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I believe these are related pieces? http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/04/analytics-basketball/ http://www.sloansportsconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Alagappan-Muthu-EOSMarch2012PPT.pdf
Cool analysis. Off the top of my head, I'd break it up into: 1. Combo Playmaker: Lebron James, Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Chandler Parsons (yeah probably a stretch) 2. Scoring Playmaker: Steph Curry, CP3, James Harden, Jrue Holiday,Steve Nash 3. Defensive Playmaker: Mike Conley, Rajon Rondo, Kyle Lowry, Jeremy Lin 4. Scoring Shotblocker: Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard, Serge Ibaka, Josh Smith, Chandler Tyson. 5. Offensive Scorer: Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Martin 7. Defensive Scorer: Zach Randolph, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, David lee, Kevin Love, Anderson Varejao 8. System Roleplayer: Chase Budinger, Shane Battier, Steve Novak, Brian Scalabrini, Nick Collison, Sasha Vujacic.