This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 8
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, BOS, CHA, CHI, DAL, DEN, GSW, IND, LAC, MIL, NJ, NYK, SAC, TOR, UTA, WAS | ||
Three Games: | CLE, DET, HOU, LAL, MIA, MIN, NO, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHX, SAS | ||
Two Games: | MEM, POR | ||
One Game: | NONE | ||
= new to Value Meter |
Point Guards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Devin Harris | NJ | 4 | |
2 | Chauncey Billups | DEN | 4 | |
3 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 4 | |
4 | Baron Davis | LAC | 4 | |
5 | Deron Williams | UTA | 4 | |
6 | Chris Duhon | NYK | 4 | Averaging 14.6 points, 9.2 assists, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.6 threes over last five games. |
7 | Derrick Rose | CHI | 4 | |
8 | Mike Bibby | ATL | 4 | |
9 | Jason Kidd | DAL | 4 | |
10 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 4 | |
11 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 4 | |
12 | Chris Paul | NO | 3 | |
13 | T.J. Ford | IND | 4 | |
14 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 4 | |
15 | Beno Udrih | SAC | 4 | |
16 | Steve Nash | PHO | 3 | |
17 | D.J. Augustin | CHA | 4 | |
18 | Tony Parker | SAS | 3 | |
19 | Allen Iverson | DET | 3 | |
20 | Maurice Williams | CLE | 3 | Averaging 22.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists on 56% shooting over last three games. |
21 | Andre Miller | PHI | 3 | |
22 | Rodney Stuckey | DET | 3 | Averaging 14.6 points, 9.6 assists and 2.0 steals in last three games since moving into starting lineup. |
23 | Jameer Nelson | ORL | 3 | |
24 | Russell Westbrook | OKC | 3 | |
25 | Randy Foye | MIN | 3 | |
26 | Luke Ridnour | MIL | 4 | |
27 | Juan Dixon | WAS | 4 | Could continue to start until Arenas (knee) comes back. Averaging 14.3 points, 6.3 assists over last three games. |
28 | Jose Juan Barea | DAL | 4 | |
29 | Mario Chalmers | MIA | 3 | |
30 | Rafer Alston * | HOU | 3 | Day-to-day (hamstring) |
31 | C.J. Watson * | GSW | 4 | Will miss Wednesday's game (death in family) |
32 | Ramon Sessions | MIL | 4 | |
33 | Earl Watson | OKC | 3 | |
34 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 3 | |
35 | Aaron Brooks | HOU | 3 | Could be in line for increased minutes if Alston (hamstring) misses time. |
Shooting Guards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 4 | Averaging 24.2 points, 4.8 assists and 2.6 threes on 49% shooting over last five games. |
2 | Vince Carter | NJ | 4 | |
3 | Michael Redd | MIL | 4 | |
4 | Dwyane Wade | MIA | 3 | |
5 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 3 | |
6 | Ray Allen | BOS | 4 | |
7 | Jason Terry | DAL | 4 | |
8 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 4 | |
9 | Jamal Crawford | GSW | 4 | |
10 | Marquis Daniels | IND | 4 | |
11 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 3 | |
12 | Tracy McGrady | HOU | 3 | Averaging 21.5 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in last two games since returning from injury. |
13 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 3 | |
14 | Larry Hughes | CHI | 4 | |
15 | Eric Gordon | LAC | 4 | |
16 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 3 | |
17 | Brandon Roy | POR | 2 | Scored 30+ points in three straight games. Averaging 33.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists during this stretch. |
18 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 2 | |
19 | O.J. Mayo | MEM | 2 | |
20 | CJ Miles | UTA | 4 | |
21 | J.R. Smith | DEN | 4 | |
22 | Jarrett Jack | IND | 4 | |
23 | Raja Bell | CHA | 4 | |
24 | Delonte West | CLE | 3 | |
25 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 3 | |
26 | Roger Mason | SAS | 3 | |
27 | Grant Hill | PHO | 3 | |
28 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 4 | Back from injury (ankle) but could be in timeshare with Kapono. |
29 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 4 | |
30 | Willie Green | PHI | 3 | Started last two games over Thaddeus Young. Averaging 16.0 points on 57% shooting from the field over last two games. |
31 | Louis Williams | PHI | 3 | |
32 | Anthony Morrow | GSW | 4 | |
33 | Keith Bogans | ORL | 3 | |
34 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 3 | |
35 | Damien Wilkins | OKC | 3 |
Small Forwards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Danny Granger | IND | 4 | Averaging 23.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.5 threes and 1.5 blocks while shooting 45% from the field and 86% form the line this year. |
2 | Caron Butler | WAS | 4 | |
3 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 4 | Averaging 36.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.5 threes on 57% shooting from the field over last two games. |
4 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 4 | |
5 | Josh Smith | ATL | 4 | |
6 | John Salmons | SAC | 4 | |
7 | Gerald Wallace | CHA | 4 | |
8 | LeBron James | CLE | 3 | |
9 | Richard Jefferson | MIL | 4 | |
10 | Francisco Garcia | SAC | 4 | |
11 | Luol Deng | CHI | 4 | |
12 | Wilson Chandler | NYK | 4 | |
13 | Al Thornton | LAC | 4 | |
14 | Andrei Kirilenko | UTA | 4 | |
15 | Ronnie Brewer | UTA | 4 | |
