NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 16

Written by

Updated on March 28, 2011 11:57AM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 16

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Chris Paul	NO	2
2	Allen Iverson	DEN	2
3	Steve Nash	PHO	2
4	Baron Davis	GSW	2
5	Jason Kidd	NJ	2
6	Chauncey Billups	DET	2
7	Maurice Williams	MIL	2
8	Jose Calderon	TOR	2
9	Andre Miller	PHI	2
10	Rajon Rondo	BOS	2	Averaging 18.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals on 59.7% shooting from the field over last five games.
11	Monta Ellis	GSW	2
12	Mike Bibby	SAC	2
13	Rafer Alston	HOU	2
14	Raymond Felton	CHA	2
15	Kirk Hinrich *	CHI	2	Day-to-day (ribs) but expected back on Tuesday.
16	Derek Fisher	LAL	2	Averaging 19.6 points and 3.3 three-pointers over last three games.
17	Jarrett Jack	POR	2	Should start in the backcourt with Blake until after the All-Star break. Averaging 14.6 points, 6.4 assists and 4.6 rebounds over last five games.
18	Jameer Nelson	ORL	2
19	Sam Cassell	LAC	2
20	Anthony Carter	DEN	2
21	Travis Diener	IND	2	Decent short-term play with Tinsley (knee) out until after All-Star break.
22	Steve Blake	POR	2
23	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	2
24	Deron Williams	UTA	1
25	Jannero Pargo	NO	2	Averaging 15.6 points on 46.7% shooting from the field over last five games.
26	Jason Williams	MIA	2
27	Anthony Johnson	ATL	2
28	Antonio Daniels *	WAS	2	Day-to-day (knee)
29	Roger Mason	WAS	2	Could short-term pickup if Daniels (knee) is out this week. Averaging 15.2 points in six starts this year.
30	Chris Duhon	CHI	2

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Kobe Bryant	LAL	2
2	Dwyane Wade	MIA	2
3	Brandon Roy	POR	2	Should be back this week (death in family). Averaging 22.8 points, 7.6 assists and 6.0 rebounds on 48.9% shooting over last five games.
4	Jason Richardson	CHA	2
5	Rudy Gay	MEM	2
6	Joe Johnson	ATL	2
7	Tracy McGrady	HOU	2
8	Vince Carter	NJ	2
9	Kevin Martin	SAC	2
10	Manu Ginobili	SAS	2	Averaging 7.0 assists over his last five games.
11	Michael Redd	MIL	2
12	Peja Stojakovic	NO	2	Averaging 3.9 threes made per game over last ten games.
13	Jason Terry	DAL	3
14	Ray Allen	BOS	2
15	Richard Hamilton	DET	2
16	Leandro Barbosa	PHO	2
17	Josh Childress	ATL	2
18	Grant Hill	PHO	2
19	Cuttino Mobley	LAC	2
20	Raja Bell	PHO	2
21	Mike Dunleavy *	IND	2	Day-to-day (bruised knee)
22	Anthony Parker	TOR	2
23	DeShawn Stevenson	WAS	2
24	Linas Kleiza	DEN	2
25	Rashad McCants	MIN	2
26	Martell Webster	POR	2
27	Ricky Davis	MIA	2
28	Juan Carlos Navarro	MEM	2	Starting, but only averaging 7.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists over last five games.
29	Jamal Crawford	NYK	1
30	Larry Hughes *	CLE	2	Day-to-day (toe)

