Weekly Rankings: Class is in Sessions

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson writes about fantasy sports for RotoWire.

Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2012

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 14

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.

Week 13: March 19th - March 25th

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Eligibility	Team	Games	Comment
1	Jarrett Jack	[PG,SG]	NO	5	Averaging 17.6 points, 7.2 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 1.0 steals on 51% shooting from the field over last five games.
2	Chris Paul	[PG]	LAC	4
3	Deron Williams	[PG]	NJ	4
4	Goran Dragic	[PG,SG]	HOU	4	Averaging 16.8 points, 10.4 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.8 threes over last five games.
5	Kyrie Irving	[PG]	CLE	4
6	Rajon Rondo	[PG]	BOS	4
7	Ramon Sessions	[PG,SG]	LAL	4	Averaging 18.5 points 10.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 threes over last two games.
8	John Wall	[PG]	WAS	4
9	Jeremy Lin	[PG]	NYK	4
10	Brandon Jennings	[PG]	MIL	4
11	Jose Juan Barea	[PG,SG]	MIN	4	Averaging 21.5 points, 12.5 assists, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 2.0 threes over last two games.
12	Ty Lawson	[PG]	DEN	4
13	Darren Collison	[PG]	IND	5
14	Devin Harris	[PG]	UTA	4	Averaging 13.2 points, 6.6 assists, 1.6 threes and 1.2 steals over last five games.
15	Russell Westbrook	[PG]	OKC	3
16	Raymond Felton	[PG]	POR	4	Averaging 14.4 points, 7.2 assists and 1.0 threes over last five games.
17	Jose Calderon	[PG]	TOR	4
18	Jameer Nelson	[PG]	ORL	4
19	Isaiah Thomas	[PG]	SAC	4
20	Brandon Knight	[PG]	DET	4
21	Tony Parker	[PG]	SAS	3
22	Steve Nash	[PG]	PHO	3	Only averaging 8.4 points over last five games.
23	George Hill	[PG,SG]	IND	5
24	D.J. Augustin	[PG]	CHA	4
25	Luke Ridnour	[PG]	MIN	4
26	Jeff Teague	[PG]	ATL	4
27	Mike Conley, Jr.	[PG]	MEM	3
28	Jrue Holiday	[PG]	PHI	3
29	Andre Miller	[PG]	DEN	4
30	Mario Chalmers	[PG]	MIA	4
31	Kirk Hinrich	[PG,SG]	ATL	4
32	C.J. Watson	[PG]	CHI	4	Decent short-term play if Derrick Rose continues to miss time. Averaging 13.8 points and 2.2 threes over last five games.
33	Nate Robinson *	[PG,SG]	GSW	4	Day-to-day (hamstring) .
34	Rodney Stuckey *	[PG,SG]	DET	4	Day-to-day (toe).
35	Derrick Rose *	[PG]	CHI	4	Day-to-day (groin).
Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Eligibility	Team	Games	Comment
1	Kobe Bryant	[SG]	LAL	4
2	Dwyane Wade	[SG]	MIA	4
3	Joe Johnson	[SG]	ATL	4
4	Paul George	[SG]	IND	5
5	Wesley Matthews	[SG,SF]	POR	4	Averaging 17.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 4.0 threes over last five games.
6	Klay Thompson	[SG,SF]	GSW	4	Averaging 20.4 points, 2.6 threes and 1.6 steals over last five games.
7	Monta Ellis	[PG,SG]	MIL	4
8	Marcus Thornton	[SG]	SAC	4
9	Tyreke Evans	[PG,SG]	SAC	4
10	Jordan Crawford	[SG]	WAS	4	Averaging 18.4 points, 1.8 steals and 1.4 threes over last five games.
11	Courtney Lee	[SG]	HOU	4	Decent short-term play while Kevin Martin (shoulder) is out. Averaging 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds., 1.8 threes and 1.0 steals in 37 minutes over last five games.
12	Gerald Henderson	[SG,SF]	CHA	4
13	Alonzo Gee	[SG]	CLE	4
14	Jason Richardson	[SG,SF]	ORL	4
15	Aaron Afflalo	[SG]	DEN	4
