It appears inevitable that the Nuggets will trade Carmelo Anthony in the coming weeks, but his new team may not see as big of an improvement as expected.

Jared Diamond of The Wall Street Journal writes that Anthony is on pace to finish this season worth the equivalent of 6.8 wins, using the "Wins Produced" metric.

Wins Produced devalues scoring totals in favor of other stats, particularly shooting efficiency.

"Essentially, Mr. Anthony scores like an elite player, but he requires more shots to put up his numbers than a true superstar," Diamond writes.

"This season, Mr. Anthony holds an effective field goal percentage—a weighted statistic that takes 3-pointers into account—of 45.1%. By comparison, LeBron James's effective field goal percentage is 52%. A franchise player, Mr. Berri says, will produce between 25-30 wins a season. Chris Paul is on pace to have 25.8 Wins Produced this season. Last year, Mr. James had 27.2, and Dwight Howard had 22.3."

David Berri, the Southern Utah University economics professor that developed Wins Produced, "concluded that New Jersey would win about 30 games over a full season if the latest reported 13-player, three-team deal goes through, which involves sending Derrick Favors and Devin Harris to Denver. The Nets would also acquire Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton."