I'm working on Stat Projections. So far I've done only Lin's and Price's numbers. I'll put a star by the stat that I think is most likely to have a significant variation. Jeremy Lin 75 games, 2288 minutes, 13.0 points, 5.0 assists*, 2.8 rebounds, 30.5 minutes Ronnie Price 59 games, 761 minutes, 2.8 points, 2.1 assists, 1.3 rebounds, 12.9 minutes*
Boozer 80 games, 29.8 MPG 14.8 points, 1.9 assists, 8.4 rebounds Hill 61 games, 24.0 MPG 10.7 points, 0.7 assists, 8.3 rebounds
I love these projections! PPG seems a bit low for Price, who is supposed to be our first PG off the bench, but we'll see. I think he could be close to 4 PPG, but the rest looks great.
His preseason numbers project to about 7.4 I think, but I don't want to be too hasty. His career rates are more in line with the 5 per game, but I put the asterisk by it precisely because I think it could be above 6. As for Price, I don't know. If his MPG increase, then his other stats should increase correspondingly. I didn't mention this, but I had to fudge Hill's MPG. I have no idea how many he'll play, and when a player goes for a career high in mpg projecting the stats becomes difficult.
I'll work on Randle quick; then I'm watching some scary movies and drinking brew while my daughter carves a pumpkin.
The year he actually was healthy, played 32 mpg, and before Dwight came, he had 6apg. I think with Lin getting starter minutes, something that he hasn't really had consistently, and him being a second option on offense running the pick and roll, will give him that extra 1-2 apg. Guys like Hill, Davis, Boozer, and even Kobe being excellent finishers will certainly help.
I'd initially put Randle's numbers at 9/6, but after seeing him in preseason, they're bumped: Randle 68 games, 24.0 MPG, 9.7 Points, 1.25 assists, 7.15 rebounds
