The Most Improved in 2007—08

minimum 1,000 minutes played in 2006-07 and 2007-08

Ranked in terms of Change in Wins

Change in Wins = Wins Produced in 07-08 with WP48 07-08 minus Wins Produced in 07-08 with WP48 in 06-07

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Data taken from Basketball-Reference.com

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Name

Team

Minutes

Wins Produced

07-08

WP48

07-08

WP48

06-07

Change

in Wins

Monta Ellis

Golden State

3,071

11.4

0.177

0.043

8.6

Chris Paul

New Orleans

3,006

25.4

0.406

0.270

8.5

Chris Kaman

LA Clippers

2,083

10.1

0.233

0.061

7.5

Hedo Turkoglu

Orlando

3,026

9.9

0.157

0.053

6.6

Deron Williams

Utah

3,059

15.2

0.238

0.149

5.7

Antawn Jamison

Washington

3,060

11.5

0.180

0.093

5.6

Lamar Odom

LA Lakers

2,921

15.4

0.253

0.161

5.5

Andrew Bynum

LA Lakers

1,008

8.3

0.394

0.132

5.5

Jameer Nelson

Orlando

1,961

7.7

0.189

0.061

5.2

Brad Miller

Sacramento

2,513

10.3

0.197

0.099

5.1

Jose Calderon

Toronto

2,484

16.0

0.309

0.214

4.9

Channing Frye

Portland

1,342

2.3

0.084

-0.076

4.5

Allen Iverson

Denver

3,424

9.5

0.134

0.072

4.4

Andris Biedrins

Golden State

2,078

14.5

0.334

0.235

4.3

Mike Dunleavy

Indiana

2,953

10.6

0.173

0.103

4.3

Willie Green

Philadelphia

1,970

-0.8

-0.019

-0.120

4.1

Kendrick Perkins

Boston

1,912

5.8

0.145

0.042

4.1

LeBron James

Cleveland

3,027

20.2

0.321

0.262

3.7

Dwight Howard

Orlando

3,088

24.6

0.382

0.325

3.7

Rudy Gay

Memphis

3,000

3.4

0.055

-0.003

3.6

Mike Miller

Memphis

2,474

11.0

0.213

0.144

3.6

Ryan Gomes

Minnesota

2,434

5.1

0.101

0.032

3.5

Desmond Mason

Milwaukee

1,702

1.9

0.053

-0.044

3.4

Carmelo Anthony

Denver

2,806

9.1

0.156

0.098

3.4

Troy Murphy

Indiana

2,106

7.1

0.163

0.094

3.0