This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 24
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: | LAL, MEM, NO, NYK, OKC, ORL, PHI, POR, SAC, SAS, TOR | ||||
| Three Games: | ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, MIA, MIN, NJ, PHO, UTA | ||||
| Two Games: | DEN, MIL, WAS | ||||
| One Game: | NONE | ||||
| = new to Value Meter | |||||
| Point Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Chris Paul | NO | 4 | Scored 30 or more points in last two games. Averaging 27.2 points, 11.4 assists and 3.0 steals over last five games. |
| 2 | Tony Parker | SAS | 4 | |
| 3 | Andre Miller | PHI | 4 | |
| 4 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 4 | |
| 5 | Mike Conley, Jr. | MEM | 4 | Averaging 17.8 points, 5.8 assists. 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 threes made over last five games. |
| 6 | Steve Nash | PHO | 3 | Averaging 24.0 points, 10.2 assists and 3.0 threes made over last five games. |
| 7 | Jamal Crawford | GSW | 3 | Averaging 27.5 points, 5.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 3.0 threes made over last four games. |
| 8 | Deron Williams | UTA | 3 | |
| 9 | Devin Harris | NJ | 3 | |
| 10 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 4 | |
| 11 | Russell Westbrook | OKC | 4 | |
| 12 | Jason Kidd | DAL | 3 | |
| 13 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 3 | |
| 14 | Baron Davis | LAC | 3 | |
| 15 | Derrick Rose | CHI | 3 | |
| 16 | Mike Bibby | ATL | 3 | |
| 17 | Maurice Williams | CLE | 3 | |
| 18 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 3 | |
| 19 | Rafer Alston | ORL | 4 | |
| 20 | Beno Udrih | SAC | 4 | |
| 21 | Steve Blake | POR | 4 | |
| 22 | Chris Duhon | NYK | 4 | |
| 23 | Rodney Stuckey | DET | 3 | |
| 24 | Mario Chalmers | MIA | 3 | |
| 25 | Jarrett Jack | IND | 3 | |
| 26 | T.J. Ford | IND | 3 | |
| 27 | Chauncey Billups | DEN | 2 | |
| 28 | Ramon Sessions | MIL | 2 | Averaging 14.6 points, 10.6 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals over last five games. |
| 29 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 4 | |
| 30 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 3 | |
| 31 | Aaron Brooks | HOU | 3 | |
| 32 | D.J. Augustin | CHA | 3 | |
| 33 | Mike Taylor | LAC | 3 | |
| 34 | Will Bynum | DET | 3 | |
| 35 | Randy Foye * | MIN | 3 | Day-to-day (hip) |
| Shooting Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 4 | |
| 2 | Brandon Roy | POR | 4 | |
| 3 | Dwyane Wade | MIA | 3 | |
| 4 | Kevin Martin * | SAC | 4 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
| 5 | O.J. Mayo | MEM | 4 | |
| 6 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 4 | Averaging 16.6 points and 2.6 threes over last three games. |
| 7 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 3 | |
| 8 | Ray Allen | BOS | 3 | |
| 9 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 3 | |
| 10 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 3 | |
| 11 | Jason Terry | DAL | 3 | |
| 12 | Jason Richardson | PHO | 3 | |
| 13 | Vince Carter * | NJ | 3 | Day-to-day (Achilles) |
| 14 | Anthony Morrow | GSW | 3 | Averaging 19.2 points and 3.0 threes made over last five games. |
| 15 | Rasual Butler | NO | 4 | |
| 16 | Louis Williams | PHI | 4 | |
| 17 | Peja Stojakovic * | NO | 4 | |
| 18 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 4 | |
| 19 | Michael Finley | SAS | 4 | |
| 20 | Courtney Lee | ORL | 4 | |
| 21 | Rudy Fernandez | POR | 4 | |
| 22 | Eric Gordon | LAC | 3 | |
| 23 | Brandon Rush | IND | 3 | |
| 24 | Mickael Pietrus | ORL | 4 | |
| 25 | Roger Mason | SAS | 4 | |
| 26 | Rashad McCants | SAC | 4 | Scored in double figures in four straight games. Averaging 14.0 points and 1.5 threes made during this stretch. |
| 27 | J.R. Smith | DEN | 2 | Averaging 31.0 points and 7.5 threes made over last two games. |
| 28 | Thabo Sefolosha | OKC | 4 | |
| 29 | Willie Green | PHI | 4 | |
| 30 | Delonte West | CLE | 3 | |
| 31 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 3 | |
| 32 | Antoine Wright | DAL | 3 | |
| 33 | Jason Kapono | TOR | 4 | |
| 34 | Daequan Cook | MIA | 3 | |
| 35 | Monta Ellis * | GSW | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
| Small Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Kevin Durant | OKC | 4 | |
| 2 | LeBron James | CLE | 3 | |
| 3 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 4 | Averaging 24.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals over last five games. |
| 4 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 4 | Scored 20+ points in four of last five games. Averaging 21.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks during this stretch. |
| 5 | Danny Granger | IND | 3 | Scored 30 or more points in four straight games. |
| 6 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 4 | |
| 7 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 4 | |
| 8 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 3 | |
| 9 | Josh Smith | ATL | 3 | |
| 10 | Gerald Wallace | CHA | 3 | |
| 11 | Francisco Garcia | SAC | 4 | Averaging 19.2 points, 2.8 threes, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks over last five games. |
| 12 | Mike Miller | MIN | 3 | Averaging 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists over last three games. |
