The Quest for the Ring 3

Real Player Ratings for NBA Players Team by Team, Final 2009-10 Ratings

2010-09-03T16:05:00.000-07:00

Whoops, missed a dunk. This important Report should have been posted on about July 10. These are the final 2009-10 Real Player Ratings (RPR) by team. Back in July this was mistakenly skipped. Only the overall League-Wide RPRs were shown where the players are ranked without regard to team. True, the RPRs were already shown by team individually (which must be why my brain forgot to post this). The problem is, the individual team postings have a lot more in them than just the RPRs by team. Between that and all the extra clicking and loading it would take, it would be a pain in the neck to compare teams' RPRs using those individual team postings compared with doing so using one Report. The bottom line is that this is one of the most important posts of the year and is certainly far better a little late than never. [Your Editor who missed a dunk due to being up all night trying to get George Karl fired]

NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS BY TEAM
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect Player 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, can possibly start 0.640 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player / Generally should not start 0.580 0.639
Marginal Role Player / Should not start except in an emergency 0.520 0.579
Poor Player / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.459
Extremely Poor Player .399 and less

NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of players
--Includes all tracked actions and also includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for all players who play 300 minutes or more is about .700.
--All players who have played at least 300 minutes are included here

ATLANTA HAWKS
Josh Smith SF 1.033
Al Horford C 0.970
Joe Johnson SG 0.883
Mike Bibby PG 0.803
Jamal Crawford SG 0.721
Marvin Williams PF 0.716
Jeff Teague PG 0.544
Zaza Pachulia C 0.538
Maurice Evans SF 0.462
Joe Smith PF 0.453

BOSTON CELTICS
Rajon Rondo PG 1.084
Kevin Garnett PF 1.033
Paul Pierce SF 0.836
Kendrick Perkins C 0.807
Ray Allen SG 0.770
Rasheed Wallace PF 0.757
Shelden Williams PF 0.748
Nate Robinson PG 0.668
Tony Allen SG 0.663
Michael Finley SF 0.585
Marquis Daniels SG 0.543
Glen Davis PF 0.508
Brian Scalabrine C 0.329

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
Gerald Wallace SF 0.918
Tyrus Thomas PF 0.870
Raymond Felton PG 0.857
Nazr Mohammed C 0.818
Stephen Jackson SF 0.754
Boris Diaw PF 0.746
D.J. Augustin PG 0.712
Tyson Chandler C 0.709
Stephen Graham SF 0.702
Ronald Murray SG 0.671
Gerald Henderson SG 0.664
Theo Ratliff C 0.650
Derrick Brown SF 0.575

CHICAGO BULLS
Joakim Noah C 0.955
Tyrus Thomas PF 0.904
Derrick Rose PG 0.903
Luol Deng SF 0.817
John Salmons SF 0.776
Taj Gibson PF 0.741
Brad Miller C 0.720
Kirk Hinrich PG 0.689
Jannero Pargo PG 0.577
Hakim Warrick PF 0.514
Ronald Murray SG 0.504
James Johnson PF 0.487

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
LeBron James SF 1.382
Anderson Varejao C 0.933
Delonte West SG 0.856
Shaquille O'Neal C 0.842
Mo Williams PG 0.835
Antawn Jamison PF 0.819
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 0.758
Jamario Moon SF 0.754
Daniel Gibson PG 0.660
J.J. Hickson PF 0.599
Anthony Parker SG 0.596
Jawad Williams SF 0.369

DALLAS MAVERICKS
Jason Kidd PG 1.092
Dirk Nowitzki PF 1.034
Brendan Haywood C 0.929
Erick Dampier C 0.826
Jason Terry SG 0.791
Shawn Marion SF 0.772
Caron Butler SF 0.715
Rodrigue Beaubois PG 0.707
Jose Juan Barea PG 0.694
Drew Gooden PF 0.674
Kris Humphries PF 0.642
Eduardo Najera PF 0.482
Josh Howard SF 0.460
Quinton Ross SF 0.406

DENVER NUGGETS
Chauncey Billups PG 0.883
Carmelo Anthony SF 0.874
Nene Hilario C 0.852
Chris Andersen PF 0.849
Ty Lawson PG 0.768
J.R. Smith SG 0.738
Kenyon Martin PF 0.709
Anthony Carter PG 0.686
Johan Petro C 0.635
Arron Afflalo SG 0.573
Joey Graham SF 0.473
Malik Allen PF 0.282

DETROIT PISTONS
Ben Wallace C 0.877
Rodney Stuckey PG 0.749
Tayshaun Prince SF 0.724
Jonas Jerebko SF 0.610
Richard Hamilton SG 0.592
Charlie Villanueva PF 0.582
Will Bynum PG 0.568
Jason Maxiell PF 0.532
Austin Daye SF 0.507
Ben Gordon SG 0.491
Chucky Atkins PG 0.477
Kwame Brown C 0.452
Chris Wilcox C 0.417
DaJuan Summers SF 0.266

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Andris Biedrins C 0.825
Anthony Randolph PF 0.820
Stephen Curry PG 0.803
Ronny Turiaf C 0.774
C.J. Watson PG 0.746
Monta Ellis PG 0.711
Anthony Tolliver PF 0.709
Stephen Jackson SF 0.704
Corey Maggette SF 0.699
Reggie Williams SF 0.673
Anthony Morrow SG 0.661
Devean George SG 0.592
Chris Hunter PF 0.576
Mikki Moore C 0.561
Vladimir Radmanovic SF 0.494

HOUSTON ROCKETS
Kyle Lowry PG 0.835
Carl Landry PF 0.816
Luis Scola PF 0.816
Chuck Hayes PF 0.765
Aaron Brooks PG 0.747
Trevor Ariza SG 0.723
David Andersen C 0.715
Shane Battier SF 0.703
Jordan Hill PF 0.661
Chase Budinger SF 0.621
Kevin Martin SG 0.572
Jared Jeffries PF 0.462
Jermaine Taylor SG 0.428

INDIANA PACERS
Troy Murphy PF 0.934
Danny Granger SF 0.885
Roy Hibbert C 0.880
A.J. Price PG 0.868
Tyler Hansbrough PF 0.724
Earl Watson PG 0.701
T.J. Ford PG 0.700
Mike Dunleavy SF 0.686
Josh McRoberts PF 0.659
Luther Head PG 0.654
Brandon Rush SG 0.606
Dahntay Jones SG 0.542
Solomon Jones PF 0.493

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
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

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Pau Gasol PF 1.065
Kobe Bryant SG 1.005
Lamar Odom PF 0.982
Andrew Bynum C 0.936
Ron Artest SF 0.752
D.J. Mbenga C 0.725
Jordan Farmar PG 0.689
Shannon Brown PG 0.687
Derek Fisher PG 0.578
Sasha Vujacic SG 0.554
Josh Powell PF 0.386

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
Zach Randolph PF 0.885
Marc Gasol C 0.885
Mike Conley PG 0.702
Rudy Gay SF 0.675
O.J. Mayo SG 0.622
Jamaal Tinsley PG 0.613
Hasheem Thabeet C 0.605
Marcus Williams PG 0.583
Sam Young SF 0.508
Darrell Arthur PF 0.443
DeMarre Carroll SF 0.357

MIAMI HEAT
Dwyane Wade SG 1.075
Carlos Arroyo PG 0.819
Dorell Wright SG 0.817
Jermaine O'Neal C 0.805
Udonis Haslem PF 0.774
Michael Beasley PF 0.714
Daequan Cook SG 0.691
Quentin Richardson SG 0.675
Mario Chalmers PG 0.648
Joel Anthony C 0.624
Jamaal Magloire C 0.594
James Jones SF 0.525
Rafer Alston PG 0.482

MILWAUKEE BUCKS
Andrew Bogut C 1.112
John Salmons SF 0.937
Brandon Jennings PG 0.870
Ersan Ilyasova SF 0.828
Luke Ridnour PG 0.827
Carlos Delfino SG 0.809
Dan Gadzuric C 0.754
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute SF 0.721
Jerry Stackhouse SF 0.675
Kurt Thomas PF 0.608
Hakim Warrick PF 0.571
Michael Redd SG 0.551
Charlie Bell SG 0.518
Jodie Meeks SG 0.413

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
Kevin Love PF 0.934
Al Jefferson C 0.856
Oleksiy Pecherov C 0.748
Ramon Sessions PG 0.699
Darko Milicic C 0.674
Damien Wilkins SG 0.601
Ryan Gomes SF 0.589
Nathan Jawai PF 0.575
Jonny Flynn PG 0.568
Wayne Ellington SG 0.521
Corey Brewer SF 0.518
Ryan Hollins C 0.351
Sasha Pavlovic SG 0.314

NEW JERSEY NETS
Keyon Dooling PG 0.771
Brook Lopez C 0.770
Josh Boone C 0.718
Terrence Williams SG 0.698
Bobby Simmons SF 0.676
Devin Harris PG 0.665
Kris Humphries PF 0.646
Rafer Alston PG 0.589
Yi Jianlian PF 0.575
Chris Douglas-Roberts SG 0.541
Courtney Lee SG 0.528
Jarvis Hayes SF 0.438
Trenton Hassell SF 0.342

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS
Chris Paul PG 1.202
David West PF 0.781
Darren Collison PG 0.775
Emeka Okafor C 0.742
Marcus Thornton SG 0.693
Peja Stojakovic SF 0.615
Bobby Brown PG 0.611
James Posey SF 0.564
Darius Songaila PF 0.561
Julian Wright SF 0.545
Devin Brown SG 0.533
Morris Peterson SG 0.394

NEW YORK KNICKS
David Lee C 0.971
Nate Robinson PG 0.804
Larry Hughes SG 0.675
Danilo Gallinari SF 0.664
Wilson Chandler SF 0.664
Al Harrington PF 0.655
Chris Duhon PG 0.643
Jared Jeffries PF 0.627
Tracy McGrady SG 0.588
Toney Douglas PG 0.577
Sergio Rodriguez PG 0.574
Bill Walker SG 0.532
Eddie House SG 0.454

OKLAHOMA THUNDER
Kevin Durant SF 1.051
Russell Westbrook PG 0.897
Eric Maynor PG 0.856
Serge Ibaka PF 0.855
Nick Collison PF 0.812
James Harden SG 0.770
Jeff Green PF 0.659
Nenad Krstic C 0.642
Thabo Sefolosha SF 0.589
Etan Thomas C 0.538

ORLANDO MAGIC
Dwight Howard C 1.121
Jameer Nelson PG 0.959
Vince Carter SG 0.928
Ryan Anderson PF 0.840
Matt Barnes SF 0.775
Jason Williams PG 0.771
Rashard Lewis PF 0.721
Marcin Gortat PF 0.698
Anthony Johnson PG 0.658
J.J. Redick SG 0.658
Brandon Bass PF 0.648
Mickael Pietrus SG 0.631

PHILADELPHIA 76'ERS
Samuel Dalembert C 0.864
Andre Iguodala SG 0.858
Lou Williams SG 0.756
Elton Brand PF 0.726
Allen Iverson SG 0.722
Jrue Holiday PG 0.633
Marreese Speights PF 0.613
Thaddeus Young SF 0.607
Rodney Carney SF 0.601
Willie Green SG 0.598
Jason Smith PF 0.466
Jason Kapono SG 0.383

PHOENIX SUNS
Steve Nash PG 1.095
Amare Stoudemire PF 0.828
Goran Dragic PG 0.803
Channing Frye C 0.731
Louis Amundson PF 0.731
Jason Richardson SG 0.718
Robin Lopez C 0.684
Grant Hill SF 0.669
Jared Dudley SF 0.660
Leandro Barbosa SG 0.626
Earl Clark SF 0.474

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
Greg Oden C 1.060
Marcus Camby C 0.967
Andre Miller PG 0.874
Brandon Roy SG 0.842
LaMarcus Aldridge PF 0.817
Joel Przybilla C 0.782
Rudy Fernandez SG 0.678
Steve Blake PG 0.667
Nicolas Batum SF 0.653
Martell Webster SG 0.583
Jerryd Bayless PG 0.556
Dante Cunningham SF 0.551
Juwan Howard PF 0.520
Jeff Pendergraph PF 0.432

SACRAMENTO KINGS
Sergio Rodriguez PG 0.908
Tyreke Evans PG 0.825
Beno Udrih PG 0.768
Francisco Garcia SG 0.724
Sean May PF 0.710
Carl Landry PF 0.689
Jason Thompson PF 0.686
Spencer Hawes C 0.680
Omri Casspi SF 0.609
Kevin Martin SG 0.591
Ime Udoka SG 0.574
Jon Brockman PF 0.554
Donte Greene SF 0.524
Kenny Thomas PF 0.523
Andres Nocioni SF 0.464

SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Tim Duncan PF 1.254
Manu Ginobili SG 1.023
Antonio McDyess PF 0.839
Tony Parker PG 0.837
DeJuan Blair PF 0.784
Matt Bonner PF 0.763
Richard Jefferson SF 0.721
George Hill PG 0.713
Roger Mason SG 0.619
Keith Bogans SG 0.462
Malik Hairston SG 0.433
Michael Finley SF 0.321

TORONTO RAPTORS
Chris Bosh PF 0.972
Jose Calderon PG 0.797
Amir Johnson SF 0.769
Reggie Evans PF 0.763
Jarrett Jack PG 0.698
Rasho Nesterovic C 0.637
Hedo Turkoglu SF 0.635
Andrea Bargnani C 0.591
Marco Belinelli SG 0.587
Sonny Weems SG 0.537
Antoine Wright SF 0.451
DeMar DeRozan SG 0.414

UTAH JAZZ
Deron Williams PG 1.076
Carlos Boozer PF 0.994
Andrei Kirilenko SF 0.976
Paul Millsap PF 0.866
Kyle Korver SG 0.824
Eric Maynor PG 0.819
Mehmet Okur C 0.800
Ronnie Price PG 0.784
Ronnie Brewer SG 0.712
Kyrylo Fesenko C 0.662
Wesley Matthews SG 0.592
C.J. Miles SF 0.549

WASHINGTON WIZARDS
Shaun Livingston PG 0.783
Andray Blatche C 0.770
Gilbert Arenas PG 0.760
Brendan Haywood C 0.744
Mike Miller SF 0.732
James Singleton SF 0.696
JaVale McGee C 0.694
Antawn Jamison PF 0.665
Randy Foye PG 0.634
Caron Butler SF 0.617
Earl Boykins PG 0.599
Al Thornton SF 0.569
Fabricio Oberto C 0.468
Nick Young SG 0.462
DeShawn Stevenson SG 0.287

AVERAGE RATINGS BY POSITION
Not all positions are created equal. These are the average ratings by position among all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more. There are very few small forwards and shooting guards who are superstars. Most (but definitely not all) superstars are players who can play point guard, power forward, or center.

Point Guard .750
Shooting Guard .640
Small Forward .640
Power Forward .720
Center .750
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.

REGULAR SEASON STARTING PLAYERS
All starters on all teams should have ratings of .575 and higher. If a team has no player at a position with at least a .575 rating, then it is extremely deficient at that position due to injuries or due to management incompetence.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
The above are a few highlights from the User Guide for Real Player Ratings. For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

All About the Basketball Hall of Fame and Why Allen Iverson Must Stay out of the Hood and Out of Trouble

2010-08-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

We cap off “History Week” at Quest for the Ring (QFTR) with a Report on the Basketball Hall of Fame and just how difficult it is to get that ultimate recognition. Plus this one will remind readers that QFTR is obsessed with how many times that Allen Iverson has ended up with the short end of the stick in the media and also on the court despite the fact that he made many millions of dollars for many people as an historic, superstar guard and as a cultural icon. Specifically, QFTR is obsessed with whether and when Iverson will be admitted into the Hall of Fame.

QFTR is normally not all that interested in the Basketball Hall of Fame itself. For one thing, it is just one award of many that superstar and star basketball players can win. MVP is considered to be an equal award. QFTR is most interested, of course, in who wins Rings and why and who does not and why.

But there is one player who just retired who, if he were never admitted, would create a big problem, It would be fairly shocking and would in fact be a major scandal. Of course we are talking about Allen Iverson. There is a slight chance that Iverson will in fact be snubbed (never admitted). If so, it would not only be a scandal but it would prove that the committees that determine who is admitted are more focused on styles, personalities, and possibly even politics and less focused on basketball itself than we thought.

Due to this Iverson Hall of Fame question, which will be hanging out there uncertainly for a decade and probably more, we thought we would scope out the “Hall of Fame thing” carefully and in some detail with the assistance of the new Recognition Scores Report.

The new Recognition Scores just published two days ago here at QFTR can be used to some extent to correctly predict who will eventually be admitted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. As a very rough rule of thumb, players whose Recognition Scores are ten or more are extremely likely to eventually be admitted to the Hall of Fame. The odds for them approach 100%.

There has never been a player with a Score of ten or more who has not and clearly will never be admitted. If Iverson were not admitted, he would most likely be the first player ever with a very high Recognition Score who is not admitted.

I think the window in effect right now during which retired superstar players can be admitted runs from roughly five years after retirement to roughly 25 years after retirement, a 20 year period. If a former superstar becomes a manager or especially if he becomes a coach after he retires as a player, the 20 year clock may stop running, especially if the former player involved is not considered to be one who will inevitably be admitted sooner or later. In other words, it is possible that a superstar who would have been admitted had he never become a coach (had he immediately retired from basketball completely) is never admitted if for example he becomes an obscure coach and/or a coach who doesn’t do very well at coaching.

That means no coaching for you, Allen Iverson. But we didn’t have to worry about that, did we, given your views on practice, laugh out loud.

Personalities and styles are factors in how long it takes former superstar players to be admitted to the Hall of Fame and possibly, in certain cases, whether certain superstar players are ever admitted. This is so despite the fact that personalities and styles have little to do with what players did on the court.

The less smooth a superstar player's personality is, the longer that player has to wait to be admitted. The more a player is regarded as a “good citizen,” with a good personality, the less the former superstar player has to wait to be admitted.

Similarly, the more a player’s style “rubs many people the wrong way,” the longer the wait will be, and the greater the chance the former superstar player is snubbed by the Hall of Fame committees. The more a former superstar’s player’s style was a “crowd pleaser,” the quicker he will be admitted.

RETIRED SUPERSTARS IN THE LONG WAIT FOR THE HALL OF FAME TO LET THEM IN
Here is a list of retired players with Recognition scores greater than eight who have not yet been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Gary Payton 17.35
Dennis Rodman 17.00
Dikembe Mutombo 15.95
Michael Cooper 13.20
Sidney Moncrief 11.85
Allen Iverson 10.90
Alonzo Mourning 9.55
Bruce Bowen 8.80
Mark Eaton 8.40

What about the long term prospects of these nine former players? Let’s start with the obvious: there is a 100% chance that Mutombo will be admitted.

Mutombo, Iverson, and Bowen are apparently newly retired as of the end of the 2009-10 season. It is far, far too early to be thinking about them soon going into the Hall of Fame. Since the committees that accept players into the Hall of Fame take their sweet time measured in years, newly retired players have to wait roughly five years at the very least before they are admitted even if it is inevitable that they will eventually be admitted. Michael Jordan, most likely the best basketball player of the modern era, was admitted just about as quickly as possible yet he was not admitted until six years after he retired as a NBA player.

I think there is roughly an 85% chance that Iverson will eventually be admitted. I used to think there was about a 95% chance that Iverson will be admitted, but that was before I found out very recently that it is even a little harder than I thought to get into the Hall of Fame. I still think that Iverson will eventually be admitted but it is most likely going to be many years before he is (ten, twenty, even thirty years). In the past even more so than today there were many players not admitted until they were in their 50’s or 60's or even older than that.

Gary Payton just retired about three years ago so it is still way too early for him to be admitted. Dennis Rodman retired about ten years ago so it is still early in the 5-25 years after retirement window for him to be admitted. Based on their extremely high recognition scores, you would have to say that both of these extremely recognized players are going to be admitted when the committees are good and ready to let them in.

Gary Payton is definitely eventually going to be admitted; although his personality and style are not the smoothest and most crowd pleasing ones ever, his sky high recognition score trumps that and ensures his admission.

But Dennis Rodmans' personality and style are roughly as "controversial" as Iversons' among the foolish people who think these things are important. Therefore we think that Rodman will have to wait an extra 5, 10 or even 20 years (on top of the standard 5 year wait) before he is admitted. Specifically, Rodman's window runs from roughly 2010 to 2025. Iversons' window runs 10 years later, from 2020 to 2035, mostly because he retired 10 years later.

But do we know absolutely for certain that Rodman will be admitted? No, we don't! If Rodman were snubbed, it would drastically increase the odds that Iverson would be snubbed by and never admitted to the Hall of Fame. In fact, if Rodman is never admitted, it will make it very likely that Iverson will never be admitted either. After all, Iverson's Recognition Score is substantially lower than Rodman's. Hopefully, it is going overboard to think that either Rodman or Iverson, because of their personalities and styles, will suffer anythink other than a long, long wait.

Michael Cooper and Sidney Moncrief are two players with Recognition Scores of 13.20 and 11.85 respectively but they have not yet been admitted even though it has been about twenty years since both of them played.

Michael Cooper retired 20 years ago as a NBA player but then he became a coach. For former superstars not considered to be automatic Hall of Famers, the window often (but not always) runs from when the superstar retires from basketball as a whole, so Cooper’s window has probably not even started yet. But incidentally, when someone retires from basketball entirely at an advanced age, the window is shorter and starts a year or two sooner than the usual five years after retirement. Because the committees want to get as many as possible into the Hall of Fame before they pass away rather than after. (At least there is one thing they speed things up for.) So Cooper can expect to be admitted between roughly three and twelve years after he completely retires from basketball.

Similarly, Sidney Moncrief retired as a NBA player almost twenty years ago but he is still working in basketball. In 2006, Moncrief returned to basketball as the head coach of the Fort Worth Flyers, a professional basketball team in the NBA D-League. He rejoined the NBA in October 2007 when he became the shooting coach for the Golden State Warriors. The odds are that when Moncrief completely retires from basketball, his window for being admitted to the Hall of Fame will start and that he will be admitted between about three and twelve years after that final retirement.

However, if either Cooper or Moncrief are never admitted, it would substantially increase the odds that Iverson will never be admitted, because they have similar Recognition Scores to Iverson (slightly higher, in fact). Therefore, Cooper and Moncrief have to be admitted for anyone worrying about Iverson to be able to have full confidence that Iverson will be admitted.

On the other hand, it is certainly possible that Iverson could be admitted even if one or both of Cooper and Moncrief are not admitted. After all, Cooper and Moncriefs' Recognition scores are only slightly higher than Iversons' and, also after all, the selection process is not entirely scientific or predictible.

Alonzo Mourning just retired two years ago so it is way too early for him to be admitted. I am thinking there is a 100% chance he will be admitted because his Recognition Score is just about 10 and I do believe his personality is considered a very good one by many people.

You know I cringe when I write that because personalities should not be significant factors but I know that they are factors, not only for the Hall of Fame but even for playing time on certain NBA teams. Yes, that would include you, Denver.

I think that defensive specialist Bruce Bowen is definitely going to be admitted. Such specialists appear to have a slightly easier time getting admitted to the Hall of Fame, which gets me just a little bit worried about Iverson again, because Iverson was definitely not a defensive specialist.

Finally, Mark Eaton retired about seventeen years ago and so it is starting to get to the later part of the window where he is most likely to be admitted. But there is still at least eight years left in Eaton’s window. In this case the committees are probably showing just how slow they can be in the case of a “less inevitable admission,” or in other words a more marginal admission.

JUST HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR IVERSON TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HALL OF FAME?
I am thinking the committees will string Iverson along not so much because he is not considered to be inevitable but rather because of the personality and also the style stuff. The fact that Iverson was moved to the wrong position (from point guard to shooting guard) which backfired and made a style issue worse rather than better, will probably cost Iverson another year or two or three of waiting on top of an already long wait due to his strong and colorful personality. My bottom line is that I think it will be ten to twenty years before Iverson is admitted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. He will very probably be admitted sometime between 2020 and 2030.

However, if Iverson unexpectedly gets into legal trouble again then all bets are off. He had better stay out the hood. Invite the hood homies out the suburbs, Allen!

(Given these gargantuan time lines I had at least five years to get this Report out but I decided to make my deadline by a record margin, laugh out loud.)

CURRENT PLAYERS EXTREMELY LIKELY TO EVENTUALLY BE IN THE HALL OF FAME
This would be current players who have Recognition Scores of ten or more:

Tim Duncan 33.30
Kobe Bryant 26.10
Shaquille O'Neal 22.45
Kevin Garnett 21.25
Ben Wallace 18.45
LeBron James 15.25
Jason Kidd 14.10
Steve Nash 11.50
Dirk Nowitzki 11.00
Dwight Howard 10.90

Iverson’s score is 10.90 for comparison.

In general the odds that a former superstar basketball player will get into the Hall of Fame are in the vicinity of 100% when his Recognition Score is ten or more. But again, those with controversial personalities and styles need higher scores to absolutely guarantee admission. An absolute guarantee for a superstar widely claimed to have a "bad personality" and/or a "bad style" would require a Recognition Score of fifteen or even twenty. Unfortunately (and to me this is a scandal) Iversons' score does not absolutely guarantee he will be admitted.

Moreover, if a former superstar were to commit a crime and/or be involved in a major media scandal after he retires and before he is admitted, it could conceivably ruin his chances regardless of Recognition Score.

Those with scores between eight and ten are not almost automatic but are very, very likely to eventually be Hall of Famers. Right now, all of the players in this range are retired and we just discussed them above.

As a rough approximation, if you multiply the Recognition score by ten, you have a rough approximation of the odds that the player will eventually be in the Hall of Fame. For example, if a player has a score of 5, the odds are roughly 50% that he will eventually be admitted into the Hall of Fame.

