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

2010-09-03T14:51:00.000-07:00

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.

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

2010-07-15T07:49:00.000-07:00

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

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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

2010-07-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-13T07:48:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-12T18:44:00.000-07:00

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.

Real Team Ratings: Final Ratings for 2009-10

2010-04-16T15:42:00.000-07:00

REAL TEAM RATINGS
2009-10 Season
Final End of Season Ratings

1 Orlando Magic 64.99
2 Cleveland Cavaliers 64.64
3 Los Angeles Lakers 43.40
4 Dallas Mavericks 40.73
5 Utah Jazz 39.60
6 San Antonio Spurs 36.35
7 Denver Nuggets 35.88
8 Atlanta Hawks 35.49
9 Portland Trail Blazers 34.58
10 Phoenix Suns 33.64
11 Oklahoma City Thunder 29.74
12 Boston Celtics 27.35
13 Charlotte Bobcats 25.60
14 Miami Heat 23.85
15 Milwaukee Bucks 23.14
16 Houston Rockets -2.28
17 Chicago Bulls -6.27
18 Memphis Grizzlies -9.10
19 New Orleans Hornets -21.78
20 Indiana Pacers -26.95
21 Toronto Raptors -28.46
22 New York Knicks -36.08
23 Philadelphia 76ers -41.57
24 Washington Wizards -43.41
25 Detroit Pistons -45.43
26 Golden State Warriors -45.67
27 Sacramento Kings -47.38
28 Los Angeles Clippers -49.70
29 New Jersey Nets -68.78
30 Minnesota Timberwolves -80.45

========== REAL TEAM SUB RATINGS ==========

The following are the five sub ratings comprising Real Team Ratings (RTR) in order of importance. The sum of any team's five sub ratings equals that team's RTR.

EFFICIENCY SUB RATING
2009-10 Season
Final End of Season Ratings

Orlando Magic 24.60
Cleveland Cavaliers 21.30
Utah Jazz 17.10
San Antonio Spurs 16.50
Los Angeles Lakers 15.30
Atlanta Hawks 15.30
Phoenix Suns 15.30
Denver Nuggets 13.80
Boston Celtics 11.70
Portland Trail Blazers 11.10
Oklahoma City Thunder 11.10
Dallas Mavericks 9.00
Miami Heat 7.50
Milwaukee Bucks 5.40
Charlotte Bobcats 4.80
Houston Rockets -1.20
Memphis Grizzlies -4.80
Chicago Bulls -5.40
Toronto Raptors -5.70
New Orleans Hornets -7.80
Indiana Pacers -9.30
Golden State Warriors -10.50
New York Knicks -12.00
Philadelphia 76ers -12.60
Sacramento Kings -13.50
Washington Wizards -15.60
Detroit Pistons -17.40
Los Angeles Clippers -20.40
New Jersey Nets -30.00
Minnesota Timberwolves -30.00

PERFORMANCE VERSUS THE GOOD AND VERSUS THE BEST TEAMS SUB RATING
2009-10 Season
Final End of Season Ratings

Cleveland Cavaliers 24.74
Orlando Magic 21.89
Denver Nuggets 19.38
Dallas Mavericks 19.03
Los Angeles Lakers 16.80
Utah Jazz 12.60
Atlanta Hawks 11.89
Portland Trail Blazers 11.38
Phoenix Suns 10.64
Charlotte Bobcats 7.90
Oklahoma City Thunder 7.74
Boston Celtics 7.15
San Antonio Spurs 7.05
Houston Rockets 2.22
Chicago Bulls 1.03
Miami Heat -0.55
Milwaukee Bucks -1.46
Memphis Grizzlies -2.40
New Orleans Hornets -2.78
Toronto Raptors -9.26
New York Knicks -10.58
Detroit Pistons -11.53
Indiana Pacers -12.55
Washington Wizards -13.11
Los Angeles Clippers -13.70
Philadelphia 76ers -13.87
Sacramento Kings -17.78
Golden State Warriors -19.87
Minnesota Timberwolves -22.15
New Jersey Nets -25.78

MOST RECENT GAMES SUB RATING
2009-10 Season
Final End of Season Ratings
--Over weights the most recent performance, from the most recent 25 games.
--Reflects momentum, playoff motivation, and morale.
--Substantially but indirectly and inexactly reflects the current injury situations.
--Partially, indirectly, and inexactly reflects the likelihood that coaching strategies and tactics will work or not in the playoffs.
--The last five games of the Regular Season are ignored due to playoff coaches resting key players and due to other distortions.

1 Orlando Magic 13
2 Cleveland Cavaliers 13
3 Phoenix Suns 13
4 Milwaukee Bucks 13
5 Dallas Mavericks 11
6 Miami Heat 11
7 Utah Jazz 9
8 San Antonio Spurs 9
9 Portland Trail Blazers 9
10 Oklahoma City Thunder 9
11 Los Angeles Lakers 7
12 Denver Nuggets 5
13 Atlanta Hawks 5
14 Charlotte Bobcats 5
15 Boston Celtics 3
16 Memphis Grizzlies 1
17 Houston Rockets -1
18 Chicago Bulls -3
19 Indiana Pacers -3
20 Toronto Raptors -7
21 New York Knicks -7
22 Golden State Warriors -7
23 New Orleans Hornets -9
24 New Jersey Nets -11
25 Philadelphia 76ers -13
26 Sacramento Kings -13
27 Los Angeles Clippers -13
28 Washington Wizards -15
29 Detroit Pistons -15
30 Minnesota Timberwolves -21

DEFENSIVE ADJUSTMENT SUB RATING
2009-10 Season
Final End of Season Ratings
-The defensive overweight adjustment is a small but valid adjustment that slightly modifies the ratings of teams according to where they rank defensively (the better the defense, the better for the playoffs).
-Aside from being a sub rating, this shows you how the NBA teams ranked defensively this year.

1 Charlotte Bobcats 5.80
2 Milwaukee Bucks 5.40
3 Orlando Magic 5.00
4 Los Angeles Lakers 4.60
5 Boston Celtics 4.20
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 3.80
7 Miami Heat 3.40
8 San Antonio Spurs 3.00
9 Oklahoma City Thunder 2.60
10 Utah Jazz 2.20
11 Chicago Bulls 1.80
12 Dallas Mavericks 1.40
13 Atlanta Hawks 1.00
14 Indiana Pacers 0.60
15 Portland Trail Blazers 0.20
16 Denver Nuggets -0.20
17 Houston Rockets -0.60
18 Washington Wizards -1.00
19 Sacramento Kings -1.40
20 Memphis Grizzlies -1.80
21 New Orleans Hornets -2.20
22 Los Angeles Clippers -2.60
23 Phoenix Suns -3.00
24 Philadelphia 76ers -3.40
25 New Jersey Nets -3.80
26 Detroit Pistons -4.20
27 New York Knicks -4.80
28 Minnesota Timberwolves -4.80
29 Golden State Warriors -5.40
30 Toronto Raptors -5.80

PACE ADJUSTMENT SUB RATING
2009-10 Season
Final End of Season Ratings
-The pace adjustment is a very small but valid adjustment that very slightly modifies the ratings of teams according to pace (the slower the pace, the better for the playoffs).

1 Portland Trail Blazers 2.90
2 Detroit Pistons 2.70
3 Miami Heat 2.50
4 Atlanta Hawks 2.30
5 Charlotte Bobcats 2.10
6 Cleveland Cavaliers 1.80
7 New Jersey Nets 1.80
8 Boston Celtics 1.30
9 Philadelphia 76ers 1.30
10 Washington Wizards 1.30
11 San Antonio Spurs 0.80
12 Milwaukee Bucks 0.80
13 Orlando Magic 0.50
14 Dallas Mavericks 0.30
15 New Orleans Hornets 0.00
16 Los Angeles Clippers 0.00
17 Los Angeles Lakers -0.30
18 Oklahoma City Thunder -0.70
19 Chicago Bulls -0.70
20 Toronto Raptors -0.70
21 Memphis Grizzlies -1.10
22 Utah Jazz -1.30
23 Houston Rockets -1.70
24 New York Knicks -1.70
25 Sacramento Kings -1.70
26 Denver Nuggets -2.10
27 Phoenix Suns -2.30
28 Minnesota Timberwolves -2.50
29 Indiana Pacers -2.70
30 Golden State Warriors -2.90

========== USER GUIDE ==========
Below are some key excerpts from the full User Guide. But see this User Guide article for full details about the revamped Real Team Ratings system.

USER GUIDE EXCERPTS
The Real Team Ratings system was substantially improved in April 2010 effective with this Report. The biggest change and improvement is a new factor that reflects recent performance (in about the last two months). This gets at several previously ignored items that will determine who will win and lose in playoffs, including:

-Momentum and morale
-Coaching strategies and tactics that have finally produced good (or bad) results
-New players acquired for the stretch run on the regular season and for the playoffs.
-Injuries that have occurred within the last couple of months or so and that may be carrying over into the playoffs.

See the User Guide for full details about the new Real Team Ratings system. The Guide will be extensively revised in the very near future. After it is revised, a link to it will be installed right here.

INTERPRETING RTR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEAMS / PREDICTING PLAYOFF SERIES
NOTES
(1) This is an excerpt from the User Guide for Real Team Ratings, which is being revised, as explained above.

(2) Injury adjustments for injuries occurring within the last month or so can not be and are not completely accounted for. For larger differences between teams (greater than 25-30 RTR points) the higher rated team would generally have to have injury problems in order to lose. The probabilities mentioned below reflect the injury wild card factor about as much as they do all other uncertain factors combined.

(3) For playoff series predicting, add six points to the rating of the team that has home court advantage.

QUICK PLAYOFF SERIES PREDICTION SCALE
After you have added six points to the RTR of the team with home court advantage, calculate the difference between the two RTRs. Then find the range in which that difference is below and then you can see the probability that the series will be won by the higher team.

0 to 5.9 Complete toss-up: flip a coin
6 to 11.9 Roughly 60% chance the higher team will win
12 to 17.9 Roughly 70% chance the higher team will win
18 to 23.9 Roughly 80% chance the higher team will win
24 to 29.9 Roughly 89% chance the higher team will win
30 to 35.9 Roughly 95% chance the higher team will win
36 to 41.9 Roughly 98% chance the higher team will win
42 to 47.9 Roughly 99% chance the higher team will win
48 or more Roughly 100% chance the higher team will win

DETAILED GUIDE TO INTERPRETATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IN REAL TEAM RATINGS
NOTES
(1) This is an excerpt from the User Guide for Real Team Ratings, which is being revised, as explained above.

(2) In the detailed interpretaton guide that follows, the word "roughly" is repeatedly used in front of the probability numbers, as a reminder about the small amount of unavoidable statistical error, and to emphasize that unknown factors, especially injuries, will in some cases result in substantially different actual probabilities.

(3) For playoff series predicting, add six points to the rating of the team that has home court advantage.

The probability percentages are based on the historical results in the NBA.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 0 AND 5.9
The series is a complete toss-up, when statistical error is considered. There is a strong possibility of a 7 game series. The higher team has a 50% to 55% chance of winning, depending on what exactly the difference is. These probabilities are too low for anyone to have any confidence in using RTR to say who will win. All series of this type are decided quite simply by who plays better, by who coaches better, or both.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 6.0 AND 11.9
The series can easily go either way, although the higher team has a small edge, and has between a 55% to 65% chance of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. There is a very substantial chance of a 7-game series. If the lower team wins, it is a small upset. Either slight differences in the quality of coaching, certain players playing a little better or a little worse than they did in the regular season, or both, could be responsible for an upset at this level.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 12.0 AND 17.9
The series can go either way, and this type of difference gives a significant chance for a 7-game series. But the higher team has a clear edge. The higher team has between a 65% and a 75% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. If the lower team wins, it is a moderate upset. Either slight differences in the quality of coaching, certain players playing a little better or a little worse than they did in the regular season, or both, could be responsible for an upset at this level.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 18.0 AND 23.9
The higher team has roughly between a 75% to 85% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. There is a chance, but only a small one, for a 7-game series. If the lower team wins, it is a fairly big upset. Either coaches, certain players, or both could be responsible for an upset at this level.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 24.0 AND 29.9
The higher team has roughly between an 85% to a 93% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. In this kind of series, often the only way the lower team can win the series is by extending the series out to 7 games and then somehow winning the 7th game, thus taking the series 4 games to 3. However, it is not uncommon, assuming there is an upset in this type of series, for the lower team to so severly disrupt the favored team that the lower team upsets the higher, favored team 4 games to 2. Whichever way it does it, if the lower team does win coming in down by this amount, it should be considered a major upset. In many such cases, the coaching would have to be very wrong and/or negligent.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 30.0 AND 35.9
The higher team has roughly between a 93% and a 97% probability of winning. depending on where in the range the difference is. In this kind of series, often the only way the lower team can win the series is by taking the series 7 games and winning the 7th game, thus taking the series 4 games to 3. However, there have been a tiny number of series where a team with this amount of a RTR deficit has won the series by so severly disrupting the favored team that it is able to win the series 4 games to 2. In the vast majority of such cases, the coaching for the higher team was severely wrong and/or negligent. Whether accomplished in 6 games or 7, the lower team winning despite being this far behind in RTR is extremely rare, and would be considered a very major and very surprising upset.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 36.0 AND 41.9
The higher team has roughly between a 97% and a 99% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. Obviously, an upset would be extremely rare, shocking, and historical. It would in most cases be caused substantially by incompetent and/or severely negligent coaching or by one or more major injuries. With this amount of difference, any upset would almost certainly have to be with the series going all seven games.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS 42.0 AND 47.9
The higher team has a roughly 99% probability of winning the series. Obviously, an upset would be extremely rare, shocking, and historical. It would in most cases be caused substantially by incompetent and/or severely negligent coaching or by one or more major injuries. With this amount of difference, any upset would almost certainly have to be with the series going all seven games.

DEFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS 48.0 OR MORE
It is close to a 100% certainty that the higher team will win the series. Obviously, an upset would be extremely rare, shocking, and historical. It would in the vast majority of cases be caused substantially by incompetent and/or severely negligent coaching. With this amount of difference, any upset would almost certainly have to be with the series going all seven games.

COMPLETE USER GUIDE
Above are only excerpts from the full User Guide. See this User Guide article for full details about the revamped Real Team Ratings system.

The Situation: Real Team Ratings as of March 5, 2010: the Los Angeles Lakers Regain the Lead Over Denver and Gain on the Leading Cleveland Cavaliers

2010-03-04T23:57:00.000-08:00

REAL TEAM RATINGS
NBA 2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
AS OF MARCH 5, 2010
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 48.00
2 Los Angeles Lakers 38.20
3 Orlando Magic 33.00
4 Denver Nuggets 29.10
5 Dallas Mavericks 20.10
6 Atlanta Hawks 16.90
7 Utah Jazz 16.90
8 Boston Celtics 15.30
9 San Antonio Spurs 5.60
10 Portland Trail Blazers 5.10
11 Oklahoma City Thunder 4.70
12 Phoenix Suns -0.80
13 Charlotte Bobcats -9.30
14 Chicago Bulls -14.50
15 Miami Heat -15.00
16 Milwaukee Bucks -16.10
17 New Orleans Hornets -17.00
18 Houston Rockets -18.40
19 Memphis Grizzlies -19.70
20 Washington Wizards -30.50
21 Toronto Raptors -35.40
22 Detroit Pistons -39.20
23 Philadelphia 76ers -40.70
24 Los Angeles Clippers -43.30
25 New York Knicks -45.20
26 Indiana Pacers -48.70
27 Sacramento Kings -51.40
28 Golden State Warriors -60.20
29 Minnesota Timberwolves -70.50
30 New Jersey Nets -84.10

CONFERENCE AND LEAGUE FINALS PROJECTIONS AS OF MARCH 5, 2010
2010 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Los Angeles Lakers over Cleveland Cavaliers 4-3

2010 NBA WEST FINAL
Los Angeles Lakers over Denver Nuggets 4-2

2010 NBA EAST FINAL
Cleveland Cavaliers over Orlando Magic 4-2

CONTENDER BREAKDOWN
Includes links to the best team performance page available on the Internet

CURRENT MAJOR CONTENDERS
Los Angeles Lakers
Cleveland Cavaliers
Orlando Magic

CURRENT WILD CARD CONTENDERS
Denver Nuggets
Boston Celtics
Dallas Mavericks

CURRENT LONG SHOT CONTENDERS
Atlanta Hawks
San Antonio Spurs
Utah Jazz

THE EAST SITUATION: CLEVELAND HAS A GOOD LEAD OVER ORLANDO
Since about the first of the year, the Celtics have consistently disappointed while the Cavaliers have surged and while the Orlando Magic have moved steadily ahead. The Celtics have had serious injury problems, so it is certainly possible that they remain at least even with the Magic at full strength. However, we decided to bump the Magic ahead of the Celtics, at least for now, due to:

--The nightmare loss by the Celtics to the worst team in the League at home: the New Jersey Nets. Probably no NBA finalist in history has ever lost to the worst team in the League at home.

--Two days earlier, on February 25, the Celtics were buried at home by the Cavaliers themselves by 20 points.

--The Orlando lead over Boston in the Real Team Ratings (above) is now almost 18 points, which together with home court advantage would make Orlando a pretty good favorite over Boston in a series. The Celtics are also 33 points behind the Cavaliers, which unless there is a big change or a miracle means the Celtics can not beat the Cavaliers in a series this year.

Among the top Celtics, power forward and historical superstar Kevin Garnett has missed 11 out of 59 games so far this year and star and small forward Paul Pierce has missed ten games so far this year. On the other hand, superstar and point guard Rajon Rondo, solid starter and shooting guard Ray Allen and starting center Kendrick Perkins have missed only one game each.

It seems that although the Celtics have been hampered somewhat by injuries, they are falling short of Cleveland and very possibly Orlando even after adjusting for injuries. The Celtics are fooling themselves if they think that just getting injury free alone will enable them to battle the Cavaliers to the end this year. Rather, even at full strength, the Celtics can probably win only three games at the very most in a best of seven against Cleveland this year, unless they ramp it up a little.

In any event, the Celtics are injury free as of the date of this report. The Orlando Magic are also injury free. The Cleveland Cavaliers are largely injury free, but they have just lost superstar center Shaquille O'Neal until sometime during the first round of the playoffs (late April). O'Neal had surgery on his sprained right thumb and will be out eight weeks. It could have been much worse: the surgery could have been a month from now in which case O'Neal would have been lost for much of the playoffs.

Moreover, O’Neal previously missed half a dozen games but the Cavaliers had little if any trouble winning without him. The returning squad from 2008-09, especially the guards and power forward Anderson Varejao, have grown very comfortable indeed playing with LeBron James in a coordinated way. The Cavaliers know full well that if any player tries to be an alpha dog on a LeBron James team other than LeBron James himself, the net result will be bad. Put yourself under the LeBron James umbrella and do your absolute best under that umbrella and it’s all good. Realize too that O'Neal plays only about 23 minutes a game when he is not injured.

The Cavaliers did make an outstanding just before the trade deadline exchange where they received Antawn Jamison (veteran Wizards star, almost a superstar) for Zydrunas Ilgauskas (more or less replaced by Shaquille O’Neill and Anderson Varejao and fading badly from prior star status.)

The Cavaliers also picked up role player and point guard Sebastian Telfair in the just before the deadline trade. Cleveland was living dangerously with just two point guards on its roster. When starting point guard Mo Williams (solid starter and possible star) was lost to the Cavaliers for about a month starting January 21, the Cavaliers were left with only one true point guard, the very young but extremely good three-point shooter Daniel Gibson. The acquisition of Telfair increased the number of point guards on the Cavaliers from two to three. Three is enough to cover the Championship run if one of them is injured. Although LeBron James can play any position very well with the possible exception of center, you don’t want to run even a small chance that there will be only one true point guard on the team for a Championship run.

Telfair by the way has not actually played for the Cavaliers yet: he has been out since January 21 due to an injury but is due back very soon.

As for Orlando, they are proof positive that being able to hit threes and not being afraid to try a good number of them are major assets. Being able to hit threes becomes even more important come playoff time. Like it or not, the three point shot is a very important factor that you try to downplay at your own peril. There are five teams that make a greater percentage of threes this year than do the Magic, including amazingly the Nuggets, but the Magic attempt and make more threes than any other team by far.

The big success of the Magic this year proves to you that as long as you are among the better three-point shooting teams, you should strongly consider firing away from beyond the arc. If you are well above average at making them, don’t be timid about trying them; you will be heavily rewarded if you are good at making them and you are not shy about trying them. The Nuggets are technically better at making threes this year than are the Magic, but they make only two thirds as many threes due to George Karl thinking that attempting a lot of them has to be a bad thing.

Losing Hedo Turkoglu did not adversely affect either the defense or the offense of the Magic. Generally speaking, the most important positions for winning playoff games are point guard and center. The Magic happen to have one of the best point guards, Jameer Nelson, and also one of the best centers, Dwight Howard.

THE WEST SITUATION: LAKERS REGAIN THE LEAD OVER THE NUGGETS
It was quite amazing when on February 2 it was seen that the Denver Nuggets had moved ahead of the Lakers by about six points. But as you can see above, the Lakers in the last month have moved past the Nuggets again and are now nine points ahead. You will see more about the Lakers in the Championship section not far below.

Although at the beginning of this season we intended to mostly cover the Celtics and the Cavaliers, that plan was scrapped when the Nuggets pulled more rabbits out of more hats. We just can not shake these Nuggets no matter how hard we try; the Nuggets are the gift that keeps on giving for a site that has adopted explaining how basketball is won and lost as mission one. For one thing, the Nuggets keep winning a very large number of regular season games and yet they continue to have a complete inability to win the most important games in the playoffs. By figuring out and explaining why, we are making major progress in our mission.

Quite honestly, for everything we actually have time to do here at Quest, there are half a dozen or more things we pledged to do but never have time to do. The yearly Production Plan has become more and more of a joke. But at least the broad outline of the editorial plan survives the rock and roll month to month progress of our project. At least we don't ever drop our adopted focus on the playoffs and especially on the Championship. And we never will, because once you start focusing on the most important games, you don't ever want to go back to those meaningless games involving the Grizzlies or the Timberwolves, laugh out loud.

For the second straight year (or the third straight if you count acquiring Iverson in December 2007) the Nuggets produced stars or at least near stars out of thin air. This year, Arron Afflalo is playing far, far better than he did for the Pistons last year. And the Timberwolves foolishly let drafted point guard Ty Lawson (think young Allen Iverson without the drama) go to Denver for a song. Even before the arrivals of Afflalo and Lawson, the Nuggets already had superstar point guard Chauncey Billups and somewhere between good role player and superstar J.R. Smith (who knows anymore, laugh out loud). The four of those players together constitute one of the very best 4-guard rosters around this year (most probably the best) and probably the best such roster in the history of the Nuggets.

If Smith could be at the higher end of his huge possible range and if Afflalo keeps hitting threes at a miracle rate and keeps defending like there is no tomorrow, this group of four guards could be enough not only to scare the Lakers but to actually defeat them if it were not for the huge problem the Nuggets have created for themselves in the paint defensively. See any of three recent Reports for extensive details of the Nuggets' defensive mess.

Looking at it pessimistically on the other hand though, Ty Lawson at the moment is out indefinitely with a bruised shoulder. And J.R. Smith sometimes seems these days like he might at any moment become one of the worst 2-guards in history. (Contrary to popular belief, this was not always so, laugh out loud.) Further, the idea of Arron Afflalo being a 45% three point shooter in the playoffs may be nothing more than fantasy. Moreover, does Chauncey Billups run a world class pro basketball offense that has a little bit of organization to it? No he does not. For all of these reasons, even the Nuggets' "guard miracle" might fizzle out before the fat lady sings this year.

If the guard miracle does in fact fizzle, and given the Nuggets' defensive mess that George Karl refuses to even recognize let alone solve, the Nuggets could be left with a quick second or even first round exit this year. The other day I was thinking, for example, that if the Nuggets finish third seed and have to play a sixth seed Phoenix Suns, they could easily lose to the Suns who for one thing will not be at any disadvantage at all from the Nuggets' pushing the pace because they push the pace even more so than the Nuggets.

Owner Marc Cuban of the Mavericks tried at the trade deadline to give his team a major shot in the arm after they tanked badly in the second half of December and in January. They lost about as many games as they won during that time and that constitutes tanking if you are a team that really wants to and theoretically might possibly be able to go to the Championship. Marc Cuban by the way, to his credit, actively tries these days to help his team more so than any other owner, and you have to much respect that.

Five days before the deadline, the Mavericks traded Josh Howard, Drew Gooden, James Singleton, and Quinton Ross to Washington for 2-guard / small forward Caron Butler, who has generally been a star during eight seasons, center Brendan Haywood, who has been at least a solid starter and close to a star during nine seasons, and 2-guard DeShawn Stevenson, who was poor in 2008-09 but a role player the year before, and cash considerations.

Stevenson will seldom play because both Butler and Jason Terry are much better.

Butler is a very nice and very important pick-up, but Haywood may actually be more important since the Mavericks already had good guard shooting and plenty of outside shooting thanks to power forward and historical superstar Dirk Nowitzki before the trade. My opinion was always that starting center Erick Dampier was (a) overrated by the Mavericks and (b) not good enough to enable the Mavs to win a Ring, especially since Dirk Nowitzki ranges in and out of the paint both on offense and defense, creating a big need for a star, stay at home paint defender at center. Dampier is at best a solid starter and it seems unlikely he will ever be a star in the playoffs. He was badly beaten by the Nuggets last spring.

Sure enough, the Mavericks now consider Haywood to be the starting center and Dampier to be the reserve. This is a bigger upgrade for the Mavericks than many will think. But on the other hand it remains doubtful that Haywood will be good enough in the paint, in conjunction with Nowitzki, Dampier, and reserve power forwards Tim Thomas and Eduardo Najera to enable Dallas to tangle with the awesome front court of the Lakers. Beating the Nuggets in a playoff series this year, though, has once again doable for the up and down Mavericks, who are up again right now and gaining on the Nuggets.

It could end up being the Jazz instead of the Mavericks, though, who challenge the Nuggets for second in the West. Why? Because the Jazz are cranking so well that they are even winning on the road these days; maybe Jerry Sloan is not too old after all. And meanwhile the Mavericks all of a sudden have significant injury problems:

--Reserve but important power forward Tim Thomas is apparently out for the season for family reasons. Thomas has been caring for his wife who has been suffering from serious health issues. But as discussed, the Mavericks need every good paint defender they can get.

--Reserve but very important center Erick Dampier has been out since February 17 due to a finger dislocation. He is due back by mid March, however.

--Star 2-guard Jason Terry, who now along with Caron Butler forms what is probably the best 2-guard tandem in the League, took an elbow to the face March 3 against the Timberwolves but managed to return to the game. But he will soon have surgery to repair a broken orbital bone and will be out until probably late March or early April. But like with O’Neal in Cleveland, this would have been much worse if it had happened a month later.

The rest of the injury situation in the West is that the Denver Nuggets and the moving up from the outside Utah Jazz are currently injury free.

For the Lakers, as mentioned earlier, sometimes just satisfactory and sometimes good role player Sasha Vujacic has been out since February 19. Vujacic is not expected to return until late March after suffering a grade one shoulder sprain on his right shoulder. He still can't raise his right arm and isn't allowed to shoot yet. Also, Luke Walton, who is a good to major role player who backs up Ron Artest at small forward, has been out since February 19 due to a pinched nerve in the back. When Walton will return is quite uncertain, though it seems probably he will be available for the Lakers’ Championship run. His goal is still to get back for the playoffs and then after the playoffs make a decision about surgery.

All in all, the Lakers’ injury situation is not really that bad because Jordan Farmar can sub in for Vujacic quite well and because the Lakers practically don’t need Walton given how much massive firepower they have in the front court.

THE 2010 CHAMPIONSHIP
Let's first briefly summarize how this season's Championship projections have gone. For the Championship projection we are back where we started. At the beginning of the season and again right now we think the Cavaliers will meet the Lakers in the 2010 Championship and we think the Lakers will win the series 4-3. (4-2 would not be a surprise.) But the Cavaliers got off to such a stumbling start and the Boston Celtics got off to such an extremely strong start in November that we switched our prediction to Lakers 4 Celtics 2 for the 2010 Championship in December. Then the Celtics stumbled and the Cavaliers surged in the second half of December and in January, so the next change was to Cavaliers 4 Lakers 3 which was the projection from mid January until the end of February. When the Lakers vanquished the Nuggets 95-89 in an historical come from behind victory on February 28 in LA, we switched the Championship prediction to back where it started: Lakers 4 Cavaliers 3.

The Cavaliers have about a ten point Real Team Rating lead over the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2010 Championship. However, the Lakers could end up with home court advantage and they definitely have a coaching advantage that could easily be worth about 15 or even 20 points. Lakers Coach Phil Jackson has been working very hard recently to get the Lakers tuned up for the coming playoffs. For example, Jackson recently correctly determined that the easiest way to beat the Nuggets is to over weight plays into the paint in order to take advantage of the Nuggets' poor paint defending.

Jackson and the Lakers have, at least since their second round series against the Rockets last spring, been taking their sweet time to determine and implement winning strategies against good teams they have to beat to win a Ring. But there is a big, big difference between being a little slow to figure out how to win and never being able to figure it out at all. Bet against Phil Jackson at your own risk; we think Jackson and his Lakers will be able to contain LeBron by just enough to get his 11th Ring, while Kobe Bryant will get his 5th.

Prior to now, we were thinking the Lakers would lose in the 2010 Championship because:

--The Lakers had poor guard play (other than Kobe Bryant)
--Phil Jackson didn't seem to know how to beat the Nuggets with their improbably jam packed with raw talent lineup yet
--Pau Gasol had serious injury problems
--Except for Kobe, the Lakers offense in general and passing game in particular was lagging. The defense was top notch but the offense was sagging pretty badly.

All of these things have been improving or are completely resolved with the possible exception of the first. One of the potentially better Laker guards, Sasha Vujacic, is now out indefinitely due to a sprained shoulder and that certainly does not help matters in the LA back court. But Kobe Bryant is certainly capable of making up for a back court that is poor to fair except for him. He's that good whether or not he is quite the all time best guard, which is debatable.

Remember, the Championship has a unique home court pattern. Instead of 2-2-1-1-1, the pattern is 2-3-2. This means that the team which has home court advantage can win the series at home either in game six or in game seven. The team without home court advantage in the Championship will often have to win the series on the road since the majority of Championships go for six or seven games. In order for the team that does not have home court advantage to win the series at home, they would have to win either game one or game two on the road and then win all three straight games home (games three through five). Home court advantage in the NBA playoffs is worth slightly more than home court advantage in the other series as a result of this oddity. Even if the team with the advantage loses one of the first two games, it will usually be very unlikely that it will lose three straight on the road, so at worse it will be 3-2 in favor of the other team when the series returns to the building of the team with the home court advantage. So the team with the advantage can still win the series in that scenario by winning games six and seven at home.

Should Cleveland get home court advantage, we are predicting that the Lakers will win one of the two games in Cleveland or, less likely will lose them but then win all three in LA and then win the Ring in either game six or game seven in Cleveland. Should LA get home court advantage, we are predicting that LA will win both of the first two games and then one of the three straight games in Cleveland, leaving them with the relatively easy task of winning either game six or game seven in LA. In short, we think the series is going to be close but we think the Lakers will have enough to prevail against LeBron James and the Cavaliers.

We could be wrong and this is not a guarantee of any kind. Injuries can and often do make projections such as this completely off. We just do these projections for the how the Quest is won information value of them.

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Real Team Ratings as of February 2, 2010: the Cavaliers Surge and the Lakers fall Behind the Nuggets

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REAL TEAM RATINGS
NBA 2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
AS OF FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Cleveland Cavaliers 41.10
Denver Nuggets 33.30
Orlando Magic 27.00
Los Angeles Lakers 26.90
Atlanta Hawks 25.80
Boston Celtics 23.40
Utah Jazz 21.40
Portland Trail Blazers 11.20
Dallas Mavericks 9.30
San Antonio Spurs 1.60
Oklahoma City Thunder -0.40
Charlotte Bobcats -2.40
Memphis Grizzlies -4.60
Phoenix Suns -7.90
Miami Heat -10.10
Houston Rockets -11.10
New Orleans Hornets -12.30
Chicago Bulls -13.10
Milwaukee Bucks -19.40
Toronto Raptors -26.60
New York Knicks -30.50
Philadelphia 76ers -32.20
Los Angeles Clippers -32.70
Washington Wizards -33.50
Detroit Pistons -38.20
Golden State Warriors -43.60
Sacramento Kings -43.60
Indiana Pacers -45.50
Minnesota Timberwolves -67.40
New Jersey Nets -79.90

THE EAST SITUATION: YIKES!
At the beginning of the season we thought the Cavaliers would meet the Lakers in the 2010 Championship, but the Cavaliers got off to such a stumbling start, and the Celtics got off to such an extremely strong start, that we switched our prediction to Celtics-Lakers for the 2010 Championship.

But since the last Real Team Ratings Report on December 26, the Celtics have stumbled while the Cavaliers have surged.

Whether to start projecting the Cavaliers in the 2010 Championship had to be and was strongly considered. But we decided to for now stand pat with the Celtics, partly because we think that Celtics' injury problems have been a big factor in their falling behind Cleveland by about 18 Real Team Rating (RTR) points.

Paul Pierce has missed five games, during which the Celtics were only 2-3. Kevin Garnett has missed eleven games, during which the Celtics were only 5-6. On the other hand though, Shaquille O'Neal has missed six games for the Cavaliers, who were however 5-1 during these games. But Shaquille O'Neal is still not as crucial to the Cavaliers as are either Pierce or Garnett for the Celtics; for one thing, O’Neal’s playing time is much less than that of Pierce or Garnett when they play.

Also, injuries to non-starters have been more significant for the Celtics than for the Cavaliers. Overall, I think the Celtics deserve roughly ten more RTR points relative to Cleveland due to injury problems that they presumably won't have come playoff time.

Another important reason I am maintaining the Celtics over the Cavaliers in my personal 2010 projection is that I am giving the Celtics about a 12 point RTR boost for having a Coach whose strategies and motivational skills will work better in the playoffs relative to the regular season and relative to the Cleveland coach. Doc Rivers knows more about how to win playoff games than does Mike Brown, whereas Brown is at least as good as Rivers for winning regular season games.

Having said all that, although we are officially maintaining our Celtics over Cavaliers projection, it is razor tight as to who will actually win it; a 7-game series is more and more likely.

WILD CARDS AND LONG SHOTS OF THE EAST
The main contenders in the East this year are the Cavaliers and the Celtics. The wild card / long shot contenders would consist of the Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks have actually become a lot less surprising in the 38 days since the last RTR Report. Meanwhile, the Magic have reestablished the position many thought they had when the season began: a little stronger than the Hawks and the only real theoretical threat to the Celtics and Cavaliers. It was felt by many before the season began that the Hawks are still a player or two and/or a season or two away from being a true major threat to the top contenders. This is more and more being reflected in RTR lately.

Specifically, in the 38 days since the December 26 RTR Report, the Hawks declined from 37.4 to 25.8, while the Magic improved from 25.0 to 27.0. Looking at RTR alone, it remains way too close to call at the moment as to who would win a 2010 Hawks-Magic playoff series. However, we think the Magic would win it due to a definite playoff coaching advantage and a probable home court advantage.

As can be deduced from our keeping the Celtics as our projected East winner this year, we do not think that when all is said and done either the Hawks or the Magic will be able to defeat the Celtics in a playoff series this year, despite the fact that at the moment the Celtics are actually very slightly behind both the Magic and the Hawks RTR wise. In other words, we strongly expect the Celtics will finish the regular season ahead of both the Magic and the Hawks.

THE WEST SITUATION: DOUBLE YIKES!
The Denver Nuggets, thanks to their extremely good, League-leading .750 winning percentage against the best teams, have moved ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers in the West. The Lakers are just .526 versus the best teams at the moment. All of this is a little bit shocking quite honestly.

It may actually be an understatement to say that Carmelo Anthony, Nene, Chauncey Billups, Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo, and on occasion J.R. Smith are chock loaded with raw scoring abilitiy. Also, Chris Andersen is a low volume but very efficient scoring machine. It is gradually becoming an inescapable conclusion that the Nuggets should by rights defeat the Lakers this year and be in the Championship, and if they don't the blame will have to go on Nuggets' coaching, but I am not at this moment quite ready to go that far. But I am very, very close to going that far; stay tuned.

The Nuggets have surged to a RTR of 33.3 whereas the Lakers are back at 26.9. Since the margin of error is 5-6 points, we can say that the Nuggets are most definitely slightly ahead of the Magic, the Lakers, the Hawks, the Celtics, and the Jazz. Judged by RTR alone (which is dangerous as the User Guide explains) we are looking at a Nuggets-Cleveland Cavaliers 2010 NBA Championship. Cleveland is right now slightly favored in a series against the Nuggets.

The Nuggets are way ahead of the Mavericks, the Trailblazers, and the Spurs. The Nuggets would be fairly heavy favorites to defeat any of these three teams as of now. Quest for the Ring no longer expects the Mavericks to defeat the Nuggets if the two teams meet again in this year’s playoffs, although we have not given up all hope yet. We do think that any Mavericks-Nuggets series will be closer than last year’s near Denver rout was. The main problem for Dallas and for anyone dreaming of beating the Nuggets this year is that the sheer amount of raw offensive skill that the Nuggets seem to have is astounding.

In parallel to our refusal to call the East in favor of the Cavaliers, we are at this time refusing to call the West in favor of the Nuggets despite their being currently ahead of the Lakers RTR wise by slightly more than the margin of error.

One reason we refuse to change our prediction that the Lakers will represent the West in this year's Championship is that the Lakers remain significantly ahead of the Nuggets in the all important net efficiency category. The Lakers offensive efficiency is currently 109.1 and their defensive efficiency is currently 102.0, for a net efficiency of 7.1. (This means, as you may remember, that for every 100 possessions, the Lakers outscore their opponents by 7.1 points. The Nuggets' offensive efficiency is a towering 111.8 but their defensive efficiency is just 106.1, for a net efficiency of 5.7.

The Nuggets’ offensive efficiency is the 2nd best in the NBA, behind only the Phoenix Suns, who are one of only five teams faster paced than the Nuggets by the way.

Aside from the Lakers remaining ahead of the Nuggets in net efficiency, they maintain a big 4.1 points per 100 possessions in defensive efficiency. If the defensive efficiency overweight adjustment should be larger than it is (which is quite frankly possible; we may be a little too conservative on that) then the gap between the Lakers and the Nuggets would be a less than it is.

LAKERS--NUGGETS LOOKS QUITE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST
When you look at last year versus this year, you see a fascinating role reversal for the Nuggets-Lakers confrontation. Last year, the Lakers were of course great on both offense and defense, but they were actually better offensively than defensively relative to the rest of the League. Last year, the Lakers were the 3rd best offensive team and the 6th best defensive team. This year so far, the Lakers are only the 10th best offensive team but they are the 2nd best defensive team.

Meanwhile, the Nuggets have been in pretty much the reverse pattern. Last year the Nuggets were the 7th best offensive team and the 8th best defensive team. This year so far, the Nuggets are the 2nd best offensive team but only the 13th best defensive team. Carmelo Anthony, Ty Lawson, and especially Arron Afflalo have exceeded almost everyone's offensive expectations, and they have more than offset the fact that J.R. Smith is so far this year no longer a huge offensive weapon for the Nuggets. Even Kenyon Martin has been ramping it up offensively this year.

Unfortunately for the Nuggets, defensively they have fallen off from last year's surprising 8th best defensive team status to only 13th best, which is very dangerously low if a team wants to make sure it is going to win in the playoffs, when defense is at a premium.

So the Lakers are emphasizing defense more so than they did last year (perhaps excessively, actually) whereas the Nuggets are emphasizing defense much less so than they did last year. Just to be 8th best last year, the Nuggets had to give everything they had to the defensive effort, whereas offensively they could coast on raw scoring skills.

If the Lakers are going to once again defeat the Nuggets this year, they will apparently be doing it with a very heavy emphasis on defense against a team that through massive raw scoring talent is an offensive powerhouse. In other words, the upcoming collision between the Lakers' extremely well coached defense and the Nuggets' extremely high raw skilled offense will be a major sight to behold. Meanwhile, the matchup between the Lakers' offense and the Nuggets' defense will apparently not be quite so high level.

In the 2009 Nuggets-Lakers West Final, it was mostly the reverse: the high level matchup was the Lakers' offense versus the super aggressive and energetic Nuggets' defense, whereas the less important matchup was the mostly street ball style Nuggets' offense against the relatively less important Lakers defense. The bottom line is that, if as increasingly appears a virtual certainty, the Lakers and the Nuggets meet up for the second straight year in the West final, the setup and probably the main dynamics will be the opposite of what they were last year.

WILD CARDS AND LONG SHOTS OF THE WEST
As for the wild cards and long shots of the West, the Mavericks have tumbled from 25.1 to 9.3 in the 38 days since the last RTR report. The Spurs have fallen from 8.0 to 1.6. The Phoenix Suns have gone from -2.0 to -7.9. All three of these teams are fading in the rear view mirror of both the Lakers and the Nuggets.

By contrast, the Utah Jazz have gone from -1.5 to 21.4. We are elevating the Jazz to long shot contender and dropping the Suns completely out of all of the contending categories including long shot. Look for a separate Report coming soon which will give our latest conference final and Championship projections and our latest breakdown for major, wild card, and long shot contenders.

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Real Team Ratings as of December 26, 2009

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REAL TEAM RATINGS
NBA 2009-10 REGULAR SEASON
AS OF DECEMBER 26, 2009
1. Boston Celtics 41.40
2. Atlanta Hawks 37.40
3. Los Angeles Lakers 33.40
4. Cleveland Cavaliers 33.40
5. Dallas Mavericks 25.10
6. Denver Nuggets 25.00
7. Orlando Magic 25.00
8. Portland Trail Blazers 19.60
9. San Antonio Spurs 8.00
10. Utah Jazz -1.50
11. Phoenix Suns -2.00
12. Miami Heat -3.20
13. Houston Rockets -3.30
14. Charlotte Bobcats -4.60
15. Milwaukee Bucks -5.70
16. Oklahoma City Thunder -10.40
17. Memphis Grizzlies -18.00
18. New York Knicks -20.30
19. New Orleans Hornets -21.00
20. Washington Wizards -21.30
21. Sacramento Kings -23.10
22. Detroit Pistons -26.50
23. Indiana Pacers -28.90
24. Los Angeles Clippers -29.80
25. Toronto Raptors -30.60
26. Philadelphia 76ers -37.80
27. Chicago Bulls -38.80
28. Golden State Warriors -39.00
29. Minnesota Timberwolves -63.70
30. New Jersey Nets -64.50

The Boston Celtics have a small lead over the Hawks, the Lakers, and the Cavaliers so far in this years Quest for the Ring. The Atlanta Hawks are for real so far this season and are the biggest upside surprise. The Cavaliers and Lakers are even up a little ways behind surprising Atlanta. Do not be fooled by the big Cavaliers victory over LA on Christmas; any team can have a bad game now and then.

The Mavericks, the Nuggets, and the Magic, who are in a 3-way tie for 5th, 6th, and 7th, trail Boston and those other three teams already mentioned, but not yet by a large amount: the season is still too young to be "cemented in stone".

The Blazers are in 9th and are not completely out of it according to RTR, but after injury adjustments are applied they would most definitely be out of this years's Quest. The Spurs are surprisingly uncompetitive with the very best teams this year.

BRIEF EXCERPTS FROM THE EXTENSIVE USER GUIDE FOR REAL TEAM RATINGS
Remember that the Real Team Ratings (RTR) is NOT simply a rating of how well the teams are doing in the regular season. Instead, it is a rating system designed to reveal the capability of winning playoff games and series of each team.

The foundation of RTR is defensive efficiency, offensive efficiency, and net per game points differential. On top of these, several careful and statistically valid adjustments are made to allow the RTR to accurately reflect some of the known factors that always impact winning in the playoffs. Factors that usually impact winning are NOT included; only factors that always impact winning are included.

RTR CAN be roughly used to predict who will win playoff series. However, there are of course factors not included in the RTR. One factor not included can be huge and can easily switch a series: injuries. Among factors not included in RTR that always impact winning playoff games, injuries is by far the biggest one.

INTERPRETING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEAMS
SCALE ASSUMING THE HIGHER TEAM HAS HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Important Note: Injury adjustments are not included. For larger differences, the higher rated team would almost always have to have injury problems in order to lose. The probabilities shown reflect the risk of injuries as much as all other uncertain factors combined.

0 to 5.9 Complete toss-up: flip a coin
6 to 11.9 Roughly 60% chance the higher team will win
12 to 17.9 Roughly 70% chance the higher team will win
18 to 23.9 Roughly 80% chance the higher team will win
24 to 29.9 Roughly 89% chance the higher team will win
30 to 35.9 Roughly 95% chance the higher team will win
36 to 41.9 Roughly 98% chance the higher team will win
42 to 47.9 Roughly 99% chance the higher team will win
48 or more Roughly 100% chance the higher team will win

SCALE ASSUMING THE LOWER TEAM HAS HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Important Note: Injury adjustments are not included. For larger differences, the higher rated team would almost always have to have injury problems in order to lose. The probabilities shown reflect the risk of injuries as much as all other uncertain factors combined.

0 to 5.9 Complete toss-up: flip a coin
6 to 11.9 Complete toss-up: flip a coin
12 to 17.9 Roughly 60% chance the higher team will win despite not having home court advantage.
18 to 23.9 Roughly 70% chance the higher team will win despite not having home court advantage.
24 to 29.9 Roughly 80% chance the higher team will win despite not having home court advnatage.
30 to 35.9 Roughly 89% chance the higher team will win despite not having home court advnatage.
36 and more: Will neve rhappen because whenever the difference is this much the higher team will have the home court advantage 100% of the time.

MANUAL INJURY ADJUSTMENTS
We have developed an injury adjustment for RTR, which is extensively described in the User Guide. Currently, injury adjustments have to be done manually using instructions in the User Guide. This will be required indefinitely, because it appears to be more trouble than it's worth to include the "injury adjustment" in the RTR itself.

There are many complications involving the impact of injuries on who is going to win playoff games. I'll mention a few of them. One huge problem is that the injury situation changes more rapidly than any of the other factors. Another problem is that early season injuries are no where near as bad for the playoffs as are late season injuries. Yet another problem is that there always seems to be conflicting information out there about just how bad different injuries are.

COACHING
Another significant factor that is not completely included in RTR is coaching that is more successful in the regular season than in the playoffs. Certain coaches deploy offensive and/or defensive strategies in the regular that do not work as well in the playoffs as they do in the regular season. A team using this kind of strategy makes the playoffs but sooner or later gets bounced in the playoffs by a team using one or more strategies rewarded by basketball.

In other words, and more broadly, it is believed by us here at Quest that how a team is coached, and what schemes it is using on offense and defense, can have a different impact in the playoffs than it did in the regular season. This would not be picked up by the RTR.

The negative impact on RTR of such coaching is believed to be between small and not so small, up to about 20 RTR points. A 15-20 point hit would be plenty big enough to swing any close series. Coaches who coach well in the regular season but not in the playoffs will cost their teams playoff series they probably could have won, although this will not happen in every series. It will happen mostly in series where the RTR differential is between 5 and 20 points. This type of coaching will certainly be in the long run ruinous to the objective of going as far as possible in the playoffs.

One of the primary objectives of the Quest for the Ring is to identify and explain offensive and defensive strategies that work better in the regular season than they do in the playoffs, and vice versa.

Other than missing the regular versus playoffs coaching differential, coaching is mostly reflected in the RTR.

Factors other than injuries and coaching that are not in the RTR are believed at this time to be small and probably insignificant.

This has been a very small sample of what is in the User Guide. For complete details regarding how the Real Team Ratings are designed and why they work, see the User Guide.

2009-10 Real Coach Ratings: Phil Jackson Ahead of George Karl by a Factor of About 10 to 1

2009-12-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

The ideal time for the annual Real Coach Ratings to come out is just before the season starts, in October. We missed that schedule, but the first of December is really not that late, and it is certainly better than never.

One of the coaches in the Report, Byron Scott, was fired by the New Orleans Hornets during November, but his Rating is included. The new Hornets Coach is Jeff Bower, who has no experience as a head coach in the NBA. Bower's rating would be 200 by rule.

As always, there has been some tweaking since the last version of this Report. We slightly reduced the "penalty" for losses, which reduced the power in our built in solution to the huge differences in experience problem. There is much more about this in the User Guide.

Another change is a new factor: points awarded for the number of Championship series appearances: 12 points for each. This has the effect of increasing the playoff game experience award for a Coach for Championship games from three to approximately five.

We are showing you the entire spreadsheet so that you can see for yourself not only the ratings but also all of the raw data.

The User Guide for Real Coach Ratings is being updated to reflect the latest coach rating technology. You must consult the User Guide in order to truly undertand and to be able to make valid use of these ratings.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tYzBgg6wRLxH5BsShf7fdZQ&single=true&gid=4&output=html

NBA Final Real Player Ratings, Shown by Team, 2008-09 Season

2009-07-09T19:16:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: NBA
FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS
BY TEAM
2008-09 Regular Season
Includes all tracked actions and hidden defending
All Players Who Played 300 Minutes or More Included

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 0.800 0.899
Outstanding Player: A Solid Starter 0.750 0.799
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.749
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 and less 0.399

NOTE REGARDING LOW REGULAR SEASON RATINGS
Players rated below about .550 sometimes get playing time based largely on factors outside of RPR, but valued by coaches and other players, such as:
--Great energy, effort, and hustle
--Toughness, such as diving after loose balls and taking charges
--Leadership and/or knowledge, especially in the case of veterans
--Perceived potential for future improvement in terms of real basketball production, especially in the case of young players
--See User Guide for more

ATLANTA HAWKS
Al Horford ATL 0.872
Joe Johnson ATL 0.851
Josh Smith ATL 0.821
Mike Bibby ATL 0.759
Zaza Pachulia ATL 0.758
Ronald Murray ATL 0.730
Marvin Williams ATL 0.707
Acie Law ATL 0.666
Maurice Evans ATL 0.517
Solomon Jones ATL 0.478

BOSTON CELTICS
Kevin Garnett BOS 1.106
Rajon Rondo BOS 0.938
Paul Pierce BOS 0.795
Leon Powe BOS 0.786
Ray Allen BOS 0.762
Eddie House BOS 0.707
Kendrick Perkins BOS 0.666
Tony Allen BOS 0.652
Gabe Pruitt BOS 0.589
Glen Davis BOS 0.522
Mikki Moore BOS 0.450
Stephon Marbury BOS 0.383
Brian Scalabrine BOS 0.358

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
Gerald Wallace CHA 0.847
Emeka Okafor CHA 0.832
Boris Diaw CHA 0.751
Raymond Felton CHA 0.745
Jason Richardson CHA 0.692
D.J. Augustin CHA 0.665
Raja Bell CHA 0.587
Jared Dudley CHA 0.563
Vladimir Radmanovic CHA 0.521
DeSagana Diop CHA 0.496
Shannon Brown CHA 0.491
Juwan Howard CHA 0.480
Matt Carroll CHA 0.458
Nazr Mohammed CHA 0.435
Sean May CHA 0.425
Adam Morrison CHA 0.334

CHICAGO BULLS
Brad Miller CHI 0.916
Joakim Noah CHI 0.824
Kirk Hinrich CHI 0.792
Drew Gooden CHI 0.778
Derrick Rose CHI 0.774
Tyrus Thomas CHI 0.760
Luol Deng CHI 0.746
Ben Gordon CHI 0.737
Larry Hughes CHI 0.686
John Salmons CHI 0.669
Thabo Sefolosha CHI 0.632
Andres Nocioni CHI 0.610
Aaron Gray CHI 0.597

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
LeBron James CLE 1.331
Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 0.913
Mo Williams CLE 0.789
Ben Wallace CLE 0.759
Delonte West CLE 0.748
Joe Smith CLE 0.705
Anderson Varejao CLE 0.694
Wally Szczerbiak CLE 0.542
J.J. Hickson CLE 0.485
Daniel Gibson CLE 0.478
Sasha Pavlovic CLE 0.393
Darnell Jackson CLE 0.283

DALLAS MAVERICKS
Dirk Nowitzki DAL 1.019
Jason Kidd DAL 0.932
James Singleton DAL 0.828
Jason Terry DAL 0.827
Josh Howard DAL 0.804
Erick Dampier DAL 0.761
Jose Barea DAL 0.734
Brandon Bass DAL 0.733
Gerald Green DAL 0.525
DeSagana Diop DAL 0.500
Antoine Wright DAL 0.421
Devean George DAL 0.377

DENVER NUGGETS
Carmelo Anthony DEN 0.901
Nene Hilario DEN 0.880
Chauncey Billups DEN 0.870
Chris Andersen DEN 0.835
J.R. Smith DEN 0.824
Renaldo Balkman DEN 0.815
Kenyon Martin DEN 0.754
Anthony Carter DEN 0.669
Linas Kleiza DEN 0.610
Dahntay Jones DEN 0.445

DETROIT PISTONS
Will Bynum DET 0.819
Antonio McDyess DET 0.799
Rasheed Wallace DET 0.767
Allen Iverson DET 0.760
Amir Johnson DET 0.742
Richard Hamilton DET 0.742
Rodney Stuckey DET 0.713
Tayshaun Prince DET 0.698
Kwame Brown DET 0.675
Jason Maxiell DET 0.597
Walter Herrmann DET 0.545
Arron Afflalo DET 0.386

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Andris Biedrins GSW 0.994
Brandan Wright GSW 0.905
Anthony Randolph GSW 0.863
Ronny Turiaf GSW 0.830
Stephen Jackson GSW 0.816
Kelenna Azubuike GSW 0.742
C.J. Watson GSW 0.728
Corey Maggette GSW 0.721
Monta Ellis GSW 0.698
Anthony Morrow GSW 0.687
Jamal Crawford GSW 0.668
Marco Belinelli GSW 0.628
Rob Kurz GSW 0.612

HOUSTON ROCKETS
Yao Ming HOU 1.042
Tracy McGrady HOU 0.810
Ron Artest HOU 0.806
Luis Scola HOU 0.793
Kyle Lowry HOU 0.771
Carl Landry HOU 0.724
Rafer Alston HOU 0.641
Von Wafer HOU 0.622
Aaron Brooks HOU 0.621
Shane Battier HOU 0.591
Chuck Hayes HOU 0.541
Brent Barry HOU 0.498
Luther Head HOU 0.440

INDIANA PACERS
Danny Granger IND 0.923
Troy Murphy IND 0.902
T.J. Ford IND 0.834
Jeff Foster IND 0.770
Rasho Nesterovic IND 0.763
Travis Diener IND 0.755
Roy Hibbert IND 0.747
Marquis Daniels IND 0.710
Jarrett Jack IND 0.658
Mike Dunleavy IND 0.621
Brandon Rush IND 0.531
Stephen Graham IND 0.498

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
Marcus Camby LAC 1.013
Zach Randolph LAC 0.941
Baron Davis LAC 0.790
Chris Kaman LAC 0.756
Paul Davis LAC 0.680
Eric Gordon LAC 0.651
DeAndre Jordan LAC 0.635
Mardy Collins LAC 0.631
Mike Taylor LAC 0.605
Steve Novak LAC 0.595
Al Thornton LAC 0.590
Brian Skinner LAC 0.587
Cuttino Mobley LAC 0.536
Jason Hart LAC 0.535
Fred Jones LAC 0.533
Ricky Davis LAC 0.392

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Kobe Bryant LAL 1.075
Pau Gasol LAL 1.000
Andrew Bynum LAL 0.940
Lamar Odom LAL 0.923
Trevor Ariza LAL 0.766
Luke Walton LAL 0.701
Derek Fisher LAL 0.647
Sasha Vujacic LAL 0.633
Vladimir Radmanovic LAL 0.571
Jordan Farmar LAL 0.557
Josh Powell LAL 0.445

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
Darko Milicic MEM 0.738
Hakim Warrick MEM 0.731
Mike Conley MEM 0.711
Marc Gasol MEM 0.710
Rudy Gay MEM 0.639
Kyle Lowry MEM 0.628
O.J. Mayo MEM 0.610
Marko Jaric MEM 0.602
Darrell Arthur MEM 0.599
Greg Buckner MEM 0.492
Quinton Ross MEM 0.477

MIAMI HEAT
Dwyane Wade MIA 1.295
Michael Beasley MIA 0.887
Shawn Marion MIA 0.875
Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.796
Mario Chalmers MIA 0.762
Udonis Haslem MIA 0.724
Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.714
Chris Quinn MIA 0.682
Joel Anthony MIA 0.618
Daequan Cook MIA 0.603
Jamario Moon MIA 0.603
James Jones MIA 0.508
Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.413

MILWAUKEE BUCKS
Andrew Bogut MIL 0.963
Ramon Sessions MIL 0.836
Charlie Villanueva MIL 0.825
Michael Redd MIL 0.790
Luke Ridnour MIL 0.758
Richard Jefferson MIL 0.701
Luc Mbah a Moute MIL 0.701
Dan Gadzuric MIL 0.596
Tyronn Lue MIL 0.580
Keith Bogans MIL 0.554
Francisco Elson MIL 0.513
Charlie Bell MIL 0.509
Malik Allen MIL 0.487
Joe Alexander MIL 0.481

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
Al Jefferson MIN 1.065
Kevin Love MIN 0.823
Craig Smith MIN 0.754
Mike Miller MIN 0.722
Corey Brewer MIN 0.692
Randy Foye MIN 0.646
Ryan Gomes MIN 0.600
Sebastian Telfair MIN 0.599
Rodney Carney MIN 0.586
Brian Cardinal MIN 0.551
Kevin Ollie MIN 0.546
Rashad McCants MIN 0.512
Jason Collins MIN 0.285

NEW JERSEY NETS
Devin Harris NJN 0.872
Vince Carter NJN 0.833
Brook Lopez NJN 0.798
Josh Boone NJN 0.742
Ryan Anderson NJN 0.678
Jarvis Hayes NJN 0.655
Keyon Dooling NJN 0.648
Chris Douglas-Roberts NJN 0.644
Yi Jianlian NJN 0.603
Bobby Simmons NJN 0.577
Eduardo Najera NJN 0.565
Sean Williams NJN 0.454
Trenton Hassell NJN 0.398

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS
Chris Paul NOH 1.277
David West NOH 0.829
Julian Wright NOH 0.770
Tyson Chandler NOH 0.672
Antonio Daniels NOH 0.634
Devin Brown NOH 0.598
Morris Peterson NOH 0.596
James Posey NOH 0.566
Peja Stojakovic NOH 0.559
Rasual Butler NOH 0.526
Hilton Armstrong NOH 0.505
Sean Marks NOH 0.469
Melvin Ely NOH 0.313