| 13 | Ron Artest | HOU | 3 | |
| 14 | John Salmons * | CHI | 3 | Day-to-day (groin) |
| 15 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 3 | |
| 16 | Andres Nocioni | SAC | 4 | |
| 17 | Wilson Chandler | NYK | 4 | |
| 18 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 2 | |
| 19 | Richard Jefferson | MIL | 2 | Scored 24 or more points in four of last five games. Averaging 26.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.4 threes over last five games. |
| 20 | Caron Butler | WAS | 2 | |
| 21 | Trevor Ariza | LAL | 4 | |
| 22 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 3 | |
| 23 | Kelenna Azubuike | GSW | 3 | |
| 24 | Grant Hill | PHO | 3 | |
| 25 | Ronnie Brewer | UTA | 3 | |
| 26 | Matt Barnes | PHO | 3 | |
| 27 | Rodney Carney | MIN | 3 | |
| 28 | Andrei Kirilenko | UTA | 3 | |
| 29 | Quentin Richardson | NYK | 4 | |
| 30 | Julian Wright | NO | 4 | |
| 31 | Kyle Korver | UTA | 3 | |
| 32 | Shane Battier | HOU | 3 | |
| 33 | Jamario Moon | MIA | 3 | |
| 34 | Steve Novak | LAC | 3 | |
| 35 | Josh Howard * | DAL | 3 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
| Power Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | David West | NO | 4 | Averaging 28.4 points and 9.8 rebounds over last five games. |
| 2 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 4 | |
| 3 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 4 | |
| 4 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 3 | |
| 5 | David Lee | NYK | 4 | |
| 6 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 4 | |
| 7 | Al Harrington | NYK | 4 | |
| 8 | Jeff Green | OKC | 4 | |
| 9 | Shawn Marion | TOR | 4 | |
| 10 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 4 | |
| 11 | Jason Thompson | SAC | 4 | Averaging 16.6 points and 8.6 rebounds in 32.4 minutes over last five games. |
| 12 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 3 | |
| 13 | Boris Diaw | CHA | 3 | |
| 14 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 3 | |
| 15 | Anthony Randolph | GSW | 3 | Averaging 13.0 points, 11.4 rebounds, 1.6 blocks and 1.2 steals over last five games. |
| 16 | Zach Randolph | LAC | 3 | |
| 17 | Luis Scola | HOU | 3 | |
| 18 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 4 | |
| 19 | Hakim Warrick | MEM | 4 | |
| 20 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 2 | |
| 21 | Tyrus Thomas | CHI | 3 | |
| 22 | Kevin Love | MIN | 3 | |
| 23 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 3 | |
| 24 | Glen Davis | BOS | 3 | |
| 25 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 3 | |
| 26 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 2 | |
| 27 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 3 | Only averaging 8.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 26.5 minutes in last two games played. |
| 28 | Michael Beasley | MIA | 3 | |
| 29 | Jared Jeffries | NYK | 4 | Averaging 7.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.0 blocks in 31.2 minutes over last five games.. |
| 30 | Darrell Arthur | MEM | 4 | |
| 31 | Ryan Anderson | NJ | 3 | |
| 32 | Brandon Bass | DAL | 3 | |
| 33 | Chris Wilcox | NYK | 4 | |
| 34 | Drew Gooden | SAS | 4 | |
| 35 | Thaddeus Young * | PHI | 4 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
| Centers | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 4 | Averaging 22.2 points, 13.8 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 1.4 steals over last five games. |
| 2 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 4 | Averaging 26.4 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over last five games. |
| 3 | Pau Gasol | LAL | 4 | |
| 4 | Yao Ming | HOU | 3 | |
| 5 | Troy Murphy | IND | 3 | |
| 6 | Spencer Hawes | SAC | 4 | |
| 7 | Marc Gasol | MEM | 4 | |
| 8 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 3 | |
| 9 | Brook Lopez | NJ | 3 | |
| 10 | Shaquille O'Neal | PHO | 3 | |
| 11 | Jermaine O'Neal | MIA | 3 | |
| 12 | Al Horford | ATL | 3 | |
| 13 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | CLE | 3 | |
| 14 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 3 | |
| 15 | Ronny Turiaf | GSW | 3 | |
| 16 | Brad Miller | CHI | 3 | |
| 17 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 4 | |
| 18 | Nick Collison | OKC | 4 | |
| 19 | Nenad Krstic | OKC | 4 | |
| 20 | Chris Kaman * | LAC | 3 | Day-to-day (flu) |
| 21 | Greg Oden | POR | 4 | |
| 22 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 4 | |
| 23 | Matt Bonner | SAS | 4 | |
| 24 | Marreese Speights | PHI | 4 | |
| 25 | Nene | DEN | 2 | |
| 26 | Hilton Armstrong | NO | 4 | |
| 27 | Kurt Thomas | SAS | 4 | |
| 28 | Erick Dampier | DAL | 3 | |
| 29 | Chris Anderson | DEN | 2 | Averaging 8.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.2 blocks over last five games. |
| 30 | Joakim Noah | CHI | 3 | |
| 31 | Jeff Foster | IND | 3 | |
| 32 | Kwame Brown | DET | 3 | Continues to start even with Wallace back. Averaging 6.8 points and 7.0 rebounds over last five games. |
| 33 | Anderson Varejao* | CLE | 3 | Day-to-day (wrist) |
| 34 | Brendan Haywood * | WAS | 2 | Averaging 14.0 points and 11.0 rebounds over last two games. |
| 35 | Andrew Bynum * | LAL | 4 | Could return to action this week (knee). |
