Sunday, December 04, 2005

Here is the other side of the coin, with the least effective lineups...

2005 Worst 10 Performing Combinations (with >5 minutes of play)



Combination

Per40

Minutes

Bird-Zara-Vodopyanova-Jackson-Batkovic

-52.06

7.68

Zara-Wright-Thompson-Jackson-Batkovic

-35.62

14.60

Bird-Zara-Castro-Batkovic-Burse

-30.97

7.75

Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-27.24

57.27

Bird-Wright-Thompson-Jackson-Edwards

-25.07

11.17

Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-24.47

22.88

Bird-Castro-Jackson-Stevenson-Burse

-21.24

5.65

Bird-Lennox-Castro-Stevenson-Jackson

-19.89

6.03

Bird-Zara-Vodopyanova-Jackson-Burse

-18.32

6.55

Zara-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Burse

-15.81

12.65



As I said with regard to the best performing combinations, 5 minutes in the course of a season is not a lot of time. Every player on the final roster shows up in at least one of these combinations.

2005 Worst 10 Performing Combinations (with >10 minutes of play)


Combination

Per40

Minutes

Zara-Wright-Thompson-Jackson-Batkovic

-35.62

14.60

Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-27.24

57.27

Bird-Wright-Thompson-Jackson-Edwards

-25.07

11.17

Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-24.47

22.88

Zara-Lennox-Thompson-Jackson-Burse

-15.81

12.65

Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse

-12.06

29.85

Bird-Lennox-Wright-Jackson-Burse

-9.21

13.03

Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-6.89

29.02

Bird-Lennox-Thompson-Batkovic-Burse

-6.73

17.83

Wright-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse

-5.34

22.47

Now we start to see combinations that were used a bit more. No combination with Vodo playing more than 8 minutes has a negative +/-. She only shows up in three combinations with a negative +/- for the whole season.

2005 Worst 10 Performing Combinations (with >10 minutes of play)

Combination

Per40

Minutes

Bird-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-27.24

57.27

Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-24.47

22.88

Zara-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse

-12.06

29.85

Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Batkovic

-6.89

29.02

Wright-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse

-5.34

22.47

Zara-Lennox-Castro-Jackson-Burse

-4.57

52.50

Bird-Wright-Castro-Jackson-Burse

-0.30

132.72


The good sign here is that very few negative +/- combinations got much floor time. The one with the most is the starters with Tanisha over Betty. That lineup does not look ready for prime time yet. Replace Castro with Vodo in that same lineup and you jump to +20, however. That might be a rotation worth investigation next season.

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