1. Mathematics tatistics Project
Mona Behrouzian Pre-Calculus 11 Honours

2. Basketball Team: Los Angeles Lakers
Professional American basketball team
Play in the NBA (National Basketball Association)
16 NBA Championships (Most recent: 2010)
2nd most valuable franchise in the NBA, with a monetary value of $2.7 billion
NBA’s longest winning streak: 33 straight games
The la lakers are an American professional basketball team based in los angeles. The lakers compete in the nba in the western conference pacific division. They are one of the most successful teams in the history of the nba. As of 2015, the lakers are the 2nd most valuable franchise in the NBA according to forbes magazine, and are worth about $2.7 billion. In , the lakers set the record for the NBA’s longest winning streak of 33 straight games.
Kareen Abdul-Jabbar (1975)
Magic Johnson (1987)
Shaquille O’Neal (1999)
Kobe Bryant (1999)

3. Lakers Annual Salaries
Player Name
Salary ($)
Luol Deng
18,000,000
Timofey Mozgov
16,000,000
Jordan Clarkson
12,500,000
Jose Calderon
7,708,427
Louis Williams
7,000,000
Tarik Black
6,191,000
Nick Young
5,443,918
D'Angelo Russell
5,332,800
Brandon Ingram
5,281,680
Julius Randle
3,267,120
Metta World Peace
1,551,659
Marcelo Huertas
1,500,000
Larry Nance Jr
1,207,680
Thomas Robinson
1,050,961
Ivica Zubac
1,034,865
Average:
$6,204,674
Standard Deviation:
$5,414,698.60
-in order of greatest to least salaries
-I used multiple sources to confirm my data. The data was all consistent except for the players which were waived which I didn’t include in my project.
-6.2 million
-5.4 million

4. 5 Favorite Players Player Name Position Stats Salary z-score 1.
Louis Williams
Guard
Most points per game (17.5)
$7,000,000
0.1469 2.
Julius Randle
Forward
Most rebounds per game (8.6)
$3,267,120 3.
Larry Nance Jr.
Field Goal %: 58.4%
$1,207,680 4.
Jose Calderon
Free Throw %: 100%
$7,708,427
0.2777 5.
D’Angelo Russell
Most assists per game: 4.6
$5,332,800
Average:
$6,204,674
Standard Deviation:
$5,414,698.60
-the z-scores here represent how much above or below the player’s salaries are from the mean salary
Louis Williams
Julius Randle
Larry Nance Jr.
Jose Calderon
D’Angelo Russell

5. Salary Factors Experience/Age Skill Team Field goals (points) Assists
Steals
Team
-experience: the number of years of professional experience the top 5 players of the lakers have is a combined total of 42 years!
-skill: the most skillful players will get the most points and help the team win
-team: more successful teams have higher salaries cause they have more money to spend to pay their players

6. Salary Cap LA Lakers salary cap: $94,143,000 Top 3 players:
Luol Deng - $18,000,000
Timofey Mozgov - $16,000,000
Jordan Clarkson - $12,500,000
Take up 49.39% of the salary cap

7. #1: What percent of player’s Salaries are below the mean?
15 players in total on the Lakers
10 of them have a salary lower than the average salary ($6,204,674)
66.7% below the mean
Player Name
Salary ($)
Tarik Black
6,191,000
Nick Young
5,443,918
D'Angelo Russell
5,332,800
Brandon Ingram
5,281,680
Julius Randle
3,267,120
Metta World Peace
1,551,659
Marcelo Huertas
1,500,000
Larry Nance Jr
1,207,680
Thomas Robinson
1,050,961
Ivica Zubac
1,034,865
D'Angelo Russell #1, Julius Randle #30 and Jordan Clarkson #6

8. #2: What percent of the salary cap is taken by each position?
LA Lakers salary cap: $94,143,000
Point Guards
Shooting Guards
Small forwards
Power Forwards
Centers
D'Angelo Russell
Jordan Clarkson
Luol Deng
Julius Randle
Timofey Mozgov
Marcelo Huertas
Louis Williams
Brandon Ingram
Larry Nance Jr
Ivica Zubac
Jose Calderon
Nick Young
Tarik Black
Metta World Peace
Thomas Robinson
Total

9. #3: How many Players salaries are within one standard deviation?
Player Name
Salary ($)
z-scores
Luol Deng
18,000,000
2.1784
Timofey Mozgov
16,000,000
1.8090
Jordan Clarkson
12,500,000
1.1626
Jose Calderon
7,708,427
0.2777
Louis Williams
7,000,000
0.1469
Tarik Black
6,191,000
Nick Young
5,443,918
D'Angelo Russell
5,332,800
Brandon Ingram
5,281,680
Julius Randle
3,267,120
Metta World Peace
1,551,659
Marcelo Huertas
1,500,000
Larry Nance Jr
1,207,680
Thomas Robinson
1,050,961
Ivica Zubac
1,034,865 10 2 2 1

10. Works Cited en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers
hoopshype.com/salaries/los_angeles_lakers