NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 13

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Updated on March 30, 2011 7:53PM 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:	MIL
Four Games:	ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIN, NJ, NO, ORL, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, SAS, SEA, WAS
Three Games:	DET, GSW, MIA, NYK, UTA
Two Games:	TOR
One Game:	NONE
	= new to Value Meter

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Maurice Williams	MIL	5
2	Chris Paul	NO	4
3	Allen Iverson	DEN	4
4	Steve Nash	PHO	4
5	Jason Kidd	NJ	4
6	Tony Parker	SAS	4
7	Andre Miller	PHI	4
8	Baron Davis	GSW	3
9	Deron Williams	UTA	3
10	Chauncey Billups	DET	3
11	Jamaal Tinsley	IND	4
12	Raymond Felton	CHA	4
13	Rafer Alston	HOU	4
14	Antonio Daniels	WAS	4
15	Anthony Carter	DEN	4
16	Mike Bibby	SAC	4	Averaging 15.3 points and 2.6 three pointers in last three games.
17	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	4	Averaging 10.4 points and 5.4 assists in ten starts this year.
18	Devin Harris	DAL	4
19	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	4	Day-to-day (back)
20	Derek Fisher	LAL	4
21	Monta Ellis	GSW	3
22	Sam Cassell	LAC	4
23	Earl Watson	SEA	4
24	Beno Udrih	SAC	4	Only averaging 22 minutes a game since Bibby returned.
25	Anthony Johnson	ATL	4
26	Nate Robinson	NYK	3	Averaging 13.2 points and 5.0 assists over last seven games.
27	Jose Calderon	TOR	2
28	Jason Williams	MIA	3
29	Rajon Rondo *	BOS	4	Day-to-day (back)
30	Jameer Nelson *	ORL	4	Day-to-day (foot)

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Michael Redd	MIL	5
2	Kobe Bryant	LAL	4
3	Brandon Roy	POR	4
5	Joe Johnson	ATL	4
6	Vince Carter	NJ	4
4	Jason Richardson	CHA	4
7	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
8	Ray Allen	BOS	4	Averaging 29.0 points and made nine 3-pointers over last two games.
9	Manu Ginobili	SAS	4
10	Kevin Martin	SAC	4	Averaging 26.0 points while shooting 63.2% from the field and 90.0% from the line over last five games.
11	Dwyane Wade	MIA	3
12	Ben Gordon	CHI	4
13	Tracy McGrady *	HOU	4	Day-to-day (knee)
14	Mike Dunleavy	IND	4
15	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4
16	Peja Stojakovic	NO	4
17	Jason Terry	DAL	4
18	Raja Bell	PHO	4
19	Jamal Crawford	NYK	3
20	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
21	Rashad McCants	MIN	4
22	Juan Carlos Navarro	MEM	4	Averaging 19.2 points over last five games.
23	Cuttino Mobley	LAC	4
24	Josh Childress	ATL	4
25	Martell Webster	POR	4
26	DeShawn Stevenson	WAS	4
27	Daniel Gibson	CLE	4
28	Willie Green	PHI	4
29	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
30	Grant Hill *	PHO	4	Expect to return this week (appendectomy)

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4	Averaging 28.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.1 steals over his last six games.
3	Caron Butler	WAS	4
4	Josh Smith	ATL	4
5	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
6	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4
7	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4
8	Richard Jefferson	NJ	4
9	Josh Howard	DAL	4
10	Corey Maggette	LAC	4
11	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
12	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	4
13	Danny Granger	IND	4
14	Kevin Durant	SEA	4
15	Andres Nocioni	CHI	4	Should see a bump in production with Deng (Achilles) out. Averaging 19.0 points and made 14 3-pointers over last five games.
16	Ron Artest	SAC	4
17	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
18	Mike Miller *	MEM	4	Day-to-day (back spasms)
19	Stephen Jackson	GSW	3
20	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	3
21	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4
22	Shane Battier	HOU	4
23	Tim Thomas	LAC	4
24	Wally Szczerbiak	SEA	4
25	Marko Jaric	MIN	4
26	Luol Deng *	CHI	4	Day-to-day (Achilles)
27	Charlie Bell	MIL	5
28	John Salmons	SAC	4	Minutes and production taking a hit with Artest back. Only scored 13 points in last three games combined.
29	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
30	Quentin Richardson	NYK	3

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Shawn Marion	PHO	4
2	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4
3	Kevin Garnett	BOS	4
4	Tim Duncan	SAS	4
5	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
6	David West	NO	4
7	Lamar Odom	LAL	4
8	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
9	Carlos Boozer	UTA	3
10	Yi Jianlian	MIL	5
11	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
12	Zach Randolph	NYK	3
13	Al Harrington	GSW	3	Made five 3-pointers in three of last six games.
14	Joe Smith	CHI	4
15	Al Horford	ATL	4
16	Drew Gooden	CLE	4
17	Chris Wilcox	SEA	4
18	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
19	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	5
20	Chris Bosh	TOR	2
21	Kenyon Martin *	DEN	4	Day-to-day (staph infection)
22	Mikki Moore	SAC	4
23	Reggie Evans	PHI	4
24	Udonis Haslem	MIA	3
25	Antonio McDyess	DET	3
26	Darko Milicic	MEM	4
27	Boris Diaw	PHO	4	Minutes and production should take a hit with Grant Hill (appendectomy) due back this week.
28	Luis Scola	HOU	4
29	Matt Barnes	GSW	3
30	David Lee	NYK	3

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Andrew Bogut	MIL	5	Averaging career-highs in points (13.4), rebounds (9.0) and blocks (1.7).
2	Marcus Camby	DEN	4	Averaging 10.4 points, 16.8 rebounds and 4.8 blocks over last five games.
3	Amare Stoudemire	PHO	4
4	Yao Ming	HOU	4
5	Pau Gasol	MEM	4
6	Chris Kaman	LAC	4
7	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
8	Brad Miller	SAC	4	Averaging 17.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists over last ten games.
9	Al Jefferson	MIN	4
10	Tyson Chandler	NO	4
11	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
12	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
13	Nick Collison	SEA	4	Averaging 12.3 points and 11.7 rebounds over last ten games.
14	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	4
15	Josh Boone	NJ	4
16	Ben Wallace	CHI	4
17	Shaquille O'Neal	MIA	3
18	Brendan Haywood	WAS	4
19	Mehmet Okur	UTA	3
20	Anderson Varejeo	CLE	4
21	Troy Murphy	IND	4	Should see a bump in production with O'Neal (knee) out for two weeks.
22	Kurt Thomas	SEA	4
23	Andris Biedrins	GSW	3
24	Joel Przybilla	POR	4
25	Sean Williams	NJ	4
26	Nazr Mohammed	CHA	4
27	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	4
28	Kwame Brown	LAL	4
29	Eddy Curry	NYK	3
30	Stromile Swift	MEM	4

Article first appeared on 1/20/08