Sorry to the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have been checking this blog daily waiting for a new post, I have been quite busy. But now that the 2010-2011 regular season is under way, I plan on getting a lot more NBA updates going on here.
Ok, so I might only have 2 followers right now, but I do still want to get more posts going soon.
So this installment, which I hope to keep updating regularly is what I have titled, the Best Value Teams. How I figured out the value of each team was by taking their season salary and divided it by how many wins they are projected to win for the season. So a team with a high payroll, but not playing well would have a high cost per win. But a team with a low payroll playing well would have a low cost per win, and therefore have a High Value. It is early in the season so these numbers will change a lot over the season, but I thought it would be a fun way to look at how each team is doing.
So without further ado, here are my top 5 Best Value Teams and the top 5 Worst Value Teams (as calculated after Friday Nov 5th's games).
Best Value
1. Hawks - Projected 82 wins = cost of $843,243.72 per win
2. Kings - Projected 49 wins = cost of $877,908.78 per win
3. Hornets - Projected 82 wins = cost of $889,875.21 per win
4. Warriors - Projected 66 wins = cost of $1,007,556. 91 per win
5. Thunder - Projected 49 wins = cost of $1,050,093.59 per win
Worst Value
1. Rockets - Projected 0 wins = cost of infinite, but their salary is $73,148,110 for the season
2. 76ers - Projected 14 wins = cost of $4,954,303.29 per win
3. Pistons - Projected 14 wins = cost of $4,708,415.79 per win
4. Bobcats - Projected 16 wins = cost of $4,117,555.25 per win
5. Raptors - Projected 16 wins = cost of $3,812,304.63 per win
There you have it, be on the lookout for this post to be revisited and updated in future parts.
