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Yao Ming
2008-09

Yao Ming

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Prime
Age:28
Position:C
Team:HOU
Games:77
Minutes (Per Game):33.6
Total Minutes:2589
Franchise
Rating
S
93.6
FR rank #14 (2008-09)

Archetypes

🔥 Volume Scorer ⚖️ 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 19.7
Rebounds 9.9
Assists 1.8
Steals 0.4
Blocks 1.9
Field Goal Pct 54.8%
Field Goals Made 7.4
Field Goals Attempted 13.4
Three Point Pct 100.0%
Three Pointers Made 0.0
Three Pointers Attempted 0.0
Free Throw Pct 86.6%
Free Throws Made 4.9
Free Throws Attempted 5.7
Turnovers 3.0
Personal Fouls 3.3
Win Shares 10.6
True Shooting Pct 61.8%
Player Efficiency Rating 22.7
Usage Pct 26.2%
Box Plus Minus 3.1
Value Over Replacement Player 3.3

Misc

Year of Experience 7
Potential Win Shares 10.6
Reg. Win Burden % 23.3%

Impact

Reg. Season ISR 268.2
Postseason ISR 168.7
Reg. Season ICS (%) 23.4%
Postseason ICS (%) 16.1%

ROI

Salary $15,070,550
Overpay Index 0.76
Contract Value Rating 10/10

Performance

Performance Rating 96.6· Rank #7

Availability

Cap Hole $930,281
Availability % 93.9%
Cap Wasted % 1.60%