NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 15

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:11PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 15

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:	BOS, DAL, DEN, GSW, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIN, NJ, NO, NYK, ORL, PHO, POR, TOR, UTA, WAS
Three Games:	ATL, CHA, CHI, CLE, DET, HOU, OKC, PHI, SAC, SAS
Two Games:	MIL
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 14.7 points and 14.0 assists over last four games.
4	Devin Harris	NJ	4
5	Jose Calderon	TOR	4
6	Chauncey Billups	DEN	4
7	Jameer Nelson	ORL	4
8	Randy Foye	MIN	4
9	Rajon Rondo	BOS	4
10	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
11	Baron Davis	LAC	4
12	T.J. Ford	IND	4	Scored 30 or more points in two of last three games. Averaging 23.6 points and 4.0 assists over last five games.
13	Chris Duhon	NYK	4
14	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4	Assists have disappeared with return of Ellis. Only averaging 1.0 assist (4.7 apg for season) over last three games.
15	Nate Robinson	NYK	4
16	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	4	Minutes and production have increased with coaching change. Averaging 14.0 points and 8.0 assists in 37.5 minutes over last two games.
17	Maurice Williams	CLE	3
18	Allen Iverson	DET	3
19	Tony Parker	SAS	3
20	Mike Bibby	ATL	3
21	Andre Miller	PHI	3
22	Raymond Felton	CHA	3
23	Russell Westbrook	OKC	3
24	Derrick Rose	CHI	3
25	Rodney Stuckey	DET	3
26	Rafer Alston	HOU	3
27	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4
28	Jarrett Jack	IND	4
29	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	4
30	Derek Fisher	LAL	4	Minutes and production could decrease with Farmar back.
31	Sergio Rodriguez	POR	4
32	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	3
33	Mike James	WAS	4
34	Keyon Dooling	NJ	4
35	Beno Udrih *	SAC	3	Day-to-day (calf)

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
2	Kobe Bryant	LAL	4
3	Vince Carter	NJ	4
4	Brandon Roy	POR	4
5	Jason Terry	DAL	4
6	Ray Allen	BOS	4
7	O.J. Mayo	MEM	4
8	Eric Gordon	LAC	4	Averaging 20.6 points, 5.0 assists and 2.6 threes over last five games.
9	Jason Richardson	PHO	4
10	Mike Dunleavy	IND	4
11	Peja Stojakovic	NO	4
12	Monta Ellis	GSW	4	Only averaging 12.4 points and 2.4 assists on 37% shooting from the field since returning from injury.
13	Kevin Martin	SAC	3
14	Joe Johnson	ATL	3
15	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3
16	Ben Gordon	CHI	3
17	Anthony Parker	TOR	4
18	J.R. Smith	DEN	4
19	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
20	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4
21	Tracy McGrady *	HOU	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
22	Raja Bell	CHA	3	Averaging 19.3 points and 2.5 threes over last four games.
23	Rasual Butler	NO	4
24	Mickael Pietrus	ORL	4
25	CJ Miles	UTA	4
26	Nick Young	WAS	4
27	Rudy Fernandez	POR	4
28	Linas Kleiza	DEN	4
29	Daequan Cook	MIA	4
30	Courtney Lee	ORL	4
31	Marquis Daniels	IND	4
32	Louis Williams	PHI	3
33	Sasha Pavlovic	CLE	3
34	Michael Finley	SAS	3
35	Eddie House	BOS	4	Three-point specialist has made 17 threes over last five games.

