Lowry 37.2mpg, 22.5usg%, +3.3bpm, +5.3raptor
Siakam 36.9mpg, 29.3usg%, +2.3bpm, +3.0raptor
Fred 37.8mpg, 21.6usg%, +2.9bpm, +1.4raptor
3 impact full-minute starters, 1 legit elite.
OG 29.3mpg, 14.5usg%, +3.4bpm, +3.9raptor
Gasol 28.7mpg, 12.1usg%, +1.3bpm, +0.9raptor
Norm 28.2mpg, 19.2usg%, +0.6bpm, -2.5raptor
Serge 22.1mpg, 27.0usg%, -2.1bpm, -1.3raptor
4 platoonish starters. OG has been great. Gasol weak offensively but still elite defensively. While Norm and Serge have the ONLY negative ratings of the rotation players, and they are significantly negative.
RHJ 21.3mpg, 17.7usg%, +2.3bpm, +3.1raptor
Davis 15.8mpg, 16.5usg%, +2.8bpm, +4.9raptor
Boucher 12.3mpg, 19.4usg%, +3.6bpm, +6.4raptor
Super-elite bench impact from this trio. Obviously, that would fade with greater usage, and maybe it's just a fluke short term thing completely - but as of now, they should be getting a chance to continue having this kind of impact. But Boucher has been cut out completely, and RHJ and Davis cut back considerably, while Nurse doubles down on Norm and Serge.
What makes it more frustrating is that Norm and Serge don't have the history to justify this kind of faith.
Last year:
Serge: +0.5bpm, -0.4rpm, +0.0raptor
Norm: -0.7bpm, -0.5rpm, -1.3raptor
Year before:
Serge: -0.2bpm, +0.7rpm, -1.2raptor
Norm: -2.8bpm, -3.7rpm, -4.6raptor
Serge has been decent, especially used in favorable matchups as a center. Norm,of course, has been terrible prior to this year, and even this year the numbers are just ok overall - and raptor still thinks he's really bad.
This is not at all like showing faith in Fred last year when he was sorta killing us at times, including the first 2 rounds of the playoffs:
Last Year: +0.0bpm, +1.7rpm, +0.3raptor
Year Before: +1.9bpm, +3.4rpm, +4.1raptor
Last year even when he was struggling Fred was still decent, and the year before he had been awesome. So waiting on him made sense.
But with Serge and Norm, even when playing well they're marginal players, and when they're struggling they're no good at all.
as of right now, we would likely be better off if Nurse used Norm and Serge as the #9 and #10 guys, not the #6 and #7.
Now that might change going forward, and the new guys may fade while norm and serge improve, but right now, imo it's a real shame that Nurse kinda just torpedoed what was a really, really good thing for us and was looking like it was driving us to some new heights as a team.