Exactly one year ago, we examined the roster for the Atlanta Hawks through the prism of FiveThirtyEight’s CARMELO model. In short, we’re back to do that once again for 2019-20 and, as a refresher, Nate Silver and the crew at FiveThirtyEight use their CARMELO model to evaluate every NBA player, with salary projections included. The data is publicly available (as you can see with the link above), and it looks to the past and future to gather interesting information, including valuable projections for incoming rookies.
For our purposes, we’ll glance at the current Hawks roster, comparing actual salary to what CARMELO lays out for projected salary “worth” over the body of that player’s contract.