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Josh Howard	DAL	3
2	LeBron James	CLE	2
3	Josh Smith	ATL	2
4	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	2
5	Paul Pierce	BOS	2
6	Gerald Wallace	CHA	2
7	Andre Iguodala	PHI	2
8	Hedo Turkoglu	ORL	2
9	Corey Maggette	LAC	2	Averaging 29.0 points over last three games.
10	Ron Artest	SAC	2
11	Mike Miller	MEM	2
12	Rashard Lewis	ORL	2
13	Stephen Jackson	GSW	2
14	Danny Granger	IND	2
15	Richard Jefferson	NJ	2
16	Marvin Williams	ATL	2
17	Andres Nocioni	CHI	2
18	Caron Butler *	WAS	2	Day-to-day (hip)
19	Ryan Gomes	MIN	2
20	Tayshaun Prince	DET	2
21	Shane Battier	HOU	2
22	Thabo Sefolosha	CHI	2	Averaging 13.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocks over last five games.
23	Dorell Wright	MIA	2
24	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	1
25	Charlie Bell	MIL	2
26	Marko Jaric	MIN	2
27	Al Thornton	LAC	2
28	Jamario Moon	TOR	2
29	Desmond Mason	MIL	2
30	Kevin Durant	SEA	1

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	3
2	Tim Duncan	SAS	2
3	Shawn Marion	MIA	2
4	Chris Bosh	TOR	2
5	David West	NO	2
6	Antawn Jamison	WAS	2
7	Emeka Okafor	CHA	2
8	Lamar Odom	LAL	2
9	Rasheed Wallace	DET	2
10	Kenyon Martin	DEN	2
11	Al Horford	ATL	2
12	Darko Milicic	MEM	2	Averaging 11.0 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocks over last five games.
13	Antonio McDyess	DET	2
14	Joe Smith	CHI	2
15	Andray Blatche	WAS	2	Great play if Butler (hip) is out. Averaging 15.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 1.5 steals as a starter this year.
16	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	2	Averaging 17.6 points and 4.6 rebounds on 47.6% shooting from the field over last five games.
17	Boris Diaw	PHO	2
18	Al Harrington	GSW	2
19	Travis Outlaw	POR	2
20	Brandon Bass	DAL	3
21	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	2	Started on Saturday even with Yi Jianlian (shoulder) back. Averaging 15.4 points and 9.4 rebounds over last five games.
22	Luis Scola	HOU	2
23	Carlos Boozer	UTA	1
24	Kevin Garnett *	BOS	2	Day-to-day (abdominal strain)
25	Mikki Moore	SAC	2
26	Thaddeus Young	PHI	2	Averaging 12.6 points and 6.0 rebounds in 31.6 minutes over last five games.
27	Zach Randolph	NYK	1
28	Yi Jianlian	MIL	2
29	Jason Maxiell	DET	2
30	Chris Wilcox	SEA	1	Averaging 17.3 points and 10.3 rebounds over last five games.

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Al Jefferson	MIN	2	Averaging 25.7 points and 13.5 rebounds while shooting 53% from the field and 81% from the line over last ten games.
2	Amare Stoudemire	PHO	2
3	Yao Ming	HOU	2
4	Dwight Howard	ORL	2
5	Chris Kaman	LAC	2
6	Pau Gasol	LAL	2	Averaging 22.0 points and 9.3 rebounds in first three games as a Laker.
7	Marcus Camby	DEN	2
8	Brad Miller	SAC	2
9	Tyson Chandler *	NO	2	Day-to-day (flu)
10	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	2
11	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	2
12	Andrew Bogut	MIL	2
13	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	2
14	Nazr Mohammed	CHA	2	Back in starting lineup. Averaging 12.0 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks as a starter this year.
15	Andris Biedrins	GSW	2
16	Ben Wallace	CHI	2
17	Brendan Haywood	WAS	2
18	Josh Boone	NJ	2
19	DeSagana Diop	DAL	3	Decent play this week if Dampier (ankle) misses time.
20	Troy Murphy	IND	2
21	Mark Blount	MIA	2
22	Joel Przybilla	POR	2
23	Jeff Foster	IND	2
24	Erick Dampier *	DAL	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
25	Mehmet Okur	UTA	1
26	Sean Williams	NJ	2
27	Kendrick Perkins *	BOS	2	Day-to-day (shoulder)
28	Shaquille O'Neal *	PHO	2	Could make his return this week (hip).
29	Fabricio Oberto	SAS	2
30	Eddy Curry	NYK	1

Article first appeared on 2/10/08