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What Advanced Stats Say: These NBA Players Are on the Rise

Most improved? Here are five players I have my eye on

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Jeremias Engelmann
Oct 28, 2026
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Ty Jerome, Cooper Flagg, and Brandon Miller are opening eyes around the NBA. (Ezra Shaw/Kenneth Richmond/Helen McGinnis/Getty Images)


We are eight days into the NBA season β€” too early for definitive statements.

But it’s not too early for clues about which players are performing at a new level.

Here are five players who have hit the ground running, and what their advanced stats say about their ability to be high-impact players this season.

Plus I’ll note a couple of former All-Stars making remarkable comebacks.

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Basketball analyst. Creator of ESPN's Real Plus-Minus. Formerly with the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks
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