Los Angeles Clippers Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

NOTES
Every year a final Real Player Ratings Report is produced for all 30 NBA teams. Most of them are posted in late June and in early July. They are posted in alphabetic order by team starting with the Atlanta Hawks and ending with the Washington Wizards. But starting in 2010, we are making sure the Reports for the teams in the Conference Finals (and the Championship) are posted before these series begin. The final ratings for those final four teams can then be used in team grids that are very important parts of any playoff series preview.

Another important note is that the User Guide for Real Player Ratings has been revised and updated, mostly because the Hidden Defending Rating methodology was in May 2010 substantially improved to correct for small but non-negligible biases that were unexpectedly showing up. There are links to the revised User Guide at the bottom of this Report.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to MARCUS CAMBY who led the Clippers in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to BARON DAVIS who contributed more than any other player to the Clippers in 2009-10.

KEY PLAYERS (above the NBA average)
MAJOR HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
MARCUS CAMBY

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Baron Davis
Craig Smith

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Chris Kamen

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Sebastian Telfair

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 5

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Baron Davis

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Marcus Camby

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows the real quality of players
--Includes all tracked actions and hidden defending
--All players who have played at least 300 minutes are included here and in all other ratings to follow

Marcus Camby C 1.071
Baron Davis PG 0.899
Craig Smith PF 0.865
Chris Kaman C 0.783
Sebastian Telfair PG 0.717
Drew Gooden PF 0.678
Steve Blake PG 0.677
Travis Outlaw SF 0.668
Eric Gordon SG 0.550
Al Thornton SF 0.547
DeAndre Jordan C 0.512
Rasual Butler SG 0.509
Ricky Davis SF 0.437
Mardy Collins PG 0.436
Steve Novak SF 0.345

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.900 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.820 0.899
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.819
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.640 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.580 0.639
Marginal Role Player 0.520 0.579
Poor Player 0.460 0.519
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.459
Extremely Poor Player .399 and less

AVERAGE RATINGS BY POSITION
Not all positions are created equal. These are estimates for ratings by position among all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more. There are very few small forwards and shooting guards who don't fit at other positions who are superstars. Most superstars are players who can play point guard, power forward, or center.

Point Guard .780
Shooting Guard .610
Small Forward .650
Power Forward .730
Center .730
All Positions / All Players (NBA Overall Average) .700

PLAYOFF GRADE PLAYERS
Playoff Grade Players have ratings of .560 and higher. Players with ratings below .560 should not play in the playoffs unless the team is forced to play them so that they have two players at a position and/or so that the team has at least eight players playing in the playoffs and/or because the coach is absolutely certain the low rating player will play better in the playoffs than he did in the regular season.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows how much (of basketball value) a player really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and hidden defending

Baron Davis PG 2268.43
Chris Kaman C 2042.48
Marcus Camby C 1708.59
Rasual Butler SG 1374.59
Eric Gordon SG 1224.99
Craig Smith PF 1065.25
Al Thornton SF 768.15
DeAndre Jordan C 582.32
Steve Blake PG 516.09
Drew Gooden PF 491.60
Sebastian Telfair PG 417.42
Travis Outlaw SF 333.36
Ricky Davis SF 217.83
Mardy Collins PG 204.86
Steve Novak SF 124.89


=============== OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS ===============

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows the quality of players' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions

Baron Davis PG 0.644
Steve Blake PG 0.547
Sebastian Telfair PG 0.444
Craig Smith PF 0.444
Drew Gooden PF 0.444
Marcus Camby C 0.415
Eric Gordon SG 0.391
Chris Kaman C 0.382
Travis Outlaw SF 0.345
Al Thornton SF 0.333
Rasual Butler SG 0.299
Ricky Davis SF 0.269
Steve Novak SF 0.233
DeAndre Jordan C 0.232
Mardy Collins PG 0.190

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING
for all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more is .385

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Includes both tracked and hidden defending

Marcus Camby C 0.656
Craig Smith PF 0.421
Chris Kaman C 0.401
Travis Outlaw SF 0.323
DeAndre Jordan C 0.280
Sebastian Telfair PG 0.273
Baron Davis PG 0.255
Mardy Collins PG 0.246
Drew Gooden PF 0.234
Al Thornton SF 0.213
Rasual Butler SG 0.210
Ricky Davis SF 0.168
Eric Gordon SG 0.159
Steve Blake PG 0.130
Steve Novak SF 0.112

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING
for all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more is .315

The breakdown between hidden and unhidden defending is available on request.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
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