Analysis 2025-26 Lineup Combinations (Updated Every 10 Games)

[scott]

This is a thread I had running for several seasons at the old site, I thought I'd bring it back to life here as well. Every 10 games I'll update the 5-man lineup tables, and in between I'll provide some interesting observations on other lineup combos. I know we have a lot of additional analytic eagles on the forum, so hopefully they'll chime in with what they are seeing as well.

THROUGH 10 GAMES (8-2)

Sorted by Minutes Played (For this round) | Min 10 MP

Ref #	Lineup	GP	MP	ORTG	DRTG	NETRTG	AST%	REB%	TS%	PACE
1	Barnes-Vassell-Champ-Wemby-Castle	9	110	115.6	103.9	11.7	64.2	55.4	64.8	102.19
2	Barnes-Fox-Vassell-Wemby-Castle	2	24	105.7	92.6	13.1	71.4	49.1	58.9	105.68
3	Barnes-Keldon-Vassell-Wemby-Castle	5	15	126.7	90.0	36.7	61.5	44.4	61.4	96.64
4	JMac-Keldon-Champ-Wemby-Harper	4	14	112.5	80.6	31.9	81.8	64.7	62.4	111.82
5	Biyombo-Keldon-Vassell-Castle-Harper	4	12	79.2	116.0	-36.8	60.0	42.9	44.1	101.53
6	Barnes-Kornet-Vassell-Champ-Castle	3	12	124.1	77.4	46.7	66.7	40.9	70.0	116.44
7	Barnes-Keldon-Champ-Wemby-Castle	5	11	76.2	114.3	-38.1	85.7	50.0	40.2	92.76
8	Barnes-Champ-Wemby-Castle-Bryant	4	10	76.2	138.9	-62.7	37.5	40.0	48.7	94.39

Notes:

• Don't want to draw too many conclusions on early samples here, so this edition of notes will be short
• There are a couple of opportunities for some direct substitution comparisons early here. Lineup #1 (our original starting 5) and #6 is just a direct swap of Wemby for Korndog... and there isn't any kind of drop off (in fact our NetRtg skyrockets in a limited sample). What matters most for me here is our defense doesn't drop off a cliff. What a welcome sight.
• The other direct sub is #1 v #7, Keldon in for Devin... and, that's no bueno. Keldon has played well though so we're not going to read too much into it.
• Not surprisingl, wherever Bismack and Bryant appear, so does a massive negative NetRtg. Let's hope they fall off this list by the next update.
• The table editor here isn't great... will have to built this in excel next time