No time today, so straight to the numbers.
Well, sorta. Could we please stop imagining that Kevin Seraphin is a good or even useful NBA player? This is probably as good a defense of Seraphin as could possibly be written, and it’s still woefully misguided and erroneous in its conclusions. Seraphin may have a good hook shot, but he’s not a good scorer. He’s also a bad rebounder and a defensive liability. The Wizards may insist on playing him for some reason, but they’ll be better when they replace him with a decent NBA player.
Below is the Player Production Average (PPA) update. PPA is an overall rating stat I developed that credits players for things they do that help a team win and debits them for things that hurt the cause. PPA is per-minute, pace neutral, accounts for defense, and includes a “degree of difficulty” factor based on the level of competition a player faces while on the floor. In PPA, 100 = average, higher is better and replacement level is 45.
| PLAYER | GMS | MPG | 10-Nov | 18-Nov | 24-Nov | PPA |
| Marcin Gortat | 16 | 30.9 | 181 | 186 | 170 | 175 |
| John Wall | 16 | 35.3 | 185 | 180 | 180 | 168 |
| Paul Pierce | 16 | 26.9 | 140 | 138 | 165 | 134 |
| Rasual Butler | 12 | 18.5 | 60 | 131 | 116 | 128 |
| Andre Miller | 16 | 12.9 | 72 | 69 | 92 | 103 |
| Garrett Temple | 15 | 22.6 | 121 | 112 | 96 | 100 |
| Otto Porter | 15 | 23.2 | 97 | 106 | 101 | 95 |
| Kris Humphries | 15 | 17.8 | 46 | 87 | 90 | 82 |
| Drew Gooden | 11 | 17.4 | 42 | 40 | 59 | 78 |
| Nene Hilario | 11 | 27.1 | 108 | 102 | 68 | 67 |
| Bradley Beal | 7 | 29.4 | 122 | 63 | ||
| Kevin Seraphin | 15 | 15.1 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 12 |
| DeJuan Blair | 5 | 6.0 | -41 | -40 | -40 | -74 |
| Glen Rice | 5 | 8.6 | -120 | -117 | -117 | -117 |
The First Draft by Kevin Broom 