VBN
12-18 over 30 games. Both ends of the floor, the schedule they played and the roster behind them — with every night of the season below.
- Record
- 12-18
- -2.6
- 54.9
01 / Season
THE WHOLE SEASON
Every metric carries its own league rank. Hover any name for a plain-English explanation, the arithmetic, and why the number is worth looking at.
Record
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12
11th of 16
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18
11th of 16
lower is better
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40.0%
11th of 16
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-61.0
10th of 16
Efficiency
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121.9
14th of 16
-
124.5
3rd of 16
lower is better
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-2.6
10th of 16
Four Factors
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62.6%
12th of 16
-
64.4%
12th of 16
-
11.2%
14th of 16
lower is better
-
15.4%
13th of 16
-
0.172
11th of 16
Volume
-
96.2
13th of 16
-
98.2
3rd of 16
lower is better
-
27.1
7th of 16
-
9.4
14th of 16
lower is better
-
2.87
12th of 16
-
31.7
9th of 16
-
5.2
15th of 16
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6.5
4th of 16
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3.9
3rd of 16
Context
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78.9
4th of 16
-
4.2
14th of 16
-
23.0
7th of 16
-
55.5
12th of 16
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42.7%
10th of 16
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-0.8
8th of 16
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18.8
1st of 16
lower is better
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6.7%
14th of 16
-
16.7%
16th of 16
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-0.2
8th of 16
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+7.1
1st of 16
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0.110
6th of 16
lower is better
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9.1
6th of 16
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38.6%
6th of 16
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47.3%
11th of 16
Composite
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54.9
12th of 16
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-1.7
10th of 16
02 / Splits
HOME AND AWAY
Home
8-7
15 games · 53.3% won
Away
4-11
15 games · 26.7% won
Close games / blowouts
2/ 5
within 5 points · 20+ point margins
12.8
wins the point margin implies · actual 12
-0.8
close games are near coin flips
18.8
standard deviation of per-game net rating
Four Factors, weighted
- 62.6%
- 11.2%
- 15.4%
- 0.172
- True shooting · 50%
- 44/100
- Assists per game · 30%
- 85/100
- Ball security · 20%
- 37/100
- MARIUS Score
- 54.9
TS 52–80% · AST/G 0–32 · TOV/G 5–12
03 / Game log
ALL 30 NIGHTS
12–18 · 30 games
| G | Opponent | Venue | Result | PTS | POSS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DET | H | L | 93 | 99 | -6 | 82.7 | 112.4 | 119.7 | -7.3 | 25 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 27 | 66 |
| 2 | LVS | H | L | 88 | 102 | -14 | 76.1 | 115.7 | 134.1 | -18.4 | 27 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | CHI | A | L | 100 | 110 | -10 | 84.5 | 118.3 | 130.1 | -11.8 | 36 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 68 |
| 4 | HOU | A | W | 85 | 77 | +8 | 76.5 | 111.1 | 100.7 | +10.5 | 19 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 46 |
| 5 | LAR | A | W | 121 | 89 | +32 | 80.5 | 150.3 | 110.6 | +39.8 | 27 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 34 | 60 |
| 6 | LAR | H | W | 96 | 86 | +10 | 84.5 | 113.6 | 101.8 | +11.8 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 8 | 20 | 54 |
