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

NBA SMALL FORWARDS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 REGULAR SEASON

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

All the players in this Report are small forwards.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MORE THAN 4,000
1 LeBron James CLEV SF 4097.84

3,500 to 3,999
None

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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