Offensive Offense No More
The Philadelphia 76ers offense from the 2015-2016 season was the NBA’s version of the “chuck and duck” offense. Starting 15 different players in the season, the team’s top scorers only entered in the starting lineup two thirds of the games. Only one player started 60 or more games, Nerlens Noel, and he scored 11.1 points per game.
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The second most start for the Philadelphia 76ers was point guard Ish Smith, who joined the team in December 2015 following a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans. In the end, only five players on the team started over half the games played in the season.
That lack of consistency showed as the team scored just 97.4 points per game, narrowly avoiding the NBA’s worst offense by bettering the Los Angeles Lakers by 0.1 point. So far, the team’s offense is running at 96.4 points per game. But the team’s starting lineup played together for the first time on opening night. So far, the same five guys have played together six of nine times. It should not surprise anyone to learn that the team has brought an NBA worst offense of 92.8 points per game up to the current rate of 96.4.