Valuation Comparisons

Since I have been doing my Player Valuations series, I thought it would be interesting to rank players based on how their actual salary compares to their “value” according to Composite Score.  Here they are:

Undervalued:

1. Kenneth Faried, Denver +$15,989,280
2. Brendan Wright, Dallas +13,952,148
3. Ryan Anderson, Orlando $12,335,399
4. Cole Aldrich, Oklahoma City $11,730,000
5. Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio +$11,024,040
6. Jimmy Butler, Chicago +$10,859,040
7. Jeremy Evans, Utah +$10,553,805
8. Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City +$10,459,800
9. Steve Novak, New York +$9,873,611
10. George Hill, Indiana +$9,091,507
11. Lavoy Allen, Philadelphia +$8,862,396
12. Ersan Ilyasova, Milwaukee +$8,739,000
13. Kevin Love, Minnesota +$8,686,299
14. Chris Andersen, Denver +$8,594,000
15. Taj Gibson, Chicago +$8,440,320
16. Jeremy Lin, New York +8,393,805
17. Matt Barnes, Lakers +8,377,800
18. Jodie Meeks, Philadelphia +8,253,611
19. Kosta Koufos, Denver +$8,188,208
20. James Jones, Miami +$8,172,000
21. Ian Mahinmi, Dallas +$8,096,148
22. Gustavo Ayon, New Orleans +$7,900,500
23. Nikola Pekovic, Minnesota +$7,880,400
24. Paul George, Indiana +$7,625,760
25. Josh Harrellson, New York +$7,590,396

Overvalued

1. Rashard Lewis, Washington -$20,644,631
2. Kobe Bryant, Lakers -$18,476,493
3. Chris Kaman, New Orleans -$15,556,000
4. Brian Cook, Washington -$13,943,166
5. Amare Stoudemire, New York -$13,177,705
6. Tim Duncan, San Antonio -$13,124,619
7. Carmelo Anthony, New York -$13,070,874
8. Ben Gordon, Detroit -$12,596,000
9. Antwan Jamison, Cleveland -$11,308,715
10. Deron Williams, New Jersey -$10,959,805
11. Cory Higgins, Charlotte -$10,601,604
12. Joe Johnson, Atlanta -$10,514,573
13. Stephen Jackson, San Antonio -$10,348,500
14. Kevin Garnett, Boston -$10,231,044
15. Tyrus Thomas, Charlotte -$10,221,785
16. Andray Blatche, Washington -$10,198,083
17. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas -$10,188,873
18. Lamar Odom, Dallas -$9,920,000
19. Austin Daye, Detroit -$9,669,600
20. Will Bynum, Detroit -$9,466,000
21. Corey Maggette, Charlotte -$9,398,069
22. Andrew Bogut, Golden St. -$9,036,000
23. Nene, Washington -$8,680,000
24. Pau Gasol, Lakers -$8,670,150
25. Glen Davis, Orlando -$8,532,000

Correctly Valued

1. Derek Fisher, Oklahoma City -$16,000
2. Mike Bibby, New York -$26,389
3. Kris Humphries, New Jersey $28,000
4. Trevor Ariza, New Orleans -$34,640
5. Devin Ebanks, Lakers $53,805
6. Ekpe Udoh, Milwaukee $65,040
7. Royal Ivey, Oklahoma City $108,000
8. Al-Farouq Aminu, New Orleans -$115,560
9. Rodney Stuckey, Detroit $152,000
10. Larry Sanders, Milwaukee $154,080
11. E’Twaun Moore, Boston $162,396
12. Marcus Thornton, Sacramento -$172,000
13. D.J. Augustin, Charlotte -$224,479
14. Jason Richardson, Orlando $233,000
15. Darius Morris, Lakers $234,396
16. Drew Gooden, Milwaukee $265,800
17. Iman Shumpert, New York $284,880
18. Tyreke Evans, Sacramento $288,360
19. Gary Forbes, Toronto $324,000
20. James Anderson, San Antonio -$346,540
21. Anthony Morrow, New Jersey -$376,000
22. Anthony Parker, Cleveland -$402,000
23. Shawn Marion, Dallas -$438,449
24. Ray Allen, Boston -$448,000
25. Michael Redd, Phoenix -$514,828
26. Honorable Mention: Avery Bradley, Boston $515,520

The complete rankings are available at Valuations2.

