The Indiana Pacers haven’t exactly exceeded expectations this year.
Prior to each NBA season, FiveThirtyEight releases an updated metric which can be used to project the upcoming years for each NBA player and give fans an idea of which teams and players will perform at the highest levels.
Their metric for this year released prior to the season and was called RAPTOR, an ode to the defending champions.
With the hiatus upon us, it’s a good time to take a look at RAPTOR projections and see where FiveThirtyEight’s metric got things wrong and where it got things right with this year’s Pacers.