Out of the 39 former superstar NBA players in the Hall of Fame, sixteen have Recognition Scores between three and five. However, it will be more difficult to get into the Hall of Fame with a score in this range in the future because there are more available awards now than there were back in the 1980’s and 1970’s. Also, the Hall of Fame committees seem intent on arbitrarily limiting the number of players who can be admitted each year despite the fact that there are more NBA teams and more superstars now than there were back when they determined this arbitrary limit.

No player has ever reached the Hall of Fame with a Recognition Score less than three and almost certainly none ever will.

Now that you know exactly how to do it, see the Report “Most Recognized High Impact Pro Basketball Players 1980-2010” to find out the Hall of Fame chances for various NBA superstars.

SHAME ON THE AMATEUR PERSONALITY, CULTURE, AND STYLE JUDGES
To close this out let’s face the truth: having a strong personality, having strong beliefs, being a member of a racial minority, being a member of a cultural minority, having an unusual style that for one obscure reason or another fails to please the crowd, and things such as these, are often held against you (often secretly of course) in American society. Resulting damage to both society and those being discriminated against varies radically from one case to another.

Shame on everyone who discriminates based on personality, race, culture, style, things of this nature. One of the main reasons I do sports instead of politics or something like that is because all sports are supposed to be free of these kinds of discriminations. But sports including basketball are not completely free of these biases. Evaluate basketball players on basketball and leave all the other extraneous stuff out of it or shame on you.

Cities and Franchises That Won the Quest for the Ring 1950-2010

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Most Recognized High Impact Pro Basketball Players 1980-2010

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Last year I discovered that nobody cares about how many rings pro basketball players have. Well, not exactly, but I discovered that no one cares enough to keep track and post the numbers on the Internet. I guess people don’t really respect NBA Champions the way they think they do. Even on monster statistical sites there is no page to go to listing NBA player champions year by year, or the number of rings won by player. Sure, you find short and usually incomplete lists of players who have won three or more rings drifting around, but forget about a complete list unless you get it here.

Quest for the Ring (QFTR) has provided the basketball world with the missing information and then some. Here for the second year we have the complete and correct listings for winners of the QFTR in multiple formats. Each year, scheduled for August, the following Reports are in this historical series:

1. Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1980-1994
2. Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1995-2010
3. Alphabetic Logs of all Players Who Have Won the Quest for the Ring 1980-2010
4. Players Ranked by Number of Championships and Rings Won Since 1980
5. Players Ranked by Minutes Played in Championship Years Since 1980
6. Most Recognized High Impact Players 1980-2010
7. Cities and Franchises That Won the Quest for the Ring 1950-2010

In 2010 these will be posted one each day beginning with #1 on August 21 and finishing with #7 on August 27.

After these look for the new and improved Real Coach Ratings and the second annual Report on player salaries, team payrolls, and team cap space.

Championships are by themselves crucial history, but they are also very important for the present, because players who have already won rings are, all other things equal, more valuable than players who have never won a ring. You might as well add about .050 to each such player's Real Player Rating. So a .700 becomes a.750, an .870 becomes a .920, and so forth.

MOST RECOGNIZED HIGH IMPACT PRO BASKETBALL PLAYERS 1980-2010
This brand new Report shows you every player who won a significant award and, using a carefully calibrated scale, ranks all the players who won one or more awards according to the relative value of all the awards and recognitions they won.

Scientifically speaking and in terms of who is going to win Championships and Rings, Real Player Ratings are more important than all of these recognitions combined. But this Report is what you need to keep up with the day to day and year to year media and popularity world that determines who the most famous pro basketball players are.

Basically, this Report combines all the media recognitions given to basketball players and computes an overall combined score that we call the "Recognition Score".

Fortunately, for the superstar basketball players there is a fairly good correlation between Real Player Ratings and Recognition Scores. Among mere stars the correlation is weaker. There are some players who were (or are) actually star pro basketball players, as could be shown by Real Player Ratings, but who have been very seldom and possibly never recognized with any of the awards.

The recognitions (awards) are defined and factored as follows:

RECOGNITION SCORE FACTORS
Hall of Fame 3.00
Most Valuable Player 3.00
Defensive Player of the Year 2.40
Rookie of the Year 1.75
Championship Rings 1.00
All NBA First Team 1.00
All NBA Defensive First Team 0.80
All NBA Second Team 0.75
All NBA Defensive Second Team 0.60
All NBA Rookie Team 0.40

The recognition weights are determined according to the following two considerations:

(1) How many have won the award or recognition. The fewer there are, the more difficult it is to win it, and the higher the factor. This is the primary item that determines how much the factor will be.

And (2) How valid is the award or recognition scientifically.

For example, the All NBA Teams are not a highly valid or scientific recognition. They are determined by votes of individuals who in most cases use their beliefs rather than any valid rating system such as Real Player Rating or the more well known but more complex Hollinger Player Efficiency Rating System at ESPN.

Specifically, the voting is conducted by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Just like coaches sometimes do, sportswriters can and will sometimes make the mistake of bringing in player styles and personalities to their voting decisions, which will often lead to distortion of the ratings. This is because it is known beyond a shadow of a doubt that “how good” a player really is is a result of many things, of which style and personality are just two relatively minor ones. But what some misguided coaches and others do is get fixated (or hung up) on the styles and personalities themselves, and so they end up rating styles and personalities rather than basketball capabilities of players.

Therefore, the All NBA Teams recognitions are rated somewhat lower than they would be if it was a more scientific thing. If the All NBA Teams were chosen validly, the weights given to them would be as much as double what they are.

If in other words for example the First All NBA Team really was for sure the best five players in the NBA, you could justify using a factor for that twice as much as the factor for winning a Championship. After all, on a Championship starting team, you don't have the five best players in the NBA, but rather you have five of the better players, with perhaps one or two players on the Championship team among the top five players in the NBA. So if it were valid the All NBA First Team could be factored as twice as valuable. On the other hand, winning a Championship is very hard often difficult work, so we would never rate the All NBA First Team as worth more than twice what a Championship is worth even if the First Team was validly selected. In other words, we would never downplay how much hard work it is to win a Championship relative to how good a player is in the abstract.

But again, since the selection is not scientifically valid, we factor the All NBA First Team recognition as just the same as for winning a Championship (both are given a factor of 1.0).

EXAMPLE
How are Recognition Scores calculated? For example, if a player was on the All NBA Defensive First Team once, was Rookie of the Year once, and was Most Valuable Player twice, his recognition score would be (.80 X 1) + (1.75 X 1) + (3 X 2) = 8.55.

Note that for Championship Rings, only players who played 1,200 minutes or more in the year when their team won the Championship are included. We debated whether to use the 300 minutes threshold or the 1,200 minutes one, but decided to go with the 1,200 minutes one since players who played between 300 and 1,199 minutes played only a marginal role. However, this was a tough, close call and we might possibly change this for next year.

An interesting question is: what percentage of NBA players get recognized at least once? The answer is that roughly 15% (between 14% and 16%) get recognized at least one time during their careers. Roughly 85% never get recognized in any of the ten ways shown above.

Now its finally time for the breakdown of the most recognized pro basketball players from the last 31 years. There are two slightly different listings. The first one shows players ranked by their Recognition Scores.

The second listing down below will show players who have been recognized at least one time alphabetically (by first name).

========== MOST RECOGNIZED HIGH IMPACT PRO BASKETBALL PLAYERS 1980-2010 ==========
--Ranked by Recognition Scores
--Ten recognitions are considered; for details see the explanation above
--Championship rings are counted only for players who played 1,200 minutes or more during the season their teams won
--The format for each entry is Rank / Player / Recognition Score

1 Michael Jordan 46.50
2 Tim Duncan 33.30
3 Hakeem Olajuwon 29.35
4 Larry Bird 27.70
5 Magic Johnson 26.15
6 Kobe Bryant 26.10
7 David Robinson 25.65
8 Karl Malone 25.40
9 Shaquille O'Neal 22.45
10 Scottie Pippen 22.10
11 Kevin Garnett 21.25
12 Ben Wallace 18.45
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17.70
14 Gary Payton 17.35
15 Dennis Rodman 17.00
16 Moses Malone 16.05
17 Dikembe Mutombo 15.95
18 Charles Barkley 15.65
19 LeBron James 15.25
20 Jason Kidd 14.10
21 John Stockton 14.00
22 Michael Cooper 13.20
23 Dennis Johnson 12.55
24 Patrick Ewing 12.45
25 Sidney Moncrief 11.85
26 Kevin McHale 11.60
27 Steve Nash 11.50
28 Dirk Nowitzki 11.00
29 Julius Erving 11.00
30 Joe Dumars 10.95
31 Allen Iverson 10.90
32 Dwight Howard 10.90
33 Alonzo Mourning 9.55
34 Isiah Thomas 8.90
35 Bruce Bowen 8.80
36 Dominique Wilkins 8.40
37 Mark Eaton 8.40
38 Clyde Drexler 7.50
39 James Worthy 7.40
40 Robert Parish 7.25
41 Dwyane Wade 7.20
42 Alvin Robertson 7.15
43 George Gervin 6.75
44 Ron Artest 6.70
45 Horace Grant 6.40
46 Grant Hill 6.15
47 Robert Horry 6.00
48 Chris Webber 5.90
49 Buck Williams 5.70
50 Marcus Camby 5.60
51 Bobby Jones 5.60
52 Amare Stoudemire 5.40
53 Mitch Richmond 5.40
54 Chris Paul 5.30
55 Alex English 5.25
56 Tracy McGrady 5.25
57 Pau Gasol 5.15
58 Maurice Cheeks 4.80
59 Adrian Dantley 4.75
60 Ron Harper 4.40
61 Dan Roundfield 4.35
62 Tim Hardaway 4.15
63 Bill Walton 4.00
64 Bob McAdoo 4.00
65 Derek Fisher 4.00
66 Mookie Blaylock 4.00
67 Chauncey Billups 3.95
68 Tony Parker 3.90
69 Nate Archibald 3.75
70 Paul Pierce 3.65
71 A. C. Green 3.60
72 Dave Cowens 3.60
73 Drazen Petrovic 3.50
74 Kevin Johnson 3.50
75 Manu Ginobili 3.50
76 Bill Cartwright 3.40
77 Byron Scott 3.40
78 Tayshaun Prince 3.40
79 Terry Cummings 3.40
80 Vince Carter 3.40
81 Yao Ming 3.40
82 Derrick Coleman 3.15
83 Kevin Durant 3.15
84 B.J. Armstrong 3.00
85 Bob Lanier 3.00
86 Brandon Roy 3.00
87 Calvin J. Murphy 3.00
88 Chris Mullin 3.00
89 Dan Issel 3.00
90 David Thompson 3.00
91 Earl Monroe 3.00
92 Elvin E. Hayes 3.00
93 Luc Longley 3.00
94 Mario Elie 3.00
95 Pete Maravich 3.00
96 Rick Barry 3.00
97 Rick Fox 3.00
98 Toni Kukoc 3.00
99 Walt Frazier 3.00
100 Wes Unseld 3.00
101 Anfernee Hardaway 2.90
102 Elton Brand 2.90
103 Larry Johnson 2.90
104 Ralph Sampson 2.90
105 Quinn Buckner 2.80
106 Eddie Jones 2.70
107 Carmelo Anthony 2.65
108 Doug Christie 2.60
109 Mark Price 2.50
110 Andrei Kirilenko 2.40
111 Kenny Smith 2.40
112 Lamar Odom 2.40
113 Rajon Rondo 2.40
114 Bernard King 2.25
115 Glen Rice 2.25
116 Ray Allen 2.25
117 Shawn Kemp 2.25
118 Paul Pressey 2.20
119 Chuck Person 2.15
120 Damon Stoudamire 2.15
121 Darrell Griffith 2.15
122 Derrick Rose 2.15
123 Emeka Okafor 2.15
124 Mark Jackson 2.15
125 Mike Miller 2.15
126 Steve Francis 2.15
127 Tyreke Evans 2.15
128 Andrew Bynum 2.00
129 Bill Laimbeer 2.00
130 Brent Barry 2.00
131 Brian Shaw 2.00
132 Carl Herrera 2.00
133 Cedric Maxwell 2.00
134 Gerald Henderson 2.00
135 Jamaal Wilkes 2.00
136 James Edwards 2.00
137 James Posey 2.00
138 John Paxson 2.00
139 John Salley 2.00
140 Kurt Rambis 2.00
141 Larry Nance 2.00
142 Norm Nixon 2.00
143 Steve Kerr 2.00
144 Vernon Maxwell 2.00
145 Vinnie Johnson 2.00
146 Deron Williams 1.90
147 Charles Oakley 1.80
148 P.J. Brown 1.80
149 T. R. Dunn 1.80
150 Gilbert Arenas 1.75
151 Gus Williams 1.75
152 Jermaine O'Neal 1.75
153 Sam Cassell 1.75
154 Vin Baker 1.65
155 Caldwell Jones 1.60
156 Derrick McKey 1.60
157 Latrell Sprewell 1.60
158 Micheal Ray Richardson 1.60
159 Rick Mahorn 1.60
160 Scott Wedman 1.60
161 Shane Battier 1.60
162 Marques Johnson 1.50
163 Reggie Miller 1.50
164 Tom Chambers 1.50
165 Antoine Walker 1.40
166 Isaiah Rider 1.40
167 Jason Williams 1.40
168 Michael Finley 1.40
169 Raja Bell 1.40
170 Rodney McCray 1.40
171 Stephon Marbury 1.40
172 Wayne Rollins 1.40
173 Lafayette Lever 1.35
174 Clifford Robinson 1.20
175 Dan Majerle 1.20
176 Derek Harper 1.20
177 Kermit Washington 1.20
178 Nate McMillan 1.20
179 Theo Ratliff 1.20
180 Chris Bosh 1.15
181 Anthony Mason 1.10
182 Andrew Toney 1.00
183 Avery Johnson 1.00
184 Chris Ford 1.00
185 Clint Richardson 1.00
186 Corliss Williamson 1.00
187 Danny Ainge 1.00
188 Devean George 1.00
189 Devin Brown 1.00
190 Eddie House 1.00
191 Fabricio Oberto 1.00
192 Francisco Elson 1.00
193 Franklin Edwards 1.00
194 Jason Caffey 1.00
195 Jerry Sichting 1.00
196 Jim Chones 1.00
197 Jordan Farmar 1.00
198 Kendrick Perkins 1.00
199 Kirk Hinrich 1.00
200 Larry Spriggs 1.00
201 Lindsey Hunter 1.00
202 Malik Rose 1.00
203 Marc Iavaroni 1.00
204 Mark Aguirre 1.00
205 Mehmet Okur 1.00
206 Mychal Thompson 1.00
207 Otis Thorpe 1.00
208 Paul Westphal 1.00
209 Pete Chilcutt 1.00
210 Rasho Nesterovic 1.00
211 Richard Hamilton 1.00
212 Rick Robey 1.00
213 Samaki Walker 1.00
214 Sasha Vujacic 1.00
215 Scott Brooks 1.00
216 Scott Williams 1.00
217 Sean Elliott 1.00
218 Shannon Brown 1.00
219 Shawn Marion 1.00
220 Spencer Haywood 1.00
221 Stacey King 1.00
222 Stephen Jackson 1.00
223 Tiny Archibald 1.00
224 Tony Allen 1.00
225 Trevor Ariza 1.00
226 Udonis Haslem 1.00
227 Andrew Bogut 0.90
228 Antonio McDyess 0.90
229 Brad Daugherty 0.90
230 Jamal Mashburn 0.90
231 Don Buse 0.80
232 Gerald Wallace 0.80
233 Larry Hughes 0.80
234 Otis Birdsong 0.75
235 Peja Stojakovic 0.75
236 Rod Strickland 0.75
237 Anderson Varejao 0.60
238 Bill Hanzlik 0.60
239 Bobby Phills 0.60
240 Danny Vranes 0.60
241 Dudley Bradley 0.60
242 Eddie Johnson 0.60
243 Eric Snow 0.60
244 George Johnson 0.60
245 Jack Sikma 0.60
246 John Starks 0.60
247 Josh Smith 0.60
248 Lonnie Shelton 0.60
249 Manute Bol 0.60
250 Micheal Williams 0.60
251 Thabo Sefolosha 0.60
252 Baron Davis 0.50
253 Carlos Boozer 0.50
254 Dale Ellis 0.50
255 Detlef Schrempf 0.50
256 Joe Johnson 0.50
257 Juwan Howard 0.50
258 Kevin Willis 0.50
259 Michael Redd 0.50
260 Al Horford 0.40
261 Al Thornton 0.40
262 Andre Iguodala 0.40
263 Andre Miller 0.40
264 Andrea Bargnani 0.40
265 Armon Gilliam 0.40
266 Arvydas Sabonis 0.40
267 Ben Gordon 0.40
268 Billy Owens 0.40
269 Brandon Jennings 0.40
270 Brevin Knight 0.40
271 Brian Grant 0.40
272 Brook Lopez 0.40
273 Calvin Natt 0.40
274 Caron Butler 0.40
275 Channing Frye 0.40
276 Charles Smith 0.40
277 Charlie Villanueva 0.40
278 Christian Laettner 0.40
279 Clark Kellogg 0.40
280 Darius Miles 0.40
281 Darrell Walker 0.40
282 Darren Collison 0.40
283 David Greenwood 0.40
284 Dee Brown 0.40
285 Dennis Scott 0.40
286 Drew Gooden 0.40
287 Glenn Robinson 0.40
288 Greg Anderson 0.40
289 Hersey Hawkins 0.40
290 Jason Richardson 0.40
291 Jay Vincent 0.40
292 Jeff Green 0.40
293 Jeff Malone 0.40
294 Jeff Ruland 0.40
295 Jerry Stackhouse 0.40
296 Joe Barry Carroll 0.40
297 Joe Smith 0.40
298 John Williams 0.40
299 Jorge Garbajosa 0.40
300 Keith Van Horn 0.40
301 Kelly Tripucka 0.40
302 Kelvin Ransey 0.40
303 Kendall Gill 0.40
304 Kenyon Martin 0.40
305 LaMarcus Aldridge 0.40
306 LaPhonso Ellis 0.40
307 Larry Smith 0.40
308 Lionel Simmons 0.40
309 Luis Scola 0.40
310 Luol Deng 0.40
311 Marc Jackson 0.40
312 Matt Harpring 0.40
313 Michael Beasley 0.40
314 Mike Bibby 0.40
315 Morris Peterson 0.40
316 Nene Hilario 0.40
317 O.J. Mayo 0.40
318 Pooh Richardson 0.40
319 Quintin Dailey 0.40
320 Randy Foye 0.40
321 Rik Smits 0.40
322 Ron Mercer 0.40
323 Roy Tarpley 0.40
324 Rudy Gay 0.40
325 Russell Westbrook 0.40
326 Sam Bowie 0.40
327 Sam Perkins 0.40
328 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 0.40
329 Sherman Douglas 0.40
330 Stacey Augmon 0.40
331 Stephen Curry 0.40
332 Steve Smith 0.40
333 Steve Stipanovich 0.40
334 Taj Gibson 0.40
335 Thurl Bailey 0.40
336 Tom Gugliotta 0.40
337 Vlade Divac 0.40
338 Wally Szczerbiak 0.40
339 Willie Anderson 0.40
340 Xavier McDaniel 0.40
341 Zydrunas Ilgauskas 0.40

========== MOST RECOGNIZED HIGH IMPACT PRO BASKETBALL PLAYERS 1980-2010 ==========
--Shown Alphabetically
--Ten recognitions are considered; for details see the explanation above
--Championship rings are counted only for players who played 1,200 minutes or more during the season their teams won
--The format for each line is Player / Recognition Score

A. C. Green 3.60
Adrian Dantley 4.75
Al Horford 0.40
Al Thornton 0.40
Alex English 5.25
Allen Iverson 10.90
Alonzo Mourning 9.55
Alvin Robertson 7.15
Amare Stoudemire 5.40
Anderson Varejao 0.60
Andre Iguodala 0.40
Andre Miller 0.40
Andrea Bargnani 0.40
Andrei Kirilenko 2.40
Andrew Bogut 0.90
Andrew Bynum 2.00
Andrew Toney 1.00
Anfernee Hardaway 2.90
Anthony Mason 1.10
Antoine Walker 1.40
Antonio McDyess 0.90
Armon Gilliam 0.40
Arvydas Sabonis 0.40
Avery Johnson 1.00
B.J. Armstrong 3.00
Baron Davis 0.50
Ben Gordon 0.40
Ben Wallace 18.45
Bernard King 2.25
Bill Cartwright 3.40
Bill Hanzlik 0.60
Bill Laimbeer 2.00
Bill Walton 4.00
Billy Owens 0.40
Bob Lanier 3.00
Bob McAdoo 4.00
Bobby Jones 5.60
Bobby Phills 0.60
Brad Daugherty 0.90
Brandon Jennings 0.40
Brandon Roy 3.00
Brent Barry 2.00
Brevin Knight 0.40
Brian Grant 0.40
Brian Shaw 2.00
Brook Lopez 0.40
Bruce Bowen 8.80
Buck Williams 5.70
Byron Scott 3.40
Caldwell Jones 1.60
Calvin J. Murphy 3.00
Calvin Natt 0.40
Carl Herrera 2.00
Carlos Boozer 0.50
Carmelo Anthony 2.65
Caron Butler 0.40
Cedric Maxwell 2.00
Channing Frye 0.40
Charles Barkley 15.65
Charles Oakley 1.80
Charles Smith 0.40
Charlie Villanueva 0.40
Chauncey Billups 3.95
Chris Bosh 1.15
Chris Ford 1.00
Chris Mullin 3.00
Chris Paul 5.30
Chris Webber 5.90
Christian Laettner 0.40
Chuck Person 2.15
Clark Kellogg 0.40
Clifford Robinson 1.20
Clint Richardson 1.00
Clyde Drexler 7.50
Corliss Williamson 1.00
Dale Ellis 0.50
Damon Stoudamire 2.15
Dan Issel 3.00
Dan Majerle 1.20
Dan Roundfield 4.35
Danny Ainge 1.00
Danny Vranes 0.60
Darius Miles 0.40
Darrell Griffith 2.15
Darrell Walker 0.40
Darren Collison 0.40
Dave Cowens 3.60
David Greenwood 0.40
David Robinson 25.65
David Thompson 3.00
Dee Brown 0.40
Dennis Johnson 12.55
Dennis Rodman 17.00
Dennis Scott 0.40
Derek Fisher 4.00
Derek Harper 1.20
Deron Williams 1.90
Derrick Coleman 3.15
Derrick McKey 1.60
Derrick Rose 2.15
Detlef Schrempf 0.50
Devean George 1.00
Devin Brown 1.00
Dikembe Mutombo 15.95
Dirk Nowitzki 11.00
Dominique Wilkins 8.40
Don Buse 0.80
Doug Christie 2.60
Drazen Petrovic 3.50
Drew Gooden 0.40
Dudley Bradley 0.60
Dwight Howard 10.90
Dwyane Wade 7.20
Earl Monroe 3.00
Eddie House 1.00
Eddie Johnson 0.60
Eddie Jones 2.70
Elton Brand 2.90
Elvin E. Hayes 3.00
Emeka Okafor 2.15
Eric Snow 0.60
Fabricio Oberto 1.00
Francisco Elson 1.00
Franklin Edwards 1.00
Gary Payton 17.35
George Gervin 6.75
George Johnson 0.60
Gerald Henderson 2.00
Gerald Wallace 0.80
Gilbert Arenas 1.75
Glen Rice 2.25
Glenn Robinson 0.40
Grant Hill 6.15
Greg Anderson 0.40
Gus Williams 1.75
Hakeem Olajuwon 29.35
Hersey Hawkins 0.40
Horace Grant 6.40
Isaiah Rider 1.40
Isiah Thomas 8.90
Jack Sikma 0.60
Jamaal Wilkes 2.00
Jamal Mashburn 0.90
James Edwards 2.00
James Posey 2.00
James Worthy 7.40
Jason Caffey 1.00
Jason Kidd 14.10
Jason Richardson 0.40
Jason Williams 1.40
Jay Vincent 0.40
Jeff Green 0.40
Jeff Malone 0.40
Jeff Ruland 0.40
Jermaine O'Neal 1.75
Jerry Sichting 1.00
Jerry Stackhouse 0.40
Jim Chones 1.00
Joe Barry Carroll 0.40
Joe Dumars 10.95
Joe Johnson 0.50
Joe Smith 0.40
John Paxson 2.00
John Salley 2.00
John Starks 0.60
John Stockton 14.00
John Williams 0.40
Jordan Farmar 1.00
Jorge Garbajosa 0.40
Josh Smith 0.60
Julius Erving 11.00
Juwan Howard 0.50
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 17.70
Karl Malone 25.40
Keith Van Horn 0.40
Kelly Tripucka 0.40
Kelvin Ransey 0.40
Kendall Gill 0.40
Kendrick Perkins 1.00
Kenny Smith 2.40
Kenyon Martin 0.40
Kermit Washington 1.20
Kevin Durant 3.15
Kevin Garnett 21.25
Kevin Johnson 3.50
Kevin McHale 11.60
Kevin Willis 0.50
Kirk Hinrich 1.00
Kobe Bryant 26.10
Kurt Rambis 2.00
Lafayette Lever 1.35
Lamar Odom 2.40
LaMarcus Aldridge 0.40
LaPhonso Ellis 0.40
Larry Bird 27.70
Larry Hughes 0.80
Larry Johnson 2.90
Larry Nance 2.00
Larry Smith 0.40
Larry Spriggs 1.00
Latrell Sprewell 1.60
LeBron James 15.25
Lindsey Hunter 1.00
Lionel Simmons 0.40
Lonnie Shelton 0.60
Luc Longley 3.00
Luis Scola 0.40
Luol Deng 0.40
Magic Johnson 26.15
Malik Rose 1.00
Manu Ginobili 3.50
Manute Bol 0.60
Marc Iavaroni 1.00
Marc Jackson 0.40
Marcus Camby 5.60
Mario Elie 3.00
Mark Aguirre 1.00
Mark Eaton 8.40
Mark Jackson 2.15
Mark Price 2.50
Marques Johnson 1.50
Matt Harpring 0.40
Maurice Cheeks 4.80
Mehmet Okur 1.00
Michael Beasley 0.40
Michael Cooper 13.20
Michael Finley 1.40
Michael Jordan 46.50
Michael Redd 0.50
Micheal Ray Richardson 1.60
Micheal Williams 0.60
Mike Bibby 0.40
Mike Miller 2.15
Mitch Richmond 5.40
Mookie Blaylock 4.00
Morris Peterson 0.40
Moses Malone 16.05
Mychal Thompson 1.00
Nate Archibald 3.75
Nate McMillan 1.20
Nene Hilario 0.40
Norm Nixon 2.00
O.J. Mayo 0.40
Otis Birdsong 0.75
Otis Thorpe 1.00
P.J. Brown 1.80
Patrick Ewing 12.45
Pau Gasol 5.15
Paul Pierce 3.65
Paul Pressey 2.20
Paul Westphal 1.00
Peja Stojakovic 0.75
Pete Chilcutt 1.00
Pete Maravich 3.00
Pooh Richardson 0.40
Quinn Buckner 2.80
Quintin Dailey 0.40
Raja Bell 1.40
Rajon Rondo 2.40
Ralph Sampson 2.90
Randy Foye 0.40
Rasho Nesterovic 1.00
Ray Allen 2.25
Reggie Miller 1.50
Richard Hamilton 1.00
Rick Barry 3.00
Rick Fox 3.00
Rick Mahorn 1.60
Rick Robey 1.00
Rik Smits 0.40
Robert Horry 6.00
Robert Parish 7.25
Rod Strickland 0.75
Rodney McCray 1.40
Ron Artest 6.70
Ron Harper 4.40
Ron Mercer 0.40
Roy Tarpley 0.40
Rudy Gay 0.40
Russell Westbrook 0.40
Sam Bowie 0.40
Sam Cassell 1.75
Sam Perkins 0.40
Samaki Walker 1.00
Sasha Vujacic 1.00
Scott Brooks 1.00
Scott Wedman 1.60
Scott Williams 1.00
Scottie Pippen 22.10
Sean Elliott 1.00
Shane Battier 1.60
Shannon Brown 1.00
Shaquille O'Neal 22.45
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 0.40
Shawn Kemp 2.25
Shawn Marion 1.00
Sherman Douglas 0.40
Sidney Moncrief 11.85
Spencer Haywood 1.00
Stacey Augmon 0.40
Stacey King 1.00
Stephen Curry 0.40
Stephen Jackson 1.00
Stephon Marbury 1.40
Steve Francis 2.15
Steve Kerr 2.00
Steve Nash 11.50
Steve Smith 0.40
Steve Stipanovich 0.40
T. R. Dunn 1.80
Taj Gibson 0.40
Tayshaun Prince 3.40
Terry Cummings 3.40
Thabo Sefolosha 0.60
Theo Ratliff 1.20
Thurl Bailey 0.40
Tim Duncan 33.30
Tim Hardaway 4.15
Tiny Archibald 1.00
Tom Chambers 1.50
Tom Gugliotta 0.40
Toni Kukoc 3.00
Tony Allen 1.00
Tony Parker 3.90
Tracy McGrady 5.25
Trevor Ariza 1.00
Tyreke Evans 2.15
Udonis Haslem 1.00
Vernon Maxwell 2.00
Vin Baker 1.65
Vince Carter 3.40
Vinnie Johnson 2.00
Vlade Divac 0.40
Wally Szczerbiak 0.40
Walt Frazier 3.00
Wayne Rollins 1.40
Wes Unseld 3.00
Willie Anderson 0.40
Xavier McDaniel 0.40
Yao Ming 3.40
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 0.40

