NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 12

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:21PM 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:	CHI, DET, MIA, MIL, NJ, NO, NYK, OKC, PHO, POR, TOR, UTA
Three Games:	ATL, BOS, CLE, DAL, DEN, IND, LAL, ORL, PHI, SAC, SAS, WAS
Two Games:	CHA, GSW, HOU, LAC, MEM, MIN
One Game:	NONE
	= new to Value Meter

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Paul	NO	4
2	Deron Williams	UTA	4
3	Steve Nash	PHO	4
4	Allen Iverson	DET	4	Averaging 17.8 points over last five games but shooting a dismal 34% from the field (33-for-96).
5	Rodney Stuckey	DET	4
6	Chris Duhon	NYK	4
7	Russell Westbrook	OKC	4
8	Derrick Rose	CHI	4
9	Jose Calderon *	TOR	4	Day-to-day (hamstring)
10	Devin Harris *	NJ	4	Day-to-day (hamstring)
11	Steve Blake	POR	4	Averaging 13.2 points, 5.2 assists and 2.6 threes made over last five games.
12	Andre Miller	PHI	3
13	Chauncey Billups	DEN	3
14	Tony Parker	SAS	3
15	Mike Bibby	ATL	3
16	Jameer Nelson	ORL	3
17	Rajon Rondo	BOS	3
18	Nate Robinson	NYK	4	Averaging 11.4 points on 29% shooting from the field over last five games.
19	Jason Kidd	DAL	3
20	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4
21	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4
22	Maurice Williams	CLE	3
23	Jarrett Jack	IND	3	Averaging 17.6 points and 4.7 assists as starter this year.
24	Randy Foye	MIN	2
25	Mike James	WAS	3
26	Derek Fisher	LAL	3
27	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4
28	Earl Watson	OKC	4	Started last game at point guard.
29	Raymond Felton	CHA	2
30	Beno Udrih	SAC	3
31	Keyon Dooling	NJ	4	Decent short-term play if Harris (hamstring) misses time this week.
32	T.J. Ford *	IND	3	Day-to-day (back)
33	Rafer Alston	HOU	2
34	Mardy Collins	LAC	2
35	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	2

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4
3	Michael Redd	MIL	4	Scored 30 or more points in two of last four games. Averaging 25.6 points and 3.0 threes over last five games.
4	Brandon Roy	POR	4
5	Ben Gordon	CHI	4
6	Jason Richardson	PHO	4
7	Kobe Bryant	LAL	3
8	Kevin Martin	SAC	3	Showing no rust after returning from injury. Averaging 31.6 points and 3.0 threes over last five games.
9	Peja Stojakovic	NO	4
10	Joe Johnson	ATL	3
11	Ray Allen	BOS	3
12	Jason Terry	DAL	3	Mired in a mini-slump. Averaging 10.0 points on 40% shooting from the field over last five games.
13	Anthony Parker	TOR	4
14	Grant Hill	PHO	4
15	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3
16	Mike Dunleavy	IND	3
17	J.R. Smith	DEN	3
18	Delonte West	CLE	3
19	Linas Kleiza	DEN	3
20	Richard Hamilton *	DET	4	Day-to-day (hamstring). Hopes to return this week.
21	Rasual Butler	NO	4
22	Larry Hughes	CHI	4
23	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4	Averaging 17.6 points and 1.6 steals in only 26.8 minutes over last five games.
24	Rudy Gay	MEM	2
25	Louis Williams	PHI	3
26	Daequan Cook	MIA	4
27	Tracy McGrady	HOU	2
28	O.J. Mayo	MEM	2
29	Rudy Fernandez	POR	4
30	Jamal Crawford	GSW	2
31	Michael Finley	SAS	3
32	Roger Mason	SAS	3
33	Eric Gordon	LAC	2
34	Courtney Lee	ORL	3
35	Marquis Daniels *	IND	3	Day-to-day (groin)

