![]() BPM is a per-100-possession stat, the same scale as Adjusted Plus/Minus: 0.0 is league average, +5 means the player is 5 points better than an average player over 100 possessions (which is about All-NBA level), -2 is replacement level, and -5 is really bad.īPM was created to intentionally only use information that is available historically, going back to 1973-74. It is the latest version of a stat previously called Advanced Statistical Plus/Minus it is NOT a version of Adjusted Plus/Minus, which is a play-by-play regression metric.īPM relies on a player’s box score information and the team’s overall performance to estimate a player’s performance relative to league average. I cite his article in the explanation below:īox Plus/Minus (BPM) is a box score-based metric for evaluating basketball players’ quality and contribution to the team. To clarify my basic understanding of the measure, I turned to our resource, and the originator of the index Daniel Meyers. But embedded in that article was a tabular summation of historic NCAA freshmen who had or intend to declare for the NBA draft, as measured by the Box Plus/Minus Index. The article was a well written piece focusing on deep dive analysis of various Wildcat line-ups, and their overall performance in terms of metrics. The gem was the uncovering of a comparison table of 25 NCAA freshmen who had entered the NCAA draft by a website covering Villanova University basketball for SB Nation. When researching information about the Villanova Wildcats, and possible NBA draft implications from their dark horse success so far in the NCAA tournament, I uncovered another rare gem of information which has some curious applications to the current state of the Philadelphia 76ers. Using BPM, how does Sixers Joel Embiid Stack up to the NBA draft? By Bret Stuter 7 years ago The Universal Language of NBA draft hopefuls is ’s Box Plus/Minus Index (BPM).
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