2012/2013 Stat Projections

I've run my numbers...

Starting Five
PG - Steve Nash: 77 G, 30 MPG, 11.0 PPG, 8.7 APG, 2.9 RPG
SG - Kobe Bryant: 76 G, 34 MPG, 24.8 PPG, 4.2 APG, 5.0 RPG
SF - Metta World Peace: 78 G, 28 MPG, 8.6 PPG, 2.2 APG, 3.6 RPG
PF - Pau Gasol: 78 G, 35.5 MPG, 16.2 PPG, 3.4 APG, 9.2 RPG
C - Dwight Howard: 73 G, 36 MPG, 18.9 PPG, 1.8 APG, 12.9 RPG

Bench Players and Scrubs coming soon...

I think that's pretty fair so far ...

Interesting! Im not sure if Pau and Nash will have that high of a point average but other than that looks solid. Id be disappointed if MWP ends up with just 8points per game. We need more from him. Hes gonna be left open so many times

I would not be surprised in Nash scores 9 and Metta at least 11 ppg. If he hits his open J's... yeah. We need him to score more IMO. I think Pau can score 16 without too much trouble.

Being conservative after a somewhat dissappointing off-season:
P/A/R
Nash: 8/8/3 on ~ 50/40/90
Kobe: ~25/5/5
MWP: 10/2/2 with 1.8 ~ 2 spg
Pau: 16/9/~5
Howard: 19/13/2 with 2.5 ~ 3 bpg

Nash-11.2 PPG, 8.2 APG, 2.7 RPG
Bryant-22.8 PPG, 4.6 APG, 4.8 RPG
MWP-8.5 PPG, 2.8 APG, 4.5 RPG
Gasol 14.9. PPG, 3.7 APG, 10.1 RPG
Howard, 18.4 PPG, 1.5 APG, 12.2 RPG

75.3 PPG

Bench will split up the remaining 24 points fairly evenly with Jamison getting at or near 9.0 a game to lead the way.

Nash- 9.8pts/7.7asts/2.3rebs
Bryant-25.2pts/4.5asts/4.6rebs
MWP-10.3pts/2.7asts/3.8rebs
Gasol-16.7pts/3.6asts/9.1rebs
Howard-20.2pts/1.7asts/12.4rebs

The remaining 20 pts or so will be spread amongst Blake, Meeks, Jaminson, Hill, and Ebanks. Everyone else is negligible. However, Sacre might contribute and become a legit 2nd string center if either Jaminson and/or Hill go down.

trodgers wrote:I've run my numbers...

Starting Five
PG - Steve Nash: 77 G, 30 MPG, 11.0 PPG, 8.7 APG, 2.9 RPG
SG - Kobe Bryant: 76 G, 34 MPG, 24.8 PPG, 4.2 APG, 5.0 RPG
SF - Metta World Peace: 78 G, 28 MPG, 8.6 PPG, 2.2 APG, 3.6 RPG
PF - Pau Gasol: 78 G, 35.5 MPG, 16.2 PPG, 3.4 APG, 9.2 RPG
C - Dwight Howard: 73 G, 36 MPG, 18.9 PPG, 1.8 APG, 12.9 RPG

Bench Players and Scrubs coming soon...

That's about 80 points a game for the starters. I would those stats are accurate for each individual. Kobe will be more efficient than last year, though; he'll get the about that PPG you're predicting a game but at a 45-47% clip.

The Bench
PG - Steve Blake: 4.2 points, 2.6 assists, 1.2 rebounds, 73 G, 18 MPG
SG - Jodie Meeks: 5.5 points, 0.6 assists, 1.6 rebounds, 76 G, 16 MPG
SF - Devin Ebanks: 6.5 points, 0.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, 69 G, 17 MPG
PF - Antawn Jamison: 6.6 points, 1.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds, 70 G, 15 MPG
C - Jordan Hill: 5.2 points, 0.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds, 58 G, 14 MPG

BTW, let me forestall the "if you add that up, it's 10 million points..." remember that I don't have ANYONE playing all 82 games. If two guys average 50 ppg and they only play half the season, that's only 50 PPG, not 100.

I see Jamison scoring more points than that. I see him in the 8-10 range on most nights and hopefully in the 12 -14 range on some nights.

You also have Blake dropping almost a full assist this season even with a better bench cast around him which I find interesting.

trodgers wrote:I've run my numbers...

Starting Five
PG - Steve Nash: 77 G, 30 MPG, 11.0 PPG, 8.7 APG, 2.9 RPG
SG - Kobe Bryant: 76 G, 34 MPG, 24.8 PPG, 4.2 APG, 5.0 RPG
SF - Metta World Peace: 78 G, 28 MPG, 8.6 PPG, 2.2 APG, 3.6 RPG
PF - Pau Gasol: 78 G, 35.5 MPG, 16.2 PPG, 3.4 APG, 9.2 RPG
C - Dwight Howard: 73 G, 36 MPG, 18.9 PPG, 1.8 APG, 12.9 RPG

Bench Players and Scrubs coming soon...

Looks good. Gonna say:

Nash 9 ppg
KB 24 ppg
Metta 11 ppg
Gasol 15 ppg
Howard 20 ppg, 13.5rebs

Meeks 8 ppg
Jamison 8 ppg

Kobe will probably miss about 10 games this year, maybe more.