Players Ranked by Championship Minutes Played Since 1980

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Players Ranked by Number of Rings (Championships) Won Since 1980

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Alphabetic Lists of all Players Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1980-2010

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Last year I discovered that nobody cares about how many rings pro basketball players have. Well, not exactly, but I discovered that no one cares enough to keep track and post the numbers on the Internet. I guess people don’t really respect NBA Champions the way they think they do. Even on monster statistical sites there is no page to go to listing NBA player champions year by year, or the number of rings won by player. Sure, you find short and usually incomplete lists of players who have won three or more rings drifting around, but forget about a complete list unless you get it here.

Quest for the Ring (QFTR) has provided the basketball world with the missing information and then some. Here for the second year we have the complete and correct listings for winners of the QFTR in multiple formats. Each year, scheduled for August, the following Reports are in this historical series:

1. Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1980-1994
2. Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1995-2010
3. Alphabetic Logs of all Players Who Have Won the Quest for the Ring 1980-2010
4. Players Ranked by Number of Championships and Rings Won Since 1980
5. Players Ranked by Minutes Played in Championship Years Since 1980
6. Most Recognized High Impact Players 1980-2010
7. Cities and Franchises That Won the Quest for the Ring 1950-2010

In 2010 these will be posted one each day beginning with #1 on August 21 and finishing with #7 on August 27.

After these look for the new and improved Real Coach Ratings and the second annual Report on player salaries, team payrolls, and team cap space.

Championships are by themselves crucial history, but they are also very important for the present, because players who have already won rings are, all other things equal, more valuable than players who have never won a ring. You might as well add about .050 to each such player's Real Player Rating. So a .700 becomes a.750, an .870 becomes a .920, and so forth.

ALPHABETIC LISTS OF ALL PLAYERS WHO HAVE WON THE QUEST FOR THE RING
In this Report we are doing two alphabetical lists of all players who won the Quest for the Ring between 1980 and 2010, with an entry for each time each player won. The first listing is called the inclusive version. In this one all players who won who played 300 minutes or more during the season are included. The second listing is called the strict version. In this one all players who won who played 1,200 minutes or more during the season are included. The first listing includes all players except ones who played very little. The second listing includes only players who were starters or heavy minutes non-starters for much of the season.

Each entry consists of (1) The name of the player (2) the player's team (3) the age of the player when he won and (4) the number of minutes he played during the season he won the Quest. You can find the year(s) any player won by checking the “Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring” Reports.

Minutes played are a pretty good approximation of how good the player was. But remember, as the User Guide to the Real Player Rating system explains, the players with the most minutes are not always actually the best players.

Obviously, this is the Report to use to look up any player by name. Aside from seeing whether a player you have in mind has ever won, you can quickly tell how many rings each player has won simply by observing how many times his name appears. The alphabetical sorting is by first name.

========== ALPHABETIC LIST OF PLAYERS WHO WON THE QUEST FOR THE RING 1980-2010 ==========
-Alphabetical by first names
-Inclusive Version: All players who won a ring in a season when they played at least 300 minutes are included

Player / Team / Age / Minutes
A.C. Green LA L 36 1,929
A.C. Green LA L 24 2,636
A.C. Green LA L 23 2,240
Adrian Dantley DETR 32 1,341
Alonzo Mourning MIAM 35 1,302
Andrew Bynum LA L 22 1,977
Andrew Bynum LA L 21 1,446
Andrew Toney PHIL 25 2,474
Antoine Walker MIAM 29 2,199
Antonio Daniels SN A 23 614
Avery Johnson SN A 33 1,672
B.J. Armstrong CHIC 25 2,492
B.J. Armstrong CHIC 24 1,875
B.J. Armstrong CHIC 23 1,731
Ben Wallace DETR 29 3,050
Beno Udrih SN A 24 948
Beno Udrih SN A 22 1,149
Bill Cartwright CHIC 35 1,253
Bill Cartwright CHIC 34 1,471
Bill Cartwright CHIC 33 2,273
Bill Laimbeer DETR 32 2,675
Bill Laimbeer DETR 31 2,640
Bill Walton BOST 33 1,546
Bill Wennington CHIC 34 467
Bill Wennington CHIC 33 783
Bill Wennington CHIC 32 1,065
Billy Thompson LA L 23 762
Bob Hansen CHIC 31 769
Bob McAdoo LA L 33 1,254
Bob McAdoo LA L 30 746
Bob Sura DETR 30 707
Bobby Jones PHIL 31 1,749
Brent Barry SN A 35 1,631
Brent Barry SN A 33 1,742
Brian Scalabrine BOST 29 512
Brian Shaw LA L 35 631
Brian Shaw LA L 34 1,833
Brian Shaw LA L 33 1,249
Bruce Bowen SN A 35 2,464
Bruce Bowen SN A 33 2,627
Bruce Bowen SN A 31 2,566
Byron Scott LA L 26 3,048
Byron Scott LA L 25 2,729
Byron Scott LA L 23 2,305
Carl Herrera HOUS 28 1,331
Carl Herrera HOUS 27 1,292
Cedric Maxwell BOST 28 2,502
Cedric Maxwell BOST 25 2,730
Chauncey Billups DETR 27 2,758
Chris Ford BOST 32 2,723
Chucky Atkins DETR 29 751
Chucky Brown HOUS 26 814
Clemon Johnson PHIL 26 698
Cliff Levingston CHIC 31 1,020
Cliff Levingston CHIC 30 1,013
Clint Richardson PHIL 26 1,755
Clyde Drexler HOUS 32 1,300
Corliss Williamson DETR 30 1,574
Craig Hodges CHIC 31 555
Craig Hodges CHIC 30 843
D.J. Mbenga LA L 19 355
Danny Ainge BOST 26 2,407
Danny Ainge BOST 24 1,154
Danny Ferry SN A 36 601
Darrell Walker CHIC 31 367
Darvin Ham DETR 30 484
David Robinson SN A 37 1,676
David Robinson SN A 33 1,554
David Thirdkill BOST 25 385
Dennis Hopson CHIC 25 728
Dennis Johnson BOST 31 2,732
Dennis Johnson BOST 29 2,665
Dennis Rodman CHIC 36 2,856
Dennis Rodman CHIC 35 1,947
Dennis Rodman CHIC 34 2,088
Dennis Rodman DETR 28 2,377
Dennis Rodman DETR 27 2,208
Derek Anderson MIAM 31 465
Derek Fisher LA L 35 2,227
Derek Fisher LA L 34 2,441
Derek Fisher LA L 27 1,974
Derek Fisher LA L 26 709
Derek Fisher LA L 25 1,803
Devean George LA L 24 1,759
Devean George LA L 23 593
Devean George LA L 22 345
Devin Brown SN A 26 1,238
Dickey Simpkins CHIC 24 395
Dickey Simpkins CHIC 23 685
Don Ford LA L 27 580
Dwyane Wade MIAM 24 2,892
Earl Cureton PHIL 25 987
Eddie House BOST 29 1,480
Eddie Jordan LA L 27 608
Elden Campbell DETR 35 892
Fabricio Oberto SN A 31 1,365
Francisco Elson SN A 30 1,332
Frank Brickowski LA L 27 404
Franklin Edwards PHIL 23 1,266
Gary Payton MIAM 37 2,305
Gerald Henderson DETR 34 335
Gerald Henderson BOST 28 2,088
Gerald Henderson BOST 25 1,608
Glen Davis BOST 22 940
Glen Rice LA L 32 2,530
Greg Foster LA L 32 451
Greg Kite BOST 24 464
Hakeem Olajuwon HOUS 32 2,853
Hakeem Olajuwon HOUS 31 3,277
Horace Grant LA L 35 2,390
Horace Grant CHIC 27 2,745
Horace Grant CHIC 26 2,859
Horace Grant CHIC 25 2,641
Isaiah Rider LA L 29 1,206
Isiah Thomas DETR 28 2,993
Isiah Thomas DETR 27 2,924
Jacque Vaughn SN A 31 760
Jamaal Wilkes LA L 31 761
Jamaal Wilkes LA L 28 2,906
Jamaal Wilkes LA L 26 3,111
James Edwards DETR 34 2,283
James Edwards DETR 33 1,254
James Posey BOST 31 1,821
James Posey MIAM 29 1,914
James Worthy LA L 26 2,655
James Worthy LA L 25 2,819
James Worthy LA L 23 2,696
Jaren Jackson SN A 31 861
Jason Caffey CHIC 24 710
Jason Caffey CHIC 23 1,405
Jason Caffey CHIC 22 545
Jason Kapono MIAM 24 665
Jason Williams MIAM 30 1,874
Jerome Kersey SN A 36 699
Jerry Sichting BOST 29 1,596
Jim Brewer LA L 30 966
Jim Chones LA L 30 2,394
Joe Dumars DETR 26 2,578
Joe Dumars DETR 25 2,408
Joe Kleine CHIC 36 397
John Paxson CHIC 32 1,030
John Paxson CHIC 31 1,946
John Paxson CHIC 30 1,971
John Salley LA L 35 303
John Salley DETR 25 1,914
John Salley DETR 24 1,458
Jordan Farmar LA L 23 1,474
Jordan Farmar LA L 22 1,192
Josh Powell LA L 27 581
Josh Powell LA L 26 703
Jud Buechler CHIC 29 608
Jud Buechler CHIC 28 703
Jud Buechler CHIC 27 740
Julius Erving PHIL 32 2,421
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 40 2,308
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 39 2,441
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 37 2,630
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 34 2,677
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 32 3,143
Kendrick Perkins BOST 23 1,912
Kenny Smith HOUS 29 2,030
Kenny Smith HOUS 28 2,209
Kevin Garnett BOST 31 2,328
Kevin McHale BOST 28 2,397
Kevin McHale BOST 26 2,577
Kevin McHale BOST 23 1,645
Kevin Willis SN A 40 840
Kobe Bryant LA L 31 2,835
Kobe Bryant LA L 30 2,960
Kobe Bryant LA L 23 3,063
Kobe Bryant LA L 22 2,783
Kobe Bryant LA L 21 2,524
Kurt Rambis LA L 29 845
Kurt Rambis LA L 28 1,514
Kurt Rambis LA L 26 1,617
Kurt Rambis LA L 23 1,131
Lamar Odom LA L 30 2,585
Lamar Odom LA L 29 2,316
Larry Bird BOST 29 3,113
Larry Bird BOST 27 3,028
Larry Bird BOST 24 3,239
Larry Spriggs LA L 25 1,292
Leon Powe BOST 24 809
Lindsey Hunter DETR 33 661
Lindsey Hunter LA L 31 1,616
Luc Longley CHIC 29 1,703
Luc Longley CHIC 28 1,472
Luc Longley CHIC 27 1,641
Luke Walton LA L 28 1,166
M.L. Carr BOST 33 585
M.L. Carr BOST 30 655
Magic Johnson LA L 28 2,637
Magic Johnson LA L 27 2,904
Magic Johnson LA L 25 2,781
Magic Johnson LA L 22 2,991
Magic Johnson LA L 20 2,795
Malik Rose SN A 30 862
Malik Rose SN A 28 1,933
Malik Rose SN A 24 608
Manu Ginobili SN A 29 2,060
Manu Ginobili SN A 27 2,193
Manu Ginobili SN A 25 1,431
Marc Iavaroni PHIL 26 1,612
Mario Elie SN A 35 1,291
Mario Elie HOUS 31 1,896
Mario Elie HOUS 30 1,606
Mark Aguirre DETR 30 2,005
Mark Aguirre DETR 29 1,068
Mark Landsberger LA L 26 1,134
Mark Landsberger LA L 24 374
Mark Madsen LA L 26 650
Mark Madsen LA L 25 641
Matt Bonner SN A 26 654
Matt Bullard HOUS 26 725
Maurice Cheeks PHIL 26 2,465
Mehmet Okur DETR 24 1,580
Michael Cooper LA L 31 1,793
Michael Cooper LA L 30 2,253
Michael Cooper LA L 28 2,189
Michael Cooper LA L 25 2,197
Michael Cooper LA L 23 1,973
Michael Doleac MIAM 28 371
Michael Finley SN A 33 1,823
Michael Jordan CHIC 34 3,181
Michael Jordan CHIC 33 3,106
Michael Jordan CHIC 32 3,090
Michael Jordan CHIC 29 3,067
Michael Jordan CHIC 28 3,102
Michael Jordan CHIC 27 3,034
Micheal Williams DETR 22 358
Mike James DETR 28 512
Mike McGee LA L 25 1,170
Mike McGee LA L 22 352
Mike Penberthy LA L 26 851
Mike Smrek LA L 25 421
Milt Wagner LA L 24 380
Mitch Kupchak LA L 30 716
Mitch Kupchak LA L 27 821
Mitch Richmond LA L 36 709
Moses Malone PHIL 27 2,922
Mychal Thompson LA L 33 2,007
Mychal Thompson LA L 32 680
Nazr Mohammed SN A 27 414
Norm Nixon LA L 26 3,024
Norm Nixon LA L 24 3,226
Otis Thorpe HOUS 32 1,188
Otis Thorpe HOUS 31 2,909
Pau Gasol LA L 29 2,403
Pau Gasol LA L 28 2,999
Paul Pierce BOST 30 2,874
Pete Chilcutt HOUS 26 1,347
Quinn Buckner BOST 29 1,249
Rajon Rondo BOST 21 2,306
Randy Brown CHIC 29 1,147
Randy Brown CHIC 28 1,057
Randy Brown CHIC 27 671
Rasheed Wallace DETR 29 673
Rasho Nesterovic SN A 28 1,785
Ray Allen BOST 32 2,624
Reggie Johnson PHIL 25 549
Richard Hamilton DETR 25 2,772
Rick Carlisle BOST 26 760
Rick Fox LA L 32 2,289
Rick Fox LA L 31 2,291
Rick Fox LA L 30 1,473
Rick Mahorn DETR 30 1,795
Rick Robey BOST 25 1,569
Robert Horry SN A 36 1,124
Robert Horry SN A 34 1,396
Robert Horry LA L 31 2,140
Robert Horry LA L 30 1,587
Robert Horry LA L 29 1,685
Robert Horry HOUS 24 2,074
Robert Horry HOUS 23 2,370
Robert Parish CHIC 43 406
Robert Parish BOST 32 2,567
Robert Parish BOST 30 2,867
Robert Parish BOST 27 2,298
Rodney McCray CHIC 31 1,019
Ron Artest LA L 30 2,605
Ron Harper LA L 37 1,139
Ron Harper LA L 36 2,042
Ron Harper CHIC 34 2,284
Ron Harper CHIC 33 1,740
Ron Harper CHIC 32 1,886
Russ Schoene PHIL 22 702
Sam Cassell HOUS 25 1,882
Sam Cassell HOUS 24 1,122
Sam Vincent BOST 22 432
Samaki Walker LA L 25 1,655
Sasha Vujacic LA L 25 575
Sasha Vujacic LA L 24 1,293
Scott Brooks HOUS 28 1,225
Scott Burrell CHIC 27 1,096
Scott Wedman BOST 33 1,402
Scott Wedman BOST 31 916
Scott Williams CHIC 24 1,369
Scott Williams CHIC 23 690
Scott Williams CHIC 22 337
Scottie Pippen CHIC 32 1,652
Scottie Pippen CHIC 31 3,095
Scottie Pippen CHIC 30 2,825
Scottie Pippen CHIC 27 3,123
Scottie Pippen CHIC 26 3,164
Scottie Pippen CHIC 25 3,014
Sean Elliott SN A 30 1,509
Shandon Anderson MIAM 32 638
Shannon Brown LA L 24 1,700
Shaquille O'Neal MIAM 33 1,806
Shaquille O'Neal LA L 29 2,422
Shaquille O'Neal LA L 28 2,924
Shaquille O'Neal LA L 27 3,163
Speedy Claxton SN A 24 471
Spencer Haywood LA L 30 1,544
Stacey King CHIC 26 1,059
Stacey King CHIC 25 1,268
Stacey King CHIC 24 1,198
Stanislav Medvedenko LA L 22 729
Stephen Jackson SN A 24 2,254
Steve Kerr SN A 37 952
Steve Kerr SN A 33 734
Steve Kerr CHIC 32 1,119
Steve Kerr CHIC 31 1,861
Steve Kerr CHIC 30 1,919
Steve Smith SN A 33 1,032
Tayshaun Prince DETR 23 2,701
Tim Breaux HOUS 24 340
Tim Duncan SN A 30 2,725
Tim Duncan SN A 28 2,203
Tim Duncan SN A 26 3,181
Tim Duncan SN A 22 1,963
Tiny Archibald BOST 32 2,820
Toni Kukoc CHIC 29 2,235
Toni Kukoc CHIC 28 1,610
Toni Kukoc CHIC 27 2,103
Tony Allen BOST 26 1,373
Tony Massenburg SN A 37 699
Tony Parker SN A 24 2,499
Tony Parker SN A 22 2,735
Tony Parker SN A 20 2,774
Travis Knight LA L 25 410
Trent Tucker CHIC 33 909
Trevor Ariza LA L 23 1,998
Tyronn Lue LA L 23 468
Udonis Haslem MIAM 25 2,491
Vernon Maxwell HOUS 29 2,038
Vernon Maxwell HOUS 28 2,571
Vinnie Johnson DETR 33 1,972
Vinnie Johnson DETR 32 2,073
Vladimir Radmanovic LA L 28 771
Wayne Simien MIAM 22 414
Wes Matthews LA L 28 706
Wes Matthews LA L 27 532
Will Perdue SN A 33 445
Will Perdue CHIC 27 998
Will Perdue CHIC 26 1,007
Will Perdue CHIC 25 972

========== PLAYERS WHO WON THE QUEST FOR THE RING 1980-2010 ==========
-Alphabetical by first names
-Strict Version: All players who won a ring in a season when they played at least 1,200 minutes are included

