Adelaide's 77% starter scoring share sits near last season's norm
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Adelaide's starters scored 75 of 97 points (77.3%) against Melbourne, only modestly above their 2025-26 average starter share of 74.9% under Mike Wells (42 games). In 2025-26 17 of 42 games were at or above 77.3% (context), and the season high was 92.5% (context). In 2024-25 the average was 81.0% (context). So the heavy starter load is not new. One game cannot show a Gleeson trend. Availability context from box rows: Jenkins and Humphries have no row for this game, while Cameron (19:54) and Rakocevic (24:32) played. Rigoni started and scored 8, so the split reflects a changed starting five (Rakocevic started this game but started 0 of 39 games in 2025-26) rather than a proven system change. No injury is stated. Starter flags were clean for Adelaide (five starters in every game), with one 2016-17 data gap in the points totals.
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How we know · rechecked by code
with g as (select match_id, season, sum(case when starter=1 then points else 0 end) sp, sum(points) tp from box_player where team_name='Adelaide 36ers' group by 1,2) select round(avg(100.0*sp/tp),1) avg_share, count(*) games, sum(case when 100.0*sp/tp>=77.3 then 1 else 0 end) ge773, round(max(100.0*sp/tp),1) mx from g where season='2025-2026'
Evidence recorded without a quote. stats · source · match_id=36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e; team_name=Adelaide 36ers; starters Cheatham 18, Cotton 29, Cameron 6, Rakocevic 14, Rigoni 8 = 75
Evidence recorded without a quote. stats · source · season=2025-2026; team_name=Adelaide 36ers; all 42 games, starter flag sums by match_id
Evidence recorded without a quote. stats · source · match_id=36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e; Jenkins and Humphries: no Adelaide row
Suggested follow-ups
Context
What was the average starter share of points for Trevor Gleeson's Perth teams in each season from 2015-16 to 2020-21, and how does it compare with Adelaide's 77.3% in Round 1?
The box scores cover Gleeson's Perth years. This would test whether a heavy starter load matches his own coaching history, rather than reading one Adelaide game as a trend.
python -m storydesk run follow_up --game 36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e --anchor 38 --question "What was the average starter share of points for Trevor Gleeson's Perth teams in each season from 2015-16 to 2020-21, and how does it compare with Adelaide's 77.3% in Round 1?" --live
Rarity
Where does Adelaide's 2024-25 average starter share of 81.0% rank among all team-seasons since 2015-16, using only games with clean starter flags?
It shows whether Adelaide's starter reliance is unusual across the league or ordinary, which makes the 'not new' framing stronger.
python -m storydesk run follow_up --game 36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e --anchor 38 --question "Where does Adelaide's 2024-25 average starter share of 81.0% rank among all team-seasons since 2015-16, using only games with clean starter flags?" --live