NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 10

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:31PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 10

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Devin Harris	NJ	4	Averging career-highs in points (23.7), assists (6.4), steals (1.6), free throws made per game (8.5) and free throw percentage (85%).
2	Baron Davis	LAC	4
3	Jameer Nelson	ORL	4
4	Chauncey Billups	DEN	4
5	Jose Calderon	TOR	4
6	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
7	Allen Iverson	DET	4
8	Randy Foye	MIN	4	Move to shooting guard has led to increased production. Averaging 17.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals over last five games.
9	Derrick Rose	CHI	4
10	Andre Miller	PHI	4
11	Rodney Stuckey	DET	4
12	Chris Paul	NO	3
13	Rafer Alston	HOU	4
14	Nate Robinson	NYK	3	Averaging 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.4 threes over last five games.
15	Rajon Rondo	BOS	3
16	Steve Nash	PHO	3
17	Tony Parker	SAS	3
18	Jason Kidd	DAL	3
19	Maurice Williams	CLE	3
20	Raymond Felton	CHA	3
21	Russell Westbrook	OKC	3
22	Chris Duhon	NYK	3
23	Steve Blake	POR	3
24	Mike James	WAS	4
25	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4
26	Mario Chalmers	MIA	3	Averaging 12.2 points, 5.8 assists and 1.2 steals in 37.8 minutes per game over last five.
27	Deron Williams	UTA	2
28	Beno Udrih	SAC	3
29	D.J. Augustin	CHA	3	Only averaging 4.6 points and 3.6 assists in 23 minutes over last five game, but could see increased minutes if Bell (groin) misses time.
30	T.J. Ford *	IND	3	Day-to-day (back)
31	Kyle Lowry	MEM	4
32	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	4
33	Aaron Brooks	HOU	4
34	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4
35	C.J. Watson	GSW	3

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Joe Johnson	ATL	4	Averaging 23.8 points, 7.0 assists, 5.8 rebounds, 2.0 threes and 1.2 steals over last five games.
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4
3	Michael Redd	MIL	4
4	Dwyane Wade	MIA	3
5	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
6	O.J. Mayo	MEM	4
7	Ben Gordon	CHI	4	Averaging 20.4 points and 2.8 threes made over last five games.
8	Brandon Roy	POR	3
9	Ray Allen	BOS	3
10	Jason Terry	DAL	3
11	Jason Richardson	PHO	3
12	J.R. Smith	DEN	4	Averaging 16.4 points and 3.0 threes over last five games, but minutes could decrease with Anthony back.
13	Richard Hamilton *	DET	4	Day-to-day (groin)
14	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2
15	Louis Williams	PHI	4	Scored in double figures in nine straight games. Averaging 20.0 points and 1.4 steals on 49% shooting over last five games.
16	Tracy McGrady	HOU	4	Day-to-day (knee)
17	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3	Minutes and production down. Averaging 10.4 points on 36% shooting in 25 minutes per game over last five.
18	Jamal Crawford *	GSW	3	Day-to-day (groin)
19	Marquis Daniels	IND	3
20	Rashad McCants	MIN	4	Made 11 threes in last two games, but production could decrease if Miller (ankle) comes back this week.
21	Eric Gordon	LAC	4
22	Linas Kleiza	DEN	4
23	Larry Hughes	CHI	4
24	Willie Green	PHI	4
25	Daequan Cook	MIA	3	Averaging 15.0 points and 4.2 threes over last five games.
26	Delonte West	CLE	3
27	Rasual Butler	NO	3
28	Roger Mason	SAS	3
29	Keith Bogans	ORL	4
30	Jarrett Jack	IND	3	Decent short-term play if Ford (back) misses time.
31	Marco Belinelli	GSW	3
32	Grant Hill	PHO	3
33	Peja Stojakovic *	NO	3	Day-to-day (back)
34	Michael Finley	SAS	3
35	Rudy Fernandez	POR	3