NEW YORK KNICKS
Zach Randolph NYK 1.000
David Lee NYK 0.907
Nate Robinson NYK 0.893
Al Harrington NYK 0.778
Tim Thomas NYK 0.734
Chris Wilcox NYK 0.714
Danilo Gallinari NYK 0.713
Jamal Crawford NYK 0.712
Wilson Chandler NYK 0.658
Chris Duhon NYK 0.650
Quentin Richardson NYK 0.637
Larry Hughes NYK 0.603
Jared Jeffries NYK 0.572

OKLAHOMA THUNDER
Kevin Durant OKC 0.876
Thabo Sefolosha OKC 0.820
Joe Smith OKC 0.780
Russell Westbrook OKC 0.753
Chris Wilcox OKC 0.731
Nick Collison OKC 0.716
Nenad Krstic OKC 0.716
Malik Rose OKC 0.697
Johan Petro OKC 0.662
Jeff Green OKC 0.661
Robert Swift OKC 0.596
Earl Watson OKC 0.590
Kyle Weaver OKC 0.578
Damien Wilkins OKC 0.491
Desmond Mason OKC 0.482

ORLANDO MAGIC
Dwight Howard ORL 1.083
Jameer Nelson ORL 0.940
Marcin Gortat ORL 0.821
Rashard Lewis ORL 0.761
Hedo Turkoglu ORL 0.752
Rafer Alston ORL 0.751
Tony Battie ORL 0.670
Anthony Johnson ORL 0.614
Mickael Pietrus ORL 0.559
Courtney Lee ORL 0.506
Keith Bogans ORL 0.481
J.J. Redick ORL 0.479

PHILADELPHIA 76'ERS
Andre Miller PHI 0.898
Andre Iguodala PHI 0.876
Elton Brand PHI 0.839
Samuel Dalembert PHI 0.765
Thaddeus Young PHI 0.734
Marreese Speights PHI 0.703
Louis Williams PHI 0.676
Willie Green PHI 0.580
Reggie Evans PHI 0.511
Theo Ratliff PHI 0.502
Royal Ivey PHI 0.322

PHOENIX SUNS
Amare Stoudemire PHO 0.974
Steve Nash PHO 0.956
Shaquille O'Neal PHO 0.944
Leandro Barbosa PHO 0.867
Boris Diaw PHO 0.800
Grant Hill PHO 0.766
Jared Dudley PHO 0.721
Jason Richardson PHO 0.711
Louis Amundson PHO 0.668
Matt Barnes PHO 0.656
Goran Dragic PHO 0.651
Robin Lopez PHO 0.578
Raja Bell PHO 0.487

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
Brandon Roy POR 0.981
Joel Przybilla POR 0.852
LaMarcus Aldridge POR 0.840
Steve Blake POR 0.721
Greg Oden POR 0.720
Rudy Fernandez POR 0.695
Sergio Rodriguez POR 0.659
Travis Outlaw POR 0.636
Nicolas Batum POR 0.580
Channing Frye POR 0.455
Jerryd Bayless POR 0.363

SACRAMENTO KINGS
Rashad McCants SAC 0.842
Brad Miller SAC 0.800
John Salmons SAC 0.724
Jason Thompson SAC 0.715
Kevin Martin SAC 0.707
Bobby Jackson SAC 0.700
Shelden Williams SAC 0.691
Spencer Hawes SAC 0.683
Francisco Garcia SAC 0.659
Andres Nocioni SAC 0.657
Beno Udrih SAC 0.651
Mikki Moore SAC 0.572
Donte Greene SAC 0.448
Bobby Brown SAC 0.393

SAN ANTONIO SPURS
Tim Duncan SAS 1.076
Tony Parker SAS 0.985
Manu Ginobili SAS 0.888
Drew Gooden SAS 0.801
Kurt Thomas SAS 0.790
Matt Bonner SAS 0.739
Ime Udoka SAS 0.639
George Hill SAS 0.614
Roger Mason SAS 0.581
Michael Finley SAS 0.540
Fabricio Oberto SAS 0.501
Bruce Bowen SAS 0.369

TORONTO RAPTORS
Chris Bosh TOR 0.973
Jose Calderon TOR 0.903
Jamario Moon TOR 0.849
Jermaine O'Neal TOR 0.847
Shawn Marion TOR 0.743
Will Solomon TOR 0.684
Anthony Parker TOR 0.661
Andrea Bargnani TOR 0.655
Roko Ukic TOR 0.612
Joey Graham TOR 0.609
Jason Kapono TOR 0.473

UTAH JAZZ
Deron Williams UTA 0.957
Paul Millsap UTA 0.918
Andrei Kirilenko UTA 0.885
Kosta Koufos UTA 0.853
Carlos Boozer UTA 0.806
Brevin Knight UTA 0.779
Mehmet Okur UTA 0.775
Matt Harpring UTA 0.728
Ronnie Brewer UTA 0.696
Kyle Korver UTA 0.689
Ronnie Price UTA 0.554
C.J. Miles UTA 0.518

WASHINGTON WIZARDS
Antawn Jamison WAS 0.883
Andray Blatche WAS 0.811
Caron Butler WAS 0.808
Darius Songaila WAS 0.721
JaVale McGee WAS 0.692
Nick Young WAS 0.631
Dominic McGuire WAS 0.611
Mike James WAS 0.559
Javaris Crittenton WAS 0.558
Etan Thomas WAS 0.558
Juan Dixon WAS 0.549
DeShawn Stevenson WAS 0.432

The User Guide for Real Player Ratings, and for the Defensive Adjustments, is located here. You must consult the Guide in order to fully understand the ratings and the value of them, and to understand how to make the best use of them.

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NBA Final Real Player Ratings, 2008-09 Season

2009-07-08T19:15:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: NBA
FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS
NBA-WIDE LISTING
2008-09 Regular Season
Includes all tracked actions and hidden defending
All Players Who Played 300 Minutes or More Included

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 0.800 0.899
Outstanding Player: A Solid Starter 0.750 0.799
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.749
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 and less 0.399

NOTE REGARDING LOW REGULAR SEASON RATINGS
Players rated below about .550 sometimes get playing time based largely on factors outside of RPR, but valued by coaches and other players, such as:
--Great energy, effort, and hustle
--Toughness, such as diving after loose balls and taking charges
--Leadership and/or knowledge, especially in the case of veterans
--Perceived potential for future improvement in terms of real basketball production, especially in the case of young players
--See User Guide for more

MAJOR HISTORICAL SUPERSTARS; PERFECT PLAYERS for all Practical Purposes

1 LeBron James CLE 1.331
2 Dwyane Wade MIA 1.295
3 Chris Paul NOH 1.277
4 Kevin Garnett BOS 1.106

HISTORICAL SUPERSTARS

5 Dwight Howard ORL 1.083
6 Tim Duncan SAS 1.076
7 Kobe Bryant LAL 1.075
8 Al Jefferson MIN 1.065
9 Yao Ming HOU 1.042
10 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 1.019
11 Marcus Camby LAC 1.013
12 Pau Gasol LAL 1.000
13 Zach Randolph NYK 1.000

SUPERSTARS

14 Andris Biedrins GSW 0.994
15 Tony Parker SAS 0.985
16 Brandon Roy POR 0.981
17 Amare Stoudemire PHO 0.974
18 Chris Bosh TOR 0.973
19 Andrew Bogut MIL 0.963
20 Deron Williams UTA 0.957
21 Steve Nash PHO 0.956
22 Shaquille O'Neal PHO 0.944
23 Zach Randolph LAC 0.941
24 Andrew Bynum LAL 0.940
25 Jameer Nelson ORL 0.940
26 Rajon Rondo BOS 0.938
27 Jason Kidd DAL 0.932
28 Lamar Odom LAL 0.923
29 Danny Granger IND 0.923
30 Paul Millsap UTA 0.918
31 Brad Miller CHI 0.916
32 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 0.913
33 David Lee NYK 0.907
34 Brandan Wright GSW 0.905
35 Jose Calderon TOR 0.903
36 Troy Murphy IND 0.902
37 Carmelo Anthony DEN 0.901

STARS

38 Andre Miller PHI 0.898
39 Nate Robinson NYK 0.893
40 Manu Ginobili SAS 0.888
41 Michael Beasley MIA 0.887
42 Andrei Kirilenko UTA 0.885
43 Antawn Jamison WAS 0.883
44 Nene Hilario DEN 0.880
45 Kevin Durant OKC 0.876
46 Andre Iguodala PHI 0.876
47 Shawn Marion MIA 0.875
48 Devin Harris NJN 0.872
49 Al Horford ATL 0.872
50 Chauncey Billups DEN 0.870
51 Leandro Barbosa PHO 0.867
52 Anthony Randolph GSW 0.863
53 Kosta Koufos UTA 0.853
54 Joel Przybilla POR 0.852
55 Joe Johnson ATL 0.851
56 Jamario Moon TOR 0.849
57 Gerald Wallace CHA 0.847
58 Jermaine O'Neal TOR 0.847
59 Rashad McCants SAC 0.842
60 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 0.840
61 Elton Brand PHI 0.839
62 Ramon Sessions MIL 0.836
63 Chris Andersen DEN 0.835
64 T.J. Ford IND 0.834
65 Vince Carter NJN 0.833
66 Emeka Okafor CHA 0.832
67 Ronny Turiaf GSW 0.830
68 David West NOH 0.829
69 James Singleton DAL 0.828
70 Jason Terry DAL 0.827
71 Charlie Villanueva MIL 0.825
72 Joakim Noah CHI 0.824
73 J.R. Smith DEN 0.824
74 Kevin Love MIN 0.823
75 Marcin Gortat ORL 0.821
76 Josh Smith ATL 0.821
77 Thabo Sefolosha OKC 0.820
78 Will Bynum DET 0.819
79 Stephen Jackson GSW 0.816
80 Renaldo Balkman DEN 0.815
81 Andray Blatche WAS 0.811
82 Tracy McGrady HOU 0.810
83 Caron Butler WAS 0.808
84 Carlos Boozer UTA 0.806
85 Ron Artest HOU 0.806
86 Josh Howard DAL 0.804
87 Drew Gooden SAS 0.801
88 Boris Diaw PHO 0.800
89 Brad Miller SAC 0.800

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: SOLID STARTERS

90 Antonio McDyess DET 0.799
91 Brook Lopez NJN 0.798
92 Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.796
93 Paul Pierce BOS 0.795
94 Luis Scola HOU 0.793
95 Kirk Hinrich CHI 0.792
96 Kurt Thomas SAS 0.790
97 Michael Redd MIL 0.790
98 Baron Davis LAC 0.790
99 Mo Williams CLE 0.789
100 Leon Powe BOS 0.786
101 Joe Smith OKC 0.780
102 Brevin Knight UTA 0.779
103 Drew Gooden CHI 0.778
104 Al Harrington NYK 0.778
105 Mehmet Okur UTA 0.775
106 Derrick Rose CHI 0.774
107 Kyle Lowry HOU 0.771
108 Julian Wright NOH 0.770
109 Jeff Foster IND 0.770
110 Rasheed Wallace DET 0.767
111 Trevor Ariza LAL 0.766
112 Grant Hill PHO 0.766
113 Samuel Dalembert PHI 0.765
114 Rasho Nesterovic IND 0.763
115 Mario Chalmers MIA 0.762
116 Ray Allen BOS 0.762
117 Rashard Lewis ORL 0.761
118 Erick Dampier DAL 0.761
119 Allen Iverson DET 0.760
120 Tyrus Thomas CHI 0.760
121 Ben Wallace CLE 0.759
122 Mike Bibby ATL 0.759
123 Luke Ridnour MIL 0.758
124 Zaza Pachulia ATL 0.758
125 Chris Kaman LAC 0.756
126 Travis Diener IND 0.755
127 Kenyon Martin DEN 0.754
128 Craig Smith MIN 0.754
129 Russell Westbrook OKC 0.753
130 Hedo Turkoglu ORL 0.752
131 Boris Diaw CHA 0.751
132 Rafer Alston ORL 0.751

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS: GOOD ENOUGH TO START

133 Delonte West CLE 0.748
134 Roy Hibbert IND 0.747
135 Luol Deng CHI 0.746
136 Raymond Felton CHA 0.745
137 Shawn Marion TOR 0.743
138 Amir Johnson DET 0.742
139 Josh Boone NJN 0.742
140 Kelenna Azubuike GSW 0.742
141 Richard Hamilton DET 0.742
142 Matt Bonner SAS 0.739
143 Darko Milicic MEM 0.738
144 Ben Gordon CHI 0.737
145 Thaddeus Young PHI 0.734
146 Tim Thomas NYK 0.734
147 Jose Barea DAL 0.734
148 Brandon Bass DAL 0.733
149 Hakim Warrick MEM 0.731
150 Chris Wilcox OKC 0.731
151 Ronald Murray ATL 0.730
152 Matt Harpring UTA 0.728
153 C.J. Watson GSW 0.728
154 Udonis Haslem MIA 0.724
155 Carl Landry HOU 0.724
156 John Salmons SAC 0.724
157 Mike Miller MIN 0.722
158 Steve Blake POR 0.721
159 Darius Songaila WAS 0.721
160 Corey Maggette GSW 0.721
161 Jared Dudley PHO 0.721
162 Greg Oden POR 0.720
163 Nick Collison OKC 0.716
164 Nenad Krstic OKC 0.716
165 Jason Thompson SAC 0.715
166 Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.714
167 Chris Wilcox NYK 0.714
168 Rodney Stuckey DET 0.713
169 Danilo Gallinari NYK 0.713
170 Jamal Crawford NYK 0.712
171 Jason Richardson PHO 0.711
172 Mike Conley MEM 0.711
173 Marc Gasol MEM 0.710
174 Marquis Daniels IND 0.710
175 Marvin Williams ATL 0.707
176 Eddie House BOS 0.707
177 Kevin Martin SAC 0.707
178 Joe Smith CLE 0.705
179 Marreese Speights PHI 0.703
180 Luke Walton LAL 0.701
181 Richard Jefferson MIL 0.701
182 Luc Mbah a Moute MIL 0.701
183 Bobby Jackson SAC 0.700

GOOD ROLE PLAYERS: OFTEN GOOD 6TH MEN

184 Tayshaun Prince DET 0.698
185 Monta Ellis GSW 0.698
186 Malik Rose OKC 0.697
187 Ronnie Brewer UTA 0.696
188 Rudy Fernandez POR 0.695
189 Anderson Varejao CLE 0.694
190 Corey Brewer MIN 0.692
191 Jason Richardson CHA 0.692
192 JaVale McGee WAS 0.692
193 Shelden Williams SAC 0.691
194 Kyle Korver UTA 0.689
195 Anthony Morrow GSW 0.687
196 Larry Hughes CHI 0.686
197 Will Solomon TOR 0.684
198 Spencer Hawes SAC 0.683
199 Chris Quinn MIA 0.682
200 Paul Davis LAC 0.680
201 Ryan Anderson NJN 0.678
202 Louis Williams PHI 0.676
203 Kwame Brown DET 0.675
204 Tyson Chandler NOH 0.672
205 Tony Battie ORL 0.670
206 John Salmons CHI 0.669
207 Anthony Carter DEN 0.669
208 Jamal Crawford GSW 0.668
209 Louis Amundson PHO 0.668
210 Acie Law ATL 0.666
211 Kendrick Perkins BOS 0.666
212 D.J. Augustin CHA 0.665
213 Johan Petro OKC 0.662
214 Jeff Green OKC 0.661
215 Anthony Parker TOR 0.661
216 Sergio Rodriguez POR 0.659
217 Francisco Garcia SAC 0.659
218 Jarrett Jack IND 0.658
219 Wilson Chandler NYK 0.658
220 Andres Nocioni SAC 0.657
221 Matt Barnes PHO 0.656
222 Jarvis Hayes NJN 0.655
223 Andrea Bargnani TOR 0.655
224 Tony Allen BOS 0.652
225 Eric Gordon LAC 0.651
226 Beno Udrih SAC 0.651
227 Goran Dragic PHO 0.651
228 Chris Duhon NYK 0.650
229 Keyon Dooling NJN 0.648
230 Derek Fisher LAL 0.647
231 Randy Foye MIN 0.646
232 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJN 0.644
233 Rafer Alston HOU 0.641

SATISFACTORY ROLE PLAYERS

234 Rudy Gay MEM 0.639
235 Ime Udoka SAS 0.639
236 Quentin Richardson NYK 0.637
237 Travis Outlaw POR 0.636
238 DeAndre Jordan LAC 0.635
239 Antonio Daniels NOH 0.634
240 Sasha Vujacic LAL 0.633
241 Thabo Sefolosha CHI 0.632
242 Mardy Collins LAC 0.631
243 Nick Young WAS 0.631
244 Marco Belinelli GSW 0.628
245 Kyle Lowry MEM 0.628
246 Von Wafer HOU 0.622
247 Mike Dunleavy IND 0.621
248 Aaron Brooks HOU 0.621
249 Joel Anthony MIA 0.618
250 Anthony Johnson ORL 0.614
251 George Hill SAS 0.614
252 Rob Kurz GSW 0.612
253 Roko Ukic TOR 0.612
254 Dominic McGuire WAS 0.611
255 Andres Nocioni CHI 0.610
256 O.J. Mayo MEM 0.610
257 Linas Kleiza DEN 0.610
258 Joey Graham TOR 0.609
259 Mike Taylor LAC 0.605
260 Larry Hughes NYK 0.603
261 Yi Jianlian NJN 0.603
262 Daequan Cook MIA 0.603
263 Jamario Moon MIA 0.603
264 Marko Jaric MEM 0.602
265 Ryan Gomes MIN 0.600
266 Darrell Arthur MEM 0.599
267 Sebastian Telfair MIN 0.599
268 Devin Brown NOH 0.598
269 Jason Maxiell DET 0.597
270 Aaron Gray CHI 0.597
271 Dan Gadzuric MIL 0.596
272 Morris Peterson NOH 0.596
273 Robert Swift OKC 0.596
274 Steve Novak LAC 0.595
275 Shane Battier HOU 0.591
276 Al Thornton LAC 0.590
277 Earl Watson OKC 0.590
278 Gabe Pruitt BOS 0.589
279 Raja Bell CHA 0.587
280 Brian Skinner LAC 0.587
281 Rodney Carney MIN 0.586
282 Roger Mason SAS 0.581
283 Tyronn Lue MIL 0.580
284 Willie Green PHI 0.580
285 Nicolas Batum POR 0.580

MARGINAL ROLE PLAYERS

286 Robin Lopez PHO 0.578
287 Kyle Weaver OKC 0.578
288 Bobby Simmons NJN 0.577
289 Jared Jeffries NYK 0.572
290 Mikki Moore SAC 0.572
291 Vladimir Radmanovic LAL 0.571
292 James Posey NOH 0.566
293 Eduardo Najera NJN 0.565
294 Jared Dudley CHA 0.563
295 Mickael Pietrus ORL 0.559
296 Mike James WAS 0.559
297 Peja Stojakovic NOH 0.559
298 Javaris Crittenton WAS 0.558
299 Etan Thomas WAS 0.558
300 Jordan Farmar LAL 0.557
301 Keith Bogans MIL 0.554
302 Ronnie Price UTA 0.554
303 Brian Cardinal MIN 0.551
304 Juan Dixon WAS 0.549
305 Kevin Ollie MIN 0.546
306 Walter Herrmann DET 0.545
307 Wally Szczerbiak CLE 0.542
308 Chuck Hayes HOU 0.541
309 Michael Finley SAS 0.540
310 Cuttino Mobley LAC 0.536
311 Jason Hart LAC 0.535
312 Fred Jones LAC 0.533
313 Brandon Rush IND 0.531
314 Rasual Butler NOH 0.526
315 Gerald Green DAL 0.525
316 Glen Davis BOS 0.522
317 Vladimir Radmanovic CHA 0.521

POOR PLAYERS

318 C.J. Miles UTA 0.518
319 Maurice Evans ATL 0.517
320 Francisco Elson MIL 0.513
321 Rashad McCants MIN 0.512
322 Reggie Evans PHI 0.511
323 Charlie Bell MIL 0.509
324 James Jones MIA 0.508
325 Courtney Lee ORL 0.506
326 Hilton Armstrong NOH 0.505
327 Theo Ratliff PHI 0.502
328 Fabricio Oberto SAS 0.501
329 DeSagana Diop DAL 0.500
330 Stephen Graham IND 0.498
331 Brent Barry HOU 0.498
332 DeSagana Diop CHA 0.496
333 Greg Buckner MEM 0.492
334 Shannon Brown CHA 0.491
335 Damien Wilkins OKC 0.491
336 Raja Bell PHO 0.487
337 Malik Allen MIL 0.487
338 J.J. Hickson CLE 0.485
339 Desmond Mason OKC 0.482
340 Keith Bogans ORL 0.481
341 Joe Alexander MIL 0.481
342 Juwan Howard CHA 0.480
343 J.J. Redick ORL 0.479
344 Daniel Gibson CLE 0.478
345 Solomon Jones ATL 0.478
346 Quinton Ross MEM 0.477
347 Jason Kapono TOR 0.473
348 Sean Marks NOH 0.469

VERY POOR PLAYERS

349 Matt Carroll CHA 0.458
350 Channing Frye POR 0.455
351 Sean Williams NJN 0.454
352 Mikki Moore BOS 0.450
353 Donte Greene SAC 0.448
354 Josh Powell LAL 0.445
355 Dahntay Jones DEN 0.445
356 Luther Head HOU 0.440
357 Nazr Mohammed CHA 0.435
358 DeShawn Stevenson WAS 0.432
359 Sean May CHA 0.425
360 Antoine Wright DAL 0.421
361 Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.413

EXTREMELY POOR PLAYERS

362 Trenton Hassell NJN 0.398
363 Sasha Pavlovic CLE 0.393
364 Bobby Brown SAC 0.393
365 Ricky Davis LAC 0.392
366 Arron Afflalo DET 0.386
367 Stephon Marbury BOS 0.383
368 Devean George DAL 0.377
369 Bruce Bowen SAS 0.369
370 Jerryd Bayless POR 0.363
371 Brian Scalabrine BOS 0.358
372 Adam Morrison CHA 0.334
373 Royal Ivey PHI 0.322
374 Melvin Ely NOH 0.313
375 Jason Collins MIN 0.285
376 Darnell Jackson CLE 0.283

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 0.800 0.899
Outstanding Player: A Solid Starter 0.750 0.799
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.749
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 and less 0.399

NOTE REGARDING LOW REGULAR SEASON RATINGS
Players rated below about .550 sometimes get playing time based largely on factors outside of RPR, but valued by coaches and other players, such as:
--Great energy, effort, and hustle
--Toughness, such as diving after loose balls and taking charges
--Leadership and/or knowledge, especially in the case of veterans
--Perceived potential for future improvement in terms of real basketball production, especially in the case of young players
--See User Guide for more

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NBA Players Rated and Ranked According to Total Real Player Production, 2008-09 Season

2009-07-08T19:14:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: NBA
TOTAL REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION OF PLAYERS:
PLAYERS RATED AND RANKED ACCORDING TO TOTAL NET BASKETBALL PRODUCTION
2008-09 Regular Season
Includes all tracked offensive actions, all tracked defensive actions, and an estimate of the value of hidden defending
All Players Who Played 300 Minutes or More Included

1 LeBron James CLE 4063.44
2 Dwyane Wade MIA 3947.25
3 Chris Paul NOH 3833.48
4 Kobe Bryant LAL 3180.83
5 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 3106.65
6 Dwight Howard ORL 3056.22
7 Pau Gasol LAL 3000.49
8 Andre Iguodala PHI 2862.63
9 Chris Bosh TOR 2849.87
10 Brandon Roy POR 2848.57
11 Antawn Jamison WAS 2734.88
12 Tim Duncan SAS 2713.51
13 Yao Ming HOU 2696.89
14 Jason Kidd DAL 2688.81
15 Andre Miller PHI 2673.03
16 Joe Johnson ATL 2657.55
17 David Lee NYK 2560.37
18 Kevin Durant OKC 2527.09
19 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 2524.24
20 Rajon Rondo BOS 2477.43
21 David West NOH 2472.73
22 Vince Carter NJN 2455.47
23 Tony Parker SAS 2418.05
24 Paul Pierce BOS 2412.73
25 Deron Williams UTA 2397.17
26 Steve Nash PHO 2374.93
27 Chauncey Billups DEN 2364.79
28 Derrick Rose CHI 2321.20
29 Raymond Felton CHA 2298.88
30 Gerald Wallace CHA 2260.90

31 Emeka Okafor CHA 2240.16
32 Troy Murphy IND 2238.69
33 Danny Granger IND 2236.28
34 Mo Williams CLE 2236.08
35 Ben Gordon CHI 2210.55
36 Nene Hilario DEN 2209.26
37 Ray Allen BOS 2190.08
38 Rashard Lewis ORL 2177.03
39 Devin Harris NJN 2174.11
40 Lamar Odom LAL 2138.75
41 Tayshaun Prince DET 2135.07
42 Shaquille O'Neal PHO 2124.84
43 Hedo Turkoglu ORL 2115.89
44 Jose Calderon TOR 2107.47
45 Paul Millsap UTA 2102.41
46 Caron Butler WAS 2089.41
47 Mike Bibby ATL 2078.95
48 Jason Terry DAL 2060.73
49 Richard Jefferson MIL 2060.56
50 Carmelo Anthony DEN 2051.97
51 Russell Westbrook OKC 2008.54
52 Mario Chalmers MIA 1999.71
53 Brook Lopez NJN 1996.15
54 Josh Smith ATL 1987.23
55 Ron Artest HOU 1976.48
56 Luis Scola HOU 1972.33
57 Nate Robinson NYK 1971.65
58 Kevin Garnett BOS 1960.50
59 Al Jefferson MIN 1954.62
60 Al Horford ATL 1954.05

61 Marcus Camby LAC 1949.23
62 Stephen Jackson GSW 1909.24
63 O.J. Mayo MEM 1904.68
64 Amare Stoudemire PHO 1898.31
65 Jeff Green OKC 1898.18
66 Thaddeus Young PHI 1892.47
67 Chris Duhon NYK 1888.03
68 T.J. Ford IND 1883.37
69 Rudy Gay MEM 1883.07
70 Grant Hill PHO 1872.71
71 Mehmet Okur UTA 1868.03
72 Udonis Haslem MIA 1854.46
73 Andris Biedrins GSW 1852.34
74 Al Harrington NYK 1850.46
75 J.R. Smith DEN 1849.35
76 Ramon Sessions MIL 1817.54
77 Ronnie Brewer UTA 1813.83
78 Wilson Chandler NYK 1800.39
79 Rodney Stuckey DET 1794.47
80 Marc Gasol MEM 1789.81
81 Jarrett Jack IND 1788.47
82 Mike Conley MEM 1783.69
83 Michael Beasley MIA 1781.29
84 Baron Davis LAC 1775.19
85 Kelenna Azubuike GSW 1761.68
86 Eric Gordon LAC 1743.89
87 Anthony Parker TOR 1742.94
88 Charlie Villanueva MIL 1727.71
89 Mike Miller MIN 1700.26
90 Richard Hamilton DET 1690.10

91 Kevin Love MIN 1685.33
92 Boris Diaw CHA 1664.50
93 Joel Przybilla POR 1662.20
94 Tyrus Thomas CHI 1653.68
95 Jason Thompson SAC 1647.28
96 Rasheed Wallace DET 1629.16
97 Andrei Kirilenko UTA 1619.95
98 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 1611.92
99 Randy Foye MIN 1611.07
100 Delonte West CLE 1610.22
101 Andrea Bargnani TOR 1606.97
102 Anderson Varejao CLE 1600.66
103 Joakim Noah CHI 1597.32
104 Kenyon Martin DEN 1591.51
105 Derek Fisher LAL 1578.41
106 Steve Blake POR 1578.37
107 Ryan Gomes MIN 1569.45
108 Al Thornton LAC 1565.66
109 Samuel Dalembert PHI 1557.50
110 Spencer Hawes SAC 1543.22
111 Luke Ridnour MIL 1541.90
112 Trevor Ariza LAL 1530.36
113 Kendrick Perkins BOS 1499.89
114 Allen Iverson DET 1498.03
115 Antonio McDyess DET 1490.48
116 Hakim Warrick MEM 1483.69
117 Luc Mbah a Moute MIL 1480.93
118 Marvin Williams ATL 1480.23
119 Leandro Barbosa PHO 1478.80
120 Beno Udrih SAC 1478.17

121 Roger Mason SAS 1449.86
122 Ronald Murray ATL 1441.58
123 John Salmons SAC 1434.11
124 Travis Outlaw POR 1428.27
125 Matt Bonner SAS 1424.63
126 Ronny Turiaf GSW 1407.89
127 Jeff Foster IND 1406.91
128 Erick Dampier DAL 1397.47
129 Jamal Crawford GSW 1394.56
130 Rudy Fernandez POR 1384.55
131 Andray Blatche WAS 1380.43
132 Rasual Butler NOH 1376.15
133 Kevin Martin SAC 1375.95
134 C.J. Watson GSW 1369.94
135 Matt Barnes PHO 1366.43
136 Jason Richardson PHO 1364.82
137 Andrew Bynum LAL 1359.83
138 Keyon Dooling NJN 1344.87
139 Josh Howard DAL 1337.44
140 Shawn Marion MIA 1327.13
141 Nick Collison OKC 1311.85
142 Francisco Garcia SAC 1300.68
143 Louis Williams PHI 1296.67
144 Kyle Korver UTA 1290.38
145 Zach Randolph LAC 1288.90
146 D.J. Augustin CHA 1269.53
147 Dominic McGuire WAS 1267.01
148 Michael Finley SAS 1262.33
149 Sebastian Telfair MIN 1253.96
150 Luol Deng CHI 1242.19

