NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 21

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Updated on March 22, 2011 8:18PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 21

This is our weekly cheat sheet based on our player's projected output and number of games. It assumes an eight-category roto style league with the following categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, three-pointers made, free-throw percentage and field-goal percentage.

These are my rankings. They do not necessarily correspond with the RotoWire cheat sheet or our projections for the season. I use both as a rough guide, but I primarily factor in number of games played for the week, current player trends and pertinent information about the team (injuries, time share situations, etc). The Value Meter takes into account games played Monday through Saturday. We will try to update the meter with any breaking news that happens on Sunday, but in most cases, any injuries, lineup changes, etc. that happen on Sunday won't be accounted for on the Value Meter until the following week.

Five Games:	NONE
Four Games:	BOS, CHA, CLE, DET, GSW, HOU, LAC, MEM, MIN, NJ, NO, OKC, PHI, POR, SAC, SAS, WAS
Three Games:	ATL, CHI, DAL, DEN, IND, LAL, MIA, NYK, ORL, TOR
Two Games:	MIL, PHO, UTA
One Game:
	= new to Value Meter

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Paul	NO	4
2	Devin Harris	NJ	4
3	Tony Parker	SAS	4
4	Rajon Rondo	BOS	4
5	Andre Miller	PHI	4
6	Randy Foye *	MIN	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
7	Russell Westbrook	OKC	4
8	Maurice Williams	CLE	4
9	Raymond Felton	CHA	4
10	Rodney Stuckey	DET	4	Averaging 16.6 points, 6.2 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals over last five games.
11	Nate Robinson *	NYK	3
12	Jason Kidd	DAL	3
13	Chauncey Billups	DEN	3
14	Jose Calderon	TOR	3
15	Baron Davis	LAC	4
16	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4
17	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	4
18	T.J. Ford	IND	3
19	Mike Bibby	ATL	3
20	Derrick Rose	CHI	3
21	Deron Williams	UTA	2
22	Steve Nash	PHO	2
23	Aaron Brooks	HOU	4
24	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	4	Averaging 17.0 points and 4.0 assists over last five but scoring could decrease with Foye (ankle) back.
25	Jarrett Jack	IND	3
26	Mario Chalmers	MIA	3	Averaging 2.8 steals over last five games.
27	Steve Blake	POR	4
28	Beno Udrih *	SAC	4	Day-to-day (foot)
29	Rafer Alston	ORL	3
30	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	3
31	Derek Fisher	LAL	3
32	Ramon Sessions	MIL	2
33	Mike James	WAS	4
34	Kyle Lowry	HOU	4
35	Chris Duhon *	NYK	3	Day-to-day (back). Could return later this week.

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	3
2	Brandon Roy	POR	4
3	Vince Carter	NJ	4
4	Kobe Bryant	LAL	3
5	Joe Johnson	ATL	3	Scored 30 or more point in four straight games.
6	Kevin Martin *	SAC	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
7	Richard Hamilton	DET	4	Averaging 24.4 points, 7.8 assists and 4.4 rebounds over last five games.
8	Ray Allen	BOS	4
9	Monta Ellis	GSW	4
10	Eric Gordon	LAC	4
11	Rasual Butler	NO	4	Averaging 18.8 points and 3.0 threes made per game over last five.
12	O.J. Mayo	MEM	4
13	Ben Gordon	CHI	3
14	Jason Terry	DAL	3
15	Larry Hughes	NYK	3
16	Thabo Sefolosha	OKC	4	Averaging 12.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.3 steals over last five games.
17	Raja Bell	CHA	4
18	Roger Mason	SAS	4
19	Michael Finley	SAS	4
20	Louis Williams	PHI	4
21	J.R. Smith	DEN	3
22	Delonte West *	CLE	4	Day-to-day (back)
23	Peja Stojakovic *	NO	4	Day-to-day (back)
24	Anthony Parker	TOR	3
25	Marquis Daniels	IND	3
26	Sasha Pavlovic	CLE	4	Could see increased minutes and production if West (back) misses time this week.
27	Mickael Pietrus	ORL	3	Could see bump in value if Turkoglu (calf) misses time this week.
28	Jason Richardson	PHO	2
29	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	2
30	Nick Young	WAS	4
31	Rudy Fernandez	POR	4
32	Willie Green	PHI	4
33	Antoine Wright	DAL	3
34	Courtney Lee	ORL	3
35	Rashad McCants	SAC	4

