NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 12

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Updated on March 30, 2011 7:56PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 12

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Allen Iverson	DEN	4	Averaging 30.6 points and 6.2 assists on 50.5% shooting from the field and 80.8% shooting from the line over last five games.
2	Baron Davis	GSW	4
3	Steve Nash	PHO	4
4	Jason Kidd	NJ	4
5	Jose Calderon	TOR	4
6	Andre Miller	PHI	4
7	Monta Ellis	GSW	4
8	Deron Williams	UTA	3
9	Chauncey Billups	DET	3
10	Maurice Williams	MIL	3
11	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	4
12	Stephon Marbury	NYK	4
13	Tony Parker	SAS	3
14	Anthony Carter	DEN	4	Averaging 10.8 points, 8.8 assists and 1.8 steals over last five games. Should see 30+ minutes a night with Atkins (hernia) out indefinitely.
15	Beno Udrih	SAC	4	Production could take a hit with Bibby (thumb) set to return later this week
16	Earl Watson	SEA	4
17	Chris Paul	NO	2
18	Raymond Felton *	CHA	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
19	Antonio Daniels	WAS	3
20	Jameer Nelson	ORL	3
21	Jarrett Jack	POR	4	Should get starter's minutes if Blake (thigh) misses any time
22	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	3
23	Jason Williams	MIA	3
24	Steve Blake *	POR	4	Day-to-day (thigh)
25	Jamaal Tinsley	IND	2
26	Rafer Alston	HOU	2
27	Anthony Johnson	ATL	3
28	Rajon Rondo *	BOS	3	Day-to-day (back)
29	Devin Harris	DAL	2
30	Mike Bibby *	SAC	4	Could make his return later this week (thumb)

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Jason Richardson	CHA	4
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4	Lowest point-per-game average (21.4 ppg) since 2002-03 season.
3	Brandon Roy	POR	4
4	Ben Gordon	CHI	4
5	Jamal Crawford	NYK	4
6	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4
7	Dwyane Wade	MIA	3
8	Joe Johnson	ATL	3
9	Michael Redd	MIL	3
10	Rudy Gay	MEM	3
11	Kevin Martin	SAC	4	Scored 25 points in first game back after missing 17 games (groin).
12	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
13	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2
14	Ricky Davis	MIA	3
15	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3
16	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
17	Ray Allen	BOS	3	Averaging only 8.8 points on 29.5% shooting from the field over last five games.
18	Anthony Parker	TOR	4	Averaging 18.3 points and 6.0 rebounds over last three games.
19	Raja Bell	PHO	4
20	Martell Webster	POR	4
21	Rashad McCants	MIN	3
22	Josh Childress	ATL	3
23	Willie Green	PHI	4
24	Louis Williams	PHI	4
25	Delonte West	SEA	4
26	DeShawn Stevenson	WAS	3
27	Charlie Bell	MIL	3
28	Michael Finley	SAS	3
29	Cuttino Mobley	LAC	3
30	Mike Dunleavy	IND	2

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4
2	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4	Averaging career best 7.0 rebounds.
3	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
4	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4
5	Richard Jefferson	NJ	4
6	Kevin Durant	SEA	4
7	Caron Butler	WAS	3
8	Josh Smith	ATL	3
9	Paul Pierce	BOS	3
10	Mike Miller	MEM	3
11	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	3
12	Rashard Lewis	ORL	3
13	John Salmons	SAC	4	Production could take a hit with Martin back this week.
14	LeBron James	CLE	2
15	Corey Maggette	LAC	3
16	Andres Nocioni	CHI	4	Solid play with Deng (Achilles) out. Averaging 20.0 points over last three games.
17	Jamario Moon	TOR	4	Averaging 11.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 1.4 steals in 39.4 minutes over last five games.
18	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	3
19	Marvin Williams	ATL	3
20	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
21	Ryan Gomes	MIN	3	Averaging 20.5 points and 7.5 rebounds over his last two games.
22	Luol Deng *	CHI	4	Day-to-day (Achilles)
23	Bostjan Nachbar	NJ	4
24	Wally Szczerbiak	SEA	4
25	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4
26	Josh Howard	DAL	2
27	Tim Thomas	LAC	3
28	Danny Granger	IND	2
29	Maurice Evans	ORL	3	Averaging 14.0 points in last two starts.
30	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	3

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Shawn Marion	PHO	4
2	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
3	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
4	Carlos Boozer	UTA	3
5	Kevin Garnett	BOS	3
6	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
7	Al Harrington	GSW	4
8	Antawn Jamison	WAS	3	Averaging a career-high 10.8 rebounds per game (13.2 boards over his last five games).
9	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
10	Joe Smith	CHI	4	Averaging 19.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks on 49.4% shooting from the field over last five games.
11	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4	Could see bump in minutes and production with Nene (personal reasons) out indefinitely.
12	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	2
13	Zach Randolph	NYK	4
14	David West	NO	2
15	Al Horford	ATL	3
16	Udonis Haslem	MIA	3
17	Boris Diaw	PHO	4	Could see bump in production with Hill (appendectomy) out
18	David Lee	NYK	4
19	Mikki Moore	SAC	4
20	Reggie Evans	PHI	4
21	Darko Milicic	MEM	3	Averaging 3.2 blocks per game over last five games.
22	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
23	Lamar Odom	LAL	2
24	Antonio McDyess	DET	3
25	Yi Jianlian	MIL	3
26	Jermaine O'Neal	IND	2
27	Jason Maxiell	DET	3
28	Andray Blatche	WAS	3	Averaging 11.0 points, 7.5 rebound and 3.5 blocks over last two games.
29	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	3
30	Chris Wilcox *	SEA	4	Day-to-day (finger)

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Amare Stoudemire	PHO	4
2	Marcus Camby	DEN	4
3	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
4	Dwight Howard	ORL	3
5	Pau Gasol	MEM	3
6	Al Jefferson	MIN	3
7	Chris Kaman	LAC	3
8	Brad Miller	SAC	4
9	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
10	Andris Biedrins	GSW	4
11	Nazr Mohammed	CHA	4	Averaging 18.7 points and 10.5 rebounds in last four games as reserve.
12	Ben Wallace	CHI	4
13	Yao Ming	HOU	2
14	Mehmet Okur	UTA	3	Averaging 25.5 points and 16.0 rebounds over his last two games.
15	Andrew Bogut	MIL	3	Averaging 15.8 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists over his last five games.
16	Nick Collison	SEA	4
17	Josh Boone	NJ	4	Averaging 12.0 points and 10.2 rebounds over last five but shooting a dismal 32% (8-for-25) from the line over last five games.
18	Kurt Thomas	SEA	4
19	Tyson Chandler	NO	2
20	Andrew Bynum	LAL	2
21	Eddy Curry	NYK	4
22	Sean Williams	NJ	4
23	Joel Przybilla	POR	4
24	Rasho Nesterovic	TOR	4
25	Brendan Haywood	WAS	3
26	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	3
27	Mark Blount	MIA	3
28	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	2
29	Anderson Varejeo	CLE	2
30	Shaquille O'Neal *	MIA	3	Day-to-day (hip)

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