RealGM Wiretap
Certainly by now most of you are already familiar with the Floor Impact Counter and Reina Value.
I also use the FIC to calculate team totals, both by game and for the season.
In order to determine my team rankings, I have calculated the difference between a team's own FIC per game and their opponents' FIC for the entire season.
Team: 08-09 FIC Differential
1. Cleveland Cavaliers: 17.0
Mo Williams' field goal percentage has dropped from 48.0% to 46.9%, but his 3-point shooting has jumped from 38.5% to 43.9%.
2. Boston Celtics: 17.0
Boston, Cleveland and Orlando are one, two and three in terms of field goal percentage allowed with all of them around 43%, so it's not surprising to find them seated atop our rankings.
3. Orlando Magic: 14.0
Rafer Alston has improved his production and shooting since joining the Magic.
4. Los Angeles Lakers: 13.5
The Lakers have been significantly better defensively when Trevor Ariza and Lamar Odom have been on the floor.
5. Utah Jazz: 11.9
Utah hasn't been nearly as effective on the glass as we've become accustomed to expecting, but they have improved substantially on the defensive end over the past couple of seasons.
6. Portland Trail Blazers: 8.6
The Blazers have the NBA's second best offensive rating with 113.2 points per 100 possessions.
7. San Antonio Spurs: 7.8
The Spurs have an excellent assist/turnover rate of 1.80.
8. Denver Nuggets: 6.3
No team has done a better job in getting to the free throw line this season than the Nuggets, though the Warriors are a surprising number two.
9. Dallas Mavericks: 6.2
The Mavericks have slipped down to 16th in defensive rating this season from 9th last year and 5th when they won 67 games.
10. Houston Rockets: 5.8
The Rockets play a low-risk brand of defense and are currently fifth in defensive rating despite being 29th in forcing turnovers.