16	Ben Gordon	[SG]	DET	4	Averaging 25.0 points, 2.0 steals and 4.3 threes over last three games but will most likely return to reserve role when Rodney Stuckey (toe) comes back.
17	DeMar DeRozan *	[SG,SF]	TOR	4	Day-to-day (ankle).
18	Ray Allen *	[SG]	BOS	4	Day-to-day (ankle).
19	James Harden	[SG]	OKC	3
20	Manu Ginobili	[SG]	SAS	3
21	Jared Dudley	[SG,SF]	PHO	3
22	Jason Terry	[PG,SG]	DAL	3
23	Marco Belinelli	[SG]	NO	5
24	Leandro Barbosa	[PG,SG]	IND	5
25	Greivis Vasquez	[PG,SG]	NO	5
26	Nick Young	[SG]	LAC	4
27	Randy Foye	[PG,SG]	LAC	4	Could see bump in minutes with Mo Williams out.
28	Jamal Crawford	[PG,SG]	POR	4
29	J.R. Smith	[SG]	NYK	4
30	Louis Williams	[PG,SG]	PHI	3
31	Kemba Walker	[PG,SG]	CHA	4
32	Marshon Brooks	[SG]	NJ	4
33	Evan Turner	[SG,SF]	PHI	3	Averaging 6.6 points on 31% shooting from the field over last five games.
34	Tony Allen	[SG]	MEM	3
35	O.J. Mayo	[SG]	MEM	3
Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Eligibility	Team	Games	Comment
1	Danny Granger	[SF]	IND	5
2	LeBron James	[SF]	MIA	4
3	Paul Pierce	[SG,SF]	BOS	4
4	Kevin Durant	[SG,SF]	OKC	3
5	Carmelo Anthony	[SF]	NYK	4	Only averaging 14.0 points on 39% shooting from the field over last five games.
6	Luol Deng	[SG,SF]	CHI	4
7	Gerald Wallace	[SF,PF]	NJ	4
8	Nicolas Batum	[SF]	POR	4
9	Gordon Hayward	[SG,SF]	UTA	4	Averaging 14.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.6 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.6 blocks over last three games.
10	Trevor Ariza *	[SF]	NO	5	Day-to-day (ankle).
11	Rudy Gay	[SG,SF]	MEM	3
12	Chandler Parsons	[SF]	HOU	4
13	Corey Maggette	[SF]	CHA	4	Averaging 16.3 points, 1.3 threes and 8.0 free throws made over last four games.
14	Wilson Chandler	[SF,PF]	DEN	4	Averaging 12.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 29 minutes over last three games.
15	James Johnson	[SF,PF]	TOR	4
16	Hedo Turkoglu	[SF,PF]	ORL	4
17	Caron Butler	[SF]	LAC	4
18	Tayshaun Prince	[SF]	DET	4
19	Mike Dunleavy	[SG,SF]	MIL	4
20	Andre Iguodala	[SG,SF]	PHI	3	Averaging 9.6 points on 39% shooting from the field over last five games.
21	Dorell Wright	[SG,SF]	GSW	4
22	Carlos Delfino	[SG,SF]	MIL	4
23	Derrick Williams	[SF,PF]	MIN	4
24	Shawn Marion	[SF,PF]	DAL	3
25	Richard Jefferson	[SF]	GSW	4	Averaging 11.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 threes in 30 minutes over last five games.
26	Brandon Rush	[SG]	GSW	4
27	Anthony Morrow	[SG,SF]	NJ	4
28	CJ Miles	[SG,SF]	UTA	4	Should see increased minutes with Josh Howard out.
29	Grant Hill	[SG,SF]	PHO	3
30	Thaddeus Young	[SF,PF]	PHI	3
31	Kawhi Leonard	[SG,SF]	SAS	3	Averaging 11.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals over last five games.
32	Stephen Jackson	[SG,SF]	SAS	3	Averaging 11.3 points, 1.5 threes and 1.0 steals in 23 minutes over last five games.
33	Chase Budinger	[SG,SF]	HOU	4
34	Gerald Green	[SG,SF]	NJ	4
35	Kyle Korver	[SG,SF]	CHI	4
Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Eligibility	Team	Games	Comment
1	Kevin Love	[PF]	MIN	4	Averaging 30.4 points, 13.6 rebounds, 2.8 threes and 1.0 steals over last five games.
2	Josh Smith	[SF,PF]	ATL	4	Averaging 19.8 points, 11.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.2 steals over last five games.
3	Blake Griffin	[PF]	LAC	4
