Daryl Morey’s Championship Probability Calculator

Trust the process.

November 24, 2021

By Noah Cohen-Greenberg and Sam MerminAn exclusive inside look at 76ers GM Daryl Morey’s Team Rating System (TeaRS). In line with Morey’s rise to fame as the most analytically focused General Manager in NBA history, TeaRS is considered by many sports Statisticians to be the most advanced analytical machine in the NBA. By combining various metrics into a single measurement of overall team quality (on a scale of 0 to 600 MoreyPoints), Morey can objectively measure his team against the competition. To reach the 5% championship probability that Morey has identified as the cutoff for a true “contender” (the point at which a team should go all-in on winning), a team needs at least 500 MoreyPoints.2021 Philadelphia 76ers TeaRS Model:

  1. 7’2” Three-point-shooting center: +495 MoreyPoints

  2. Lack of a traditional point guard: -70 MoreyPoints

  3. Tobias Harris: +1 MoreyPoint

  4. Grumbly-looking coach: +45 MoreyPoints

  5. Greatest shooter of all time’s brother: +14 MoreyPoints

  6. Three-point-shooting center with ~5% chance of shattering leg any time he jumps: -200 MoreyPoints

  7. Disgruntled star player on max contract refuses to play: -100 MoreyPoint

  8. Elite shot-blocking guard: +53 MoreyPoints

  9. Call Celtics every now and then to ask for Jayson Tatum: +150 MoreyPoints

  10. Bloodthirsty fan-base getting fed up with constant disappointment: -97 MoreyPoints

  11. Disgruntled star player on max contract says “Hello” to coaching assistant: +50 MoreyPoints

  12. Player who is coach’s son-in-law: +15 MoreyPoints

  13. Backup center who looks like a lumberjack and couldn’t hit a free throw for $500: +25 MoreyPoints

  14. Disgruntled star player on max contract shows up to first practice in months and spends entire time blowing whistle while coach tries to talk: -150 MoreyPoints

  15. Coach with fake-sounding name: +60 MoreyPoints

  16. Least creative mascot of all time: -1 MoreyPoints

  17. Young point guard who might be kind of good in like 5 years: +80 MoreyPoints

  18. Disgruntled star player on max contract burns practice facility to the ground: -175 MoreyPoints

  19. GM grows a beard: +40 MoreyPoints

  20. Hypothetical worth of a Simmons-for-McCollum trade: +100 MoreyPoints

The 76ers currently have 499 MoreyPoints. Perhaps adding some shooting around Ben Simmons at the trade deadline will finally push them over the edge.

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