What is VORP? (NBA ADVANCED METRICS)

#nba What is VORP in the context of the NBA? Are Advanced metrics in Basketball important? Is Value Over Replacement Player an important stat when evaluating a certain players overall value to their team? What is BPM (Boxscore Plus-Minus)? Where did these metrics come from and who uses them? Why is everyone talking about Nikola Jokic and his VORP? Who had a better career VORP, Michael Jordan or Lebron James?