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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Houston Rockets Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

HOUSTON ROCKETS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to KYLE LOWRY who led the Rockets in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to LUIS SCOLA AND AARON BROOKS who were tied for contributing more than any other player to the Rockets in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Kyle Lowry

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Carl Landry
Luis Scola
Chuck Hayes

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Aaron Brooks
Trevor Ariza
David Andersen
Shane Battier

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 8

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Aaron Brooks

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Chuck Hayes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Luis Scola PF 2180.54
Aaron Brooks PG 2180.17
Trevor Ariza SG 1901.12
Shane Battier SF 1523.98
Kyle Lowry PG 1378.47
Chuck Hayes PF 1356.36
Carl Landry PF 1155.21
Chase Budinger SF 923.91
David Andersen C 637.18
Kevin Martin SG 491.54
Jordan Hill PF 245.77
Jared Jeffries PF 153.53
Jermaine Taylor SG 129.59


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

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

Aaron Brooks PG 0.575
Kyle Lowry PG 0.564
Carl Landry PF 0.520
Luis Scola PF 0.459
Kevin Martin SG 0.449
Chase Budinger SF 0.413
Jordan Hill PF 0.409
Trevor Ariza SG 0.373
David Andersen C 0.355
Chuck Hayes PF 0.327
Shane Battier SF 0.318
Jared Jeffries PF 0.282
Jermaine Taylor SG 0.275

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

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

Chuck Hayes PF 0.438
Shane Battier SF 0.385
David Andersen C 0.360
Luis Scola PF 0.358
Trevor Ariza SG 0.350
Carl Landry PF 0.297
Kyle Lowry PG 0.271
Jordan Hill PF 0.251
Chase Budinger SF 0.208
Jared Jeffries PF 0.180
Aaron Brooks PG 0.172
Jermaine Taylor SG 0.152
Kevin Martin SG 0.123

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

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

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

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

Golden State Warriors Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to ANDRIS BIEDRINS who led the Warriors in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to STEPHEN CURRY who contributed more than any other player to the Warriors in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Andris Biedrins
Anthony Randolph

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Stephen Curry
Ronny Turiaf

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
C.J. Watson
Monta Ellis
Anthony Tolliver
Stephen Jackson

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 8

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Stephen Curry

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Andris Biedrins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stephen Curry PG 2325.52
Monta Ellis PG 1882.98
Corey Maggette SF 1453.88
C.J. Watson PG 1334.06
Anthony Morrow SG 1333.56
Anthony Tolliver PF 1009.15
Ronny Turiaf C 675.34
Andris Biedrins C 629.56
Anthony Randolph PF 614.13
Reggie Williams SF 526.03
Chris Hunter PF 450.81
Devean George SG 450.65
Vladimir Radmanovic SF 374.40
Mikki Moore C 227.90
Stephen Jackson SF 211.35


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

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

Stephen Curry PG 0.573
Corey Maggette SF 0.572
Monta Ellis PG 0.504
Reggie Williams SF 0.503
Stephen Jackson SF 0.444
Anthony Randolph PF 0.435
Anthony Morrow SG 0.428
C.J. Watson PG 0.419
Mikki Moore C 0.413
Anthony Tolliver PF 0.396
Chris Hunter PF 0.359
Andris Biedrins C 0.345
Ronny Turiaf C 0.343
Devean George SG 0.326
Vladimir Radmanovic SF 0.241

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

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

Andris Biedrins C 0.480
Ronny Turiaf C 0.432
Anthony Randolph PF 0.385
C.J. Watson PG 0.328
Anthony Tolliver PF 0.314
Devean George SG 0.266
Stephen Jackson SF 0.261
Vladimir Radmanovic SF 0.253
Anthony Morrow SG 0.233
Stephen Curry PG 0.230
Chris Hunter PF 0.217
Monta Ellis PG 0.208
Reggie Williams SF 0.170
Mikki Moore C 0.148
Corey Maggette SF 0.127

