Skip to content
← All terms

Proprietary stats

DRBL-LN

Lineup-context diagnostic: how the player looks after adjusting for who shared the floor. Association with teammates, not proven off-ball impact, and not fused into DRBL/100.

What it teaches

  • Whether lineup / teammate context tells a different story than possession attribution alone.
  • A regularized on/off-style readout for context, not a causal stamp of credit.
  • Why great teammates (or tough ones) can move the eye test without rewriting DRBL/100.

What it doesn't

  • Proof of off-ball value or camera-tracked gravity.
  • A term you add with P and B to get DRBL/100.
  • A public ranking substitute.

Upsides

  • Surfaces “who did they play with?” disagreements.
  • Dampens raw plus-minus chaos with regularization.
  • Shows teammate context without claiming it as the player's own value.

Downsides

  • Easy to misread as “hidden off-ball proof.”
  • Adjusted association ≠ causal credit.
  • Sensitive to lineup sample and who always plays together.

How to apply it

  • Compare LN to P when teammate quality or stint luck is the debate.
  • Leave it out of any sum that claims to rebuild DRBL/100.
  • Prefer DRBL/100 for overall ability ranking.