elindholm
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Nate Silver's political polling site has also gotten into sports, and the NBA in particular. One thing they model is a player's projected performance based on his similarities to previous players. They call their modeling "CARMELO," based on some silly acronym.
I don't put much stock in the projections, but it's fun to look at who are the closest matches in terms of similarities at each player's stage in his career, by whatever their methodology is.
Ayton: #1 Karl-Anthony Towns, #2 Brook Lopez, #3 John Collins
Booker: Eric Gordon, Carmelo Anthony, Kyrie Irving
Rubio: Mike Conley, Mike Newlin(?), Devin Harris
Oubre: Nic Batum, T.J. Warren, Mike Mitchell(?)
Bridges: Casey Jacobsen, Wally Szczerbiak, Nic Batum
Saric: Vladimir Radmanovic, Jonas Jerebko, Tim Thomas
Jackson: "D." (Donyell?) Marshall, Darius Miles, Drew Gooden
Baynes: Rasho Nesterovic, Aaron Williams, Fabricio Oberto
I don't put much stock in the projections, but it's fun to look at who are the closest matches in terms of similarities at each player's stage in his career, by whatever their methodology is.
Ayton: #1 Karl-Anthony Towns, #2 Brook Lopez, #3 John Collins
Booker: Eric Gordon, Carmelo Anthony, Kyrie Irving
Rubio: Mike Conley, Mike Newlin(?), Devin Harris
Oubre: Nic Batum, T.J. Warren, Mike Mitchell(?)
Bridges: Casey Jacobsen, Wally Szczerbiak, Nic Batum
Saric: Vladimir Radmanovic, Jonas Jerebko, Tim Thomas
Jackson: "D." (Donyell?) Marshall, Darius Miles, Drew Gooden
Baynes: Rasho Nesterovic, Aaron Williams, Fabricio Oberto