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Roy Hibbert is the Lakers' best player, according to this fancy stat from ESPN

Advanced statistics come in a wide variety of flavors, and one of ESPN's new favorites to plop on a waffle cone is Real Plus-Minus. The first batch of numbers for the 2015-2016 have been released, and Roy Hibbert has emerged as the best player on the Los Angeles Lakers with a 2.69 RPM value.

This is ESPN's definition of RPM:

Player's estimated on-court impact on team performance, measured in net point differential per 100 offensive and defensive possessions. RPM takes into account teammates, opponents and additional factors

So, with whatever factors it is ESPN is using to measure RPM, Hibbert is helping the Lakers beat teams by 2.