NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 8

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:51PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 8

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Devin Harris	NJ	4
2	Chauncey Billups	DEN	4
3	Jose Calderon	TOR	4
4	Baron Davis	LAC	4
5	Deron Williams	UTA	4
6	Chris Duhon	NYK	4	Averaging 14.6 points, 9.2 assists, 5.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.6 threes over last five games.
7	Derrick Rose	CHI	4
8	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
9	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
10	Rajon Rondo	BOS	4
11	Raymond Felton	CHA	4
12	Chris Paul	NO	3
13	T.J. Ford	IND	4
14	Nate Robinson	NYK	4
15	Beno Udrih	SAC	4
16	Steve Nash	PHO	3
17	D.J. Augustin	CHA	4
18	Tony Parker	SAS	3
19	Allen Iverson	DET	3
20	Maurice Williams	CLE	3	Averaging 22.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists on 56% shooting over last three games.
21	Andre Miller	PHI	3
22	Rodney Stuckey	DET	3	Averaging 14.6 points, 9.6 assists and 2.0 steals in last three games since moving into starting lineup.
23	Jameer Nelson	ORL	3
24	Russell Westbrook	OKC	3
25	Randy Foye	MIN	3
26	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4
27	Juan Dixon	WAS	4	Could continue to start until Arenas (knee) comes back. Averaging 14.3 points, 6.3 assists over last three games.
28	Jose Juan Barea	DAL	4
29	Mario Chalmers	MIA	3
30	Rafer Alston *	HOU	3	Day-to-day (hamstring)
31	C.J. Watson *	GSW	4	Will miss Wednesday's game (death in family)
32	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4
33	Earl Watson	OKC	3
34	Derek Fisher	LAL	3
35	Aaron Brooks	HOU	3	Could be in line for increased minutes if Alston (hamstring) misses time.

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Joe Johnson	ATL	4	Averaging 24.2 points, 4.8 assists and 2.6 threes on 49% shooting over last five games.
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4
3	Michael Redd	MIL	4
4	Dwyane Wade	MIA	3
5	Kobe Bryant	LAL	3
6	Ray Allen	BOS	4
7	Jason Terry	DAL	4
8	Ben Gordon	CHI	4
9	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4
10	Marquis Daniels	IND	4
11	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3
12	Tracy McGrady	HOU	3	Averaging 21.5 points, 6.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in last two games since returning from injury.
13	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
14	Larry Hughes	CHI	4
15	Eric Gordon	LAC	4
16	Peja Stojakovic	NO	3
17	Brandon Roy	POR	2	Scored 30+ points in three straight games. Averaging 33.6 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists during this stretch.
18	Rudy Gay	MEM	2
19	O.J. Mayo	MEM	2
20	CJ Miles	UTA	4
21	J.R. Smith	DEN	4
22	Jarrett Jack	IND	4
23	Raja Bell	CHA	4
24	Delonte West	CLE	3
25	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	3
26	Roger Mason	SAS	3
27	Grant Hill	PHO	3
28	Anthony Parker	TOR	4	Back from injury (ankle) but could be in timeshare with Kapono.
29	DeShawn Stevenson	WAS	4
30	Willie Green	PHI	3	Started last two games over Thaddeus Young. Averaging 16.0 points on 57% shooting from the field over last two games.
31	Louis Williams	PHI	3
32	Anthony Morrow	GSW	4
33	Keith Bogans	ORL	3
34	Rashad McCants	MIN	3
35	Damien Wilkins	OKC	3

