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Houston Rockets Final Real Player Ratings, 2009-10 Season

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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.

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