This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
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.
Five Games: | NONE | ||||
Four Games: | ATL, CLE, IND, LAC, MIA, MIL, MIN, NJ, NO, OKC, PHI, SAC, WAS | ||||
Three Games: | BOS, CHA, CHI, DEN, DET, GSW, HOU, LAL, MEM, NYK, ORL, PHO, POR, SAS, TOR, UTA | ||||
Two Games: | DAL | ||||
One Game: | NONE | ||||
= new to Value Meter |
Point Guards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Chris Paul | NO | 4 | |
2 | Devin Harris | NJ | 4 | |
3 | Randy Foye | MIN | 4 | Averaging 20.8 points, 4.8 assists and 3.0 threes over last five games. |
4 | Mike Bibby | ATL | 4 | |
5 | Maurice Williams | CLE | 4 | Scoring has increased with Ilgauskas and West out. Averaging 21.0 points (season avg. of 16.5 ppg.) and 2.8 threes over last five games. |
6 | Andre Miller | PHI | 4 | |
7 | Deron Williams | UTA | 3 | |
8 | Steve Nash | PHO | 3 | |
9 | Russell Westbrook | OKC | 4 | |
10 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 3 | |
11 | Chauncey Billups | DEN | 3 | |
12 | Tony Parker | SAS | 3 | |
13 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 3 | |
14 | Luke Ridnour | MIL | 4 | |
15 | Rafer Alston | HOU | 3 | Averaging 18.2 points, 7.0 assists and 4.2 boards over last five but production could decrease with McGrady and Artest due back this week. |
16 | Chris Duhon | NYK | 3 | |
17 | Jameer Nelson | ORL | 3 | |
18 | Allen Iverson | DET | 3 | Only averaging 15.8 points and 2.8 assists over last five games. |
19 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 3 | |
20 | Rodney Stuckey | DET | 3 | |
21 | Derrick Rose | CHI | 3 | |
22 | Jarrett Jack | IND | 4 | |
23 | T.J. Ford | IND | 4 | |
24 | Sebastian Telfair | MIN | 4 | |
25 | Beno Udrih | SAC | 4 | |
26 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 3 | |
27 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 3 | |
28 | Jamal Crawford * | GSW | 3 | Day-to-day (hamstring) |
29 | Mike James | WAS | 4 | |
30 | Jason Kidd | DAL | 2 | |
31 | Mike Conley, Jr. | MEM | 3 | |
32 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 3 | |
33 | Baron Davis * | LAC | 4 | Targeting a Wednesday return to action (tailbone) |
34 | Ramon Sessions | MIL | 4 | |
35 | Mario Chalmers | MIA | 4 |
Shooting Guards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Dwyane Wade | MIA | 4 | |
2 | Vince Carter | NJ | 4 | |
3 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 4 | |
4 | Kevin Martin | SAC | 4 | |
5 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 3 | |
6 | Brandon Roy | POR | 3 | |
7 | Eric Gordon | LAC | 4 | Averaging 22.8 points, 1.4 steals and 2.6 threes over last five games. |
8 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 4 | |
9 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 4 | |
10 | Ray Allen | BOS | 3 | |
11 | O.J. Mayo | MEM | 3 | |
12 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 3 | |
13 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 3 | |
14 | Jason Richardson | PHO | 3 | |
15 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 3 | |
16 | Tracy McGrady | HOU | 3 | Should return this week (knee) and plans to available for all games going forward including back-to-backs. |
17 | Louis Williams | PHI | 4 | |
18 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 3 | |
19 | J.R. Smith | DEN | 3 | |
20 | Rasual Butler | NO | 4 | |
21 | Sasha Pavlovic | CLE | 4 | |
22 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 3 | |
23 | Raja Bell | CHA | 3 | |
24 | Michael Redd * | MIL | 4 | Day-to-day (knee) pending MRI. |
25 | Daniel Gibson | CLE | 4 | |
26 | Nick Young | WAS | 4 | |
27 | Linas Kleiza | DEN | 3 | Value could drop if Anthony (hand) comes back this week. |
28 | Jason Terry | DAL | 2 | |
29 | Von Wafer | HOU | 3 | Value could drop if McGrady (knee) comes back this week. |
30 | CJ Miles | UTA | 3 | |
31 | Michael Finley | SAS | 3 | |
32 | Roger Mason | SAS | 3 | |
33 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 3 | |
34 | Ricky Davis | LAC | 4 | |
35 | Anthony Morrow | GSW | 3 | Could see increased minutes if Crawford (hamstring) misses time this week. |
Small Forwards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | LeBron James | CLE | 4 | |
2 | Kevin Durant | OKC | 4 | Scored 31 or more points in three of last four games. Averaging 31.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals over last five games. |
3 | Danny Granger | IND | 4 | |
4 | Josh Smith | ATL | 4 | |
5 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 4 | Scoring could take a hit with Brand back. Averaging 24.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.0 steals over last five games. |
6 | Caron Butler | WAS | 4 | |
7 | Richard Jefferson | MIL | 4 | Could see bump in scoring with Redd and Bogut out. |
8 | Al Thornton | LAC | 4 | |
9 | John Salmons | SAC | 4 | |
10 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 3 | |
11 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 3 | |
12 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 3 | |
13 | Gerald Wallace | CHA | 3 | |
14 | Corey Maggette | GSW | 3 | Sixth man role hasn't hurt production. Averaging 21.2 points and 8.0 rebounds over last five games. |
15 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 3 | |
