NBA Weekly Player Rankings: NBA Value Meter-Week 5

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Updated on March 30, 2011 9:04PM EST

THE VALUE METER
By Eric Johnson
RotoWire Staff Writer

NBA VALUE METER - WEEK 5

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

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Devin Harris	NJ	4	Scored 30 or more point in three of last five games. Averaging 26.8 points, 7.4 assists, 2.2 steals and 9.8 free throws made during this stretch.
2	Chauncey Billups	DEN	4
3	Steve Nash	PHO	4
4	Chris Paul	NO	3
5	Jameer Nelson	ORL	4	Averaging 19.4 points, 4.6 assists and 4.4 rebounds on 59% shooting from the field over last five games.
6	Andre Miller	PHI	4
7	Maurice Williams	CLE	4
8	T.J. Ford	IND	4
9	Baron Davis	LAC	3
10	Allen Iverson	DET	3
11	Jose Calderon	TOR	3
12	Jason Kidd	DAL	3
13	Derrick Rose	CHI	3
14	Beno Udrih	SAC	4
15	Ramon Sessions	MIL	4	Could see boost in minutes and production if Ridnour (knee) misses time.
16	Rafer Alston	HOU	4
17	Raymond Felton	CHA	4
18	Mike Bibby	ATL	3
19	Rajon Rondo	BOS	3
20	Chris Duhon	NYK	3
21	Nate Robinson	NYK	3	Should see increased minutes in backcourt with Crawford traded.
22	Deron Williams *	UTA	4	Day-to-day (ankle). Hoping to return on Wednesday.
23	Steve Blake	POR	4	Averaging 21.0 points and 5.0 assists over last two games.
24	D.J. Augustin	CHA	4	Started last two games, but could move back to bench when Jason Richardson (knee) returns this week.
25	Russell Westbrook	OKC	4
26	Randy Foye	MIN	3
27	George Hill	SAS	4
28	Mike Conley, Jr.	MEM	4
29	Earl Watson	OKC	4
30	Luke Ridnour *	MIL	4	Day-to-day (knee)
31	Mario Chalmers	MIA	4
32	Chris Quinn	MIA	4
33	Anthony Carter	DEN	4
34	C.J. Watson	GSW	4
35	Derek Fisher	LAL	3

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Team	Games
1	Dwyane Wade	MIA	4
2	Vince Carter	NJ	4
3	Rudy Gay	MEM	4
4	Brandon Roy	POR	4
5	Kobe Bryant	LAL	3
6	Joe Johnson	ATL	3
7	Tracy McGrady	HOU	4
8	Marquis Daniels	IND	4	Averaging 25.0 points and 5.0 rebounds over last two games.
9	O.J. Mayo	MEM	4
10	Jamal Crawford	GSW	4
11	Roger Mason	SAS	4
12	Ben Gordon	CHI	3
13	Jason Terry	DAL	3
14	Ray Allen	BOS	3
15	Richard Hamilton	DET	3
16	CJ Miles	UTA	4	Averaging 16.6 points and 4.0 rebounds over last five games.
17	Michael Finley	SAS	4	Averaging 14.4 points and 1.6 threes made over last five, but minutes could decrease if Ginobili (ankle) returns later this week.
18	Rudy Fernandez	POR	4
19	Charlie Bell	MIL	4
20	Delonte West	CLE	4
21	Anthony Morrow	GSW	4	Could move to bench as soon as Azubuike (knee) is healthy.
22	J.R. Smith	DEN	4
23	Peja Stojakovic	NO	3
24	Anthony Parker	TOR	3
25	Kelenna Azubuike *	GSW	4	Day-to-day (knee)
26	Jarrett Jack	IND	4
27	Raja Bell	PHO	4
28	Leandro Barbosa *	PHO	4	Expected to return this week (personal).
29	Grant Hill	PHO	4
30	Linas Kleiza	DEN	4
31	Larry Hughes	CHI	3
32	Daequan Cook	MIA	4	Minutes are inconsistent, but averaging 2.4 threes made per game.
33	Ricky Davis	LAC	3	Should start at shooting guard with Mobley gone, but will most likely be in timeshare with Gordon.
34	Eric Gordon	LAC	3	Mobley trade should open up more minutes at shooting guard.
35	Manu Ginobili *	SAS	4	Could make season debut later this week.