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

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

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

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

Detroit Pistons Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

DETROIT PISTONS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to BEN WALLACE who led the Pistons in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to RODNEY STUCKEY who contributed more than any other player to the Pistons in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Ben Wallace

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
None

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Rodney Stuckey
Tayshaun Prince

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 3

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Richard Hamilton

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Ben Wallace

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rodney Stuckey PG 1870.65
Ben Wallace C 1731.40
Jonas Jerebko SF 1361.35
Tayshaun Prince SF 1205.43
Charlie Villanueva PF 1075.76
Will Bynum PG 946.86
Richard Hamilton SG 919.04
Ben Gordon SG 850.23
Jason Maxiell PF 824.48
Austin Daye SF 463.64
Chucky Atkins PG 307.49
Kwame Brown C 298.23
Chris Wilcox C 183.92
DaJuan Summers SF 107.58


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

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

Richard Hamilton SG 0.479
Will Bynum PG 0.478
Rodney Stuckey PG 0.470
Tayshaun Prince SF 0.468
Ben Gordon SG 0.418
Charlie Villanueva PF 0.391
Chucky Atkins PG 0.362
Jonas Jerebko SF 0.328
Ben Wallace C 0.320
Jason Maxiell PF 0.311
Austin Daye SF 0.301
Chris Wilcox C 0.229
DaJuan Summers SF 0.208
Kwame Brown C 0.108

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

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

Ben Wallace C 0.557
Kwame Brown C 0.344
Jonas Jerebko SF 0.281
Rodney Stuckey PG 0.279
Tayshaun Prince SF 0.257
Jason Maxiell PF 0.220
Austin Daye SF 0.206
Charlie Villanueva PF 0.191
Chris Wilcox C 0.189
Chucky Atkins PG 0.115
Richard Hamilton SG 0.113
Will Bynum PG 0.090
Ben Gordon SG 0.074
DaJuan Summers SF 0.057

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

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

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

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

Denver Nuggets Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

DENVER NUGGETS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to CHAUNCEY BILLUPS who led the Nuggets in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to NENE who contributed more than any other player to the Nuggets in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Chauncey Billups
Carmelo Anthony
Nene
Chris Andersen

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Ty Lawson

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
J.R. Smith
Kenyon Martin

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 7

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Chauncey Billups

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Chris Andersen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nene Hilario C 2347.75
Carmelo Anthony SF 2300.83
Chauncey Billups PG 2198.36
J.R. Smith SG 1532.17
Chris Andersen PF 1436.69
Kenyon Martin PF 1407.70
Arron Afflalo SG 1277.11
Ty Lawson PG 1010.42
Anthony Carter PG 589.43
Joey Graham SF 358.68
Johan Petro C 276.69
Malik Allen PF 128.47


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

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

Chauncey Billups PG 0.651
Carmelo Anthony SF 0.595
Ty Lawson PG 0.563
Nene Hilario C 0.459
J.R. Smith SG 0.430
Anthony Carter PG 0.427
Arron Afflalo SG 0.351
Kenyon Martin PF 0.302
Chris Andersen PF 0.274
Joey Graham SF 0.268
Johan Petro C 0.268
Malik Allen PF 0.205

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

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

Chris Andersen PF 0.575
Kenyon Martin PF 0.407
Nene Hilario C 0.393
Johan Petro C 0.366
J.R. Smith SG 0.308
Carmelo Anthony SF 0.278
Anthony Carter PG 0.260
Chauncey Billups PG 0.232
Arron Afflalo SG 0.222
Ty Lawson PG 0.205
Joey Graham SF 0.204
Malik Allen PF 0.076

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

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

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

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

Dallas Mavericks Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

DALLAS MAVERICKS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to JASON KIDD who led the Mavericks in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to JASON KIDD, who contributed more than any other player to the Mavericks in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
JASON KIDD
DIRK NOWITZKI

SUPER STARS
BRENDAN HAYWOOD

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Erick Dampier

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Jason Terry
Shawn Marion

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Caron Butler
Rodrigue Beaubois

