NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 13

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:16PM EST

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Deron Williams	UTA	4	Averaging 26.4 points and 9.5 assists over last four games.
2	Steve Nash	PHO	4
3	Tony Parker	SAS	4
4	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
5	Rajon Rondo	BOS	4
6	Randy Foye	MIN	4
7	Raymond Felton	CHA	4
8	Allen Iverson *	DET	4	Day-to-day (knee)
9	Chris Paul	NO	3
10	Rodney Stuckey	DET	4
11	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
12	Maurice Williams	CLE	4
13	Derrick Rose	CHI	4
14	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4	Recorded two double-doubles in last five games. Averaging 15.0 points, 7.6 assists and 1.6 steals during this stretch.
15	Devin Harris	NJ	3
16	Chauncey Billups	DEN	3
17	Chris Duhon	NYK	4	Day-to-day (back)
18	Rafer Alston	HOU	4
19	Mardy Collins	LAC	4	Averaging 14.6 points, 7.0 assists and 2.4 steals over last five, but production could drop significantly if Davis (knee) returns this week.
20	Derek Fisher	LAL	4
21	Jarrett Jack	IND	4
22	Mike James	WAS	4	Averaging 19.5 points 4.5 assists and 4.5 threes made over last two games.
23	T.J. Ford	IND	4
24	Kyle Lowry	MEM	4
25	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	4
26	Kirk Hinrich *	CHI	4
27	Beno Udrih	SAC	4
28	Nate Robinson	NYK	4	Only averaging 9.8 points on 35% shooting from the field over last five games.
29	Jose Calderon *	TOR	4	Day-to-day (hamstring)
30	Jameer Nelson	ORL	2
31	Andre Miller	PHI	2
32	Sergio Rodriguez	POR	3	Should start for the injured Steve Blake (shoulder) but might be in a timeshare with Bayless.
33	Jerryd Bayless	POR	3
34	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4
35	Baron Davis *	LAC	4	Day-to-day (knee). Could return this week.

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Kobe Bryant	LAL	4
2	Michael Redd	MIL	4	Averaging 28.4 points and 3.2 threes on 51% shooting from the field over last five games.
3	Kevin Martin	SAC	4
4	Joe Johnson	ATL	4
5	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4	Scored 25 or more points in four of last five games. Averaging 28.0 points, 5.2 assists and 2.0 threes made over last five games.
6	Jason Terry	DAL	4
7	Ray Allen	BOS	4
8	O.J. Mayo	MEM	4
9	Ben Gordon	CHI	4
10	Jason Richardson	PHO	4
11	Manu Ginobili	SAS	4
12	Brandon Roy	POR	3
13	Vince Carter	NJ	3
14	Richard Hamilton	DET	4
15	Mike Dunleavy	IND	4	Averaging 16.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists since returning from injury.
16	Dwyane Wade	MIA	2
17	Anthony Parker	TOR	4
18	Nick Young	WAS	4	Averaging 23.2 points and 1.8 threes on 66% shooting from the field over last five games.
19	Von Wafer	HOU	4	Averaging 16.2 points and 1.8 threes on 50% shooting from the field. Should be a solid play as long as McGrady (knee) is out.
20	Eric Gordon	LAC	4
21	Raja Bell	CHA	4
22	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4
23	Michael Finley	SAS	4
24	Roger Mason	SAS	4
25	Peja Stojakovic	NO	3
26	J.R. Smith	DEN	3
27	Linas Kleiza	DEN	3
28	Rasual Butler	NO	3
29	Rudy Fernandez	POR	3
30	Sasha Pavlovic	CLE	4	Should continue to start with West (wrist) out for six weeks.
31	Daniel Gibson	CLE	4
32	CJ Miles	UTA	4
33	Maurice Evans	ATL	4	Could see bump in playing time if Williams (concussion) misses time this week.
34	Joey Graham	TOR	4
35	Antoine Wright	DAL	4

