Using the inaugural NBA player projection system CARMELO, which “identifies similar players throughout NBA history and uses them to develop a probabilistic forecast of what a current NBA player’s future may look like,” FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver and his team combined aspects of player forecasting to also predict team records.
Using the system, CARMELO projects the Kings to win more games than they have in nearly a decade. Finishing the season at 40-42.
“Boogie is just too talented, and likely entering his peak,” writes FiveThirtyEight’s Andrew Flowers in his Kings Projection.
According to the algorithm, DeMarcus Cousins most compares to the likes of Shawn Kemp, Hakeem Olajuwon, Blake Griffin, Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan.