Los Angeles Lakers

Also known as Wyman Diagrams. Created by @taylormetrics on TikTok, where they became a viral trend.

Size value over replacementOutlinePlugs in anywhereHardest to fitColourBalancedPerimeter shooterOn-ball creatorInterior bigDisruptor / connectorWhite what a perfect team would add
Kobe Bryant: The roster bends round himBryantLamar Odom: Average fitOdomPau Gasol: Average fitGasolMetta World Peace: Average fitPeaceAndrew Bynum: Average fitBynumDerek Fisher: Average fitFisherMatt Barnes: Hardest to fitBarnesSteve Blake: The roster bends round himBlakeShannon Brown: Hardest to fitBrownLuke Walton: The roster bends round himWaltonDevin Ebanks: Hardest to fitEbanksBELOW REPLACEMENT · NOT IN THE BOX · SAME SCALETrey Johnson: Hardest to fitJohnsonDerrick Caracter: Hardest to fitCaracterTheo Ratliff: Average fitRatliffJoe Smith: Average fitSmith

Season by season

2000-012026-27

29%

of the box filled, 5 of 30. 11 players in the box, worth 19.3 per 100 above replacement.

+0.4

team fit, points per 100 its lineups are predicted to gain or lose by playing together (O +0.3, D +0.1). An estimate.

What fills the box

Share of the box by kind of player. The tick is the average of the season’s five fullest rosters.

Balanced8%
Perimeter shooter1%
On-ball creator13%
Interior big2%
Disruptor / connector4%
PlayerMPGDPMBox

This version uses Taylormetrics’ Wyman Diagram and Justin Liu’s model and packer. Size is DPM above a −2.0 replacement level to the power 2.2, times minutes per game. Outlines are an estimate: they predict the hand-drawn originals only weakly, so read them as a lean, not a stat. Playoff-adjusted moves each player by his career playoff offense change and playability.