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 Sophomore MVP – Kelly Olynyk, +226 (on a 40 win, aka mediocre team)

That is simply legendary stuff right there. The kind of impact that you would never know about just skimming the points, rebounds, and assists leaderboard.

All Sophomore +/- team

Olynyk(40 win Celtics) +226

Pero Antic (32 y.old, 60 win Hawks) +155

CJ McCollum(51 win Blazers) +115  

Andre Roberson(45 win OKC) +102. Noteworthy

Nick Calathes(55 win MEM) +88

KCPope(32 win Detroit) +69. That’s legitimately noteworthy, on a bad team.

 

Tony Snell(50 win Bulls) +53. Solid player on a good team. Props

Cody Zeller +17

Giannis +11

R Gobert +5

 

It’s amazing how few rookies and sophomores actually play winning basketball so far. 

For all we think we know about how these draft classes are ranked, the ability to win is almost entirely assumed of each player.

And the guys who get the rookie/sophomore accolades are almost always guys who chuck on bad teams. Are they clutch? Do they make their teammates better? Do they put the team, and winning first?

Nobody seems to even care, as long as they chuck and put up raw stats, fantasy basketball style.

If it’s not easily defined, we don’t even want to think about it.

 

 

 

 

 

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