151 Aaron Brooks HOU 1240.19
152 Jameer Nelson ORL 1230.18
153 Chris Andersen DEN 1219.82
154 James Posey NOH 1212.18
155 Quentin Richardson NYK 1206.80
156 Marquis Daniels IND 1206.30
157 Jarvis Hayes NJN 1200.45
158 Shane Battier HOU 1200.42
159 Anthony Carter DEN 1194.00
160 Jose Barea DAL 1174.15
161 Jamario Moon TOR 1170.13
162 Peja Stojakovic NOH 1167.60
163 Nick Young WAS 1158.74
164 Brandon Bass DAL 1153.19
165 Corey Maggette GSW 1145.11
166 Zaza Pachulia ATL 1116.36
167 Linas Kleiza DEN 1111.76
168 Kurt Thomas SAS 1109.61
169 Daequan Cook MIA 1104.89
170 Craig Smith MIN 1100.21
171 Darius Songaila WAS 1097.11
172 Brad Miller SAC 1083.65
173 Andrew Bogut MIL 1082.38
174 Carl Landry HOU 1062.60
175 Kirk Hinrich CHI 1060.53
176 Willie Green PHI 1060.08
177 Manu Ginobili SAS 1048.62
178 Earl Watson OKC 1047.01
179 Eddie House BOS 1045.78
180 Anthony Morrow GSW 1041.56

181 Bobby Jackson SAC 1038.35
182 Jermaine O'Neal TOR 1029.39
183 Rafer Alston HOU 1019.86
184 Ben Wallace CLE 997.72
185 Bobby Simmons NJN 997.25
186 Courtney Lee ORL 980.56
187 Anthony Randolph GSW 973.93
188 Tyson Chandler NOH 971.32
189 Carlos Boozer UTA 965.15
190 Leon Powe BOS 964.91
191 Brandon Rush IND 957.10
192 Tracy McGrady HOU 956.86
193 Maurice Evans ATL 952.06
194 Michael Redd MIL 950.30
195 Greg Oden POR 945.51
196 Raja Bell CHA 941.69
197 Joey Graham TOR 938.85
198 Rasho Nesterovic IND 926.30
199 Anthony Johnson ORL 909.54
200 Charlie Bell MIL 907.90
201 Ryan Anderson NJN 889.23
202 Marreese Speights PHI 887.15
203 Mike James WAS 880.38
204 Darrell Arthur MEM 877.43
205 Jason Kapono TOR 865.67
206 Daniel Gibson CLE 858.15
207 Yi Jianlian NJN 856.93
208 Glen Davis BOS 854.26
209 Nicolas Batum POR 842.74
210 C.J. Miles UTA 841.20

211 Jason Maxiell DET 840.90
212 Wally Szczerbiak CLE 827.14
213 Sasha Vujacic LAL 818.31
214 Luke Walton LAL 817.64
215 Nenad Krstic OKC 817.10
216 Sergio Rodriguez POR 806.78
217 Tony Battie ORL 805.29
218 Fred Jones LAC 797.21
219 JaVale McGee WAS 790.97
220 Andres Nocioni CHI 780.19
221 George Hill SAS 779.38
222 Elton Brand PHI 771.62
223 Darko Milicic MEM 763.46
224 Von Wafer HOU 761.93
225 Roy Hibbert IND 754.06
226 Jared Jeffries NYK 749.43
227 Mickael Pietrus ORL 743.20
228 Josh Boone NJN 738.27
229 James Singleton DAL 732.21
230 Brevin Knight UTA 730.48
231 Drew Gooden CHI 714.44
232 Shawn Marion TOR 708.97
233 Rodney Carney MIN 702.37
234 Louis Amundson PHO 697.01
235 Chris Kaman LAC 696.15
236 Steve Novak LAC 690.54
237 Brad Miller CHI 683.37
238 Amir Johnson DET 676.04
239 Kwame Brown DET 674.38
240 Kyle Weaver OKC 674.05

241 Kyle Lowry MEM 672.07
242 Jordan Farmar LAL 663.39
243 Ime Udoka SAS 661.04
244 Will Bynum DET 657.41
245 Chris Quinn MIA 656.02
246 John Salmons CHI 654.87
247 Antoine Wright DAL 654.15
248 Marcin Gortat ORL 652.27
249 Joel Anthony MIA 647.61
250 Jermaine O'Neal MIA 645.74
251 Rafer Alston ORL 642.75
252 Renaldo Balkman DEN 635.86
253 Dahntay Jones DEN 633.89
254 Javaris Crittenton WAS 630.35
255 Monta Ellis GSW 622.97
256 Brandan Wright GSW 622.32
257 Julian Wright NOH 594.28
258 Thabo Sefolosha OKC 586.88
259 Reggie Evans PHI 582.03
260 Tony Allen BOS 578.04
261 Tim Thomas NYK 567.49
262 Dan Gadzuric MIL 561.26
263 Bruce Bowen SAS 556.28
264 Quinton Ross MEM 555.66
265 Marco Belinelli GSW 553.87
266 Hilton Armstrong NOH 551.57
267 Roko Ukic TOR 544.51
268 Larry Hughes CHI 543.41
269 Travis Diener IND 542.99
270 Joe Smith OKC 539.30

271 J.J. Redick ORL 531.96
272 Chris Wilcox OKC 525.52
273 Jared Dudley PHO 524.59
274 Devin Brown NOH 519.29
275 Mardy Collins LAC 514.48
276 Desmond Mason OKC 512.69
277 Jamaal Magloire MIA 506.50
278 Matt Harpring UTA 504.73
279 Francisco Elson MIL 501.66
280 Brian Cardinal MIN 500.92
281 Brian Skinner LAC 495.20
282 DeAndre Jordan LAC 489.37
283 Kosta Koufos UTA 482.12
284 Arron Afflalo DET 476.09
285 Goran Dragic PHO 473.90
286 Kyle Lowry HOU 468.78
287 Andres Nocioni SAC 468.21
288 Mike Taylor LAC 466.20
289 Antonio Daniels NOH 465.02
290 Thabo Sefolosha CHI 464.42
291 Chuck Hayes HOU 464.20
292 Kevin Ollie MIN 463.75
293 Juan Dixon WAS 448.31
294 Vladimir Radmanovic LAL 440.22
295 Trenton Hassell NJN 435.03
296 Greg Buckner MEM 431.99
297 Boris Diaw PHO 430.58
298 Aaron Gray CHI 426.98
299 Brent Barry HOU 426.84
300 Mikki Moore SAC 426.73

301 Jamario Moon MIA 415.30
302 Larry Hughes NYK 414.50
303 Sasha Pavlovic CLE 413.92
304 Ronnie Price UTA 408.54
305 Sean Marks NOH 392.91
306 Rashad McCants SAC 391.46
307 Zach Randolph NYK 387.98
308 DeShawn Stevenson WAS 383.10
309 Keith Bogans ORL 378.74
310 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJN 376.05
311 Acie Law ATL 372.83
312 Will Solomon TOR 371.90
313 Marko Jaric MEM 364.41
314 Robin Lopez PHO 354.88
315 Vladimir Radmanovic CHA 351.47
316 Yakhouba Diawara MIA 350.95
317 Raja Bell PHO 346.81
318 Joe Alexander MIL 344.34
319 Walter Herrmann DET 343.36
320 J.J. Hickson CLE 342.05
321 Stephen Graham IND 340.92
322 Jason Richardson CHA 339.98
323 Channing Frye POR 339.38
324 Fabricio Oberto SAS 339.05
325 Rashad McCants MIN 325.34
326 Donte Greene SAC 325.13
327 Solomon Jones ATL 322.53
328 James Jones MIA 319.95
329 Josh Powell LAL 313.05
330 Damien Wilkins OKC 312.33

331 Ricky Davis LAC 307.75
332 Mike Dunleavy IND 307.37
333 Morris Peterson NOH 307.06
334 Danilo Gallinari NYK 293.57
335 Theo Ratliff PHI 290.41
336 Joe Smith CLE 289.95
337 DeSagana Diop CHA 289.59
338 Malik Allen MIL 281.78
339 Jamal Crawford NYK 278.91
340 Royal Ivey PHI 277.30
341 Rob Kurz GSW 270.55
342 Keith Bogans MIL 268.68
343 Devean George DAL 266.68
344 Bobby Brown SAC 265.20
345 Drew Gooden SAS 256.20
346 Jared Dudley CHA 240.37
347 Jerryd Bayless POR 237.92
348 Chris Wilcox NYK 235.63
349 Tyronn Lue MIL 227.43
350 Johan Petro OKC 226.45
351 DeSagana Diop DAL 225.78
352 Adam Morrison CHA 223.09
353 Malik Rose OKC 218.18
354 Matt Carroll CHA 217.60
355 Paul Davis LAC 217.47
356 Juwan Howard CHA 215.90
357 Gabe Pruitt BOS 215.60
358 Corey Brewer MIN 212.58
359 Shelden Williams SAC 210.61
360 Mikki Moore BOS 205.14

361 Robert Swift OKC 204.45
362 Gerald Green DAL 197.22
363 Cuttino Mobley LAC 195.56
364 Brian Scalabrine BOS 180.37
365 Eduardo Najera NJN 180.36
366 Etan Thomas WAS 170.66
367 Shannon Brown CHA 167.54
368 Jason Hart LAC 166.93
369 Sean Williams NJN 165.98
370 Stephon Marbury BOS 158.73
371 Nazr Mohammed CHA 148.29
372 Luther Head HOU 141.72
373 Sean May CHA 127.94
374 Darnell Jackson CLE 121.85
375 Jason Collins MIN 120.44
376 Melvin Ely NOH 116.64

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NBA Players Rated and Ranked According to Real Offensive Quality, 2008-09 Season

2009-07-03T19:13:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: NBA
OFFENSIVE SUB RATING OF PLAYERS:
PLAYERS RATED AND RANKED ACCORDING TO QUALITY OF OFFENSE
2008-09 Regular Season
Includes all tracked offensive actions
All Players Who Played 300 Minutes or More Included

1 Chris Paul NOH 0.917
2 LeBron James CLE 0.877
3 Dwyane Wade MIA 0.868
4 Deron Williams UTA 0.792
5 Tony Parker SAS 0.782
6 Kobe Bryant LAL 0.772
7 Steve Nash PHO 0.753
8 Brandon Roy POR 0.710
9 Jameer Nelson ORL 0.694
10 Jose Calderon TOR 0.691
11 Devin Harris NJN 0.660
12 Pau Gasol LAL 0.652
13 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 0.651
14 Nate Robinson NYK 0.640
15 Danny Granger IND 0.637
16 Chauncey Billups DEN 0.637
17 Tim Duncan SAS 0.635
18 Al Jefferson MIN 0.631
19 Rajon Rondo BOS 0.627
20 Ramon Sessions MIL 0.619
21 Andre Miller PHI 0.614
22 Manu Ginobili SAS 0.611
23 Jason Terry DAL 0.605
24 Vince Carter NJN 0.604
25 Chris Bosh TOR 0.604
26 Leandro Barbosa PHO 0.603
27 Will Bynum DET 0.596
28 Joe Johnson ATL 0.596
29 Carmelo Anthony DEN 0.587
30 T.J. Ford IND 0.586

31 Shaquille O'Neal PHO 0.586
32 Zach Randolph LAC 0.586
33 Derrick Rose CHI 0.583
34 Richard Hamilton DET 0.579
35 Kevin Durant OKC 0.573
36 Charlie Villanueva MIL 0.571
37 Antawn Jamison WAS 0.570
38 Yao Ming HOU 0.568
39 Kevin Garnett BOS 0.565
40 Brad Miller CHI 0.559
41 Amare Stoudemire PHO 0.557
42 Michael Redd MIL 0.556
43 Mo Williams CLE 0.552
44 Jamal Crawford NYK 0.546
45 Caron Butler WAS 0.543
46 Ben Gordon CHI 0.540
47 Jason Kidd DAL 0.540
48 Zach Randolph NYK 0.540
49 Kevin Martin SAC 0.539
50 Andrew Bynum LAL 0.539
51 David Lee NYK 0.537
52 Stephen Jackson GSW 0.537
53 Baron Davis LAC 0.530
54 Ray Allen BOS 0.528
55 J.R. Smith DEN 0.527
56 Drew Gooden SAS 0.527
57 Mike Bibby ATL 0.526
58 Paul Millsap UTA 0.525
59 Dwight Howard ORL 0.524
60 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 0.523

61 David West NOH 0.519
62 Andre Iguodala PHI 0.519
63 Brandan Wright GSW 0.518
64 Carlos Boozer UTA 0.517
65 Will Solomon TOR 0.515
66 Rashad McCants SAC 0.515
67 Marreese Speights PHI 0.510
68 Paul Pierce BOS 0.510
69 Russell Westbrook OKC 0.510
70 Jason Richardson PHO 0.506
71 Roy Hibbert IND 0.505
72 Jamal Crawford GSW 0.504
73 John Salmons SAC 0.503
74 Jose Barea DAL 0.500
75 Tracy McGrady HOU 0.499
76 D.J. Augustin CHA 0.498
77 Rodney Stuckey DET 0.498
78 Jason Richardson CHA 0.498
79 Rasho Nesterovic IND 0.497
80 Andris Biedrins GSW 0.496
81 Craig Smith MIN 0.496
82 Corey Maggette GSW 0.494
83 Mehmet Okur UTA 0.493
84 Rafer Alston ORL 0.492
85 Anthony Morrow GSW 0.490
86 Michael Beasley MIA 0.488
87 Louis Williams PHI 0.487
88 Steve Blake POR 0.485
89 Josh Howard DAL 0.483
90 Monta Ellis GSW 0.482

91 Kevin Love MIN 0.482
92 Travis Diener IND 0.482
93 Troy Murphy IND 0.481
94 Kyle Lowry HOU 0.479
95 Richard Jefferson MIL 0.479
96 Nene Hilario DEN 0.478
97 Carl Landry HOU 0.477
98 Al Harrington NYK 0.476
99 Allen Iverson DET 0.471
100 Rashard Lewis ORL 0.471
101 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 0.471
102 Sergio Rodriguez POR 0.470
103 Boris Diaw CHA 0.470
104 Brad Miller SAC 0.470
105 Hedo Turkoglu ORL 0.469
106 Luis Scola HOU 0.467
107 Luke Ridnour MIL 0.467
108 Raymond Felton CHA 0.466
109 Randy Foye MIN 0.464
110 Chris Quinn MIA 0.462
111 Chris Duhon NYK 0.459
112 John Salmons CHI 0.458
113 Leon Powe BOS 0.457
114 Mike Dunleavy IND 0.456
115 Shawn Marion TOR 0.455
116 C.J. Watson GSW 0.453
117 Kirk Hinrich CHI 0.453
118 Aaron Brooks HOU 0.453
119 Eddie House BOS 0.451
120 Kelenna Azubuike GSW 0.449

121 Ronnie Brewer UTA 0.448
122 Gerald Wallace CHA 0.446
123 Brook Lopez NJN 0.446
124 Eric Gordon LAC 0.445
125 Ron Artest HOU 0.445
126 Keyon Dooling NJN 0.443
127 Beno Udrih SAC 0.442
128 Mike Conley MEM 0.441
129 Lamar Odom LAL 0.441
130 Tayshaun Prince DET 0.439
131 Antonio Daniels NOH 0.439
132 Jarrett Jack IND 0.436
133 Drew Gooden CHI 0.436
134 Rafer Alston HOU 0.435
135 Andrei Kirilenko UTA 0.435
136 Von Wafer HOU 0.433
137 Andrew Bogut MIL 0.432
138 Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.432
139 Renaldo Balkman DEN 0.432
140 Grant Hill PHO 0.430
141 Brandon Bass DAL 0.430
142 O.J. Mayo MEM 0.428
143 Greg Oden POR 0.427
144 Rudy Fernandez POR 0.427
145 Antonio McDyess DET 0.426
146 Hakim Warrick MEM 0.426
147 Anthony Randolph GSW 0.426
148 Ronald Murray ATL 0.425
149 Tyronn Lue MIL 0.425
150 Kyle Lowry MEM 0.424

151 Mike Miller MIN 0.424
152 Kosta Koufos UTA 0.422
153 Al Horford ATL 0.422
154 Luke Walton LAL 0.421
155 Darius Songaila WAS 0.420
156 Matt Bonner SAS 0.420
157 Thaddeus Young PHI 0.420
158 Sebastian Telfair MIN 0.418
159 Roko Ukic TOR 0.418
160 Joakim Noah CHI 0.416
161 C.J. Miles UTA 0.416
162 Delonte West CLE 0.415
163 Andray Blatche WAS 0.415
164 Steve Novak LAC 0.414
165 Derek Fisher LAL 0.414
166 Joe Smith CLE 0.413
167 Marcus Camby LAC 0.412
168 Nick Young WAS 0.411
169 James Singleton DAL 0.410
170 Marc Gasol MEM 0.409
171 JaVale McGee WAS 0.409
172 Tim Thomas NYK 0.408
173 Josh Smith ATL 0.408
174 Mario Chalmers MIA 0.408
175 Andrea Bargnani TOR 0.407
176 Larry Hughes CHI 0.407
177 Marvin Williams ATL 0.406
178 Nick Collison OKC 0.406
179 Trevor Ariza LAL 0.406
180 Emeka Okafor CHA 0.406

181 Luol Deng CHI 0.405
182 Marco Belinelli GSW 0.404
183 Francisco Garcia SAC 0.403
184 Danilo Gallinari NYK 0.403
185 Earl Watson OKC 0.403
186 Jared Dudley PHO 0.402
187 Marquis Daniels IND 0.402
188 Jermaine O'Neal TOR 0.401
189 Rudy Gay MEM 0.401
190 Marcin Gortat ORL 0.401
191 Andres Nocioni SAC 0.400
192 Jason Thompson SAC 0.399
193 Matt Barnes PHO 0.399
194 Ronny Turiaf GSW 0.398
195 Travis Outlaw POR 0.394
196 Sasha Vujacic LAL 0.394
197 Linas Kleiza DEN 0.394
198 Jeff Green OKC 0.393
199 Matt Harpring UTA 0.392
200 Boris Diaw PHO 0.392
201 Jason Maxiell DET 0.392
202 Chris Wilcox NYK 0.391
203 Willie Green PHI 0.391
204 Wilson Chandler NYK 0.390
205 Juwan Howard CHA 0.386
206 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJN 0.386
207 Anthony Carter DEN 0.385
208 Joe Smith OKC 0.385
209 Shawn Marion MIA 0.385
210 Acie Law ATL 0.384

211 Bobby Jackson SAC 0.383
212 Nenad Krstic OKC 0.381
213 Erick Dampier DAL 0.381
214 Al Thornton LAC 0.379
215 Jeff Foster IND 0.379
216 Chris Wilcox OKC 0.379
217 Ryan Gomes MIN 0.377
218 Kyle Korver UTA 0.375
219 Anthony Parker TOR 0.374
220 Roger Mason SAS 0.373
221 Larry Hughes NYK 0.370
222 Spencer Hawes SAC 0.370
223 Raja Bell CHA 0.370
224 Goran Dragic PHO 0.367
225 Joey Graham TOR 0.366
226 Chris Kaman LAC 0.366
227 Quentin Richardson NYK 0.365
228 Gerald Green DAL 0.365
229 Rob Kurz GSW 0.365
230 Anthony Johnson ORL 0.364
231 Kevin Ollie MIN 0.364
232 Aaron Gray CHI 0.360
233 Zaza Pachulia ATL 0.359
234 Ryan Anderson NJN 0.359
235 Chris Andersen DEN 0.358
236 Kurt Thomas SAS 0.357
237 George Hill SAS 0.356
238 Mike James WAS 0.355
239 Elton Brand PHI 0.354
240 Kenyon Martin DEN 0.354

241 Mike Taylor LAC 0.354
242 Bobby Simmons NJN 0.353
243 Fabricio Oberto SAS 0.353
244 Corey Brewer MIN 0.353
245 Bobby Brown SAC 0.353
246 Udonis Haslem MIA 0.352
247 Fred Jones LAC 0.349
248 Wally Szczerbiak CLE 0.349
249 Shannon Brown CHA 0.349
250 Keith Bogans MIL 0.347
251 Peja Stojakovic NOH 0.346
252 Mardy Collins LAC 0.346
253 Luther Head HOU 0.346
254 Rasheed Wallace DET 0.346
255 Andres Nocioni CHI 0.345
256 Tyrus Thomas CHI 0.345
257 Charlie Bell MIL 0.345
258 Brevin Knight UTA 0.343
259 Javaris Crittenton WAS 0.340
260 Mikki Moore BOS 0.340
261 Jordan Farmar LAL 0.340
262 Mickael Pietrus ORL 0.338
263 Nicolas Batum POR 0.338
264 Paul Davis LAC 0.337
265 Amir Johnson DET 0.337
266 Anderson Varejao CLE 0.336
267 Jamario Moon TOR 0.335
268 Jason Kapono TOR 0.334
269 Dan Gadzuric MIL 0.333
270 Louis Amundson PHO 0.330

271 Walter Herrmann DET 0.329
272 Daniel Gibson CLE 0.329
273 Juan Dixon WAS 0.328
274 Glen Davis BOS 0.328
275 Michael Finley SAS 0.327
276 Darko Milicic MEM 0.326
277 Josh Powell LAL 0.324
278 Maurice Evans ATL 0.324
279 Tony Allen BOS 0.322
280 Josh Boone NJN 0.319
281 Tony Battie ORL 0.319
282 Solomon Jones ATL 0.318
283 Rodney Carney MIN 0.318
284 Joe Alexander MIL 0.318
285 Rasual Butler NOH 0.317
286 Daequan Cook MIA 0.314
287 Luc Mbah a Moute MIL 0.313
288 Tyson Chandler NOH 0.310
289 Cuttino Mobley LAC 0.309
290 Channing Frye POR 0.308
291 Thabo Sefolosha CHI 0.307
292 Jarvis Hayes NJN 0.306
293 Courtney Lee ORL 0.306
294 Vladimir Radmanovic LAL 0.305
295 Kendrick Perkins BOS 0.305
296 Jared Dudley CHA 0.304
297 Stephen Graham IND 0.303
298 Vladimir Radmanovic CHA 0.303
299 Morris Peterson NOH 0.303
300 Ronnie Price UTA 0.302

301 Robert Swift OKC 0.300
302 Robin Lopez PHO 0.300
303 Malik Allen MIL 0.299
304 Julian Wright NOH 0.299
305 J.J. Redick ORL 0.298
306 Malik Rose OKC 0.294
307 Darrell Arthur MEM 0.294
308 Jerryd Bayless POR 0.293
309 Thabo Sefolosha OKC 0.293
310 Dahntay Jones DEN 0.293
311 Yi Jianlian NJN 0.292
312 Joel Przybilla POR 0.291
313 Jared Jeffries NYK 0.291
314 Raja Bell PHO 0.286
315 Rashad McCants MIN 0.286
316 J.J. Hickson CLE 0.284
317 Ricky Davis LAC 0.283
318 Sasha Pavlovic CLE 0.279
319 Kyle Weaver OKC 0.277
320 Jamario Moon MIA 0.277
321 Shane Battier HOU 0.276
322 Dominic McGuire WAS 0.275
323 Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.273
324 Devin Brown NOH 0.273
325 Brent Barry HOU 0.272
326 DeAndre Jordan LAC 0.271
327 Antoine Wright DAL 0.271
328 Hilton Armstrong NOH 0.270
329 James Posey NOH 0.268
330 Shelden Williams SAC 0.267

331 Brandon Rush IND 0.266
332 Arron Afflalo DET 0.266
333 Francisco Elson MIL 0.266
334 Mikki Moore SAC 0.263
335 Damien Wilkins OKC 0.258
336 Brian Scalabrine BOS 0.256
337 Jason Hart LAC 0.254
338 Kwame Brown DET 0.253
339 Gabe Pruitt BOS 0.252
340 Brian Skinner LAC 0.251
341 Samuel Dalembert PHI 0.251
342 Brian Cardinal MIN 0.250
343 Stephon Marbury BOS 0.247
344 DeShawn Stevenson WAS 0.246
345 Johan Petro OKC 0.243
346 Ime Udoka SAS 0.240
347 James Jones MIA 0.238
348 Adam Morrison CHA 0.238
349 Etan Thomas WAS 0.233
350 DeSagana Diop CHA 0.229
351 Sean Marks NOH 0.226
352 Marko Jaric MEM 0.226
353 Darnell Jackson CLE 0.225
354 Trenton Hassell NJN 0.224
355 Melvin Ely NOH 0.224
356 Nazr Mohammed CHA 0.221
357 Eduardo Najera NJN 0.218
358 Reggie Evans PHI 0.217
359 Royal Ivey PHI 0.217
360 Keith Bogans ORL 0.216

361 Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.215
362 Sean Williams NJN 0.215
363 Ben Wallace CLE 0.214
364 Desmond Mason OKC 0.207
365 Theo Ratliff PHI 0.205
366 Matt Carroll CHA 0.204
367 Quinton Ross MEM 0.203
368 Greg Buckner MEM 0.193
369 Chuck Hayes HOU 0.188
370 Joel Anthony MIA 0.183
371 DeSagana Diop DAL 0.180
372 Devean George DAL 0.178
373 Sean May CHA 0.177
374 Donte Greene SAC 0.166
375 Bruce Bowen SAS 0.138
376 Jason Collins MIN 0.112

The User Guide for Real Player Ratings, and for the Defensive Adjustments, is here. You must consult the User Guide in order to fully understand the ratings and the value of them, and to undertand how to make the best use of them.

A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES (A tiny sample of User Guide content)
1. The average defensive sub rating of the 376 NBA plyaers who played at least 300 minutes in 2008-09 is .406.
2. The very best guards in basketball are ones who, although they are not afraid to drive to the hoop from time to time, are able to make outside shots at a good rate. Also, guards in general, and especially point guards, are usually primarily responsible for making assists. These two are among the several reasons why the better guards in pro basketball will have the highest offensive sub ratings in the League. For more, see the User Guide, especially the section near the end of it titled "THE BEST GUARDS WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS".