Player / Team / Age / Minutes
A.C. Green LA L 36 1,929
A.C. Green LA L 24 2,636
A.C. Green LA L 23 2,240
Adrian Dantley DETR 32 1,341
Alonzo Mourning MIAM 35 1,302
Andrew Bynum LA L 22 1,977
Andrew Bynum LA L 21 1,446
Andrew Toney PHIL 25 2,474
Antoine Walker MIAM 29 2,199
Avery Johnson SN A 33 1,672
B.J. Armstrong CHIC 25 2,492
B.J. Armstrong CHIC 24 1,875
B.J. Armstrong CHIC 23 1,731
Ben Wallace DETR 29 3,050
Bill Cartwright CHIC 35 1,253
Bill Cartwright CHIC 34 1,471
Bill Cartwright CHIC 33 2,273
Bill Laimbeer DETR 32 2,675
Bill Laimbeer DETR 31 2,640
Bill Walton BOST 33 1,546
Bob McAdoo LA L 33 1,254
Bobby Jones PHIL 31 1,749
Brent Barry SN A 35 1,631
Brent Barry SN A 33 1,742
Brian Shaw LA L 34 1,833
Brian Shaw LA L 33 1,249
Bruce Bowen SN A 35 2,464
Bruce Bowen SN A 33 2,627
Bruce Bowen SN A 31 2,566
Byron Scott LA L 26 3,048
Byron Scott LA L 25 2,729
Byron Scott LA L 23 2,305
Carl Herrera HOUS 28 1,331
Carl Herrera HOUS 27 1,292
Cedric Maxwell BOST 28 2,502
Cedric Maxwell BOST 25 2,730
Chauncey Billups DETR 27 2,758
Chris Ford BOST 32 2,723
Clint Richardson PHIL 26 1,755
Clyde Drexler HOUS 32 1,300
Corliss Williamson DETR 30 1,574
Danny Ainge BOST 26 2,407
David Robinson SN A 37 1,676
David Robinson SN A 33 1,554
Dennis Johnson BOST 31 2,732
Dennis Johnson BOST 29 2,665
Dennis Rodman CHIC 36 2,856
Dennis Rodman CHIC 35 1,947
Dennis Rodman CHIC 34 2,088
Dennis Rodman DETR 28 2,377
Dennis Rodman DETR 27 2,208
Derek Fisher LA L 35 2,227
Derek Fisher LA L 34 2,441
Derek Fisher LA L 27 1,974
Derek Fisher LA L 25 1,803
Devean George LA L 24 1,759
Devin Brown SN A 26 1,238
Dwyane Wade MIAM 24 2,892
Eddie House BOST 29 1,480
Fabricio Oberto SN A 31 1,365
Francisco Elson SN A 30 1,332
Franklin Edwards PHIL 23 1,266
Gary Payton MIAM 37 2,305
Gerald Henderson BOST 28 2,088
Gerald Henderson BOST 25 1,608
Glen Rice LA L 32 2,530
Hakeem Olajuwon HOUS 32 2,853
Hakeem Olajuwon HOUS 31 3,277
Horace Grant LA L 35 2,390
Horace Grant CHIC 27 2,745
Horace Grant CHIC 26 2,859
Horace Grant CHIC 25 2,641
Isaiah Rider LA L 29 1,206
Isiah Thomas DETR 28 2,993
Isiah Thomas DETR 27 2,924
Jamaal Wilkes LA L 28 2,906
Jamaal Wilkes LA L 26 3,111
James Edwards DETR 34 2,283
James Edwards DETR 33 1,254
James Posey BOST 31 1,821
James Posey MIAM 29 1,914
James Worthy LA L 26 2,655
James Worthy LA L 25 2,819
James Worthy LA L 23 2,696
Jason Caffey CHIC 23 1,405
Jason Williams MIAM 30 1,874
Jerry Sichting BOST 29 1,596
Jim Chones LA L 30 2,394
Joe Dumars DETR 26 2,578
Joe Dumars DETR 25 2,408
John Paxson CHIC 31 1,946
John Paxson CHIC 30 1,971
John Salley DETR 25 1,914
John Salley DETR 24 1,458
Jordan Farmar LA L 23 1,474
Julius Erving PHIL 32 2,421
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 40 2,308
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 39 2,441
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 37 2,630
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 34 2,677
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar LA L 32 3,143
Kendrick Perkins BOST 23 1,912
Kenny Smith HOUS 29 2,030
Kenny Smith HOUS 28 2,209
Kevin Garnett BOST 31 2,328
Kevin McHale BOST 28 2,397
Kevin McHale BOST 26 2,577
Kevin McHale BOST 23 1,645
Kobe Bryant LA L 31 2,835
Kobe Bryant LA L 30 2,960
Kobe Bryant LA L 23 3,063
Kobe Bryant LA L 22 2,783
Kobe Bryant LA L 21 2,524
Kurt Rambis LA L 28 1,514
Kurt Rambis LA L 26 1,617
Lamar Odom LA L 30 2,585
Lamar Odom LA L 29 2,316
Larry Bird BOST 29 3,113
Larry Bird BOST 27 3,028
Larry Bird BOST 24 3,239
Larry Spriggs LA L 25 1,292
Lindsey Hunter LA L 31 1,616
Luc Longley CHIC 29 1,703
Luc Longley CHIC 28 1,472
Luc Longley CHIC 27 1,641
Magic Johnson LA L 28 2,637
Magic Johnson LA L 27 2,904
Magic Johnson LA L 25 2,781
Magic Johnson LA L 22 2,991
Magic Johnson LA L 20 2,795
Malik Rose SN A 28 1,933
Manu Ginobili SN A 29 2,060
Manu Ginobili SN A 27 2,193
Manu Ginobili SN A 25 1,431
Marc Iavaroni PHIL 26 1,612
Mario Elie SN A 35 1,291
Mario Elie HOUS 31 1,896
Mario Elie HOUS 30 1,606
Mark Aguirre DETR 30 2,005
Maurice Cheeks PHIL 26 2,465
Mehmet Okur DETR 24 1,580
Michael Cooper LA L 31 1,793
Michael Cooper LA L 30 2,253
Michael Cooper LA L 28 2,189
Michael Cooper LA L 25 2,197
Michael Cooper LA L 23 1,973
Michael Finley SN A 33 1,823
Michael Jordan CHIC 34 3,181
Michael Jordan CHIC 33 3,106
Michael Jordan CHIC 32 3,090
Michael Jordan CHIC 29 3,067
Michael Jordan CHIC 28 3,102
Michael Jordan CHIC 27 3,034
Moses Malone PHIL 27 2,922
Mychal Thompson LA L 33 2,007
Norm Nixon LA L 26 3,024
Norm Nixon LA L 24 3,226
Otis Thorpe HOUS 31 2,909
Pau Gasol LA L 29 2,403
Pau Gasol LA L 28 2,999
Paul Pierce BOST 30 2,874
Pete Chilcutt HOUS 26 1,347
Quinn Buckner BOST 29 1,249
Rajon Rondo BOST 21 2,306
Rasho Nesterovic SN A 28 1,785
Ray Allen BOST 32 2,624
Richard Hamilton DETR 25 2,772
Rick Fox LA L 32 2,289
Rick Fox LA L 31 2,291
Rick Fox LA L 30 1,473
Rick Mahorn DETR 30 1,795
Rick Robey BOST 25 1,569
Robert Horry SN A 34 1,396
Robert Horry LA L 31 2,140
Robert Horry LA L 30 1,587
Robert Horry LA L 29 1,685
Robert Horry HOUS 24 2,074
Robert Horry HOUS 23 2,370
Robert Parish BOST 32 2,567
Robert Parish BOST 30 2,867
Robert Parish BOST 27 2,298
Ron Artest LA L 30 2,605
Ron Harper LA L 36 2,042
Ron Harper CHIC 34 2,284
Ron Harper CHIC 33 1,740
Ron Harper CHIC 32 1,886
Sam Cassell HOUS 25 1,882
Samaki Walker LA L 25 1,655
Sasha Vujacic LA L 24 1,293
Scott Brooks HOUS 28 1,225
Scott Wedman BOST 33 1,402
Scott Williams CHIC 24 1,369
Scottie Pippen CHIC 32 1,652
Scottie Pippen CHIC 31 3,095
Scottie Pippen CHIC 30 2,825
Scottie Pippen CHIC 27 3,123
Scottie Pippen CHIC 26 3,164
Scottie Pippen CHIC 25 3,014
Sean Elliott SN A 30 1,509
Shannon Brown LA L 24 1,700
Shaquille O'Neal MIAM 33 1,806
Shaquille O'Neal LA L 29 2,422
Shaquille O'Neal LA L 28 2,924
Shaquille O'Neal LA L 27 3,163
Spencer Haywood LA L 30 1,544
Stacey King CHIC 25 1,268
Stephen Jackson SN A 24 2,254
Steve Kerr CHIC 31 1,861
Steve Kerr CHIC 30 1,919
Tayshaun Prince DETR 23 2,701
Tim Duncan SN A 30 2,725
Tim Duncan SN A 28 2,203
Tim Duncan SN A 26 3,181
Tim Duncan SN A 22 1,963
Tiny Archibald BOST 32 2,820
Toni Kukoc CHIC 29 2,235
Toni Kukoc CHIC 28 1,610
Toni Kukoc CHIC 27 2,103
Tony Allen BOST 26 1,373
Tony Parker SN A 24 2,499
Tony Parker SN A 22 2,735
Tony Parker SN A 20 2,774
Trevor Ariza LA L 23 1,998
Udonis Haslem MIAM 25 2,491
Vernon Maxwell HOUS 29 2,038
Vernon Maxwell HOUS 28 2,571
Vinnie Johnson DETR 33 1,972
Vinnie Johnson DETR 32 2,073

Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1995-2010

2010-08-22T08:00:00.000-07:00

Players and Teams Who Won the Quest for the Ring 1980-1994

2010-08-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

NBA Schedule for 2010-11 in Three Excel Versions: Plain, with Top Teams Highlighted, and with the Denver Nuggets Highlighted

2010-08-20T13:05:00.000-07:00

Before we get to the schedules, check out what is on deck....

COMING SOON
Coming soon to Quest for the Ring (QFTR) is an all new Real Coach Ratings Report. QFTR now has a very large database of every single playoff series since 1978 which allows us to follow through on our pledge made 3 1/2 months ago that coaches who are not good enough to coach well in the playoffs would be more clearly identified than ever (with evidence to back up the claim).

Also coming soon is the annual Players' Salaries, Team Payroll, and Team Cap Space Report.

Also coming soon is the annual How Many Rings Have Players Won the QFTR Report.

THE 2010-11 SCHEDULES
Alright all you basketball animals, here is the 2010-11 NBA schedule in three versions. Did you know that there is a Site on the Internet that is actually selling the NBA schedule in Excel format for $10? Yes, there really is one, whereas here it is free. The odds are that the site where the schedule is $10 and here where it is free are the only two places on the Internet where you can find the NBA schedule in the very useful Excel format.

Each schedule has October, November, December, and January in four columns in the upper half and February, March, and April in three columns on the lower half. Due to a glitch at Google Documents, the months preceding the dates are truncated, for example, "November" might appear as "Novem". To use these schedules you have to first find the section for the month you want and then scroll down to see all the dates that are in that month.

For each game, the time is shown and then the team on the left is the road team and the team on the right is the home team.

First we have the basic, plain NBA regular season schedule for 2010-11.

PLAIN NBA 2010-11 SCHEDULE
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AmcEHcJx6m0SdE5JVWVSZHBXTHY0d3h0VDdHNFdXSVE&hl=en&output=html

Now for the juiced up or highlighted schedule. This schedule highlights all games where both teams are among the following teams which are expected (assuming no injuries) to be the best four teams in each Conference:

EAST
Miami Heat
Boston Celtics
Orlando Magic
Chicago Bulls

WEST
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trailblazers
Dallas Mavericks
San Antonio Spurs

So this is the schedule to use when you want to find out instantly when the best teams are playing each other. These games are all playoff previews, mostly beyond the first round playoff previews.

Games highlighted in pink are among what are expected to be the best team in east conference (the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat). Games highlighted in orange are among what are expected to be the best two teams in each converence (Lakers, Trailblazers, Heat, and Celtics). Games highlighted in yellow are among any of the eight teams shown above where one or both are NOT among the top four. So the pink Heat-Lakers games (there are just two) are probably the most important playoff previews of all, the orange games are very important playoff previews, and the yellow games are relatively important playoff previews. Of course, as soon as the injuries start happening, the ordering of teams will change, so the highlighting will no longer be close to perfect anymore. But it will still be very useful.

HIGHLIGHTED OR JUICED UP NBA 2010-11 SCHEDULE: PLAYOFF PREVIEW GAMES
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AmcEHcJx6m0SdEpnd2RBN3FpdEQ1VXdPWUtPdGo2SlE&hl=en&output=html

And lastly here is the Denver Nuggets 2010-11 schedule Like a loyal dog I keep spending (some would say wasting) time on this team which most would agree is most likely never going to win the Quest in your or my lifetime. What can I say? I guess I'm like a loyal dog who won't run away from where it was a puppy.

DENVER NUGGETS 2010-11 SCHEDULE
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AmcEHcJx6m0SdFJoeEJxYUVLYXA1RHVEZUpkaHFwc3c&hl=en&output=html

Sneak Early Look at how the 2010-11 Contending Teams Break Down

2010-08-14T18:13:00.000-07:00

Based on the current rosters I have an early look at the contender break down for the 2011 Quest for the Ring. Not all free agents who will land contracts have teams yet, or in other words not all teams are complete as of yet. But most teams are mostly complete.

Mostly we do lengthy reporting chock loaded with proof but we also add some shorter more basic stuff from time to time, such as this little very early sneak peak at the 2011 playoffs and Championship. This will also introduce the revised framework we use to look at the contending teams.

The following is based especially on the real player ratings of players on the current rosters and on what is known about the playoff coaching ability of the coaches of the teams. We are using player ratings from the last season, with the last season weighted twice as much as the year before.

THE EAST
Main Primary Contender: Miami Heat
Alternate Primary Contender: Boston Celtics
Wild Card: Orlando Magic
Long Shot: Chicago Bulls
Extra Long Shot: Milwaukee Bucks

THE WEST
Main Primary Contender: Los Angeles Lakers
Alternate Primary Contender: Portland Trailblazers
Wild Card: Dallas Mavericks
Long Shot: San Antonio Spurs
Extra Long Shot: Oklahoma Thunder

Note: If I didn't know about the coaching errors of the Denver Nuggets I would have listed them as the West Long Shot or at least the Extra Long Shot.

Scheduled for early November is the first ever fall "Situation: Season Outlook" Report, which will explain how and why the outlook for the top teams is what it is. At that time the above breakdown will reflect the beginning of the season rosters, so it may be a little different. But the outlook at that time will not be a lot different from the above, so doing a sneak peak now is justified.

A FEW QUICK NOTES
With regard to the Trailblazers, their status as the Primary Alternate Contender to the Lakers assumes that Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, and Joel Przybilla are all available for most of the season.

Whether Dallas or San Antonio is better is an extremely close call. Were it not for the big coaching advantage for San Antonio, Dallas would be pretty far ahead of San Antonio. But as things are, it is just about a toss up between the Mavericks and the Spurs.

Unless Utah is down shifting as part of a multi-year plan I would think they will pick up a decent player or two between now and when the season tips on October 26. Utah might overtake Oklahoma between now and then.

In the East whether Boston or Orlando is better is an extremely close call. Rajon Rondo left Jameer Nelson and most of the other point guards in the dust in 2009-10 and if he is just as good or even a little better in 2011 then Boston will be slightly better than Orlando even if Shaquille O'Neal is an old man now.

Also in the East, whether Chicago or Milwaukee is better is an extremely close call. If Bogut is not 100% then Chicago is much better than the Bucks.

Despite all the close calls below the top slots, the top slots themselves are very, very clear: Miami Heat in the East and Los Angeles Lakers in the West. Despite the fact that Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra is an unproven playoff coach, it appears right now that only injuries and/or other calamities will prevent a 2011 Heat/Lakers Championship from happening.

Quest for the Ring Production Plan 2010

2010-08-14T13:05:00.000-07:00

Two years ago I promised myself I would every year publish the production plan for Quest for the Ring (QFTR) even though the early plans were dead on arrival because they were unrealistic. I think visitors and users deserve to see what the Plan for a website is instead of being strung along in a state of uncertainty about what is coming in the coming months. My view is that this is one of the big flaws of the Internet: for informing viewers about what is happening sites often have only a skimpy "about page" which does not give you any specifics about what is coming or about how to use what has already been produced. Whereas QFTR maintains a full array of what we call User Guide Reports.

The 2008 and 2009 Production Plans required far more time than I have available and the components (Reports) were changing so rapidly that maybe half the components would be replaced by new, better components in six months flat. The 2008 plan was largely worthless from a 2010 perspective. The 2009 plan was better but was a monstrosity and was only at best moderately followed.

Things have changed big time for the better. The 2010 plan shown below is going to be followed to a good extent because it is most definitely realistic and it most definitely tightly fits what we are doing here, which is no longer changing quickly. Individual Reports and features are still going to be improving and sometimes expanding, but the number of brand new types of Reports will be much fewer going forward.

The primary objective of Quest for the Ring, from which everything flows, has evolved to the point where it is at the top of the food chain so to speak, which means it isn't going to be changing except maybe on the edges anymore. (The higher something is on the food chain, the less it evolves because it doesn't have to evolve to avoid going extinct anymore; thank you Charles Darwin. And that means I could eat CBS Sports or ESPN if I wanted to, laugh out loud.) This site is going to be indefinitely and probably forever about the pro basketball playoffs in general and about exactly how teams and franchises win the Quest in particular. For example, we will be later this year (at the scheduled time; see the production plan) telling you exactly how the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2010 Quest and exactly how the Celtics could have won it.

Another thing that has changed is that high efficiency and true, high grade scientific management has come to the Production Plan. Now that I am so experienced with Excel that I actually enjoy what used to frustrate the hell out of me, I can use Excel to efficiently apply scientific management to anything including the QFTR Production Plan. Specifically, in the Plan I have what will be produced shown chronologically and in terms of the production detail number of words. Everything is optimized for the best possible flow of information to the users (which include me; more and more I use QFTR as a reference as opposed to going somewhere else for something I need.)

So the new Plan is a massive improvement over the prior Plans and this Plan will definitely be followed. But even so, some Reports will be several weeks late, a few Reports will be cancelled, and sometimes a new Report will appear out of nowhere (and will be added to the Plan assuming it is not a "one hit wonder"). But these departures from the Plan will be limited so that it can be said that the Plan as written is being followed to a good extent.

I am already behind, what a surprise! If you look at the August plan, a Real Coach Ratings Report is overdue. And "NBA Salaries, Payrolls, and Cap Space Report (Annual)" is late. And the Players Who Won the Quest Report series are due right about now. So look for these soon.

There is an exellent reason why I am a little behind right now. The elves who work behind the scenes here at Quest have been very, very busy. Many of the QFTR databases have been improved and there are some brand new, very crucial databases. For example, finally there is a multiyear Real Player Rating database which right now can show just two years 2008-09 and 2009-10. The 2008-09 ratings were redone using the 2009-10 methodology, which was surprisingly easy to validly do by the way.

LeBron James was the best NBA player both years. But it turns out that Chris Paul was so good in 2008-09 that he was basically exactly as good as LeBron James that year (James won out by a tiny, tiny amount.) In 2009-10 a gap opened up between Paul and James because James got better and Paul was not as great (due to injury effects and because the Hornets overall were just not a good team anymore.) In 2009-10, Chris Paul was the third best NBA player behind James and Tim Duncan, who was much better than the year before and who moved into second place.

Anyway, with that intro I give you the 2010-11 Quest for the Ring Production Plan:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AmcEHcJx6m0SdGpwcmcxTHQ5cGM5b19oU1RJbEgyeEE&hl=en&output=html

Al Harrington and Brian Butch to the Rescue: Laugh Out Loud, George Karl!

2010-07-29T05:04:00.000-07:00

WHAT IS A “LAUGH OUT LOUD, GEORGE KARL!”?
This is supposed to be at least a bimonthly feature where Quest for the Ring (QFTR) takes a break from all the “basketball science” stuff which goes down around here most of the time.

Will this really be a bimonthly or better feature from now on? Maybe, since I have a brand new Production Plan which, unlike previous ones, is definitely something that can work in real life. (I have the full scientific management thing going now, folks.) On the other hand, I have always intended to occasionally mix in light posts with the full scale ones, but have never been able to actually do it. As with almost all other types of posts, I never have had the time to do as many “Laugh out Louds” as I want. Even if I did nothing in life but work on this site, I still would not have enough time to do everything I really want to do. The bottom line is that I will do everything possible to do a Laugh out Loud at least bimonthly, but we know from experience I often simply can not and do not do as many things as I want to or as I predict.

That damned Real Player Ratings Department is hogging all the resources, damn them anyway.

If you don’t know why the “George Karl” comes after the “Laugh Out Loud,” then you do not really understand basketball, you have not read QFTR much, or perhaps you think George Karl is a solid basketball man while QFTR is a garbage site. If that’s you, then you are a worth a laugh out loud yourself, and I wish you a good trip back to the hype zone. How did you ever get here in the first place?

I warn you that at a site this serious about basketball there is technically no such thing as a light and fluffy, meaningless post. Even the Laugh out Loud, George Karl! postings will contain some real information regarding our primary theme: how NBA playoff games and Championships are won and lost. The Laugh out Louds are simply less serious, shorter, and much less scientific renditions of full scale Reports. So you will still find some important information embedded in them if you look for it and think a little.

You will also often see some attempt at summarizing major recent themes and/or upcoming themes.

So put the dog out, take the phone off the hook, kick back, and prepare to “Laugh out Loud, George Karl!”

THE NUGGETS’ INFERIORITY COMPLEX REGARDING THEIR POWER FORWARDS AND CENTERS
This past season, while I should have been covering the Cavaliers and other key teams more than I did, while I was still “stuck on” the Nuggets (which was where this site started in the old days) I reported over and over again that George Karl had chosen Power Forward Renaldo Balkman to be the 2009-10 player who is going to ride the bench all year, no matter what. Every year Karl has to have at least one player who should be playing who is simply not allowed to play except in garbage time, because in Karl’s mind that player is a garbage player. Come hell or high water, regardless of how good he is on the court, that player is not going to play.

You see, Mr. Karl is one of those gradually going the way of the dinosaur type of coaches who think that personalities and playing styles are major factors for whether basketball teams win games. If a player has either an unusual personality or playing style, and/or he has a personality or playing style that is considered bad or poor in some sectors of the public, you can bet that Karl will be looking to make sure that player plays only in garbage time.

The Renaldo Balkman situation deserves additional serious comment outside of a Laugh out Loud, and I’ll have much more to say regarding Balkman in the near future, but for now just understand that Balkman was a well above average power forward during 2008-09, when Karl did play him. I guess to Karl it appeared back then that Balkman had a good personality. Although he never or almost never actually did start, Balkman was more than good enough to start at power forward and he was one of the key, “secret,” and surprise factors that allowed the Nuggets to defeat the Dallas Mavericks and advance to the 2009 West Conference Final to play the Los Angeles Lakers.

Balkman was in 2008-09 and almost certainly still is better than Kenyon Martin, the type of high paid, big name veteran who Karl will start regardless of personality or style, unless that player displays open hostility to him.

Martin displaying open hostility to Karl actually happened once. In 2006, Kenyon Martin and George Karl had a fierce argument about playing time and strategy for a round one playoff. Martin was representing Quest for the Ring (not exactly, just kidding). The result was that Kenyon Martin was suspended and got almost no playing time at all versus the LA Clippers. Almost all negative encounters with George Karl lead to less playing time.

Let’s look at Kenyon Martin (K-Mart) the way Karl does. Although K-Mart has a somewhat volatile personality, it’s nowhere near bad enough to offset the positive of his aggressive, conventional, and typical for a power forward playing style. Plus, he is a very highly paid veteran with a fairly big and fairly historic name. So all in all, K-Mart must start and get a lot of minutes even if a “reserve” is actually a much better player.

CHRIS ANDERSEN
Chris Andersen (a center or power forward) was in 2008-09 and in 2009-10 clearly better than Kenyon Martin. In fact, Chris Andersen was and is the best power forward on the Nuggets, period. It is nothing more than a dumb Nuggets’ myth that Kenyon Martin is the best power forward on the team. Just because Kenyon Martin is supposed to be much better than Chris Andersen doesn't guarantee that he actually is.

Andersen is one of the best defenders in the NBA, period. He should most definitely be starting (alongside Nene at center) and playing at least 30 minutes a game and 2,500 minutes a season. Whereas all Karl did was to increase Andersen's playing time this past season to 1,700 minutes from 1,450 the year before. I guess it could have been worse.

When Balkman didn’t play at all and when Chris Andersen didn’t play enough, it meant that the Nuggets’ best power forwards were sitting out while paint defending went to hell in a hand basket and while the Nuggets were defeated by a truly serious basketball team and franchise in round one, the Utah Jazz. This was repeatedly warned about here. (I don’t do hard, guaranteed predictions anymore, but I do warnings instead.)

One of a very small number of franchises that has never appeared in the NBA finals (gee, could it have something to do with the ownership or the coaches?) the bumbling Nuggets franchise, since they were defeated 4-2 in round one this year by the Jazz, have revealed that they are positively terrified that they might be on the verge of being one of the worst teams in the League up front (at center and power forward). This is a true “laugh out loud, George Karl” if there ever was one, because in point of fact the Nuggets had a decent crew of power forwards and centers before they panicked about not having one and set out to make it better.

But wait, they made what was a fairly good crew worse, not better! So now maybe they really will be one of the worst front courts in the NBA! Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

NUGGETS' MANAGEMENT TO THE RESCUE?
So Nuggets’ management had a difficult problem to contend with this off season. What to do? How would they try to offset George Karl’s refusal to give credit where credit is due to Andersen and Balkman? You can’t go against Karl; you can’t disagree with his personality and style determinations. If Karl says Andersen and Balkman are poor players who deserve little or no playing time, you have to agree with that and go with that, laugh out loud.

So would Denver management recommend to the owner that the Nuggets quit the League and move to the developmental League? Or should they move to the Italian League? The Mongolian League? The Easter Island League?

No! There was no quit in this franchise! Nuggets’ management rode to the rescue by acquiring power forward superstar Al Harrington (four rings and one of Phil Jackson’s favorite players) and they backed him up by also acquiring the veteran, solid starter, always dependable Shelden Williams for that four spot that neither Andersen nor Balkman can hold down due to bad personalities and bad playing styles.

Al Harrington? Shelden Williams? Brian Butch, the new star Nuggets' Center? One of these is supposed to finally be that complete replacement for Marcus Camby, who was literally given away about two years ago?

Incidentally, it was ironically many of the Denver fans and not so much George Karl who were glad that Camby was given away, on account of Camby’s poor excuse for a playing style. The Camby Man’s personality was acceptable, but the playing style had to go, laugh out loud.

And you thought it was just the Coach in Denver who gets hung up on personalities and styles! Laugh out loud! For all you know and for all I know, half the state of Colorado is hung up with personalities and styles. In California (especially Southern California) unusual personalities and styles are often looked up to and given all the “playing time” in the world. Whereas in Colorado, the funky personalities and styles mostly sit and watch the games from their spots on the bench. "Take that seat over there, Chris Andersen, right next to Coby Karl, whose personality and playing style are to die for. Try to become like him!"

Oh dear Lord, the Nuggets apparently are going to be like a sieve in the paint in 2010-11. It looks like it will be even worse than 2009-10 was. Chris Andersen getting little playing time and/or Renaldo Balkman getting no playing time may very well repeat in 2010-11. After all, personalities and playing styles hardly change and George Karl is coming back again and he is still insisting talent doesn’t matter as much as personalities and styles do. Yes, he really is coming back, even after his cancer scare. And he is dragging his son Coby Karl with him. Together, the two of them are out to someday take over the entire NBA and bench everyone in it.

With Kenyon Martin getting old in basketball terms now, assuming Andersen is still forbidden from starting or playing quality minutes, and assuming Balkman plays little or not at all again, the Nuggets are indeed no better than average and very possibly one of the worst teams in the League at power forward-center!

LOOK OUT, LEBRON "YOU HORRIBLE MAN" JAMES
But I defiantly choose to look at things positively! I pronounce the Nuggets’ dilemma (you know, that one where they have good players but don’t play them) solved. Chris Andersen and Renaldo Balkman can ride the bench now in peace, while Al Harrington, Shelden Williams, and Brian Butch take care of matters in the paint.

You are good to go now, Denver! With Al Harrington, Brian Butch, and Kobe Karl, you now have the kind of lock down defense needed to go all the way to the 2011 NBA finals and to win the Quest using a football type strategy! Harrington and Kobe Karl will stop that bad man, LeBron James, right in his tracks! You are going to utterly destroy LeBron James and those upstart Heat, Denver. You will reach the promise land now!

Seriously and for real, Laugh out Loud, George Karl!

PS: Al Harrington is definitely not a superstar, definitely does not have four rings, and definitely is not one of Phil Jackson’s favorite players.

