THE VALUE METER
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 7
Article first appeared on 12/6/09
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: CHI, CLE, DEN, GSW, MIN, NJ, POR, SAS, TOR, UTA Three Games: ATL, BOS, CHA, DAL, DET, HOU, IND, LAL, MEM, MIL, NO, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHO, SAC Two Games: LAC, MIA, NYK, WAS One Game: NONE = new to Value Meter
Point Guards Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 Deron Williams [PG] UTA 4 Averaging 19.2 points, 10.2 assists and 1.6 steals on 55% shooting from the field over last five games. 2 Chauncey Billups [PG] DEN 4 3 Devin Harris [PG,SG] NJ 4 4 Tony Parker [PG] SAS 4 5 Derrick Rose [PG] CHI 4 6 Jose Calderon *[PG] TOR 4 Day-to-day (hip). 7 Maurice Williams [PG,SG] CLE 4 8 Chris Paul [PG] NO 3 Back in action (ankle). 16 points, 15 assists and 8 steals in first game back on Saturday. 9 Steve Nash [PG] PHO 3 10 Rajon Rondo [PG] BOS 3 11 Russell Westbrook [PG,SG] OKC 3 12 Jason Kidd [PG] DAL 3 13 Brandon Jennings [PG] MIL 3 Continues to be great source for 3's (2.8 over last five games), but only averaging 15.4 points on 31.4% shooting from the field during this stretch. 14 Aaron Brooks [PG,SG] HOU 3 15 Jonny Flynn [PG] MIN 4 16 Andre Miller [PG] POR 4 Averaging 21.0 points, 4,5 assists and 7.5 free throws made over last two games. 17 C.J. Watson [PG] GSW 4 Averaging 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 threes made in 31.5 minutes over last four games. 18 Raymond Felton [PG,SG] CHA 3 Averaging 18.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.2 steals over last four games. 19 Rodney Stuckey [PG,SG] DET 3 20 Allen Iverson [PG,SG] PHI 3 21 Stephen Curry [PG,SG] GSW 4 22 Gilbert Arenas [PG] WAS 2 23 Jason Williams [PG] ORL 3 24 Jamal Crawford [PG,SG] ATL 3 25 Mike Bibby [PG] ATL 3 26 Baron Davis [PG] LAC 2 27 Jarrett Jack [PG,SG] TOR 4 28 Steve Blake [PG,SG] POR 4 29 Mike Conley , Jr. [PG,SG] MEM 3 Averaging 15.0 points, 3.0 assists and 3.0 threes made over last two games. Played total of 67 minutes in last two compared to only 30 for Jamaal Tinsley . 30 Luke Ridnour [PG] MIL 3 31 Beno Udrih [PG] SAC 3 32 Ty Lawson [PG] DEN 4 33 Will Bynum [PG,SG] DET 3 34 T.J. Ford [PG] IND 3 35 Earl Watson [PG] IND 3
Shooting Guards Rank Player Eligible Team Games 1 Monta Ellis [PG,SG] GSW 4 2 Brandon Roy [SG] POR 4 3 Kobe Bryant [SG] LAL 3 4 John Salmons [SG,SF] CHI 4 5 J.R. Smith [SG] DEN 4 6 Anthony Morrow *[SG,SF] GSW 4 Day-to-day (personal). Missed Saturday's game but expected back this week. 7 Joe Johnson [SG] ATL 3 8 Tyreke Evans [PG,SG] SAC 3 9 Vince Carter [SG] ORL 3 10 Jason Richards on [SG,SF] PHO 3 11 Dwyane Wade [SG] MIA 2 12 Manu Ginobili [SG] SAS 4 13 Corey Brewer [SG,SF] MIN 4 14 Ronnie Brewer [SG,SF] UTA 4 15 Ray Allen [SG] BOS 3 16 Jason Terry [PG,SG] DAL 3 17 O.J. Mayo [SG] MEM 3 18 Ben Gordon *[SG] DET 3 Day-to-day (ankle) 19 Courtney Lee [SG] NJ 4 Back in starting lineup with Kiki Vandeweghe as coach. Scored career-high 27 points on Saturday. 