This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 20
Five Games: | NONE | ||||
Four Games: | ATL, BOS, CLE, DAL, DEN, HOU, LAC, MIA, ORL, PHI, POR, SAS, SEA, TOR, UTA | ||||
Three Games: | CHA, DET, GSW, IND, LAL, MEM, MIL, MIN, NJ, NO, NYK, PHO, SAC, WAS | ||||
Two Games: | CHI | ||||
One Game: | NONE | ||||
= new to Value Meter |
1 | Deron Williams | UTA | 4 | Averaging 18.0 points and 16.2 assists on 49.4% shooting from the field over last five games. |
2 | Allen Iverson | DEN | 4 | |
3 | Jason Kidd | DAL | 4 | |
4 | Andre Miller | PHI | 4 | |
5 | Rafer Alston | HOU | 4 | Has stepped up his game with Yao out. Averaging 20.3 points, 5.3 assists and 2.0 steals over last four games. |
6 | Chris Paul | NO | 3 | Averaging 25.6 points, 12.2 assists and 2.6 steals with 59% shooting from the field, 53.3% from 3-point range and 91.7% from the line over last five games. |
7 | Steve Nash | PHO | 3 | |
8 | Baron Davis | GSW | 3 | |
9 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 4 | |
10 | Tony Parker | SAS | 4 | |
11 | Mike Bibby | ATL | 4 | |
12 | Chauncey Billups | DET | 3 | |
13 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 3 | |
14 | Earl Watson | SEA | 4 | |
15 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 4 | |
16 | Jameer Nelson | ORL | 4 | |
17 | T.J. Ford | TOR | 4 | |
18 | Maurice Williams * | MIL | 3 | Day-to-day (abdominal strain) |
19 | Anthony Carter | DEN | 4 | |
20 | Delonte West | SEA | 4 | |
21 | Steve Blake | POR | 4 | |
22 | Beno Udrih | SAC | 3 | |
23 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 3 | |
24 | Devin Harris | NJ | 3 | Averaging 16.8 points and 5.3 assists in first six games with New Jersey. |
25 | Randy Foye | MIN | 3 | |
26 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 3 | Coming off career-high 45 point game. Should be good source for points if Crawford (hand), Randolph (foot) and Curry (knee) miss games. |
27 | Louis Williams | PHI | 4 | |
28 | Jarrett Jack | POR | 4 | |
29 | Antonio Daniels | WAS | 3 | |
30 | Travis Diener | IND | 3 |
1 | Tracy McGrady | HOU | 4 | Averaging 37.5 points and 9.0 assists over his last two games. |
2 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 4 | |
3 | Dwyane Wade | MIA | 4 | |
4 | Brandon Roy | POR | 4 | |
5 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 4 | |
6 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 3 | |
7 | Ray Allen | BOS | 4 | |
8 | Jason Richardson | CHA | 3 | Averaging 28.0 points and 3.4 threes per game over last five. |
9 | Kevin Martin | SAC | 3 | |
10 | Vince Carter | NJ | 3 | |
11 | Michael Redd | MIL | 3 | |
12 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 3 | |
13 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 3 | |
14 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 3 | |
15 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 3 | |
16 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 4 | |
17 | Josh Childress | ATL | 4 | |
18 | Jason Terry | DAL | 4 | |
19 | Ricky Davis | MIA | 4 | Getting more minutes due to injuries to Wright (out for year) and Haslem (ankle). Averaging 18.5 points and 8.0 rebounds in 44.0 minutes over last two. |
20 | Jamal Crawford * | NYK | 3 | Day-to-day (hand) |
21 | Grant Hill | PHO | 3 | |
22 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 3 | |
23 | J.R. Smith | DEN | 4 | |
24 | Willie Green | PHI | 4 | |
25 | Martell Webster | POR | 4 | |
26 | Cuttino Mobley | LAC | 4 | |
27 | Raja Bell | PHO | 3 | |
28 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 3 | |
29 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 3 | |
30 | Linas Kleiza | DEN | 4 |
1 | LeBron James | CLE | 4 | Averaging 41.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists on 50.0 shooting from the field over last four games. |
2 | Josh Smith | ATL | 4 | |
3 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 4 | |
4 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 4 | |
5 | Corey Maggette | LAC | 4 | |
6 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 4 | |
7 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 4 | |
8 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 4 | |
9 | Kevin Durant | SEA | 4 | |
10 | Josh Howard | DAL | 4 | |
11 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 3 | |
12 | Danny Granger | IND | 3 | |
13 | Mike Miller | MEM | 3 | |
14 | Richard Jefferson | NJ | 3 | |
15 | Al Thornton | LAC | 4 | Averaging 14.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 34.3 minutes over last five games. |
