Alec Burks, Elfrid Payton, Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, RJ Barrett — NYK, 2020-21

How did this NYK lineup perform in 2020-21?

Over 369 possessions together in 2020-21 this NYK five was −4.9 net points per 100, against +4.0 expected from the sum of its parts.

NYK lineup, 2020-21: measured against the sum of its parts

Measure	Value
Possessions together	369
Net points per 100	−4.9
Expected from the parts	+4.0
Synergy per 100	−8.8

What this does not measure: lineup synergy does not persist out of sample, so it describes what happened rather than predicting what will. Treat it as description.

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