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18th January, 2010 - 5:25 pm
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STANDING 10: An Easier Way To Define Positions
One of the nuances in basketball that has brought both consternation and confusion to many of us in the basketball community is the issue of positional definitions.
SCOOP DU JOUR: NHL Talking Points – The Kovalchuk Saga Continues
The offseason continues to be dominated by the highest profile unrestricted free agent, Ilya Kovalchuk, in modern NHL history.
MOCK DRAFT: 2010 NBA Mock Draft, Version 5.0
An interesting week of prevalent deception is nearly over and the actual picks are hours away. Hundreds of hours have been spent watching the 60 players that 30 teams hope will improve their club in the coming years.
TEAM RANKINGS: Final NBA Power Rankings For 09-10
The Cavaliers were ranked first in the regular season for the second consecutive season. Following them in the top-five were the Magic, Jazz, Celtics and Spurs, while the Lakers were a surprising 11th.
LOCKER TALK: Nash, Cleveland, & Orlando
Steve Nash could draw trade interest this summer and Cleveland isn’t overlooking Orlando…
CLASSICS: Hakeem Vs. Ewing: Who Was The Better Center?
Born within six months of each other in opposite corners of the world, two seven footers who are finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame this fall are two of the best ever to play the center position.
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By Christopher Reina
We rank NBA players from highest to lowest by my Floor Impact Counter (FIC) for the entire season, not per 40 minutes or per game, which I decided to do because players are only truly valuable when they are on the floor.
Beside each player’s actual salary, we slide in raw salary figures, ranked top to bottom, which determines their ‘deserved’ salary. We use the actual salaries because players in general deserve whatever their agents can negotiate and GMs/owners can afford to pay.
The player who has the highest FIC receives the highest ‘deserved’ salary. The player with the second highest FIC receives the second highest salary. The player with the hundredth highest FIC receives the hundredth highest salary.
We then calculate the percentage increase or decrease from the actual and deserved and that determines their Reina Value, which is listed below in parenthesis.
Click here to see the full rankings, which are updated daily throughout the season.
- Rank. Player, Team: (Season FIC, FIC40, Reina Value)
1. LeBron James, CLE: (938, 23.2, +46)
The fact that LeBron James is more than 200 points ahead of Chris Bosh on this list is truly remarkable. I would say that no player since Magic Johnson makes players better than LeBron, but given the differences of a Kareem, Worthy, Byron, Rambis, Cooper supporting cast compared to Varejao, Mo Williams, Anthony Parker, aging Shaq and Z, an argument can be constructed that no single player turns his team into overachievers like LeBron.
2. Chris Bosh, TOR: (731, 20.2, +46)
Why is Chris Bosh having a career season statistically? Career bests in True Shooting Percentage, along with offensive and defensive rebound rate. Bosh is also doing a much better job in getting to the line, drawing 9.4 free throws per 36 minutes, up from 7.6 last season.
3. Steve Nash, PHX: (709, 20.8, +71)
Nash remains an ageless wonder, leading the NBA in True Shooting Percentage at 65.0%, while recording an assist percentage of 52.1%, better than even his MVP seasons.
4. Dwight Howard, ORL: (673, 19.6, +46)
Howard has largely maintained his productivity from a season ago, though his usage rate has dipped despite the uptick in TS% from 60.0% to 62.3%.
5. David Lee, NYK: (672, 18.2, +200)
Lee is a FIC product of playing on a team with a fast pace without many other competitors for rebounds and probably wouldn't be one of the first 50 players chose if the NBA did a dispersal draft, but he has been productive enough over the past few seasons to make the Knicks wonder how important having a second max slot to offer Chris Bosh would really be worth if they keep Lee.
6. Tim Duncan, SAS: (657, 22.7, -11)
I'm a big proponent of the strategy to rest Tim Duncan during the second game of back-to-backs. Looking at his rebound rate when given more time off, the best metric we could look at to judge how he's feeling physically and energetically, it increases in a statistically significant way.
7. Dwyane Wade, MIA: (656, 18.1, +25)
Wade is clearly having another nice season while carrying a huge load for a Miami team trying to get under the cap for this summer, but his TS% drop from 57.4% to 54.2% is at least a little bit disconcerting. Also down are his assist and steal rates.
8. Kevin Durant, OKC: (645, 16.2, +291)
Durant has a net on/off court production of +12.2, which should dispel all of our notions about that statistic as fas as he is specifically concerned.