NBA Centers Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

2010-07-26T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA CENTERS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are centers.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA CENTERS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of centers' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA centers who play 300 minutes or more is about .340
--All NBA centers who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None: centers will never be in this range

.800 to .899
None: centers will never be in this range

.700 to .799
None: centers will rarely if ever be in this range

.600 to .699
1 David Lee NWYR C 0.608

.500 to .599
None

.400 to .499
2 Greg Oden PORT C 0.487
3 Al Horford ATLA C 0.483
4 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.479
5 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.473
6 Andrew Bogut MILW C 0.463
7 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.462
8 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.459
9 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.458
10 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.454
11 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.447
12 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.446
13 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.427
14 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.427
15 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.415
16 Marcus Camby LACL C 0.415
17 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.414
18 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.414
19 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.413

.300 to .399
20 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.399
21 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.393
22 Dwight Howard ORLA C 0.392
23 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.390
24 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.389
25 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.382
26 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.370
27 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.356
28 David Andersen HOUS C 0.355
29 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.353
30 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.345
31 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.343
32 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.343
33 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.340

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA CENTERS IS ABOUT .340

34 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.334
35 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.331
36 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.326
37 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.323
38 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.320
39 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.311
40 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.303
41 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.303

.200 to .299
42 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.295
43 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.293
44 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.287
45 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.285
46 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.282
47 Johan Petro DENV C 0.268
48 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.265
49 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.248
50 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.243
51 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.232
52 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.229
53 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.229
54 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.221
55 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.220
56 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.218

.100 to .199
57 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.183
58 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.175
59 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.164
60 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.108
61 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.102

LESS THAN .100
62 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.094

NBA CENTERS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of centers' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA centers who play 300 minutes or more is about .410
--All NBA centers who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 0.730

.640 to .719
2 Marcus Camby LACL C 0.656
3 Andrew Bogut MILW C 0.649

.560 to .639
4 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.633
5 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.607
6 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.599
7 Greg Oden PORT C 0.573
8 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.563

.480 to .559
9 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.557
10 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.531
11 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.528
12 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.521
13 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.520
14 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.492
15 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.489
16 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.487
17 Al Horford ATLA C 0.486
18 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.480

.400 to .479
19 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.477
20 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.474
21 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.466
22 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.452
23 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.448
24 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.444
25 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.441
26 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.438
27 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.433
28 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.432
29 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.430
30 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.425
31 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.421
32 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.421
33 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.415

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA CENTERS IS ABOUT .410

34 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.406
35 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.402
36 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.401

.320 to .399
37 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.393
38 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.391
39 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.386
40 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.385
41 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.372
42 Johan Petro DENV C 0.366
43 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.364
44 David Lee NWYR C 0.363
45 David Andersen HOUS C 0.360
46 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.344
47 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.343
48 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.334

.240 to .319
49 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.317
50 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.291
51 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.288
52 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.287
53 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.280
54 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.269

.160 to .239
55 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.236
56 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.225
57 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.201
58 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.189
59 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.164
60 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.164

.080 to .159
61 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.148

LESS THAN .080
62 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.066

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NBA Centers Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

2010-07-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA CENTERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are centers.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR CENTERS
Perfect Center for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.150 and more
Historic Super Star Center 1.050 1.149
Super Star Center 0.950 1.049
A Star Center / A well above normal starter 0.870 0.949
Very Good Center / A solid starter 0.810 0.869
Major Role Player Center / Good enough to start 0.750 0.809
Good Role Player Center / Often a good 6th man 0.690 0.749
Satisfactory Role Player Center / Generally should not start 0.630 0.689
Marginal Role Player Center / Should never start 0.570 0.629
Poor Center / 0.510 0.569
Very Poor Center 0.450 0.509
Extremely Poor Center .449 and less

NBA CENTERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of centers
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA centers who play 300 minutes or more is about .750
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for centers
--All centers who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR CENTERS
None

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR CENTERS
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 1.121
2 Andrew Bogut MILW C 1.112
3 Marcus Camby LACL C 1.071
4 Greg Oden PORT C 1.060

SUPERSTAR CENTERS
5 David Lee NWYR C 0.971
6 Al Horford ATLA C 0.970
7 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.967
8 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.955

STAR CENTERS
9 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.936
10 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.933
11 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.929
12 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.885
13 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.880
14 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.877

VERY GOOD CENTERS / SOLID STARTERS
15 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.864
16 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.856
17 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.852
18 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.842
19 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.826
20 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.825
21 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.818

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
22 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.807
23 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.805
24 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.800
25 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.783
26 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.782
27 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.774
28 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.770
29 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.770
30 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.758
31 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.754

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA CENTERS
for all power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .750

GOOD ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
32 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.748
33 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.744
34 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.742
35 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.731
36 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.725
37 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.720
38 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.718
39 David Andersen HOUS C 0.715
40 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.709
41 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.694

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / GENERALLY SHOULD NOT START
42 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.684
43 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.680
44 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.674
45 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.662
46 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.650
47 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.642
48 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.637
49 Johan Petro DENV C 0.635

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER CENTERS / SHOULD NEVER START
50 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.624
51 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.605
52 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.594
53 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.591

POOR CENTERS
54 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.561
55 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.538
56 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.538
57 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.512

VERY POOR CENTERS
58 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.468
59 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.452

EXTREMELY POOR CENTERS
60 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.417
61 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.351
62 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.329

NBA CENTERS' REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value centers really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All centers who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 3188.26

2,500 to 2,999
2 David Lee NWYR C 2931.94
3 Al Horford ATLA C 2758.25

2,000 to 2,499
4 Andrew Bogut MILW C 2478.50
5 Nene Hilario DENV C 2347.75
6 Brook Lopez NJRS C 2330.73
7 Marc Gasol MEMP C 2184.22
8 Al Jefferson MINN C 2108.33
9 Chris Kaman LACL C 2042.48
10 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 2021.27

1,500 to 1,999
11 Andrew Bynum LALK C 1850.72
12 Joakim Noah CHIC C 1838.35
13 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 1834.13
14 Roy Hibbert INDI C 1790.71
15 Emeka Okafor NORL C 1757.82
16 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 1739.32
17 Andray Blatche WASH C 1738.22
18 Ben Wallace DETR C 1731.40
19 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 1718.32
20 Marcus Camby LACL C 1708.59
21 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 1652.96
22 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 1603.27
23 Channing Frye PHNX C 1601.49

1,000 to 1,499
24 Brad Miller CHIC C 1403.75
25 Spencer Hawes SACR C 1295.48
26 Brendan Haywood WASH C 1200.50
27 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 1117.57
28 Erick Dampier DALL C 1056.96
29 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 1043.80
30 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 1015.47

500 to 999
31 Joel Anthony MIAM C 824.79
32 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 823.99
33 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 804.56
34 Josh Boone NJRS C 750.49
35 Marcus Camby PORT C 694.15
36 Brendan Haywood DALL C 688.70
37 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 675.34
38 Robin Lopez PHNX C 674.55
39 JaVale McGee WASH C 671.77
40 David Andersen HOUS C 637.18
41 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 629.56
42 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 586.19
43 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 582.32
44 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 534.06
45 Joel Przybilla PORT C 532.73
46 Greg Oden PORT C 532.04

LESS THAN 500
47 Ryan Hollins MINN C 429.81
48 Darko Milicic MINN C 414.09
49 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 405.57
50 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 334.46
51 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 304.25
52 Kwame Brown DETR C 298.23
53 Johan Petro DENV C 276.69
54 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 270.30
55 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 263.24
56 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 257.44
57 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 236.68
58 Mikki Moore GOLS C 227.90
59 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 213.39
60 Chris Wilcox DETR C 183.92
61 Etan Thomas OKLA C 172.55
62 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 155.20

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these centers follow in the next Report.

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NBA Power Forwards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

2010-07-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA POWER FORWARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are power forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA POWER FORWARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of power forwards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .370
--All NBA power forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None: power forwards will never be in this range

.800 to .899
None: power forwards will never be in this range

.700 to .799
None: power forwards will rarely if ever be in this range

.600 to .699
1 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.623

.500 to .599
2 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.598
3 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.584
4 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.584
5 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.567
6 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.547
7 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.528
8 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.520
9 David West NORL PF 0.515
10 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.513
11 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.502

.400 to .499
12 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.478
13 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.471
14 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.459
15 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.458
16 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.444
17 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.444
18 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.443
19 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.435
20 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.433
21 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.431
22 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.430
23 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.428
24 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.423
25 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.422
26 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.413
27 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.411
28 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.409
29 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.406

.300 to .399
30 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.396
31 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.391
32 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.385
33 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.381
34 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.379
35 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.378
36 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.376
37 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.372
38 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.370
39 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.370

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POWER FORWARDS IS ABOUT .370

40 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.365
41 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.363
42 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
43 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.359
44 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.340
45 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.331
46 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.331
47 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.330
48 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.327
49 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.326
50 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.323
51 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.322
52 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.318
53 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.318
54 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.315
55 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.315
56 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.314
57 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.311
58 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.309
59 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.309
60 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.307
61 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.306
62 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.302
63 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.301

.200 to .299
64 Sean May SACR PF 0.288
65 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.283
66 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.282
67 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.275
68 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.274
69 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.273
70 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.272
71 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.271
72 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.267
73 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.259
74 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.256
75 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.253
76 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.249
77 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.247
78 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.236
79 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.236
80 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.231
81 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.229
82 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.205

.100 to .199
83 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.148

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA POWER FORWARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of power forwards' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .340
--All NBA power forwards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None

.640 to .719
1 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.648

.560 to .639
2 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.631
3 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.615
4 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.575
5 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.569

.480 to .559
6 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.552
7 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.546
8 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.530
9 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.525
10 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.482
11 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.480

.400 to .479
12 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.463
13 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.450
14 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.450
15 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.448
16 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.438
17 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.438
18 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.434
19 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.430
20 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.427
21 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.426
22 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.423
23 Sean May SACR PF 0.422
24 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.421
25 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.416
26 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.411
27 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.407

.320 to .399
28 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.387
29 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.385
30 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.380
31 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.375
32 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.375
33 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.373
34 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.362
35 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.361
36 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
37 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.359
38 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.359
39 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.358
40 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.354
41 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.351

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POWER FORWARDS IS ABOUT .340

42 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.339
43 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.336
44 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.334
45 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.328

.240 to .319
46 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.316
47 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.314
48 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.311
49 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.309
50 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.305
51 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.302
52 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.299
53 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.297
54 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.293
55 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.268
56 David West NORL PF 0.266
57 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.254
58 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.252
59 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.251
60 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.246
61 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.245
62 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.244
63 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.242

.160 to .239
64 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.235
65 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.234
66 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.234
67 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.222
68 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.220
69 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.217
70 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.216
71 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.208
72 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.199
73 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.193
74 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.192
75 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.191
76 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.189
77 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.183
78 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.180

.080 to .159
79 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.159
80 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.154
81 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.138
82 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.131

LESS THAN .080
83 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.076

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Power Forwards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

2010-07-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA POWER FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are power forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR POWER FORWARDS
Major Historic Super Star Power Forward / Virtually Perfect Player 1.120 and more
Historic Super Star Power Forward 1.020 1.119
Super Star Power Forward 0.920 1.019
A Star Power Forward / A well above normal starter 0.840 0.919
Very Good Power Forward / A solid starter 0.780 0.839
Major Role Player Power Forward / Good enough to start 0.720 0.779
Good Role Player Power Forward / Often a good 6th man 0.660 0.719
Satisfactory Role Player Power Forward / Generally should not start 0.600 0.659
Marginal Role Player Power Forward / Should never start 0.540 0.599
Poor Power Forward 0.480 0.539
Very Poor Power Forward 0.420 0.479
Extremely Poor Power Forward .419 and less

NBA POWER FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of power forwards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .720
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for power forwards
--All power forwards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR POWER FORWARDS
1 Tim Duncan SANA PF 1.254

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR POWER FORWARDS
2 Pau Gasol LALK PF 1.065
3 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 1.034
4 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 1.033

SUPERSTAR POWER FORWARDS
5 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.994
6 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.982
7 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.972
8 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.934
9 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.934

STAR POWER FORWARDS
10 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.904
11 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.885
12 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.870
13 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.866
14 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.865
15 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.855
16 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.849
17 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.840

VERY GOOD POWER FORWARDS / SOLID STARTERS
18 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.839
19 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.828
20 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.820
21 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.819
22 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.817
23 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.816
24 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.816
25 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.812
26 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.784
27 David West NORL PF 0.781

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
28 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.774
29 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.765
30 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.763
31 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.763
32 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.757
33 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.748
34 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.746
35 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.741
36 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.731
37 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.726
38 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.724
39 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.721

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA POWER FORWARDS
for all power forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .720

GOOD ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
40 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.716
41 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.714
42 Sean May SACR PF 0.710
43 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.709
44 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.709
45 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.698
46 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.689
47 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.686
48 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.678
49 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.674
50 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.665
51 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.661

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / GENERALLY SHOULD NOT START
52 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.659
53 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.659
54 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.655
55 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.648
56 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.646
57 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.642
58 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.627
59 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.613
60 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.608

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER POWER FORWARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
61 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.599
62 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.582
63 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.576
64 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.575
65 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.575
66 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.571
67 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.561
68 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.554

POOR POWER FORWARDS
69 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.532
70 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.523
71 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.520
72 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.514
73 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.508
74 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.493
75 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.487
76 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.482

VERY POOR POWER FORWARDS
77 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.466
78 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.462
79 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.453
80 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.443
81 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.432

EXTREMELY POOR POWER FORWARDS
82 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.386
83 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.282

NBA POWER FORWARDS' REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value power forwards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All power forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 3142.54
2 Tim Duncan SANA PF 3058.38

2,500 to 2,999
3 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 2700.30
4 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 2657.36
5 Pau Gasol LALK PF 2558.36
6 Lamar Odom LALK PF 2538.29

2,000 to 2,499
7 Chris Bosh TORO PF 2456.19
8 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 2387.69
9 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 2349.14
10 David West NORL PF 2302.04
11 Troy Murphy INDI PF 2189.98
12 Luis Scola HOUS PF 2180.54
13 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 2169.10
14 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 2127.62
15 Jeff Green OKLA PF 2006.23

1,500 to 1,999
16 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 1970.95
17 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 1767.92
18 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 1708.74
19 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 1684.43
20 Elton Brand PHIL PF 1667.73
21 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 1662.03
22 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 1633.34
23 Jason Thompson SACR PF 1617.24
24 Kevin Love MINN PF 1600.31

1,000 to 1,499
25 Al Harrington NWYR PF 1438.54
26 Chris Andersen DENV PF 1436.69
27 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 1407.70
28 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 1356.57
29 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 1356.36
30 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 1347.58
31 Nick Collison OKLA PF 1264.03
32 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 1171.20
33 Carl Landry HOUS PF 1155.21
34 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 1131.82
35 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 1075.76
36 Craig Smith LACL PF 1065.25
37 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 1060.86
38 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 1012.93
39 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 1009.15

500 to 999
40 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 952.02
41 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 916.44
42 Matt Bonner SANA PF 886.30
43 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 853.80
44 Juwan Howard PORT PF 847.85
45 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 824.48
46 Darius Songaila NORL PF 790.45
47 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 765.18
48 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 759.84
49 Carl Landry SACR PF 725.82
50 Drew Gooden DALL PF 694.41
51 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 664.18
52 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 637.38
53 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 623.11
54 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 614.13
55 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 613.10
56 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 585.12
57 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 585.09

LESS THAN 500
58 Drew Gooden LACL PF 491.60
59 Glen Davis BOST PF 473.83
60 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 471.41
61 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 450.81
62 Shelden Williams BOST PF 446.73
63 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 419.83
64 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 369.87
65 James Johnson CHIC PF 368.56
66 Jon Brockman SACR PF 362.63
67 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 345.22
68 Solomon Jones INDI PF 332.97
69 Jason Smith PHIL PF 306.76
70 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 273.84
71 Joe Smith ATLA PF 268.34
72 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 245.77
73 Reggie Evans TORO PF 237.31
74 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 236.81
75 Sean May SACR PF 235.04
76 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 231.63
77 Josh Powell LALK PF 224.10
78 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 202.63
79 Kris Humphries DALL PF 202.17
80 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 174.92
81 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 163.57
82 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 153.53
83 Malik Allen DENV PF 128.47

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these power forwards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Small Forwards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

2010-07-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA SMALL FORWARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are small forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA SMALL FORWARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of small forwards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .345
--All NBA small forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None: small forwards will rarely if ever be in this range

.800 to .899
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.884

.700 to .799
None

.600 to .699
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.611

.500 to .599
3 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.595
4 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.572
5 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.525
6 John Salmons MILW SF 0.504
7 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.503

.400 to .499
8 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.493
9 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.487
10 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.468
11 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.460
12 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.446
13 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.444
14 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.444
15 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.440
16 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.428
17 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.413
18 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.408
19 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.403
20 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.403

.300 to .399
21 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.391
22 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.389
23 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.387
24 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.382
25 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.379
26 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.372
27 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.370
28 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.370
29 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.369
30 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.355
31 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.354
32 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.354
33 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.353
34 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.351
35 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.348
36 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.345
37 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.345

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SMALL FORWARDS IS ABOUT .345

38 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.341
39 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.341
40 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.333
41 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.333
42 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.328
43 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.325
44 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.325
45 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.324
46 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.324
47 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.322
48 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.318
49 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.318
50 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.316
51 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.314
52 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.301
53 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.301
54 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.300

.200 to .299
55 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.296
56 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.289
57 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.279
58 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.279
59 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.279
60 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.277
61 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.269
62 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.268
63 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.265
64 James Posey NORL SF 0.264
65 James Singleton WASH SF 0.259
66 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.258
67 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.256
68 James Jones MIAM SF 0.244
69 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.241
70 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.233
71 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.233
72 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.226
73 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.210
74 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.208
75 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.205

.100 to .199
76 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.189
77 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.186
78 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.174

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA SMALL FORWARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of small forwards' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .290
--All NBA small forwards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None: small forwards will never be in this range

.640 to .719
None: small forwards will rarely if ever be in this range

.560 to .639
None

.480 to .559
1 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.548
2 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.540
3 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.516
4 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.498

.400 to .479
5 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.466
6 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.458
7 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.440
8 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.438
9 James Singleton WASH SF 0.437
10 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.436
11 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.435
12 John Salmons MILW SF 0.434
13 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.421
14 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.420
15 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.403
16 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.400

.320 to .399
17 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.398
18 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.385
19 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.382
20 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.376
21 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.360
22 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.360
23 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.356
24 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.351
25 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.351
26 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.349
27 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.323

.240 to .319
28 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.314
29 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.305
30 James Posey NORL SF 0.300
31 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.298
32 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.296
33 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.292
34 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.290

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SMALL FORWARDS IS ABOUT .290

35 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.286
36 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.285
37 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.283
38 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.281
39 James Jones MIAM SF 0.281
40 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.278
41 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.276
42 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.275
43 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.269
44 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.268
45 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.261
46 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.261
47 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.259
48 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.257
49 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.256
50 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.253
51 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.248
52 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.247

.160 to .239
53 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.232
54 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.226
55 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.213
56 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.208
57 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.207
58 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.206
59 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.206
60 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.204
61 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.198
62 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.196
63 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.195
64 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.192
65 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.182
66 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.170
67 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.168

.080 to .159
68 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.159
69 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.153
70 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.148
71 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.145
72 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.135
73 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.131
74 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.127
75 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.112
76 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.111
77 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.109

LESS THAN .080
78 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.057

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Small Forwards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

2010-07-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA SMALL FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are small forwards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR SMALL FORWARDS
Major Historic Super Star Small Forward / Virtually Perfect Player 1.040 and more
Historic Super Star Small Forward .940 1.039
Super Star Small Forward 0.840 0.939
A Star Small Forward / A well above normal starter 0.760 0.839
Very Good Small Forward / A solid starter 0.700 0.759
Major Role Player Small Forward / Good enough to start 0.640 0.699
Good Role Player Small Forward / Often a good 6th man 0.580 0.639
Satisfactory Role Player Small Forward / Generally should not start 0.520 0.579
Marginal Role Player Small Forward / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Poor Small Forward 0.400 0.459
Very Poor Small Forward 0.340 0.399
Extremely Poor Small Forward .339 and less

NBA SMALL FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of small forwards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for small forwards
--All small forwards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SMALL FORWARDS
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 1.382
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 1.051

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SMALL FORWARDS
3 Josh Smith ATLA SF 1.033
4 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.976

SUPERSTAR SMALL FORWARDS
5 John Salmons MILW SF 0.937
6 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.918
7 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.885
8 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.874

STAR SMALL FORWARDS
9 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.836
10 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.828
11 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.817
12 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.776
13 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.775
14 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.772
15 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.769

VERY GOOD SMALL FORWARDS / SOLID STARTERS
16 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.754
17 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.754
18 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.752
19 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.732
20 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.724
21 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.721
22 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.721
23 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.715
24 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.704
25 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.703
26 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.702

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
27 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.699
28 James Singleton WASH SF 0.696
29 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.686
30 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.676
31 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.675
32 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.675
33 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.673
34 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.669
35 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.668
36 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.664
37 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.664
38 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.660
39 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.653

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA SMALL FORWARDS
for all small forwards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640

GOOD ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
40 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.635
41 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.621
42 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.617
43 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.615
44 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.610
45 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.609
46 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.607
47 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.601
48 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.589
49 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.589
50 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.585

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / USUALLY DO NOT START
51 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.575
52 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.569
53 James Posey NORL SF 0.564
54 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.551
55 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.549
56 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.547
57 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.545
58 James Jones MIAM SF 0.525
59 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.524

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER SMALL FORWARDS / RARELY START
60 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.518
61 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.508
62 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.507
63 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.494
64 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.474
65 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.473
66 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.464
67 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.462
68 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.460

POOR SMALL FORWARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
69 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.451
70 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.438
71 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.437
72 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.406

VERY POOR SMALL FORWARDS
73 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.369
74 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.357
75 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.345
76 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.342

EXTREMELY POOR SMALL FORWARDS
77 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.321
78 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.266

NBA SMALL FORWARDS' REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value small forwards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All small forwards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 4097.84

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 3404.77

2,500 to 2,999
3 Josh Smith ATLA SF 2965.81
4 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 2861.74

2,000 to 2,499
5 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 2300.83
6 Luol Deng CHIC SF 2166.74
7 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 2142.25
8 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 2132.81
9 Danny Granger INDI SF 2016.13
10 Paul Pierce BOST SF 2015.80

1,500 to 1,999
11 Ron Artest LALK SF 1958.85
12 Shawn Marion DALL SF 1842.04
13 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 1824.97
14 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 1817.11
15 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 1640.85
16 Grant Hill PHNX SF 1626.55
17 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 1625.33
18 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 1571.13
19 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 1540.35
20 Shane Battier HOUS SF 1523.98

1,000 to 1,499
21 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 1453.88
22 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 1443.65
23 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 1382.35
24 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 1361.35
25 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 1345.35
26 Mike Miller WASH SF 1321.76
27 John Salmons CHIC SF 1315.97
28 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 1314.87
29 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 1302.63
30 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 1301.98
31 Corey Brewer MINN SF 1285.98
32 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 1205.43
33 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 1197.02
34 Omri Casspi SACR SF 1175.40
35 Caron Butler WASH SF 1142.50
36 Amir Johnson TORO SF 1116.89
37 John Salmons MILW SF 1058.39
38 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 1019.32

500 to 999
39 James Posey NORL SF 976.69
40 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 923.91
41 Donte Greene SACR SF 854.28
42 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 822.12
43 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 792.93
44 Al Thornton LACL SF 768.15
45 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 684.61
46 Sam Young MEMP SF 670.63
47 Caron Butler DALL SF 664.94
48 Antoine Wright TORO SF 628.26
49 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 608.52
50 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 599.86
51 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 577.10
52 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 564.46
53 James Singleton WASH SF 533.31
54 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 526.03
55 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 514.93

LESS THAN 500
56 Julian Wright NORL SF 474.70
57 Austin Daye DETR SF 463.64
58 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 451.98
59 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 389.75
60 Al Thornton WASH SF 383.21
61 Josh Howard DALL SF 380.39
62 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 378.37
63 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 374.40
64 Joey Graham DENV SF 358.68
65 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 333.36
66 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 307.83
67 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 283.64
68 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 273.72
69 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 267.12
70 James Jones MIAM SF 264.21
71 Ricky Davis LACL SF 217.83
72 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 211.35
73 Michael Finley BOST SF 183.77
74 Earl Clark PHNX SF 181.40
75 Michael Finley SANA SF 126.73
76 Steve Novak LACL SF 124.89
77 Quinton Ross DALL SF 122.12
78 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 107.58

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these small forwards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Shooting Guards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

2010-07-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are shooting guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of shooting guards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .375
--All NBA shooting guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
None

.800 to .899
None

.700 to .799
1 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.746

.600 to .699
2 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.695
3 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.617
4 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.603
5 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.601

.500 to .599
6 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.550
7 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.543
8 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.529
9 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.511
10 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.507

.400 to .499
11 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.493
12 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.479
13 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.470
14 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.463
15 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.459
16 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.454
17 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.452
18 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.449
19 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.439
20 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.438
21 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.430
22 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.428
23 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.427
24 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.420
25 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.418
26 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.416
27 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.413
28 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.410

.300 to .399
29 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.391
30 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.386

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SHOOTING GUARDS IS ABOUT .375

31 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.373
32 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.372
33 James Harden OKLA SG 0.371
34 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.371
35 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.367
36 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.367
37 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.365
38 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.363
39 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.362
40 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.361
41 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.360
42 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.357
43 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.356
44 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.351
45 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.337
46 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.333
47 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.329
48 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.328
49 Devean George GOLS SG 0.326
50 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.326
51 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.325
52 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.322
53 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.318
54 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.314
55 Nick Young WASH SG 0.303
56 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.302
57 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.302
58 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.302

.200 to .299
59 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.299
60 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.299
61 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.296
62 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.294
63 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.283
64 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.280
65 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.275
66 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.271
67 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.271
68 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.267
69 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.262
70 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.260
71 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.253
72 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.242
73 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.229
74 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.217

.100 to .199
75 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.191
76 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.172
77 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.128

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of shooting guards' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .255
--All NBA shooting guards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None: shooting guards will never be in this range

.640 to .719
None: shooting guards will never be in this range

.560 to .639
None: shooting guards will very rarely if ever be in this range

.480 to .559
None: shooting guards will rarely be in this range

.400 to .479
1 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.473
2 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.463
3 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.451
4 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.446
5 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.440
6 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.417

