NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 14

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:14PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 14

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Paul	NO	4
2	Devin Harris	NJ	4
3	Randy Foye	MIN	4	Averaging 20.8 points, 4.8 assists and 3.0 threes over last five games.
4	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
5	Maurice Williams	CLE	4	Scoring has increased with Ilgauskas and West out. Averaging 21.0 points (season avg. of 16.5 ppg.) and 2.8 threes over last five games.
6	Andre Miller	PHI	4
7	Deron Williams	UTA	3
8	Steve Nash	PHO	3
9	Russell Westbrook	OKC	4
10	Jose Calderon	TOR	3
11	Chauncey Billups	DEN	3
12	Tony Parker	SAS	3
13	Rajon Rondo	BOS	3
14	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4
15	Rafer Alston	HOU	3	Averaging 18.2 points, 7.0 assists and 4.2 boards over last five but production could decrease with McGrady and Artest due back this week.
16	Chris Duhon	NYK	3
17	Jameer Nelson	ORL	3
18	Allen Iverson	DET	3	Only averaging 15.8 points and 2.8 assists over last five games.
19	Raymond Felton	CHA	3
20	Rodney Stuckey	DET	3
21	Derrick Rose	CHI	3
22	Jarrett Jack	IND	4
23	T.J. Ford	IND	4
24	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	4
25	Beno Udrih	SAC	4
26	Nate Robinson	NYK	3
27	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	3
28	Jamal Crawford *	GSW	3	Day-to-day (hamstring)
29	Mike James	WAS	4
30	Jason Kidd	DAL	2
31	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	3
32	Derek Fisher	LAL	3
33	Baron Davis *	LAC	4	Targeting a Wednesday return to action (tailbone)
34	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4
35	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4
3	Joe Johnson	ATL	4
4	Kevin Martin	SAC	4
5	Kobe Bryant	LAL	3
6	Brandon Roy	POR	3
7	Eric Gordon	LAC	4	Averaging 22.8 points, 1.4 steals and 2.6 threes over last five games.
8	Peja Stojakovic	NO	4
9	Mike Dunleavy	IND	4
10	Ray Allen	BOS	3
11	O.J. Mayo	MEM	3
12	Ben Gordon	CHI	3
13	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3
14	Jason Richardson	PHO	3
15	Monta Ellis	GSW	3
16	Tracy McGrady	HOU	3	Should return this week (knee) and plans to available for all games going forward including back-to-backs.
17	Louis Williams	PHI	4
18	Anthony Parker	TOR	3
19	J.R. Smith	DEN	3
20	Rasual Butler	NO	4
21	Sasha Pavlovic	CLE	4
22	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
23	Raja Bell	CHA	3
24	Michael Redd *	MIL	4	Day-to-day (knee) pending MRI.
25	Daniel Gibson	CLE	4
26	Nick Young	WAS	4
27	Linas Kleiza	DEN	3	Value could drop if Anthony (hand) comes back this week.
28	Jason Terry	DAL	2
29	Von Wafer	HOU	3	Value could drop if McGrady (knee) comes back this week.
30	CJ Miles	UTA	3
31	Michael Finley	SAS	3
32	Roger Mason	SAS	3
33	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	3
34	Ricky Davis	LAC	4
35	Anthony Morrow	GSW	3	Could see increased minutes if Crawford (hamstring) misses time this week.

