Wolf Wise Statistics

ANNOUNCEMENT: The WolfWise Beta is officially LIVE. 🐺🧪 For the past couple of years, we’ve been building private data tools to track the Wolves. Today, we’re opening up the "lab" to the community to help us test what we've built and share insights with each other. No more digging through clunky stat sites. We’re bringing you: - Visual-First Insights: Stats that actually tell a story. - Player Trend Cards: Real-time growth and performance tracking. - Interactive Lineup Data and Scatter tools: See what’s actually working on the floor. - And much more... The lab is officially open 👨‍🔬 Explore now: wolfwisestats.com Thread on the tools now available for use 🧵👇

Julius Randle Trend Report (last 5 games): 16.8 PTS 5.2 AST 5.8 REB 36.3% FG% 14.3% 3P% Very underwhelming performances during Ant’s absence.

Best Defensive lineups without Anthony Edwards Whats Stands out?

Kevin Durant in the first 3 quarters vs the Timberwolves. 3/14 FG 2 Tovs Blocked twice (Gobert/McDaniels) When Guarded by McDaniels 1/5 FG That was Kevin Durants second worst performance in a first half this season

Best defenses over the last 5 games (DRTG): 1. Timberwolves (100.8) 2. Spurs (105.3) 3. Hornets (105.7) 4. OKC (106.2) 5. Blazers (108.1) Minnesota is 4-1 in those last 5 games without Anthony Edwards. Can the Wolves continue this defensive pressure when Ant returns?

Ayo Dosunmu last 5 games: 18.8 PTS 4.4 AST 7.2 REB 53.7% FG 54.2% 3P He's been a monster with Ant out. Out tonight vs Rockets with calf soreness. This one hurts...

Western Conf: Remaining Strength of Schedule (Rank + Opp W%) OKC: 1st (.569) SAS: 21st (.472) LAL: 27th (.453) DEN: 14th (.500) MIN: 12th (.515) HOU: 24th (.469) PHO: 16th (.495) LAC: 20th (.477) Wolves have toughest of the 4-6 log jam. 10 games left, need to get healthy ASAP

Bones Hyland over the last 5 games:   16.6 PTS 2.4 AST 42.4% 3PT Man he’s been fun to watch, playing with so much energy and joy.

Bones Hyland Last night vs Boston: 23 PTS 3 REB 3 AST 8-14 FG +26 (Tied Naz with team high)

Most played lineups without Anthony Edwards. What stands out?

Bones last night vs the Jazz: 18 PTS 3 Reb 2 AST 6-12 FG +30 (team high)

Ayo last night vs Jazz: 23 PTS 9 REB 6 AST 3 STL 3-5 3P +26

Wolves up 72-58 at the half. Already have 5 players in double figures. Follow live here: wolfwisestats.com/team/min/live-…

Devin Booker while guarded by Jaden McDaniels last night: 1-9 FG In total, McDaniels held his man to 4-16 (25%) shooting on the night.

Checks out. With Ant out, hopefully Naz can get back soon and lock up the 6th man of the year.

How consistent are second and third options this season? 📊 I looked at each team’s 2nd and 3rd leading scorers and compared their game-to-game consistency in both points and TS%. Julius Randle ranks among the most consistent offensive players in that group. Jaden is on the other end of the spectrum. Consistency doesn’t equal quality, but it does highlight the concerns with Jaden. His scoring totals fluctuate, and so does his efficiency (TS%). That suggests the swings aren’t just about lower volume on certain nights, but also streaky shooting. Randle has just one game under 10 points all season, the best mark in this group. Jaden has 16 such games, nearly a quarter of his season. Jaden shows real flashes. Some nights he looks unstoppable and like one of the team’s best offensive options. Other nights, he fades out of the game. Chart below shows points consistency (measured by coefficient of variation) vs TS% consistency (measured by standard deviation).

Julius Randle was a bright spot vs OKC with 32 PTS. But the defense also stood out. Held his man to a team best 3/16 (18.8%) DFG, much of it vs SGA. Was it his offense fueling his defensive motor? Sign of a change or just an OKC off-night?

@MCDANlELS @jasonmgood Good stuff. I did the same thing but with slightly different filters. I did the top 100 usage% players (minimum 1,000 minutes). Also pro tip, if you click export the image looks a lot better to share.

@jasonmgood @WolfWiseStats This is nothing special I was just clicking around for a few minutes - wolfwisestats.com/team/min/scatt…

How do you do those NBA player scatter plots? I wanna see one with usage rate and defensive rating.

Jaden McDaniels last 5 games: 7.4 PTS 1.6 AST 2.0 REB 13.3% 3P% -83 +/- He has the lowest +/- in the league over that stretch.

Ayo Dosunmu in the first half: 15 PTS 6-6 FG 3-3 3P +18 What a difference maker Follow live here: wolfwisestats.com/team/min/live-…

Julius randle in the first half: 17 PTS 6 REB 3 AST 6-12 FG +8 Welcome back Julius Follow live here: wolfwisestats.com/team/min/live-…