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THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 24
| Five Games: | NONE | ||||
| Four Games: | BOS, CHI, DAL, DEN, DET, LAL, MIL, MIN, NO, SEA | ||||
| Three Games: | ATL, CHA, CLE, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, MEM, MIA, NJ, NYK, ORL, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, SAS, TOR, UTA, WAS | ||||
| Two Games: | NONE | ||||
| One Game: | NONE | ||||
| = new to Value Meter |
| Point Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Chris Paul | NO | 4 | |
| 2 | Allen Iverson | DEN | 4 | |
| 3 | Jason Kidd | DAL | 4 | |
| 4 | Baron Davis | GSW | 3 | |
| 5 | Deron Williams | UTA | 3 | |
| 6 | Steve Nash | PHO | 3 | |
| 7 | Chauncey Billups | DET | 4 | Could see decreased minutes with playoff spot locked in. |
| 8 | Maurice Williams | MIL | 4 | Only averaging 10.2 points and 5.4 assists in 24.8 minutes over last five games. |
| 9 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 4 | |
| 10 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 4 | |
| 11 | Delonte West | SEA | 4 | Averaging 12.4 points, 6.0 assists and 1.8 steals over last five games. |
| 12 | Andre Miller | PHI | 3 | |
| 13 | Tony Parker | SAS | 3 | |
| 14 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 3 | |
| 15 | Mike Bibby | ATL | 3 | |
| 16 | Earl Watson | SEA | 4 | |
| 17 | Randy Foye | MIN | 4 | |
| 18 | Chris Quinn | MIA | 3 | Averaging 16.4 points, 7.6 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals over last five games. |
| 19 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 3 | |
| 20 | Devin Harris | NJ | 3 | |
| 21 | T.J. Ford | TOR | 3 | |
| 22 | Anthony Carter | DEN | 4 | |
| 23 | Steve Blake | POR | 3 | |
| 24 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 3 | |
| 25 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 4 | |
| 26 | Jameer Nelson | ORL | 3 | |
| 27 | Jarrett Jack | POR | 3 | |
| 28 | Gilbert Arenas * | WAS | 3 | Day-to day (knee) |
| 29 | Brevin Knight | LAC | 3 | |
| 30 | Rafer Alston * | HOU | 3 | Day-to day (hamstring) |
| Shooting Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 4 | |
| 2 | Michael Redd | MIL | 4 | |
| 3 | Tracy McGrady | HOU | 3 | Averaging 25.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists over last five games. |
| 4 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 3 | |
| 5 | Vince Carter | NJ | 3 | |
| 6 | Jason Richardson | CHA | 3 | |
| 7 | Kevin Martin | SAC | 3 | Will have to do more with Artest (thumb) and Miller (leg) out. |
| 8 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 3 | |
| 9 | Jamal Crawford | NYK | 3 | |
| 10 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 3 | |
| 11 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 3 | |
| 12 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 4 | |
| 13 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 4 | |
| 14 | Ray Allen | BOS | 4 | Minutes could be cut to rest up for playoffs. |
| 15 | Jason Terry | DAL | 4 | |
| 16 | J.R. Smith | DEN | 4 | |
| 17 | Larry Hughes | CHI | 4 | |
| 18 | Brandon Roy * | POR | 3 | Hopes to return this week (groin) |
| 19 | Ricky Davis | MIA | 3 | |
| 20 | Grant Hill | PHO | 3 | |
| 21 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 3 | |
| 22 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 3 | |
| 23 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 3 | |
| 24 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 4 | |
| 25 | Richard Hamilton * | DET | 4 | Day-to-day (hip) |
| 26 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 3 | |
| 27 | Josh Childress | ATL | 3 | |
| 28 | Cuttino Mobley | LAC | 3 | |
| 29 | Raja Bell | PHO | 3 | |
| 30 | Kelenna Azubuike | GSW | 3 |
| Small Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 4 | |
| 2 | Josh Howard | DAL | 4 | |
| 3 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 4 | |
| 4 | LeBron James * | CLE | 3 | Day-to-day (back spasms). Could see reduced minutes this week to get rest for the playoffs. |
| 5 | Luol Deng | CHI | 4 | |
| 6 | Caron Butler | WAS | 3 | |
| 7 | Josh Smith | ATL | 3 | |
| 8 | Corey Maggette | LAC | 3 | |
| 9 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 3 | |
| 10 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 3 | |
| 11 | Kevin Durant | SEA | 4 | |
| 12 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 4 | |
