C's lineup data - Injuries have played a major role

[KGs Knee]

I was looking at the 5-man lineup data for the C's and one glaringly obvious fact struck me, our preferred starting lineup has only played 21 games together, which is the most of any 5-man lineup.

The C's best 5-man lineup (min 10 games played) is Thomas - Bradley - Crowder - Olynyk - Horford (+2.3).  Unfortunately this lineups only sees 4.9 mpg.  That can't continue.

Three other things also really stuck out to me:

First, the team is a net negative with Crowder playing PF.  No lineup that features Crowder at PF, and has played at least 10 games, has a positive +/-.

Second, simply substituting Smart for Bradley into our best lineup results in a net negative swing of 2.4 pts.

Finally, this team really needs Avery Bradley back.  His two way contributions really are underappreciated.  Of the seven 5-man lineups that have played at least 10 games and have a positive +/- Bradley is featured in 5 of these lineups.


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