this team.

Naz - After a mid-season surge, he was on his way to having a career year, but his late season swoon has statistically made this a season as a whole very similar to last season. What's even more perplexing is that he still has the best net rating of the main 9-man rotation, despite his struggles of late. One thing to note is his assist rate and assist/TO ratio improved to easily a career best. That's a good thing on a team needing capable ball movers.

NAW - What more can you say about this guy? A true warrior. Played all 82 games, always giving full effort. In terms of his individual stats, he posted a similar line to last season. But tough to measure his impact with just box-score derived stats. Has the third best net rating on the team after Naz and Rudy.

Conley - Another guy that started slowly and gradually picked up steam as the season progressed. Obviously he is well past the point of being able to post a career year in anything, but he showed that he is still a very safe pair of hands and deadly on open 3s. Only averaged 25 MPG and is getting close to being a starter in name only.

DDV - Yet another guy that had a hard time getting himself going, but then really came on strong after the first month or so. From a stats perspective, he is somewhere between the Golden State and NYK version of himself, which is just an amazing bargain at $12M per year. He essentially replaced Slo-Mo off the bench and gives us a movement shooter that has helped propel the Wolves into a top 10 offense. We are lucky to have him.

Clark - What a great story. He is an extreme example of "starring in your role". He defends, he takes open 3s, and he cuts. And he just stays in that lane, rarely trying to do too much. Besides his stellar defense, one of the amazing things about him is he has a total of 8 turnovers ON THE SEASON. And it's not like he never touches the ball. He has 26 assists and 36 steals, so talk about a positive ratio in terms of assists and turnovers created versus his own turnovers. Just an ideal role player on this team and someone who I bet sees some minutes against LA.

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Regular season wrap-up on individual players:

Anthony Edwards - He had a career year if you look at his stats. Career best in PER, Win Shares, VORP, True Shooting Percentage, and Box Score Plus Minus. Did he make the post-Olympic leap into superstardom? Nope, for reasons we've talked about ad nauseum on here. But he is overall a better player than last year.

Jaden McDaniels - He also had a career year after a very shaky start and dramatic mid-season turnaround. Career best in PER, Win Shares, VORP, and Box Score Plus Minus. He diversified his game to be more than a wing defender. I think he could blossom the most if Randle were to move on and he spent more and more minutes playing PF. But that's an off season discussion.

Rudy - Definitely slipped a bit compared to last season, but his late season surge bodes well for the playoffs. Continues to be a guy that probably gives the most professional effort night in and night out.

Randle - He and Finch deserve a ton of credit for integrating him as best they could, as he is simply not a great fit when paired with two other non-shooters in the frontcourt. From a pure stats perspective, he took a step back this season, but perhaps less is more given the overall talent on this team.

Naz - After a mid-season surge, he was on his way to having a career year, but his late season swoon has statistically made this a season as a whole very similar to last season. What's even more perplexing is that he still has the best net rating of the main 9-man rotation, despite his struggles of late. One thing to note is his assist rate and assist/TO ratio improved to easily a career best. That's a good thing on a team needing capable ball movers.

NAW - What more can you say about this guy? A true warrior. Played all 82 games, always giving full effort. In terms of his individual stats, he posted a similar line to last season. But tough to measure his impact with just box-score derived stats. Has the third best net rating on the team after Naz and Rudy.

Conley - Another guy that started slowly and gradually picked up steam as the season progressed. Obviously he is well past the point of being able to post a career year in anything, but he showed that he is still a very safe pair of hands and deadly on open 3s. Only averaged 25 MPG and is getting close to being a starter in name only.

DDV - Yet another guy that had a hard time getting himself going, but then really came on strong after the first month or so. From a stats perspective, he is somewhere between the Golden State and NYK version of himself, which is just an amazing bargain at $12M per year. He essentially replaced Slo-Mo off the bench and gives us a movement shooter that has helped propel the Wolves into a top 10 offense. We are lucky to have him.

Clark - What a great story. He is an extreme example of "starring in your role". He defends, he takes open 3s, and he cuts. And he just stays in that lane, rarely trying to do too much. Besides his stellar defense, one of the amazing things about him is he has a total of 8 turnovers ON THE SEASON. And it's not like he never touches the ball. He has 26 assists and 36 steals, so talk about a positive ratio in terms of assists and turnovers created versus his own turnovers. Just an ideal role player on this team and someone who I bet sees some minutes against LA.

Great overview, Q!!

When we get into an off season discussion, we’ll have to confront the reality of moving on from both Randle and NAW. I’m very comfortable with Naz stepping into the start PF role next season next to Rudy. Naz is a better 3-point shooter than Randle and also far more versatile and mobile. Moreover, Naz had a much better defensive rating and is far less turnover prone than Randle. Naz’s defensive rating was 110.4 overall and a stellar 98.6 when paired with Rudy. Compare that to Randle’s 113.2 overall and 114.4 paired with Rudy. And of course, Naz is 5 years younger than Randle. I hate to lose NAW but that’s where the emergence of Clark is so crucial.

I’m glad we have all these guys heading into the playoffs. Randle has sacrificed some of his offensive game to blend with the team and has been playing well. NAW continues to do what he does and it’s good to have both NAW and Clark.