For example, I wrote this query to determine who are the best 6th men in the league thus far this year.
This particular one was fairly simple - I wanted to see any players during the 2014-15 who had not started any games, who had played in at least six games (we're roughly 7 or 8 games into the season), sorted by Win Shares (an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player).
Here is the link to their "Play Index" - http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/
Best 6th Men in NBA as of 11/12
Player
|
Team
|
Win Shares
|
Isaiah Thomas
|
Suns
|
0.9
|
Lavoy Allen
|
Pacers
|
0.8
|
Devin Harris
|
Mavericks
|
0.8
|
Brendan Wright
|
Mavericks
|
0.8
|
Aaron Brooks
|
Bulls
|
0.7
|