16 | Stephen Jackson * | GSW | 4 | Day-to-day (hand). Shooting 22% from the field (12-for-55) over last four games. |
17 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 4 | |
18 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 3 | Averaging league best 2.8 threes made per game. |
19 | Kevin Durant | OKC | 3 | |
20 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 3 | |
21 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 3 | |
22 | Jason Richardson | PHO | 3 | |
23 | Mike Miller | MIN | 3 | |
24 | Ron Artest * | HOU | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
25 | Tim Thomas | NYK | 4 | |
26 | Jason Kapono | TOR | 4 | |
27 | Jamario Moon | TOR | 4 | Starting at small forward over Andrea Bargnani. |
28 | Quentin Richardson * | NYK | 4 | Day-to-day (flu). Moves back to bench with return of Nate Robinson. |
29 | Kelenna Azubuike | GSW | 4 | |
30 | Andres Nocioni | CHI | 4 | |
31 | Bobby Simmons | NJ | 4 | |
32 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 3 | |
33 | Matt Barnes | PHO | 3 | |
34 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 3 | |
35 | James Posey | NO | 3 |
Power Forwards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 4 | Averaging 33.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.4 threes while shooting 54% from the field and 92% from the line over his last five games. |
2 | Zach Randolph | LAC | 4 | Averaging 34.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 2.0 threes on 52% shooting from the field over last two games. |
3 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 4 | |
4 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 4 | |
5 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 4 | |
6 | Al Harrington | NYK | 4 | |
7 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 4 | |
8 | Jermaine O'Neal | TOR | 4 | |
9 | Nene | DEN | 4 | |
10 | Al Horford | ATL | 4 | |
11 | David Lee | NYK | 4 | |
12 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 4 | |
13 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 3 | |
14 | Carlos Boozer * | UTA | 4 | Could return this week (quadriceps) |
15 | Drew Gooden | CHI | 4 | |
16 | David West | NO | 3 | |
17 | Elton Brand | PHI | 3 | |
18 | Shawn Marion | MIA | 3 | |
19 | Kenyon Martin | DEN | 4 | |
20 | Boris Diaw | CHA | 4 | |
21 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 4 | |
22 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 3 | |
23 | Jeff Green | OKC | 3 | |
24 | Udonis Haslem | MIA | 3 | |
25 | Yi Jianlian | NJ | 4 | |
26 | Jason Thompson | SAC | 4 | |
27 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 4 | |
28 | Andray Blatche | WAS | 4 | |
29 | Brandan Wright | GSW | 4 | Day-to-day (flu) |
30 | Luis Scola | HOU | 3 | |
31 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 3 | |
32 | Craig Smith | MIN | 3 | Starting at power forward and scored in double figures in last three games. Averaging 13.3 points and 5.0 rebounds over last three. |
33 | Thaddeus Young | PHI | 3 | |
34 | Ronny Turiaf | GSW | 4 | Day-to-day (flu). Blocks specialist averaging 2.7 blocks per game. |
35 | Michael Beasley * | MIA | 3 | Day-to-day (flu) |
Centers | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Marcus Camby | LAC | 4 | Averaging 11.0 points, 14.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks over last five games. |
2 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 4 | |
3 | Troy Murphy | IND | 4 | |
4 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 4 | |
5 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 4 | |
6 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 3 | |
7 | Yao Ming | HOU | 3 | |
8 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 3 | |
9 | Pau Gasol | LAL | 3 | |
10 | Dwight Howard * | ORL | 3 | Day-to-day (knee) |
11 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 4 | |
12 | Brook Lopez | NJ | 4 | |
13 | Andrew Bynum | LAL | 3 | |
14 | Shaquille O'Neal | PHO | 3 | |
15 | Spencer Hawes | SAC | 4 | |
16 | Brad Miller | SAC | 4 | Only averaging 8.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 25.0 minutes over last five games. |
17 | Tyson Chandler * | NO | 3 | Day-to-day (neck) |
18 | Erick Dampier | DAL | 4 | |
19 | Anderson Varejao | CLE | 3 | |
20 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 3 | Dalembert resurgence? Averaging 5.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks over last two games. |
21 | Joakim Noah | CHI | 4 | |
22 | Kevin Love | MIN | 3 | |
23 | Matt Bonner | SAS | 3 | |
24 | Jeff Foster | IND | 4 | |
25 | Rasho Nesterovic | IND | 4 | Came off the bench last game in favor of Roy Hibbert. |
26 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 2 | |
27 | JaVale McGee | WAS | 4 | |
28 | Nick Collison | OKC | 3 | |
29 | Johan Petro | OKC | 3 | |
30 | Ben Wallace | CLE | 3 | |
31 | Greg Oden | POR | 2 | |
32 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas * | CLE | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
33 | Joel Anthony | MIA | 3 | |
34 | Roy Hibbert | IND | 4 | Started last game over Rasho Nesterovic |
35 | Hilton Armstrong | NO | 3 | Decent play if Chandler (neck) misses time. |
Article first appeared on 12/14/08