HoopsHype’s Global Metric pegs Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown as top-three small forwards

Global Metric, as related by De Roa, “combines players’ and teams’ statistics to rank players according to their productivity on the court.”

The conventional wisdom that you can’t have too many two way wings on your roster is certainly being born out by the results of a recent analysis of HoopsHype’s Alberto De Roa as he used his catchall metric “Global Rating” to assess where in the order of the league the Boston Celtics‘ two star small forwards rate.

Global Metric, as related by De Roa, “combines players’ and teams’ statistics to rank players according to their productivity on the court.” And his deep dive in to the top 20 small forwards in the league places Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown both in the top three in the NBA so far this season.

Let’s look at where and why he has them ranked.