Steven Adams, Jaren Jackson Jr., De'Anthony Melton, Ja Morant, Desmond Bane — MEM, 2021-22

How did this MEM lineup perform in 2021-22?

Over 699 possessions together in 2021-22 this MEM five was −1.5 net points per 100, against +9.1 expected from the sum of its parts.

MEM lineup, 2021-22: measured against the sum of its parts

Measure	Value
Possessions together	699
Net points per 100	−1.5
Expected from the parts	+9.1
Synergy per 100	−10.7

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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