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
3	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
4	Kevin Durant	OKC	4
5	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4
6	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4
7	Ron Artest	HOU	4	Steals are great (2.6 spg over last five) but only shooting 39% from the field (29-for-73) during this stretch.
8	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4	Averaging 24.0 points and 5.0 rebounds over last five games.
9	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
10	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	3
11	Josh Smith	ATL	3
12	Danny Granger *	IND	3	Day-to-day (knee)
13	Mike Miller	MIN	4
14	Corey Maggette *	GSW	4	Day-to-day (sinus infection)
15	Caron Butler *	WAS	4	Day-to-day (leg)
16	Rashard Lewis	ORL	3
17	John Salmons	CHI	3
18	Al Thornton	LAC	4
19	Tayshaun Prince	DET	4
20	Andres Nocioni	SAC	4
21	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
22	Hedo Turkoglu *	ORL	3	Day-to-day (foot)
23	Dominic McGuire	WAS	4
24	Trevor Ariza	LAL	3	Started last two games at small forward. Averaging 9.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals over last two.
25	Wilson Chandler	NYK	3
26	James Posey	NO	4
27	Shane Battier	HOU	4
28	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	4
29	Richard Jefferson	MIL	2
30	Julian Wright	NO	4
31	Rodney Carney	MIN	4
32	Jamario Moon	MIA	3
33	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	2
34	Matt Barnes	PHO	2
35	Josh Howard *	DAL	3	Day-to-day (ankle)

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4	Averaging 25.0 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 threes over last five games.
2	Tim Duncan	SAS	4
3	David West	NO	4
4	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	3
5	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
6	Jeff Green	OKC	4
7	Chris Bosh	TOR	3
8	Boris Diaw	CHA	4
9	Luis Scola	HOU	4	Averaging 13.4 points and 11.0 rebounds on 60% shooting from the field over last five games.
10	Zach Randolph	LAC	4
11	Thaddeus Young	PHI	4	Averaging 30.0 points and 5.0 rebounds on 66% shooting from the field over last two games.
12	Antonio McDyess	DET	4	Recorded three straight doubles. Averaging 12.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 1.0 steals over last five games.
13	Kevin Love	MIN	4
14	David Lee	NYK	3
15	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	3
16	Al Harrington	NYK	3
17	Leon Powe	BOS	4	Should be good source for boards and blocks while Garnett (knee) and Davis (ankle) are out. Averaging 21.2 points and 14.0 boards over last four.
18	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
19	Lamar Odom	LAL	3
20	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	3
21	Shawn Marion	TOR	3
22	Jason Thompson	SAC	4
23	Vladimir Radmonovic	CHA	4
24	Anthony Randolph	GSW	4
25	Brandan Wright	GSW	4	Started at power forward in first game back from injury (shoulder).
26	Craig Smith	MIN	4
27	Renaldo Balkman	DEN	3	Decent short-term play while Martin (back) is out. Averaging 18.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in 31.5 minutes over last two games.
28	Carlos Boozer	UTA	2
29	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	2
30	Rasheed Wallace *	DET	4	Day-to-day (calf)
31	Yi Jianlian	NJ	4
32	Michael Beasley	MIA	3
33	Udonis Haslem	MIA	3
34	Paul Millsap	UTA	2
35	Kenyon Martin *	DEN	3	Could return later this week (back).

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Yao Ming	HOU	4	0
2	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
3	Marcus Camby	LAC	4	Minutes and production could take a hit with Kaman back in the mix.
4	Dwight Howard	ORL	3
5	Pau Gasol	LAL	3
6	Troy Murphy	IND	3
7	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
8	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4	Averaging 13.5 points, 16.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks over last two games.
9	Spencer Hawes	SAC	4	Averaging 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 threes over last five games.
10	Marc Gasol	MEM	4
11	Tyson Chandler	NO	4
12	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	4
13	Jermaine O'Neal	MIA	3
14	Al Horford	ATL	3
15	Nene	DEN	3
16	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	4
17	Ronny Turiaf	GSW	4	Should see bump in value with Biedrins (ankle) out this week.
18	Joel Przybilla	POR	4	Minutes and production could take a hit if Oden (knee) returns this week.
19	Anderson Varejao	CLE	4
20	Nenad Krstic	OKC	4
21	Chris Kaman	LAC	4
22	Joakim Noah	CHI	3	Still effective despite time-share with Miller. Averaging 8.2 points and 10.2 rebounds over last five games.
23	Brad Miller	CHI	3
24	Chris Anderson	DEN	3
25	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	2
26	Mehmet Okur	UTA	2
27	Matt Bonner	SAS	4	Only averaging 3.4 points and 5.0 rebounds over last five games.
28	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
29	Kurt Thomas	SAS	4
30	Nick Collison	OKC	4
31	Erick Dampier	DAL	3
32	Jeff Foster	IND	3
33	Marreese Speights	PHI	4
34	Kwame Brown	DET	4
35	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	3

Article first appeared on 3/15/09