20 Martell Webster [SG] POR 4 21 Wesley Matthews [SG,SF] UTA 4 Averaging 15.3 points, 1.6 threes made and 1.3 steals in 35.7 minutes over last three games. 22 Willie Green [SG] PHI 3 Averaging 20.0 points, 3.2 assists, 1.0 threes, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks in 39.5 minutes over last five games. 23 Mickael Pietrus [SG,SF] ORL 3 Averaging 19.5 points and 3.0 threes made in 28.5 minutes over last two games. 24 Eric Gordon *[SG] LAC 2 Day-to-day (hamstring). 25 Mike Dunleavy [SG] IND 3 Could see bump in minutes if Granger (heel) misses time this week. 26 Charlie Bell [SG,SF] MIL 3 27 Daniel Gibson [PG,SG] CLE 4 28 DeMar DeRozan [SG,SF] TOR 4 Averaging 12.8 points in 24.2 minutes over last five games. 29 Ramon Sessions [PG,SG] MIN 4 30 Anthony Parker [SG] CLE 4 31 Marco Belinelli [PG,SG] TOR 4 32 Thabo Sefolosha [SG,SF] OKC 3 33 James Harden [SG] OKC 3 34 Delonte West [PG,SG] CLE 4 35 Rudy Fernandez *[PG,SG] POR 4 Day-to-day (back).
Small Forwards Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 LeBron James [SF] CLE 4 2 Carmelo Anthony [SF] DEN 4 3 Luol Deng [SG,SF] CHI 4 4 Hedo Turkoglu [SF,PF] TOR 4 5 Kevin Durant [SG,SF] OKC 3 6 Gerald Wallace [SF,PF] CHA 3 Averaging 17.4 points, 14.0 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.0 blocks and 1.2 threes over last five games. 7 Andre Iguodala *[SG,SF] PHI 3 Game-time decision for Monday (ankle). Averaging 21.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.0 steals, 1.4 blocks and 1.8 threes over last five games. 8 Rudy Gay [SG,SF] MEM 3 9 Paul Pierce [SG,SF] BOS 3 10 Stephen Jackson [SG,SF] CHA 3 11 Trevor Ariza [SF] HOU 3 12 Rashard Lewis [SF] ORL 3 13 Danny Granger *[SF] IND 3 Day-to-day (heel). Only played 18 minutes on Saturday and will have MRI on Sunday. 14 Chris Douglas-Roberts [SG,SF] NJ 4 15 Thaddeus Young [SF,PF] PHI 3 16 Ron Artest [SF] LAL 3 17 Shawn Marion [SF,PF] DAL 3 18 Grant Hill [SG,SF] PHO 3 19 Richard Jefferson [SF] SAS 4 20 Corey Maggette [SF] GSW 4 21 Caron Butler [SF] WAS 2 22 Ersan Ilyasova [SF] MIL 3 23 Marvin Williams [SF] ATL 3 24 Peja Stojakovic [SG,SF] NO 3 25 Dahntay Jones [SG,SF] IND 3 26 Andres Nocioni [SF,PF] SAC 3 27 Andrei Kirilenko *[SG,SF] UTA 4 Day-to-day (back). 28 Carlos Delfino [SG,SF] MIL 3 29 Shane Battier [SF] HOU 3 30 Jamario Moon [SF] CLE 4 31 Terrence Williams [SF] NJ 4 32 Michael Beasley [SF,PF] MIA 2 33 Wilson Chandler [SF,PF] NYK 2 Averaging 16.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.6 threes over last five games. 34 Jared Dudley [SF,PF] PHO 3 35 Danilo Gallinari *[SF] NYK 2 Day-to day (forearm).
