Simply, this is a stat-head alternative to player plus-minus, and comes from stats in the Net Points box scores created for each game. This is all based on Dean Oliver's individual net points statistics (Chap. 20, Basketball on Paper).
See this post, and the bottom of this one, for further explanation.
Glossary
Poss: Number of offensive or defensive possessions played
%Poss: Percentage of offensive possessions played that the player ended (via shot, turnover, FTs, assist)
Rtg: Offensive or defensive rating (points created or allowed per 100 possessions played)
Net Pts: Net points produced; average of [(ORtg - DRtg) * %Poss] and Σ(Pts. produced - Pts. allowed)
Net Rtg: Net points produced per 100 possessions played
Other seasons: 2011-12 || 2010-11 || 2009-10 || 2008-09
2012-13 Net Points
All games
. Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Starks, Markel 1515 21.5 113.7 1509 84.4 103.8 6.9 Lubick, Nate 1356 18.1 109.3 1344 85.5 47.5 3.5 Porter, Otto 1489 25.1 129.9 1473 77.1 227.9 15.4 Hopkins, Mikael 913 26.4 81.1 908 86.0 16.0 1.8 Trawick, Jabril 1113 16.5 104.2 1122 85.3 17.0 1.5 Smith-Rivera, D'Vaun 1134 21.2 111.9 1115 87.7 67.0 6.0 Ayegba, Moses 346 16.0 95.4 356 79.1 0.5 0.1 Bowen, Aaron 249 17.9 82.8 261 93.7 -10.0 -3.9 Whittington, Greg 719 20.9 107.1 714 78.2 46.4 6.5 Domingo, Stephen 188 16.6 79.3 182 111.5 -14.0 -7.6
Conference games only
. Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Starks, Markel 983 22.2 112.8 980 87.1 65.0 6.6 Lubick, Nate 837 18.5 106.1 830 89.2 20.6 2.5 Porter, Otto 968 26.6 131.1 958 79.0 160.9 16.7 Hopkins, Mikael 525 23.3 76.5 520 93.8 -13.2 -2.5 Trawick, Jabril 766 16.0 100.0 765 90.2 -1.4 -0.2 Smith-Rivera, D'Vaun 802 22.9 113.5 789 85.8 63.2 7.9 Ayegba, Moses 287 13.5 100.3 294 75.2 0.7 0.2 Bowen, Aaron 205 17.0 87.3 212 89.6 -5.3 -2.5
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Markel Starks
Nate Lubick
Otto Porter
Greg Whittington
Mikael Hopkins
Jabril Trawick
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera
2011-12 Net Points
All games
. Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Clark, Jason 1715 22.8 115.9 1703 86.1 138.1 8.1 Sims, Henry 1412 30.1 105.7 1425 86.5 141.2 10.0 Thompson, Hollis 1596 23.1 115.4 1599 88.9 119.6 7.5 Starks, Markel 1173 16.7 114.2 1164 94.7 18.4 1.6 Lubick, Nate 953 15.5 114.7 968 89.5 17.9 1.9 Porter, Otto 1520 18.7 125.3 1519 83.4 108.2 7.1 Whittington, Greg 1016 15.7 103.4 1032 90.3 3.2 0.3 Trawick, Jabril 579 16.4 118.4 610 90.8 11.5 1.9 Hopkins, Mikael 322 24.4 103.2 316 101.4 6.7 2.1 Adams, Tyler 40 24.1 118.2 42 69.0 5.2 12.7 Bowen, Aaron 95 17.5 90.6 99 88.9 -3.8 -3.9 Caprio, John 44 32.0 49.0 43 102.3 -5.2 -12.0
Conference games only
. Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Clark, Jason 1181 21.4 112.4 1176 89.7 64.6 5.5 Sims, Henry 975 29.8 98.5 984 87.4 72.8 7.4 Thompson, Hollis 1068 22.7 105.5 1065 90.1 50.0 4.7 Starks, Markel 734 16.3 101.5 722 94.0 -4.0 -0.5 Lubick, Nate 586 14.5 113.7 602 94.4 0.5 0.1 Porter, Otto 1046 20.1 121.2 1050 86.9 69.2 6.6 Whittington, Greg 699 15.7 112.7 711 94.0 8.5 1.2 Trawick, Jabril 340 19.4 112.1 366 99.0 4.5 1.3 Hopkins, Mikael 197 23.9 95.5 196 110.2 -4.7 -2.4
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Jason Clark
Henry Sims
Hollis Thompson
Markel Starks
Nate Lubick
Otto Porter
