This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 22
| Five Games: | NONE | ||||
| Four Games: | ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, DET, GSW, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, NJ, NO, NYK, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, SAS, SEA, WAS | ||||
| Three Games: | CLE, DAL, DEN, HOU, IND, MIN, TOR, UTA | ||||
| Two Games: | ORL | ||||
| One Game: | NONE | ||||
| = new to Value Meter |
| Point Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Chris Paul | NO | 4 | |
| 2 | Baron Davis | GSW | 4 | |
| 3 | Steve Nash | PHO | 4 | |
| 4 | Chauncey Billups | DET | 4 | |
| 5 | Andre Miller | PHI | 4 | |
| 6 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 4 | |
| 7 | Tony Parker | SAS | 4 | |
| 8 | Maurice Williams | MIL | 4 | |
| 9 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 4 | |
| 10 | Mike Bibby | ATL | 4 | |
| 11 | Devin Harris | NJ | 4 | |
| 12 | Deron Williams | UTA | 3 | |
| 13 | Allen Iverson | DEN | 3 | |
| 14 | Jason Kidd | DAL | 3 | Points (8.5), assists (9.6) and rebounds (6.3) all down since being traded to Dallas. |
| 15 | Jason Williams | MIA | 4 | Averaging 17.8 points and 7.8 assists over last five games. |
| 16 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 4 | |
| 17 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 4 | |
| 18 | Rafer Alston | HOU | 3 | |
| 19 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 3 | |
| 20 | Randy Foye | MIN | 3 | |
| 21 | Steve Blake | POR | 4 | |
| 22 | Antonio Daniels | WAS | 4 | |
| 23 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 4 | |
| 24 | Louis Williams | PHI | 4 | |
| 25 | T.J. Ford | TOR | 3 | |
| 26 | Anthony Carter | DEN | 3 | |
| 27 | Ronald Murray | IND | 3 | Averaging 15.8 points, 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals over last five games. |
| 28 | Luke Ridnour | SEA | 4 | Good short-term play if Watson (finger, calf) misses some time. |
| 29 | Beno Udrih * | SAC | 4 | Day-to-day (back) |
| 30 | Earl Watson * | SEA | 4 | Day-to-day (calf, finger) |
| Shooting Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 4 | |
| 2 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 4 | Averaging 26.4 points, 6.5 assists and 4.7 rebounds in March. |
| 3 | Brandon Roy | POR | 4 | |
| 4 | Vince Carter | NJ | 4 | Averaging 32.6 points over last three games. |
| 5 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 4 | |
| 6 | Jason Richardson | CHA | 4 | |
| 7 | Jamal Crawford | NYK | 4 | |
| 8 | Kevin Martin | SAC | 4 | |
| 9 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 4 | |
| 10 | Michael Redd | MIL | 4 | Points (23.3) and field goal percentage (44.7%) both down from last year. |
| 11 | Ray Allen | BOS | 4 | |
| 12 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 4 | |
| 13 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 4 | |
| 14 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 4 | |
| 15 | Tracy McGrady | HOU | 3 | |
| 16 | Ricky Davis | MIA | 4 | |
| 17 | Larry Hughes | CHI | 4 | |
| 18 | Grant Hill | PHO | 4 | |
| 19 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 3 | Averaging 22.8 points, 4.8 assists and 4.4 rebounds over last five games. |
| 20 | Josh Childress | ATL | 4 | |
| 21 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 4 | |
| 22 | Cuttino Mobley | LAC | 4 | |
| 23 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 4 | |
| 24 | Juan Carlos Navarro | MEM | 4 | |
| 25 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 3 | |
| 26 | Jason Terry | DAL | 3 | |
| 27 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 3 | |
| 28 | Daequan Cook | MIA | 4 | |
| 29 | Raja Bell * | PHO | 4 | Day-to-day (ankle) |
| 30 | Nate Robinson * | NYK | 4 | Day-to-day (knee) |
| Small Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Josh Smith | ATL | 4 | |
| 2 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 4 | |
| 3 | Mike Miller | MEM | 4 | |
| 4 | Corey Maggette | LAC | 4 | |
| 5 | Richard Jefferson | NJ | 4 | |
| 6 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 4 | |
| 7 | Gerald Wallace | CHA | 4 | |
| 8 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 4 | |
| 9 | LeBron James | CLE | 3 | |
| 10 | Luol Deng | CHI | 4 | |
| 11 | Caron Butler | WAS | 4 | |
| 12 | Kevin Durant | SEA | 4 | |