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Kevin Durant	OKC	4
2	LeBron James	CLE	3
3	Danny Granger	IND	3
4	Paul Pierce	BOS	3	C's are struggling but Pierce isn't. Averaging 24.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 threes over last five games.
5	Andre Iguodala	PHI	3
6	Rashard Lewis	ORL	3
7	Caron Butler	WAS	3
8	Josh Smith	ATL	3	Scoring has increased over last five games (20.4 ppg.) but where are the blocks (0.6 blocks)?
9	Wilson Chandler	NYK	4
10	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
11	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	4
12	Tayshaun Prince	DET	4
13	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	3
14	John Salmons	SAC	3
15	Jamario Moon	TOR	4
16	Bobby Simmons	NJ	4
17	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4
18	Tim Thomas	NYK	4
19	Quentin Richardson	NYK	4
20	Matt Barnes	PHO	4
21	Andres Nocioni	CHI	4
22	Marvin Williams	ATL	3
23	Jason Kapono	TOR	4
24	Trevor Ariza	LAL	3
25	Luol Deng *	CHI	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
26	Josh Howard *	DAL	3	Day-to-day (wrist)
27	Gerald Wallace	CHA	2
28	Corey Maggette	GSW	2
29	James Posey	NO	4
30	Kyle Korver	UTA	4
31	Thabo Sefolosha	CHI	4
32	Francisco Garcia	SAC	3
33	Al Thornton	LAC	2
34	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	2
35	Mike Miller	MIN	2	Only averaging 9.8 points and 1.2 threes this year after averaging 16.4 points and 2.2 threes last year.

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
2	Paul Millsap	UTA	4
3	David West	NO	4
4	David Lee	NYK	4
5	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	3
6	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
7	Kevin Garnett	BOS	3
8	Antawn Jamison	WAS	3
9	Al Harrington	NYK	4	Continues to be hot and cold off the New York bench. Averaging 8.5 points on 23% shooting from the field over last two games.
10	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4	Minutes and production could decrease a bit if O'Neal (knee) returns this week.
11	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4	Scored 23 or more points in three of last four games.
12	Drew Gooden	CHI	4
13	Jeff Green	OKC	4
14	Rasheed Wallace	DET	4
15	Shawn Marion	MIA	4
16	Nene	DEN	3
17	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	4	Averaging 11.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 2.0 steals over last five games.
18	Michael Beasley	MIA	4	Averaging 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds on 50% shooting from the field over last five games.
19	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
20	Kenyon Martin	DEN	3
21	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
22	Emeka Okafor	CHA	2
23	Boris Diaw	CHA	2
24	Andray Blatche	WAS	3
25	Thaddeus Young	PHI	3
26	Jermaine O'Neal *	TOR	4	Day-to-day (knee)
27	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
28	Jason Thompson	SAC	3
29	Jason Maxiell	DET	4
30	Antonio McDyess	DET	4
31	Vladimir Radmonovic	LAL	3
32	Jared Jeffries	NYK	4
33	Brandon Bass	DAL	3
34	Luis Scola	HOU	2
35	Hakim Warrick	MEM	2

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHO	4
2	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4	Scored 20 or more points in four of last five games.
3	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
4	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	4
5	Dwight Howard	ORL	3
6	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
7	Andrew Bogut *	MIL	4	Day-to-day (back)
8	Pau Gasol	LAL	3
9	Troy Murphy	IND	3	Averaging 15.6 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.2 threes over last five games.
10	Tyson Chandler	NO	4
11	Brad Miller	SAC	3	Averaging 14.6 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists over last five games.
12	Andrew Bynum	LAL	3
13	Anderson Varejao	CLE	3
14	Al Jefferson	MIN	2
15	Marcus Camby	LAC	2
16	Yao Ming	HOU	2
17	Andris Biedrins	GSW	2
18	Nick Collison	OKC	4	Averaging 15.3 points and 9.7 rebounds in 33.0 minutes over last three games.
19	Kendrick Perkins *	BOS	3
20	Spencer Hawes	SAC	3
21	Erick Dampier	DAL	3
22	Joel Anthony	MIA	4
23	Joakim Noah	CHI	4
24	Joel Przybilla	POR	4
25	Greg Oden	POR	4	Only blocked one shot in last five games.
26	Ben Wallace	CLE	3
27	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	3
28	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
29	Marc Gasol	MEM	2
30	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	3	Decent short-term play with Horford (knee) out this week.
31	Roy Hibbert	IND	3
32	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	3
33	Jeff Foster	IND	3
34	Kevin Love	MIN	2
35	Marreese Speights	PHI	3

Article first appeared on 1/11/09