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 8

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Jason Kidd

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Brendan Haywood

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jason Kidd PG 3147.40
Dirk Nowitzki PF 3142.54
Jason Terry SG 2007.89
Shawn Marion SF 1842.04
Jose Juan Barea PG 1072.84
Erick Dampier C 1056.96
Drew Gooden PF 694.41
Brendan Haywood C 688.70
Caron Butler SF 664.94
Rodrigue Beaubois PG 495.09
Josh Howard SF 380.39
Eduardo Najera PF 231.63
Kris Humphries PF 202.17
Quinton Ross SF 122.12


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

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

Jason Kidd PG 0.650
Dirk Nowitzki PF 0.584
Rodrigue Beaubois PG 0.568
Jason Terry SG 0.529
Jose Juan Barea PG 0.507
Shawn Marion SF 0.370
Drew Gooden PF 0.370
Kris Humphries PF 0.340
Caron Butler SF 0.333
Brendan Haywood C 0.331
Josh Howard SF 0.314
Erick Dampier C 0.295
Eduardo Najera PF 0.236
Quinton Ross SF 0.174

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

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

Brendan Haywood C 0.599
Erick Dampier C 0.531
Dirk Nowitzki PF 0.450
Jason Kidd PG 0.443
Shawn Marion SF 0.403
Caron Butler SF 0.382
Drew Gooden PF 0.305
Kris Humphries PF 0.302
Jason Terry SG 0.262
Eduardo Najera PF 0.245
Quinton Ross SF 0.232
Jose Juan Barea PG 0.187
Josh Howard SF 0.145
Rodrigue Beaubois PG 0.140

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

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

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

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

Cleveland Cavaliers Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to LEBRON JAMES who led the Cavaliers in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to LEBRON JAMES, who contributed more than any other player to the Cavaliers in 2009-10.

KEY PLAYERS (above the NBA average)
MAJOR HISTORIC SUPER STARS
LEBRON JAMES

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
ANDERSON VAREJAO

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Delonte West
Shaquille O'Neal
Mo Williams

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Antawn Jamison

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Jamario Moon

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 8

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
LeBron James

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Anderson Varejao

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LeBron James SF 4097.84
Anderson Varejao C 2021.27
Mo Williams PG 1970.92
Anthony Parker SG 1363.95
Delonte West SG 1284.28
Shaquille O'Neal C 1043.80
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 1015.47
J.J. Hickson PF 1012.93
Jamario Moon SF 792.93
Daniel Gibson PG 704.47
Antawn Jamison PF 664.18
Jawad Williams SF 273.72


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

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

LeBron James SF 0.884
Mo Williams PG 0.559
Delonte West SG 0.416
Shaquille O'Neal C 0.389
Antawn Jamison PF 0.381
Anderson Varejao C 0.370
Daniel Gibson PG 0.357
J.J. Hickson PF 0.331
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 0.311
Anthony Parker SG 0.299
Jamario Moon SF 0.296
Jawad Williams SF 0.258

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

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

Anderson Varejao C 0.563
LeBron James SF 0.498
Jamario Moon SF 0.458
Shaquille O'Neal C 0.452
Zydrunas Ilgauskas C 0.448
Delonte West SG 0.440
Antawn Jamison PF 0.438
Daniel Gibson PG 0.302
Anthony Parker SG 0.297
Mo Williams PG 0.276
J.J. Hickson PF 0.268
Jawad Williams SF 0.111

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

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

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

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

Chicago Bulls Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

CHICAGO BULLS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to JOAKIM NOAH who led the Bulls in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to DERRICK ROSE, who contributed more than any other player to the Bulls in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
JOAKIM NOAH
TYRUS THOMAS
DERRICK ROSE

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
None

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Luol Deng
John Salmons

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Taj Gibson
Brad Miller

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS: 7

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Derrick Rose

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Tyrus Thomas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Derrick Rose PG 2591.86
Luol Deng SF 2166.74
Joakim Noah C 1838.35
Kirk Hinrich PG 1710.12
Taj Gibson PF 1633.34
Brad Miller C 1403.75
John Salmons SF 1315.97
Tyrus Thomas PF 613.10
Jannero Pargo PG 478.45
James Johnson PF 368.56
Ronald Murray SG 342.64
Hakim Warrick PF 273.84


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

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

Derrick Rose PG 0.610
Joakim Noah C 0.427
Kirk Hinrich PG 0.413
Luol Deng SF 0.382
Hakim Warrick PF 0.376
Ronald Murray SG 0.357
Brad Miller C 0.356
John Salmons SF 0.341
Jannero Pargo PG 0.324
Taj Gibson PF 0.318
Tyrus Thomas PF 0.256
James Johnson PF 0.253

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

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

Tyrus Thomas PF 0.648
Joakim Noah C 0.528
John Salmons SF 0.436
Luol Deng SF 0.435
Taj Gibson PF 0.423
Brad Miller C 0.364
Derrick Rose PG 0.293
Kirk Hinrich PG 0.277
Jannero Pargo PG 0.253
James Johnson PF 0.234
Ronald Murray SG 0.147
Hakim Warrick PF 0.138

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

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

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

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

Charlotte Bobcats Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to GERALD WALLACE who led the Bobcats in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to GERALD WALLACE, who contributed more than any other player to the Bobcats in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPER STARS
GERALD WALLACE

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Tyrus Thomas
Raymond Felton

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Nazr Mohammed

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Stephen Jackson
Boris Diaw
D.J. Augustin
Tyson Chandler
Stephen Graham

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS
9

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Raymond Felton

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Tyrus Thomas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gerald Wallace SF 2861.74
Raymond Felton PG 2263.96
Boris Diaw PF 2169.10
Stephen Jackson SF 2132.81
D.J. Augustin PG 1047.75
Tyson Chandler C 823.99
Nazr Mohammed C 804.56
Ronald Murray SG 666.75
Stephen Graham SF 564.46
Tyrus Thomas PF 471.41
Theo Ratliff C 405.57
Derrick Brown SF 307.83
Gerald Henderson SG 235.61


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

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

Raymond Felton PG 0.508
Nazr Mohammed C 0.446
Boris Diaw PF 0.413
Stephen Jackson SF 0.403
D.J. Augustin PG 0.403
Gerald Wallace SF 0.369
Ronald Murray SG 0.314
Tyrus Thomas PF 0.301
Derrick Brown SF 0.279
Stephen Graham SF 0.265
Tyson Chandler C 0.221
Theo Ratliff C 0.220
Gerald Henderson SG 0.191

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

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

Tyrus Thomas PF 0.569
Gerald Wallace SF 0.548
Tyson Chandler C 0.487
Gerald Henderson SG 0.473
Stephen Graham SF 0.438
Theo Ratliff C 0.430
Nazr Mohammed C 0.372
Ronald Murray SG 0.358
Stephen Jackson SF 0.351
Raymond Felton PG 0.348
Boris Diaw PF 0.334
D.J. Augustin PG 0.309
Derrick Brown SF 0.296

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

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

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

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

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Boston Celtics Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

Finally, note that this particular report shows ratings previously reported since the Celtics were among the final four. The web address of this report has not changed; only the date has changed so that the archive can be ordered correctly.

BOSTON CELTICS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to RAJON RONDO who led the Celtics in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to RAJON RONDO, who contributed more than any other player to the Celtics in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
RAJON RONDO
KEVIN GARNETT

SUPER STARS
None

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Paul Pierce

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Kendrick Perkins
Ray Allen

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Rasheed Wallace
Shelden Williams

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS
7

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Rajon Rondo

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Kevin Garnett

BOSTON CELTICS
FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS

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

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

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

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

Point Guard .780
Shooting Guard .600
Small Forward .650
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.