| 13 | Richard Jefferson | NJ | 3 | |
| 14 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 3 | |
| 15 | Mike Miller | MEM | 3 | |
| 16 | Danny Granger | IND | 3 | |
| 17 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 3 | Shooting 31.3% from the field (21-for-67) over last five games. |
| 18 | Ron Artest * | SAC | 3 | Day-to-day (thumb) |
| 19 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 4 | |
| 20 | Marko Jaric | MIN | 4 | |
| 21 | Andres Nocioni | CHI | 4 | |
| 22 | Al Thornton | LAC | 3 | |
| 23 | Andrei Kirilenko | UTA | 3 | |
| 24 | Jamario Moon | TOR | 3 | |
| 25 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 3 | |
| 26 | Desmond Mason | MIL | 4 | |
| 27 | Shane Battier | HOU | 3 | |
| 28 | Francisco Garcia | SAC | 3 | |
| 29 | John Salmons | SAC | 3 | |
| 30 | Gerald Wallace * | CHA | 3 | Day-to-day (groin) |
| Power Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 4 | Averaging 16.6 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists on 53.3% shooting from the field over last ten games. |
| 2 | David West | NO | 4 | |
| 3 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 4 | Not 100% , but averaging 22.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in last two games since returning from injury. |
| 4 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 4 | |
| 5 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 3 | |
| 6 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 3 | |
| 7 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 3 | |
| 8 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 4 | Should see bump in minutes and production with Yi (knee) out for the year. |
| 9 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 4 | |
| 10 | Kenyon Martin | DEN | 4 | |
| 11 | Zach Randolph | NYK | 3 | |
| 12 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 3 | |
| 13 | Antawn Jamison * | WAS | 3 | Day-to-day (shoulder) |
| 14 | Al Horford | ATL | 3 | |
| 15 | David Lee | NYK | 3 | |
| 16 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 4 | |
| 17 | Elton Brand | LAC | 3 | |
| 18 | Jermaine O'Neal | IND | 3 | |
| 19 | Leon Powe | BOS | 4 | Averaging 14.2 points and 8.8 rebounds over last five games. |
| 20 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 3 | |
| 21 | Luis Scola | HOU | 3 | |
| 22 | Hakim Warrick | MEM | 3 | |
| 23 | Jeff Green | SEA | 4 | |
| 24 | Tyrus Thomas | CHI | 4 | |
| 25 | Boris Diaw | PHO | 3 | |
| 26 | Al Harrington | GSW | 3 | |
| 27 | Mikki Moore | SAC | 3 | |
| 28 | Josh Powell | LAC | 3 | |
| 29 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 3 | |
| 30 | Joe Smith | CLE | 3 |
| Centers | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 4 | |
| 2 | Marcus Camby | DEN | 4 | |
| 3 | Pau Gasol | LAL | 4 | \ |
| 4 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 4 | Averaging 21.6 points and 13.0 rebounds over last three games. |
| 5 | Tyson Chandler | NO | 4 | |
| 6 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 3 | |
| 7 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 3 | |
| 8 | Erick Dampier | DAL | 4 | |
| 9 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 3 | |
| 10 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 3 | |
| 11 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 3 | |
| 12 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | CLE | 3 | |
| 13 | Shaquille O'Neal | PHO | 3 | |
| 14 | Nick Collison | SEA | 4 | |
| 15 | Rasho Nesterovic | TOR | 3 | Averaging 22.0 points and 9.3 rebounds over last three games. |
| 16 | Brendan Haywood | WAS | 3 | Averaging 16.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks over last three games. |
| 17 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 3 | |
| 18 | Troy Murphy | IND | 3 | |
| 19 | Joakim Noah | CHI | 4 | |
| 20 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 4 | |
| 21 | Brad Miller * | SAC | 3 | Day-to-day (leg) |
| 22 | Johan Petro | SEA | 4 | |
| 23 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 3 | |
| 24 | Jeff Foster | IND | 3 | |
| 25 | Ben Wallace | CLE | 3 | |
| 26 | Nazr Mohammed | CHA | 3 | |
| 27 | Anderson Varejeo | CLE | 3 | |
| 28 | Josh Boone * | NJ | 3 | Day-to-day (knee) |
| 29 | Nenad Krstic * | NJ | 3 | Day-to-day (back) |
| 30 | Kurt Thomas | SAS | 3 |
Article first appeared on 4/6/08
