This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 11
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, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAL, MEM, MIL, NYK, ORL, PHO | ||||
| Three Games: | ATL, BOS, CHI, CLE, DAL, MIA, MIN, NJ, NO, PHI, SAC, SAS, SEA, TOR, UTA, WAS | ||||
| Two Games: | DEN, LAC, POR | ||||
| One Game: | NONE | ||||
| = new to Value Meter | |||||
| Point Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Steve Nash | PHO | 4 | |
| 2 | Baron Davis | GSW | 4 | |
| 3 | Chauncey Billups | DET | 4 | |
| 4 | Maurice Williams | MIL | 4 | Averaging 20.2 points and 8.0 assists on 52.0% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 5 | Chris Paul | NO | 3 | |
| 6 | Deron Williams | UTA | 3 | Averaging 16.8 points and 10.4 assists on 58.3% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 7 | Jason Kidd | NJ | 3 | |
| 8 | Rafer Alston | HOU | 4 | Offense has picked up with McGrady (knee) out. Averaging 18.4 points over last five games. |
| 9 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 4 | |
| 10 | Stephon Marbury | NYK | 4 | |
| 11 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 3 | |
| 12 | Andre Miller | PHI | 3 | |
| 13 | Tony Parker | SAS | 3 | |
| 14 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 3 | |
| 15 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 4 | Shooting woes continues. Averaging 9.0 points on 33.9% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 16 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 4 | |
| 17 | Devin Harris | DAL | 3 | |
| 18 | Allen Iverson | DEN | 2 | |
| 19 | Antonio Daniels | WAS | 3 | |
| 20 | Jameer Nelson | ORL | 4 | |
| 21 | Mike Conley, Jr. | MEM | 4 | Averaging 8.5 points and 6.0 assists in 35.0 minutes per game in last two games as starting point guard |
| 22 | Carlos Arroyo | ORL | 4 | |
| 23 | Earl Watson | SEA | 3 | |
| 24 | Beno Udrih | SAC | 3 | |
| 25 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 3 | |
| 26 | Jamaal Tinsley * | IND | 4 | Could be back this week (hamstring) |
| 27 | Daniel Gibson | CLE | 3 | |
| 28 | Sebastian Telfair | MIN | 3 | |
| 29 | Anthony Johnson | ATL | 3 | |
| 30 | Jordan Farmar | LAL | 4 | |
| Shooting Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 4 | |
| 2 | Jason Richardson | CHA | 4 | Scored 25 or more points and made 27 three-pointers in last seven games. |
| 3 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 4 | |
| 4 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 4 | |
| 5 | Jamal Crawford | NYK | 4 | |
| 6 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 4 | |
| 7 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 3 | Averaging 27.6 points on 53.4% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 8 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 3 | |
| 9 | Vince Carter | NJ | 3 | |
| 10 | Grant Hill | PHO | 4 | |
| 11 | Michael Redd * | MIL | 4 | Day-to-day (thigh) |
| 12 | Dwyane Wade * | MIA | 3 | Day-to-day (finger/shoulder) |
| 13 | Ricky Davis | MIA | 3 | |
| 14 | Ray Allen | BOS | 3 | Averaging 5.5 points on 17.6% shooting from the field over his last two games. |
| 15 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 4 | Averaging 25.7 points in six starts this year and only 14.7 points in 26 games as a reserve. |
| 16 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 3 | |
| 17 | Francisco Garcia | SAC | 3 | |
| 18 | Bonzi Wells | HOU | 4 | |
| 19 | Kevin Martin * | SAC | 3 | Should return this week (groin) |
| 20 | Raja Bell * | PHO | 4 | Day-to-day (flu) |
| 21 | Manu Ginobili * | SAS | 3 | Could return to action this week (finger). |
| 22 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 3 | |
| 23 | Brandon Roy * | POR | 2 | Day-to-day (tailbone) |
| 24 | Josh Childress | ATL | 3 | |
| 25 | Jason Terry | DAL | 3 | Averaging 8.4 points on 31.1% shooting over last five games. |
| 26 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 3 | |
| 27 | Larry Hughes | CLE | 3 | |
| 28 | Charlie Bell | MIL | 4 | |
| 29 | Morris Peterson | NO | 3 | |
| 30 | Tracy McGrady * | HOU | 4 | Could return late this week (knee) |
| Small Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Gerald Wallace | CHA | 4 | |
| 2 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 4 | |
| 3 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 4 | |
| 4 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 4 | |
| 5 | Mike Miller | MEM | 4 | |
| 6 | LeBron James | CLE | 3 | |
| 7 | Caron Butler | WAS | 3 | |
| 8 | Josh Smith | ATL | 3 | |