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Kevin Durant	OKC	4	Scored 31 or more points in three of last four games. Averaging 31.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals over last five games.
3	Danny Granger	IND	4
4	Josh Smith	ATL	4
5	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4	Scoring could take a hit with Brand back. Averaging 24.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.0 steals over last five games.
6	Caron Butler	WAS	4
7	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4	Could see bump in scoring with Redd and Bogut out.
8	Al Thornton	LAC	4
9	John Salmons	SAC	4
10	Paul Pierce	BOS	3
11	Stephen Jackson	GSW	3
12	Rashard Lewis	ORL	3
13	Gerald Wallace	CHA	3
14	Corey Maggette	GSW	3	Sixth man role hasn't hurt production. Averaging 21.2 points and 8.0 rebounds over last five games.
15	Rudy Gay	MEM	3
16	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	3
17	Luol Deng	CHI	3
18	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
19	Mike Miller	MIN	4
20	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
21	Ryan Gomes	MIN	4
22	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
23	Grant Hill	PHO	3
24	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	3
25	Andres Nocioni	CHI	3	Averaging 12.0 points and 7.6 boards in 30 minutes a game over last five.
26	Andrei Kirilenko *	UTA	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
27	Jamario Moon	TOR	3
28	Dominic McGuire	WAS	4	Averaging 5.0 points, 6.8 boards, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks in 32 minutes per game over last five.
29	Quentin Richardson	NYK	3
30	Trevor Ariza	LAL	3
31	Josh Howard	DAL	2
32	Shane Battier	HOU	3
33	Wilson Chandler	NYK	3	Only averaging 6.6 points in 24 minutes over last five games.
34	Ron Artest *	HOU	3	Could return this week (ankle)
35	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	3	Could return to action later this week (hand)

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
2	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4	Averaging 25.0 points, 9.2 boards and 2.4 threes over last four games and should see an increased role in offense if Redd (knee) and Bogut (back) miss time.
3	Chris Bosh	TOR	3
4	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
5	Paul Millsap	UTA	3	Double-double machine getting back on track. Averaging 24.0 points and 12.0 rebounds over last three games.
6	Emeka Okafor	CHA	3
7	David Lee	NYK	3
8	Kevin Garnett	BOS	3
9	Jeff Green	OKC	4
10	Al Harrington	NYK	3
11	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	3	O'Neal's return hasn't hurt minutes or production. Averaging 18.6 points and 5.8 boards in 39 minutes over last five games.
12	Boris Diaw	CHA	3
13	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
14	Elton Brand *	PHI	4
15	Jason Thompson	SAC	4	Two double-doubles in last four games. Averaging 15.6 points and 9.0 rebounds on 61% shooting from the field over last five games.
16	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
17	Thaddeus Young	PHI	4
18	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	2
19	Kenyon Martin	DEN	3
20	Lamar Odom	LAL	3	Scored 15 or more points in three of last four games. Averaging 13.8 points 7.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks over last five games.
21	Travis Outlaw	POR	3
22	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	3
23	Luis Scola	HOU	3
24	David West *	NO	4	Day-to-day (back)
25	Shawn Marion *	MIA	4	Day-to-day (groin)
26	Craig Smith	MIN	4
27	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
28	Michael Beasley	MIA	4
29	Hakim Warrick	MEM	3
30	Carl Landry	HOU	3
31	Antonio McDyess	DET	3
32	Brian Skinner *	LAC	4	Day-to-day (flu)
33	Darrell Arthur	MEM	3
34	Ryan Anderson	NJ	4
35	Zach Randolph *	LAC	4	Could make return later this week (knee).

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Al Jefferson	MIN	4
2	Troy Murphy	IND	4
3	Dwight Howard	ORL	3
4	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHO	3
5	Marcus Camby *	LAC	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
6	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
7	Brad Miller	SAC	4
8	Andrew Bynum	LAL	3	Averaging 22.2 points, 8.2 boards and 1.6 blocks over last five games.
9	Andris Biedrins	GSW	3
10	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	3
11	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	3
12	Pau Gasol	LAL	3
13	Nene	DEN	3
14	Mehmet Okur	UTA	3
15	Anderson Varejao	CLE	4
16	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
17	Yao Ming *	HOU	3	Day-to-day (knee)
18	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
19	Greg Oden	POR	3	Averaging 17.3 points and 12.3 rebounds over last three games.
20	Kevin Love	MIN	4
21	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	3
22	Nenad Krstic	OKC	4
23	Nick Collison	OKC	4
24	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	4
25	Ben Wallace	CLE	4
26	Jeff Foster	IND	4
27	Marc Gasol	MEM	3
28	Joakim Noah	CHI	3
29	Jermaine O'Neal	TOR	3
30	Spencer Hawes	SAC	4
31	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	4
32	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
33	Joel Przybilla	POR	3
34	Hilton Armstrong	NO	4	Day-to-day (knee) but should be starter at center with Chandler (ankle) out thru the All-Star break.
35	Andrew Bogut *	MIL	4	Day-to-day (back)

Article first appeared on 1/25/09