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Caron Butler	WAS	4	Averaging 22.6 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists over last five games.
2	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
3	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
4	Danny Granger *	IND	4	Day-to-day (knee)
5	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
6	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4
7	Corey Maggette	GSW	4
8	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	4
9	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
10	Josh Howard	DAL	4
11	LeBron James	CLE	3
12	Kevin Durant	OKC	3
13	Josh Smith	ATL	3	Double-doubles in four of last five games. Averaging 16.2 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks during this stretch.
14	Andre Iguodala	PHI	3
15	Ron Artest	HOU	3
16	Luol Deng	CHI	3
17	John Salmons	SAC	3
18	Al Thornton	LAC	4
19	Marvin Williams	ATL	3
20	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
21	Grant Hill	PHO	4
22	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4
23	Wilson Chandler	NYK	4	Production has decreased since being replaced in starting lineup. Only averaging 10.8 points in 26 minutes over last five games.
24	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4
25	Quentin Richardson	NYK	4
26	Mike Miller	MIN	4
27	Jamario Moon	TOR	4
28	Steve Novak	LAC	4	Averaging 14.4 points and 3.6 threes over last five games.
29	James Posey	NO	4
30	Francisco Garcia	SAC	3
31	Andres Nocioni	CHI	3
32	Shane Battier	HOU	3
34	Kelenna Azubuike *	GSW	4	Day-to-day (knee)
35	Richard Jefferson	MIL	2

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4
2	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4	Averaging 23.4 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals over last five games.
3	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
4	David Lee	NYK	4	Double-double machine averaging 19.2 points and 14.0 rebounds over last five games.
5	Paul Millsap	UTA	4
6	Al Harrington	NYK	4
7	David West	NO	4
8	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
9	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4
10	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4
11	Kevin Garnett *	BOS	4	Day-to-day (flu)
12	Emeka Okafor	CHA	3
13	Elton Brand	PHI	3	Should be back in starting lineup soon. Averaging 3.3 blocks per game over last three games.
14	Jeff Green	OKC	3
15	Boris Diaw	CHA	3
16	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
17	Lamar Odom	LAL	4	Could move into starting lineup with Bynum (knee) out.
18	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
19	Michael Beasley	MIA	4	Posted back-to-back double-doubles. Averaging 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds over last two games.
20	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
21	Craig Smith	MIN	4
22	Hakim Warrick	MEM	4
23	Luis Scola	HOU	3
24	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	3
25	Thaddeus Young	PHI	3
26	Jason Thompson	SAC	3
27	Shawn Marion *	MIA	4	Day-to-day (groin)
28	Brandon Bass	DAL	4
29	Ronny Turiaf	GSW	4	Averaging 10.5 boards and 3.5 blocks over last two games.
30	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	2	Averaging 27.0 points and 9.3 rebounds over last three games.
31	Darrell Arthur	MEM	4
32	Darius Songalia	WAS	4	Starting at center with Blatche (knee) out.
33	Antonio McDyess	DET	3
34	Amir Johnson	DET	3
35	Zach Randolph *	LAC	4	Could make return this week (knee)

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Al Jefferson	MIN	4
2	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
3	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHO	4
4	Marcus Camby	LAC	4
5	Pau Gasol	LAL	4	Points and boards should increase with Bynum (knee) out.
6	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	4
7	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
8	Andris Biedrins	GSW	4
9	Nene	DEN	4
10	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
11	Troy Murphy	IND	4
12	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4
13	Yao Ming	HOU	3
14	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	4
15	Greg Oden	POR	4
16	Kevin Love	MIN	4	Posted three double-doubles in last five games. Averaging 13.6 points and 10.2 rebounds over last five games.
17	Marc Gasol	MEM	4
18	Erick Dampier	DAL	4
19	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	3
20	Jermaine O'Neal	TOR	4
21	Joel Przybilla	POR	4
22	Samuel Dalembert *	PHI	3	Day-to-day (knee)
23	Joakim Noah	CHI	3
24	Spencer Hawes	SAC	3	Should continue to start as long as Miller (abdominal) misses time.
25	Nenad Krstic	OKC	3
26	Nick Collison	OKC	3
27	Anderson Varejao	CLE	3
28	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
29	Ben Wallace	CLE	3
30	Jeff Foster	IND	4
31	Brad Miller *	SAC	3	Day-to-day (abdominal)
32	JaVale McGee	WAS	4
33	Hilton Armstrong	NO	4
34	Tyson Chandler *	NO	4	Could return this week (ankle)
35	Al Horford *	ATL	3	Could return this week (knee)

Article first appeared on 2/1/09