NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 20

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Updated on March 22, 2011 8:13PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 20

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Paul	NO	4
2	Deron Williams	UTA	4
3	Steve Nash	PHO	4	Averaging 30.5 points, 11.5 assists and 3.0 threes made over last two games.
4	Nate Robinson	NYK	4
5	Randy Foye	MIN	4
6	Maurice Williams	CLE	4
7	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
8	Derrick Rose	CHI	4
9	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
10	Devin Harris	NJ	3
11	Tony Parker	SAS	3
12	Chauncey Billups	DEN	3
13	Jose Calderon	TOR	3
14	Andre Miller	PHI	3
15	Aaron Brooks	HOU	4
16	Rodney Stuckey	DET	4	Averaging 16.4 points, 4.8 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals over last five games.
17	Russell Westbrook	OKC	3
18	Jamal Crawford	GSW	3
19	Raymond Felton	CHA	3
20	Chris Duhon	NYK	4	Only averaging 9.8 points and 6.6 assists over last five games.
21	Rafer Alston	ORL	4
22	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4
23	Jarrett Jack	IND	3	Scored 25 or more points in three of last four games but production could decrease with Granger (knee) due back this week.
24	Rajon Rondo *	BOS	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
25	Baron Davis *	LAC	3	Day-to-day (hamstring)
26	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	4
27	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	4
28	Steve Blake	POR	4	Only averaging 9.8 points and 4.2 assists over last five games.
29	T.J. Ford	IND	3
30	Ramon Sessions	MIL	3
31	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	3
32	Derek Fisher	LAL	4
33	Luke Ridnour	MIL	3
34	Mike James	WAS	4
35	Stephon Marbury	BOS	3	Could see big bump in minutes if Rondo (ankle) misses time.

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4	Averaging 37.8 points, 11.0 assists, 7.0 rebounds, 2.2 threes, 3.4 steals and 1.2 blocks on 56% shooting from the field over last five games.
2	Kobe Bryant	LAL	4
3	Brandon Roy	POR	4
4	Joe Johnson	ATL	4
5	Ben Gordon	CHI	4
6	Jason Richardson	PHO	4
7	Richard Hamilton	DET	4
8	Jason Terry	DAL	4
9	Rasual Butler	NO	4	Averaging 18.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 threes made over last five games.
10	Vince Carter	NJ	3
11	Kevin Martin	SAC	3
12	Larry Hughes	NYK	4
13	Delonte West	CLE	4
14	Ray Allen	BOS	3
15	J.R. Smith	DEN	3	Starting at shooting guard. Averaging 22.0 points, 5.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 threes in 39.0 minutes over last two games.
16	O.J. Mayo	MEM	3
17	Eric Gordon	LAC	3
18	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4
19	Peja Stojakovic *	NO	4	Day-to-day (back)
20	Rudy Fernandez	POR	4
21	CJ Miles	UTA	4
22	Marquis Daniels	IND	3	Minutes and production could take a hit with Granger (knee) due back this week.
23	Raja Bell	CHA	3
24	Roger Mason	SAS	3
25	Michael Finley	SAS	3
26	Anthony Parker	TOR	3
27	Louis Williams	PHI	3
28	Antoine Wright	DAL	4
29	Courtney Lee	ORL	4
30	Mickael Pietrus	ORL	4
31	Rashad McCants	SAC	3	Averaging 18.5 points and 2.0 threes made in 28.5 minutes over last two games.
32	Charlie Bell	MIL	3
33	Marco Belinelli	GSW	3
34	Monta Ellis *	GSW	3	Expected to re-join team on Wednesday.
35	Thabo Sefolosha *	OKC	3	Day-to-day (knee)

