The Jazz are going to have their hands full this offseason (and perhaps sooner). Right now, Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams, are playing much like their 90′s counterparts, Stockton and Malone. Boozer put up 17.5 PPG / 10.3 RPG / 4.5 APG while Williams dropped 21.8 PPG / 4.3 RPG / 11.3 APG (both shooting near 50% from the field). No wonder the Jazz went 3-1 last week. Unfortunately, the likely situation is that Booz will become a free agent and leave Salt Lake City at the end of the season. Until then, let’s just enjoy the mini-time travel back to the 90′s shall we?

I went into this post thinking that two teammates ending up in the Top 10 (based on APP+) would be a rare occurrence but I’ve discovered it’s actually a fairly common thing. The last time it was achieved was in 2005 with the Heat’s Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal. For the record, Stockton and Malone last did it together in 1997.

Biggest Jump: Deron Williams (3)
Biggest Fall: Tim Duncan (4)
Hello: Gerald Wallace
Goodbye:
Ineligible: Pau Gasol, Kevin Martin

NBA Top 10 (by APP+)
Rank	Prev	Player	Team(s)	Pos.	GP	APP	APP+
1	1	LeBron James		F	24	↑ 35.01	↓ 26.30
2	-	Chris Paul		G	14	↓ 31.83	↓ 22.89
3	2	Dirk Nowitzki		F	24	↓ 29.44	↓ 20.73
-	-	Pau Gasol (Ineligible)		F	11	↑ 29.17	↑ 20.46
-	-	Kevin Martin (Injured) (Ineligible)		G	5	↓ 27.50	↓ 18.56
4	5	Chris Bosh		F-C	26	↓ 28.59	↓ 18.30
5	4	Dwyane Wade		G	22	↓ 27.17	↓ 18.23
6	8	Kevin Durant		G-F	22	↑ 27.49	↑ 17.74
7	3	Tim Duncan		F-C	19	↓ 27.98	↓ 17.69
8	6	Carlos Boozer		F-C	23	↓ 27.98	↓ 17.69
9	11	Deron Williams		G	21	↑ 26.37	↑ 17.43
10	7	Carmelo Anthony		F	24	↓ 26.10	↓ 17.39

Just Outside
Rank	Prev	Player	Team(s)	Pos.	GP	APP	APP+
11	10	Dwight Howard		C-F	23	↑ 26.05	↑ 16.80
12	9	Kobe Bryant		G-F	22	↓ 26.33	↓ 16.58
13	12	Steve Nash		G	24	↑ 25.24	↑ 16.30
14	14	David Lee		F	23	↑ 23.81	↑ 15.10
15	-	Gerald Wallace		F	22	23.57	14.86

APP – Adjusted Pace Performance
A weighted formula for combining everything a player does on the basketball court into one number. This number is then adjusted based upon the players’ team pace to provide a balanced way to compare players’ performance.
APP+ – APP Above Positional Average APP
Player’s weighted performance minus the performance of an average player at his same position.

Players are considered ineligible if they fail to play in 60% of their team’s games.

APP for an average NBA player for the 2010 season: ↓ 9.85
APP+ for an average NBA player for the 2010 season: ↓ 0.96
Stats through 12/13/2009