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
2	Josh Smith	ATL	4	Points (13.0), rebounds (7.2), blocks (1.9) and field goal percentage (42.6%) all down from last year.
3	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4
4	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	4
5	Carmelo Anthony *	DEN	4	Day-to-day (elbow)
6	LeBron James	CLE	3
7	Kevin Durant	OKC	3	Extremely consistent in 2nd year. Averaging 26.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals on 47% shooting over last five games.
8	Danny Granger	IND	3
9	Ron Artest *	HOU	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
10	Caron Butler *	WAS	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
11	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
12	Al Thornton	LAC	4
13	Gerald Wallace	CHA	3
14	Paul Pierce	BOS	3
15	Stephen Jackson	GSW	3
16	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
17	Josh Howard	DAL	3
18	John Salmons	SAC	3
19	Tayshaun Prince	DET	4
20	Andres Nocioni	CHI	4	Could see bump in minutes with Deng (ankle) out.
21	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4
22	Wilson Chandler	NYK	3
23	Francisco Garcia	SAC	3
24	Matt Barnes	PHO	3
25	Mickael Pietrus	ORL	4
26	Jamario Moon	TOR	4
27	Jason Kapono	TOR	4
28	Tim Thomas	NYK	3
29	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	3
30	Thabo Sefolosha	CHI	4	Could see bump in minutes with Deng (ankle) out.
31	Carl Landry	HOU	4
32	Mike Miller *	MIN	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
33	Shane Battier	HOU	4
34	Jared Jeffries	NYK	3
35	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	2

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
2	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
3	Jermaine O'Neal	TOR	4	Averaging 21.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 2.4 blocks over last five games.
4	Nene	DEN	4
5	Rasheed Wallace	DET	4
6	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	3
7	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
8	Kevin Garnett	BOS	3
9	Emeka Okafor	CHA	3	Offense has picked up since Richardson trade. Averaging 20.6 points (13.9 ppg for season), 11.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks over last five games.
10	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4
11	Al Horford	ATL	4
12	David West	NO	3
13	Boris Diaw	CHA	3
14	Zach Randolph *	LAC	4	Day-to-day (knee)
15	David Lee	NYK	3
16	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	4	Productive last week, but minutes could decrease with Gooden (ankle) due back this week.
17	Thaddeus Young	PHI	4
18	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
19	Al Harrington	NYK	3
20	Luis Scola	HOU	4
21	Hakim Warrick	MEM	4
22	Drew Gooden	CHI	4	Hopes to return this week (ankle)
23	Shawn Marion	MIA	3	Rebounds still there (9.2 rpg) but steals (0.6) and blocks (0.4) have been non-existent over last five games.
24	Jeff Green	OKC	3
25	Yi Jianlian	NJ	4
26	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
27	Craig Smith	MIN	4
28	Udonis Haslem	MIA	3
29	Travis Outlaw	POR	3
30	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4
31	Chris Wilcox	OKC	3
32	Michael Beasley	MIA	3
33	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4
34	Darrell Arthur	MEM	4
35	Ronny Turiaf	GSW	3

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Al Jefferson	MIN	4
2	Yao Ming	HOU	4
3	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
4	Marcus Camby	LAC	4
5	Andrew Bogut	MIL	4
6	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHO	3
7	Andris Biedrins	GSW	3
8	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
9	Marc Gasol	MEM	4	Should see boost in minutes and production with Milicic (knuckle) out.
10	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	3	Averaging 21.0 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks over last five games.
11	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	3
12	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	3
13	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
14	Brad Miller	SAC	3
15	Troy Murphy	IND	3
16	Spencer Hawes	SAC	3
17	Kendrick Perkins *	BOS	3	Day-to-day (shoulder)
18	Tyson Chandler	NO	3
19	Pau Gasol	LAL	2
20	Greg Oden	POR	3	Double-double in last game was first since Dec.12th. Only averaging 7.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 blocks over last five games.
21	Erick Dampier	DAL	3
22	Marreese Speights	PHI	4
23	Joel Anthony	MIA	3
24	Joel Przybilla	POR	3
25	Andrew Bynum	LAL	2
26	Aaron Gray	CHI	4
27	Kevin Love	MIN	4
28	Anderson Varejao	CLE	3
29	Roy Hibbert	IND	3
30	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	3
31	Jeff Foster	IND	3
32	Joakim Noah	CHI	4
33	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
34	Ben Wallace	CLE	3
35	Mehmet Okur *	UTA	2	Day-to-day (back)

Article first appeared on 12/28/08