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Ron Artest	HOU	4
3	Caron Butler	WAS	4
4	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
5	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	4
6	Josh Smith	ATL	4
7	Matt Barnes	PHO	4	Averaging 17.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.2 threes made over last five games.
8	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4	Averaging 20.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 steals over last five games.
9	Paul Pierce	BOS	3
10	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	3
11	Stephen Jackson	GSW	3
12	Andre Iguodala	PHI	3
13	Gerald Wallace	CHA	3
14	John Salmons	CHI	4
15	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4
16	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
17	Richard Jefferson	MIL	3
18	Rudy Gay	MEM	3
19	Danny Granger *	IND	3	Expected to return this week (knee)
20	Wilson Chandler	NYK	4
21	Tayshaun Prince	DET	4
22	Mike Miller	MIN	4
23	Jamario Moon	MIA	4
24	Corey Maggette	GSW	3
25	Al Thornton	LAC	3
26	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	4
27	Francisco Garcia *	SAC	3	Day-to-day (finger)
28	Grant Hill	PHO	4
29	Kevin Durant *	OKC	3	Won't return until Wednesday at the earliest (ankle).
30	Josh Howard *	DAL	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
31	Dominic McGuire	WAS	4
32	Shane Battier	HOU	4
33	James Posey	NO	4
34	Trevor Ariza	LAL	4
35	Julian Wright *	NO	4	Decent short-term play if Stojakovic (back) can't go.

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4
2	David West	NO	4
3	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
4	David Lee	NYK	4
5	Al Harrington	NYK	4
6	Luis Scola	HOU	4
7	Lamar Odom	LAL	4
8	Chris Bosh	TOR	3
9	Tim Duncan	SAS	3	Only averaging 14.0 points and 8.3 rebounds since returning from injury.
10	Rasheed Wallace	DET	4
11	Kevin Love	MIN	4
12	Emeka Okafor	CHA	3
13	Boris Diaw	CHA	3
14	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	3
15	Shawn Marion	TOR	3
16	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	4
17	Paul Millsap	UTA	4	Could go back to Millsap of old if Boozer (ankle) miss time.
18	Carlos Boozer *	UTA	4	Day-to-day (ankle). Averaging 14.5 points and 16.5 rebounds over last two games.
19	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	3
20	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
21	Antonio McDyess	DET	4
22	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
23	Michael Beasley	MIA	4
24	Jeff Green *	OKC	3	Day-to-day (back)
25	Thaddeus Young	PHI	3
26	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	3	Averaging 12.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.6 steals over last five games.
27	Brandon Bass	DAL	4
28	Zach Randolph *	LAC	3	Will miss Saturday's game (personal)
29	Yi Jianlian	NJ	3
30	Anthony Randolph	GSW	3
31	Vladimir Radmonovic	CHA	3
32	Jason Thompson	SAC	3
33	Craig Smith	MIN	4
34	Glen Davis	BOS	3
35	Kenyon Martin *	DEN	3	Day-to-day (back)

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Yao Ming	HOU	4
2	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
3	Pau Gasol	LAL	4
4	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	4
5	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4
6	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
7	Al Horford	ATL	4
8	Troy Murphy	IND	3	Averaging 19.6 points, 13.8 rebounds, 3.0 threes and 1.4 blocks over last five games.
9	Jermaine O'Neal	MIA	4
10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	4
11	Marc Gasol	MEM	3	Averaging 18.2 points, 11.8 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 steals over last five games.
12	Tyson Chandler	NO	4
13	Joakim Noah	CHI	4	In a timeshare with Miller, but still averaging 8.8 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks over last five games.
14	Nene	DEN	3
15	Brook Lopez	NJ	3
16	Joel Przybilla	POR	4
17	Andris Biedrins *	GSW	3	Expected to return this week (personal)
18	Marcus Camby *	LAC	3	Day-to-day (migraines)
19	Anderson Varejao	CLE	4
20	Brad Miller	CHI	4
21	Erick Dampier	DAL	4
22	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	3
23	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	3
24	Chris Anderson	DEN	3
25	Spencer Hawes	SAC	3
26	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
27	Nenad Krstic	OKC	3
28	Nick Collison	OKC	3
29	Ronny Turiaf	GSW	3
30	DeAndre Jordan	LAC	3	Good short-term play if Camby (migraines) can't go. Averaging 8.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks over last two games.
31	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
32	JaVale McGee	WAS	4
33	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	4
34	Chris Kaman *	LAC	3	Expected to return on Tuesday (foot)
35	Jeff Foster	IND	3

Article first appeared on 3/8/09