16 | Andrei Kirilenko * | UTA | 4 | Day-to-day (hip) |
17 | Ron Artest * | SAC | 3 | Day-to-day (foot) |
18 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 4 | |
19 | Ronnie Brewer | UTA | 4 | |
20 | Shane Battier | HOU | 4 | |
21 | Jamario Moon | TOR | 4 | |
22 | Wally Szczerbiak | CLE | 4 | |
23 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 3 | |
24 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 3 | |
25 | Kyle Korver | UTA | 4 | Averaging 14.4 points and 2.0 threes per game over last five games. |
26 | Tim Thomas | LAC | 4 | |
27 | Matt Carroll | CHA | 3 | Averaging 17.2 points and 6.0 rebounds over last five games. Production will take a hit when Wallace (concussion) returns. |
28 | Quentin Richardson | NYK | 3 | |
29 | Luol Deng | CHI | 2 | |
30 | Gerald Wallace * | CHA | 3 | Could return to limited action this week (concussion). |
1 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 4 | Averaging 29.0 points and 9.7 rebounds on 96.2% shooting from the line over last three games. |
2 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 4 | |
3 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 4 | |
4 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 4 | |
5 | Shawn Marion | MIA | 4 | |
6 | Al Horford | ATL | 4 | |
7 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 3 | |
8 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 3 | |
9 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 3 | |
10 | Chris Wilcox | SEA | 4 | |
11 | Luis Scola | HOU | 4 | Averaging 12.3 points and 9.5 rebounds in 28.1 minutes over last four games. Could see even more minutes if Landry (knee) misses time. |
12 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 4 | |
13 | Al Harrington | GSW | 3 | |
14 | Hakim Warrick | MEM | 3 | |
15 | David Lee | NYK | 3 | |
16 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 3 | |
17 | Udonis Haslem * | MIA | 4 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
18 | Kenyon Martin | DEN | 4 | Day-to-day (mild concussion) |
19 | Rasheed Wallace * | DET | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
20 | David West * | NO | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
21 | Zach Randolph * | NYK | 3 | Day-to-day (foot) |
22 | Thaddeus Young | PHI | 4 | |
23 | Jeff Green | SEA | 4 | |
24 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 4 | |
25 | Reggie Evans | PHI | 4 | |
26 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 4 | Only averaging 9.8 points on 34.1% shooting from the field over last four games. |
27 | Joe Smith | CLE | 4 | |
28 | Boris Diaw | PHO | 3 | Averaging 14.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists over last four games. |
29 | Darko Milicic | MEM | 3 | Averaging 14.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks over last four games. |
30 | Brandon Bass | DAL | 4 |
1 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 4 | |
2 | Marcus Camby | DEN | 4 | |
3 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 4 | Averaging 21.1 points and 12.0 rebounds over his last six games. |
4 | Chris Kaman | LAC | 4 | |
5 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 4 | |
6 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 4 | |
7 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 3 | |
8 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 3 | |
9 | Tyson Chandler | NO | 3 | Averaging 15.0 points and 13.6 rebounds over last five games. |
10 | Pau Gasol | LAL | 3 | |
11 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 3 | |
12 | Brad Miller | SAC | 3 | |
13 | Anderson Varejeo | CLE | 4 | Good short-term play while Ilgauskas (back) is out. Averaging 8.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals over last four games. |
14 | Erick Dampier | DAL | 4 | |
15 | Nick Collison | SEA | 4 | |
16 | Ben Wallace | CLE | 4 | |
17 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 4 | |
18 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 4 | |
19 | Shaquille O'Neal | PHO | 3 | |
20 | Brendan Haywood | WAS | 3 | |
21 | Troy Murphy | IND | 3 | Averaging 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds over last four games. |
22 | Rasho Nesterovic | TOR | 4 | |
23 | Mark Blount | MIA | 4 | |
24 | Johan Petro | SEA | 4 | |
25 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 3 | |
26 | Nenad Krstic | NJ | 3 | |
27 | Jeff Foster | IND | 3 | |
28 | Josh Boone | NJ | 3 | |
29 | Nazr Mohammed | CHA | 3 | |
30 | Eddy Curry * | NYK | 3 | Day-to-day (knee) |
Article first appeared on 3/9/08