NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 20

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Updated on March 28, 2011 12:06PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 20

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

1	Deron Williams	UTA	4	Averaging 18.0 points and 16.2 assists on 49.4% shooting from the field over last five games.
2	Allen Iverson	DEN	4
3	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
4	Andre Miller	PHI	4
5	Rafer Alston	HOU	4	Has stepped up his game with Yao out. Averaging 20.3 points, 5.3 assists and 2.0 steals over last four games.
6	Chris Paul	NO	3	Averaging 25.6 points, 12.2 assists and 2.6 steals with 59% shooting from the field, 53.3% from 3-point range and 91.7% from the line over last five games.
7	Steve Nash	PHO	3
8	Baron Davis	GSW	3
9	Jose Calderon	TOR	4
10	Tony Parker	SAS	4
11	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
12	Chauncey Billups	DET	3
13	Monta Ellis	GSW	3
14	Earl Watson	SEA	4
15	Rajon Rondo	BOS	4
16	Jameer Nelson	ORL	4
17	T.J. Ford	TOR	4
18	Maurice Williams *	MIL	3	Day-to-day (abdominal strain)
19	Anthony Carter	DEN	4
20	Delonte West	SEA	4
21	Steve Blake	POR	4
22	Beno Udrih	SAC	3
23	Raymond Felton	CHA	3
24	Devin Harris	NJ	3	Averaging 16.8 points and 5.3 assists in first six games with New Jersey.
25	Randy Foye	MIN	3
26	Nate Robinson	NYK	3	Coming off career-high 45 point game. Should be good source for points if Crawford (hand), Randolph (foot) and Curry (knee) miss games.
27	Louis Williams	PHI	4
28	Jarrett Jack	POR	4
29	Antonio Daniels	WAS	3
30	Travis Diener	IND	3

1	Tracy McGrady	HOU	4	Averaging 37.5 points and 9.0 assists over his last two games.
2	Joe Johnson	ATL	4
3	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
4	Brandon Roy	POR	4
5	Manu Ginobili	SAS	4
6	Kobe Bryant	LAL	3
7	Ray Allen	BOS	4
8	Jason Richardson	CHA	3	Averaging 28.0 points and 3.4 threes per game over last five.
9	Kevin Martin	SAC	3
10	Vince Carter	NJ	3
11	Michael Redd	MIL	3
12	Rudy Gay	MEM	3
13	Mike Dunleavy	IND	3
14	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
15	Peja Stojakovic	NO	3
16	Anthony Parker	TOR	4
17	Josh Childress	ATL	4
18	Jason Terry	DAL	4
19	Ricky Davis	MIA	4	Getting more minutes due to injuries to Wright (out for year) and Haslem (ankle). Averaging 18.5 points and 8.0 rebounds in 44.0 minutes over last two.
20	Jamal Crawford *	NYK	3	Day-to-day (hand)
21	Grant Hill	PHO	3
22	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	3
23	J.R. Smith	DEN	4
24	Willie Green	PHI	4
25	Martell Webster	POR	4
26	Cuttino Mobley	LAC	4
27	Raja Bell	PHO	3
28	DeShawn Stevenson	WAS	3
29	Rashad McCants	MIN	3
30	Linas Kleiza	DEN	4

1	LeBron James	CLE	4	Averaging 41.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists on 50.0 shooting from the field over last four games.
2	Josh Smith	ATL	4
3	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4
4	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	4
5	Corey Maggette	LAC	4
6	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
7	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4
8	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
9	Kevin Durant	SEA	4
10	Josh Howard	DAL	4
11	Stephen Jackson	GSW	3
12	Danny Granger	IND	3
13	Mike Miller	MEM	3
14	Richard Jefferson	NJ	3
15	Al Thornton	LAC	4	Averaging 14.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 34.3 minutes over last five games.
16	Andrei Kirilenko *	UTA	4	Day-to-day (hip)
17	Ron Artest *	SAC	3	Day-to-day (foot)
18	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
19	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4
20	Shane Battier	HOU	4
21	Jamario Moon	TOR	4
22	Wally Szczerbiak	CLE	4
23	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
24	Ryan Gomes	MIN	3
25	Kyle Korver	UTA	4	Averaging 14.4 points and 2.0 threes per game over last five games.
26	Tim Thomas	LAC	4
27	Matt Carroll	CHA	3	Averaging 17.2 points and 6.0 rebounds over last five games. Production will take a hit when Wallace (concussion) returns.
28	Quentin Richardson	NYK	3
29	Luol Deng	CHI	2
30	Gerald Wallace *	CHA	3	Could return to limited action this week (concussion).

1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4	Averaging 29.0 points and 9.7 rebounds on 96.2% shooting from the line over last three games.
2	Tim Duncan	SAS	4
3	Carlos Boozer	UTA	4
4	Kevin Garnett	BOS	4
5	Shawn Marion	MIA	4
6	Al Horford	ATL	4
7	Emeka Okafor	CHA	3
8	Lamar Odom	LAL	3
9	Antawn Jamison	WAS	3
10	Chris Wilcox	SEA	4
11	Luis Scola	HOU	4	Averaging 12.3 points and 9.5 rebounds in 28.1 minutes over last four games. Could see even more minutes if Landry (knee) misses time.
12	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4
13	Al Harrington	GSW	3
14	Hakim Warrick	MEM	3
15	David Lee	NYK	3
16	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	3
17	Udonis Haslem *	MIA	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
18	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4	Day-to-day (mild concussion)
19	Rasheed Wallace *	DET	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
20	David West *	NO	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
21	Zach Randolph *	NYK	3	Day-to-day (foot)
22	Thaddeus Young	PHI	4
23	Jeff Green	SEA	4
24	Paul Millsap	UTA	4
25	Reggie Evans	PHI	4
26	Travis Outlaw	POR	4	Only averaging 9.8 points on 34.1% shooting from the field over last four games.
27	Joe Smith	CLE	4
28	Boris Diaw	PHO	3	Averaging 14.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists over last four games.
29	Darko Milicic	MEM	3	Averaging 14.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks over last four games.
30	Brandon Bass	DAL	4

1	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
2	Marcus Camby	DEN	4
3	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4	Averaging 21.1 points and 12.0 rebounds over his last six games.
4	Chris Kaman	LAC	4
5	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
6	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
7	Amare Stoudemire	PHO	3
8	Al Jefferson	MIN	3
9	Tyson Chandler	NO	3	Averaging 15.0 points and 13.6 rebounds over last five games.
10	Pau Gasol	LAL	3
11	Andrew Bogut	MIL	3
12	Brad Miller	SAC	3
13	Anderson Varejeo	CLE	4	Good short-term play while Ilgauskas (back) is out. Averaging 8.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals over last four games.
14	Erick Dampier	DAL	4
15	Nick Collison	SEA	4
16	Ben Wallace	CLE	4
17	Joel Przybilla	POR	4
18	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	4
19	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	3
20	Brendan Haywood	WAS	3
21	Troy Murphy	IND	3	Averaging 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds over last four games.
22	Rasho Nesterovic	TOR	4
23	Mark Blount	MIA	4
24	Johan Petro	SEA	4
25	Andris Biedrins	GSW	3
26	Nenad Krstic	NJ	3
27	Jeff Foster	IND	3
28	Josh Boone	NJ	3
29	Nazr Mohammed	CHA	3
30	Eddy Curry *	NYK	3	Day-to-day (knee)

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