Greg Whittington
Jabril Trawick
Mikael Hopkins
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2010-11 Net Points
All games
. Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Freeman, Austin 1750 23.8 114.0 1754 100.1 89.8 5.1 Wright, Chris 1537 23.8 107.3 1535 94.1 76.6 5.0 Clark, Jason 1581 19.9 106.3 1592 95.9 32.7 2.1 Vaughn, Julian 1179 22.3 106.2 1179 96.9 38.2 3.2 Thompson, Hollis 1210 16.3 116.1 1210 92.8 26.1 2.2 Lubick, Nate 1024 13.7 106.6 1019 101.7 -25.0 -2.4 Sims, Henry 719 17.9 98.1 721 91.7 0.0 0.0 Benimon, Jerrelle 502 13.7 79.7 516 98.1 -32.5 -6.4 Starks, Markel 460 14.4 74.3 460 101.1 -27.9 -6.1 Sanford, Vee 288 15.3 121.3 301 104.7 -4.4 -1.5
Conf. games only
. Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Freeman, Austin 1105 25.6 105.4 1111 103.7 36.5 3.3 Wright, Chris 897 23.5 101.1 899 98.3 21.7 2.4 Clark, Jason 986 19.3 102.2 992 99.6 1.2 0.1 Vaughn, Julian 778 20.0 100.0 781 101.2 -3.1 -0.4 Thompson, Hollis 784 15.2 116.2 777 96.1 7.2 0.9 Lubick, Nate 687 13.9 103.8 682 105.5 -22.2 -3.2 Sims, Henry 369 18.2 87.6 368 92.8 -8.2 -2.2 Benimon, Jerrelle 218 14.2 50.6 235 102.1 -27.0 -11.9 Starks, Markel 282 15.3 70.4 277 101.4 -16.6 -5.9 Sanford, Vee 115 17.4 101.5 127 111.8 -7.7 -6.4
Austin Freeman
Chris Wright
Jason Clark
Julian Vaughn
Hollis Thompson
Nate Lubick
Henry Sims
Jerrelle Benimon
Markel Starks
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2009-10 Net Points
All games Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Freeman, Austin 1904 21.3 115.4 1893 96.9 90.6 4.8 Wright, Chris 2009 22.6 109.4 1998 95.3 85.7 4.3 Monroe, Greg 1963 26.0 112.8 1933 89.1 176.6 9.1 Clark, Jason 1889 15.6 106.0 1879 95.0 -4.6 -0.2 Vaughn, Julian 1235 20.3 107.2 1257 95.4 27.5 2.2 Thompson, Hollis 1138 12.7 100.4 1119 94.5 -28.3 -2.5 Benimon, Jerrelle 589 11.5 87.8 604 102.3 -37.9 -6.4 Sims, Henry 311 15.7 93.3 320 93.3 -10.0 -3.2 Sanford, Vee 226 16.6 84.7 243 91.2 -8.3 -3.5 Conf. games only Offense Defense Net Player Poss %Poss Rtg Poss Rtg Pts Rtg Freeman, Austin 1226 21.6 123.3 1216 100.9 71.5 5.9 Wright, Chris 1303 23.1 108.2 1287 98.4 50.1 3.9 Monroe, Greg 1267 25.7 113.4 1236 92.0 104.9 8.4 Clark, Jason 1202 16.0 101.8 1198 101.0 -22.1 -1.8 Vaughn, Julian 815 19.1 105.8 831 102.0 0.9 0.1 Thompson, Hollis 703 13.7 95.6 690 95.0 -19.9 -2.9 Benimon, Jerrelle 454 10.5 87.4 468 99.9 -29.1 -6.3 Sims, Henry 133 12.4 69.5 144 99.3 -13.9 -10.0 Sanford, Vee 136 13.2 91.9 147 94.9 -7.5 -5.3
Austin Freeman
Chris Wright
Greg Monroe
Jason Clark
Julian Vaughn
Hollis Thompson
Jerrelle Benimon
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2008-09 Net Points
Glossary(slightly different stats than used above)
Points produced: Team points scored each game that can be attributed to individual player. A combination of FGM, FTM, off. rebounds and assists. Note that pts. produced / poss. used = Off. Rating
Points produced: Team points allowed each game that can be attributed to individual player.
Individual net points = Points produced - points allowed
Cumulative net points: Year-to-date running sum of individual net points.
Possessions: Possessions played in game (average of offensive and defensive possessions).
Jessie Sapp
DaJuan Summers
Austin Freeman
Chris Wright
Greg Monroe
Jason Clark
Julian Vaughn
Omar Wattad
Henry Sims
Nikita Mescheriakov