NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 19

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Updated on March 22, 2011 8:11PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 19

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Devin Harris	NJ	4	Day-to-day (flu). Averaging 27.0 points, 7.0 assists, 2.2 threes and 1.6 steals over last five games.
2	Tony Parker	SAS	4	Averaging 29.0 points and 9.0 assists over last three games but scoring could decrease this week with Duncan (knee) due back.
3	Chauncey Billups	DEN	4
4	Chris Paul	NO	3
5	Russell Westbrook	OKC	4	Will have to do more with Durant (ankle) out. Averaging 24.4 points, 6.6 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals over last five games.
6	Steve Nash *	PHO	4	Day-to-day (ankle)
7	Mike Bibby	ATL	4
8	Jason Kidd	DAL	4
9	Deron Williams	UTA	3
10	Nate Robinson	NYK	3
11	Maurice Williams	CLE	4	Production could decrease a bit with West back.
12	Andre Miller	PHI	3
13	Rajon Rondo	BOS	3
14	Baron Davis	LAC	3
15	Randy Foye	MIN	3
16	Jose Calderon	TOR	3
17	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	4
18	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4
19	Raymond Felton	CHA	3
20	Aaron Brooks	HOU	4
21	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4	Ridnour's return has resulted in decreased minutes and production. Averaging 14.0 points and 5.6 assists in 30.0 minutes over last five games.
22	Jarrett Jack	IND	3	Quietly averaging 20.2 points, 4.4 assists. 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals over last five games.
23	Derrick Rose	CHI	3
24	Chris Duhon	NYK	3
25	Rafer Alston	ORL	3
26	T.J. Ford	IND	3
27	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4
28	Luke Ridnour	MIL	4
29	Rodney Stuckey	DET	3	Production could increase with Iverson (back) out.
30	Allen Iverson *	DET	3	Day-to-day (back)
31	Steve Blake	POR	3
32	Sebastian Telfair	MIN	3
33	Kirk Hinrich	CHI	3
34	C.J. Watson	GSW	4	Could see bump in minutes as Warriors begin playing their young guys.
35	D.J. Augustin	CHA	3

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4
3	Joe Johnson	ATL	4
4	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	4	Averaging 21.0 points, 4.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 steals over last five games.
5	O.J. Mayo	MEM	4
6	Jason Richardson	PHO	4
7	Brandon Roy	POR	3
8	Ray Allen	BOS	3	Averaging 23.2 points and 4.0 threes over last five games.
9	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2
10	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
11	Ben Gordon	CHI	3
12	Peja Stojakovic	NO	3
13	Delonte West	CLE	4
14	Charlie Bell	MIL	4	Averaging 16.0 points and 3.0 threes made over last five games.
15	Thabo Sefolosha	OKC	4	Should see plenty of minutes with Durant (ankle) out. Averaging 13.5 points and 8.5 rebounds over last two games.
16	Marquis Daniels	IND	3
17	Kevin Martin	SAC	2	Averaging 22.0 points, 3.5 threes made and 3.0 steals over last two games.
18	Larry Hughes	NYK	3
19	Rasual Butler	NO	3
20	Raja Bell	CHA	3
21	Michael Finley	SAS	4	Averaging 13.4 points and 2.6 threes made over last five games.
22	J.R. Smith	DEN	4
23	Roger Mason	SAS	4
24	Louis Williams	PHI	3
25	Anthony Parker	TOR	3
26	Eric Gordon *	LAC	3	Day-to-day (shoulder)
27	Rudy Fernandez	POR	3
28	Antoine Wright	DAL	4
29	Linas Kleiza	DEN	4
30	Daequan Cook	MIA	4
31	Von Wafer	HOU	4
32	Daniel Gibson	CLE	4
33	Marco Belinelli	GSW	4
34	CJ Miles	UTA	3
35	Courtney Lee	ORL	3

