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Ralph Sampson
1987-88

Ralph Sampson

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Age:27
Position:C
Team:HOU | GSW
Games:48
Minutes (Per Game):34.6
Total Minutes:1663
Franchise
Rating
D-
27.3
FR rank #277 (1987-88)

Archetypes

⚖️ Two-Way 💪 Rebounder 🔒 Lockdown
  • Franchise Rating (FR) — A measure of how valuable a player is to a franchise given the player's contract value, production, availability, and overall impact both in the regular season and postseason. Scored 0–100, graded D- to S+.
  • Potential Rating (POT) — A measure of how high a player's FR can be: the projected FR ceiling if they continue their current trajectory next season. Same 0–100 scale and grade thresholds as FR; shown only for players under 25. POT blends the legacy formula (45%) with the Performance Potential Score / PPS from per-100 stats (55%).

Season Badges

  • Peak — Career-high OVR season (only one per player, once decline from that peak is visible).
  • Prime — One of the three seasons in the player's best 3-year stretch by average OVR.
  • Lookout — A or better Potential Rating (POT) in the player’s second year (year_exp = 1).
  • #1 FR — Ranked #1 in the league in Franchise Rating that season.
  • #1 POT — Ranked #1 in the league in Potential Rating that season.

Score Thresholds for Each Grade (FR and POT Share the Same 0–100 Scale):

FR = Franchise Rating  |  POT = Potential Rating

S+
FR/POT: ≥95
S
FR/POT: 90–94
A+
FR/POT: 85–89
A
FR/POT: 80–84
A-
FR/POT: 75–79
B+
FR/POT: 70–74
B
FR/POT: 60–69
B-
FR/POT: 55–59
C+
FR/POT: 50–54
C
FR/POT: 45–49
C-
FR/POT: 40–44
D+
FR/POT: 35–39
D
FR/POT: 30–34
D-
FR/POT: <30
Points 15.6
Rebounds 9.6
Assists 2.5
Steals 0.9
Blocks 1.8
Field Goal Pct 43.8%
Field Goals Made 6.2
Field Goals Attempted 14.2
Three Point Pct 18.2%
Three Pointers Made 0.0
Three Pointers Attempted 0.2
Free Throw Pct 76.0%
Free Throws Made 3.1
Free Throws Attempted 4.1
Turnovers 3.6
Personal Fouls 3.4
Win Shares 0.6
True Shooting Pct 48.7%
Player Efficiency Rating 13.4
Usage Pct 22.8%
Box Plus Minus -2.2
Value Over Replacement Player -0.1

Misc

Year of Experience 5
Potential Win Shares 0.9
Reg. Win Burden % -0.9%

Impact

Reg. Season ISR 32.5
Reg. Season ICS (%) 3.6%

ROI

Salary $1,735,000
Overpay Index 9.6

Performance

Performance Rating 72.2· Rank #54

Availability

Cap Hole $728,272
Availability % 58.5%
Cap Wasted % 11.70%