Evaluating the Pre-Season & Regular Season Performance

of the 2006-07 Rookies

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Win Score = PTS + REB + STL + ½*BLK + ½*AST – FGA – ½*FTA – TO – ½*PF

PAWSmin = Position Adjusted Win Score per minute = Win Score per minute – Average Win Score at position played

Estimated WP48 = 0.100 + 1.614*PAWSmin

PTS48 = Points Score per 48 minutes

Pre-Season data taken from the website of Doug Steele

2006-07 Rookie	Pre-Season WP48 Rank	Regular Season WP48 Rank	Games	Minutes	Win Score per-Minute	WP48	Wins Produced	Pre-Season Minutes	Pre-Season Win Score per-Minute	Pre-Season PAWSMIN	Pre-Season Estimated WP48
Paul Millsap	1	2	82	1,472	0.274	0.178	5.5	138	0.359	0.144	0.332
Rajon Rondo	2	1	78	1,831	0.166	0.189	7.2	243	0.228	0.097	0.256
Craig Smith	3	5	82	1,537	0.239	0.113	3.6	109	0.280	0.065	0.205
Marcus WIlliams	4	11	79	1,315	0.075	0.019	0.5	170	0.165	0.034	0.154
Jordan Farmar	5	8	72	1,090	0.120	0.065	1.5	145	0.152	0.021	0.133
Shawnee Williams	6	12	46	556	0.100	0.017	0.2	105	0.171	0.019	0.131
Alexander Johnson	7	10	59	753	0.197	0.035	0.5	162	0.244	0.019	0.130
Shelden Williams	8	6	81	1,514	0.225	0.110	3.5	181	0.199	-0.016	0.074
Tyrus Thomas	9	7	72	966	0.210	0.105	2.1	157	0.197	-0.017	0.072
Ronnie Brewer	10	4	56	675	0.158	0.122	1.7	147	0.075	-0.053	0.014
Cedric Simmons	11	16	43	534	0.095	-0.106	-1.2	118	0.161	-0.054	0.013
Rudy Gay	12	13	78	2,103	0.120	-0.003	-0.1	192	0.094	-0.058	0.005
Brandon Roy	13	3	57	2,015	0.159	0.159	6.7	279	0.068	-0.060	0.003
Rodney Carney	14	14	67	1,169	0.081	-0.025	-0.6	107	0.061	-0.091	-0.048
David Noel	15	15	68	792	0.116	-0.077	-1.3	176	0.099	-0.115	-0.086
Randy Foye	16	9	82	1,879	0.106	0.053	2.1	129	0.012	-0.120	-0.093
Adam Morrison	17	17	78	2,326	0.005	-0.139	-6.7	215	-0.081	-0.233	-0.277