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Ron Artest	HOU	4	Averaging 22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.4 threes and 2.4 steals over last five games.
3	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
4	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4
5	Caron Butler	WAS	4
6	Josh Smith	ATL	4
7	Josh Howard	DAL	4
8	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
9	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
10	Andre Iguodala	PHI	3
11	Paul Pierce	BOS	3
12	Gerald Wallace	CHA	3
13	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	3
14	Ryan Gomes	MIN	3
15	Mike Miller	MIN	3
16	Rashard Lewis	ORL	3
17	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	3	Averaging 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 steals over last five games.
18	John Salmons	CHI	3	Should be in line for increased minutes and production with Deng (stress fracture) out.
19	Marvin Williams	ATL	4
20	Corey Maggette	GSW	4	In jeopardy of missing a game this week as Warriors start to play their young guys.
21	Matt Barnes	PHO	4
22	Kelenna Azubuike	GSW	4
23	Grant Hill	PHO	4
24	Al Thornton	LAC	3
25	Shane Battier	HOU	4
26	Dominic McGuire	WAS	4
27	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	3
28	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
29	Jamario Moon	MIA	4
30	Bobby Simmons	NJ	4
31	Wally Szczerbiak	CLE	4
32	Wilson Chandler	NYK	3	Move to bench has hurt production. Only averaging 5.0 points in 22.0 minutes over last two games.
33	James Posey	NO	3
34	Francisco Garcia	SAC	2
35	Kevin Durant *	OKC	4	Doubtful to play this week (ankle)

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	4
2	Antawn Jamison	WAS	4
3	Tim Duncan *	SAS	4	Day-to-day (knee)
4	Jeff Green	OKC	4	Becomes number one scoring option with Durant (ankle) out.
5	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4
6	David West	NO	3
7	Chris Bosh	TOR	3
8	Emeka Okafor	CHA	3
9	Boris Diaw	CHA	3	Flashing all around game recently. Averaging 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 blocks over last five games.
10	David Lee	NYK	3
11	Zach Randolph	LAC	3
12	Luis Scola	HOU	4	Double-doubles in four of last five games. Averaging 14.4 points, 11.4 rebounds and 1.4 steals during this stretch.
13	Shawn Marion	TOR	3	Averaging 15.4 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals in five games with the Raptors.
14	Al Harrington	NYK	3
15	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	3
16	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
17	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4
18	Tyrus Thomas	CHI	3
19	Antonio McDyess	DET	3
20	Kevin Love	MIN	3
21	Paul Millsap	UTA	3
22	Michael Beasley	MIA	4
23	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
24	Thaddeus Young	PHI	3
25	Lamar Odom	LAL	2
25	Yi Jianlian	NJ	4
26	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
27	Brandon Bass	DAL	4
28	Travis Outlaw	POR	3
29	Vladimir Radmonovic	CHA	3
30	Carlos Boozer	UTA	3	Only averaging 6.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in 20.3 minutes since returning from injury.
31	Anthony Randolph	GSW	4
32	Hakim Warrick	MEM	4
33	Darrell Arthur	MEM	4
34	Craig Smith	MIN	3
35	Glen Davis	BOS	3

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Yao Ming	HOU	4
2	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	4	Averaging 23.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks on 67% shooting from the field and 69% shooting from the line over last five games.
3	Dwight Howard	ORL	3
4	Al Horford	ATL	4
5	Brook Lopez	NJ	4
6	Troy Murphy	IND	3
7	Mehmet Okur	UTA	3
8	Marcus Camby	LAC	3
9	Jermaine O'Neal	MIA	4
10	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	4
11	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	3
12	Nene	DEN	4
13	Chris Anderson	DEN	4	Averaging 7.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.2 blocks over last five games.
14	Marc Gasol	MEM	4
15	Anderson Varejao	CLE	4	Should see bump in minutes and production Wallace (broken leg) out.
16	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	3
17	Andris Biedrins *	GSW	4	Will miss Friday's game (coaches decision).
18	Tyson Chandler	NO	3
19	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	3
20	Joel Przybilla	POR	3
21	Pau Gasol	LAL	2
22	Matt Bonner	SAS	4
23	Erick Dampier	DAL	4
24	Nenad Krstic	OKC	4
25	Nick Collison	OKC	4
26	Brad Miller	CHI	3
27	Joakim Noah	CHI	3
28	Andray Blatche	WAS	4
29	JaVale McGee	WAS	4
30	Francisco Elson	MIL	4
31	Ronny Turiaf	GSW	4
32	Zaza Pachulia	ATL	4
33	Jeff Foster	IND	3
34	Spencer Hawes	SAC	2
35	Greg Oden *	POR	3	Day-to-day (knee)

Article first appeared on 3/1/09