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Danny Granger	IND	4	Averaging 29.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.0 threes made, 1.6 steals and 1.4 blocks over last five games.
3	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
4	Josh Smith	ATL	4
5	Caron Butler	WAS	4
6	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
7	Corey Maggette	GSW	4
8	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4
9	Al Thornton	LAC	4	Averaging 18.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks over last five games.
10	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
11	Luol Deng	CHI	4
12	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	4
13	John Salmons	SAC	4
14	Wilson Chandler	NYK	4
15	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
16	Grant Hill	PHO	4
17	Jamario Moon	TOR	4
18	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	4
19	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4
20	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4
21	Trevor Ariza	LAL	4
22	Quentin Richardson	NYK	4
23	Tayshaun Prince *	DET	4	Day-to-day (groin)
24	Andre Iguodala	PHI	2	Averaging 23.4 points 7.4 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals over last five, but will production decrease with Brand back?
25	Kevin Durant	OKC	2
26	Rashard Lewis	ORL	2
27	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	2
28	Rodney Carney	MIN	4	Averaging 17.0 points and 2.8 threes over last four games.
29	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
30	Andres Nocioni	CHI	4
31	Shane Battier	HOU	4
32	Matt Barnes	PHO	4
33	Kyle Korver	UTA	4
34	Tim Thomas *	NYK	4	Day-to-day (flu)
35	Mike Miller	MIN	4	Hasn't scored in double figures since December 17th.

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4
2	Tim Duncan	SAS	4
3	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
4	David Lee	NYK	4	Averaging 19.6 points and 12.4 boards on 65% shooting from the field over last five games.
5	Kevin Garnett	BOS	4
6	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
7	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
8	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4	Averaging 22.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.6 threes over last five games, but return of O'Neal could mean slight decrease in minutes.
9	Al Harrington	NYK	4
10	Rasheed Wallace	DET	4
11	Boris Diaw	CHA	4
12	Paul Millsap *	UTA	4	Day-to-day (knee)
13	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4
14	David West	NO	3
15	Drew Gooden *	CHI	4	Day-to-day (groin)
16	Luis Scola	HOU	4
17	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	4
18	Hakim Warrick	MEM	4
19	Kenyon Martin	DEN	3
20	Lamar Odom	LAL	4
21	Jason Thompson	SAC	4
22	Craig Smith	MIN	4
23	Travis Outlaw	POR	3
24	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
25	Brian Skinner	LAC	4	Could see bump in minutes and production if Camby (ankle) misses time this week.
26	Vladimir Radmonovic	LAL	4
27	Antonio McDyess	DET	4
28	Jared Jeffries	NYK	4
29	Carl Landry	HOU	4
30	Jeff Green	OKC	2
31	Shawn Marion	MIA	2
32	Udonis Haslem	MIA	2
33	Michael Beasley	MIA	2
34	Ryan Anderson	NJ	3
35	Elton Brand *	PHI	2	Should return this week (shoulder) but might be on minutes restriction.

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Al Jefferson	MIN	4
2	Yao Ming	HOU	4
3	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHO	4	Points (21.5), rebounds (8.3) and blocks (1.1) all down from last year.
4	Pau Gasol	LAL	4
5	Andris Biedrins	GSW	4
6	Troy Murphy	IND	4
7	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4
8	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	4	Averaging 22.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks with 72% FG% and 73% FT%.
9	Brad Miller	SAC	4
10	Andrew Bynum	LAL	4
11	Marc Gasol	MEM	4
12	Marcus Camby *	LAC	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
13	Brook Lopez	NJ	3
14	Nene	DEN	3
15	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	3
16	Dwight Howard	ORL	2
17	Tyson Chandler	NO	3
18	Erick Dampier	DAL	4
19	Anderson Varejao	CLE	4
20	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
21	Matt Bonner	SAS	4
22	Kevin Love	MIN	4
23	Ben Wallace	CLE	4
24	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	4	Decent short-term play as long as Horford (knee) is out.
25	Joakim Noah	CHI	4
26	Jeff Foster	IND	4
27	Spencer Hawes	SAC	4
28	Joel Przybilla	POR	3
29	Greg Oden	POR	3
30	Jermaine O'Neal *	TOR	4	Day-to-day (knee)
31	Dan Gadzuric	MIL	4	Decent short-term play as long as Bogut (back) is out.
32	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	2
33	Chris Anderson	DEN	3
34	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	4
35	Kendrick Perkins *	BOS	4	Day-to-day (shoulder)

Article first appeared on 1/18/09