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	LeBron James	CLE	4
2	Danny Granger	IND	4
3	Stephen Jackson	GSW	4
4	Carmelo Anthony	DEN	4
5	Andre Iguodala	PHI	4	Averaging 14.8 points, 7.8 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.2 steals over last five games.
6	Kevin Durant	OKC	4
7	Ron Artest	HOU	4
8	John Salmons	SAC	4
9	Rashard Lewis	ORL	4
10	Gerald Wallace	CHA	4
11	Corey Maggette	GSW	4
12	Andrei Kirilenko	UTA	4
13	Richard Jefferson	MIL	4
14	Hedo Turkoglu *	ORL	4	Day-to-day (flu)
15	Paul Pierce	BOS	3
16	Caron Butler	WAS	3
17	Marvin Williams	ATL	3	Averaging 16.8 points and 8.2 rebounds over last five games.
18	Josh Howard *	DAL	3	Day-to-day (ankle)
19	Matt Barnes	PHO	4
20	Ronnie Brewer	UTA	4
21	Wilson Chandler	NYK	3
22	Quentin Richardson	NYK	3
23	Al Thornton	LAC	3
24	Mike Miller	MIN	3	Points (12.3), threes made (1.5) and shot attempts (8.9) all down from last year.
25	Tayshaun Prince	DET	3
26	Luol Deng *	CHI	3	Day-to-day (groin)
27	Mickael Pietrus	ORL	4
28	Ryan Gomes	MIN	3
29	Andres Nocioni	CHI	3
30	Bobby Simmons	NJ	4
31	Donte Green	SAC	4	Played 30+ minutes in last two games. Should continue to get time with Martin (ankle) and Garcia (calf) out this week.
32	Vladimir Radmonovic	LAL	3
33	Trevor Ariza	LAL	3
34	James Posey	NO	3
35	Jason Richardson *	CHA	4	Could return later this week (knee).

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Tim Duncan	SAS	4
2	Elton Brand	PHI	4
3	Chris Bosh	TOR	3	Scored 40+ points in two of last three games. Averaging 30.8 points, 11.4 rebounds and 9.8 free throws made over last five games.
4	Emeka Okafor	CHA	4
5	Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	3
6	Kevin Garnett	BOS	3
7	Nene	DEN	4
8	Rasheed Wallace	DET	3
9	Antawn Jamison	WAS	3
10	David West	NO	3
11	Shawn Marion *	MIA	4	Says he will miss Wednesday's game to attend a relative's funeral.
12	Kenyon Martin	DEN	4
13	Udonis Haslem	MIA	4
14	Michael Beasley	MIA	4
15	Zach Randolph	LAC	3
16	Thaddeus Young	PHI	4
17	Jeff Green	OKC	4
18	Paul Millsap	UTA	4	Should see increased role with Boozer (quadriceps) out.
19	Yi Jianlian	NJ	4
20	Jermaine O'Neal	TOR	3
21	Andrea Bargnani	TOR	3	Starting at small forward and averaging 27.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 threes made over last two games.
22	Al Horford	ATL	3
23	Drew Gooden	CHI	3
24	David Lee	NYK	3
25	Al Harrington	NYK	3	Expects to play this week (back).
26	Luis Scola	HOU	4
27	Jason Thompson	SAC	4	Minutes could decrease with Moore back this week.
28	Lamar Odom	LAL	3
29	Charlie Villanueva	MIL	4
30	Luc Mbah a Moute	MIL	4
31	Travis Outlaw	POR	4
32	Boris Diaw	PHO	4
33	Hakim Warrick	MEM	4
34	Chris Wilcox	OKC	4
35	Darrell Arthur	MEM	4

Centers
Rank	Player	Team	Games	Comment
1	Amare Stoudemire	PHO	4
2	Dwight Howard	ORL	4
3	Yao Ming	HOU	4
4	Andrew Bogut	MIL	4	Averaging 14.2 points and 18.0 rebounds over last three games.
5	Andris Biedrins	GSW	4
6	Shaquille O'Neal	PHO	4
7	Brad Miller	SAC	4
8	Samuel Dalembert	PHI	4
9	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	CLE	4
10	Mehmet Okur	UTA	4
11	LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	4
12	Al Jefferson	MIN	3
13	Chris Kaman	LAC	3
14	Pau Gasol	LAL	3
15	Marcus Camby	LAC	3
16	Andrew Bynum	LAL	3
17	Troy Murphy	IND	4
18	Rasho Nesterovic	IND	4	Averaging 12.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists over last five games.
19	Greg Oden	POR	4
20	Brook Lopez	NJ	4	Averaging 14.6 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks over last five games, but Boone (ankle) should return soon.
21	Spencer Hawes	SAC	4
22	Anderson Varejao	CLE	4
23	Marc Gasol	MEM	4
24	Tyson Chandler	NO	3
25	Kendrick Perkins	BOS	3
26	Joel Przybilla	POR	4	Starting over Oden and averaging 10.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks over last five games.
27	Jeff Foster	IND	4
28	Nick Collison	OKC	4
29	Ben Wallace	CLE	4
30	Erick Dampier	DAL	3
31	JaVale McGee	WAS	3
32	Kwame Brown	DET	3
33	Etan Thomas	WAS	3
34	Kevin Love	MIN	3
35	Josh Boone *	NJ	4	Day-to-day (ankle)

Article first appeared on 11/23/08