| 9 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 3 | |
| 10 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 3 | |
| 11 | Danny Granger | IND | 4 | |
| 12 | Richard Jefferson | NJ | 3 | |
| 13 | Josh Howard | DAL | 3 | |
| 14 | John Salmons | SAC | 3 | Averaging 22.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals on 58.2% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 15 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 4 | |
| 16 | Kevin Durant | SEA | 3 | |
| 17 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 3 | |
| 18 | Shane Battier | HOU | 4 | |
| 19 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 2 | |
| 20 | Luol Deng * | CHI | 3 | Day-to-day (Achilles) |
| 21 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 3 | Averaging 21.0 points on 59% shooting from the field over last two games. |
| 22 | Corey Maggette | LAC | 2 | |
| 23 | Andres Nocioni | CHI | 3 | Could see bump in production if Deng (Achilles) misses some time. |
| 24 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 3 | |
| 25 | Trevor Ariza | LAL | 4 | |
| 26 | Marko Jaric | MIN | 3 | |
| 27 | Jamario Moon | TOR | 3 | |
| 28 | Wally Szczerbiak | SEA | 3 | |
| 29 | Kyle Korver | UTA | 3 | |
| 30 | Andrei Kirilenko * | UTA | 3 | Day-to-day (back) |
| Power Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Shawn Marion | PHO | 4 | |
| 2 | Jermaine O'Neal | IND | 4 | |
| 3 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 4 | |
| 4 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 4 | |
| 5 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 3 | |
| 6 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 3 | |
| 7 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 3 | |
| 8 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 3 | |
| 9 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 3 | |
| 10 | Zach Randolph | NYK | 4 | |
| 11 | Al Harrington | GSW | 4 | |
| 12 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 4 | |
| 13 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 3 | |
| 14 | David West * | NO | 3 | Day-to-day (hip) |
| 15 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 4 | |
| 16 | Yi Jianlian | MIL | 4 | |
| 17 | Darko Milicic | MEM | 4 | |
| 18 | David Lee | NYK | 4 | |
| 19 | Al Horford | ATL | 3 | |
| 20 | Udonis Haslem | MIA | 3 | |
| 21 | Jason Maxiell | DET | 4 | |
| 22 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 4 | |
| 23 | Luis Scola | HOU | 4 | |
| 24 | Drew Gooden | CLE | 3 | |
| 25 | Joe Smith | CHI | 3 | Averaging 17.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over last five. |
| 26 | Jeff Green | SEA | 3 | Averaging 14.8 points and 6.5 rebounds in four starts this year. |
| 27 | Chris Wilcox * | SEA | 3 | Day-to-day (finger) |
| 28 | Mikki Moore | SAC | 3 | |
| 29 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 3 | |
| 30 | Reggie Evans | PHI | 3 | |
| Centers | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 4 | |
| 2 | Yao Ming | HOU | 4 | |
| 3 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 4 | |
| 4 | Pau Gasol | MEM | 4 | |
| 5 | Andrew Bynum | LAL | 4 | |
| 6 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 3 | |
| 7 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 4 | |
| 8 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 4 | |
| 9 | Tyson Chandler | NO | 3 | |
| 10 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 3 | |
| 11 | Troy Murphy | IND | 4 | |
| 12 | Brad Miller | SAC | 3 | |
| 13 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | CLE | 3 | |
| 14 | Ben Wallace | CHI | 3 | |
| 15 | Eddy Curry | NYK | 4 | Averaging 21.6 points and 7.0 rebounds over last three games. |
| 16 | Marcus Camby | DEN | 2 | |
| 17 | Chris Kaman | LAC | 2 | |
| 18 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 2 | |
| 19 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 3 | |
| 20 | Kurt Thomas | SEA | 3 | |
| 21 | Nazr Mohammed | CHA | 4 | Move to bench has killed production. Only averaging 7.0 points and 6.8 rebounds in 20.8 minutes over last five games. |
| 22 | Brendan Haywood | WAS | 3 | |
| 23 | Josh Boone | NJ | 3 | |
| 24 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 3 | |
| 25 | Anderson Varejeo | CLE | 3 | |
| 26 | Sean Williams | NJ | 3 | |
| 27 | Nick Collison | SEA | 3 | |
| 28 | Stromile Swift | MEM | 4 | |
| 29 | Mark Blount | MIA | 3 | Decent short-term play with Shaq (hip) out. Averaging 14.0 points and 5.0 rebounds over last two games. |
| 30 | Shaquille O'Neal * | MIA | 3 | Day-to-day (hip) |
Article first appeared on 1/06/08