Player Valuations, Part 6

This will be the final segment of my Player Valuations series.  I would like to say that I found an error in my calculations for Arron Afflalo; he is actually worth $5,868,000 based on the original Wins Produced and current Win Shares numbers.  If anyone else finds any errors, please comment somewhere on this blog.

Sacramento   Kings
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Jason Thompson	0.160	0.106	0.128	$7,656,000
Isaiah Thomas	0.128	0.112	0.118	$7,104,000
Marcus   Thornton	0.109	0.117	0.114	$6,828,000
DeMarcus   Cousins	0.051	0.094	0.077	$4,608,000
Francisco   Garcia	0.083	0.070	0.075	$4,512,000
Tyreke Evans	0.086	0.066	0.074	$4,440,000
Donte Greene	0.070	0.067	0.068	$4,092,000
Chuck Hayes	0.054	0.050	0.052	$3,096,000
John Salmons	0.042	0.017	0.027	$1,620,000
Jimmer   Fredette (ESP)	-0.037	0.024	0.000	-$24,000
Travis Outlaw   (FRA)	-0.107	-0.047	-0.071	-$4,260,000
	0.058	0.061	0.060	$39,672,000
San Antonio Spurs
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Manu Ginobli	0.288	0.242	0.260	$15,624,000
Kawhi Leonard	0.284	0.165	0.213	$12,756,000
Tiago Splitter	0.137	0.161	0.151	$9,084,000
Tony Parker	0.126	0.168	0.151	$9,072,000
Matt Bonner	0.119	0.149	0.137	$8,220,000
Tim Duncan	0.116	0.146	0.134	$8,040,000
Danny Green	0.159	0.117	0.134	$8,028,000
DeJuan Blair	0.059	0.108	0.088	$5,304,000
Gary Neal	0.044	0.067	0.058	$3,468,000
James Anderson	0.008	0.024	0.018	$1,056,000
Cory Joseph   (GRE)	-0.028	0.011	-0.005	-$276,000
Stepehen Jackson (CHN)	-0.041	-0.003	-0.018	-$1,092,000
	0.106	0.113	0.110	$79,284,000
Toronto Raptors
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Amir Johnson	0.201	0.125	0.155	$9,324,000
Ed Davis	0.203	0.123	0.155	$9,300,000
Jose Calderon	0.193	0.117	0.147	$8,844,000
Jerryd Bayless	0.091	0.132	0.116	$6,936,000
Aaron Gary	0.126	0.085	0.101	$6,084,000
James Johnson	0.081	0.086	0.084	$5,040,000
Linas Kleiza	0.012	0.047	0.033	$1,980,000
Gary Forbes	-0.002	0.052	0.030	$1,824,000
Andrea   Bargnani	-0.050	0.079	0.027	$1,644,000
DeMar DeRozan   (ESP)	-0.048	0.043	0.007	$396,000
Rasual Butler   (TUR)	-0.031	-0.026	-0.028	-$1,680,000
Jamaal   Magloire (ITA)	-0.073	-0.027	-0.045	-$2,724,000
	0.059	0.070	0.065	$46,968,000
Utah Jazz
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Paul Millsap	0.213	0.189	0.199	$11,916,000
Jeremy Evans	0.275	0.131	0.189	$11,316,000
Al Jefferson	0.093	0.169	0.139	$8,316,000
Gordon Hayward	0.128	0.103	0.113	$6,780,000
Devin Harris	0.110	0.111	0.111	$6,636,000
Derrick Favors	0.123	0.092	0.104	$6,264,000
Enes Kanter	0.125	0.090	0.104	$6,240,000
Raja Bell	0.071	0.073	0.072	$4,332,000
Alec Burks	0.041	0.066	0.056	$3,360,000
Earl Watson	0.103	0.014	0.050	$2,976,000
Jamaal Tinsley	0.051	0.028	0.037	$2,232,000
C.J. Miles	-0.052	0.061	0.016	$948,000
Josh Howard   (CHN)	-0.022	0.024	0.006	$336,000
	0.097	0.089	0.092	$71,652,000
Washington Wizards
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Trevor Booker	0.158	0.110	0.129	$7,752,000
Kevin Seraphin	0.142	0.091	0.111	$6,684,000
John Wall	0.105	0.069	0.083	$5,004,000
Nene	0.048	0.088	0.072	$4,320,000
Shelvin Mack	0.103	0.051	0.072	$4,308,000
Chris   Singleton	0.079	0.040	0.056	$3,336,000
Roger Mason	0.047	0.056	0.052	$3,144,000
Jan Vesely	0.064	0.019	0.037	$2,220,000
Rashard Lewis	0.016	0.003	0.008	$492,000
Jordan   Crawrord (ESP)	-0.042	0.010	-0.011	-$648,000
Maurice Evans   (CHN)	-0.072	0.003	-0.027	-$1,620,000
Andray Blatche   (FRA)	-0.119	-0.025	-0.063	-$3,756,000
Brian Cook   (UKR)	-0.380	-0.100	-0.212	-$12,720,000
	0.011	0.032	0.024	$18,516,000