.320 to .399
7 James Harden OKLA SG 0.399
8 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.388
9 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.372
10 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.366
11 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.358
12 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.353
13 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.352
14 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.350
15 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.348
16 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.347
17 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.342
18 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.339
19 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.335
20 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.330
21 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.328

.240 to .319
22 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.315
23 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.314
24 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.310
25 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.309
26 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.308
27 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.305
28 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.297
29 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.282
30 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.282
31 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.281
32 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.275
33 Devean George GOLS SG 0.266
34 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.262
35 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.261

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA SHOOTING GUARDS IS ABOUT .255

36 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.252
37 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.247
38 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.242

.160 to .239
39 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.238
40 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.233
41 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.231
42 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.231
43 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.227
44 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.226
45 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.225
46 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.222
47 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.220
48 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.220
49 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.213
50 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.210
51 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.206
52 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.196
53 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.194
54 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.194
55 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.188
56 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.187
57 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.186
58 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.184
59 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.178
60 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.170
61 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.169
62 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.165
63 Nick Young WASH SG 0.160

.080 to .159
64 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.159
65 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.158
66 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.152
67 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.147
68 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.143
69 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.137
70 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.137
71 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.132
72 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.123
73 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.113
74 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.111
75 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.097
76 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.093

LESS THAN .080
77 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.074

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Shooting Guards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

2010-07-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are shooting guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR SHOOTING GUARDS
Perfect Shooting Guard for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.040 and more
Historic Super Star Shooting Guard .940 1.039
Super Star Shooting Guard 0.840 0.939
A Star Shooting Guard / A well above normal starter 0.760 0.839
Very Good Shooting Guard / A solid starter 0.700 0.759
Major Role Player Shooting Guard / Good enough to start 0.640 0.699
Good Role Player Shooting Guard / Often a good 6th man 0.580 0.639
Satisfactory Role Player Shooting Guard / Generally should not start 0.520 0.579
Marginal Role Player Shooting Guard / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Poor Shooting Guard / 0.400 0.459
Very Poor Shooting Guard 0.340 0.399
Extremely Poor Shooting Guard .339 and less

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of shooting guards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for shooting guards
--All shooting guards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SHOOTING GUARDS
1 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 1.075

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR SHOOTING GUARDS
2 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 1.023
3 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 1.005

SUPERSTAR SHOOTING GUARDS
4 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.928
5 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.883
6 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.858
7 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.856
8 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.842

STAR SHOOTING GUARDS
9 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.824
10 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.817
11 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.809
12 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.791
13 James Harden OKLA SG 0.770
14 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.770

VERY GOOD SHOOTING GUARDS / SOLID STARTERS
15 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.756
16 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.738
17 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.724
18 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.723
19 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.722
20 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.721
21 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.718
22 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.712

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
23 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.698
24 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.693
25 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.691
26 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.678
27 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.675
28 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.675
29 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.671
30 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.664
31 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.663
32 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.661
33 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.658

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA SHOOTING GUARDS
for all shooting guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .640

GOOD ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
34 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.631
35 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.626
36 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.622
37 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.619
38 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.606
39 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.601
40 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.598
41 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.596
42 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.592
43 Devean George GOLS SG 0.592
44 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.592
45 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.591
46 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.588
47 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.587
48 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.583

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / USUALLY DO NOT START
49 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.574
50 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.573
51 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.572
52 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.554
53 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.551
54 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.550
55 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.543
56 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.542
57 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.541
58 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.537
59 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.533
60 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.532
61 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.528
62 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.521

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER SHOOTING GUARDS / RARELY START
63 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.518
64 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.509
65 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.504
66 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.491
67 Nick Young WASH SG 0.462
68 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.462

POOR SHOOTING GUARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
69 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.454
70 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.433
71 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.428
72 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.414
73 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.413

VERY POOR SHOOTING GUARDS
74 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.394
75 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.383

EXTREMELY POOR SHOOTING GUARDS
76 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.314
77 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.287

NBA SHOOTING GUARDS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value shooting guards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All shooting guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 3002.66

2,500 to 2,999
2 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 2850.10
3 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 2741.07
4 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 2548.44

2,000 to 2,499
5 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 2199.01
6 Ray Allen BOST SG 2169.76
7 Vince Carter ORLA SG 2143.91
8 Brandon Roy PORT SG 2036.15
9 Jason Terry DALL SG 2007.89

1,500 to 1,999
10 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 1936.44
11 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 1901.12
12 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 1842.93
13 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 1783.62
14 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 1773.46
15 J.R. Smith DENV SG 1532.17
16 Brandon Rush INDI SG 1509.65

1,000 to 1,499
17 Lou Williams PHIL SG 1445.93
18 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 1405.27
19 Rasual Butler LACL SG 1374.59
20 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 1363.95
21 James Harden OKLA SG 1338.83
22 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 1333.56
23 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 1297.54
24 Delonte West CLEV SG 1284.28
25 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 1277.11
26 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 1253.07
27 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 1231.94
28 Eric Gordon LACL SG 1224.99
29 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 1222.64
30 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 1199.44
31 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 1188.80
32 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 1183.32
33 Martell Webster PORT SG 1168.54
34 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 1065.28
35 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 1025.18

500 to 999
36 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 977.31
37 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 952.40
38 Roger Mason SANA SG 937.98
39 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 936.56
40 Willie Green PHIL SG 928.04
41 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 919.04
42 Ben Gordon DETR SG 850.23
43 Charlie Bell MILW SG 835.08
44 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 784.18
45 Sonny Weems TORO SG 735.00
46 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 720.80
47 Keith Bogans SANA SG 719.93
48 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 689.47
49 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 666.75
50 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 658.43
51 Nick Young WASH SG 656.81
52 Tony Allen BOST SG 589.60
53 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 575.96
54 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 553.83
55 Ime Udoka SACR SG 542.31
56 Devin Brown NORL SG 515.13
57 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 509.08

LESS THAN 500
58 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 492.42
59 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 491.54
60 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 477.75
61 Kevin Martin SACR SG 457.23
62 Devean George GOLS SG 450.65
63 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 416.41
64 Bill Walker NWYR SG 392.93
65 Morris Peterson NORL SG 383.58
66 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 373.51
67 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 368.92
68 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 342.64
69 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 318.80
70 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 275.80
71 Michael Redd MILW SG 271.18
72 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 235.61
73 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 200.53
74 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 176.51
75 Eddie House NWYR SG 168.50
76 Malik Hairston SANA SG 137.26
77 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 129.59

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these shooting guards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Point Guards Final Offensive and Defensive Sub Ratings, 2009-10

2010-07-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA POINT GUARDS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are point guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA POINT GUARDS' REAL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of point guards' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA point guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .500
--All NBA point guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN .900
1 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.934

.800 to .899
2 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.859
3 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.817

.700 to .799
4 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.701

.600 to .699
5 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.677
6 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.663
7 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.651
8 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.650
9 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.644
10 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.639
11 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.622
12 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.610
13 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.610
14 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.607

.500 to .599
15 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.597
16 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.592
17 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.587
18 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.577
19 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.575
20 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.573
21 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.569
22 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.568
23 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.564
24 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.563
25 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.559
26 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.548
27 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.547
28 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.546
29 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.543
30 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.540
31 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.531
32 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.526
33 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.517
34 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.508
35 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.508
36 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.507
37 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.504
38 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.504

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POINT GUARDS IS ABOUT .500

.400 to .499
39 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.497
40 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.496
41 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.485
42 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.478
43 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.474
44 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.472
45 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.470
46 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.470
47 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.469
48 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.466
49 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.466
50 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.465
51 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.457
52 George Hill SANA PG 0.455
53 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.449
54 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.447
55 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.444
56 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.436
57 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.434
58 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.434
59 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.432
60 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.428
61 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.427
62 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.425
63 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.419
64 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.415
65 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.413
66 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.409
67 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.403
68 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.403
69 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.402

.300 to .399
70 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.375
71 Luther Head INDI PG 0.369
72 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.362
73 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.360
74 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.357
75 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.338
76 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.324
77 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.317
78 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.308
79 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.307

.200 to .299
80 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.267

.100 to .199
81 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.190

LESS THAN .100
None

NBA POINT GUARDS' REAL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of players' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for all NBA point guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .245
--All NBA point guards who played 300 minutes or more are included

ABOVE .720
None: point guards will never be in this range

.640 to .719
None: point guards will never be in this range

.560 to .639
None: point guards will very rarely if ever be in this range

.480 to .559
None: point guards will very rarely be in this range

.400 to .479
1 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.443
2 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.403

.320 to .399
3 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.384
4 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.376
5 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.372
6 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.367
7 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.360
8 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.353
9 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.349
10 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.348
11 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.342
12 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.337
13 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.331
14 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.328

.240 to .319
15 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.315
16 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.309
17 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.302
18 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.298
19 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.297
20 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.296
21 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.293
22 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.288
23 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.286
24 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.286
25 Luther Head INDI PG 0.285
26 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.281
27 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.279
28 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.277
29 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.276
30 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.274
31 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.273
32 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.273
33 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.273
34 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.271
35 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.271
36 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.267
37 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.267
38 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.260
39 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.259
40 George Hill SANA PG 0.259
41 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.258
42 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.257
43 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.255
44 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.253
45 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.246

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA POINT GUARDS IS ABOUT .245

.160 to .239
46 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.239
47 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.234
48 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.232
49 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.230
50 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.220
51 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.217
52 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.216
53 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.208
54 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.205
55 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.197
56 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.194
57 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.192
58 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.187
59 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.186
60 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.183
61 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.180
62 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.178
63 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.172
64 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.164
65 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.164
66 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.164
67 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.161

.080 to .159
68 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.153
69 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.142
70 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.140
71 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.134
72 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.130
73 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.129
74 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.122
75 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.120
76 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.115
77 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.111
78 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.100
79 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.100
80 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.090

LESS THAN .080
81 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.069

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NBA Point Guards Final Real Player Ratings and Real Player Production, 2009-10

2010-07-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA POINT GUARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

All the players in this Report are point guards.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

SCALE FOR REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR POINT GUARDS
Perfect Point Guard for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.150 and more
Historic Super Star Point Guard 1.050 1.149
Super Star Point Guard 0.950 1.049
A Star Point Guard / A well above normal starter 0.870 0.949
Very Good Point Guard / A solid starter 0.810 0.869
Major Role Player Point Guard / Good enough to start 0.750 0.809
Good Role Player Point Guard / Often a good 6th man 0.690 0.749
Satisfactory Role Player Point Guard / Generally should not start 0.630 0.689
Marginal Role Player Point Guard / Should never start 0.570 0.629
Poor Point Guard / 0.510 0.569
Very Poor Point Guard 0.450 0.509
Extremely Poor Point Guard .449 and less

NBA POINT GUARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of point guards
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for NBA point guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .750
--The evaluation scale above is custom made for point guards
--All point guards who have played at least 300 minutes are included

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR POINT GUARDS
1 Chris Paul NORL PG 1.202

HISTORIC SUPERSTAR POINT GUARDS
2 Steve Nash PHNX PG 1.095
3 Jason Kidd DALL PG 1.092
4 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 1.084
5 Deron Williams UTAH PG 1.076

SUPERSTAR POINT GUARDS
6 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.959

STAR POINT GUARDS
7 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.908
8 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.903
9 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.899
10 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.897
11 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.883
12 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.874
13 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.870

VERY GOOD POINT GUARDS / SOLID STARTERS
14 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.868
15 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.857
16 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.856
17 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.837
18 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.835
19 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.835
20 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.827
21 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.825
22 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.819
23 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.819

MAJOR ROLE PLAYER POINT GUARDS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
24 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.804
25 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.803
26 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.803
27 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.803
28 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.797
29 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.784
30 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.783
31 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.775
32 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.771
33 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.771
34 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.768
35 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.768
36 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.760

THE AVERAGE REAL PLAYER RATING FOR NBA POINT GUARDS
for all point guards who play 300 minutes or more is about .750

GOOD ROLE PLAYER POINT GUARDS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
37 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.749
38 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.747
39 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.746
40 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.717
41 George Hill SANA PG 0.713
42 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.712
43 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.711
44 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.707
45 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.702
46 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.701
47 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.700
48 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.699
49 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.698
50 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.694

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYER POINT GUARDS / USUALLY DO NOT START
51 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.689
52 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.689
53 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.687
54 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.686
55 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.677
56 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.668
57 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.667
58 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.665
59 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.660
60 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.658
61 Luther Head INDI PG 0.654
62 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.648
63 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.643
64 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.634
65 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.633

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYER POINT GUARDS / RARELY START
66 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.613
67 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.611
68 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.599
69 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.589
70 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.583
71 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.578
72 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.577
73 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.577
74 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.574

POOR POINT GUARDS / SHOULD NEVER START
75 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.568
76 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.568
77 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.556
78 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.544

VERY POOR POINT GUARDS
79 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.482
80 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.477

EXTREMELY POOR POINT GUARDS
81 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.436

NBA POINT GUARDS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much of real basketball value point guards really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes the value of untracked or hidden defending
--All point guards who played at least 300 minutes are included

MORE THAN 4,000
None

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
1 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 3212.27
2 Jason Kidd DALL PG 3147.40
3 Deron Williams UTAH PG 3015.18

2,500 to 2,999
4 Steve Nash PHNX PG 2912.50
5 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 2591.86
6 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 2522.27

2,000 to 2,499
7 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 2325.52
8 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 2324.73
9 Baron Davis LACL PG 2268.43
10 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 2263.96
11 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 2209.68
12 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 2198.36
13 Andre Miller PORT PG 2185.89
14 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 2180.17
15 Chris Paul NORL PG 2057.14

1,500 to 1,999
16 Mo Williams CLEV PG 1970.92
17 Beno Udrih SACR PG 1901.38
18 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 1882.98
19 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 1870.65
20 Mike Conley MEMP PG 1803.36
21 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 1782.99
22 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 1763.06
23 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 1710.12
24 Darren Collison NORL PG 1634.41
25 Earl Watson INDI PG 1627.79
26 George Hill SANA PG 1622.97
27 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 1566.42

1,000 to 1,499
28 Devin Harris NJRS PG 1477.28
29 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 1454.56
30 Jose Calderon TORO PG 1448.18
31 Tony Parker SANA PG 1445.88
32 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 1378.47
33 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 1334.06
34 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 1332.91
35 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 1327.53
36 Jason Williams ORLA PG 1313.63
37 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 1298.18
38 Derek Fisher LALK PG 1288.32
39 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 1210.82
40 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 1170.99
41 Shannon Brown LALK PG 1168.56
42 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 1158.65
43 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 1117.96
44 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 1072.84
45 Randy Foye WASH PG 1056.05
46 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 1047.75
47 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 1016.04
48 Ty Lawson DENV PG 1010.42

500 to 999
49 Will Bynum DETR PG 946.86
50 Steve Blake PORT PG 931.87
51 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 888.88
52 T.J. Ford INDI PG 832.73
53 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 775.13
54 A.J. Price INDI PG 750.99
55 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 748.54
56 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 725.65
57 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 704.47
58 Earl Boykins WASH PG 669.43
59 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 632.28
60 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 626.85
61 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 589.66
62 Anthony Carter DENV PG 589.43
63 Luther Head INDI PG 531.83
64 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 521.37
65 Steve Blake LACL PG 516.09
66 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 508.54

LESS THAN 500
67 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 495.09
68 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 478.45
69 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 469.47
70 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 450.94
71 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 417.42
72 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 391.44
73 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 360.95
74 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 315.78
75 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 307.49
76 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 304.82
77 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 297.44
78 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 267.13
79 Nate Robinson BOST PG 255.23
80 Mardy Collins LACL PG 204.86
81 Bobby Brown NORL PG 200.49

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
The offensive and the defensive sub ratings for these point guards follow in the next Report.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

NBA Players Rated and Ranked by the Real Quality of Their Defense, 2009-10 Season, League Wide

2010-07-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA PLAYERS REAL DEFENSIVE RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA PLAYERS REAL DEFENSIVE RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Includes both tracked and untracked or hidden defending
--The average defensive sub rating for players who played 300 minutes or more is about .315
--All players who played at least 300 minutes are included

ABOVE .720
1 Dwight Howard ORLA C 0.730

.640 to .719
2 Marcus Camby LACL C 0.656
3 Andrew Bogut MILW C 0.649
4 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.648

.560 to .639
5 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.633
6 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.631
7 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.615
8 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.607
9 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.599
10 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.575
11 Greg Oden PORT C 0.573
12 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.569
13 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.563

.480 to .559
14 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.557
15 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.552
16 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.548
17 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.546
18 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.540
19 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.531
20 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.530
21 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.528
22 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.525
23 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.521
24 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.520
25 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.516
26 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.498
27 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.492
28 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.489
29 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.487
30 Al Horford ATLA C 0.486
31 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.482
32 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.480
33 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.480

.400 to .479
34 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.477
35 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.474
36 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.473
37 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.466
38 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.466
39 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.463
40 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.463
41 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.458
42 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.452
43 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.451
44 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.450
45 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.450
46 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.448
47 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.448
48 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.446
49 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.444
50 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.443
51 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.441
52 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.440
53 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.440
54 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.438
55 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.438
56 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.438
57 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.438
58 James Singleton WASH SF 0.437
59 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.436
60 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.435
61 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.434
62 John Salmons MILW SF 0.434
63 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.433
64 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.432
65 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.430
66 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.430
67 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.427
68 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.426
69 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.425
70 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.423
71 Sean May SACR PF 0.422
72 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.421
73 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.421
74 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.421
75 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.421
76 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.420
77 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.417
78 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.416
79 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.415
80 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.411
81 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.407
82 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.406
83 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.403
84 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.403
85 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.402
86 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.401
87 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.400

.320 to .399
88 James Harden OKLA SG 0.399
89 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.398
90 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.393
91 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.391
92 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.388
93 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.387
94 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.386
95 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.385
96 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.385
97 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.385
98 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.384
99 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.382
100 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.380
101 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.376
102 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.376
103 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.375
104 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.375
105 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.373
106 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.372
107 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.372
108 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.372
109 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.367
110 Johan Petro DENV C 0.366
111 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.366
112 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.364
113 David Lee NWYR C 0.363
114 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.362
115 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.361
116 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
117 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.360
118 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.360
119 David Andersen HOUS C 0.360
120 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.360
121 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.359
122 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.359
123 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.358
124 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.358
125 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.356
126 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.354
127 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.353
128 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.353
129 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.352
130 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.351
131 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.351
132 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.351
133 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.350
134 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.349
135 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.349
136 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.348
137 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.348
138 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.347
139 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.344
140 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.343
141 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.342
142 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.342
143 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.339
144 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.339
145 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.337
146 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.336
147 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.335
148 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.334
149 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.334
150 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.331
151 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.330
152 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.328
153 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.328
154 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.328
155 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.323

.240 to .319
156 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.317
157 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.316
158 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.315
159 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.315

THE AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA PLAYERS IS ABOUT .315

160 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.314
161 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.314
162 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.314
163 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.311
164 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.310
165 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.309
166 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.309
167 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.309
168 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.308
169 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.305
170 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.305
171 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.305
172 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.302
173 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.302
174 James Posey NORL SF 0.300
175 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.299
176 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.298
177 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.298
178 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.297
179 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.297
180 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.297
181 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.296
182 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.296
183 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.293
184 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.293
185 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.292
186 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.291
187 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.290
188 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.288
189 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.288
190 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.287
191 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.286
192 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.286
193 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.286
194 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.285
195 Luther Head INDI PG 0.285
196 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.283
197 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.282
198 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.282
199 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.281
200 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.281
201 James Jones MIAM SF 0.281
202 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.281
203 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.280
204 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.279
205 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.278
206 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.277
207 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.276
208 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.276
209 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.275
210 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.275
211 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.274
212 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.273
213 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.273
214 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.273
215 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.271
216 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.271
217 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.269
218 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.269
219 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.268
220 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.268
221 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.267
222 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.267
223 David West NORL PF 0.266
224 Devean George GOLS SG 0.266
225 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.262
226 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.261
227 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.261
228 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.261
229 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.260
230 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.259
231 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.259
232 George Hill SANA PG 0.259
233 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.258
234 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.257
235 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.257
236 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.256
237 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.255
238 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.254
239 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.253
240 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.253
241 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.252
242 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.252
243 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.251
244 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.248
245 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.247
246 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.247
247 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.246
248 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.246
249 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.245
250 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.244
251 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.242
252 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.242

.160 to .239
253 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.239
254 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.238
255 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.236
256 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.235
257 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.234
258 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.234
259 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.234
260 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.233
261 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.232
262 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.232
263 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.231
264 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.231
265 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.230
266 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.227
267 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.226
268 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.226
269 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.225
270 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.225
271 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.222
272 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.222
273 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.220
274 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.220
275 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.220
276 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.220
277 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.217
278 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.217
279 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.216
280 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.216
281 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.213
282 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.213
283 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.210
284 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.208
285 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.208
286 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.208
287 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.207
288 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.206
289 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.206
290 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.206
291 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.205
292 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.204
293 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.201
294 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.199
295 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.198
296 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.197
297 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.196
298 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.196
299 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.195
300 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.194
301 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.194
302 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.194
303 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.193
304 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.192
305 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.192
306 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.192
307 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.191
308 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.189
309 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.189
310 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.188
311 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.187
312 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.187
313 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.186
314 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.186
315 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.184
316 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.183
317 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.183
318 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.182
319 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.180
320 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.180
321 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.178
322 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.178
323 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.172
324 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.170
325 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.170
326 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.169
327 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.168
328 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.165
329 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.164
330 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.164
331 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.164
332 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.164
333 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.164
334 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.161
335 Nick Young WASH SG 0.160

.080 to .159
336 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.159
337 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.159
338 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.159
339 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.158
340 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.154
341 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.153
342 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.153
343 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.152
344 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.148
345 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.148
346 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.147
347 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.145
348 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.143
349 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.142
350 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.140
351 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.138
352 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.137
353 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.137
354 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.135
355 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.134
356 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.132
357 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.131
358 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.131
359 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.130
360 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.129
361 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.127
362 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.123
363 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.122
364 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.120
365 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.115
366 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.113
367 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.112
368 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.111
369 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.111
370 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.111
371 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.109
372 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.100
373 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.100
374 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.097
375 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.093
376 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.090

LESS THAN .080
377 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.076
378 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.074
379 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.069
380 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.066
381 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.057

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

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

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NBA Players Rated and Ranked by the Real Quality of Their Offense, 2009-10 Season, League Wide

2010-07-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA PLAYERS REAL OFFENSIVE RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA PLAYERS REAL OFFENSIVE RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the quality of players' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions
--The average offensive sub rating for all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more is about .385
--All players who played 300 minutes or more are included

MORE THAN .900
1 Steve Nash PHNX PG 0.934

.800 to .899
2 LeBron James CLEV SF 0.884
3 Chris Paul NORL PG 0.859
4 Deron Williams UTAH PG 0.817

.700 to .799
5 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 0.746
6 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 0.701

.600 to .699
7 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 0.695
8 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.677
9 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.663
10 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.651
11 Jason Kidd DALL PG 0.650
12 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.644
13 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.639
14 Tim Duncan SANA PF 0.623
15 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.622
16 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 0.617
17 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 0.611
18 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.610
19 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.610
20 David Lee NWYR C 0.608
21 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.607
22 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.603
23 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.601

.500 to .599
24 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.598
25 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.597
26 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.595
27 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.592
28 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.587
29 Pau Gasol LALK PF 0.584
30 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 0.584
31 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.577
32 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.575
33 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.573
34 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.572
35 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.569
36 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.568
37 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.567
38 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.564
39 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.563
40 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.559
41 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.550
42 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.548
43 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.547
44 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.547
45 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.546
46 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.543
47 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.543
48 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.540
49 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.531
50 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.529
51 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.528
52 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.526
53 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.525
54 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.520
55 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.517
56 David West NORL PF 0.515
57 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.513
58 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.511
59 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.508
60 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.508
61 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.507
62 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.507
63 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.504
64 John Salmons MILW SF 0.504
65 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.504
66 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.503
67 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 0.502

.400 to .499
68 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.497
69 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.496
70 Josh Smith ATLA SF 0.493
71 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.493
72 Greg Oden PORT C 0.487
73 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.487
74 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.485
75 Al Horford ATLA C 0.483
76 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.479
77 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.479
78 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.478
79 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.478
80 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.474
81 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.473
82 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.472
83 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.471
84 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.470
85 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.470
86 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.470
87 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.469
88 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.468
89 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.466
90 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.466
91 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.465
92 Andrew Bogut MILW C 0.463
93 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.463
94 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.462
95 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.460
96 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.459
97 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.459
98 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.459
99 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.458
100 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.458
101 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.457
102 George Hill SANA PG 0.455
103 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.454
104 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.454
105 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.452
106 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.449
107 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.449
108 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.447
109 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.447
110 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.446
111 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.446
112 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.444
113 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.444
114 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.444
115 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.444
116 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.444
117 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.443
118 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.440
119 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.439
120 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.438
121 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.436
122 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.435
123 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.434
124 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.434
125 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.433
126 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.432
127 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.431
128 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.430
129 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.430
130 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.428
131 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.428
132 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.428
133 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.428
134 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.427
135 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.427
136 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.427
137 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.427
138 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.425
139 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.423
140 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.422
141 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.420
142 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.419
143 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.418
144 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.416
145 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.415
146 Marcus Camby LACL C 0.415
147 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.415
148 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.414
149 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.414
150 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.413
151 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.413
152 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.413
153 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.413
154 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.413
155 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.411
156 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.410
157 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.409
158 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.409
159 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.408
160 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.406
161 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.403
162 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.403
163 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.403
164 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.403
165 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.402