Power Forwards Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 Carlos Boozer [PF] UTA 4 Averaging 26.8 points, 12.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 blocks on 67.9% shooting from the field over last five games. 2 Chris Bosh [PF] TOR 4 Averaging career highs in points (24.4), rebounds (12.1) and free throws made per game (7.7). 3 Tim Duncan [PF,C] SAS 4 4 Dirk Nowitzki [PF] DAL 3 5 Josh Smith [SF,PF] ATL 3 6 Pau Gasol [PF,C] LAL 3 7 Kevin Garnett [PF] BOS 3 8 Troy Murphy [PF,C] IND 3 9 Kevin Love *[PF,C] MIN 4 Back in action (hand). Averaging 14.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 2.0 threes made in only 25.0 minutes in last two games. 10 Ryan Gomes [SF,PF] MIN 4 Averaging 21.2 points and 5.0 rebounds over last four games. 11 Kenyon Martin [PF] DEN 4 12 LaMarcus Aldridge *[PF,C] POR 4 Day-to-day (knee). 13 Zach Randolph [PF] MEM 3 14 David West [PF] NO 3 15 Luis Scola [SF,PF] HOU 3 16 Elton Brand [PF] PHI 3 17 Jeff Green [SF,PF] OKC 3 18 Jason Thompson [PF] SAC 3 19 Anthony Randolph *[PF] GSW 4 Signs of life? Scored 28 points and pulled down 13 rebounds on bad ankle on Saturday. 20 Paul Millsap [SF,PF] UTA 4 Could see bump in minutes this week if Kirilenko (back) misses time. 21 Vladimir Radmonovic [SF,PF] GSW 4 Finding niche in Warriors offense. Averaging 11.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 threes made in 32.6 minutes over last five games. 23 Antawn Jamison [PF] WAS 2 24 David Lee [PF] NYK 2 25 Al Harrington [SF,PF] NYK 2 26 Lamar Odom [PF] LAL 3 26 Charlie Villanueva [PF] DET 3 27 Boris Diaw [SF,PF] CHA 3 Slowly breaking out of scoring slump? Scored more points on Saturday (28) than in last four games combined (26). 28 Anderson Varejeo [PF,C] CLE 4 29 Taj Gibson [PF] CHI 4 30 Josh Boone [PF,C] NJ 4 31 J.J. Hickson [PF] CLE 4 32 Antonio McDyess [PF] SAS 4 33 Rasheed Wallace [PF,C] BOS 3 34 Hakim Warrick [PF] MIL 3 35 Carl Landry [SF,PF] HOU 3
Centers Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 Brook Lopez [C] NJ 4 2 Joakim Noah [C] CHI 4 3 Nene [PF,C] DEN 4 4 Al Jefferson [PF,C] MIN 4 5 Dwight Howard [C] ORL 3 6 Andrea Bargnani [PF,C] TOR 4 7 Mehmet Okur [C] UTA 4 8 Al Horford [PF,C] ATL 3 9 Amar'e Stoudemire [C] PHO 3 10 Andrew Bynum [C] LAL 3 11 Andrew Bogut *[C] MIL 3 Back in action (leg). Averaging 12.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 1.3 steals in last three games since returning to the lineup. 12 Emeka Okafor [PF,C] NO 3 13 Shaquille O'Neal [C] CLE 4 14 Marcus Camby [C] LAC 2 Averaging 11.4 points, 16.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.0 blocks and 2.6 steals over last five games. 15 Marc Gasol [C] MEM 3 Only averaging 6.3 points and 5.6 rebounds over last three games. 16 Joel Przybilla [C] POR 4 Should be decent play for rest of season for boards and blocks with Oden (knee) out for the year. 17 Spencer Hawes [C] SAC 3 18 Channing Frye [PF,C] PHO 3 19 Ben Wallace [C] DET 3 20 Kendrick Perkins [C] BOS 3 21 Chris Anderson [C] DEN 4 22 Brad Miller [C] CHI 4 23 Samuel Dalembert [C] PHI 3 24 Tyson Chandler [C] CHA 3 25 Chris Kaman [C] LAC 2 26 Brendan Haywood [C] WAS 2 27 Zydrunas Ilgauskas [C] CLE 4 28 Matt Bonner [PF,C] SAS 4 29 Erick Dampier [C] DAL 3 30 Drew Gooden [PF,C] DAL 3 31 Chuck Hayes [PF,C] HOU 3 32 Nazr Mohammed [C] CHA 3 33 Jeff Foster [C] IND 3 34 Roy Hibbert [C] IND 3 35 DeJuan Blair [PF,C] SAS 4 Double-doubles in two of last three g+F338ames.
Article first appeared on 12/6/09
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