Hopefully Ty Lawson’s rehab will be successful. The last 2 seasons Ty has been amazing. His Adjusted + - Offense rating is +12 ppg, meaning that when he is in Lawson causes Denver to score 12 ppg more than an average NBA team. This number marks Lawson as a Top 10 NBA offensive player. Paired with James Harden (another Top 10 offensive player) this trade should enable the Rockets to compete with the Spurs and Warriors for the NBA West title. Ty is a weak defender (+5 defense rating.) This means that when Ty is in the game Denver (all other things being equal) gives up 5 more ppg than they would if an average defender replaced Ty. Of course, during the last 2 years Ty did not have a good rim protector. Now he has DH12, so his defensive liabilities might be mitigated. You can see below how Lawson impacted the Nuggets during the 2014-2015 season. For example, when Lawson was in with Chandler, Nuggets were an average NBA team while when Chandler was in and Lawson was out Nuggets played 13 ppg worse than average. The Mavs should have gone for Lawson instead of D Williams.
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Chandler | Gallinari | Lawson | Nurkic | Hickson | Foye | Faried | Afflalo | |
| Lawson and other in | 0 1940m | 2 928m | 0 2665m | 7 689m | -7 776m | 4 585m | 3 1657m | 2 1516m |
| Lawson out and other in | -13 532m | -10 497m | dnp | -14 414m | -15 635m | -20 501m | -11 429m | -18 234m |
| Lawson in and other out | 0 726m | 0 1737m | dnp | -2 1976m | 3 1889m | -1 2080m | -3 1008m | -1 1150m |
| Lawson out and other out | -15 779m | -17 813m | -14 1311m | -15 897m | -14 676m | -11 810m | -16 882m | -14 1076m |