.300 to .399
166 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.399
167 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.396
168 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.393
169 Dwight Howard ORLA C 0.392
170 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.391
171 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.391
172 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.391
173 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.390
174 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.389
175 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.389
176 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.387
177 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.386
178 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.385

THE AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF NBA PLAYERS IS ABOUT .385

179 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.382
180 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.382
181 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.381
182 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.379
183 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.379
184 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.378
185 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.376
186 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.375
187 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.373
188 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.372
189 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.372
190 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.372
191 James Harden OKLA SG 0.371
192 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.371
193 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.370
194 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.370
195 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.370
196 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.370
197 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.370
198 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.369
199 Luther Head INDI PG 0.369
200 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.367
201 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.367
202 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.365
203 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.365
204 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.363
205 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.363
206 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.362
207 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.362
208 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.361
209 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.361
210 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.360
211 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.360
212 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.359
213 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.357
214 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.357
215 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.356
216 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.356
217 David Andersen HOUS C 0.355
218 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.355
219 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.354
220 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.354
221 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.353
222 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.353
223 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.351
224 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.351
225 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.348
226 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.345
227 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.345
228 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.345
229 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.343
230 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.343
231 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.341
232 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.341
233 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.340
234 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.340
235 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.338
236 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.337
237 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.334
238 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.333
239 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.333
240 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.333
241 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.331
242 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.331
243 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.331
244 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.330
245 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.329
246 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.328
247 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.328
248 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.327
249 Devean George GOLS SG 0.326
250 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.326
251 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.326
252 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.326
253 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.325
254 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.325
255 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.325
256 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.324
257 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.324
258 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.324
259 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.323
260 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.323
261 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.322
262 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.322
263 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.322
264 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.320
265 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.318
266 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.318
267 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.318
268 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.318
269 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.318
270 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.317
271 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.316
272 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.315
273 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.315
274 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.314
275 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.314
276 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.314
277 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.311
278 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.311
279 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.309
280 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.309
281 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.308
282 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.307
283 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.307
284 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.306
285 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.303
286 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.303
287 Nick Young WASH SG 0.303
288 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.302
289 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.302
290 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.302
291 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.302
292 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.301
293 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.301
294 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.301
295 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.300

.200 to .299
296 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.299
297 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.299
298 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.296
299 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.296
300 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.295
301 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.294
302 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.293
303 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.289
304 Sean May SACR PF 0.288
305 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.287
306 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.285
307 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.283
308 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.283
309 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.282
310 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.282
311 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.280
312 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.279
313 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.279
314 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.279
315 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.277
316 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.275
317 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.275
318 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.274
319 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.273
320 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.272
321 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.271
322 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.271
323 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.271
324 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.269
325 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.268
326 Johan Petro DENV C 0.268
327 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.267
328 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.267
329 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.267
330 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.265
331 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.265
332 James Posey NORL SF 0.264
333 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.262
334 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.260
335 James Singleton WASH SF 0.259
336 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.259
337 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.258
338 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.256
339 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.256
340 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.253
341 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.253
342 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.249
343 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.248
344 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.247
345 James Jones MIAM SF 0.244
346 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.243
347 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.242
348 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.241
349 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.236
350 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.236
351 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.233
352 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.233
353 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.232
354 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.231
355 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.229
356 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.229
357 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.229
358 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.229
359 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.226
360 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.221
361 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.220
362 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.218
363 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.217
364 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.210
365 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.208
366 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.205
367 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.205

.100 to .199
368 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.191
369 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.190
370 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.189
371 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.186
372 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.183
373 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.175
374 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.174
375 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.172
376 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.164
377 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.148
378 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.128
379 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.108
380 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.102

LESS THAN .100
381 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.094

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

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Total Real Production of NBA Players League Wide, Final 2009-10 Ratings

2010-07-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

NBA REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

NBA REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows how much (of basketball value) a player really produced
--Includes all tracked actions and includes untracked or hidden defending

MORE THAN 4,000
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 4097.84

3,500 to 3,999
None

3,000 to 3,499
2 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 3404.77
3 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 3212.27
4 Dwight Howard ORLA C 3188.26
5 Jason Kidd DALL PG 3147.40
6 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 3142.54
7 Tim Duncan SANA PF 3058.38
8 Deron Williams UTAH PG 3015.18
9 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 3002.66

2,500 to 2,999
10 Josh Smith ATLA SF 2965.81
11 David Lee NWYR C 2931.94
12 Steve Nash PHNX PG 2912.50
13 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 2861.74
14 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 2850.10
15 Al Horford ATLA C 2758.25
16 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 2741.07
17 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 2700.30
18 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 2657.36
19 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 2591.86
20 Pau Gasol LALK PF 2558.36
21 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 2548.44
22 Lamar Odom LALK PF 2538.29
23 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 2522.27

2,000 to 2,499
24 Andrew Bogut MILW C 2478.50
25 Chris Bosh TORO PF 2456.19
26 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 2387.69
27 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 2349.14
28 Nene Hilario DENV C 2347.75
29 Brook Lopez NJRS C 2330.73
30 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 2325.52
31 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 2324.73
32 David West NORL PF 2302.04
33 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 2300.83
34 Baron Davis LACL PG 2268.43
35 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 2263.96
36 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 2209.68
37 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 2199.01
38 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 2198.36
39 Troy Murphy INDI PF 2189.98
40 Andre Miller PORT PG 2185.89
41 Marc Gasol MEMP C 2184.22
42 Luis Scola HOUS PF 2180.54
43 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 2180.17
44 Ray Allen BOST SG 2169.76
45 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 2169.10
46 Luol Deng CHIC SF 2166.74
47 Vince Carter ORLA SG 2143.91
48 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 2142.25
49 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 2132.81
50 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 2127.62
51 Al Jefferson MINN C 2108.33
52 Chris Paul NORL PG 2057.14
53 Chris Kaman LACL C 2042.48
54 Brandon Roy PORT SG 2036.15
55 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 2021.27
56 Danny Granger INDI SF 2016.13
57 Paul Pierce BOST SF 2015.80
58 Jason Terry DALL SG 2007.89
59 Jeff Green OKLA PF 2006.23

1,500 to 1,999
60 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 1970.95
61 Mo Williams CLEV PG 1970.92
62 Ron Artest LALK SF 1958.85
63 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 1936.44
64 Beno Udrih SACR PG 1901.38
65 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 1901.12
66 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 1882.98
67 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 1870.65
68 Andrew Bynum LALK C 1850.72
69 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 1842.93
70 Shawn Marion DALL SF 1842.04
71 Joakim Noah CHIC C 1838.35
72 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 1834.13
73 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 1824.97
74 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 1817.11
75 Mike Conley MEMP PG 1803.36
76 Roy Hibbert INDI C 1790.71
77 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 1783.62
78 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 1782.99
79 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 1773.46
80 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 1767.92
81 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 1763.06
82 Emeka Okafor NORL C 1757.82
83 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 1739.32
84 Andray Blatche WASH C 1738.22
85 Ben Wallace DETR C 1731.40
86 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 1718.32
87 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 1710.12
88 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 1708.74
89 Marcus Camby LACL C 1708.59
90 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 1684.43
91 Elton Brand PHIL PF 1667.73
92 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 1662.03
93 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 1652.96
94 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 1640.85
95 Darren Collison NORL PG 1634.41
96 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 1633.34
97 Earl Watson INDI PG 1627.79
98 Grant Hill PHNX SF 1626.55
99 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 1625.33
100 George Hill SANA PG 1622.97
101 Jason Thompson SACR PF 1617.24
102 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 1603.27
103 Channing Frye PHNX C 1601.49
104 Kevin Love MINN PF 1600.31
105 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 1571.13
106 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 1566.42
107 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 1540.35
108 J.R. Smith DENV SG 1532.17
109 Shane Battier HOUS SF 1523.98
110 Brandon Rush INDI SG 1509.65

1,000 to 1,499
111 Devin Harris NJRS PG 1477.28
112 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 1454.56
113 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 1453.88
114 Jose Calderon TORO PG 1448.18
115 Lou Williams PHIL SG 1445.93
116 Tony Parker SANA PG 1445.88
117 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 1443.65
118 Al Harrington NWYR PF 1438.54
119 Chris Andersen DENV PF 1436.69
120 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 1407.70
121 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 1405.27
122 Brad Miller CHIC C 1403.75
123 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 1382.35
124 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 1378.47
125 Rasual Butler LACL SG 1374.59
126 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 1363.95
127 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 1361.35
128 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 1356.57
129 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 1356.36
130 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 1347.58
131 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 1345.35
132 James Harden OKLA SG 1338.83
133 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 1334.06
134 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 1333.56
135 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 1332.91
136 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 1327.53
137 Mike Miller WASH SF 1321.76
138 John Salmons CHIC SF 1315.97
139 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 1314.87
140 Jason Williams ORLA PG 1313.63
141 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 1302.63
142 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 1301.98
143 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 1298.18
144 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 1297.54
145 Spencer Hawes SACR C 1295.48
146 Derek Fisher LALK PG 1288.32
147 Corey Brewer MINN SF 1285.98
148 Delonte West CLEV SG 1284.28
149 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 1277.11
150 Nick Collison OKLA PF 1264.03
151 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 1253.07
152 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 1231.94
153 Eric Gordon LACL SG 1224.99
154 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 1222.64
155 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 1210.82
156 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 1205.43
157 Brendan Haywood WASH C 1200.50
158 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 1199.44
159 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 1197.02
160 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 1188.80
161 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 1183.32
162 Omri Casspi SACR SF 1175.40
163 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 1171.20
164 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 1170.99
165 Shannon Brown LALK PG 1168.56
166 Martell Webster PORT SG 1168.54
167 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 1158.65
168 Carl Landry HOUS PF 1155.21
169 Caron Butler WASH SF 1142.50
170 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 1131.82
171 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 1117.96
172 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 1117.57
173 Amir Johnson TORO SF 1116.89
174 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 1075.76
175 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 1072.84
176 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 1065.28
177 Craig Smith LACL PF 1065.25
178 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 1060.86
179 John Salmons MILW SF 1058.39
180 Erick Dampier DALL C 1056.96
181 Randy Foye WASH PG 1056.05
182 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 1047.75
183 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 1043.80
184 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 1025.18
185 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 1019.32
186 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 1016.04
187 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 1015.47
188 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 1012.93
189 Ty Lawson DENV PG 1010.42
190 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 1009.15

500 to 999
191 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 977.31
192 James Posey NORL SF 976.69
193 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 952.40
194 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 952.02
195 Will Bynum DETR PG 946.86
196 Roger Mason SANA SG 937.98
197 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 936.56
198 Steve Blake PORT PG 931.87
199 Willie Green PHIL SG 928.04
200 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 923.91
201 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 919.04
202 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 916.44
203 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 888.88
204 Matt Bonner SANA PF 886.30
205 Donte Greene SACR SF 854.28
206 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 853.80
207 Ben Gordon DETR SG 850.23
208 Juwan Howard PORT PF 847.85
209 Charlie Bell MILW SG 835.08
210 T.J. Ford INDI PG 832.73
211 Joel Anthony MIAM C 824.79
212 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 824.48
213 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 823.99
214 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 822.12
215 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 804.56
216 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 792.93
217 Darius Songaila NORL PF 790.45
218 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 784.18
219 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 775.13
220 Al Thornton LACL SF 768.15
221 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 765.18
222 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 759.84
223 A.J. Price INDI PG 750.99
224 Josh Boone NJRS C 750.49
225 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 748.54
226 Sonny Weems TORO SG 735.00
227 Carl Landry SACR PF 725.82
228 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 725.65
229 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 720.80
230 Keith Bogans SANA SG 719.93
231 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 704.47
232 Drew Gooden DALL PF 694.41
233 Marcus Camby PORT C 694.15
234 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 689.47
235 Brendan Haywood DALL C 688.70
236 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 684.61
237 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 675.34
238 Robin Lopez PHNX C 674.55
239 JaVale McGee WASH C 671.77
240 Sam Young MEMP SF 670.63
241 Earl Boykins WASH PG 669.43
242 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 666.75
243 Caron Butler DALL SF 664.94
244 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 664.18
245 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 658.43
246 Nick Young WASH SG 656.81
247 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 637.38
248 David Andersen HOUS C 637.18
249 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 632.28
250 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 629.56
251 Antoine Wright TORO SF 628.26
252 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 626.85
253 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 623.11
254 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 614.13
255 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 613.10
256 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 608.52
257 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 599.86
258 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 589.66
259 Tony Allen BOST SG 589.60
260 Anthony Carter DENV PG 589.43
261 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 586.19
262 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 585.12
263 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 585.09
264 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 582.32
265 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 577.10
266 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 575.96
267 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 564.46
268 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 553.83
269 Ime Udoka SACR SG 542.31
270 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 534.06
271 James Singleton WASH SF 533.31
272 Joel Przybilla PORT C 532.73
273 Greg Oden PORT C 532.04
274 Luther Head INDI PG 531.83
275 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 526.03
276 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 521.37
277 Steve Blake LACL PG 516.09
278 Devin Brown NORL SG 515.13
279 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 514.93
280 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 509.08
281 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 508.54

LESS THAN 500
282 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 495.09
283 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 492.42
284 Drew Gooden LACL PF 491.60
285 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 491.54
286 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 478.45
287 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 477.75
288 Julian Wright NORL SF 474.70
289 Glen Davis BOST PF 473.83
290 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 471.41
291 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 469.47
292 Austin Daye DETR SF 463.64
293 Kevin Martin SACR SG 457.23
294 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 451.98
295 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 450.94
296 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 450.81
297 Devean George GOLS SG 450.65
298 Shelden Williams BOST PF 446.73
299 Ryan Hollins MINN C 429.81
300 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 419.83
301 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 417.42
302 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 416.41
303 Darko Milicic MINN C 414.09
304 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 405.57
305 Bill Walker NWYR SG 392.93
306 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 391.44
307 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 389.75
308 Morris Peterson NORL SG 383.58
309 Al Thornton WASH SF 383.21
310 Josh Howard DALL SF 380.39
311 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 378.37
312 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 374.40
313 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 373.51
314 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 369.87
315 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 368.92
316 James Johnson CHIC PF 368.56
317 Jon Brockman SACR PF 362.63
318 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 360.95
319 Joey Graham DENV SF 358.68
320 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 345.22
321 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 342.64
322 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 334.46
323 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 333.36
324 Solomon Jones INDI PF 332.97
325 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 318.80
326 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 315.78
327 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 307.83
328 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 307.49
329 Jason Smith PHIL PF 306.76
330 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 304.82
331 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 304.25
332 Kwame Brown DETR C 298.23
333 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 297.44
334 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 283.64
335 Johan Petro DENV C 276.69
336 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 275.80
337 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 273.84
338 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 273.72
339 Michael Redd MILW SG 271.18
340 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 270.30
341 Joe Smith ATLA PF 268.34
342 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 267.13
343 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 267.12
344 James Jones MIAM SF 264.21
345 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 263.24
346 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 257.44
347 Nate Robinson BOST PG 255.23
348 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 245.77
349 Reggie Evans TORO PF 237.31
350 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 236.81
351 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 236.68
352 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 235.61
353 Sean May SACR PF 235.04
354 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 231.63
355 Mikki Moore GOLS C 227.90
356 Josh Powell LALK PF 224.10
357 Ricky Davis LACL SF 217.83
358 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 213.39
359 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 211.35
360 Mardy Collins LACL PG 204.86
361 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 202.63
362 Kris Humphries DALL PF 202.17
363 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 200.53
364 Bobby Brown NORL PG 200.49
365 Chris Wilcox DETR C 183.92
366 Michael Finley BOST SF 183.77
367 Earl Clark PHNX SF 181.40
368 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 176.51
369 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 174.92
370 Etan Thomas OKLA C 172.55
371 Eddie House NWYR SG 168.50
372 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 163.57
373 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 155.20
374 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 153.53
375 Malik Hairston SANA SG 137.26
376 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 129.59
377 Malik Allen DENV PF 128.47
378 Michael Finley SANA SF 126.73
379 Steve Novak LACL SF 124.89
380 Quinton Ross DALL SF 122.12
381 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 107.58

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

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Real Player Ratings for NBA Players League Wide, Final 2009-10 Ratings

2010-07-12T18:06:00.000-07:00

NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

POSITION AND TEAM CODES
In the Real Player and related ratings shown for the League, two codes follow each players' name (and before his rating). The first code tells you the players' team and the second one tells you his position.

TEAM CODES
ATLA Atlanta Hawks
BOST Boston Celtics
CHAR Charlotte Bobcats
CHIC Chicago Bulls
CLEV Cleveland Cavaliers
DALL Dallas Mavericks
DENV Denver Nuggets
DETR Detroit Pistons
GOLS Golden State Warriors
HOUS Houston Rockets
INDI Indiana Pacers
LACL Los Angeles Clippers
LALK Los Angeles Lakers
MEMP Memphis Grizzlies
MIAM Miami Heat
MILW Milwaukee Bucks
MINN Minnesota Timberwolves
NJRS New Jersey Nets
NORL New Orleans Hornets
NWYR New York Knicks
OKLA Oklahoma Thunder
ORLA Orlando Magic
PHIL Philadelphia 76'ers
PHNX Phoenix Suns
PORT Portland Trailblazers
SACR Sacramento Kings
SANA San Antonio Spurs
TORO Toronto Raptors
UTAH Utah Jazz
WASH Washington Wizards

POSITION CODES
PG Point Guard
SG Shooting Guard
SF Small Forward
PF Power Forward
C Center

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 / Preferably should not start 0.580 0.639
Marginal Role Player / Generally should not start 0.520 0.579
Poor Player / Should never start 0.460 0.519
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.459
Extremely Poor Player .399 and less

NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
--Shows the real quality of players
--Includes all tracked actions and also includes untracked or hidden defending
--The average Real Player Rating for all players who play 300 minutes or more is about .700.
--All players who have played at least 300 minutes are included here and in all other ratings to follow in coming days

MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTARS
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 1.382
2 Tim Duncan SANA PF 1.254
3 Chris Paul NORL PG 1.202
4 Dwight Howard ORLA C 1.121
5 Andrew Bogut MILW C 1.112

HISTORIC SUPERSTARS
6 Steve Nash PHNX PG 1.095
7 Jason Kidd DALL PG 1.092
8 Rajon Rondo BOST PG 1.084
9 Deron Williams UTAH PG 1.076
10 Dwyane Wade MIAM SG 1.075
11 Marcus Camby LACL C 1.071
12 Pau Gasol LALK PF 1.065
13 Greg Oden PORT C 1.060
14 Kevin Durant OKLA SF 1.051
15 Dirk Nowitzki DALL PF 1.034
16 Josh Smith ATLA SF 1.033
17 Kevin Garnett BOST PF 1.033
18 Manu Ginobili SANA SG 1.023
19 Kobe Bryant LALK SG 1.005

SUPERSTARS
20 Carlos Boozer UTAH PF 0.994
21 Lamar Odom LALK PF 0.982
22 Andrei Kirilenko UTAH SF 0.976
23 Chris Bosh TORO PF 0.972
24 David Lee NWYR C 0.971
25 Al Horford ATLA C 0.970
26 Marcus Camby PORT C 0.967
27 Jameer Nelson ORLA PG 0.959
28 Joakim Noah CHIC C 0.955
29 John Salmons MILW SF 0.937
30 Andrew Bynum LALK C 0.936
31 Troy Murphy INDI PF 0.934
32 Kevin Love MINN PF 0.934
33 Anderson Varejao CLEV C 0.933
34 Brendan Haywood DALL C 0.929
35 Vince Carter ORLA SG 0.928
36 Gerald Wallace CHAR SF 0.918
37 Sergio Rodriguez SACR PG 0.908
38 Tyrus Thomas CHIC PF 0.904
39 Derrick Rose CHIC PG 0.903

STARS
40 Baron Davis LACL PG 0.899
41 Russell Westbrook OKLA PG 0.897
42 Zach Randolph MEMP PF 0.885
43 Danny Granger INDI SF 0.885
44 Marc Gasol MEMP C 0.885
45 Joe Johnson ATLA SG 0.883
46 Chauncey Billups DENV PG 0.883
47 Roy Hibbert INDI C 0.880
48 Ben Wallace DETR C 0.877
49 Andre Miller PORT PG 0.874
50 Carmelo Anthony DENV SF 0.874
51 Brandon Jennings MILW PG 0.870
52 Tyrus Thomas CHAR PF 0.870
53 A.J. Price INDI PG 0.868
54 Paul Millsap UTAH PF 0.866
55 Craig Smith LACL PF 0.865
56 Samuel Dalembert PHIL C 0.864
57 Andre Iguodala PHIL SG 0.858
58 Raymond Felton CHAR PG 0.857
59 Delonte West CLEV SG 0.856
60 Al Jefferson MINN C 0.856
61 Eric Maynor OKLA PG 0.856
62 Serge Ibaka OKLA PF 0.855
63 Nene Hilario DENV C 0.852
64 Chris Andersen DENV PF 0.849
65 Shaquille O'Neal CLEV C 0.842
66 Brandon Roy PORT SG 0.842
67 Ryan Anderson ORLA PF 0.840
68 Antonio McDyess SANA PF 0.839
69 Tony Parker SANA PG 0.837
70 Paul Pierce BOST SF 0.836
71 Mo Williams CLEV PG 0.835
72 Kyle Lowry HOUS PG 0.835
73 Ersan Ilyasova MILW SF 0.828
74 Amare Stoudemire PHNX PF 0.828
75 Luke Ridnour MILW PG 0.827
76 Erick Dampier DALL C 0.826
77 Tyreke Evans SACR PG 0.825
78 Andris Biedrins GOLS C 0.825
79 Kyle Korver UTAH SG 0.824
80 Anthony Randolph GOLS PF 0.820

VERY GOOD PLAYERS / SOLID STARTERS
81 Eric Maynor UTAH PG 0.819
82 Carlos Arroyo MIAM PG 0.819
83 Antawn Jamison CLEV PF 0.819
84 Nazr Mohammed CHAR C 0.818
85 Luol Deng CHIC SF 0.817
86 Dorell Wright MIAM SG 0.817
87 LaMarcus Aldridge PORT PF 0.817
88 Carl Landry HOUS PF 0.816
89 Luis Scola HOUS PF 0.816
90 Nick Collison OKLA PF 0.812
91 Carlos Delfino MILW SG 0.809
92 Kendrick Perkins BOST C 0.807
93 Jermaine O'Neal MIAM C 0.805
94 Nate Robinson NWYR PG 0.804
95 Goran Dragic PHNX PG 0.803
96 Mike Bibby ATLA PG 0.803
97 Stephen Curry GOLS PG 0.803
98 Mehmet Okur UTAH C 0.800
99 Jose Calderon TORO PG 0.797
100 Jason Terry DALL SG 0.791
101 Ronnie Price UTAH PG 0.784
102 DeJuan Blair SANA PF 0.784
103 Chris Kaman LACL C 0.783
104 Shaun Livingston WASH PG 0.783
105 Joel Przybilla PORT C 0.782
106 David West NORL PF 0.781
107 John Salmons CHIC SF 0.776
108 Matt Barnes ORLA SF 0.775
109 Darren Collison NORL PG 0.775
110 Ronny Turiaf GOLS C 0.774
111 Udonis Haslem MIAM PF 0.774
112 Shawn Marion DALL SF 0.772
113 Jason Williams ORLA PG 0.771
114 Keyon Dooling NJRS PG 0.771
115 Andray Blatche WASH C 0.770
116 James Harden OKLA SG 0.770
117 Brook Lopez NJRS C 0.770
118 Ray Allen BOST SG 0.770
119 Amir Johnson TORO SF 0.769
120 Ty Lawson DENV PG 0.768
121 Beno Udrih SACR PG 0.768
122 Chuck Hayes HOUS PF 0.765
123 Matt Bonner SANA PF 0.763
124 Reggie Evans TORO PF 0.763
125 Gilbert Arenas WASH PG 0.760

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS / GOOD ENOUGH TO START
126 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLEV C 0.758
127 Rasheed Wallace BOST PF 0.757
128 Lou Williams PHIL SG 0.756
129 Stephen Jackson CHAR SF 0.754
130 Dan Gadzuric MILW C 0.754
131 Jamario Moon CLEV SF 0.754
132 Ron Artest LALK SF 0.752
133 Rodney Stuckey DETR PG 0.749
134 Shelden Williams BOST PF 0.748
135 Oleksiy Pecherov MINN C 0.748
136 Aaron Brooks HOUS PG 0.747
137 Boris Diaw CHAR PF 0.746
138 C.J. Watson GOLS PG 0.746
139 Brendan Haywood WASH C 0.744
140 Emeka Okafor NORL C 0.742
141 Taj Gibson CHIC PF 0.741
142 J.R. Smith DENV SG 0.738
143 Mike Miller WASH SF 0.732
144 Channing Frye PHNX C 0.731
145 Louis Amundson PHNX PF 0.731
146 Elton Brand PHIL PF 0.726
147 D.J. Mbenga LALK C 0.725
148 Tayshaun Prince DETR SF 0.724
149 Francisco Garcia SACR SG 0.724
150 Tyler Hansbrough INDI PF 0.724
151 Trevor Ariza HOUS SG 0.723
152 Allen Iverson PHIL SG 0.722
153 Rashard Lewis ORLA PF 0.721
154 Richard Jefferson SANA SF 0.721
155 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute MILW SF 0.721
156 Jamal Crawford ATLA SG 0.721
157 Brad Miller CHIC C 0.720
158 Josh Boone NJRS C 0.718
159 Jason Richardson PHNX SG 0.718
160 Sebastian Telfair LACL PG 0.717
161 Marvin Williams ATLA PF 0.716
162 David Andersen HOUS C 0.715
163 Caron Butler DALL SF 0.715
164 Michael Beasley MIAM PF 0.714
165 George Hill SANA PG 0.713
166 Ronnie Brewer UTAH SG 0.712
167 D.J. Augustin CHAR PG 0.712
168 Monta Ellis GOLS PG 0.711
169 Sean May SACR PF 0.710
170 Anthony Tolliver GOLS PF 0.709
171 Kenyon Martin DENV PF 0.709
172 Tyson Chandler CHAR C 0.709
173 Rodrigue Beaubois DALL PG 0.707
174 Stephen Jackson GOLS SF 0.704
175 Shane Battier HOUS SF 0.703
176 Stephen Graham CHAR SF 0.702
177 Mike Conley MEMP PG 0.702
178 Earl Watson INDI PG 0.701
179 T.J. Ford INDI PG 0.700