4	Paul Millsap	[SF,PF]	UTA	4
5	David Lee	[PF]	GSW	4
6	LaMarcus Aldridge	[PF,C]	POR	4
7	Pau Gasol	[PF,C]	LAL	4
8	Greg Monroe	[PF,C]	DET	4
9	Ryan Anderson	PF	ORL	4
10	Antawn Jamison	[PF]	CLE	4
11	Drew Gooden	[PF,C]	MIL	4
12	Kris Humphries	[PF]	NJ	4
13	Kevin Garnett	[PF]	BOS	4
14	Ersan Ilyasova	[SF,PF]	MIL	4
15	Chris Bosh	[PF,C]	MIA	4
16	Carlos Boozer	[PF]	CHI	4
17	Dirk Nowitzki	[PF]	DAL	3
18	David West	[PF]	IND	5
19	Luis Scola	[SF,PF]	HOU	4	Averaging 17.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists on 54% shooting from the field over last five games.
20	Al Harrington	[SF,PF]	DEN	4
21	Derrick Favors	[PF]	UTA	4	Averaging 13.2 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.6 blocks and 1.0 steals in 26 minutes over last five games.
22	Tristan Thompson	[PF,C]	CLE	4	Averaging 13.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 34 minutes over last five games.
23	Tim Duncan	[PF,C]	SAS	3
24	Elton Brand	[PF]	PHI	3
25	Zach Randolph	[PF]	MEM	3
26	Brandon Bass	[PF]	BOS	4	Averaging 12.6 points and 8.0 rebounds over last three games.
27	Channing Frye	[PF,C]	PHO	3
28	Kenneth Faried	[PF]	DEN	4	Averaging 12.6 points and 8.6 rebounds in 23 minutes over last five games.
29	Trevor Booker	[PF]	WAS	4
30	Tyler Hansbrough	[PF]	IND	5
31	Gustavo Ayon	[PF]	NO	5
32	Carl Landry	[SF,PF]	NO	5
33	Jason Thompson *	[PF,C]	SAC	4	Day-to-day (ankle). Averaging 16.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals over last four games.
34	Tyrus Thomas	[SF,PF]	CHA	4
35	Amir Johnson	[PF,C]	TOR	4
Centers
Rank	Player	Eligibility	Team	Games	Comment
1	Roy Hibbert	[C]	IND	5
2	Dwight Howard	[C]	ORL	4
3	Andrew Bynum	[C]	LAL	4
4	DeMarcus Cousins	[C]	SAC	4	Averaging 20.4 points and 10.0 rebounds over last five games but only shooting 43% from the field.
5	Al Jefferson	[PF,C]	UTA	4
6	Chris Kaman *	[C]	NO	5	Day-to-day (illness).
7	Amare Stoudemire	[C]	NYK	4
8	Joakim Noah	[C]	CHI	4
9	Tyson Chandler	[C]	NYK	4
10	Andrea Bargnani	[PF,C]	TOR	4
11	Nene	[PF,C]	WAS	4
12	Marc Gasol	[C]	MEM	3
13	Marcin Gortat	[C]	PHO	3
14	Serge Ibaka	[PF,C]	OKC	3
15	Samuel Dalembert	[C]	HOU	4
16	Zaza Pachulia	[C]	ATL	4
17	JaVale McGee	[PF,C]	DEN	4
18	Sheldon Williams	[PF,C]	NJ	4	Averaging 6.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 27 minutes over last five games.
19	DeAndre Jordan	[C]	LAC	4	Averaging 0.8 blocks over last five games.
20	Nikola Pekovic *	[C]	MIN	4	Day-to-day (ankle).
21	Spencer Hawes	[C]	PHI	3	Averaging 9.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 23 minutes over last five games.
22	Bismack Biyombo	[PF,C]	CHA	4
23	Marcus Camby	[C]	HOU	4
24	Jason Maxiell	[PF,C]	DET	4
25	Kevin Seraphin	[C]	WAS	4
26	Ed Davis	[PF]	TOR	4
27	Joel Przybilla	[C]	POR	4
28	Timofey Mozgov	[C]	DEN	4
29	Aaron Gray	[C]	TOR	4
30	DeJuan Blair	[PF,C]	SAS	3	Averaging 12.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals over last five games.
31	Kendrick Perkins	[C]	OKC	3
32	Greg Stiemsma	[C]	BOS	4	Averaging 3.4 blocks in 17 minutes over last five games.
33	Joel Anthony	[C]	MIA	4
34	Brandan Wright	[PF,C]	DAL	3	Averaging 9.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 22 minutes over last five games.
35	Brendan Haywood *	[C]	DAL	3	Day-to-day (knee).

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