| 13 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 3 | |
| 14 | Danny Granger | IND | 3 | |
| 15 | Josh Howard | DAL | 3 | |
| 16 | Ron Artest * | SAC | 4 | Day-to-day (elbow) |
| 17 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 4 | |
| 18 | Al Thornton | LAC | 4 | |
| 19 | Mickael Pietrus | GSW | 4 | |
| 20 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 3 | |
| 21 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 4 | |
| 22 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 2 | |
| 23 | Andrei Kirilenko | UTA | 3 | |
| 24 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 2 | |
| 25 | Shane Battier | HOU | 3 | |
| 26 | Jamario Moon | TOR | 3 | |
| 27 | Ronnie Brewer | UTA | 3 | |
| 28 | Tim Thomas * | LAC | 4 | Day-to-day (stomach virus) |
| 29 | Desmond Mason | MIL | 4 | |
| 30 | John Salmons | SAC | 4 |
| Power Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 4 | |
| 2 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 4 | |
| 3 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 4 | |
| 4 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 4 | |
| 5 | David West | NO | 4 | |
| 6 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 4 | |
| 7 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 3 | |
| 8 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 3 | |
| 9 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 3 | |
| 10 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 4 | Only averaging 9.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 28.0 minutes over last five games. |
| 11 | Drew Gooden | CHI | 4 | |
| 12 | David Lee | NYK | 4 | |
| 13 | Al Horford | ATL | 4 | |
| 14 | Ronny Turiaf | LAL | 4 | Averaging 9.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists over last five games. |
| 15 | Darko Milicic | MEM | 4 | |
| 16 | Al Harrington | GSW | 4 | |
| 17 | Hakim Warrick | MEM | 4 | |
| 18 | Shawn Marion * | MIA | 4 | Day-to-day (back) |
| 19 | Charlie Villanueva | MIL | 4 | Minutes could decrease with Yi back. |
| 20 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 4 | |
| 21 | Jeff Green | SEA | 4 | |
| 22 | Mikki Moore | SAC | 4 | |
| 23 | Kenyon Martin | DEN | 3 | |
| 24 | Zach Randolph * | NYK | 4 | Healthy scratch for last two games. Status for this week is unclear. |
| 25 | Vladimir Radmonovic | LAL | 4 | Averaging 13.0 points and 6.0 rebounds on 58.5% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 26 | Boris Diaw | PHO | 4 | |
| 27 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 4 | |
| 28 | Reggie Evans | PHI | 4 | |
| 29 | Luis Scola | HOU | 3 | |
| 30 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 3 |
| Centers | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 4 | |
| 2 | Tyson Chandler | NO | 4 | |
| 3 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 4 | |
| 4 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 4 | |
| 5 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 4 | |
| 6 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 3 | |
| 7 | Marcus Camby | DEN | 3 | |
| 8 | Shaquille O'Neal | PHO | 4 | |
| 9 | Brendan Haywood | WAS | 4 | |
| 10 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 4 | |
| 11 | Joakim Noah | CHI | 4 | |
| 12 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 4 | |
| 13 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 3 | |
| 14 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 4 | |
| 15 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | CLE | 3 | |
| 16 | Brad Miller * | SAC | 4 | Day-to-day (elbow) |
| 17 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 2 | Only averaging 9.0 points per game on 6.0 shot attempts per game over last three. |
| 18 | Troy Murphy | IND | 3 | Averaging 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds on 50.8% shooting from the field over last five games. |
| 19 | Nick Collison \ | SEA | 4 | |
| 20 | Josh Boone | NJ | 4 | |
| 21 | Mark Blount | MIA | 4 | |
| 22 | Johan Petro | SEA | 4 | |
| 23 | Nazr Mohammed | CHA | 4 | |
| 24 | Kurt Thomas | SAS | 4 | |
| 25 | Erick Dampier | DAL | 3 | |
| 26 | Rasho Nesterovic | TOR | 3 | |
| 27 | Dikembe Mutumbo | HOU | 3 | |
| 28 | Jeff Foster | IND | 3 | |
| 29 | Ben Wallace * | CLE | 3 | Day-to-day (back) |
| 30 | Pau Gasol * | LAL | 4 | Could make return later this week (ankle) |