Player Valuations, Part 5

Here is the fifth segment of my Player Valuations series.    I would like everyone to know that I will be writing a post on a proposal for a college football play-off in the near future, and that I hope that you come and visit.

Oklahoma   City Thunder
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
James Harden	0.251	0.227	0.237	$14,196,000
Cole Aldrich	0.269	0.210	0.234	$14,016,000
Kevin Durant	0.224	0.230	0.228	$13,656,000
Serge Ibaka	0.251	0.159	0.196	$11,748,000
Thabo   Sefolosha	0.221	0.135	0.169	$10,164,000
Russell   Westbrook	0.107	0.166	0.142	$8,544,000
Nick Collison	0.098	0.113	0.107	$6,420,000
Daequan Cook	0.079	0.073	0.075	$4,524,000
Nazr Mohammed	0.042	0.097	0.075	$4,500,000
Derek Fisher	0.051	0.060	0.056	$3,384,000
Kendrick   Perkins	0.024	0.040	0.034	$2,016,000
Royal Ivey	-0.010	0.043	0.022	$1,308,000
Eric Maynor	-0.016	0.038	0.016	$984,000
Reggie Jackson   (FRA)	-0.022	0.018	0.002	$120,000
Lazar Hayward   (ITA)	-0.082	-0.006	-0.036	-$2,184,000
	0.099	0.107	0.104	$93,396,000
Orlando Magic
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Ryan Anderson	0.252	0.237	0.243	$14,580,000
Dwight Howard	0.259	0.198	0.222	$13,344,000
J.J. Redick	0.132	0.144	0.139	$8,352,000
Quentin   Richardson	0.143	0.097	0.115	$6,924,000
Ishmael Smith	0.115	0.105	0.109	$6,540,000
Jason   Richardson	0.101	0.089	0.094	$5,628,000
Jameer Nelson	0.069	0.091	0.082	$4,932,000
Chris Duhon	0.084	0.054	0.066	$3,960,000
Hedo Turkoglu	0.050	0.063	0.058	$3,468,000
Von Wafer   (ESP)	-0.023	0.027	0.007	$420,000
Earl Clark   (CHN)	-0.040	-0.002	-0.017	-$1,032,000
Glen Davis   (CHN)	-0.114	0.014	-0.037	-$2,232,000
	0.086	0.093	0.090	$64,884,000
Philadelphia 76ers
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Andre Iguodala	0.261	0.170	0.206	$12,384,000
Spencer Hawes	0.194	0.187	0.190	$11,388,000
Thaddeus Young	0.153	0.193	0.177	$10,620,000
Elton Brand	0.161	0.159	0.160	$9,588,000
Lavoy Allen	0.179	0.140	0.156	$9,336,000
Louis Williams	0.102	0.191	0.155	$9,324,000
Jodie Meeks	0.162	0.145	0.152	$9,108,000
Nikola Vucevic	0.122	0.134	0.129	$7,752,000
Evan Turner	0.135	0.085	0.105	$6,300,000
Tony Battie	0.078	0.111	0.098	$5,868,000
Jrue Holliday	0.074	0.097	0.088	$5,268,000