BOSTON CELTICS
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION

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

Rajon Rondo 3212.27
Ray Allen 2169.76
Kevin Garnett 2127.62
Paul Pierce 2015.80
Kendrick Perkins 1739.32
Rasheed Wallace 1347.58
Tony Allen 589.60
Marquis Daniels 509.08
Glen Davis 473.83
Shelden Williams 446.73
Nate Robinson 255.23
Michael Finley 183.77
Brian Scalabrine 155.20

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

BOSTON CELTICS
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS

2009-10 Regular Season
--Shows the quality of players' offense
--Includes all non-trivial offensive actions

Rajon Rondo 0.701
Nate Robinson 0.504
Kevin Garnett 0.502
Paul Pierce 0.487
Ray Allen 0.459
Michael Finley 0.403
Tony Allen 0.329
Shelden Williams 0.318
Glen Davis 0.309
Rasheed Wallace 0.307
Marquis Daniels 0.302
Kendrick Perkins 0.287
Brian Scalabrine 0.164

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

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

Kevin Garnett 0.530
Kendrick Perkins 0.520
Rasheed Wallace 0.450
Shelden Williams 0.430
Rajon Rondo 0.384
Paul Pierce 0.349
Tony Allen 0.335
Ray Allen 0.310
Marquis Daniels 0.242
Glen Davis 0.199
Michael Finley 0.182
Brian Scalabrine 0.164
Nate Robinson 0.164

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

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

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

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

Atlanta Hawks Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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

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

ATLANTA HAWKS FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS, 2009-10 Season
Congratulations and respect are due to JOSH SMITH who led the Hawks in quality basketball in 2009-10.

Congratulations and respect are due to JOSH SMITH, who contributed more than any other player to the Hawks in 2009-10.

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

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
JOSH SMITH

SUPER STARS
AL HORFORD

STARS--WELL ABOVE NORMAL STARTERS
Joe Johnson

VERY GOOD PLAYERS--SOLID STARTERS
Mike Bibby

MAJOR ROLE PLAYERS--GOOD ENOUGH TO START
Jamal Crawford
Marvin Williams

TOTAL NUMBER OF ABOVE AVERAGE PLAYERS
6

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Joe Johnson

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Josh Smith

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

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

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

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

Point Guard .780
Shooting Guard .600
Small Forward .650
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.

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

Josh Smith, SF 2965.81
Al Horford, C 2758.25
Joe Johnson, SG 2548.44
Jamal Crawford, SG 1773.46
Marvin Williams. PF 1767.92
Mike Bibby, PG 1763.06
Maurice Evans, SF 608.52
Zaza Pachulia, C 586.19
Jeff Teague, PG 391.44
Joe Smith, PF 268.34


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

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

Joe Johnson, SG 0.601
Jamal Crawford, SG 0.543
Josh Smith, SF 0.493
Al Horford, C 0.483
Mike Bibby, PG 0.472
Jeff Teague, PG 0.402
Maurice Evans, SF 0.353
Joe Smith, PF 0.322
Marvin Williams. PF 0.306
Zaza Pachulia, C 0.303

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

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

Josh Smith, SF 0.540
Al Horford, C 0.486
Marvin Williams. PF 0.411
Mike Bibby, PG 0.331
Joe Johnson, SG 0.282
Zaza Pachulia, C 0.236
Jamal Crawford, SG 0.178
Jeff Teague, PG 0.142
Joe Smith, PF 0.131
Maurice Evans, SF 0.109

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

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

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

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

Real Player Ratings: 2010 NBA Finals Game 7: Los Angeles Lakers 83 Boston Celtics 79

NBA 2010 FINALS--CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME SEVEN
JUNE 17, 2010 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES LAKERS 83 BOSTON CELTICS 79
LAKERS WIN THE SERIES 4-3

REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.

--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.

CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.969
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.783
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.751
Paul Pierce, SF 0.673
Glen Davis, PF 0.642
Ray Allen, SG 0.341

LAKERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Pau Gasol, PF 1.014
Ron Artest, SF 0.699
Derek Fisher, PG 0.698
Lamar Odom, PF 0.662
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.575
Andrew Bynum, C 0.447
Jordan Farmar, PG -0.349

COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 1.014
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.969
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.783
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.751
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.699
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.698
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.673
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.662
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.642
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.575
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.447
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.341
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG -0.349

SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WHEN THE SINGLE GAME HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT IS INCLUDED
Major Historic Super Star / "Perfect Player" 1.200 and more
Historic Super Star 1.080 1.199
Super Star 0.960 1.079
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.860 0.959
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.780 0.859
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.779
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.620 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.540 0.619
Marginal Role Player 0.460 0.539
Poor Player 0.380 0.459
Very Poor Player 0.300 0.379
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.299

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

Point Guard .780
Shooting Guard .600
Small Forward .650
Power Forward .720
Center .750

ALL NBA PLAYERS (ALL POSITIONS) AVERAGE: .700

REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.

CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 43.59
Paul Pierce, SF 30.98
Kevin Garnett, PF 29.75
Rasheed Wallace, C 27.04
Ray Allen, SG 15.36
Glen Davis, PF 13.49

LAKERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Pau Gasol, PF 42.61
Ron Artest, SF 32.16
Kobe Bryant, SG 25.89
Lamar Odom, PF 23.16
Derek Fisher, PG 20.93
Andrew Bynum, C 8.50
Jordan Farmar, PG -4.54

COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 43.59
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 42.61
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 32.16
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 30.98
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 29.75
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 27.04
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 25.89
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 23.16
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 20.93
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 15.36
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 13.49
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 8.50
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG -4.54


============== SUB RATINGS ==============

OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense

CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.664
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.408
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.407
Paul Pierce, SF 0.235
Glen Davis, PF 0.108
Ray Allen, SG -0.013

LAKERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Pau Gasol, PF 0.540
Derek Fisher, PG 0.501
Lamar Odom, PF 0.242
Ron Artest, SF 0.220
Andrew Bynum, C 0.211
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.088
Jordan Farmar, PG -0.385

COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.664
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.540
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.501
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.408
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.407
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.242
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.235
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.220
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.211
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.108
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.088
Ray Allen, Celtics SG -0.013
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG -0.385

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

DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.

CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Glen Davis, PF 0.534
Paul Pierce, SF 0.438
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.376
Ray Allen, SG 0.355
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.344
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.305

LAKERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.487
Ron Artest, SF 0.479
Pau Gasol, PF 0.475
Lamar Odom, PF 0.420
Andrew Bynum, C 0.237
Derek Fisher, PG 0.196
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.036

COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.534
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.487
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.479
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.475
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.438
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.420
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.376
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.355
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.344
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.305
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.237
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.196
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 0.036

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

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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide 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. Moreover, 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.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Real Player Ratings: 2010 NBA Finals Game 6: Los Angeles Lakers 89 Boston Celtics 67

NBA 2010 FINALS--CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME SIX
JUNE 15, 2010 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES LAKERS 89 BOSTON CELTICS 67
SERIES IS TIED 3-3

REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.

--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.

CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.041
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.010
Ray Allen, SG 0.941
Nate Robinson, PG 0.918
Tony Allen, SG 0.772
Glen Davis, PF 0.678
Paul Pierce, SF 0.598
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.188
Shelden Williams, PF 0.101
Kendrick Perkins, C -0.018

LAKERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Pau Gasol, PF 1.516
Kobe Bryant, SG 1.468
Lamar Odom, PF 1.123
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.932
Andrew Bynum, C 0.873
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.805
Ron Artest, SF 0.792
Shannon Brown, PG 0.719
Derek Fisher, PG 0.267
Josh Powell, C 0.224

COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 1.516
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 1.468
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 1.123
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.041
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.010
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.941
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 0.932
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.918
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.873
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 0.805
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.792
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.772
Shannon Brown, Lakers PG 0.719
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.678
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.598
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.267
Josh Powell, Lakers C 0.224
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.188
Shelden Williams, Celtics PF 0.101
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C -0.018

SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WHEN THE SINGLE GAME HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT IS INCLUDED
Major Historic Super Star / "Perfect Player" 1.200 and more
Historic Super Star 1.080 1.199
Super Star 0.960 1.079
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.860 0.959
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.780 0.859
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.779
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.620 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.540 0.619
Marginal Role Player 0.460 0.539
Poor Player 0.380 0.459
Very Poor Player 0.300 0.379
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.299

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

Point Guard .780
Shooting Guard .600
Small Forward .650
Power Forward .720
Center .750

ALL NBA PLAYERS (ALL POSITIONS) AVERAGE: .700

REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.

CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Ray Allen, SG 33.87
Rajon Rondo, PG 33.33
Kevin Garnett, PF 32.28
Paul Pierce, SF 20.33
Glen Davis, PF 18.30
Nate Robinson, PG 14.69
Tony Allen, SG 13.12
Rasheed Wallace, C 3.19
Shelden Williams, PF 1.42
Kendrick Perkins, C -0.13

LAKERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Pau Gasol, PF 62.18
Kobe Bryant, SG 58.72
Lamar Odom, PF 31.45
Ron Artest, SF 25.34
Andrew Bynum, C 13.96
Jordan Farmar, PG 13.69
Shannon Brown, PG 13.66
Sasha Vujacic, SG 13.04
Derek Fisher, PG 4.01
Josh Powell, C 1.79

COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 62.18
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 58.72
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 33.87
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 33.33
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 32.28
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 31.45
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 25.34
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 20.33
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 18.30
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 14.69
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 13.96
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 13.69
Shannon Brown, Lakers PG 13.66
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 13.12
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 13.04
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 4.01
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 3.19
Josh Powell, Lakers C 1.79
Shelden Williams, Celtics PF 1.42
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C -0.13


============== SUB RATINGS ==============

OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense

CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Ray Allen, SG 0.786
Nate Robinson, PG 0.624
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.595
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.560
Paul Pierce, SF 0.264
Glen Davis, PF 0.212
Tony Allen, SG 0.202
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.000
Kendrick Perkins, C -0.279
Shelden Williams, PF -0.279

LAKERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Pau Gasol, PF 0.966
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.821
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.657
Shannon Brown, PG 0.437
Andrew Bynum, C 0.393
Ron Artest, SF 0.347
Lamar Odom, PF 0.344
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.132
Josh Powell, C 0.000
Derek Fisher, PG -0.123

COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.966
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.821
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.786
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 0.657
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.624
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.595
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.560
Shannon Brown, Lakers PG 0.437
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.393
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.347
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.344
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.264
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.212
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.202
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 0.132
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.000
Josh Powell, Lakers C 0.000
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG -0.123
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C -0.279
Shelden Williams, Celtics PF -0.279

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

DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.

CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 0.570
Glen Davis, PF 0.466
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.450
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.446
Shelden Williams, PF 0.380
Paul Pierce, SF 0.334
Nate Robinson, PG 0.295
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.260
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.188
Ray Allen, SG 0.154

LAKERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Lamar Odom, PF 0.779
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.673
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.647
Pau Gasol, PF 0.551
Andrew Bynum, C 0.480
Ron Artest, SF 0.445
Derek Fisher, PG 0.391
Shannon Brown, PG 0.282
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.274
Josh Powell, C 0.224

COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.779
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 0.673
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.647
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.570
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.551
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.480
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.466
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.450
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.446
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.445
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.391
Shelden Williams, Celtics PF 0.380
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.334
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.295
Shannon Brown, Lakers PG 0.282
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 0.274
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.260
Josh Powell, Lakers C 0.224
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.188
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.154

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

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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide 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. Moreover, 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.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Real Player Ratings: 2010 NBA Finals Game 5: Boston Celtics 92 Los Angeles Lakers 86

NBA 2010 FINALS--CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME FIVE
JUNE 13, 2010 IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
BOSTON CELTICS 92 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 86
CELTICS LEAD SERIES 3-2

REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.

--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.

LAKERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Kobe Bryant, SG 1.040
Lamar Odom, PF 0.864
Pau Gasol, PF 0.700
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.683
Derek Fisher, PG 0.405
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.286
Ron Artest, SF 0.275
Luke Walton, SF 0.254
Andrew Bynum, C 0.181

CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.294
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.020
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.953
Paul Pierce, SF 0.908
Nate Robinson, PG 0.894
Ray Allen, SG 0.475
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.405
Glen Davis, PF 0.360
Tony Allen, SG 0.117

COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.294
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 1.040
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.020
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.953
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.908
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.894
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.864
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.700
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 0.683
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.475
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.405
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.405
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.360
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 0.286
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.275
Luke Walton, Lakers SF 0.254
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.181
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.117

SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WHEN THE SINGLE GAME HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT IS INCLUDED
Major Historic Super Star / "Perfect Player" 1.200 and more
Historic Super Star 1.080 1.199
Super Star 0.960 1.079
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.860 0.959
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.780 0.859
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.779
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.620 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.540 0.619
Marginal Role Player 0.460 0.539
Poor Player 0.380 0.459
Very Poor Player 0.300 0.379
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.299

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

Point Guard .780
Shooting Guard .600
Small Forward .650
Power Forward .720
Center .750

ALL NBA PLAYERS (ALL POSITIONS) AVERAGE: .700

REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.

LAKERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Kobe Bryant, SG 45.74
Pau Gasol, PF 26.60
Lamar Odom, PF 22.47
Derek Fisher, PG 13.78
Ron Artest, SF 9.35
Sasha Vujacic, SG 6.83
Andrew Bynum, C 5.79
Jordan Farmar, PG 4.00
Luke Walton, SF 0.20

CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Kevin Garnett, PF 46.58
Paul Pierce, SF 39.02
Rajon Rondo, PG 38.75
Ray Allen, SG 19.00
Rasheed Wallace, C 14.29
Kendrick Perkins, C 12.96
Nate Robinson, PG 8.94
Glen Davis, PF 4.68
Tony Allen, SG 1.52

COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 46.58
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 45.74
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 39.02
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 38.75
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 26.60
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 22.47
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 19.00
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 14.29
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 13.78
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 12.96
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 9.35
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 8.94
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 6.83
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 5.79
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 4.68
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 4.00
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 1.52
Luke Walton, Lakers SF 0.20


============== SUB RATINGS ==============

OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense

LAKERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.766
Pau Gasol, PF 0.356
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.334
Lamar Odom, PF 0.293
Derek Fisher, PG 0.173
Andrew Bynum, C 0.071
Ron Artest, SF 0.050
Luke Walton, SF 0.029
Jordan Farmar, PG -0.162

CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Nate Robinson, PG 0.945
Paul Pierce, SF 0.622
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.618
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.443
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.291
Ray Allen, SG 0.234
Glen Davis, PF 0.196
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.191
Tony Allen, SG -0.098

COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.945
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.766
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.622
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.618
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.443
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.356
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 0.334
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.293
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.291
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.234
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.196
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.191
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.173
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.071
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.050
Luke Walton, Lakers SF 0.029
Tony Allen, Celtics SG -0.098
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG -0.162

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

DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.

LAKERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Lamar Odom, PF 0.571
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.448
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.349
Pau Gasol, PF 0.344
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.274
Derek Fisher, PG 0.232
Luke Walton, SF 0.226
Ron Artest, SF 0.226
Andrew Bynum, C 0.110

CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.851
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.661
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.401
Paul Pierce, SF 0.285
Ray Allen, SG 0.241
Tony Allen, SG 0.214
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.214
Glen Davis, PF 0.164
Nate Robinson, PG -0.051

COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.851
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.661
Lamar Odom, Lakers PF 0.571
Jordan Farmar, Lakers PG 0.448
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.401
Sasha Vujacic, Lakers SG 0.349
Pau Gasol, Lakers PF 0.344
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.285
Kobe Bryant, Lakers SG 0.274
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.241
Derek Fisher, Lakers PG 0.232
Luke Walton, Lakers SF 0.226
Ron Artest, Lakers SF 0.226
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.214
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.214
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.164
Andrew Bynum, Lakers C 0.110
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG -0.051

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

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