As regular readers know, I am a huge fan of adjusted plus-minus statistics. Like all stats they have their flaws, so I appreciate sincere efforts to create what we might call “adjusted” adjusted plus-minus statistics, AAPM (or would AA+/- be better?). And of these I think the current best is 538’s RAPTOR.
Here’s a trivia question: taking RAPTOR as our measure of quality just for the sake of discussion, what current Sixers player added the most value last season? Go ahead, think about it, I’ll wait. Cue “Jeopardy!” theme, written by the legendary Merv Griffin, whose estate gets paid every time it is played even though it is an obvious direct steal from “I’m a Little Teapot.