This article is part of our NBA Weekly Player Rankings series.
THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer
NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 15
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, BOS, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, LAC, LAL, MIA, NJ, NYK, PHI, PHO, POR, SAS, UTA, WAS | ||||||
| Three Games: | CHA, DET, HOU, IND, MEM, MIL, MIN, NO, ORL, SAC, SEA, TOR | ||||||
| Two Games: | GSW | ||||||
| One Game: | NONE | ||||||
| = new to Value Meter | |||||||
| Point Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Allen Iverson | DEN | 4 | |
| 2 | Steve Nash | PHO | 4 | |
| 3 | Deron Williams | UTA | 4 | |
| 4 | Jason Kidd | NJ | 4 | |
| 5 | Kirk Hinrich | CHI | 4 | |
| 6 | Andre Miller | PHI | 4 | |
| 7 | Chris Paul | NO | 3 | |
| 8 | Chauncey Billups | DET | 3 | |
| 9 | Jose Calderon | TOR | 3 | |
| 10 | Maurice Williams | MIL | 3 | Fighting through painful finger injury |
| 11 | Anthony Carter | DEN | 4 | |
| 12 | Nate Robinson | NYK | 4 | |
| 13 | Sam Cassell | LAC | 4 | |
| 14 | Rajon Rondo | BOS | 4 | |
| 15 | Jason Williams | MIA | 4 | |
| 16 | Rafer Alston | HOU | 3 | |
| 17 | Raymond Felton | CHA | 3 | Playing through sore ankle |
| 18 | Mike Bibby | SAC | 3 | |
| 19 | Antonio Daniels | WAS | 4 | |
| 20 | Anthony Johnson | ATL | 4 | |
| 21 | Steve Blake | POR | 4 | |
| 22 | Derek Fisher | LAL | 4 | |
| 23 | Kyle Lowry | MEM | 3 | |
| 24 | Jamaal Tinsley | IND | 3 | Back in action but has been coming off bench |
| 25 | Baron Davis | GSW | 2 | |
| 26 | Jordan Farmar | LAL | 4 | |
| 27 | Jarrett Jack | POR | 4 | |
| 28 | Jacque Vaughn | SAS | 4 | Damon Stoudamire will cut into minutes |
| 29 | Monta Ellis | GSW | 2 | |
| 30 | Sebastian Telfair | MIN | 3 | Randy Foye is back |
| Shooting Guards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | |
| 1 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | 4 | |
| 2 | Dwyane Wade | MIA | 4 | Seems to be over the flu |
| 3 | Joe Johnson | ATL | 4 | |
| 4 | Brandon Roy | POR | 4 | |
| 5 | Jamal Crawford | NYK | 4 | |
| 6 | Vince Carter | NJ | 4 | |
| 7 | Manu Ginobili | SAS | 4 | |
| 8 | Ray Allen | BOS | 4 | |
| 9 | Rudy Gay | MEM | 3 | Should be even better with Pau Gasol traded |
| 10 | Jason Richardson | CHA | 3 | |
| 11 | Kevin Martin | SAC | 3 | |
| 12 | Tracy McGrady | HOU | 3 | Recovered from the flu |
| 13 | Jason Terry | DAL | 4 | Should take on bigger scoring role with Devin Harris out |
| 14 | Grant Hill | PHO | 4 | |
| 15 | Leandro Barbosa | PHO | 4 | |
| 16 | Ben Gordon | CHI | 4 | Dealing with wrist injury but returned to action Saturday |
| 17 | DeShawn Stevenson | WAS | 4 | |
| 18 | Michael Redd | MIL | 3 | Day-to-day (knee) |
| 19 | Cuttino Mobley | LAC | 4 | |
| 20 | Raja Bell | PHO | 4 | |
| 21 | Josh Childress | ATL | 4 | |
| 22 | Ricky Davis | MIA | 4 | |
| 23 | Richard Hamilton | DET | 3 | |
| 24 | Peja Stojakovic | NO | 3 | |
| 25 | Anthony Parker | TOR | 3 | |
| 26 | Mike Dunleavy | IND | 3 | |
| 27 | Larry Hughes | CLE | 4 | |
| 28 | Linas Kleiza | DEN | 4 | |
| 29 | Daniel Gibson | CLE | 4 | |
| 30 | Rashad McCants | MIN | 3 | |
| Small Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | LeBron James | CLE | 4 | Ankle injury not a problem |
| 2 | Josh Smith | ATL | 4 | |
| 3 | Paul Pierce | BOS | 4 | |
| 4 | Andre Iguodala | PHI | 4 | |
| 5 | Josh Howard | DAL | 4 | |
| 6 | Richard Jefferson | NJ | 4 | |
