David West

[Allan Houston]

Current Rating: 60

He's been insane this season. I've been holding off SWing my own guy, expecting some regression. But he's been a beast. 23.4 PER, 20th among all players. 5.1 BPM, 17th among all players. 3.96 RPM, 21st among all players. That's right, according to just about any one-number metric, he's an all-star this season. Of course, he only plays 13.3 minutes per game, and gains some benefit from the team around him. I think he's always been a bit better than his rating here, downgraded in the consensus because he decides to ring chase and play smaller roles. But even with my high prior, he's having a renaissance this year that shouldn't go ignored.

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[Theodore Duncan]

He is playing pretty great, but it's hard to believe he could keep the same production if playing even for 20+ min per game, or 30+ min as all-stars do. So the all star comparison is bit far fetched :)

How does the endurance work in general in the sim? How low should it be for guys like West/Ginobili/Dirk who can produce good numbers in low minutes, but should get regression in production if played more than what is realistic?

[Allan Houston]

Tbh, I'm not sure how endurance works in the sim. Seems to have very little effect on minutes per game.

And yea, I listed those same caveats after saying his one-number stats are in all-star range.

[billy]

Jan 17, 2018 23:29:03 GMT -5 Allan Houston said:

Tbh, I'm not sure how endurance works in the sim. Seems to have very little effect on minutes per game.

And yea, I listed those same caveats after saying his one-number stats are in all-star range.

From what I understand endurance rating doesn't effect minutes played as much as it effects reducing effectiveness as minutes played increases. PT modifiers effect minutes played the most. Endurance effects whether your guy is as good in minute 35 that he is in minute 5.

Maybe we should do some test sims and see if we can spot the relationship between the minute that someone drops off at and the endurance rating and try to peg that very accurately in cases of extreme differences between per game and per 36 metrics.