| 7 | MIN | A | L | 99 | 104 | -5 | 79.6 | 124.4 | 130.7 | -6.3 | 26 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 24 | 60 |
| 8 | VAN | A | L | 94 | 101 | -7 | 74.7 | 125.8 | 135.2 | -9.4 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 50 |
| 9 | PIT | A | L | 80 | 95 | -15 | 75.2 | 106.4 | 126.3 | -19.9 | 26 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 16 | 54 |
| 10 | HOU | H | W | 111 | 82 | +29 | 75.2 | 147.7 | 109.1 | +38.6 | 30 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 60 |
| 11 | NYE | A | L | 93 | 113 | -20 | 78.0 | 119.3 | 144.9 | -25.7 | 32 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 52 |
| 12 | DAL | H | W | 123 | 117 | +6 | 88.2 | 139.4 | 132.6 | +6.8 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 13 | 54 |
| 13 | VAN | H | W | 92 | 90 | +2 | 73.2 | 125.8 | 123.0 | +2.7 | 27 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 46 |
| 14 | OAK | A | L | 99 | 106 | -7 | 78.0 | 127.0 | 136.0 | -9.0 | 28 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 28 | 50 |
| 15 | DCS | A | W | 79 | 68 | +11 | 74.3 | 106.4 | 91.5 | +14.8 | 27 | 13 | 43 | 7 | 27 | 56 |
| 16 | SEA | H | L | 86 | 95 | -9 | 80.2 | 107.2 | 118.5 | -11.2 | 28 | 9 | 35 | 4 | 25 | 56 |
| 17 | DET | A | W | 104 | 98 | +6 | 79.9 | 130.1 | 122.6 | +7.5 | 26 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 58 |
| 18 | TBS | A | L | 96 | 108 | -12 | 77.3 | 124.2 | 139.8 | -15.5 | 26 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 21 | 56 |
| 19 | TBS | H | L | 95 | 103 | -8 | 75.8 | 125.4 | 136.0 | -10.6 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| 20 | LVS | A | L | 98 | 106 | -8 | 81.3 | 120.5 | 130.3 | -9.8 | 30 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 54 |
| 21 | CHI | H | L | 95 | 110 | -15 | 76.4 | 124.3 | 144.0 | -19.6 | 27 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 62 |
| 22 | DAL | A | L | 97 | 111 | -14 | 81.7 | 118.7 | 135.8 | -17.1 | 28 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 52 |
| 23 | NYE | H | W | 102 | 95 | +7 | 78.2 | 130.5 | 121.5 | +9.0 | 31 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 40 |
| 24 | SEA | A | L | 80 | 97 | -17 | 80.1 | 99.9 | 121.1 | -21.2 | 29 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 48 |
| 25 | OAK | H | L | 94 | 102 | -8 | 78.7 | 119.4 | 129.6 | -10.2 | 33 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 76 |
| 26 | — | A | L | 80 | 106 | -26 | 75.5 | 105.9 | 140.4 | -34.4 | 19 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 24 | 60 |
| 27 | DCS | H | W | 103 | 72 | +31 | 74.4 | 138.4 | 96.8 | +41.7 | 26 | 8 | 43 | 11 | 33 | 64 |
| 28 | PIT | H | W | 95 | 86 | +9 | 79.0 | 120.2 | 108.8 | +11.4 | 33 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 26 | 54 |
| 29 | TOR | H | L | 96 | 113 | -17 | 83.1 | 115.5 | 135.9 | -20.5 | 16 | 10 | 35 | 6 | 27 | 52 |
| 30 | MIN | H | W | 111 | 105 | +6 | 83.8 | 132.4 | 125.2 | +7.2 | 31 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 37 | 66 |
04 / Cap
WHAT IT COSTS
14 contracts · $127.7M payroll · $37.3M under the cap
S4 payroll
$127.7M
14 contracts this season
Cap room
$37.3M
still to spend
Luxury-tax room
$87.3M
before the tax line
Dollars per win
$10.6M
12 wins bought
Committed beyond S4
$99.3M
already spent for S5 and S6
Salary concentration
0.086
HHI over 14 salaries
Top earner
Brandon James
$15.0M
Team options / clauses
10/ 0
club options · trade clauses
The ledger over time — what this roster is already booked to cost in each season the export carries
Season 4
$127.7M
14 deals on the books
Season 5
$80.2M
10 deals on the books
-37.2% against S4
Season 6
$19.1M
2 deals on the books
| Player | Pos | Term | Option | S4 | S5 | S6 | PTS | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon James | SF | 2+1 | Team +1 | $15.0M | $15.0M | — | 611 | 1.68× |
