1. 90 – Patrick Beverley, Clippers ( SI)2. 14 – Rudy Gobert, Jazz ( ESPN)T-3. 26 – Kevin Love, Cavaliers ( SI); 26 – Kevin Love ( ESPN)5. 75 – Dennis Smith, Jr., Mavericks ( ESPN)T-6. 16-22 – Gordon Hayward, Celtics; Damian Lillard, Blazers; Mike Conley, Grizzlies; Kyle Lowry, Raptors; Klay Thompson, Warriors; Kyrie Irving, Celtics; Blake Griffin, Clippers ( SI). 13. 99 – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Lakers ( SI)14. 74 – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Lakers ( ESPN)T-15. 2 – Kevin Durant, Warriors ( SI); 2 – Kevin Durant, Warriors ( ESPN)17. 31 – C.J. McCollum, Blazers ( ESPN)18. 32 – Joel Embiid, Sixers ( ESPN)19. 33 – Isaiah Thomas, Cavaliers ( ESPN)20. 34 – Kemba Walker, Hornets ( ESPN)T-21. 3 – Stephen Curry, Warriors ( SI); 48 – Nicolas Batum, Hornets ( SI); 95-99 – Trevor Ariza, Rockets; De…

We enter a very different NHL after the "Summer of Stats," and we have the Maple Leafs to thank. The analytical approach that began making inroads in front offices a decade ago, and among smart fans and media not long after that, has finally become fully mainstream, thanks in large part to the Leafs being as awful as everyone predicted. They were seen as the last best hope for the non-analytics argument, due to how regularly their coach and executives scoffed at the idea that there was more to the game than the eye could see. When Toronto crashed and burned, it started a run on stats bloggers akin to when everyone in a fantasy hockey draft starts scooping up goalies toward the end of the second round. Stats nerds, long derided in the sport for not "watching the games,&qu…