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Danny Granger	IND	4	Averaging 23.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.5 threes and 1.5 blocks while shooting 45% from the field and 86% form the line this year.
2	Caron Butler	WAS	4
3	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4	Averaging 36.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.5 threes on 57% shooting from the field over last two games.
4	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
5	Josh Smith	ATL	4
6	John Salmons	SAC	4
7	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4
8	LeBron James	CLE	3
9	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
10	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
11	Luol Deng	CHI	4
12	Wilson Chandler	NYK	4
13	Al Thornton	LAC	4
14	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	4
15	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4
16	Stephen Jackson *	GSW	4	Day-to-day (hand). Shooting 22% from the field (12-for-55) over last four games.
17	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
18	Rashard Lewis	ORL	3	Averaging league best 2.8 threes made per game.
19	Kevin Durant	OKC	3
20	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	3
21	Andre Iguodala	PHI	3
22	Jason Richardson	PHO	3
23	Mike Miller	MIN	3
24	Ron Artest *	HOU	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
25	Tim Thomas	NYK	4
26	Jason Kapono	TOR	4
27	Jamario Moon	TOR	4	Starting at small forward over Andrea Bargnani.
28	Quentin Richardson *	NYK	4	Day-to-day (flu). Moves back to bench with return of Nate Robinson.
29	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	4
30	Andres Nocioni	CHI	4
31	Bobby Simmons	NJ	4
32	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
33	Matt Barnes	PHO	3
34	Ryan Gomes	MIN	3
35	James Posey	NO	3

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4	Averaging 33.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.4 threes while shooting 54% from the field and 92% from the line over his last five games.
2	Zach Randolph	LAC	4	Averaging 34.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 2.0 threes on 52% shooting from the field over last two games.
3	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
4	Kevin Garnett	BOS	4
5	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
6	Al Harrington	NYK	4
7	Paul Millsap	UTA	4
8	Jermaine O'Neal	TOR	4
9	Nene	DEN	4
10	Al Horford	ATL	4
11	David Lee	NYK	4
12	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
13	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
14	Carlos Boozer *	UTA	4	Could return this week (quadriceps)
15	Drew Gooden	CHI	4
16	David West	NO	3
17	Elton Brand	PHI	3
18	Shawn Marion	MIA	3
19	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4
20	Boris Diaw	CHA	4
21	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4
22	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
23	Jeff Green	OKC	3
24	Udonis Haslem	MIA	3
25	Yi Jianlian	NJ	4
26	Jason Thompson	SAC	4
27	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4
28	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
29	Brandan Wright	GSW	4	Day-to-day (flu)
30	Luis Scola	HOU	3
31	Lamar Odom	LAL	3
32	Craig Smith	MIN	3	Starting at power forward and scored in double figures in last three games. Averaging 13.3 points and 5.0 rebounds over last three.
33	Thaddeus Young	PHI	3
34	Ronny Turiaf	GSW	4	Day-to-day (flu). Blocks specialist averaging 2.7 blocks per game.
35	Michael Beasley *	MIA	3	Day-to-day (flu)

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Marcus Camby	LAC	4	Averaging 11.0 points, 14.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks over last five games.
2	Andris Biedrins	GSW	4
3	Troy Murphy	IND	4
4	Andrew Bogut	MIL	4
5	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4
6	Al Jefferson	MIN	3
7	Yao Ming	HOU	3
8	Amare Stoudemire	PHO	3
9	Pau Gasol	LAL	3
10	Dwight Howard *	ORL	3	Day-to-day (knee)
11	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	4
12	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
13	Andrew Bynum	LAL	3
14	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	3
15	Spencer Hawes	SAC	4
16	Brad Miller	SAC	4	Only averaging 8.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 25.0 minutes over last five games.
17	Tyson Chandler *	NO	3	Day-to-day (neck)
18	Erick Dampier	DAL	4
19	Anderson Varejao	CLE	3
20	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	3	Dalembert resurgence? Averaging 5.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks over last two games.
21	Joakim Noah	CHI	4
22	Kevin Love	MIN	3
23	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
24	Jeff Foster	IND	4
25	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	4	Came off the bench last game in favor of Roy Hibbert.
26	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	2
27	JaVale McGee	WAS	4
28	Nick Collison	OKC	3
29	Johan Petro	OKC	3
30	Ben Wallace	CLE	3
31	Greg Oden	POR	2
32	Zydrunas Ilgauskas *	CLE	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
33	Joel Anthony	MIA	3
34	Roy Hibbert	IND	4	Started last game over Rasho Nesterovic
35	Hilton Armstrong	NO	3	Decent play if Chandler (neck) misses time.

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