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NBA Players Rated and Ranked According to Real Defensive Quality, 2008-09 Season

2009-07-02T19:12:00.000-07:00

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: NBA
DEFENSIVE SUB RATING OF PLAYERS:
PLAYERS RATED AND RANKED ACCORDING TO DEFENSIVE QUALITY
2008-09 Regular Season
Includes all tracked defensive actions and hidden defending
All Players Who Played 300 Minutes or More Included

1 Marcus Camby LAC 0.600
2 Joel Przybilla POR 0.560
3 Dwight Howard ORL 0.559
4 Ben Wallace CLE 0.545
5 Kevin Garnett BOS 0.541
6 Andrew Bogut MIL 0.531
7 Thabo Sefolosha OKC 0.527
8 Samuel Dalembert PHI 0.514
9 Jamario Moon TOR 0.513
10 Andris Biedrins GSW 0.499
11 Shawn Marion MIA 0.491
12 Elton Brand PHI 0.484
13 Lamar Odom LAL 0.482
14 Chris Andersen DEN 0.478
15 Yao Ming HOU 0.474
16 Julian Wright NOH 0.471
17 Zach Randolph NYK 0.460
18 LeBron James CLE 0.454
19 Andrei Kirilenko UTA 0.450
20 Al Horford ATL 0.450
21 Jermaine O'Neal TOR 0.445
22 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE 0.442
23 Tim Duncan SAS 0.441
24 Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.441
25 Anthony Randolph GSW 0.437
26 Brevin Knight UTA 0.436
27 Joel Anthony MIA 0.435
28 Al Jefferson MIN 0.434
29 Kurt Thomas SAS 0.433
30 Ronny Turiaf GSW 0.432

31 Kosta Koufos UTA 0.431
32 Emeka Okafor CHA 0.427
33 Dwyane Wade MIA 0.427
34 Shelden Williams SAC 0.423
35 Josh Boone NJN 0.423
36 Kwame Brown DET 0.422
37 Rasheed Wallace DET 0.422
38 Troy Murphy IND 0.421
39 Marcin Gortat ORL 0.421
40 Johan Petro OKC 0.419
41 James Singleton DAL 0.418
42 Amare Stoudemire PHO 0.417
43 Tyrus Thomas CHI 0.416
44 Josh Smith ATL 0.413
45 Darko Milicic MEM 0.412
46 Boris Diaw PHO 0.408
47 Joakim Noah CHI 0.408
48 Amir Johnson DET 0.405
49 Malik Rose OKC 0.403
50 Nene Hilario DEN 0.402
51 Andrew Bynum LAL 0.402
52 Gerald Wallace CHA 0.401
53 Kenyon Martin DEN 0.400
54 Zaza Pachulia ATL 0.399
55 Ime Udoka SAS 0.399
56 Michael Beasley MIA 0.398
57 Andray Blatche WAS 0.396
58 Joe Smith OKC 0.395
59 Paul Millsap UTA 0.393
60 Jason Kidd DAL 0.392

61 Jeff Foster IND 0.390
62 Chris Kaman LAC 0.390
63 Luc Mbah a Moute MIL 0.388
64 Brandan Wright GSW 0.386
65 Renaldo Balkman DEN 0.384
66 Erick Dampier DAL 0.380
67 Marko Jaric MEM 0.377
68 Antonio McDyess DET 0.372
69 Udonis Haslem MIA 0.372
70 Chris Bosh TOR 0.370
71 David Lee NYK 0.369
72 Dirk Nowitzki DAL 0.367
73 Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.365
74 DeAndre Jordan LAC 0.364
75 Tyson Chandler NOH 0.362
76 Kendrick Perkins BOS 0.361
77 Ron Artest HOU 0.361
78 Chris Paul NOH 0.360
79 Trevor Ariza LAL 0.360
80 Anderson Varejao CLE 0.358
81 Shaquille O'Neal PHO 0.357
82 Andre Iguodala PHI 0.357
83 Brad Miller CHI 0.357
84 Zach Randolph LAC 0.356
85 Mario Chalmers MIA 0.354
86 Chuck Hayes HOU 0.353
87 Brook Lopez NJN 0.353
88 Chris Wilcox OKC 0.352
89 Tony Battie ORL 0.351
90 Jarvis Hayes NJN 0.349

91 Pau Gasol LAL 0.348
92 Eduardo Najera NJN 0.347
93 Drew Gooden CHI 0.342
94 Paul Davis LAC 0.342
95 Luol Deng CHI 0.341
96 Kevin Love MIN 0.341
97 Corey Brewer MIN 0.340
98 Kirk Hinrich CHI 0.339
99 Louis Amundson PHO 0.338
100 Gabe Pruitt BOS 0.337
101 Dominic McGuire WAS 0.336
102 Brian Skinner LAC 0.336
103 Matt Harpring UTA 0.336
104 Grant Hill PHO 0.336
105 Nenad Krstic OKC 0.335
106 Delonte West CLE 0.333
107 Brad Miller SAC 0.331
108 Tony Allen BOS 0.330
109 Leon Powe BOS 0.329
110 Rashad McCants SAC 0.327
111 Jamario Moon MIA 0.326
112 Tim Thomas NYK 0.326
113 Luis Scola HOU 0.326
114 Thabo Sefolosha CHI 0.325
115 Devin Brown NOH 0.325
116 Etan Thomas WAS 0.325
117 Chris Wilcox NYK 0.323
118 Josh Howard DAL 0.321
119 Matt Bonner SAS 0.319
120 DeSagana Diop DAL 0.319

121 Ryan Anderson NJN 0.319
122 Jared Dudley PHO 0.318
123 LaMarcus Aldridge POR 0.318
124 Bobby Jackson SAC 0.316
125 Jason Thompson SAC 0.316
126 Thaddeus Young PHI 0.315
127 Shane Battier HOU 0.315
128 Carmelo Anthony DEN 0.315
129 Kyle Korver UTA 0.314
130 Antawn Jamison WAS 0.314
131 Spencer Hawes SAC 0.314
132 Rajon Rondo BOS 0.311
133 Tracy McGrady HOU 0.311
134 Yi Jianlian NJN 0.311
135 Nick Collison OKC 0.310
136 Danilo Gallinari NYK 0.310
137 David West NOH 0.310
138 Mikki Moore SAC 0.309
139 Marquis Daniels IND 0.308
140 Darrell Arthur MEM 0.305
141 Hakim Warrick MEM 0.305
142 Ronald Murray ATL 0.305
143 Kevin Durant OKC 0.303
144 Brandon Bass DAL 0.303
145 Kobe Bryant LAL 0.302
146 Al Harrington NYK 0.302
147 Darius Songaila WAS 0.301
148 Marvin Williams ATL 0.301
149 Marc Gasol MEM 0.301
150 Brian Cardinal MIN 0.301

151 Kyle Weaver OKC 0.300
152 Greg Buckner MEM 0.299
153 James Posey NOH 0.298
154 Mike Miller MIN 0.298
155 Theo Ratliff PHI 0.297
156 J.R. Smith DEN 0.297
157 Robert Swift OKC 0.296
158 Morris Peterson NOH 0.294
159 Reggie Evans PHI 0.293
160 Greg Oden POR 0.293
161 Kelenna Azubuike GSW 0.292
162 Joe Smith CLE 0.292
163 Luke Ridnour MIL 0.292
164 Kyle Lowry HOU 0.292
165 Rashard Lewis ORL 0.290
166 Carlos Boozer UTA 0.289
167 Allen Iverson DET 0.289
168 Daequan Cook MIA 0.288
169 Shawn Marion TOR 0.288
170 Anthony Parker TOR 0.287
171 Mardy Collins LAC 0.285
172 Danny Granger IND 0.285
173 Paul Pierce BOS 0.285
174 Andre Miller PHI 0.285
175 Goran Dragic PHO 0.284
176 Anthony Carter DEN 0.283
177 JaVale McGee WAS 0.283
178 Donte Greene SAC 0.283
179 Hedo Turkoglu ORL 0.283
180 Mehmet Okur UTA 0.282

181 Acie Law ATL 0.282
182 Jared Jeffries NYK 0.281
183 Boris Diaw CHA 0.281
184 Luke Walton LAL 0.281
185 Jason Hart LAC 0.281
186 Stephen Jackson GSW 0.280
187 Larry Hughes CHI 0.280
188 Raymond Felton CHA 0.279
189 Robin Lopez PHO 0.278
190 Manu Ginobili SAS 0.277
191 Desmond Mason OKC 0.275
192 C.J. Watson GSW 0.275
193 Quinton Ross MEM 0.275
194 Drew Gooden SAS 0.274
195 Travis Diener IND 0.274
196 Quentin Richardson NYK 0.272
197 Brandon Roy POR 0.271
198 James Jones MIA 0.270
199 Mike Conley MEM 0.270
200 Wilson Chandler NYK 0.268
201 Rudy Fernandez POR 0.268
202 Jeff Green OKC 0.268
203 Rodney Carney MIN 0.268
204 DeSagana Diop CHA 0.267
205 Rasho Nesterovic IND 0.266
206 Vladimir Radmanovic LAL 0.266
207 Andres Nocioni CHI 0.265
208 Caron Butler WAS 0.265
209 Keith Bogans ORL 0.265
210 Brandon Rush IND 0.265

211 Leandro Barbosa PHO 0.264
212 Dan Gadzuric MIL 0.263
213 Baron Davis LAC 0.260
214 Tayshaun Prince DET 0.259
215 Rafer Alston ORL 0.259
216 Jared Dudley CHA 0.258
217 George Hill SAS 0.258
218 Craig Smith MIN 0.258
219 Chris Douglas-Roberts NJN 0.258
220 Matt Barnes PHO 0.258
221 Andres Nocioni SAC 0.256
222 Eddie House BOS 0.256
223 Francisco Garcia SAC 0.256
224 Joe Johnson ATL 0.255
225 Matt Carroll CHA 0.254
226 Charlie Villanueva MIL 0.254
227 Nate Robinson NYK 0.252
228 Ronnie Price UTA 0.252
229 Mike Taylor LAC 0.251
230 Anthony Johnson ORL 0.250
231 Sean May CHA 0.248
232 Ronnie Brewer UTA 0.248
233 Andrea Bargnani TOR 0.248
234 Francisco Elson MIL 0.248
235 T.J. Ford IND 0.248
236 Carl Landry HOU 0.247
237 Rob Kurz GSW 0.247
238 Jameer Nelson ORL 0.245
239 Joey Graham TOR 0.243
240 Russell Westbrook OKC 0.243

241 Roy Hibbert IND 0.243
242 Sean Marks NOH 0.242
243 Nicolas Batum POR 0.242
244 Travis Outlaw POR 0.242
245 Sasha Vujacic LAL 0.239
246 Rudy Gay MEM 0.238
247 Sean Williams NJN 0.238
248 Aaron Gray CHI 0.237
249 Mo Williams CLE 0.237
250 Steve Blake POR 0.236
251 Hilton Armstrong NOH 0.235
252 Jose Barea DAL 0.234
253 Michael Redd MIL 0.234
254 Ray Allen BOS 0.233
255 Damien Wilkins OKC 0.233
256 Larry Hughes NYK 0.233
257 Chauncey Billups DEN 0.233
258 Derek Fisher LAL 0.233
259 Mike Bibby ATL 0.233
260 Bruce Bowen SAS 0.231
261 Vince Carter NJN 0.229
262 Corey Maggette GSW 0.227
263 Cuttino Mobley LAC 0.227
264 Brent Barry HOU 0.226
265 Rashad McCants MIN 0.225
266 Marco Belinelli GSW 0.224
267 Ryan Gomes MIN 0.224
268 Bobby Simmons NJN 0.223
269 Will Bynum DET 0.223
270 Jarrett Jack IND 0.222

271 Richard Jefferson MIL 0.222
272 Jason Terry DAL 0.222
273 Juan Dixon WAS 0.221
274 John Salmons SAC 0.221
275 Mickael Pietrus ORL 0.221
276 Nick Young WAS 0.220
277 Chris Quinn MIA 0.220
278 Vladimir Radmanovic CHA 0.218
279 Raja Bell CHA 0.218
280 Javaris Crittenton WAS 0.218
281 Jordan Farmar LAL 0.217
282 Ramon Sessions MIL 0.217
283 Monta Ellis GSW 0.216
284 Linas Kleiza DEN 0.216
285 Walter Herrmann DET 0.216
286 Rodney Stuckey DET 0.215
287 Nazr Mohammed CHA 0.214
288 Michael Finley SAS 0.213
289 Peja Stojakovic NOH 0.213
290 Jose Calderon TOR 0.213
291 Devin Harris NJN 0.211
292 John Salmons CHI 0.211
293 Al Thornton LAC 0.211
294 Rasual Butler NOH 0.209
295 Beno Udrih SAC 0.209
296 Roger Mason SAS 0.208
297 Keith Bogans MIL 0.207
298 Eric Gordon LAC 0.206
299 Rafer Alston HOU 0.206
300 Keyon Dooling NJN 0.206

301 Jason Maxiell DET 0.205
302 Jason Richardson PHO 0.205
303 Mike James WAS 0.204
304 Steve Nash PHO 0.204
305 Kyle Lowry MEM 0.204
306 Tony Parker SAS 0.202
307 Raja Bell PHO 0.201
308 J.J. Hickson CLE 0.201
309 Courtney Lee ORL 0.200
310 Devean George DAL 0.199
311 Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.198
312 Anthony Morrow GSW 0.198
313 Ben Gordon CHI 0.197
314 Antonio Daniels NOH 0.196
315 Stephen Graham IND 0.195
316 Jason Richardson CHA 0.195
317 Glen Davis BOS 0.194
318 Maurice Evans ATL 0.194
319 Roko Ukic TOR 0.194
320 Wally Szczerbiak CLE 0.193
321 Marreese Speights PHI 0.193
322 Derrick Rose CHI 0.191
323 Chris Duhon NYK 0.190
324 Von Wafer HOU 0.189
325 Willie Green PHI 0.189
326 Louis Williams PHI 0.189
327 Sergio Rodriguez POR 0.188
328 Malik Allen MIL 0.187
329 Earl Watson OKC 0.187
330 DeShawn Stevenson WAS 0.186

331 Fred Jones LAC 0.184
332 O.J. Mayo MEM 0.183
333 Randy Foye MIN 0.182
334 Kevin Ollie MIN 0.182
335 J.J. Redick ORL 0.181
336 Steve Novak LAC 0.180
337 Sebastian Telfair MIN 0.180
338 Trenton Hassell NJN 0.173
339 Jason Collins MIN 0.173
340 Will Solomon TOR 0.168
341 Aaron Brooks HOU 0.168
342 Kevin Martin SAC 0.168
343 D.J. Augustin CHA 0.167
344 Jamal Crawford NYK 0.166
345 Mike Dunleavy IND 0.165
346 Deron Williams UTA 0.165
347 Charlie Bell MIL 0.165
348 Jamal Crawford GSW 0.165
349 Joe Alexander MIL 0.163
350 Richard Hamilton DET 0.163
351 Solomon Jones ATL 0.160
352 Gerald Green DAL 0.159
353 Tyronn Lue MIL 0.155
354 Dahntay Jones DEN 0.152
355 Antoine Wright DAL 0.150
356 Daniel Gibson CLE 0.149
357 Fabricio Oberto SAS 0.148
358 Channing Frye POR 0.147
359 Shannon Brown CHA 0.143
360 Jason Kapono TOR 0.139

361 Stephon Marbury BOS 0.136
362 Josh Powell LAL 0.122
363 Arron Afflalo DET 0.120
364 Sasha Pavlovic CLE 0.114
365 Mikki Moore BOS 0.110
366 Ricky Davis LAC 0.109
367 Royal Ivey PHI 0.105
368 C.J. Miles UTA 0.103
369 Brian Scalabrine BOS 0.102
370 Adam Morrison CHA 0.097
371 Luther Head HOU 0.094
372 Juwan Howard CHA 0.094
373 Melvin Ely NOH 0.089
374 Jerryd Bayless POR 0.070
375 Darnell Jackson CLE 0.058
376 Bobby Brown SAC 0.040

The User Guide for Real Player Ratings, and the Defensive Adjustments, is here. You must consult the User Guide in order to fully understand the ratings and the value of them, and to undertand how to make the best use of them.

A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES (A tiny sample of User Guide content)
1. The average defensive sub rating of the 376 NBA plyaers who played at least 300 minutes in 2008-09 is .285.
2. Centers and forwards are generally expected to have substantially higher defensive ratings than guards. Conversely, the best offensive guards are expected to have higher offensive ratings than those of most forwards and centers.

Unedited, Raw Game Notes are Here

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Final NBA Real Team Ratings, 2008-09 Regular Season

2009-05-07T20:49:00.001-07:00

Below you will see the final NBA Real Team Ratings (RTR) for the 2008-09 regular season. Although probably the most spectacular (as in wow factor) improvements were in the Real Player Ratings this NBA season, probably the most ultimately important improvements were made to the Real Team Ratings.

Remember that the RTR is NOT simply a rating of how well the teams did in the regular season. Rather, it is a rating system designed to reveal the capability of winning playoff games and series of each team. Several careful and statistically valid adjustments are made to allow the RTR to accurately reflect the known factors that impact winning in the playoffs.

The RTR CAN be roughly used to predict who will win playoff series. However, there are of course many factors not included in the RTR, one of which, injuries, by itself can change the outcome of a series. By far the factor not included in basic RTR that has the biggest impact on whether a series is won or lost is injuries. Therefore, we are developing a new injury adjustment for RTR, which is extensively described below.

A good example of how important injuries are is this year's Dallas-San Antonio series. As you can see below, RTR predicts that the Spurs would most likely defeat the Dallas Mavericks in a playoff series. But Dallas won it, and clearly it was at least substantially, probably almost entirely, and possibly completely due to the injury to Manu Ginobili, one of the best players in the NBA, and absolutely essential on offense. San Antonio was especially hammered by the unavailability of Ginobili, since they were already relatively short on great offensive players to begin with.

A SMALLER BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT FACTOR: COACHING THAT IS MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THE REGULAR SEASON THAN IN THE PLAYOFFS
Most factors not in the RTR other than injuries are believed to have much, much smaller impacts on whether playoffs are won or lost. However, there is one factor that may have an impact greater than small.

Coaching is largely reflected in the RTR, except that there are coaches such as George Karl and Nate McMillan who have track records of seeing their coaching succeed in the regular season much more so than in the playoffs.

In other words, and more broadly, it is believed by us here at Quest that how a team is coached, and what schemes it is using on offense and defense, can have a different impact in the playoffs than it did in the regular season. This would not be picked up by the RTR.

One of the primary objectives of the Quest for the Ring is to identify and explain offensive and defensive strategies that work better in the regular season than they do in the playoffs, and vice versa.

Fortunately for teams with coaches whose coaching works better in the regular season than in the playoffs, the negative impact on RTR of such coaching is believed to be not large, probably in the up to 15 RTR points range. On the other hand though, a 10-15 point hit would be plenty big enough to swing any close series. So such coaching is perhaps not ruinous overall to a team, because it will not automatically cause an upset to that team when it is heavily favored. But it will cost that team plenty of close series, and so that type of coaching will certainly be in the long run ruinous to the objective of going as far as possible in the playoffs.

For complete details regarding how the Real Team Ratings are designed and why they work, see the User Guide.

REAL TEAM RATINGS
NBA 2008-09 REGULAR SEASON FINAL
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 72.55
2 Los Angeles Lakers 64.37
3 Orlando Magic 57.62
4 Boston Celtics 54.40
5 Houston Rockets 25.55
6 Denver Nuggets 16.82
7 Portland Trail Blazers 13.71
8 San Antonio Spurs 12.53
9 Dallas Mavericks -5.17
10 New Orleans Hornets -6.00
11 Utah Jazz -8.77
12 Atlanta Hawks -9.49
13 Miami Heat -23.00
14 Chicago Bulls -24.02
15 Phoenix Suns -24.55
16 Philadelphia 76ers -24.91
17 Charlotte Bobcats -31.82
18 Detroit Pistons -32.00
19 Indiana Pacers -36.72
20 Milwaukee Bucks -38.51
21 New Jersey Nets -46.66
22 New York Knicks -53.90
23 Toronto Raptors -54.52
24 Golden State Warriors -60.88
25 Memphis Grizzlies -70.80
26 Oklahoma City Thunder -78.99
27 Minnesota Timberwolves -85.40
28 Washington Wizards -89.42
29 Los Angeles Clippers -94.43
30 Sacramento Kings -99.70

Congratulations to all NBA teams and all NBA players for a great year. Congratulations to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for being the very best and therefore earning the position of highest Real Team Rating for 2008-09. LeBron James also will almost certainly finish with the highest Real Player Rating when those come out in early July. So LeBron has cleaned up here at Quest this year.

EXTENSIVE USER GUIDE EXCERPTS
We are placing about 60% of the extensively revised Real Team Ratings User Guide here, so that when we go over playoff series the rest of the year, and refer to the Real Team Ratings, both the Ratings themselves and detailed explanations of what we are doing to adjust those ratings will be accessible at the same place, right here, by anyone who is interested. For that matter, anyone can use the ratings above and the system below to do series projections themselves, both for actual series and for hypothetical series that never took place for one reason or another. Moreover, any user can change specific factors we use, even if they are using the system as a whole.

So we will now reprint many sections of the extensively updated User Guide for Real Team Ratings. The sections dealing with base RTR are NOT shown below, most of which are unchanged from a few months ago. However, there actually was a revision, a relatively small one but not a very small one, to the base RTR calculation, to the wins and losses against playoff teams specifically, which is described at the complete User Guide. The complete User Guide is here.

ADJUSTING BASE RTR FOR FACTORS NOT INCLUDED IN BASE RTR THAT CAN BE MAJOR FOR DETERMINING WHO WINS PLAYOFF SERIES
Of all the popular American sports Leagues, the NBA is the one where the better team is most likely to avoid being upset in the playoffs. Therefore, the RTR system can be used to gain knowledge of which team is most likely to win playoff series. It can also be used to determine whether how good various players played led to an upset or not, and to get a general idea of how much better or worse than expected teams played in playoff series.

In order to do these things, however, it is necessary to modify base RTR for at least two factors that can not be directly embedded in it: home court advantage and players unavailable or playing badly due to injuries.

Even just to start with, due to a small amount of unavoidable statistical error remaining in the base RTR, there has to be a 7-12 points difference between teams before you can start to have any big confidence that one team will defeat another in the playoffs. More importantly, there are also factors unknown until close to or exactly when the series is actually being played, especially what the injury situation for each team is.

Another factor that becomes a big one when two teams with very similar ratings are playing is home court advantage. Home court advantage is estimated to be worth between 5 and 7 points.

Even if it were not for the injury wild card factor, use of RTR to predict playoff series prior to March 1 would not be very useful, due to the need for a fairly high percentage of the season to be over before the projections in base RTR are statistically meaningful, and due to the fact that the ratings are not relative to time, but rather expand with time.

MAJOR FACTORS DETERMINING WHO WINS PLAYOFF SERIES NOT BUILT IN TO THE BASIC RTR

1.HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
The home court advantage in RTR terms is believed to be 5 to 7 points

2. PLAYERS UNAVAILABLE (OR PLAYING POORLY) DUE TO INJURES
The impact relative to RTR is believed to be mathematically anything from almost 0 to 100 points for each injured and unavailable player who played during the regular season, depending mostly on how good the injured player is and depending on to what extent other players are able to step up and replace the injured player or players. Although the mathematical range of impact is 0 to 100, the realistically true and common relevant range covering the loss of starters and key reserves, is about 10 to 60 RTR points.

Players who were injured the entire season are irrelevant, except of course they are relevant in the hypothetical sense of how the season could have been different. Players who were injured relatively early in the regular season, in November or December, are only slightly relevant, and the loss of them would be a much smaller number of reduced RTR points than when the loss is later. Players who were injured late in the season, from mid-February to mid-April, have the most relevancy to whether playoff series can be won or lost, and the RTR reduction for them is much higher.

INJURY ADJUSTMENT TO RTR DIFFERENTIALS (DEVELOPMENTAL BUT HAS PASSED INITAL REVIEWS)
This adjustment is under development and review. However, it has passed initial approvals, which means it is very likely to be officially adopted in the near future.

The base or starting point is the quality of the player, as shown by the Real Player Ratings including the defending adjustment.

BASE FOR THE DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT TO RTR DUE TO INJURY/UNAVAILABLILTY OF PLAYERS
Almost Perfect Player: 125
Historical Superstar: 113
Superstar: 98
Star: 81
Outstanding/Solid Starter: 64
Major Role Player: 49
Role Player: 36
Minor Role Player: 25
Very Minor Role Player: 16
Poor Player: 9
Very Poor Player: 4
Extremely Poor Player: 1

Remember, the base is just the hypothetical maximum possible impact, and is not a relevant real world outlook by itself. The RTR impact and the real world impact of the loss is determined by many variables, the most important of which are when the player was lost, and to what extent the other players can make up for the loss of that player.

DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT FACTORS TO THE RTR INJURY ADJUSTMENT BASE

FACTOR FOR TIME IN THE SEASON WHEN THE PLAYER WAS LOST
November .1
December .25
January .45
February .70
March .95
April 1.0

FACTOR FOR TO WHAT EXTENT OTHER PLAYERS CAN MAKE UP FOR THE UNAVAILABLE PLAYER
We currently have to describe this adjustment generically:
(1)The player or players getting the lost minutes are close in quality (no more than one Real Player Rating category lower) and also close in terms of basketball position played, to the lost player: .4 to .6
(2)The player or players getting the lost minutes are close in quality, but are not close in terms of the position(s) played: .55 to .75
(3)The player or players getting the lost minutes are not close in quality, but are close in terms of the position played: .7 to .9

FACTOR FOR IMPORTANCE OF PLAYER TO THE TEAM (SHOWN BY MINUTES PER GAME)
32 mpg and more: 1.0
28 to 31.1: .9
24 to 27.9: .8
20 to 23.9: .7
16 to 19.9: .6
12 to 15.9: .5
8 to 11.9: .4
4 to 7.9: .3
Less than 4: .2

AN EXAMPLE OF HOW BASE RTR IS ADJUSTED FOR INJURIES: THE 2009 BOSTON CELTICS
Ok, now lets consider an example to see how all of this works. We have this year Kevin Garnett, one of the very best players in the NBA, not available to the Celtics due to injury. Garnett is in the almost perfect player range, so you start with 130 points as the unadjusted impact of the Garnett loss to the Celtics' Real Team Rating.

Now we need to breakdown that 130 gross number. First, we need the when the player was lost factor. Although Garnett came back for a few games in March, he was essentially lost for the season in February, so the factor to use is .70.

Next we need the stepping up of other players factor. Rajon Rondo has responded by being even better than he was in the regular season, which already was at the superstar level. And Rondo overall is playing as good as Garnett would be if he were playing, at the almost perfect level to be exact. So this turn of events would put the Celtics in the (2) situation above, so the factor to use would be between .55 to .75. Based on how extremely well Rondo is playing, and based on the overall resiliency of the Celtics, we will use .60 as the factor.

The third and final factor to use on the gross injury base RTR adjustment is how important the player is to the team, as shown by minutes per game. Garnett was about 31 minutes a game this season, so the factor to use is .9.

Now we can calculate by how many points we should downgrade the Celtics' RTR due to the loss of Kevin Garnett:

130 *.60 *.70 *.90 = 47.3

LEON POWE
Now we need to figure out how much the Celtics have lost due to Leon Powe not being available. Because the Celtics are also without Leon Powe, a very underrated 17 minutes a game forward, whose 2008-09 quality level was major role player.

Since he is a major role player, we start with 49 points. He was lost at the very end of the season, so the when lost factor is 1.0. Due to the simultaneous loss of Garnett and Powe, the Celtics are severly depleted upfront, which means you can positionally replace Garnett but not both Garnett and Powe at the same time, which in turn translates into a factor of about .75 for the to what extent other players can replace Powe factor. Finally, Powe played about 17 minutes a game this season, which means you should use a factor of .6 for importance of the player to the team.

Now we can calculate about how many RTR points the Celtics have lost due to Leon Powe not being available:

49 * 1.0 * .75 * .60 = 22.1

The two losses cost the Celtics roughly 47.3 + 22.1 = 69.4 points.

The Celtics' 2008-09 RTR unadjusted for injuries was 54.4. The Chicago Bulls' RTR was -24.02. So the difference between the two teams started out as 78.42. But the loss of Garnett and Powe cost the Celtics roughly 69.4 RTR points, leaving them with only a measly 9 points advantage over the Bulls, or 15 points once you add on the 6 points for home court advantage.

According to the Guidelines for Interpreting Differences in Real Team Ratings (which is reprinted from the overall User Guide below) a 15 points difference means there was somewhere between a 72% and an 80% that the Celtics were going to win the series.

So in real life, the series played out exactly as the RTR predicted that it would, at least once you have adjusted the RTR for players not available!

So what has to be done to figure out the real differences between any two playoff teams is to start with RTR, and then use the under development but destined to become officially approved Injury Adjustments. So we will have RTR-IA to use to predict playoff series, and to judge whether a series has been an upset or not, and also to judge just how heroic players such as Rajon Rondo are. (Note: always remember to add in about 6 points for the home court advantage, too.)

Bottom line for the Celtics: Rajon Rondo has been out there making up for both Kevin Garnett and Leon Powe. He has been a hero, not only for that, but also because he was already a superstar in the regular season, and then he had to get even better than being a superstar.

How would you like someone to come up to you and say to you: "You are a superstar, but that is not good enouogh right now. Now you have to be better than a superstar, you have to be almost perfect." You might be thinking to yourself: "Yeah right, I'm going to be able to suddenly be even better than I already am. I'll try, but I doubt it's going to happen; I'm not a miracle worker".

Whereas Rondo said: "No problem, I'm down with that." And then he proceeded to go out there and be almost perfect, as if that is as easy as waking up in the morning.

So Rajon Rondo is no doubt one of the heroes of the 2009 playoffs. And he has a very good chance of being the first ever Real Playoffs MVP here at Quest, which will be an honor given out to the player who did the most to help his team, regardless of exactly how many games and series the team won.

It's a good thing he already has a ring, because if he didn't fully earn it last year, he sure as hell earned one this year.

But the Celtics will need a miracle to defeat the Magic despite this.

GUIDE TO INTERPRETATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEAMS' REAL TEAM RATINGS
In the numeric interpretaton guide that follows, the word "roughly" is repeatedly used in front of the probability numbers, as a reminder about the small amount of unavoidable statistical error, and to emphasize that unknown factors, especially injuries, will in some cases result in substantially different actual probabilities.

The probability percentages are based on the historical results in the NBA:

REMEMBER:
In order to realistically compare teams using RTR, particularly if your objective is to know who is most likely to win playoff series, you MUST add 5 to 7 points to the RTR of the team that has home court advantage (HCA), and you MUST use the Injury Adjustment (IA) for all injured players on all teams evaluated. The injury adjustment is under development, is in beta currently, and is described extensively above. In other words, for any and all teams being evaluated, you MUST use RTR + HCA + IA

The following guidelines assume that the HCA and all injury adjustments have been correctly done.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 0 AND 4.9
The series is a complete toss-up, when statistical error is considered. There is a strong possibility of a 7 game series. The higher team has a 50% to 57% chance of winning, depending on what exactly the difference is. These probabilities are too low for anyone to have any confidence in using adjusted RTR to say who will win. All series of this type are decided quite simply by who plays better, by who coaches better, or both.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 5.0 AND 9.9
The series can easily go either way, although the higher team has a slight edge, and has between a 57% to 66% chance of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. There is a very substantial chance of a 7-game series. If the lower team wins, it is nothing more than a minor upset. Either slight differences in the quality of coaching, certain players playing a little better or a little worse than they did in the regular season, or both, could be responsible for an upset at this level.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 10.0 AND 14.9
The series can go either way, and this type of difference gives a substantial chance for a 7-game series. But the higher team has a clear edge. The higher team has between a 66% and a 76% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. If the lower team wins, it is an upset, though generally not a major upset. Either slight differences in the quality of coaching, certain players playing a little better or a little worse than they did in the regular season, or both, could be responsible for an upset at this level.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 15.0 AND 19.9
The higher team has roughly between a 76% to 84% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. There is still a chance, but a relatively small one, for a 7-game series. If the lower team wins, it is a major upset, though generally not a shocking upset. Either coaches, certain players, or both could be responsible for an upset at this level.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 20.0 AND 24.9
The higher team has roughly between an 84% to a 91% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. In this kind of series, often the only way the lower team can win the series is by extending the series out to 7 games and then somehow winning the 7th game, thus taking the series 4 games to 3. However, it is not uncommon, assuming there is an upset in this type of series, for the lower team to so severly disrupt the favored team that the lower team upsets the higher, favored team 4 games to 2. Whichever way it does it, if the lower team does win coming in down by this amount, it should be considered a shocking upset. In most such cases, the coaching would have to be very wrong and/or negligent.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 25.0 AND 29.9
The higher team has roughly between a 91% and a 95.5% probability of winning. depending on where in the range the difference is. In this kind of series, often the only way the lower team can win the series is by taking the series 7 games and winning the 7th game, thus taking the series 4 games to 3. However, there have been a tiny number of series where a team with this amount of a RTR deficit has won the series by so severly disrupting the favored team that it is able to win the series 4 games to 2. In probably all such cases, the coaching for the higher team was severely wrong and/or negligent. Whether accomplished in 6 games or 7, the lower team winning despite being this far behind in RTR is extremely rare, and would be considered a very shocking, historical upset.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS BETWEEN 30.0 AND 34.9
The higher team has roughly between a 95.5% and a 98% probability of winning, depending on where in the range the difference is. Obviously, an upset would be extremely rare, shocking, and historical. It would obviously be caused substantially by incompetent and/or severely negligent coaching. With this amount of difference, any upset would almost certainly have to be with the series going all seven games.

DIFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS 35.0 AND 39.9
The higher team has a roughly between a 98% and a 99.5% probability of winning the series. Obviously, an upset would be extremely rare, shocking, and historical. It would obviously be caused substantially by incompetent and/or severely negligent coaching. With this amount of difference, any upset would almost certainly have to be with the series going all seven games.

DEFFERENCE IN RATINGS IS 40.0 OR MORE
It is close to a 100% certainty that the higher team will win the series. Obviously, an upset would be extremely rare, shocking, and historical. It would obviously be caused substantially by incompetent and/or severely negligent coaching. With this amount of difference, any upset would almost certainly have to be with the series going all seven games.

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NBA Real Player Ratings by Team as of Feb 25 2009

2009-03-01T07:01:00.000-08:00

Here they are everyone, the Real Player Ratings for the NBA, presented by team. Go to here to see the ratings presented in one big list, for the NBA as a whole. For the first time, the ratings include an adjustment for defending actions that are not recorded by the League or by anyone else! This is, as they say, really big.

USER GUIDE NOTES THAT APPLY TO THIS PRESENTATION MODE
All players, including traded players, who have played 300 minutes or more for a team, are shown by the team played for. If a traded player has played for two teams 300 minutes or more, he is listed with both of those teams. To fully consider the current quality or strength of NBA teams, you need to include players recently acquired by trade. Such players may be listed only with their previous team, that is, the team they were traded from.

For complete details about how and why the Ratings work, see the User Guide:

USER GUIDE
For very detailed information about how Real Player Ratings were developed and are calculated, please consult the User Guide for Real Player Rating Reports for the NBA, for NBA Teams, and for Games

SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect Player? Is there Such a Thing? 1.000 and more
Historic Super Star 0.950 and more
Super Star 0.850 0.949
A Star Player; An Extremely Good Starter 0.775 0.849
An Outstanding Player; A Solid Starter 0.700 0.774
Major Role Player 0.650 0.699
Role Player 0.600 0.649
Minor Role Player 0.550 0.599
Very Minor Role Player 0.500 0.549
Poor Player at This Time 0.450 0.499
Very Poor Player at This Time 0.350 0.449
Extremely Poor Player at This Time / Disaster and less 0.349

REAL PLAYER RATINGS BY TEAM, ALPHABETICALLY
NBA: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE 2008-09 REGULAR SEASON
AS OF FEBRUARY 25 2009

Joe Johnson Atlanta 0.820
Josh Smith Atlanta 0.782
Mike Bibby Atlanta 0.764
Al Horford Atlanta 0.762
Zaza Pachulia Atlanta 0.721
Marvin Williams Atlanta 0.648
Ronald Murray Atlanta 0.637
Acie Law Atlanta 0.588
Solomon Jones Atlanta 0.460
Maurice Evans Atlanta 0.455

Kevin Garnett Boston 1.008
Rajon Rondo Boston 0.908
Paul Pierce Boston 0.765
Ray Allen Boston 0.748
Leon Powe Boston 0.686
Eddie House Boston 0.665
Kendrick Perkins Boston 0.590
Tony Allen Boston 0.555
Gabe Pruitt Boston 0.466
Glen Davis Boston 0.448
Brian Scalabrine Boston 0.307

Emeka Okafor Charlotte 0.798
Gerald Wallace Charlotte 0.765
Boris Diaw† Charlotte 0.691
Raymond Felton Charlotte 0.684
Jason Richardson† Charlotte 0.649
D.J. Augustin Charlotte 0.592
Raja Bell† Charlotte 0.544
Jared Dudley† Charlotte 0.500
Shannon Brown† Charlotte 0.465
Juwan Howard† Charlotte 0.420
Matt Carroll† Charlotte 0.381
Nazr Mohammed Charlotte 0.361
Adam Morrison† Charlotte 0.293

Kirk Hinrich Chicago 0.789
Joakim Noah Chicago 0.766
Drew Gooden Chicago 0.745
Derrick Rose Chicago 0.725
Ben Gordon Chicago 0.724
Luol Deng Chicago 0.716
Tyrus Thomas Chicago 0.710
Larry Hughes† Chicago 0.648
Andres Nocioni† Chicago 0.577
Thabo Sefolosha† Chicago 0.566
Aaron Gray Chicago 0.553

LeBron James Cleveland 1.305
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Cleveland 0.912
Mo Williams Cleveland 0.800
Delonte West Cleveland 0.738
Ben Wallace Cleveland 0.628
Anderson Varejao Cleveland 0.624
J.J. Hickson Cleveland 0.553
Wally Szczerbiak Cleveland 0.500
Sasha Pavlovic Cleveland 0.454
Daniel Gibson Cleveland 0.443

Dirk Nowitzki Dallas 0.974
Jason Kidd Dallas 0.923
Jason Terry Dallas 0.863
James Singleton Dallas 0.763
Jose Juan Barea Dallas 0.751
Erick Dampier Dallas 0.747
Josh Howard Dallas 0.733
Brandon Bass Dallas 0.682
Gerald Green Dallas 0.487
DeSagana Diop† Dallas 0.444
Antoine Wright Dallas 0.413
Devean George Dallas 0.320

Nene Hilario Denver 0.864
Carmelo Anthony Denver 0.860
Chauncey Billups† Denver 0.859
Chris Andersen Denver 0.755
J.R. Smith Denver 0.749
Kenyon Martin Denver 0.724
Renaldo Balkman Denver 0.716
Anthony Carter Denver 0.652
Linas Kleiza Denver 0.558
Dahntay Jones Denver 0.424

Allen Iverson† Detroit 0.744
Antonio McDyess Detroit 0.712
Rodney Stuckey Detroit 0.700
Rasheed Wallace Detroit 0.697
Amir Johnson Detroit 0.688
Tayshaun Prince Detroit 0.680
Richard Hamilton Detroit 0.638
Kwame Brown Detroit 0.580
Jason Maxiell Detroit 0.558
Arron Afflalo Detroit 0.321

Andris Biedrins Golden State 0.957
Brandan Wright Golden State 0.855
Ronny Turiaf Golden State 0.787
Stephen Jackson Golden State 0.765
Anthony Randolph Golden State 0.734
Corey Maggette Golden State 0.732
Anthony Morrow Golden State 0.710
Kelenna Azubuike Golden State 0.708
C.J. Watson Golden State 0.700
Jamal Crawford† Golden State 0.612
Marco Belinelli Golden State 0.574
Monta Ellis Golden State 0.557

Yao Ming Houston 1.008
Tracy McGrady Houston 0.793
Ron Artest Houston 0.765
Luis Scola Houston 0.716
Carl Landry Houston 0.695
Rafer Alston Houston 0.618
Aaron Brooks Houston 0.582
Von Wafer Houston 0.580
Shane Battier Houston 0.524
Brent Barry Houston 0.503
Luther Head Houston 0.446
Chuck Hayes Houston 0.429

Danny Granger Indiana 0.895
Troy Murphy Indiana 0.847
Rasho Nesterovic Indiana 0.841
T.J. Ford Indiana 0.832
Roy Hibbert Indiana 0.760
Marquis Daniels Indiana 0.725
Jeff Foster Indiana 0.723
Travis Diener Indiana 0.693
Mike Dunleavy Indiana 0.614
Jarrett Jack Indiana 0.571
Stephen Graham Indiana 0.484
Brandon Rush Indiana 0.408

Marcus Camby LA Clippers 1.008
Zach Randolph† LA Clippers 0.947
Baron Davis LA Clippers 0.772
Chris Kaman LA Clippers 0.746
Paul Davis LA Clippers 0.621
Eric Gordon LA Clippers 0.612
DeAndre Jordan LA Clippers 0.558
Al Thornton LA Clippers 0.541
Mardy Collins† LA Clippers 0.523
Steve Novak LA Clippers 0.520
Fred Jones LA Clippers 0.520
Brian Skinner LA Clippers 0.478
Jason Hart LA Clippers 0.459
Cuttino Mobley LA Clippers 0.444
Ricky Davis LA Clippers 0.358

Kobe Bryant LA Lakers 1.052
Andrew Bynum LA Lakers 0.931
Pau Gasol LA Lakers 0.929
Lamar Odom LA Lakers 0.825
Trevor Ariza LA Lakers 0.756
Jordan Farmar LA Lakers 0.650
Luke Walton LA Lakers 0.629
Derek Fisher LA Lakers 0.613
Sasha Vujacic LA Lakers 0.600
Vladimir Radmanovic† LA Lakers 0.531
Josh Powell LA Lakers 0.477

Hakim Warrick Memphis 0.688
Darko Milicic Memphis 0.680
Marc Gasol Memphis 0.645
Mike Conley Memphis 0.638
Kyle Lowry† Memphis 0.591
O.J. Mayo Memphis 0.579
Rudy Gay Memphis 0.564
Greg Buckner Memphis 0.481
Darrell Arthur Memphis 0.479
Quinton Ross Memphis 0.463

Dwyane Wade Miami 1.128
Shawn Marion† Miami 0.715
Michael Beasley Miami 0.679
Mario Chalmers Miami 0.615
Udonis Haslem Miami 0.605
Chris Quinn Miami 0.599
Jamaal Magloire Miami 0.522
Daequan Cook Miami 0.473
Yakhouba Diawara Miami 0.456
Joel Anthony Miami 0.434

Andrew Bogut Milwaukee 0.875
Charlie Villanueva Milwaukee 0.830
Ramon Sessions Milwaukee 0.781
Michael Redd Milwaukee 0.716
Luke Ridnour Milwaukee 0.710
Tyronn Lue† Milwaukee 0.665
Richard Jefferson Milwaukee 0.628
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Milwaukee 0.600
Dan Gadzuric Milwaukee 0.527
Malik Allen Milwaukee 0.517
Charlie Bell Milwaukee 0.437
Joe Alexander Milwaukee 0.416
Francisco Elson Milwaukee 0.415

Al Jefferson Minnesota 1.017
Kevin Love Minnesota 0.735
Craig Smith Minnesota 0.646
Corey Brewer Minnesota 0.644
Randy Foye Minnesota 0.634
Mike Miller Minnesota 0.609
Sebastian Telfair Minnesota 0.571
Ryan Gomes Minnesota 0.530
Brian Cardinal Minnesota 0.529
Kevin Ollie Minnesota 0.486
Rodney Carney Minnesota 0.459
Rashad McCants† Minnesota 0.457

Devin Harris New Jersey 0.832
Vince Carter New Jersey 0.826
Brook Lopez New Jersey 0.730
Keyon Dooling New Jersey 0.669
Josh Boone New Jersey 0.654
Jarvis Hayes New Jersey 0.614
Yi Jianlian New Jersey 0.604
Ryan Anderson New Jersey 0.603
Eduardo Najera New Jersey 0.535
Bobby Simmons New Jersey 0.468
Trenton Hassell New Jersey 0.456

Chris Paul New Orleans 1.216
David West New Orleans 0.738
Devin Brown New Orleans 0.649
Antonio Daniels† New Orleans 0.580
Tyson Chandler New Orleans 0.567
James Posey New Orleans 0.543
Morris Peterson New Orleans 0.525
Peja Stojakovic New Orleans 0.513
Rasual Butler New Orleans 0.501
Sean Marks New Orleans 0.446
Hilton Armstrong New Orleans 0.409

Zach Randolph† New York 0.955
Nate Robinson New York 0.912
David Lee New York 0.844
Al Harrington† New York 0.729
Tim Thomas† New York 0.712
Jamal Crawford† New York 0.681
Chris Duhon New York 0.652
Wilson Chandler New York 0.579
Quentin Richardson New York 0.574
Jared Jeffries New York 0.449

Kevin Durant Oklahoma 0.821
Joe Smith Oklahoma 0.720
Russell Westbrook Oklahoma 0.684
Chris Wilcox† Oklahoma 0.632
Jeff Green Oklahoma 0.626
Nick Collison Oklahoma 0.589
Johan Petro† Oklahoma 0.561
Nenad Krstic Oklahoma 0.555
Earl Watson Oklahoma 0.506
Damien Wilkins Oklahoma 0.454
Kyle Weaver Oklahoma 0.427
Desmond Mason Oklahoma 0.397

Dwight Howard Orlando 1.031
Jameer Nelson Orlando 0.906
Rashard Lewis Orlando 0.723
Marcin Gortat Orlando 0.705
Hedo Turkoglu Orlando 0.673
Tony Battie Orlando 0.609
Anthony Johnson Orlando 0.546
Mickael Pietrus Orlando 0.504
Keith Bogans† Orlando 0.453
Courtney Lee Orlando 0.443
J.J. Redick Orlando 0.403

Andre Miller Philadelphia 0.895
Andre Iguodala Philadelphia 0.866
Marreese Speights Philadelphia 0.766
Elton Brand Philadelphia 0.749
Samuel Dalembert Philadelphia 0.673
Thaddeus Young Philadelphia 0.632
Lou Williams Philadelphia 0.611
Willie Green Philadelphia 0.585
Reggie Evans Philadelphia 0.447
Royal Ivey Philadelphia 0.349

Shaquille O'Neal Phoenix 0.900
Amare Stoudemire Phoenix 0.852
Steve Nash Phoenix 0.841
Leandro Barbosa Phoenix 0.802
Boris Diaw† Phoenix 0.727
Grant Hill Phoenix 0.705
Jason Richardson† Phoenix 0.666
Matt Barnes Phoenix 0.563
Louis Amundson Phoenix 0.521
Raja Bell† Phoenix 0.507
Goran Dragic Phoenix 0.474
Robin Lopez Phoenix 0.467

Brandon Roy Portland 0.907
LaMarcus Aldridge Portland 0.794
Joel Przybilla Portland 0.747
Rudy Fernandez Portland 0.730
Sergio Rodriguez Portland 0.722
Greg Oden Portland 0.681
Steve Blake Portland 0.664
Travis Outlaw Portland 0.604
Channing Frye Portland 0.537
Jerryd Bayless Portland 0.493
Nicolas Batum Portland 0.489

Brad Miller† Sacramento 0.758
John Salmons† Sacramento 0.683
Jason Thompson Sacramento 0.675
Kevin Martin Sacramento 0.657
Beno Udrih Sacramento 0.646
Bobby Jackson Sacramento 0.639
Francisco Garcia Sacramento 0.618
Spencer Hawes Sacramento 0.593
Shelden Williams Sacramento 0.589
Donte Greene Sacramento 0.529
Mikki Moore Sacramento 0.512
Bobby Brown† Sacramento 0.447

Tim Duncan San Antonio 1.093
Manu Ginobili San Antonio 0.923
Tony Parker San Antonio 0.866
Matt Bonner San Antonio 0.740
Kurt Thomas San Antonio 0.724
George Hill San Antonio 0.637
Roger Mason San Antonio 0.519
Michael Finley San Antonio 0.509
Ime Udoka San Antonio 0.507
Fabricio Oberto San Antonio 0.476
Bruce Bowen San Antonio 0.372

Chris Bosh Toronto 0.882
Jose Calderon Toronto 0.844
Kris Humphries Toronto 0.784
Jermaine O'Neal† Toronto 0.771
Jamario Moon† Toronto 0.730
Roko Ukic Toronto 0.621
Will Solomon† Toronto 0.601
Andrea Bargnani Toronto 0.562
Anthony Parker Toronto 0.562
Joey Graham Toronto 0.546
Jason Kapono Toronto 0.432

Carlos Boozer Utah 0.992
Andrei Kirilenko Utah 0.939
Paul Millsap Utah 0.912
Deron Williams Utah 0.902
Kosta Koufos Utah 0.803
Matt Harpring Utah 0.787
Mehmet Okur Utah 0.763
Brevin Knight Utah 0.719
Kyle Korver Utah 0.651
Ronnie Brewer Utah 0.637
Ronnie Price Utah 0.527
C.J. Miles Utah 0.498

Andray Blatche Washington 0.836
Antawn Jamison Washington 0.814
Caron Butler Washington 0.742
Nick Young Washington 0.710
Darius Songaila Washington 0.648
JaVale McGee Washington 0.634
Javaris Crittenton† Washington 0.616
Dominic McGuire Washington 0.533
Juan Dixon Washington 0.525
Mike James† Washington 0.485
Etan Thomas Washington 0.448
DeShawn Stevenson Washington 0.370

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Real Player Ratings for the NBA as of Feb 25 2009

2009-02-26T06:34:00.000-08:00

Here they are everyone, the Real Player Ratings for the NBA. For the first time, the ratings include an adjustment for defending actions that are not recorded by the League or by anyone else! This is, as they say, really big.

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SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect Player? Is there Such a Thing? 1.000 and more
Historic Super Star 0.950 and more
Super Star 0.850 0.949
A Star Player; An Extremely Good Starter 0.775 0.849
An Outstanding Player; A Solid Starter 0.700 0.774
Major Role Player 0.650 0.699
Role Player 0.600 0.649
Minor Role Player 0.550 0.599
Very Minor Role Player 0.500 0.549
Poor Player at This Time 0.450 0.499
Very Poor Player at This Time 0.350 0.449
Extremely Poor Player at This Time / Disaster and less 0.349

REAL PLAYER RATINGS
NBA: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
FOR THE 2008-09 REGULAR SEASON
AS OF FEBRUARY 25 2009

NEAR PERFECT PLAYERS / HISTORIC SUPERSTARS
LeBron James Cleveland 1.305
Chris Paul New Orleans 1.216
Dwyane Wade Miami 1.128
Tim Duncan San Antonio 1.093
Kobe Bryant LA Lakers 1.052
Dwight Howard Orlando 1.031
Al Jefferson Minnesota 1.017
Kevin Garnett Boston 1.008
Yao Ming Houston 1.008
Marcus Camby LA Clippers 1.008

HISTORIC SUPERSTARS
Carlos Boozer Utah 0.992
Dirk Nowitzki Dallas 0.974
Andris Biedrins Golden State 0.957
Zach Randolph† New York 0.955
Zach Randolph† LA Clippers 0.947

SUPERSTARS
Andrei Kirilenko Utah 0.939
Andrew Bynum LA Lakers 0.931
Pau Gasol LA Lakers 0.929
Jason Kidd Dallas 0.923
Manu Ginobili San Antonio 0.923
Paul Millsap Utah 0.912
Nate Robinson New York 0.912
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Cleveland 0.912
Rajon Rondo Boston 0.908
Brandon Roy Portland 0.907
Jameer Nelson Orlando 0.906
Deron Williams Utah 0.902
Shaquille O'Neal Phoenix 0.900
Andre Miller Philadelphia 0.895
Danny Granger Indiana 0.895
Chris Bosh Toronto 0.882
Andrew Bogut Milwaukee 0.875
Tony Parker San Antonio 0.866
Andre Iguodala Philadelphia 0.866
Nene Hilario Denver 0.864
Jason Terry Dallas 0.863
Carmelo Anthony Denver 0.860
Chauncey Billups† Denver 0.859
Brandan Wright Golden State 0.855
Amare Stoudemire Phoenix 0.852

STARS
Troy Murphy Indiana 0.847
David Lee New York 0.844
Jose Calderon Toronto 0.844
Steve Nash Phoenix 0.841
Rasho Nesterovic Indiana 0.841
Andray Blatche Washington 0.836
T.J. Ford Indiana 0.832
Devin Harris New Jersey 0.832
Charlie Villanueva Milwaukee 0.830
Vince Carter New Jersey 0.826
Lamar Odom LA Lakers 0.825
Kevin Durant Oklahoma 0.821
Joe Johnson Atlanta 0.820
Antawn Jamison Washington 0.814
Kosta Koufos Utah 0.803
Leandro Barbosa Phoenix 0.802
Mo Williams Cleveland 0.800
Emeka Okafor Charlotte 0.798
LaMarcus Aldridge Portland 0.794
Tracy McGrady Houston 0.793
Kirk Hinrich Chicago 0.789
Ronny Turiaf Golden State 0.787
Matt Harpring Utah 0.787
Kris Humphries Toronto 0.784
Josh Smith Atlanta 0.782
Ramon Sessions Milwaukee 0.781

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Baron Davis LA Clippers 0.772
Jermaine O'Neal† Toronto 0.771
Marreese Speights Philadelphia 0.766
Joakim Noah Chicago 0.766
Gerald Wallace Charlotte 0.765
Paul Pierce Boston 0.765
Ron Artest Houston 0.765
Stephen Jackson Golden State 0.765
Mike Bibby Atlanta 0.764
Mehmet Okur Utah 0.763
James Singleton Dallas 0.763
Al Horford Atlanta 0.762
Roy Hibbert Indiana 0.760
Brad Miller† Sacramento 0.758
Trevor Ariza LA Lakers 0.756
Chris Andersen Denver 0.755
Jose Juan Barea Dallas 0.751
J.R. Smith Denver 0.749
Elton Brand Philadelphia 0.749
Ray Allen Boston 0.748
Erick Dampier Dallas 0.747
Joel Przybilla Portland 0.747
Chris Kaman LA Clippers 0.746
Drew Gooden Chicago 0.745
Allen Iverson† Detroit 0.744
Caron Butler Washington 0.742
Matt Bonner San Antonio 0.740
David West New Orleans 0.738
Delonte West Cleveland 0.738
Kevin Love Minnesota 0.735
Anthony Randolph Golden State 0.734
Josh Howard Dallas 0.733
Corey Maggette Golden State 0.732
Jamario Moon† Toronto 0.730
Rudy Fernandez Portland 0.730
Brook Lopez New Jersey 0.730
Al Harrington† New York 0.729
Boris Diaw† Phoenix 0.727
Marquis Daniels Indiana 0.725
Derrick Rose Chicago 0.725
Kenyon Martin Denver 0.724
Ben Gordon Chicago 0.724
Kurt Thomas San Antonio 0.724
Jeff Foster Indiana 0.723
Rashard Lewis Orlando 0.723
Sergio Rodriguez Portland 0.722
Zaza Pachulia Atlanta 0.721
Joe Smith Oklahoma 0.720
Brevin Knight Utah 0.719
Michael Redd Milwaukee 0.716
Luis Scola Houston 0.716
Renaldo Balkman Denver 0.716
Luol Deng Chicago 0.716
Shawn Marion† Miami 0.715
Antonio McDyess Detroit 0.712
Tim Thomas† New York 0.712
Nick Young Washington 0.710
Tyrus Thomas Chicago 0.710
Anthony Morrow Golden State 0.710
Luke Ridnour Milwaukee 0.710
Kelenna Azubuike Golden State 0.708
Grant Hill Phoenix 0.705
Marcin Gortat Orlando 0.705
Rodney Stuckey Detroit 0.700
C.J. Watson Golden State 0.700

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS
Rasheed Wallace Detroit 0.697
Carl Landry Houston 0.695
Travis Diener Indiana 0.693
Boris Diaw† Charlotte 0.691
Amir Johnson Detroit 0.688
Hakim Warrick Memphis 0.688
Leon Powe Boston 0.686
Raymond Felton Charlotte 0.684
Russell Westbrook Oklahoma 0.684
John Salmons† Sacramento 0.683
Brandon Bass Dallas 0.682
Jamal Crawford† New York 0.681
Greg Oden Portland 0.681
Darko Milicic Memphis 0.680
Tayshaun Prince Detroit 0.680
Michael Beasley Miami 0.679
Jason Thompson Sacramento 0.675
Hedo Turkoglu Orlando 0.673
Samuel Dalembert Philadelphia 0.673
Keyon Dooling New Jersey 0.669
Jason Richardson† Phoenix 0.666
Eddie House Boston 0.665
Tyronn Lue† Milwaukee 0.665
Steve Blake Portland 0.664
Kevin Martin Sacramento 0.657
Josh Boone New Jersey 0.654
Anthony Carter Denver 0.652
Chris Duhon New York 0.652
Kyle Korver Utah 0.651
Jordan Farmar LA Lakers 0.650

ROLE PLAYERS
Jason Richardson† Charlotte 0.649
Devin Brown New Orleans 0.649
Larry Hughes† Chicago 0.648
Marvin Williams Atlanta 0.648
Darius Songaila Washington 0.648
Beno Udrih Sacramento 0.646
Craig Smith Minnesota 0.646
Marc Gasol Memphis 0.645
Corey Brewer Minnesota 0.644
Bobby Jackson Sacramento 0.639
Mike Conley Memphis 0.638
Richard Hamilton Detroit 0.638
Ronnie Brewer Utah 0.637
George Hill San Antonio 0.637
Ronald Murray Atlanta 0.637
Randy Foye Minnesota 0.634
JaVale McGee Washington 0.634
Chris Wilcox† Oklahoma 0.632
Thaddeus Young Philadelphia 0.632
Luke Walton LA Lakers 0.629
Richard Jefferson Milwaukee 0.628
Ben Wallace Cleveland 0.628
Jeff Green Oklahoma 0.626
Anderson Varejao Cleveland 0.624
Paul Davis LA Clippers 0.621
Roko Ukic Toronto 0.621
Rafer Alston Houston 0.618
Francisco Garcia Sacramento 0.618
Javaris Crittenton† Washington 0.616
Mario Chalmers Miami 0.615
Jarvis Hayes New Jersey 0.614
Mike Dunleavy Indiana 0.614
Derek Fisher LA Lakers 0.613
Eric Gordon LA Clippers 0.612
Jamal Crawford† Golden State 0.612
Lou Williams Philadelphia 0.611
Tony Battie Orlando 0.609
Mike Miller Minnesota 0.609
Udonis Haslem Miami 0.605
Yi Jianlian New Jersey 0.604
Travis Outlaw Portland 0.604
Ryan Anderson New Jersey 0.603
Will Solomon† Toronto 0.601
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Milwaukee 0.600
Sasha Vujacic LA Lakers 0.600

MINOR ROLE PLAYERS
Chris Quinn Miami 0.599
Spencer Hawes Sacramento 0.593
D.J. Augustin Charlotte 0.592
Kyle Lowry† Memphis 0.591
Kendrick Perkins Boston 0.590
Shelden Williams Sacramento 0.589
Nick Collison Oklahoma 0.589
Acie Law Atlanta 0.588
Willie Green Philadelphia 0.585
Aaron Brooks Houston 0.582
Antonio Daniels† New Orleans 0.580
Von Wafer Houston 0.580
Kwame Brown Detroit 0.580
O.J. Mayo Memphis 0.579
Wilson Chandler New York 0.579
Andres Nocioni† Chicago 0.577
Marco Belinelli Golden State 0.574
Quentin Richardson New York 0.574
Sebastian Telfair Minnesota 0.571
Jarrett Jack Indiana 0.571
Tyson Chandler New Orleans 0.567
Thabo Sefolosha† Chicago 0.566
Rudy Gay Memphis 0.564
Matt Barnes Phoenix 0.563
Anthony Parker Toronto 0.562
Andrea Bargnani Toronto 0.562
Johan Petro† Oklahoma 0.561
DeAndre Jordan LA Clippers 0.558
Linas Kleiza Denver 0.558
Jason Maxiell Detroit 0.558
Monta Ellis Golden State 0.557
Nenad Krstic Oklahoma 0.555
Tony Allen Boston 0.555
Aaron Gray Chicago 0.553
J.J. Hickson Cleveland 0.553

VERY MINOR ROLE PLAYERS
Joey Graham Toronto 0.546
Anthony Johnson Orlando 0.546
Raja Bell† Charlotte 0.544
James Posey New Orleans 0.543
Al Thornton LA Clippers 0.541
Channing Frye Portland 0.537
Eduardo Najera New Jersey 0.535
Dominic McGuire Washington 0.533
Vladimir Radmanovic† LA Lakers 0.531
Ryan Gomes Minnesota 0.530
Brian Cardinal Minnesota 0.529
Donte Greene Sacramento 0.529
Ronnie Price Utah 0.527
Dan Gadzuric Milwaukee 0.527
Morris Peterson New Orleans 0.525
Juan Dixon Washington 0.525
Shane Battier Houston 0.524
Mardy Collins† LA Clippers 0.523
Jamaal Magloire Miami 0.522
Louis Amundson Phoenix 0.521
Fred Jones LA Clippers 0.520
Steve Novak LA Clippers 0.520
Roger Mason San Antonio 0.519
Malik Allen Milwaukee 0.517
Peja Stojakovic New Orleans 0.513
Mikki Moore Sacramento 0.512
Michael Finley San Antonio 0.509
Raja Bell† Phoenix 0.507
Ime Udoka San Antonio 0.507
Earl Watson Oklahoma 0.506
Mickael Pietrus Orlando 0.504
Brent Barry Houston 0.503
Rasual Butler New Orleans 0.501
Wally Szczerbiak Cleveland 0.500
Jared Dudley† Charlotte 0.500

OTHERS: LESS IMPORTANT, BELOW AVERAGE, POOR, EXTREME DEFENSE ONLY TYPE
C.J. Miles Utah 0.498
Jerryd Bayless Portland 0.493
Nicolas Batum Portland 0.489
Gerald Green Dallas 0.487
Kevin Ollie Minnesota 0.486
Mike James† Washington 0.485
Stephen Graham Indiana 0.484
Greg Buckner Memphis 0.481
Darrell Arthur Memphis 0.479
Brian Skinner LA Clippers 0.478
Josh Powell LA Lakers 0.477
Fabricio Oberto San Antonio 0.476
Goran Dragic Phoenix 0.474
Daequan Cook Miami 0.473
Bobby Simmons New Jersey 0.468
Robin Lopez Phoenix 0.467
Gabe Pruitt Boston 0.466
Shannon Brown† Charlotte 0.465
Quinton Ross Memphis 0.463
Solomon Jones Atlanta 0.460
Rodney Carney Minnesota 0.459
Jason Hart LA Clippers 0.459
Rashad McCants† Minnesota 0.457
Yakhouba Diawara Miami 0.456
Trenton Hassell New Jersey 0.456
Maurice Evans Atlanta 0.455
Sasha Pavlovic Cleveland 0.454
Damien Wilkins Oklahoma 0.454
Keith Bogans† Orlando 0.453
Jared Jeffries New York 0.449
Etan Thomas Washington 0.448
Glen Davis Boston 0.448
Reggie Evans Philadelphia 0.447
Bobby Brown† Sacramento 0.447
Luther Head Houston 0.446
Sean Marks New Orleans 0.446
Cuttino Mobley LA Clippers 0.444
DeSagana Diop† Dallas 0.444
Courtney Lee Orlando 0.443
Daniel Gibson Cleveland 0.443
Charlie Bell Milwaukee 0.437
Joel Anthony Miami 0.434
Jason Kapono Toronto 0.432
Chuck Hayes Houston 0.429
Kyle Weaver Oklahoma 0.427
Dahntay Jones Denver 0.424
Juwan Howard† Charlotte 0.420
Joe Alexander Milwaukee 0.416
Francisco Elson Milwaukee 0.415
Antoine Wright Dallas 0.413
Hilton Armstrong New Orleans 0.409
Brandon Rush Indiana 0.408
J.J. Redick Orlando 0.403
Desmond Mason Oklahoma 0.397
Matt Carroll† Charlotte 0.381
Bruce Bowen San Antonio 0.372
DeShawn Stevenson Washington 0.370
Nazr Mohammed Charlotte 0.361
Ricky Davis LA Clippers 0.358
Royal Ivey Philadelphia 0.349
Arron Afflalo Detroit 0.321
Devean George Dallas 0.320
Brian Scalabrine Boston 0.307
Adam Morrison† Charlotte 0.293

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Real Team Ratings as of Jan. 3, 2009

2009-01-04T21:04:00.000-08:00

Real Team Ratings for NBA Teams
As of Jan. 3 2009
The rating system has been improved. A new User Guide follows the ratings.

