Bulls' hit jackpot with Wade, Crowder's Celtics score even better offseasonOutside of Golden State's signing of Kevin Durant, Marquette's returning NBA players are on the teams that could improve the most based on offseason moves to date. I rank the 30 team's offseasons in a
Thursday Breitbart piece.
Click here for a more detailed analysis of the 148 best players by team. Here are the Bulls and Celtics players worth at least four extra wins based on last year's NBA
Estimated Wins and the
college Value Add basketball rankings
| Player | 2016 | 2017 | Extra Wins |
|---|
| Robin Lopez | NY | CHI | 7.8 |
| Jimmy Butler | CHI | CHI | 13.3 |
| Dwyane Wade | MIA | CHI | 11.1 |
| Rajon Rondo | SAC | CHI | 7.5 |
| Denzel Valentine | Michigan St. | CHI | 7.2 |
| Taj Gibson | CHI | CHI | 4.0 |
| Isaiah Thomas | BOS | BOS | 13.9 |
| Al Horford | ATL | BOS | 11.6 |
| Jae Crowder | BOS | BOS | 6.1 |
| Jared Sullinger | BOS | BOS | 5.9 |
| Ben Bentil | Providence | BOS | 5.7 |
| Amir Johnson | BOS | BOS | 4.1 |
| Ante Zizic | Croatia | BOS | 4.0 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | France | BOS | 4.0 |
| Jaylen Brown | California | BOS | 4.0 |
| Kelly Olynyk | BOS | BOS | 4.0
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To walk through the math, Wade was worth an additional 11.1 wins last season, while the acquisition of Robin Lopez (+7.8) and Rajon Rondo (+7.5) and the draft of Denzel Valentine (+7.2) improve the team. Next we subtract -12.7 for the loss of Pau Gasol and the normal -6.0 atrophy for each team â€" the Bulls project a 15-game improvement.
Whether or not Wade can repeat his level of play at 35 years old, and whether adding a whole bunch of good players to a Celtics team that really just needs one great one is also in question, but the pick up of Al Horford seems to give the Celtics a shot to go to the next level in the East.
As for Detroit, we have Michael Gbinije having a bigger first year impact, with Henry Ellenson the bigger star over his career once he stops
twisting his body and hand on his shot.
It has been a great offseason for the former MU players - let's see if it plays out next year.
Source: Bulls' hit jackpot with Wade, Crowder's Celtics score even better offseason (http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2016/07/bulls-hit-jackpot-with-wade-crowders.html)
With Wade on the Bulls, 40 to 50 points a night could come from MU. Does anyone other NBA team have one school accounting for a PPG than the Bulls with MU?
Quote from: Jesse Livermore on July 07, 2016, 03:46:59 AM
With Wade on the Bulls, 40 to 50 points a night could come from MU. Does anyone other NBA team have one school accounting for a PPG than the Bulls with MU?
The Suns get like 95 from Kentucky.
He asked about other schools. Obviously other professional teams like Kentucky provide more points than college teams. ;D
https://twitter.com/RobHart1980/status/750867709613793280 (https://twitter.com/RobHart1980/status/750867709613793280)