This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 13
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: | MIL | ||||
Four Games: | ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIN, NJ, NO, ORL, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, SAS, SEA, WAS | ||||
Three Games: | DET, GSW, MIA, NYK, UTA | ||||
Two Games: | TOR | ||||
One Game: | NONE | ||||
= new to Value Meter |
Point Guards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Maurice Williams | MIL | 5 | |
2 | Chris Paul | NO | 4 | |
3 | Allen Iverson | DEN | 4 | |
4 | Steve Nash | PHO | 4 | |
5 | Jason Kidd | NJ | 4 | |
6 | Tony Parker | SAS | 4 | |
7 | Andre Miller | PHI | 4 | |
8 | Baron Davis | GSW | 3 | |
9 | Deron Williams | UTA | 3 | |
10 | Chauncey Billups | DET | 3 | |
11 | Jamaal Tinsley | IND | 4 | |
12 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 4 | |
13 | Rafer Alston | HOU | 4 | |
14 | Antonio Daniels | WAS | 4 | |
15 | Anthony Carter | DEN | 4 | |
16 | Mike Bibby | SAC | 4 | Averaging 15.3 points and 2.6 three pointers in last three games. |
17 | Mike Conley, Jr. | MEM | 4 | Averaging 10.4 points and 5.4 assists in ten starts this year. |
18 | Devin Harris | DAL | 4 | |
19 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 4 | Day-to-day (back) |
20 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 4 | |
21 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 3 | |
22 | Sam Cassell | LAC | 4 | |
23 | Earl Watson | SEA | 4 | |
24 | Beno Udrih | SAC | 4 | Only averaging 22 minutes a game since Bibby returned. |
25 | Anthony Johnson | ATL | 4 | |
26 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 3 | Averaging 13.2 points and 5.0 assists over last seven games. |
27 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 2 | |
28 | Jason Williams | MIA | 3 | |
29 | Rajon Rondo * | BOS | 4 | Day-to-day (back) |
30 | Jameer Nelson * | ORL | 4 | Day-to-day (foot) |
Shooting Guards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
1 | Michael Redd | MIL | 5 | |
2 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 4 | |
3 | Brandon Roy | POR | 4 | |
5 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 4 | |
6 | Vince Carter | NJ | 4 | |
4 | Jason Richardson | CHA | 4 | |
7 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 4 | |
8 | Ray Allen | BOS | 4 | Averaging 29.0 points and made nine 3-pointers over last two games. |
9 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 4 | |
10 | Kevin Martin | SAC | 4 | Averaging 26.0 points while shooting 63.2% from the field and 90.0% from the line over last five games. |
11 | Dwyane Wade | MIA | 3 | |
12 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 4 | |
13 | Tracy McGrady * | HOU | 4 | Day-to-day (knee) |
14 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 4 | |
15 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 4 | |
16 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 4 | |
17 | Jason Terry | DAL | 4 | |
18 | Raja Bell | PHO | 4 | |
19 | Jamal Crawford | NYK | 3 | |
20 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 3 | |
21 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 4 | |
22 | Juan Carlos Navarro | MEM | 4 | Averaging 19.2 points over last five games. |
23 | Cuttino Mobley | LAC | 4 | |
24 | Josh Childress | ATL | 4 | |
25 | Martell Webster | POR | 4 | |
26 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 4 | |
27 | Daniel Gibson | CLE | 4 | |
28 | Willie Green | PHI | 4 | |
29 | Francisco Garcia | SAC | 4 | |
30 | Grant Hill * | PHO | 4 | Expect to return this week (appendectomy) |
Small Forwards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | LeBron James | CLE | 4 | |
2 | Gerald Wallace | CHA | 4 | Averaging 28.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 steals over his last six games. |
3 | Caron Butler | WAS | 4 | |
4 | Josh Smith | ATL | 4 | |
5 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 4 | |
6 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 4 | |
7 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 4 | |
8 | Richard Jefferson | NJ | 4 | |
9 | Josh Howard | DAL | 4 | |
10 | Corey Maggette | LAC | 4 | |
11 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 4 | |
12 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 4 | |