1 Los Angeles Lakers 51.20
2 Cleveland Cavaliers 50.80
3 Boston Celtics 48.90
4 Orlando Magic 28.00
5 Houston Rockets 12.60
6 Atlanta Hawks 11.50
7 New Orleans Hornets 11.30
8 Utah Jazz 8.40
9 Denver Nuggets 8.00
10 San Antonio Spurs 6.50
11 Portland Trail Blazers 6.20
12 Dallas Mavericks 1.20
13 Detroit Pistons 0.00
14 Phoenix Suns -4.70
15 Miami Heat -6.10
16 New Jersey Nets -12.90
17 Milwaukee Bucks -15.20
18 Indiana Pacers -22.10
19 Philadelphia 76ers -24.20
20 Charlotte Bobcats -26.70
21 Toronto Raptors -31.40
22 Chicago Bulls -31.90
23 New York Knicks -34.30
24 Los Angeles Clippers -37.00
25 Golden State Warriors -38.90
26 Memphis Grizzlies -38.90
27 Washington Wizards -50.10
28 Minnesota Timberwolves -54.00
29 Sacramento Kings -58.00
30 Oklahoma City Thunder -65.30

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USER GUIDE FOR REAL TEAM RATINGS
Updated as of Jan. 4, 2009

Starting with these ratings the Real Team Rating system is improved. It was improved to make absolutely certain that you can predict the outcome of the playoffs in advance as accurately as possible. Since all crucial factors are now included and weighted very carefully, it is very unlikely that there will be many major changes in this system in the coming months and years.

SUMMARY OF FACTORS USED
1. Offensive Efficiency: Points Scored per 100 Possessions; WEIGHTED 2.0 (The points scored per 100 possessions is doubled and input into the formula for the overall rating.)

2. Defensive Efficiency: the Negative of Points Allowed per 100 Possessions; WEIGHTED 2.0 (The points allowed per 100 possessions is multiplied by -2 and input into the formula for the overall ratings.)

3. Net Points Per Game: Points Per Game Scored Minus Points Per Game Allowed; WEIGHTED 1.0 (The straight up points scored per game minus points allowed per game is input into the formula.)

4. Defensive Overweight Adjustment. The teams are sorted by defensive efficiency. Then, using a range from -4.5 to 4.5, points are assigned, in equal increments of .3, to each team in order of how it ranks according to defensive efficiency. 0 is skipped. Specifically, the team with the best defensive efficiency (fewest points allowed per 100 possessions) is given 4.5 points, the 2nd most defensively efficient team gets 4.2 points, the third most defensively efficient team gets 3.9 points, and so on, until the least defensively efficient team gets minus 4.5 points.

It is well known that, for the playoffs, how well a team can defend is generally somewhat more important than during the regular season. This factor gives an up or down adjustment in the Ratings in accordance with how each team ranks in defensive efficiency in the NBA. Since almost all teams ramp up their defense in the playoffs, you have to be careful here to avoid getting carried away and putting in adjustments that are too large.

5. Each team's win-loss record is accessed for games it played against the top 16 teams and, separately, each team's win-loss record is accessed for games it played against the top 10 teams. These two records are added together, which has the effect of double weighting wins and losses versus top 10 teams, while leaving wins and losses versus the 11th through the 16th best teams single weighted. In other words, the sum of the wins versus the top 10 teams is added to the sum of the wins versus the top 16 teams, and the sum of these two sums is added to the overall Real Team Rating formula (with weight of simply 1.0). Losses in games against the top 10 and against the top 16 are subtracted from the overall Real Team Rating in the same way that the wins are added.

Number 5 is a key improvement from the previous version and clearly establishes Real Team Ratings as the most accurate playoff predictor possible without guessing how unmeasurable factors such as unknown coaching strategies and possible injury problems will affect individual playoff series. By counting in the overall formula actual wins and losses in games between the likely playoff teams, you have gone in a straight line directly to evidence for the question we are out to answer: how good are the teams really going to be in the playoffs, according to everything known now?

This factor makes a separate strength of schedule adjustment mostly unneeded, because the strength of schedule is automatically reflected by the number of games a team has played versus the best 16 and the best 10 teams.

Note that #1 and #2 combined is net efficiency or net points gained or lossed per each 100 possessions. This is doubled, whereas the simple net points per game is single weighted. In the original version of the Real Team Ratings, the efficiency was single weighted and the points per game was ignored. Then it was realized that teams in the playoffs do not have as much freedom as they do in the regular season to set the pace they want, so the points per game should be considered as a reality measure along with the points per 100 possessions, because net points per game is much more independent of pace than is net efficiency, which is not theoretically very independent of pace.

For example, consider the Denver Nuggets. They are the or almost the fastest paced team in the NBA during the regular season. If you just look at the efficiency measures, the Nuggets appear to be almost identical to the Utah Jazz both offensively and defensively. But since the Jazz play at a slow pace, the teams are not really similar at all when you look at efficiency and pace together.

Suppose that in the playoffs, the Nuggets and Jazz play, and the Jazz decide to and are able to disrupt the Nuggets usual fast pace and slow it down. In this case, there will be fewer possessions for the Nuggets in the playoff games than they had typically in the regular season. This in turn means that the Nuggets will be disrupted in what they did during the regular season to one extent or another. This means that both the offensive and the defensive efficiency could change in the playoffs from what it was in the regular season, due to all of the changes forced on the Nuggets by the change of pace. Both the offensive and the defensive efficiency might change, and each change could be either for the better or for the worse.

In other words, when looking at the playoffs, the efficiency is not at all written in stone. Therefore, we decided to bring in actual points per game at 1/2 the weight of efficiency, since in the playoffs the actual points per game will change only in the same direction as the pace changes, which means the relationship between offense and defense can not be disturbed as it can be in the case of efficiency. In summary, efficiency is generally theoretically superior to points per game, so it is double weighted. But if a team is forced to play at a different pace in the playoffs from what it played in the regular season, a small amount of forecast error could be in the regular season efficiency performance measure. This possible error can be largely offset by bringing in the simple points per games scored and points per game allowed in single weight strength, as we have done.

In extreme cases, such as the fastest pace team being slowed down substantially in the playoffs, there may still be substantial forecast error even after everything we have done. In all such cases, you would expect that a team forced to play at a much different pace in the playoffs than they did in the regular season would do worse in the playoffs than the forecast would indicate. This in turn means that it is dangerous for a team to be relying on either a very fast or on a very slow pace during the regular season, unless it is certain that it will be able to operate at that pace in the playoffs even when the other team is trying to disrupt that pace.

You can no longer use the actual ratings as a starting point for estimations of margins of games between teams, which is no real loss, because you could not do that very accurately with the previous system anyway. Remember, you should never bet money on the outcome of games, because there are always variables that neither you nor anyone else will be aware of that will go into determining the outcome of each game.

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Real Team Ratings as of November 27, 2008

2008-11-27T14:56:00.000-08:00

As of November 27, 2008
The User Guide Follows the Ratings

1 Los Angeles Lakers 19.7
2 Cleveland Cavaliers 13.3
3 Boston Celtics 12.7
4 Orlando Magic 6.0
5 Indiana Pacers 5.9
6 Denver Nuggets 5.8
7 Houston Rockets 5.8
8 New Orleans Hornets 5.1
9 Dallas Mavericks 3.9
10 Phoenix Suns 2.5
11 Philadelphia 76ers 1.7
12 Miami Heat 1.6
13 Milwaukee Bucks 1.2
14 Portland Trail Blazers 0.7
15 Utah Jazz 0.3
16 San Antonio Spurs -0.3
17 Atlanta Hawks -0.6
18 Chicago Bulls -0.6
19 Detroit Pistons -0.7
20 Charlotte Bobcats -2.4
21 Toronto Raptors -2.5
22 Minnesota Timberwolves -4.5
23 Memphis Grizzlies -5.8
24 New York Knicks -6.5
25 Golden State Warriors -7.3
26 New Jersey Nets -8.1
27 Washington Wizards -9.9
28 Sacramento Kings -10.5
29 Los Angeles Clippers -12.0
30 Oklahoma City Thunder -13.9

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REAL TEAM RATINGS
USER GUIDE FOR REAL TEAM RATINGS
Last updated November 27, 2008

This is the most accurate ranking possible. This system, although still very young, has already obtained a great track record. This system extremely accurately predicted the entire course of the 2008 playoffs.

These rankings start with all-inclusive offensive and defensive efficiency statistics that are adjusted for pace. Specifically, we take points scored per 100 possessions for offensive efficiency and points given up per 100 possessions for defensive efficiency.

We then adjust for schedule difficulty by using a scaled by rank index based on the combined average winning percentage of all of the opponents that a team has played. The indices used in the schedule adjustment are calibrated to the month of the season that has been reached; lessor adjustments are made as the season goes along, because the schedules equal out more and more as the season goes along.

We then carefully overweight a little for the quality of a team's defending, which is at a premium in the playoffs. We call this the Adjustment for Defending.

Due to the strength of schedule adjustment and due to the overweighting of defending, the overall team ratings are NOT simply a report on how well the teams have done this season. This is because the primary objective of this system is to reveal how well each team is projected to do in the playoffs.

THE LATER IN THE SEASON IT IS THE MORE ROCK SOLID THE RATINGS ARE
The earlier in the season it is, the less reliable the ratings are, both because teams have not played the majority of the other teams yet, and because many teams use November and even December as a kind of extended pre-season: they use the early weeks of the season to try out various lineups, strategies, and plays to see which ones work best. As a result, Real Team Ratings after January 1 and especially after February 1 are going to be substantially more rock solid and able to tell you what is going to happen in the playoffs than are ratings coming before the end of the year.

PREDICT FOR KNOWLEDGE OR FUN BUT DO NOT GAMBLE ANY MONEY
Do not under any circumstances use these ratings to gamble with valuable money by betting on the outcome of games. The reasons this would be foolish are explained shortly.

You can predict games for fun but you are a fool if you think you can use these ratings or any other ratings to predict the outcome of games well enough to win money from betting money on outcomes. Do not bet any money on the outcome of basketball games. The remainder of this guide is for those who want to predict games for fun or for knowledge development.

The Real Team Rating differentials between teams can be used as crucial starting points for approximations of expected score difference when any two teams play. Though the ratings are a critical starting point, the outside factors below absolutely must be considered if you are seriously trying to predict the outcome of games in advance. Unfortunately, some of these factors are not only unavailable anywhere including here as of yet, they are difficult to estimate out of the blue, Therefore, to repeat, you should definitely not think that you can use this web site to make money by betting on basketball games. The injury, player slumps, and coaching differential factors, especially, because all of these are so hard to estimate, make it impossible to be truly accurate in predicting games.

OUTSIDE FACTORS THAT EFFECT GAMES
1. Home Court Advantage 4-6 points, depending on team.
2. Extra Rest Advantage 5-7 points
3. Injuries and Player Slumps 0-15 points, rarely more than 10 points. Player slumps are rare, and are defined as major slumps among the best 6 players on the team.
4. Coaching Quality Differential 0-9 points, rarely more than 7 points.
5. The "Human Nature Adjustment": Since it is human nature for basketball players to ease up a little bit if they have a big lead over the other team, you would be foolish to assume that large predicted differences (greater than 10 points) will actually play out in real life. A rough rule of thumb to use is to take only one half of all predicted margin of victory points above 10 as viable for the actual game. For example, suppose that after you have considered the ratings and all of the outside factors, you have an estimate that the Lakers will beat the Clippers by 40 points. You would be wise to take only 1/2 of the margin greater than 10, which would be one half of 40-10, or 1/2 of 30, which is 15, added to the 10, which yields an actual prediction of the Lakers beating the Clippers by 25 points.

FULL EXAMPLE ON PREDICTING
Team X has a Real Team Rating of 15 and Team Y has a Real Team Rating of -5. The starting point for predicting the outcome is that Team X will beat Team Y by 20. Now you estimate all the outside factors:

1. Team Y is home: the predicted team X margin of victory is reduced by 5, to 15.
2. Team Y is playing on back to back nights, while Team X is not: the predicted Team X margin of victory is increased by 6, to 21.
3. Neither team has any major player slumps. But Team X is badly banged up (-10 points) while Team Y has only one injury to a bench player (-1 point): the predicted Team X margin of victory decreases by 9, to 12.
4. The Coach of Team X is on point with hihs team better than the Coach of Team Y is with his team: the predicted Team X margin of victory increases by 3, to 15.
5. Human Nature Adjustment: the predicted margin of victory is reduced by one half of anything in excess of ten points. The predicted Team X margin of victory over Team Y is reduced from 15 to 12.5.

So in this example, the final result is that Team X is projected to beat Team Y by about 12.5 points.

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Real Coach Ratings: As of October 2008: the Sub Ratings

2008-11-16T15:11:00.000-08:00

Two days ago, on Sunday, November 16, 2008, I posted the first ever Real Coach Ratings. Then in the last couple of days I extracted a lot more from the underlying data by organizing the data in ways that break down the data in really revealing ways. Specifically, I have broken down the overall Real Coach Ratings into three Sub Ratings. While some coaches are near the top on all three sub ratings, others, such as George Karl, rate very high on one Sub Rating but very low on another one. For the original Real Coach Rating article, which includes an extensive User Guide, visit here.

The Quest for the Ring put the complete and final Real Coach Ratings spreadsheet on the internet! To view this spreadsheet which shows all of the underlying data, and all of the Real Coach Rating organization of that data, you can visit here.

Here we will now proceed to report the sub ratings. But befiore we actually get to the sub ratings, let's review the overall Real Coach Ratings:

REAL COACH RATINGS
As of October, 2008, before the 2008-09 season began
A User Guide Follows

1 Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson 5071.8
2 San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich 2824.0
3 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan 1277.3
4 Houston Rockets Rick Adelman 967.6
5 Charlotte Bobcats Larry Brown 523.0
6 New York Knicks Mike D'Antoni 519.0
7 Orlando Magic Stan Van Gundy 486.6
8 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Brown 421.8
9 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle 276.0
10 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott 217.6
11 Chicago Bulls Vinny Del Negro 200.0
12 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry 200.0
13 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 200.0
14 Denver Nuggets George Karl 109.8
15 Sacramento Kings Reggie Theus 106.6
16 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank 86.4
17 Boston Celtics Doc Rivers 74.8
18 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles 0.0
19 Indiana Pacers Jim O'Brien -14.4
20 Philadelphia 76ers Maurice Cheeks -85.2
21 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Iavaroni -85.4
22 Portland Trail Blazers Nate McMillan -157.0
23 Phoenix Suns Terry Porter -180.0
24 Golden State Warriors Don Nelson -205.8
25 Toronto Raptors Sam Mitchell -237.6
26 Washington Wizards Eddie Jordan -465.0
27 Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Wittman -538.8
28 Oklahoma City Thunder P.J. Carlesimo -632.4
29 Atlanta Hawks Mike Woodson -633.6
30 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy -686.0

REAL COACH RATINGS SUB RATINGS
COACHES RANKED BY REGULAR SEASON EXPERIENCE SUB RATING
This is the same team score (0.3 points per game with the current team) plus the score for up to 600 games (1 point a game) plus the score for between 600 and 1,000 games (0.2 points per game)

1 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan 1157.3
2 San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich 947.0
3 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy 803.0
4 Denver Nuggets George Karl 765.8
5 Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson 753.8
6 Golden State Warriors Don Nelson 729.2
7 Boston Celtics Doc Rivers 711.8
8 Houston Rockets Rick Adelman 704.6
9 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott 701.6
10 Portland Trail Blazers Nate McMillan 682.0
11 Charlotte Bobcats Larry Brown 680.0
12 Washington Wizards Eddie Jordan 630.0
13 Philadelphia 76ers Maurice Cheeks 620.8
14 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles 532.0
15 Oklahoma City Thunder P.J. Carlesimo 511.6
16 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle 492.0
17 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank 478.4
18 Indiana Pacers Jim O'Brien 446.6
19 New York Knicks Mike D'Antoni 439.0
20 Toronto Raptors Sam Mitchell 426.4
21 Atlanta Hawks Mike Woodson 426.4
22 Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Wittman 325.2
23 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Brown 319.8
24 Orlando Magic Stan Van Gundy 291.6
25 Sacramento Kings Reggie Theus 224.6
26 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Iavaroni 224.6
27 Chicago Bulls Vinny Del Negro 200.0
28 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry 200.0
29 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 200.0
30 Phoenix Suns Terry Porter 200.0

Jerry Sloan is the most experienced coach.

In terms of raw experience, Mr. Karl is slightly ahead of Mr. Jackson! And Mr. Karl is a little ahead of Don Nelson, despite fewer games overall, because of the relatively long term he has coached the Nuggets, versus a shorter term for Mr. Nelson coaching the Warriors.

Doc Rivers has more experience than most people think.

Notice that all rookie coaches start with an experience score of 200.

COACHES RANKED BY REGULAR SEASON SUB RATING
This is the regular season wins score minus the regular season losses score. The average score is intentionally below zero, which reflects the reality that most coaches must win more than they lose within 2-5 years or they will be bounced out of the NBA head coaching roster. However, very highly experienced coaches, coaches who have been notably successful in the playoffs at one time, and coaches who have done a lot better recently are all likely exceptions to the do well in the regular season or get fired within 2-5 years rule.

1 Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson 1954
2 San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich 1046
3 Houston Rockets Rick Adelman 479
4 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan 426
5 New York Knicks Mike D'Antoni 131
6 Orlando Magic Stan Van Gundy 99
7 Denver Nuggets George Karl 97
8 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Brown 18
9 Chicago Bulls Vinny Del Negro 0
10 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry 0
11 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 0
12 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle -72
13 Sacramento Kings Reggie Theus -118
14 Charlotte Bobcats Larry Brown -154
15 Golden State Warriors Don Nelson -278
16 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank -284
17 Phoenix Suns Terry Porter -296
18 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Iavaroni -310
19 Indiana Pacers Jim O'Brien -338
20 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles -352
21 Toronto Raptors Sam Mitchell -520
22 Philadelphia 76ers Maurice Cheeks -529
23 Boston Celtics Doc Rivers -601
24 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott -712
25 Washington Wizards Eddie Jordan -801
26 Portland Trail Blazers Nate McMillan -815
27 Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Wittman -864
28 Oklahoma City Thunder P.J. Carlesimo -973
29 Atlanta Hawks Mike Woodson -1024
30 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy -1510

Any positive number is respectable. Mr. Karl is 7th in terms of regular season performance: nothing to write home about really but undeniably respectable.

The rookies of course start with zero.

Mr. Dunleavy has been with the Clippers for many years, who for many years were the doormats of the West. Come on Marcus Camby, give Dunleavy some wins and make me look good for backing you up in the face of the Nene mania!

COACHES RATED BY THE MOST IMPORTANT SUB RATING OF ALL: THE NET PLAYOFFS SUB RATING
This consists of the playoffs experience score (3 points per playoff game) plus the playoffs wins score (21 points per win) plus the playoffs losses score (30 points per loss)

1 Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson 2364
2 San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich 831
3 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott 228
4 Orlando Magic Stan Van Gundy 96
5 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Brown 84
6 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy 21
7 Chicago Bulls Vinny Del Negro 0
8 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry 0
9 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 0
10 Sacramento Kings Reggie Theus 0
11 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Iavaroni 0
12 Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Wittman 0
13 Charlotte Bobcats Larry Brown -3
14 Portland Trail Blazers Nate McMillan -24
15 Boston Celtics Doc Rivers -36
16 Atlanta Hawks Mike Woodson -36
17 New York Knicks Mike D'Antoni -51
18 Phoenix Suns Terry Porter -84
19 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank -108
20 Indiana Pacers Jim O'Brien -123
21 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle -144
22 Toronto Raptors Sam Mitchell -144
23 Oklahoma City Thunder P.J. Carlesimo -171
24 Philadelphia 76ers Maurice Cheeks -177
25 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles -180
26 Houston Rockets Rick Adelman -216
27 Washington Wizards Eddie Jordan -294
28 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan -306
29 Golden State Warriors Don Nelson -657
30 Denver Nuggets George Karl -753

Phil Jackson and Greg Popovich are hogging the vast majority of the positive points.

Doc Rivers needs a lot more playoff wins to get his sub rating up there. If the Celtics fail to repeat this year, could it be because the Celtics this year need more coaching from Rivers and less from themselves? Have the other teams figured out the Celtics relatively simple coaching now? Are the other teams, as Rivers himself said the other day, going after the Celtics in an intense and smart way from the opening tip? If the Celtics fail to at least make it to the Championship, Rivers will be at least partly to blame.

Oh my dear Lord, Mr. Karl... You are dead last. What a shame. Yes it's true, Mr. Karl is the worst Coach in the NBA as far as playoffs are concerned!

Mr. Karl's poor playoff record (62-83) is normally the kind of record that you would associate with coaches who have poor regular season records as well, which is to say that you would associate it with coaches who were bounced out of the NBA head coaching ranks after 2-5 years or so. But Mr. Karl soldiers on, the ultimate regular season only warrior.

Notice finally that although Mr. Karl is the basket case, he is not the only one who has been hammered by the likes of Phil Jackson and Greg Popovich in the playoffs. Jerry Sloan and Rick Adelman have taken more than their share of licks from Jackson and Popovich over the years. Will this finally be the year when Adelman, Sloan, or both overcome both Jackson and Popovich? Stay tuned.

Finally, there is a supplementary sub rating called the Grand Total Experience Sub Rating. This is simply the sum of all three factors making up the regular season experience sub rating and the playoff experience factor score. In the main breakdown, the playoff experience score goes into the Net Playoffs Sub Rating, not into the Regular Season Experience Sub Rating.

1 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan 1718.3
2 Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson 1584.8
3 San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich 1427.0
4 Charlotte Bobcats Larry Brown 1247.0
5 Golden State Warriors Don Nelson 1227.2
6 Denver Nuggets George Karl 1200.8
7 Houston Rockets Rick Adelman 1136.6
8 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy 1016.0
9 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott 857.6
10 Boston Celtics Doc Rivers 834.8
11 Portland Trail Blazers Nate McMillan 730.0
12 Washington Wizards Eddie Jordan 708.0
13 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle 678.0
14 Philadelphia 76ers Maurice Cheeks 668.8
15 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles 637.0
16 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank 592.4
17 New York Knicks Mike D'Antoni 592.0
18 Oklahoma City Thunder P.J. Carlesimo 547.6
19 Indiana Pacers Jim O'Brien 539.6
20 Toronto Raptors Sam Mitchell 459.4
21 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Brown 457.8
22 Atlanta Hawks Mike Woodson 447.4
23 Orlando Magic Stan Van Gundy 405.6
24 Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Wittman 325.2
25 Sacramento Kings Reggie Theus 224.6
26 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Iavaroni 224.6
27 Phoenix Suns Terry Porter 215.0
28 Chicago Bulls Vinny Del Negro 200.0
29 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry 200.0
30 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 200.0

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Real Coach Ratings for the 30 NBA Head Coaches: the First Ever

2008-11-15T15:13:00.000-08:00

REAL COACH RATINGS
As of October, 2008, before the 2008-09 season began
A User Guide Follows

1 Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson 5071.8
2 San Antonio Spurs Gregg Popovich 2824.0
3 Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan 1277.3
4 Houston Rockets Rick Adelman 967.6
5 Charlotte Bobcats Larry Brown 523.0
6 New York Knicks Mike D'Antoni 519.0
7 Orlando Magic Stan Van Gundy 486.6
8 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Brown 421.8
9 Dallas Mavericks Rick Carlisle 276.0
10 New Orleans Hornets Byron Scott 217.6
11 Chicago Bulls Vinny Del Negro 200.0
12 Detroit Pistons Michael Curry 200.0
13 Miami Heat Erik Spoelstra 200.0
14 Denver Nuggets George Karl 109.8
15 Sacramento Kings Reggie Theus 106.6
16 New Jersey Nets Lawrence Frank 86.4
17 Boston Celtics Doc Rivers 74.8
18 Milwaukee Bucks Scott Skiles 0.0
19 Indiana Pacers Jim O'Brien -14.4
20 Philadelphia 76ers Maurice Cheeks -85.2
21 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Iavaroni -85.4
22 Portland Trail Blazers Nate McMillan -157.0
23 Phoenix Suns Terry Porter -180.0
24 Golden State Warriors Don Nelson -205.8
25 Toronto Raptors Sam Mitchell -237.6
26 Washington Wizards Eddie Jordan -465.0
27 Minnesota Timberwolves Randy Wittman -538.8
28 Oklahoma City Thunder P.J. Carlesimo -632.4
29 Atlanta Hawks Mike Woodson -633.6
30 Los Angeles Clippers Mike Dunleavy -686.0

USER GUIDE FOR THE REAL COACH RATINGS
I am proud and pleased to present what is probably the world's first serious effort to rate and rank all of the current NBA head coaches. Why should the coaches hide behind a black curtain? Concerning coaches, there is virtually a total lack of the kind of statistical comparing and contrasting that goes on with players 24/7. I for one think it is way overdue that coaches be fairly and systematically compared and contrasted.

I can pretty much guarantee you that no one has ever, even with the capabilities created by the internet age, put in as much effort and thought as I have into fairly comparing NBA coaches with widely different lengths of time spent in professional head coaching. And this system CAN be used in other Leagues, other countries, and on other planets. If there are any other basketball planets, that is!

As I was working on this I often had a sinking feeling that trying to fairly compare coaches with more than 10 years of experience with those with less than 2 years experience would be in the end impossible. But I persevered and scrapped and fought my way to the goal line and got it done. I achieved all of the balancing that I needed to achieve. Specifically, for example, I kept the points given for experience within reason, while making sure that regular season and playoff losses were penalized to the full extent they should be.

You must keep in mind that any coach who has been fired for not winning enough in the regular season, for not winning enough in the playoffs, or for both, and has not been rehired by another team, is not on this list. We don't care about them. The whole idea in multi-billion dollar professional sports is to win more than you lose, and that most obviously and most definitely includes the coaches. So a 50/50 record in either the regular season or in the playoffs is not good enough long term, and coaches who are not better than .500 get fired and not rehired sooner or later, and those who have met that fate already are not on this list.

To reflect the reality that coaches who can not win more than they lose are sooner or later going to be fired, and will most likely never advance in the playoffs before they are fired, it is necessary to make sure that losses entail a bigger negative number than do wins entail a positive number. But we have to avoid getting carried away. So when I add in the amount given for experience, the apparent gap between the award for winning and the penalty for losing is shrunk down to a reasonably small amount.

In the case of all coaches who have coached fewer than 600 games (which is currently 19 out of 30 of them) since a full point is given for every regular season game for just the experience factor, and since the award for a regular season win is 5 points, and since the penalty for a regular season loss is minus 7 points, these younger, less experienced coaches break even just by achieving a 50/50 regular season record. But heck, they are learning. And if they learn the right things, than they might become the next Phil Jackson or Rick Adelman!

Coaches who have coached more than 600 games must do a little better than .500 in the regular season to achieve a net positive toward their overall Real Coach Ratings. The numerical details will be presented below.

The rating system demands a little bit more from all coaches, regardless of experience, for the playoffs. All the coaches must do a little better than .500 in the playoffs to get a net positive score toward their Real Coach Ratings. Once again, the numerical details will be presented below, in the section that begins "True Net Scores..."

