NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 11

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Updated on March 30, 2011 8:25PM EST

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Paul	NO	3	Averaging 21.4 points, 12.0 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals on 49% shooting from the field over last five games.
2	Andre Miller	PHI	4	Averaging 18.4 points, 6.4 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals over last five games.
3	Rajon Rondo	BOS	4
4	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
5	Raymond Felton	CHA	4
6	Russell Westbrook	OKC	4
7	Jameer Nelson	ORL	4
8	Tony Parker	SAS	3	Averaging 22.4 points, 7.6 assists and 1.6 steals over last five games.
9	Deron Williams	UTA	3
10	Chauncey Billups	DEN	3
11	Mike Bibby	ATL	3
12	Steve Nash	PHO	3
12	Allen Iverson	DET	3
13	Devin Harris *	NJ	3	Day-to-day (hamstring)
14	Jarrett Jack	IND	4
15	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4
16	Rafer Alston	HOU	4
17	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4
18	T.J. Ford	IND	4
19	Rodney Stuckey	DET	3
20	Randy Foye	MIN	3
21	Nate Robinson	NYK	3
22	Chris Duhon	NYK	3
23	Derrick Rose	CHI	3
24	Derek Fisher	LAL	4
25	Mike James	WAS	4
26	D.J. Augustin	CHA	4
27	C.J. Watson	GSW	4
28	Will Solomon	TOR	4	Decent short-term pickup with Calderon (hamstring) out. Averaging 12.5 points and 7.5 assists in two starts this season.
29	Beno Udrih	SAC	4	Averaging a meager 7.2 points and 2.4 assists in 23 minutes over last five games.
30	Bobby Jackson	SAC	4
31	Baron Davis *	LAC	4	Day-to-day (tailbone)
32	Maurice Williams	CLE	2
33	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	3	Could slide into starting job with Ollie (elbow) out.
34	Keyon Dooling	NJ	3	Decent short-term pickup if Harris (hamstring) misses time.
35	Jose Calderon *	TOR	4	Day-to-day (hamstring). Will miss at least first two games of this week.

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
2	Kobe Bryant	LAL	4
3	Michael Redd	MIL	4
4	Jason Terry	DAL	4
5	Kevin Martin	SAC	4	Ankle injury looks to behind him after 45 point outburst in last game.
6	Ray Allen	BOS	4
7	Joe Johnson	ATL	3
8	Vince Carter	NJ	3
9	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4
9	Ben Gordon	CHI	3	Averaging 22.8 points and 3.2 threes made over last five games.
10	Rudy Gay	MEM	3
11	O.J. Mayo	MEM	3
12	Jason Richardson	PHO	3
13	Marquis Daniels	IND	4
14	Louis Williams	PHI	4
15	Manu Ginobili	SAS	3
16	Peja Stojakovic	NO	3
17	Eric Gordon	LAC	4
18	Grant Hill	PHO	3
19	Daequan Cook	MIA	4
20	J.R. Smith	DEN	3
21	Richard Hamilton *	DET	3	Day-to-day (groin)
22	Marco Belinelli	GSW	4
23	Willie Green	PHI	4
24	Keith Bogans	ORL	4
25	Anthony Parker	TOR	4
26	Rasual Butler	NO	3
27	Larry Hughes	CHI	3
28	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	3
29	Michael Finley	SAS	3
30	Roger Mason	SAS	3
31	Tracy McGrady	HOU	4	Could only play two games this week with two back-to-backs on the schedule.
32	CJ Miles	UTA	3
33	Rudy Fernandez	POR	2	Should be in starting lineup this week with Roy (hamstring) out 7-10 days.
34	Dominic McGuire	WAS	4
35	Maurice Evans	ATL	3	Decent short-term play if Williams (shoulder) misses time.

