Lab · Signature feature
Basketball Next-Up Lab
Who’s the best bet to be a bigger deal next season — not the best player today, but the best bet to rise? Tell the model what you value and the board re-ranks live.
Each player carries eight 0–100 signals: five on-court skills plus youth (derived from age), trajectory (how fast they’re improving), and availability (how often they’re actually on the floor). The Next-Up Score is a weighted blend of those signals — move a slider and every score and rank recomputes instantly. Each card shows the factors contributing most to a player’s score, so the number is never a black box.
Top prospect: Victor Wembanyama, Next-Up score 83.2.
Presets
Drag to change what the model values — the board recomputes live.
How fast they’re improving
Room left to grow (from age)
Shot creation & volume
Impact on the other end
Points per possession used
Passing & creation for others
Durability & games played
Work on the glass
Victor Wembanyama
Generational two-way big — a defensive system unto himself with guard skills. The ceiling is the whole point.
Why — top factors
- Trajectory20%
- Defense15%
- Youth15%
The board
▲▼ vs. balanced · Next-Up score
These are my own 0–100 assessments — a transparent model for arguing about basketball, not official statistics or betting advice. The dataset and default weights live in src/content/labs.ts and are easy to edit.