BE CAREFUL REGARDING THE VERY LARGE TIME SCALE OF THESE RATINGS
Keep in mind that each coach is rated using information from every season that he has been a head coach in the NBA. It is very plausible that some of the coaches will currently be substantially better or substantially worse than their overall career ratings indicate.

But while I am on this subject, I want to warn you to not make the assumption that all or even most coaches get better as they accumulate more and more experience. There is no empirical evidence I know of to back that up, and nor is it in my view obvious or even likely to be true most or much of the time. It is plausible that coaches do not really improve that much after roughly 5 or 6 years of experience. It is also plausible that some of the heaviest experience coaches have not completely updated their beliefs and coaching schemes to reflect the current ways of basketball. They may be hurting their teams a little or even a lot by persisting with strategies and tactics that used to work well years ago but are not working very well in the NBA in 2008.

CERTAIN VETERAN PLAYERS CAN COACH THEMSELVES TO A LARGE EXTENT
Always keep in mind that older, more veteran teams can coach themselves to one extent or another, particularly if the roster is both highly skilled and highly experienced. It doesn't matter who comes up with the winning schemes and patterns; what matters is that someone does. Younger teams, however, always need a good coaching staff to make headway in the playoffs.

Quest for the Ring has gone on record claiming that the 2007-08 Champion Boston Celtics are a good example of a team that could coach itself well to a large extent.

POSITIVE FACTORS THAT AFFECT REAL COACH RATINGS
1. Number of Regular Season Games Coached: The Experience Factor:
One Point is given for each regular season game coached up to 600 games, which is almost 7 1/2 seasons worth of games. If a Coach has not learned just about everything he needs to by this point, he most likely never will, so the award for experience is sharply reduced for all games coached beyond 600. 0.2 points is given for games 601 through 1,000. Nothing at all is given for any games coached beyond 1,000 games.

What about rookie and near rookie coaches? Just because they have never coached in the NBA, should their experience rating be zero? No, I don't believe so. They either have substantial coaching experience in other Leagues, or they were extremely talented and/or intelligent players, or both, or else they would not have been hired to be a head Coach in the NBA. So any coach who has coached for fewer than 200 games is given exactly 200 points for experience. So rookie coaches start out with Real Coach Ratings of 200.

Calculations indicate that the average Real Coach Rating is currently 321.4. So the objective of all rookie coaches must be to increase their starting rating of 200 to at least the average rating among of all coaches (321) as soon as they can do so. You can think of the range between 0 and 321 as "the proving ground" or even the "make it or break it range" for coaches. Most coaches who drop below zero instead of going up from 200 during their first 3-6 years will be bounced out of the NBA.

Coaches who have ratings below 200 and especially coaches who have ratings below zero should be fired unless the managers and owners involved are sure that the coach has not had competitive players to work with, or are sure that the coach is getting better at his job, or if there is some other unusual mitigating factor.

Coaches who persist as coaches with Real Player Ratings below 200, and especially with Real Coach Ratings below zero, are frequently going to be men who have very cordial relations with the managers and owners. In other words, they are being kept on the payroll because the managers and/or the owners involved personally like the coach in question enough to brush aside any concerns about whether that coach is doing a good enough job for their team. These dubious coaches are given the benefit of the doubt, in other words, or sort of a free pass.

It is also true that some managers and owners live in fear that they might go from bad to worse if they exchange one coach for another. They simply do not have enough courage to strike out and try a rookie or a near-rookie coach, or to pick up a coach who has been fired by another team but who deserves a second chance.

But back to the factors we go:
2. Number of Playoff Season Games Coached: the Playoff Experience Factor:
Three points are awarded for every playoff game coached regardless of result. The limit is going to be 300 such games. Only Phil Jackson, who has coached a mind boggling 277 playoff games, has any chance of coming up to the limit any time soon.

3. Number of Games Coached With Current Team:
This is a supplementary experience score which credits coaches who have gone the longest without being fired by their current teams. The points given are 0.3 for all games coached with the team the Coach is currently working for.

The one side of the coin regarding this is that the coach must be doing what the organization wants to avoid being fired, and he can't be a total failure basketball wise, so he deserves credit in proportion to how long he has kept his post. The other side of the coin is that the more experience a Coach has with a particular team, the more valuable he is to that franchise, because he knows everybody and everything concerned with the franchise better and better with each passing year. Generally speaking, the more successive games a Coach has coached with the same team, the more effectively and efficiently he can help the team squeeze out wins that would otherwise be losses. Jerry Sloan, who coming in to 2008-09 had coached a mind boggling 1,591 games for the Jazz, is the ultimate example of a Coach who due to his many years with the same team is going to be more effective and efficient than he would be if he had just switched to a different team. Due partly to this factor, do not be surprised if the Jazz become a losing team shortly after Sloan finally retires.

Another name for this factor might be "franchise specific experience." This year the Dallas Mavericks hired a new head Coach, Rick Carlisle, who has a lot of prior experience with other teams. But he is brand new to the Mavericks, so be careful not to expect miracles or even to assume that his coaching is going to be as good as it has been in the past from the get go. Look instead for the Mavericks to get better and better as the season goes along. Because Carlisle needs time to merge his skills and abilities with the specific factors involved with making the Mavericks a playoff winner.

4. Regular Season Wins
5 points per regular season win.

5. Playoff Wins:
21 points per playoff win. A little more than half the teams make the playoffs. Theoretically, unless he is stuck with a truly lousy roster, any truly good coach can get his team into the playoffs. For a good coach, it really is not much of an accomplishment at all. But only the really good coaches can win in the playoffs. In the NBA, the regular season is quite honestly nothing more than the preseason for the "playoff season," which is the season which really matters when all is said and done.

Also, obviously, playoff games are generally more intense in all respects: individual players, team play as a whole, and coaching efforts made.

For all of these reasons, it is necessary to factor playoff games as being worth at least 4 times as much as regular season games.

NEGATIVE FACTORS THAT AFFECT REAL COACH RATINGS
1. Regular Season Losses:
7 points is charged for each regular season loss.

2. Playoff Losses:
30 points is charged for each playoff loss.

Now there will be some who leap out of their seats and say "this guy is off his rocker" when they see that the penalty for losing a playoff gamee is 30 points. I can assure you, ye of little faith, that I know exactly what I am doing and that this is precisely correct. I have already explained why playoff games must be valued at at least 4 times the valuation put on regular season games. A regular season loss is 7 points, and 4 times 7 is 28, and 30 is only marginally more than 28.

Moreover, consider the true underlying net positive and negative scores, which you get by combining the experience award and the winning or losing number:

TRUE NET SCORES COMBINING EXPERIENCE AND EVENT SCORES TOGETHER
Regular Season Win: 6 Points. But it is 5.2 points for coaches with between 600 and 1,000 games coached and it is 5 points for coaches with more than 1,000 games coached.

Regular Season Loss: Minus 6 Points. But it is minus 6.8 points for coaches with between 600 and 1,000 games coached and minus 7 points for coaches with more than 1,000 games coached.

Can you see what I think is the genius of this system? The more experienced coaches get experience points that obviously are not available to less experienced coaches. To partially or in some cases completely offset what would otherwise be an unfair advantage in the rating system, the more experienced coaches are expected to do somewhat better in winning and losing in order to achieve a net positive from their winning and losing toward their ratings. This is a primary mechanism used here that tends to even the playing field between coaches of widely differing amounts of experience, without being unfair to any type of coach. This whole project would have been largely a waste of time if I didn't have a good and fair way of varying the treatment of coaches with radically different amounts of experience, in this way.

Now here are the true net scores for playoff games:
Playoff Win: 24 points.

Playoff Loss: Minus 27 points.

Recall that all coaches get 3 points for experience for each playoff game. So you should be able to confirm these numbers.

Are these factore set in stone forever and ever? No, but adjustments will be few, far between, and minor in the coming months and years. And although this is not a perfect system, it is at the very least a very good system. And it is light years ahead of having no system at all with which to fairly compare coaches of radically differing amounts of professional basketball head coach experience.

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Real Player Ratings: How the Best 330 NBA Players Ranked in 2007-08

2008-07-14T15:17:00.000-07:00

We start by taking the top 390 players, out of about 450 players who played in the NBA in 2007-08, ranked according to gross or simple player rating, which is as follows:

ADD THE FOLLOWING
Points
Rebounds
1.4 X Assists
Steals
1.4 X Blocks
Field Goals Made
0.5 X # of 3-Pointers Made
0.25 X # of Free Throws Made

SUBTRACT THE FOLLOWING
0.7 X Turnovers
0.8 X # of Missed Field Goals
0.8 X # of Missed Free Throws

Real Player Rating, the holy grail of player ratings, is then gross or simple player rating divided by minutes per game. This gives you the actual production per minute of each player, so you can now directly compare players with very different playing times. By discovering players who have high ratings, but low minutes, you can spot players who were underrated by their coaches. Among younger players, you can spot the promising ones and the ones who need more time to develop into full NBA players, time that in some cases may not be available, meaning that the player will end up playing in Europe or something.

Then we eliminate any player who did not play in at least 16 games.

Then we eliminate any player who did not play at least 7 minutes per game in the games he played in.

Finally, we lop off the players with the lowest real player ratings from the bottom (36 players in this case) and take the top 330 NBA players to form the official Real Player Ratings list. The average team in the NBA will have 11 players from this list.

If a player does not appear on the list, then one or more of the following is true:

1. The player was not among the top 390 out of 450 players for gross or simple real player rating.
2. His real player rating is very low, less than .536.
3. He played in fewer than 16 games.
4. His minutes per game were less than 7. In many cases, this would be a player who played mostly or only in garbage time.
5. The player is one of the best made you miss type of defenders in the NBA, but has very little offensive game. Since scores that a defender prevents is an unknown quantity, it is not accounted for by the Real Player Rating, and so it is possible for a player not to make the top 330 list despite being a valuable asset, albeit mostly on defense only. Bruce Bowen, the San Antonio small forward, is the most obvious example. His real player rating is only .370, yet he played over 30 minutes a game due to all the scores of the Spurs’ opponents he stops.

ADJUSTMENTS FOR MADE THEM MISS DEFENDING
Since shots that a defender stops from going in the basket, with no actual block, can not be known and are not kept track of, the Real Player Rating is not exactly perfect. But if you are very knowledgeable about the skills and efforts of players with respect to preventing scores, you can make your own adjustments based on your knowledge.

In order to improve my coverage of the Denver Nuggets, I introduced in 2008 “adjustments for defending” to the Nuggets real player ratings. Although neither I nor anyone knows anywhere near exactly how many scores were prevented by the various Nuggets, since I was very familiar with the players and what they can and do accomplish on the court, I was able to rank the Nuggets with respect to made you miss defending.

I decided that I would then assign an adjustment for made them miss defending to the real player ratings of each Nugget, in equal increments. Furthermore, I decided that the top half of the list of Nuggets according to made them miss defending would get positive adjustments, while the bottom half would get negative adjustments.

The next step was to estimate how much the adjustments should be. After giving it my best thought, I decided that a +.130 adjustment would be the best estimate I can come up with for what the best made them miss defender the Nuggets have should get. So Kenyon Martins’s Real Player rating is .777, but his Real Player Rating adjusted for made them miss defending is .907.

The equal increment adjustments were symmetric as to zero, so the best made them miss defender, as just discussed, received a +.130 adjustment, while the worst made them miss defender received a -.130 adjustment. Notice that this means that the best made them miss defender is a full .260 better than the worst made them miss defender, than the basic Real Player Ratings indicate. Since the Real Player Ratings of the entire list of 330 players range from .536 to 1.268, a range of .732, the .260 range for made them miss defending is, it seems clear to me, an adequate but not excessive correction of the fact that no one actually knows how many shots various players prevented from going in.

So what you do, if you think you know about how good a player is in made them miss defending compared with other players, is to adjust that player’s Real Player Rating up or down, by as much as .130 up if the player is among the very best made them miss defenders among the 330 players rated, and by as much as .130 down if the player is among the very worst.

Specifically, you estimate how the player would rank among the 330 players who are in the Real Player Ratings rankings, and then adjust that player’s rating according to the following guideline:.

Top 12: +.130
13-24: +.120
25-36: +.110
37-48: +.100
49-60: +.090
61-72: +.080
73-84: +.070
85-96: +.060
97-108: +.050
109-120: +.040
121-132: +.030
133-144: +.020
145-156: +.010
157-174: 0
175-186: -.010
187-198: -.020
199-210: -.030
211-222: -.040
223-234: -.050
235-246: -.060
247-258: -.070
259-270: -.080
271-282: -.090
283-294: -.100
295-306: -.110
307-318: -.120
319-330: -.130

As another Nuggets example, and maybe I got carried away slightly with the hysteria regarding Carmelo Anthony’s defending, but I estimated Anthony would be ranked in the 259-270 range among the 330 players if all these players were ranked according to made them miss defending. So Anthony’s Real Player Rating, which is 1.091, becomes 1.011, when it is adjusted for made them miss defending.

Remember that you can adjust only players you know very well as to their defending; it is most likely beyond anyone's capabilities to even approximately rank all 330 players, so there can be no full "Real Player Ratings Adjusted for Made Them Miss Defending". No one that I have found has attempted to do this anywhere on the internet! However, as I did with the Nuggets, I believe that you can calculate the adjusted ratings for a team, if you know the players on that team very well.

SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
All Time Historic Superstar Player 1.175 to Up
Superstar Player 1.050 to 1.174
Star Player 0.925 to 1.049
Outstanding Player 0.825 to 0.924
Major Role Player 0.750 to 0.824
Role Player 0.675 to 0.749
Minor Role Player 0.600 to 0.674
Reserve Only Player 0.525 to 0.599
Marginal or Struggling Player 0.450 to 0.524
Bust Players (or Defense Only!) Lower to 0.449

2007-08 NBA REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Counting every regular season on the court production except for made them miss defending, as discussed.

1 Amare Stoudemire, Pho C 1.268
2 LeBron James, Cle SF 1.255
3 Chris Paul, NO PG 1.186
4 Kobe Bryant, LAL SG 1.149
5 Kevin Garnett, Bos PF 1.134
6 Dirk Nowitzki, Dal PF 1.108
7 Tim Duncan, SA C 1.106
8 Carlos Boozer, Uta PF 1.103
9 Carmelo Anthony, Den SF 1.091
10 Steve Nash, Pho PG 1.079
11 Andrew Bynum, LAL C 1.063
12 Yao Ming, Hou C 1.059
13 Manu Ginobili, SA SG 1.055
14 Dwight Howard, Orl C 1.053
15 Al Jefferson, Min C 1.045
16 Chris Bosh, Tor PF 1.036
17 Dwyane Wade, Mia SG 1.024
18 Deron Williams, Uta PG 1.016
19 Pau Gasol, LAL PF 0.994
20 Baron Davis, GS PG 0.990
21 T.J. Ford, Ind PG 0.987
22 Allen Iverson, Den SG 0.978
23 Chauncey Billups, Det PG 0.963
24 Josh Smith, Atl PF 0.946
25 Zach Randolph, NY PF 0.942
26 David West, NO PF 0.939
27 J.R. Smith, Den SG 0.938
28 Tracy McGrady, Hou SG 0.924
29 Leon Powe, Bos PF 0.924
30 Vince Carter, NJ SG 0.923
31 Andris Biedrins, GS C 0.923
32 Chris Kaman, LAC C 0.922
33 Tony Parker, SA PG 0.919
34 Paul Pierce, Bos SF 0.919
35 Caron Butler, Was SF 0.917
36 Shaquille O'Neal, Pho C 0.916
37 Marcus Camby, Den C 0.914
38 Jose Calderon, Tor PG 0.914
39 Shawn Marion, Mia PF 0.910
40 Kevin Martin, Sac SG 0.909
41 Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cle C 0.908
42 Antawn Jamison, Was PF 0.905
43 Carl Landry, Hou PF 0.905
44 Nick Fazekas, LAC PF 0.903
45 Hedo Turkoglu, Orl SF 0.900
46 Corey Maggette, GS SF 0.899
47 Ike Diogu, Por PF 0.893
48 Monta Ellis, GS SG 0.884
49 Jason Richardson, Cha SG 0.883
50 Jason Kidd, Dal PG 0.879
51 Ron Artest, Sac SF 0.879
52 Brandon Roy, Por SG 0.870
53 Mike Dunleavy, Ind SG 0.869
54 Danny Granger, Ind SF 0.869
55 Jermaine O'Neal, Tor C 0.868
56 Josh Howard, Dal SF 0.865
57 Michael Redd, Mil SG 0.864
58 Andrew Bogut, Mil C 0.860
59 LaMarcus Aldridge, Por PF 0.860
60 Andre Miller, Phi PG 0.858
61 Andre Iguodala, Phi SF 0.854
62 Rudy Gay, Mem SF 0.854
63 Brad Miller, Sac C 0.851
64 Joe Johnson, Atl SG 0.850
65 Emeka Okafor, Cha PF 0.849
66 Mo Williams, Mil PG 0.847
67 Lamar Odom, LAL PF 0.847
68 Troy Murphy, Ind PF 0.847
69 Devin Harris, NJ PG 0.839
70 Gerald Wallace, Cha SF 0.836
71 Ben Gordon, Chi SG 0.836
72 Richard Hamilton, Det SG 0.833
73 Chris Wilcox, Okc PF 0.833
74 Al Harrington, GS PF 0.833
75 Kevin Durant, Sea SF 0.832
76 Amir Johnson, Det PF 0.831
77 Luol Deng, Chi SF 0.828
78 Mike Miller, Min SG 0.825
79 Rasheed Wallace, Det PF 0.823
80 Richard Jefferson, Mil SF 0.823
81 Sam Cassell, Bos PG 0.823
82 Ramon Sessions, Mil PG 0.822
83 Brandan Wright, GS PF 0.818
84 Paul Millsap, Uta PF 0.812
85 Craig Smith, Min PF 0.811
86 Leandro Barbosa, Pho SG 0.810
87 Aaron Gray, Chi C 0.810
88 Charlie Villanueva, Mil PF 0.809
89 Nazr Mohammed, Cha C 0.806
90 David Lee, NY PF 0.804
91 Jameer Nelson, Orl PG 0.803
92 Mike Harris, Hou F 0.798
93 Andres Nocioni, Chi SF 0.793
94 Nick Collison, Okc PF 0.793
95 Rashad McCants, Min SG 0.793
96 Mehmet Okur, Uta C 0.792
97 Andrei Kirilenko, Uta SF 0.792
98 Earl Watson, Okc PG 0.791
99 Joe Smith, Cle PF 0.790
100 Andray Blatche, Was C 0.790
101 Luis Scola, Hou PF 0.789
102 Tyrus Thomas, Chi PF 0.788
103 Ronny Turiaf, LAL C 0.786
104 Jordan Farmar, LAL PG 0.786
105 Brendan Haywood, Was C 0.784
106 Jason Terry, Dal PG 0.784
107 Grant Hill, Pho SF 0.783
108 Stephen Jackson, GS SF 0.783
109 Kris Humphries, Tor C 0.782
110 Tyson Chandler, NO C 0.782
111 Jamaal Tinsley, Ind PG 0.781
112 Mike Bibby, Atl PG 0.780
113 Stromile Swift, NJ C 0.780
114 Rashard Lewis, Orl PF 0.779
115 Louis Williams, Phi PG 0.778
116 Kenyon Martin, Den PF 0.777
117 Steve Novak, Hou PF 0.776
118 Rasho Nesterovic, Ind C 0.775
119 Hakim Warrick, Mem PF 0.774
120 Travis Outlaw, Por SF 0.771
121 Nate Robinson, NY PG 0.770
122 Alonzo Mourning, Mia C 0.769
123 Jeff Foster, Ind C 0.767
124 Channing Frye, Por PF 0.767
125 Rajon Rondo, Bos PG 0.763
126 Linas Kleiza, Den SF 0.762
127 Jamal Crawford, NY SG 0.759
128 Ray Allen, Bos SG 0.758
129 Brandon Bass, Dal PF 0.756
130 Al Horford, Atl C 0.754
131 Sasha Vujacic, LAL SG 0.753
132 Francisco Garcia, Sac SF 0.751
133 Samuel Dalembert, Phi C 0.750
134 Shawne Williams, Ind SF 0.750
135 Matt Barnes, GS PF 0.746
136 Ronnie Brewer, Uta SG 0.745
137 Ronald Murray, Ind PG 0.745
138 Kurt Thomas, SA C 0.743
139 Drew Gooden, Chi PF 0.740
140 Bonzi Wells, NO SF 0.735
141 Matt Harpring, Uta SF 0.735
142 Kirk Hinrich, Chi PG 0.735
143 Ryan Gomes, Min SF 0.734
144 Eddy Curry, NY C 0.734
145 Joakim Noah, Chi C 0.734
146 Trevor Ariza, LAL SF 0.732
147 Austin Croshere, GS PF 0.731
148 Jason Maxiell, Det PF 0.730
149 C.J. Miles, Uta SG 0.730
150 Sean Williams, NJ C 0.726
151 Josh Childress, Atl SF 0.726
152 Aaron Brooks, Hou PG 0.725
153 Thaddeus Young, Phi SF 0.724
154 Nene Hilario, Den PF 0.723
155 Brent Barry, SA SG 0.721
156 Wally Szczerbiak, Cle SF 0.720
157 Raymond Felton, Cha PG 0.719
158 Erick Dampier, Dal C 0.713
159 Rodney Stuckey, Det SG 0.711
160 Spencer Hawes, Sac C 0.710
161 Beno Udrih, Sac PG 0.709
162 Tayshaun Prince, Det SF 0.708
163 Jamario Moon, Tor SF 0.705
164 Anthony Carter, Den PG 0.704
165 Josh Boone, NJ PF 0.704
166 Marcus Banks, Mia PG 0.703
167 Kyle Lowry, Mem PG 0.702
168 Rafer Alston, Hou PG 0.701
169 John Salmons, Sac SG 0.700
170 Andre Brown, Mem PF 0.698
171 Tim Thomas, LAC PF 0.698
172 Al Thornton, LAC SF 0.697
173 Marvin Williams, Atl SF 0.697
174 Julian Wright, NO SF 0.696
175 Peja Stojakovic, NO SF 0.694
176 Carlos Delfino, Tor SG 0.694
177 Antonio McDyess, Det C 0.693
178 Randy Foye, Min PG 0.693
179 Derek Fisher, LAL PG 0.693
180 Kelenna Azubuike, GS SG 0.692
181 Boris Diaw, Pho PF 0.691
182 Kendrick Perkins, Bos C 0.690
183 Juan Dixon, Det SG 0.690
184 Ronnie Price, Uta PG 0.688
185 Keyon Dooling, Orl PG 0.686
186 Bostjan Nachbar, NJ SF 0.685
187 Eddie House, Bos PG 0.684
188 Matt Bonner, SA PF 0.683
189 Bobby Jackson, Hou SG 0.682
190 Brian Skinner, Pho C 0.680
191 Mickael Pietrus, Orl SF 0.680
192 Jannero Pargo, NO PG 0.679
193 Marcus Williams, NJ PG 0.679
194 J.J. Redick, Orl SG 0.679
195 Dorell Wright, Mia SF 0.677
196 Willie Green, Phi SG 0.677
197 Jose Juan Barea, Dal PG 0.676
198 Carlos Arroyo, Orl PG 0.676
199 Anthony Parker, Tor SG 0.676
200 Jerry Stackhouse, Dal SG 0.675
201 Vladimir Radmanovic, LAL PF 0.675
202 Travis Diener, Ind PG 0.673
203 Delonte West, Cle SG 0.673
204 Luther Head, Hou SG 0.672
205 Kyle Korver, Uta SF 0.671
206 Luke Walton, LAL SF 0.671
207 Mike Conley, Mem PG 0.670
208 Luke Ridnour, Okc PG 0.670
209 Jarvis Hayes, Det SF 0.669
210 Dan Dickau, LAC PG 0.667
211 Stephon Marbury, NY PG 0.667
212 Nick Young, Was SG 0.662
213 Roger Mason, Was PG 0.662
214 Darko Milicic, Mem C 0.660
215 Marquis Daniels, Ind SG 0.660
216 Johan Petro, Okc C 0.659
217 Kirk Snyder, Min SG 0.659
218 Jarrett Jack, Ind SG 0.658
219 Walter Herrmann, Det SF 0.655
220 Dahntay Jones, Sac SG 0.655
221 Joey Graham, Tor SF 0.655
222 Joel Przybilla, Por C 0.653
223 Chris Quinn, Mia PG 0.652
224 Dikembe Mutombo, Hou C 0.652
225 Fabricio Oberto, SA PF 0.650
226 Thabo Sefolosha, Chi SG 0.649
227 Udonis Haslem, Mia PF 0.649
228 Andrea Bargnani, Tor PF 0.647
229 Shelden Williams, Sac C 0.645
230 Nenad Krstic, NJ PF 0.644
231 Wilson Chandler, NY SF 0.643
232 Larry Hughes, Chi SG 0.643
233 Maurice Evans, Orl SG 0.642
234 Gerald Green, Dal SF 0.642
235 Ricky Davis, Mia SF 0.640
236 Darius Songaila, Was PF 0.639
237 Antoine Walker, Mem PF 0.639
238 Zaza Pachulia, Atl C 0.638
239 Eduardo Najera, Den PF 0.636
240 Jermareo Davidson, Cha PF 0.635
241 Juan Carlos Navarro, Mem SG 0.633
242 Javaris Crittenton, Mem PG 0.632
243 Gordan Giricek, Pho SG 0.628
244 Jared Dudley, Cha SF 0.626
245 Yi Jianlian, NJ PF 0.624
246 Anderson Varejao, Cle C 0.624
247 Jason Williams, Mia PG 0.623
248 DJ Mbenga, LAL C 0.623
249 Tyronn Lue, Dal PG 0.622
250 Derek Anderson, Cha SG 0.621
251 Damien Wilkins, Okc SG 0.621
252 Salim Stoudamire, Atl SG 0.621
253 Awvee Storey, Mil SF 0.620
254 Theo Ratliff, Det C 0.617
255 Josh Powell, LAC PF 0.615
256 James Posey, Bos SF 0.614
257 Jake Voskuhl, Mil C 0.614
258 Mickael Gelabale, Okc SG 0.613
259 Jeff Green, Okc PF 0.612
260 Devin Brown, Cle SF 0.611
261 Marko Jaric, Mem PG 0.610
262 Dan Gadzuric, Mil C 0.610
263 Tony Allen, Bos SG 0.609
264 Desmond Mason, Mil SF 0.609
265 Mark Blount, Mia C 0.607
266 Glen Davis, Bos C 0.606
267 DeSagana Diop, Dal C 0.606
268 Kwame Brown, Mem C 0.606
269 Antonio Daniels, Was PG 0.605
270 Mikki Moore, Sac PF 0.605
271 Brian Cook, Orl PF 0.605
272 David Harrison, Ind C 0.605
273 Steve Blake, Por PG 0.605
274 Kareem Rush, Ind SG 0.604
275 Rodney Carney, Min SG 0.604
276 Chris Mihm, LAL C 0.603
277 Ime Udoka, SA SF 0.602
278 Melvin Ely, NO C 0.600
279 Anthony Johnson, Sac PG 0.599
280 Martell Webster, Por SF 0.599
281 Sebastian Telfair, Min PG 0.599
282 Ruben Patterson, LAC SF 0.599
283 Earl Barron, Mia C 0.598
284 Darius Washington, SA PG 0.598
285 Cuttino Mobley, LAC SG 0.597
286 DeShawn Stevenson, Was SG 0.596
287 Damon Stoudamire, SA PG 0.595
288 Jason Smith, Phi PF 0.593
289 Bobby Jones, Den SG 0.593
290 Brevin Knight, LAC PG 0.593
291 Malik Allen, Dal PF 0.593
292 Charlie Bell, Mil SG 0.588
293 Quincy Douby, Sac PG 0.588
294 Andre Owens, Ind PG 0.587
295 James Jones, Mia PF 0.586
296 Bobby Simmons, NJ SF 0.581
297 Sergio Rodriguez, Por PG 0.580
298 Chris Duhon, NY PG 0.580
299 P.J. Brown, Bos FC 0.578
300 Chuck Hayes, Hou PF 0.578
301 Aaron Williams, LAC C 0.576
302 Oleksiy Pecherov, Was PF 0.576
303 Chucky Atkins, Den PG 0.575
304 Michael Finley, SA SF 0.574
305 Malik Rose, NY PF 0.574
306 Ryan Hollins, Cha C 0.573
307 Daniel Gibson, Cle PG 0.570
308 Raja Bell, Pho SG 0.569
309 Reggie Evans, Phi PF 0.569
310 Renaldo Balkman, NY SF 0.568
311 Donyell Marshall, Okc PF 0.568
312 Adonal Foyle, Orl C 0.568
313 Paul Davis, LAC C 0.567
314 Jason Kapono, Tor SF 0.561
315 C.J. Watson, GS G 0.561
316 Earl Boykins, Cha PG 0.560
317 Matt Carroll, Cha SG 0.558
318 Shannon Brown, Chi SG 0.557
319 Stephane Lasme, Mia F 0.553
320 Fred Jones, NY SG 0.552
321 Dwayne Jones, Cle C 0.548
322 Ben Wallace, Cle C 0.547
323 Mike James, NO PG 0.541
324 Shane Battier, Hou SF 0.540
325 Keith Bogans, Orl SG 0.539
326 Daequan Cook, Mia SG 0.539
327 Jason Hart, Uta PG 0.538
328 Brian Cardinal, Min PF 0.538
329 Morris Peterson, NO SG 0.538
330 Michael Ruffin, Mil C 0.536

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