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4	Finding his groove after slow start. Averaging 23.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.4 steals over last five games.
2	Kevin Durant	OKC	4	Averaging 25.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists over last five games.
3	Danny Granger	IND	4
4	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
5	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4
6	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
7	Paul Pierce	BOS	4
8	Josh Howard	DAL	4
9	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	4
10	Caron Butler	WAS	4
11	Al Thornton	LAC	4	Will have to carry the offense with Davis (tailbone) and Randolph (knee) out.
12	Josh Smith	ATL	3
13	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	3
14	John Salmons	SAC	4
15	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
16	LeBron James	CLE	2
17	Wilson Chandler	NYK	3
18	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	3
19	Ron Artest *	HOU	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
20	Francisco Garcia	SAC	4
21	Trevor Ariza	LAL	4
22	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	4
23	Mike Miller	MIN	3
24	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
25	Corey Maggette *	GSW	4	Day-to-day (hamstring)
26	Jamario Moon	TOR	4
27	Luke Walton	LAL	4
28	Desmond Mason	OKC	4
29	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	3
30	Andres Nocioni	CHI	3
31	Ryan Gomes	MIN	3
32	Matt Barnes	PHO	3
33	Fred Jones	LAC	4	Could see bump in minutes with Davis (tailbone) out.
34	Jared Jeffries	NYK	3
35	Marvin Williams *	ATL	3	Day-to-day (shoulder)

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4
2	Chris Bosh	TOR	4
3	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
4	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
5	Kevin Garnett	BOS	4
6	Boris Diaw	CHA	4
7	Tim Duncan	SAS	3
8	Jeff Green	OKC	4
9	David West	NO	3
10	Paul Millsap	UTA	3
11	David Lee	NYK	3	Averaging 17.4 points, 12.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals over last five games.
12	Nene	DEN	3
13	Al Horford	ATL	3
14	Al Harrington	NYK	3
15	Thaddeus Young	PHI	4
16	Shawn Marion *	MIA	4	Day-to-day (back spasms). Plans to play on Monday.
17	Luis Scola	HOU	4
18	Kenyon Martin	DEN	3
19	Hakim Warrick	MEM	3	Averaging 18.0 points and 5.8 rebounds over last five games.
20	Rasheed Wallace *	DET	3	Day-to-day (foot)
21	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
22	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	4	Averaging 16.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 threes over last five games. Should continue to start as long as O'Neal (knee) is out.
23	Jermaine O'Neal *	TOR	4	Day-to-day (knee)
24	Andray Blatche *	WAS	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
25	Chris Wilcox	OKC	4
26	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	3
27	Lamar Odom	LAL	4
28	Michael Beasley	MIA	4
29	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4
30	Jason Thompson	SAC	4
31	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
32	Brandan Wright *	GSW	4	Day-to-day (wrist)
33	Yi Jianlian	NJ	3
34	Craig Smith	MIN	3
35	Drew Gooden *	CHI	3	Day-to-day (ankle)

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Marcus Camby	LAC	4	19 straight games with 10 or more rebounds. Averaging 16.5 points, 19.0 rebounds and 2.8 blocks over last five games.
2	Yao Ming	HOU	4
3	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
4	Pau Gasol	LAL	4
5	Andris Biedrins	GSW	4
6	Troy Murphy	IND	4	Averaging 11.8 points, 14.6 rebounds and 1.4 threes over last five games.
7	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	4
8	Al Jefferson	MIN	3
9	Amar'e Stoudemire	PHO	3
10	Andrew Bynum	LAL	4
11	Brad Miller	SAC	4
12	Mehmet Okur	UTA	3
13	Brook Lopez	NJ	3
14	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	3
15	Marc Gasol	MEM	3	Should continue to produce with Milicic (hand) out 4-6 weeks. Averaging 14.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over last five games.
16	Tyson Chandler	NO	3
17	Andrew Bogut *	MIL	4	Day-to-day (back)
18	Erick Dampier	DAL	4	Averaging 5.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks over last five games.
19	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
20	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	2
21	Anderson Varejao	CLE	2	Moves to starting lineup with Ilgauskas (ankle) out for a month. Averaging 16.8 points and 8.5 rebounds as a starter.
22	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	4
23	Roy Hibbert	IND	4
24	Joel Anthony	MIA	4
25	Marreese Speights	PHI	4
26	Jeff Foster	IND	4
27	Joakim Noah	CHI	3
28	Kevin Love	MIN	3
29	Aaron Gray	CHI	3
30	Matt Bonner	SAS	3
31	Joel Przybilla	POR	2
32	Greg Oden	POR	2
33	Dan Gadzuric	MIL	4	Decent short-term play only if Bogut (back) can't go.
34	Spencer Hawes *	SAC	4	Day-to-day (abdominal strain)
35	Nick Collison *	OKC	4	Day-to-day (thumb)

Article first appeared on 1/4/09