New Orleans Pelicans

Historical measurements from this snapshot.

Games covered: 239
Percentile rank 38 among 30 measured profiles
pct 38 of 30 measured
Pace proxy, latest season: 102.6
Percentile rank 63 among 30 measured profiles
pct 63 of 30 measured
Points per game, latest season: 115.3
Percentile rank 47 among 30 measured profiles
pct 47 of 30 measured
Seasons covered: 3
Percentile rank 50 among 30 measured profiles
pct 50 of 30 measured
Team: New Orleans Pelicans
Top contributor: Trey Murphy III
Top contributor minutes: 5819.1
Percentile rank 18 among 30 measured profiles
pct 18 of 30 measured
Top contributor PRA per 36 minutes: 29.8
Percentile rank 32 among 30 measured profiles
pct 32 of 30 measured

Stored percentiles rank measured rows in this published pack; higher is only higher, not a quality judgement.

What stands out

The minutes leader is a wing, not a headline star -- 5,819.1 minutes.
The 29.8 PRA-per-36 rate is a solid-starter line rather than a primary-option one.
Team scoring was 115.3 per game on a 102.6 pace proxy.

Reading note

The 'top contributor' is the player with the most total minutes for that team across the 3-season sample, not necessarily its best or highest-scoring player. PRA-per-36 sums points, rebounds, and assists per 36 minutes -- a raw box rate, not an impact metric. ppg_latest_season and pace_proxy_latest_season are single-season figures while games_total spans three seasons, and pace_proxy is a proxy, not official possession-based pace. The manifest is descriptive_only, with no schedule, opponent, or roster-continuity adjustment. A complementary player leading a roster in minutes typically indicates availability rather than role; this manifest records neither injuries nor lineups.

Also measured elsewhere

All 30 team cards carry these 3 joins.

Schedule Fatigue Tax (latest season)

ORtg estimate withheld

The historical value is under review. Read the analysis for the published schedule counts and frequencies.

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Load-Bearing Index (most-indispensable player)

Elo on/off: Zion Williamson (delta_winprob +0.2823); raw with/without: Karlo Matković (delta_win_rate +0.3038); agreement=False

on/off net rating delta +15.772; n_active=62, n_missed=12

both estimators carry the ROSTER CONFOUND both source files label explicitly: why a player missed is entangled with injury clustering, rest, blowout pulls, and replacement lineup -- none controlled. NOT a causal player-impact estimate.; the feeds cover DIFFERENT seasons (Elo on/off = 2024-25; raw with/without = 2025-26), so agreement is DIRECTIONAL corroboration, not a paired estimate.; estimator (a) is win prob vs a league-average opponent on a neutral floor; estimator (b) is raw team win-rate active-vs-missed. The two axes are related but not the same scale.; Per team, the win-prob dependence on its single most-indispensable player, under two independent estimators, with a cross-method agreement flag.

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Highest/lowest scoring pairing (pooled 2023-24..2025-26)

highest: vs WAS mean_total 245.67 (n=6); lowest: vs NYK mean_total 213.67 (n=6)

NOT a prediction of any future matchup (describes games already played); NOT a home/away split (per-player table carries no venue flag); NOT opponent-adjusted / strength-of-schedule (raw pooled means only); pairing reported only where n_meetings >= 2

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