Finding the best player at pick 13 for the New Orleans Pelicans based on Advanced Metrics
In the past few days, I’ve spent an enormous amount of time engaging in this experiment. My goal is simple, I wanted to sit down and use advanced metrics to assess the New Orleans Pelicans‘ biggest weaknesses to then find a player at pick 13 in to fix those problems.
I know it’s a little crazy but this is the method that many modern front offices in the NBA use. It’s a trend happening all across American sports in fact, teams will evaluate their teams purely from numbers and then find players that boost weak spots. The biggest example of this ongoing revolution is Daryl Morrey’s approach with the Houston Rockets.
Though David Griffin isn’t a metrics guy per se, the New Orleans Pelicans like every other team in the NBA today uses an analytics department. The analytical analysis from this department does factor into who the team chooses to target.
So with that being said here’s how I looked approach finding the perfect prospect for the New Orleans Pelicans at pick 13.