9. Chris Paul, NOH: (643, 21.7, +33)
Chris Paul isn't getting to the line nearly as much as he did last season, shooting 4.3 free throws per 36 minutes, down from 6.3.
10. Zach Randolph, MEM: (625, 17.4, +7)
Zach Randolph has always put up great numbers, but he is unexpectedly creating a winning culture for the Grizzlies. He is rebounding better than ever and also shooting a career best TS% of 55.9%. He would be a very deserving All-Star, which would be the first of his career.
11. Dirk Nowitzki, DAL: (625, 16.9, -17)
Nowitzki appears to have recommitted himself defensively this season.
12. Carlos Boozer, UTA: (625, 17.4, +33)
Boozer has had a return to form as an efficient scorer and also as a passer, which has always been one of his prime strengths as a big.
13. Kobe Bryant, LAL: (618, 16.2, -29)
Kobe Bryant's TS% has dipped in each season since 06-07, though it remains a very good 55.2%, especially considering the difficulty of how he creates his own offense.
14. Jason Kidd, DAL: (604, 16.9, +102)
Similar to Duncan above, Kidd's rebound rate has dipped significantly since coming to Dallas. It could partly be because he's playing with more active rebounders, but I tend to think of it as a symptom of slowing down.
15. Marcus Camby, LAC: (600, 20.0, +79)
For a team simultaneously trying to win in 09-10 while clearing cap space, Marcus Camby's contract is the perfect storm that we see once a decade.
16. Andre Iguodala, PHI: (594, 15.3, +33)
17. Gerald Wallace, CHA: (592, 15.3, +70)
18. Deron Williams, UTA: (586, 16.9, +18)
19. Brook Lopez, NJN: (577, 16.2, +603)
20. Rajon Rondo, BOS: (577, 17.3, +653)
21. Marc Gasol, MEM: (572, 16.5, +373)
Could the Lakers have possibly traded the wrong center in order to acquire Pau Gasol? As high as I am on Andrew Bynum and think he will be the superior center longterm, Marc has the better TS% and rebound rate, while playing a bigger role.
22. Al Horford, ATL: (569, 16.9, +266)
23. Brandon Roy, POR: (564, 14.9, +303)
24. Nene Hilario, DEN: (558, 16.3, +45)
25. Josh Smith, ATL: (553, 17.9, +39)
26. Joakim Noah, CHI: (550, 17.3, +505)
27. Amare Stoudemire, PHX: (540, 15.2, -13)
28. Carmelo Anthony, DEN: (539, 16.4, -13)
29. Al Jefferson, MIN: (516, 15.7, +13)
30. Baron Davis, LAC: (514, 15.4, +12)
31. Joe Johnson, ATL: (509, 13.9, -11)
32. Lamar Odom, LAL: (495, 15.6, +78)
33. Andrew Bynum, LAL: (493, 16, +5)
34. Monta Ellis, GSW: (486, 12.2, +15)
35. Brendan Haywood, WAS: (480, 15, +108)
36. Russell Westbrook, OKC: (477, 13.5, +228)
37. Luol Deng, CHI: (471, 12.9, +18)
38. Chris Kaman, LAC: (466, 14.5, +17)
39. Emeka Okafor, NOH: (456, 15.5, +12)
40. David West, NOH: (456, 13.2, +33)
41. Luis Scola, HOU: (448, 14.9, +268)
42. LaMarcus Aldridge, POR: (447, 13.2, +106)
43. Ben Wallace, DET: (446, 15.4, +1354)
44. Maurice Williams, CLE: (443, 11.9, +32)
45. Corey Maggette, GSW: (434, 15.7, +30)
Reputations are an incredible thing, especially when comparing number 45 and number 46 on this list. Jamison is owed just over $28.4M through the 11-12 season, while Maggette is owed just under $30.8M through 12-13. Maggette just turned 30, while Jamison is now 33. Maggettte, who frequently creates his own offense off the dribble in isolation, has an insane True Shooting Percentage of 64.0% (career mark at a still superb 58.1%), compared to 56.5% for Jamison. Maggette can guard multiple positions and is superior defensively to Jamison.
Why, exactly, would Cleveland be chomping at the bit to get Jamison when they can have Maggette?
46. Antawn Jamison, WAS: (434, 14.8, -1)
47. Jason Thompson, SAC: (432, 12.9, +459)
48. Rudy Gay, MEM: (432, 12, +243)
49. Derrick Rose, CHI: (431, 12.6, +113)
50. Tyreke Evans, SAC: (429, 13.1, +205)
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