| Michael Myers | C | 2+1 | Team +1 | $15.0M | — | — | 469 | 1.29× |
| Jackson Pollock V | SG | 5 Years | — | $14.0M | $14.0M | $14.0M | 412 | 1.22× |
| Brady White | C | 2+1 | Team +1 | $12.0M | $12.0M | — | 131 | 0.45× |
| Raja Tennis | SF | 2+1 | Team +1 | $12.0M | — | — | 70 | 0.24× |
| Aeyel Lester Perez* | C | 2+1 | Team +1 | $10.2M | $7.2M | $5.1M | 245 | 0.99× |
| Clint Demp | SF | 2 | — | $10.0M | — | — | 133 | 0.55× |
| Gabriel Johnson | C | 1+1 | Team +1 | $8.0M | $8.0M | — | — | — |
| Sidney Howard | PG | 2 | — | $8.0M | $8.0M | — | — | — |
| Ty Wells | C | 1+1 | Team +1 | $8.0M | $8.0M | — | — | — |
| Rylan Bean | SG | 1+1 | Team +1 | $7.5M | — | — | 183 | 1.01× |
| Aron Rodgars | SF | 1+1 | Team +1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | — | — | — |
| Tyler Commander | PF | 2 Years | — | $3.0M | $2.0M | — | — | — |
| James Curry II | PF | 1+1 | Team +1 | $2.0M | $3.0M | — | 63 | 1.30× |
05 / Notes
WHAT THE LOG SAYS
RECORD
01
12-18
VBN finished 12-18, 12th in the league by wins.
A 40.0% win rate over 30 games, outscoring opponents by -2.0 points a night. Their net rating of -2.6 ranks 10th, and the point margin says that record was worth 12.8 wins.
CONTEXT
02
-1.7
VBN rate 10th on the Simple Rating System.
Margin alone would put them at -2.0 points a game; the schedule they played rated -0.2, the 8th hardest in the league over the 29 games whose opponent is known. The two together rate them at -1.7, and they disagree with the raw margin by 0.3 points.
EFFICIENCY
03
121.9 / 124.5
VBN scored 121.9 and conceded 124.5 points per 100 possessions.
Offence ranks 14th, defence 3rd — and on defence lower is better. Across 2,367 possessions at a pace of 78.9, that is a net rating of -2.6.
MARIUS
04
54.9
VBN scored 54.9 on the MARIUS Score.
Half of that is true shooting (64.4%), 30% is assists per game (27.1 — 7th in the league) and 20% is ball security (9.4 turnovers a game, 14th — where lower is better).
MARIUS
05
12.0%
VBN gave the ball away on 12.0% of their possessions.
Basketball-Reference's definition puts the turnover rate at 11.2% of plays used — 9.4 turnovers per game. Both are shown because they answer slightly different questions: one is per possession, the other per play.
ANOMALY
06
103-72
Their best night was a 103-72 win against DCS.
Game 27, a net rating of 41.7 on 74.4 possessions. They made 43 of 69 shots and pulled in 43 rebounds. It came at home.
ANOMALY
07
80-106
Their worst night was a 80-106 loss against OPP.
Game 26, a net rating of -34.4. They turned the ball over 11 times and gave up 60 points in the paint.
RECORD
08
3/5
Their longest winning run was 3 games; the longest losing run 5.
Read off the game log in order, so a streak is a real sequence of results rather than a count of wins. They also played 2 games decided by five points or fewer (6.7%) and 5 decided by twenty or more (16.7%).
RECORD
09
8-7
At home VBN went 8-7; on the road 4-11.
53.3% of home games won against 26.7% away. Their home net rating was 1.9 and their away net rating -7.1 — the same team, two different levels.
CONTEXT
10
+7.1
VBN's scoring margin was 1.5 a game at home and -5.6 on the road.
That is a home-court edge of 7.1 points a game. Across the league the host outscores the visitor by -1.4, so their own building is worth more to them than the average one.
STYLE
11
18.8
VBN's performance swung 18.8 net rating points between games.
The standard deviation of their per-game net rating, across 30 games with a box score. The league's steadiest side sits near 18.8; the wildest near 33.6.
CONTRACT
12
10
VBN holds 10 team options — the most leverage in the league.
On 14 contracts, 71.4% carry a club-controlled extra year, so VBN can keep this roster together on its own terms.