16 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 3 | |
17 | Luol Deng | CHI | 3 | |
18 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 4 | |
19 | Mike Miller | MIN | 4 | |
20 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 3 | |
21 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 4 | |
22 | Francisco Garcia | SAC | 4 | |
23 | Grant Hill | PHO | 3 | |
24 | Ronnie Brewer | UTA | 3 | |
25 | Andres Nocioni | CHI | 3 | Averaging 12.0 points and 7.6 boards in 30 minutes a game over last five. |
26 | Andrei Kirilenko * | UTA | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
27 | Jamario Moon | TOR | 3 | |
28 | Dominic McGuire | WAS | 4 | Averaging 5.0 points, 6.8 boards, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks in 32 minutes per game over last five. |
29 | Quentin Richardson | NYK | 3 | |
30 | Trevor Ariza | LAL | 3 | |
31 | Josh Howard | DAL | 2 | |
32 | Shane Battier | HOU | 3 | |
33 | Wilson Chandler | NYK | 3 | Only averaging 6.6 points in 24 minutes over last five games. |
34 | Ron Artest * | HOU | 3 | Could return this week (ankle) |
35 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 3 | Could return to action later this week (hand) |
Power Forwards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 4 | |
2 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 4 | Averaging 25.0 points, 9.2 boards and 2.4 threes over last four games and should see an increased role in offense if Redd (knee) and Bogut (back) miss time. |
3 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 3 | |
4 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 3 | |
5 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 3 | Double-double machine getting back on track. Averaging 24.0 points and 12.0 rebounds over last three games. |
6 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 3 | |
7 | David Lee | NYK | 3 | |
8 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 3 | |
9 | Jeff Green | OKC | 4 | |
10 | Al Harrington | NYK | 3 | |
11 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 3 | O'Neal's return hasn't hurt minutes or production. Averaging 18.6 points and 5.8 boards in 39 minutes over last five games. |
12 | Boris Diaw | CHA | 3 | |
13 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 3 | |
14 | Elton Brand * | PHI | 4 | |
15 | Jason Thompson | SAC | 4 | Two double-doubles in last four games. Averaging 15.6 points and 9.0 rebounds on 61% shooting from the field over last five games. |
16 | Udonis Haslem | MIA | 4 | |
17 | Thaddeus Young | PHI | 4 | |
18 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 2 | |
19 | Kenyon Martin | DEN | 3 | |
20 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 3 | Scored 15 or more points in three of last four games. Averaging 13.8 points 7.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks over last five games. |
21 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 3 | |
22 | Tyrus Thomas | CHI | 3 | |
23 | Luis Scola | HOU | 3 | |
24 | David West * | NO | 4 | Day-to-day (back) |
25 | Shawn Marion * | MIA | 4 | Day-to-day (groin) |
26 | Craig Smith | MIN | 4 | |
27 | Luc Mbah a Moute | MIL | 4 | |
28 | Michael Beasley | MIA | 4 | |
29 | Hakim Warrick | MEM | 3 | |
30 | Carl Landry | HOU | 3 | |
31 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 3 | |
32 | Brian Skinner * | LAC | 4 | Day-to-day (flu) |
33 | Darrell Arthur | MEM | 3 | |
34 | Ryan Anderson | NJ | 4 | |
35 | Zach Randolph * | LAC | 4 | Could make return later this week (knee). |
Centers | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 4 | |
2 | Troy Murphy | IND | 4 | |
3 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 3 | |
4 | Amar'e Stoudemire | PHO | 3 | |
5 | Marcus Camby * | LAC | 4 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
6 | Brook Lopez | NJ | 4 | |
7 | Brad Miller | SAC | 4 | |
8 | Andrew Bynum | LAL | 3 | Averaging 22.2 points, 8.2 boards and 1.6 blocks over last five games. |
9 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 3 | |
10 | Shaquille O'Neal | PHO | 3 | |
11 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 3 | |
12 | Pau Gasol | LAL | 3 | |
13 | Nene | DEN | 3 | |
14 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 3 | |
15 | Anderson Varejao | CLE | 4 | |
16 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 4 | |
17 | Yao Ming * | HOU | 3 | Day-to-day (knee) |
18 | Andray Blatche | WAS | 4 | |
19 | Greg Oden | POR | 3 | Averaging 17.3 points and 12.3 rebounds over last three games. |
20 | Kevin Love | MIN | 4 | |
21 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 3 | |
22 | Nenad Krstic | OKC | 4 | |
23 | Nick Collison | OKC | 4 | |
24 | Zaza Pachulia | ATL | 4 | |
25 | Ben Wallace | CLE | 4 | |
26 | Jeff Foster | IND | 4 | |
27 | Marc Gasol | MEM | 3 | |
28 | Joakim Noah | CHI | 3 | |
29 | Jermaine O'Neal | TOR | 3 | |
30 | Spencer Hawes | SAC | 4 | |
31 | Rasho Nesterovic | IND | 4 | |
32 | Matt Bonner | SAS | 3 | |
33 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 3 | |
34 | Hilton Armstrong | NO | 4 | Day-to-day (knee) but should be starter at center with Chandler (ankle) out thru the All-Star break. |
35 | Andrew Bogut * | MIL | 4 | Day-to-day (back) |
Article first appeared on 1/25/09