Anyone use Evan Miya's college basketball metrics website? I was taking a look at Georgia's team page (you can access here
https://evanmiya.com/?team_breakdown_overview via a dropdown menu) and thought the player efficiency ratings were interesting, mostly because they didn't entirely line up with my judgments before viewing.
According to Miya, our most valuable player this season is...RJ Melendez, which is surprising but doesn't necessarily shock me. Rounding out the top 5 most valuable players are Justin Hill (surprising), Frank Anselem (almost entirely due to his defense), Jabri, and Dylan James. Russell Tchewa is far and away our least valuable player (not including people who have barely played like Suny, Moncrieffe)--Miya considers him to be woeful on both offense and defense, which I'm not sure agrees with my eye test but that's sort of the point of this website.
I would guess that Anselem's rating would drop off quite a bit if he played more often, but I think there is an argument to play him more as a defensive stopper when we're struggling to defend the paint and rebound. Besides, while Tchewa does offer the most offensively out of our centers, he's not exactly a force down low and frequently finishes halves with ~2-4 points total, so I think you could argue that what he offers on offense does not always justify playing him 30 minutes a game.
I'm also surprised that Miya values Justin Hill so much more than Thomasson. Looks like it's mostly based on Thomasson's defense, which Miya rates as the worst on our team among regular players by far, but I wouldn't have necessarily guessed that Hill was significantly better than Thomasson on defense just watching the games. Miya actually really hates Thomasson's game, rating him as less valuable than Jalen Deloach, which floored me a bit. What's less surprising to me is that Miya is very down on Blue Cain's defense--Blue seems to lose his man often when I'm watching, and I think that's something he's got to work on in the offseason to take that next step.