| 7 | Caron Butler | WAS | 4 | Day-to-day (hip) |
| 8 | Carmelo Anthony | DEN | 4 | Recovered from sprained ankle |
| 9 | Corey Maggette | LAC | 4 | Day-to-day (flu) |
| 10 | Andrei Kirilenko | UTA | 4 | |
| 11 | Ron Artest | SAC | 3 | |
| 12 | Hedo Turkoglu | ORL | 3 | |
| 13 | Andres Nocioni | CHI | 4 | |
| 14 | Marvin Williams | ATL | 4 | |
| 15 | Mike Miller | MEM | 3 | |
| 16 | Danny Granger | IND | 3 | |
| 17 | Rashard Lewis | ORL | 3 | |
| 18 | Tim Thomas | LAC | 4 | |
| 19 | Kevin Durant | SEA | 3 | |
| 20 | Ryan Gomes | MIN | 3 | |
| 21 | Thabo Sefolosha | CHI | 4 | |
| 22 | Al Thornton | LAC | 4 | |
| 23 | Dorell Wright | MIA | 4 | |
| 24 | Quentin Richardson | NYK | 4 | |
| 25 | Tayshaun Prince | DET | 3 | |
| 26 | Stephen Jackson | GSW | 2 | |
| 27 | Shane Battier | HOU | 3 | |
| 28 | Ronnie Brewer | UTA | 4 | |
| 29 | Marko Jaric | MIN | 3 | |
| 30 | Luke Walton | LAL | 4 | Day-to-day (hip) |
| Power Forwards | ||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment |
| 1 | Dirk Nowitzki | DAL | 4 | |
| 2 | Tim Duncan | SAS | 4 | |
| 3 | Shawn Marion | PHO | 4 | |
| 4 | Carlos Boozer | UTA | 4 | |
| 5 | Antawn Jamison | WAS | 4 | |
| 6 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | 4 | Day-to-day (abdominal strain) |
| 7 | Lamar Odom | LAL | 4 | |
| 8 | Zach Randolph | NYK | 4 | |
| 9 | Chris Bosh | TOR | 3 | |
| 10 | David West | NO | 3 | |
| 11 | Kenyon Martin | DEN | 4 | |
| 12 | Emeka Okafor | CHA | 3 | |
| 13 | Rasheed Wallace | DET | 3 | |
| 14 | Al Horford | ATL | 4 | |
| 15 | Boris Diaw | PHO | 4 | |
| 16 | Drew Gooden | CLE | 4 | |
| 17 | David Lee | NYK | 4 | |
| 18 | Travis Outlaw | POR | 4 | |
| 19 | Reggie Evans | PHI | 4 | |
| 20 | Chris Wilcox | SEA | 3 | |
| 21 | Antonio McDyess | DET | 3 | |
| 22 | Joe Smith | CHI | 4 | |
| 23 | Darko Milicic | MEM | 3 | |
| 24 | Joakim Noah | CHI | 4 | |
| 25 | Andray Blatche | WAS | 4 | |
| 26 | Paul Millsap | UTA | 4 | |
| 27 | Al Harrington | GSW | 2 | |
| 28 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | 3 | |
| 29 | Luis Scola | HOU | 3 | |
| 30 | Mikki Moore | SAC | 3 | |
| Centers | |||||
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Comment | |
| 1 | Amare Stoudemire | PHO | 4 | ||
| 2 | Marcus Camby | DEN | 4 | Day-to-day (knee) | |
| 3 | Chris Kaman | LAC | 4 | ||
| 4 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | 4 | ||
| 5 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas | CLE | 4 | ||
| 6 | Yao Ming | HOU | 3 | ||
| 7 | Al Jefferson | MIN | 3 | ||
| 8 | Dwight Howard | ORL | 3 | ||
| 9 | Brad Miller | SAC | 3 | ||
| 10 | Tyson Chandler | NO | 3 | ||
| 11 | Samuel Dalembert | PHI | 4 | ||
| 12 | Andrew Bogut | MIL | 3 | ||
| 13 | Pau Gasol | LAL | 4 | Expected to make Lakers debut Tuesday | |
| 14 | Mehmet Okur | UTA | 4 | ||
| 15 | Brendan Haywood | WAS | 4 | ||
| 16 | Josh Boone | NJ | 4 | ||
| 17 | Ben Wallace | CHI | 4 | ||
| 18 | Joel Przybilla | POR | 4 | ||
| 19 | Kendrick Perkins | BOS | 4 | ||
| 20 | Eddy Curry | NYK | 4 | Day-to-day (flu) | |
| 21 | Erick Dampier | DAL | 4 | ||
| 22 | Mark Blount | MIA | 4 | ||
| 23 | Sean Williams | NJ | 4 | ||
| 24 | Nick Collison | SEA | 3 | ||
| 25 | Troy Murphy | IND | 3 | ||
| 26 | Kurt Thomas | SEA | 3 | ||
| 27 | DeSagana Diop | DAL | 4 | ||
| 28 | Andris Biedrins | GSW | 2 | ||
| 29 | Kwame Brown | MEM | 3 | ||
| 30 | Jeff Foster | IND | 3 | ||
Article first appeared on 2/3/08