GOOD ROLE PLAYERS / OFTEN GOOD 6TH MAN PLAYERS
180 Ramon Sessions MINN PG 0.699
181 Corey Maggette GOLS SF 0.699
182 Marcin Gortat ORLA PF 0.698
183 Terrence Williams NJRS SG 0.698
184 Jarrett Jack TORO PG 0.698
185 James Singleton WASH SF 0.696
186 JaVale McGee WASH C 0.694
187 Jose Juan Barea DALL PG 0.694
188 Marcus Thornton NORL SG 0.693
189 Daequan Cook MIAM SG 0.691
190 Jordan Farmar LALK PG 0.689
191 Kirk Hinrich CHIC PG 0.689
192 Carl Landry SACR PF 0.689
193 Shannon Brown LALK PG 0.687
194 Anthony Carter DENV PG 0.686
195 Jason Thompson SACR PF 0.686
196 Mike Dunleavy INDI SF 0.686
197 Robin Lopez PHNX C 0.684
198 Spencer Hawes SACR C 0.680
199 Rudy Fernandez PORT SG 0.678
200 Drew Gooden LACL PF 0.678
201 Steve Blake LACL PG 0.677
202 Bobby Simmons NJRS SF 0.676
203 Larry Hughes NWYR SG 0.675
204 Jerry Stackhouse MILW SF 0.675
205 Quentin Richardson MIAM SG 0.675
206 Rudy Gay MEMP SF 0.675
207 Darko Milicic MINN C 0.674
208 Drew Gooden DALL PF 0.674
209 Reggie Williams GOLS SF 0.673
210 Ronald Murray CHAR SG 0.671
211 Grant Hill PHNX SF 0.669
212 Nate Robinson BOST PG 0.668
213 Travis Outlaw LACL SF 0.668
214 Steve Blake PORT PG 0.667
215 Devin Harris NJRS PG 0.665
216 Antawn Jamison WASH PF 0.665
217 Danilo Gallinari NWYR SF 0.664
218 Wilson Chandler NWYR SF 0.664
219 Gerald Henderson CHAR SG 0.664
220 Tony Allen BOST SG 0.663
221 Kyrylo Fesenko UTAH C 0.662
222 Anthony Morrow GOLS SG 0.661
223 Jordan Hill HOUS PF 0.661
224 Jared Dudley PHNX SF 0.660
225 Daniel Gibson CLEV PG 0.660
226 Jeff Green OKLA PF 0.659
227 Josh McRoberts INDI PF 0.659
228 Anthony Johnson ORLA PG 0.658
229 J.J. Redick ORLA SG 0.658
230 Al Harrington NWYR PF 0.655
231 Luther Head INDI PG 0.654
232 Nicolas Batum PORT SF 0.653
233 Theo Ratliff CHAR C 0.650
234 Mario Chalmers MIAM PG 0.648
235 Brandon Bass ORLA PF 0.648
236 Kris Humphries NJRS PF 0.646
237 Chris Duhon NWYR PG 0.643
238 Nenad Krstic OKLA C 0.642
239 Kris Humphries DALL PF 0.642

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYERS / USUALLY DO NOT START
240 Rasho Nesterovic TORO C 0.637
241 Hedo Turkoglu TORO SF 0.635
242 Johan Petro DENV C 0.635
243 Randy Foye WASH PG 0.634
244 Jrue Holiday PHIL PG 0.633
245 Mickael Pietrus ORLA SG 0.631
246 Jared Jeffries NWYR PF 0.627
247 Leandro Barbosa PHNX SG 0.626
248 Joel Anthony MIAM C 0.624
249 O.J. Mayo MEMP SG 0.622
250 Chase Budinger HOUS SF 0.621
251 Roger Mason SANA SG 0.619
252 Caron Butler WASH SF 0.617
253 Peja Stojakovic NORL SF 0.615
254 Marreese Speights PHIL PF 0.613
255 Jamaal Tinsley MEMP PG 0.613
256 Bobby Brown NORL PG 0.611
257 Jonas Jerebko DETR SF 0.610
258 Omri Casspi SACR SF 0.609
259 Kurt Thomas MILW PF 0.608
260 Thaddeus Young PHIL SF 0.607
261 Brandon Rush INDI SG 0.606
262 Hasheem Thabeet MEMP C 0.605
263 Damien Wilkins MINN SG 0.601
264 Rodney Carney PHIL SF 0.601
265 Earl Boykins WASH PG 0.599
266 J.J. Hickson CLEV PF 0.599
267 Willie Green PHIL SG 0.598
268 Anthony Parker CLEV SG 0.596
269 Jamaal Magloire MIAM C 0.594
270 Wesley Matthews UTAH SG 0.592
271 Devean George GOLS SG 0.592
272 Richard Hamilton DETR SG 0.592
273 Kevin Martin SACR SG 0.591
274 Andrea Bargnani TORO C 0.591
275 Ryan Gomes MINN SF 0.589
276 Thabo Sefolosha OKLA SF 0.589
277 Rafer Alston NJRS PG 0.589
278 Tracy McGrady NWYR SG 0.588
279 Marco Belinelli TORO SG 0.587
280 Michael Finley BOST SF 0.585
281 Marcus Williams MEMP PG 0.583
282 Martell Webster PORT SG 0.583
283 Charlie Villanueva DETR PF 0.582

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYERS / RARELY START
284 Derek Fisher LALK PG 0.578
285 Jannero Pargo CHIC PG 0.577
286 Toney Douglas NWYR PG 0.577
287 Chris Hunter GOLS PF 0.576
288 Derrick Brown CHAR SF 0.575
289 Yi Jianlian NJRS PF 0.575
290 Nathan Jawai MINN PF 0.575
291 Ime Udoka SACR SG 0.574
292 Sergio Rodriguez NWYR PG 0.574
293 Arron Afflalo DENV SG 0.573
294 Kevin Martin HOUS SG 0.572
295 Hakim Warrick MILW PF 0.571
296 Al Thornton WASH SF 0.569
297 Will Bynum DETR PG 0.568
298 Jonny Flynn MINN PG 0.568
299 James Posey NORL SF 0.564
300 Mikki Moore GOLS C 0.561
301 Darius Songaila NORL PF 0.561
302 Jerryd Bayless PORT PG 0.556
303 Jon Brockman SACR PF 0.554
304 Sasha Vujacic LALK SG 0.554
305 Dante Cunningham PORT SF 0.551
306 Michael Redd MILW SG 0.551
307 Eric Gordon LACL SG 0.550
308 C.J. Miles UTAH SF 0.549
309 Al Thornton LACL SF 0.547
310 Julian Wright NORL SF 0.545
311 Jeff Teague ATLA PG 0.544
312 Marquis Daniels BOST SG 0.543
313 Dahntay Jones INDI SG 0.542
314 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJRS SG 0.541
315 Zaza Pachulia ATLA C 0.538
316 Etan Thomas OKLA C 0.538
317 Sonny Weems TORO SG 0.537
318 Devin Brown NORL SG 0.533
319 Jason Maxiell DETR PF 0.532
320 Bill Walker NWYR SG 0.532
321 Courtney Lee NJRS SG 0.528
322 James Jones MIAM SF 0.525
323 Donte Greene SACR SF 0.524
324 Kenny Thomas SACR PF 0.523
325 Wayne Ellington MINN SG 0.521
326 Juwan Howard PORT PF 0.520

POOR PLAYERS / SHOULD NEVER START
327 Charlie Bell MILW SG 0.518
328 Corey Brewer MINN SF 0.518
329 Hakim Warrick CHIC PF 0.514
330 DeAndre Jordan LACL C 0.512
331 Rasual Butler LACL SG 0.509
332 Glen Davis BOST PF 0.508
333 Sam Young MEMP SF 0.508
334 Austin Daye DETR SF 0.507
335 Ronald Murray CHIC SG 0.504
336 Vladimir Radmanovic GOLS SF 0.494
337 Solomon Jones INDI PF 0.493
338 Ben Gordon DETR SG 0.491
339 James Johnson CHIC PF 0.487
340 Rafer Alston MIAM PG 0.482
341 Eduardo Najera DALL PF 0.482
342 Chucky Atkins DETR PG 0.477
343 Earl Clark PHNX SF 0.474
344 Joey Graham DENV SF 0.473
345 Fabricio Oberto WASH C 0.468
346 Jason Smith PHIL PF 0.466
347 Andres Nocioni SACR SF 0.464
348 Jared Jeffries HOUS PF 0.462
349 Nick Young WASH SG 0.462
350 Maurice Evans ATLA SF 0.462
351 Keith Bogans SANA SG 0.462
352 Josh Howard DALL SF 0.460

VERY POOR PLAYERS
353 Eddie House NWYR SG 0.454
354 Joe Smith ATLA PF 0.453
355 Kwame Brown DETR C 0.452
356 Antoine Wright TORO SF 0.451
357 Darrell Arthur MEMP PF 0.443
358 Jarvis Hayes NJRS SF 0.438
359 Ricky Davis LACL SF 0.437
360 Mardy Collins LACL PG 0.436
361 Malik Hairston SANA SG 0.433
362 Jeff Pendergraph PORT PF 0.432
363 Jermaine Taylor HOUS SG 0.428
364 Chris Wilcox DETR C 0.417
365 DeMar DeRozan TORO SG 0.414
366 Jodie Meeks MILW SG 0.413
367 Quinton Ross DALL SF 0.406

EXTREMELY POOR PLAYERS
368 Morris Peterson NORL SG 0.394
369 Josh Powell LALK PF 0.386
370 Jason Kapono PHIL SG 0.383
371 Jawad Williams CLEV SF 0.369
372 DeMarre Carroll MEMP SF 0.357
373 Ryan Hollins MINN C 0.351
374 Steve Novak LACL SF 0.345
375 Trenton Hassell NJRS SF 0.342
376 Brian Scalabrine BOST C 0.329
377 Michael Finley SANA SF 0.321
378 Sasha Pavlovic MINN SG 0.314
379 DeShawn Stevenson WASH SG 0.287
380 Malik Allen DENV PF 0.282
381 DaJuan Summers DETR SF 0.266

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 / Usually do not start 0.580 0.639
Marginal Role Player / Rarely start 0.520 0.579
Poor Player / Should never start 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 the average ratings by position among all NBA players who play 300 minutes or more. There are very few small forwards and shooting guards who are superstars. Most (but definitely not all) superstars are players who can play point guard, power forward, or center.

Point Guard .750
Shooting Guard .640
Small Forward .640
Power Forward .720
Center .750
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.

REGULAR SEASON STARTING PLAYERS
All starters on all teams should have ratings of .575 and higher. If a team has no player at a postion with at least a .575 rating, then it is extremely deficient at that position due to injuries or due to management incompetence.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
The above are a few hightlights from the User Guide for Real Player Ratings. For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Washington Wizards Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

2010-07-08T19:05:00.000-07:00

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.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to SHAUN LIVINGSTON who led the Wizards in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to ANDRAY BLATCHE who contributed more than any other player to the Wizards in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
None

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Shaun Livingston
Andray Blatche
Gilbert Arenas

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Brendan Haywood
Mike Miller

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 5

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Gilbert Arenas

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
James Singleton

WASHINGTON WIZARDS 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

Shaun Livingston PG 0.783
Andray Blatche C 0.770
Gilbert Arenas PG 0.760
Brendan Haywood C 0.744
Mike Miller SF 0.732
James Singleton SF 0.696
JaVale McGee C 0.694
Antawn Jamison PF 0.665
Randy Foye PG 0.634
Caron Butler SF 0.617
Earl Boykins PG 0.599
Al Thornton SF 0.569
Fabricio Oberto C 0.468
Nick Young SG 0.462
DeShawn Stevenson SG 0.287

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.

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

Andray Blatche C 1738.22
Mike Miller SF 1321.76
Brendan Haywood C 1200.50
Caron Butler SF 1142.50
Antawn Jamison PF 1060.86
Randy Foye PG 1056.05
Gilbert Arenas PG 888.88
JaVale McGee C 671.77
Earl Boykins PG 669.43
Nick Young SG 656.81
James Singleton SF 533.31
Shaun Livingston PG 521.37
Al Thornton SF 383.21
Fabricio Oberto C 304.25
DeShawn Stevenson SG 176.51

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

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

Gilbert Arenas PG 0.607
Shaun Livingston PG 0.526
Earl Boykins PG 0.470
Randy Foye PG 0.469
Mike Miller SF 0.440
Andray Blatche C 0.427
Antawn Jamison PF 0.411
Brendan Haywood C 0.323
Caron Butler SF 0.318
JaVale McGee C 0.303
Nick Young SG 0.303
Al Thornton SF 0.279
James Singleton SF 0.259
Fabricio Oberto C 0.243
DeShawn Stevenson SG 0.128

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

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

James Singleton SF 0.437
Brendan Haywood C 0.421
JaVale McGee C 0.391
Andray Blatche C 0.343
Caron Butler SF 0.298
Mike Miller SF 0.292
Al Thornton SF 0.290
Shaun Livingston PG 0.257
Antawn Jamison PF 0.254
Fabricio Oberto C 0.225
Randy Foye PG 0.164
Nick Young SG 0.160
DeShawn Stevenson SG 0.158
Gilbert Arenas PG 0.153
Earl Boykins PG 0.129

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
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Utah Jazz Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

2010-07-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

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.

UTAH JAZZ FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to DERON WILLIAMS who led the Jazz in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to DERON WILLIAMS who contributed more than any other player to the Jazz in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
DERON WILLIAMS

SUPER STARS
CARLOS BOOZER
ANDREI KIRILENKO

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Paul Millsap
Kyle Korver

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Eric Maynor
Mehmet Okur
Ronnie Price

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Ronnie Brewer

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 9

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Deron Williams

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Andrei Kirilenko

UTAH JAZZ 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

Deron Williams PG 1.076
Carlos Boozer PF 0.994
Andrei Kirilenko SF 0.976
Paul Millsap PF 0.866
Kyle Korver SG 0.824
Eric Maynor PG 0.819
Mehmet Okur C 0.800
Ronnie Price PG 0.784
Ronnie Brewer SG 0.712
Kyrylo Fesenko C 0.662
Wesley Matthews SG 0.592
C.J. Miles SF 0.549

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.

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

Deron Williams PG 3015.18
Carlos Boozer PF 2657.36
Paul Millsap PF 1970.95
Mehmet Okur C 1718.32
Andrei Kirilenko SF 1640.85
Wesley Matthews SG 1199.44
Ronnie Brewer SG 1183.32
C.J. Miles SF 822.12
Kyle Korver SG 784.18
Ronnie Price PG 632.28
Eric Maynor PG 297.44
Kyrylo Fesenko C 270.30

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

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

Deron Williams PG 0.817
Carlos Boozer PF 0.567
Eric Maynor PG 0.546
Andrei Kirilenko SF 0.460
Kyle Korver SG 0.452
Paul Millsap PF 0.431
Mehmet Okur C 0.414
Ronnie Price PG 0.409
Wesley Matthews SG 0.361
Ronnie Brewer SG 0.360
C.J. Miles SF 0.351
Kyrylo Fesenko C 0.229

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

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

Andrei Kirilenko SF 0.516
Paul Millsap PF 0.434
Kyrylo Fesenko C 0.433
Carlos Boozer PF 0.427
Mehmet Okur C 0.385
Ronnie Price PG 0.376
Kyle Korver SG 0.372
Ronnie Brewer SG 0.352
Eric Maynor PG 0.273
Deron Williams PG 0.259
Wesley Matthews SG 0.231
C.J. Miles SF 0.198

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
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Toronto Raptors Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

2010-07-08T10:04:00.000-07:00

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.

TORONTO RAPTORS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to CHRIS BOSH who lead the Raptors in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to CHRIS BOSH who contributed more than any other player to the Raptors in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
CHRIS BOSH

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
None

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Jose Calderon
Amir Johnson
Reggie Evans

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
None

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 4

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Jose Calderon

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Reggie Evans

TORONTO RAPTORS 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

Chris Bosh PF 0.972
Jose Calderon PG 0.797
Amir Johnson SF 0.769
Reggie Evans PF 0.763
Jarrett Jack PG 0.698
Rasho Nesterovic C 0.637
Hedo Turkoglu SF 0.635
Andrea Bargnani C 0.591
Marco Belinelli SG 0.587
Sonny Weems SG 0.537
Antoine Wright SF 0.451
DeMar DeRozan SG 0.414

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.

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

Chris Bosh PF 2456.19
Andrea Bargnani C 1652.96
Jarrett Jack PG 1566.42
Jose Calderon PG 1448.18
Hedo Turkoglu SF 1443.65
Amir Johnson SF 1116.89
Sonny Weems SG 735.00
DeMar DeRozan SG 689.47
Marco Belinelli SG 658.43
Antoine Wright SF 628.26
Rasho Nesterovic C 263.24
Reggie Evans PF 237.31

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

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

Jose Calderon PG 0.677
Chris Bosh PF 0.598
Jarrett Jack PG 0.587
Rasho Nesterovic C 0.473
Hedo Turkoglu SF 0.444
Amir Johnson SF 0.408
Andrea Bargnani C 0.390
Sonny Weems SG 0.372
Marco Belinelli SG 0.362
DeMar DeRozan SG 0.318
Antoine Wright SF 0.256
Reggie Evans PF 0.148

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

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

Reggie Evans PF 0.615
Chris Bosh PF 0.375
Amir Johnson SF 0.360
Marco Belinelli SG 0.225
Andrea Bargnani C 0.201
Antoine Wright SF 0.196
Hedo Turkoglu SF 0.192
Sonny Weems SG 0.165
Rasho Nesterovic C 0.164
Jose Calderon PG 0.120
Jarrett Jack PG 0.111
DeMar DeRozan SG 0.097

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
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

San Antonio Spurs Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

2010-07-08T07:04:00.000-07:00

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.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to TIM DUNCAN who lead the Spurs in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to TIM DUNCAN who contributed more than any other player to the Spurs in 2009-10.

KEY PLAYERS (above the NBA average)
MAJOR HISTORIC SUPER STARS
TIM DUNCAN

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
MANU GINOBILI

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Antonio McDyess
Tony Parker

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
DeJuan Blair
Matt Bonner

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Richard Jefferson
George Hill

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 8

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Manu Ginobili

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Tim Duncan

SAN ANTONIO SPURS 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

Tim Duncan PF 1.254
Manu Ginobili SG 1.023
Antonio McDyess PF 0.839
Tony Parker PG 0.837
DeJuan Blair PF 0.784
Matt Bonner PF 0.763
Richard Jefferson SF 0.721
George Hill PG 0.713
Roger Mason SG 0.619
Keith Bogans SG 0.462
Malik Hairston SG 0.433
Michael Finley SF 0.321

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.

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

Tim Duncan PF 3058.38
Manu Ginobili SG 2199.01
Richard Jefferson SF 1817.11
George Hill PG 1622.97
Tony Parker PG 1445.88
Antonio McDyess PF 1356.57
DeJuan Blair PF 1171.20
Roger Mason SG 937.98
Matt Bonner PF 886.30
Keith Bogans SG 719.93
Malik Hairston SG 137.26
Michael Finley SF 126.73

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

SAN ANTONIO SPURS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows the quality of players' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions

Manu Ginobili SG 0.695
Tim Duncan PF 0.623
Tony Parker PG 0.569
George Hill PG 0.455
Matt Bonner PF 0.428
DeJuan Blair PF 0.423
Richard Jefferson SF 0.345
Roger Mason SG 0.337
Antonio McDyess PF 0.314
Malik Hairston SG 0.296
Keith Bogans SG 0.242
Michael Finley SF 0.186

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

SAN ANTONIO SPURS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Includes both tracked and hidden defending

Tim Duncan PF 0.631
Antonio McDyess PF 0.525
Richard Jefferson SF 0.376
DeJuan Blair PF 0.361
Matt Bonner PF 0.336
Manu Ginobili SG 0.328
Roger Mason SG 0.282
Tony Parker PG 0.267
George Hill PG 0.259
Keith Bogans SG 0.220
Malik Hairston SG 0.137
Michael Finley SF 0.135

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
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Sacramento Kings Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

2010-07-07T23:23:00.000-07:00

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.

SACRAMENTO KINGS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to SERGIO RODRIGUEZ who lead the Kings in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to TYREKE EVANS who contributed more than any other player to the Kings in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
SERGIO RODRIGUEZ

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Tyreke Evans

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Beno Udrih

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Francisco Garcia
Sean May

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 5

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Sergio Rodriguez

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Sean May

SACRAMENTO KINGS 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

Sergio Rodriguez PG 0.908
Tyreke Evans PG 0.825
Beno Udrih PG 0.768
Francisco Garcia SG 0.724
Sean May PF 0.710
Carl Landry PF 0.689
Jason Thompson PF 0.686
Spencer Hawes C 0.680
Omri Casspi SF 0.609
Kevin Martin SG 0.591
Ime Udoka SG 0.574
Jon Brockman PF 0.554
Donte Greene SF 0.524
Kenny Thomas PF 0.523
Andres Nocioni SF 0.464

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.

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

Tyreke Evans PG 2209.68
Beno Udrih PG 1901.38
Jason Thompson PF 1617.24
Spencer Hawes C 1295.48
Omri Casspi SF 1175.40
Donte Greene SF 854.28
Carl Landry PF 725.82
Andres Nocioni SF 684.61
Ime Udoka SG 542.31
Sergio Rodriguez PG 469.47
Kevin Martin SG 457.23
Francisco Garcia SG 416.41
Jon Brockman PF 362.63
Sean May PF 235.04
Kenny Thomas PF 163.57

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

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

Sergio Rodriguez PG 0.610
Beno Udrih PG 0.548
Tyreke Evans PG 0.540
Kevin Martin SG 0.454
Spencer Hawes C 0.393
Francisco Garcia SG 0.386
Carl Landry PF 0.378
Jason Thompson PF 0.370
Jon Brockman PF 0.365
Omri Casspi SF 0.322
Andres Nocioni SF 0.316
Sean May PF 0.288
Donte Greene SF 0.277
Ime Udoka SG 0.260
Kenny Thomas PF 0.229

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

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

Sean May PF 0.422
Francisco Garcia SG 0.339
Jason Thompson PF 0.316
Ime Udoka SG 0.315
Carl Landry PF 0.311
Sergio Rodriguez PG 0.298
Kenny Thomas PF 0.293
Spencer Hawes C 0.287
Omri Casspi SF 0.286
Tyreke Evans PG 0.286
Donte Greene SF 0.247
Beno Udrih PG 0.220
Jon Brockman PF 0.189
Andres Nocioni SF 0.148
Kevin Martin SG 0.137

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
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.

Portland Trailblazers Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

2010-07-07T21:02:00.000-07:00

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.

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to GREG ODEN who lead the Trailblazers in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE who contributed more than any other player to the Trailblazers in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
GREG ODEN

SUPER STARS
MARCUS CAMBY

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Andre Miller
Brandon Roy

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
LaMarcus Aldridge
Joel Przybilla

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
None

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 6

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Brandon Roy

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Marcus Camby

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS 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

Greg Oden C 1.060
Marcus Camby C 0.967
Andre Miller PG 0.874
Brandon Roy SG 0.842
LaMarcus Aldridge PF 0.817
Joel Przybilla C 0.782
Rudy Fernandez SG 0.678
Steve Blake PG 0.667
Nicolas Batum SF 0.653
Martell Webster SG 0.583
Jerryd Bayless PG 0.556
Dante Cunningham SF 0.551
Juwan Howard PF 0.520
Jeff Pendergraph PF 0.432

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.

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

LaMarcus Aldridge PF 2387.69
Andre Miller PG 2185.89
Brandon Roy SG 2036.15
Martell Webster SG 1168.54
Rudy Fernandez SG 977.31
Steve Blake PG 931.87
Juwan Howard PF 847.85
Jerryd Bayless PG 725.65
Marcus Camby C 694.15
Nicolas Batum SF 599.86
Joel Przybilla C 532.73
Greg Oden C 532.04
Dante Cunningham SF 389.75
Jeff Pendergraph PF 174.92

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

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

Brandon Roy SG 0.603
Andre Miller PG 0.577
Greg Oden C 0.487
LaMarcus Aldridge PF 0.458
Jerryd Bayless PG 0.457
Nicolas Batum SF 0.446
Steve Blake PG 0.428
Rudy Fernandez SG 0.365
Marcus Camby C 0.334
Dante Cunningham SF 0.325
Martell Webster SG 0.302
Juwan Howard PF 0.275
Jeff Pendergraph PF 0.273
Joel Przybilla C 0.175

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

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

Marcus Camby C 0.633
Joel Przybilla C 0.607
Greg Oden C 0.573
LaMarcus Aldridge PF 0.359
Rudy Fernandez SG 0.314
Andre Miller PG 0.297
Martell Webster SG 0.281
Juwan Howard PF 0.244
Steve Blake PG 0.239
Brandon Roy SG 0.238
Dante Cunningham SF 0.226
Nicolas Batum SF 0.207
Jeff Pendergraph PF 0.159
Jerryd Bayless PG 0.100

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
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide. The User Guide for Real Player Ratings is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures.

Also, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.