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MidSeason Numbers

I know that the Storm have now played 18 games, but the numbers below are only from the first 17 games. I haven't entered the Lynx game into my data set yet in order to make sure that I get the midseason numbers compiled first. I fixed an error that had Camille Little get a little boost in plus/minus from LJ's numbers.

Most Effective Shooters



Player

True Shooting Percentage

Effective FG%

Floor Percentage

Points

Kimberly Beck

58.14%

50.00%

35.72%

8

Lauren Jackson

56.03%

48.45%

50.70%

335

Kelly Santos

50.76%

42.86%

48.72%

8

Sue Bird

50.38%

45.90%

45.67%

216

Tanisha Wright

50.06%

45.11%

44.19%

104







If I rejected the minimal minutes of Beck and Santos, the Swoopes and Cash would make the list with percentages in the high 40's.

Top Ratings

PlayerOffensive RatingIndividual Rating
Lauren Jackson112.7396.51
Sheryl Swoopes105.5289.14
Kelly Santos103.4281.63
Sue Bird100.6490.74
Swin Cash96.7479.03

Beck, Ely and Wright also have offensive ratings over 90.


Plus/Minus


Player

On

Off

Net

Net/40

Sue Bird

+63

-44

+107

+4.24

Lauren Jackson

+59

-40

+99

+4.10

Yolanda Griffith

+54

-35

+89

+6.75

Camille Little

+7

+8

+46

-1

Swin Cash

+22

-3

+25

+2.64

Sheryl Swoopes

+21

-2

+23

+1.77

Katie Gearlds

+21

-2

+23

+5.53

Florina Pascalau

-3

+22

-25

-13.33

Kristin O'Neil

-3

+16

-19

-40.00

Kelly Santos

-11

+30

-41

-20.95

Kimberly Beck

-14

+33

-47

-10.37

Shyra Ely

-14

+33

-47

-2.22

Tanisha Wright

-25

+44

-69

-3.21

Ashley Robinson

-55

+74

-129

-15.94

The starters have been great and the bench has been rather poor...no big surprise there, but Little has had a big impact early from a +/- perspective, and Gearlds has a strong showing as well despite her horrid shooting tear of late.

Most Effective Lineups

Bird-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson-Griffith: +21
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson: +10
Bird-Gearlds-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson: +7
Bird-Gearlds-Swoopes-Jackson-Griffith: +7
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Jackson-Griffith: +6
Bird-Wright-Gearlds-Swoopes-Jackson: +6
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Jackson-Robinson: +5
Beck-Gearlds-Ely-Santos-Robinson: +5
Wright-Gearlds-Swoopes-Jackson-Griffith: +5
Bird-Swoopes-Cash-Ely-Robinson: +5

Least Effective Lineups

Bird-Swoopes-Cash-Ely-Jackson: -15
Wright-Gearlds-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson: -8
Bird-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson-Robinson: -8
Wright-Swoopes-Cash-Jackson-Griffith: -6
Bird-Wright-Swoopes-Ely-Robinson: -5
Bird-Wright-Cash-Jackson-Griffith: -5

Top Player Pairs

Bird-Jackson: +73
Jackson-Griffith: +70
Bird-Griffith: +63
Bird-Swoopes: +54
Bird-Cash: +50
Cash-Jackson: +46
Swoopes-Griffith: +41
Cash-Griffith: +35
Bird-Gearlds: +34
Swoopes-Jackson: +34
Gearlds-Jackson: +32
Gearlds-Cash: +31
Gearlds-Griffith: +27
Swoopes-Cash: +27
Bird-Wright: +24


Most Effective Swing Player Positions

Bird: Point Guard +63
Jackson: Power Forward: +37
Cash: Power Forward +35
Swoopes: Small Forward +32
Jackson: Center: +22
Gearlds: Shooting Guard +21
Ely: Small Forward +7
Cash: Shooting Guard +6
Wright: Shooting Guard +6
Gearlds: Small Forward +3


Least Effective Swing Player Positions

Ely: Power Forward -33
Wright: Point Guard -30
Cash: Small Forward -19
Swoopes: Shooting Guard -11

Outside of the starting lineup, it looks like Swoopes and Cash should shift up to SF and PF respectively. This should happen whenever a starter subs out. I actually like bringing either Wright or Gearlds into the two guard and sitting Yo down.