13 | Danny Granger | IND | 4 | |
14 | Kevin Durant | SEA | 4 | |
15 | Andres Nocioni | CHI | 4 | Should see a bump in production with Deng (Achilles) out. Averaging 19.0 points and made 14 3-pointers over last five games. |
16 | Ron Artest | SAC | 4 | |
17 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 4 | |
18 | Mike Miller * | MEM | 4 | Day-to-day (back spasms) |
19 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 3 | |
20 | Andrei Kirilenko | UTA | 3 | |
21 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 4 | |
22 | Shane Battier | HOU | 4 | |
23 | Tim Thomas | LAC | 4 | |
24 | Wally Szczerbiak | SEA | 4 | |
25 | Marko Jaric | MIN | 4 | |
26 | Luol Deng * | CHI | 4 | Day-to-day (Achilles) |
27 | Charlie Bell | MIL | 5 | |
28 | John Salmons | SAC | 4 | Minutes and production taking a hit with Artest back. Only scored 13 points in last three games combined. |
29 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 3 | |
30 | Quentin Richardson | NYK | 3 |
Power Forwards | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Shawn Marion | PHO | 4 | |
2 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 4 | |
3 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 4 | |
4 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 4 | |
5 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 4 | |
6 | David West | NO | 4 | |
7 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 4 | |
8 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 4 | |
9 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 3 | |
10 | Yi Jianlian | MIL | 5 | |
11 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 3 | |
12 | Zach Randolph | NYK | 3 | |
13 | Al Harrington | GSW | 3 | Made five 3-pointers in three of last six games. |
14 | Joe Smith | CHI | 4 | |
15 | Al Horford | ATL | 4 | |
16 | Drew Gooden | CLE | 4 | |
17 | Chris Wilcox | SEA | 4 | |
18 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 4 | |
19 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 5 | |
20 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 2 | |
21 | Kenyon Martin * | DEN | 4 | Day-to-day (staph infection) |
22 | Mikki Moore | SAC | 4 | |
23 | Reggie Evans | PHI | 4 | |
24 | Udonis Haslem | MIA | 3 | |
25 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 3 | |
26 | Darko Milicic | MEM | 4 | |
27 | Boris Diaw | PHO | 4 | Minutes and production should take a hit with Grant Hill (appendectomy) due back this week. |
28 | Luis Scola | HOU | 4 | |
29 | Matt Barnes | GSW | 3 | |
30 | David Lee | NYK | 3 |
Centers | ||||
Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
1 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 5 | Averaging career-highs in points (13.4), rebounds (9.0) and blocks (1.7). |
2 | Marcus Camby | DEN | 4 | Averaging 10.4 points, 16.8 rebounds and 4.8 blocks over last five games. |
3 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 4 | |
4 | Yao Ming | HOU | 4 | |
5 | Pau Gasol | MEM | 4 | |
6 | Chris Kaman | LAC | 4 | |
7 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 4 | |
8 | Brad Miller | SAC | 4 | Averaging 17.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists over last ten games. |
9 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 4 | |
10 | Tyson Chandler | NO | 4 | |
11 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 4 | |
12 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 4 | |
13 | Nick Collison | SEA | 4 | Averaging 12.3 points and 11.7 rebounds over last ten games. |
14 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | CLE | 4 | |
15 | Josh Boone | NJ | 4 | |
16 | Ben Wallace | CHI | 4 | |
17 | Shaquille O'Neal | MIA | 3 | |
18 | Brendan Haywood | WAS | 4 | |
19 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 3 | |
20 | Anderson Varejeo | CLE | 4 | |
21 | Troy Murphy | IND | 4 | Should see a bump in production with O'Neal (knee) out for two weeks. |
22 | Kurt Thomas | SEA | 4 | |
23 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 3 | |
24 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 4 | |
25 | Sean Williams | NJ | 4 | |
26 | Nazr Mohammed | CHA | 4 | |
27 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 4 | |
28 | Kwame Brown | LAL | 4 | |
29 | Eddy Curry | NYK | 3 | |
30 | Stromile Swift | MEM | 4 |
Article first appeared on 1/20/08