As the NBA Finals march towards crowning the Los Angeles Lakers — limping a bit because of the foot injury to Goran Dragic and the shoulder injury to Bam Adebayo — and I read John Heiser’s excellent “Deal of the Day” series, I realize I’ve yet to post full-season results from my Player Production Average (PPA) metric.
PPA is my overall production metric, which credits players for things they do to help a team win (scoring, rebounding, play-making, defending) and debits them for things that hurt (missing shots, committing turnovers, fouling and bad defense).