Sam Young	0.056	0.036	0.044	$2,640,000
	0.140	0.137	0.138	$99,576,000
Phoenix Suns
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Steve Nash	0.273	0.160	0.205	$12,312,000
Marcin Gortat	0.178	0.167	0.171	$10,284,000
Jared Dudley	0.184	0.136	0.155	$9,312,000
Josh Childress	0.225	0.082	0.139	$8,352,000
Channing Frye	0.053	0.100	0.081	$4,872,000
Robin Lopez	0.030	0.113	0.080	$4,788,000
Grant Hill	0.054	0.058	0.056	$3,384,000
Ronnie Price	0.045	0.012	0.025	$1,512,000
Markieff   Morris	-0.037	0.046	0.013	$768,000
Hakim Warrick	-0.049	0.052	0.012	$696,000
Michael Redd   (CHN)	-0.026	0.026	0.005	$312,000
Shannon Brown   (ITA)	-0.025	0.019	0.001	$84,000
Sebastian   Telfair (GRE)	-0.076	0.003	-0.029	-$1,716,000
	0.064	0.075	0.070	$54,960,000
Portland Trail   Blazers
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Nicolas Batum	0.175	0.141	0.155	$9,276,000
LaMarcus   Aldridge	0.120	0.174	0.152	$9,144,000
Craig Smith	0.125	0.115	0.119	$7,140,000
Wesley   Matthews	0.127	0.111	0.117	$7,044,000
Elliot   Williams	0.107	0.118	0.114	$6,816,000
Luke Babbitt	0.119	0.053	0.079	$4,764,000
Joel Pryzbilla	0.094	0.068	0.078	$4,704,000
Jamal Crawford	0.042	0.089	0.070	$4,212,000
Kurt Thomas	0.026	0.075	0.055	$3,324,000
Raymond Felton	0.024	0.038	0.032	$1,944,000
Jonny Flynn   (GRE)	-0.067	-0.001	-0.027	-$1,644,000
Mehmet Okur   (TUR)	-0.106	-0.008	-0.047	-$2,832,000
Shawne   Williams (SRB)	-0.143	-0.046	-0.085	-$5,088,000
Nolan Smith   (BEL)	-0.164	-0.069	-0.107	-$6,420,000
	0.034	0.061	0.050	$42,384,000

Player Valuations, Part 4

Here is the fourth phase of my Player Valuations series.

Milwaukee   Bucks
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Ersan Ilyasova	0.221	0.166	0.188	$11,280,000
Mike Dunleavy	0.198	0.152	0.170	$10,224,000
Luc Mbah a Moute	0.138	0.114	0.124	$7,416,000
Jon Leuer	0.103	0.124	0.116	$6,936,000
Drew Gooden	0.068	0.135	0.108	$6,492,000
Brandon   Jennings	0.083	0.109	0.099	$5,916,000
Carlos Delfino	0.100	0.067	0.080	$4,812,000
Shaun   Livingston	0.079	0.063	0.069	$4,164,000
Beno Udrih	0.076	0.063	0.068	$4,092,000
Tobias Harris	0.045	0.078	0.065	$3,888,000
Monta Ellis	0.047	0.076	0.064	$3,864,000
Ekpe Udoh	0.047	0.062	0.056	$3,360,000
Jon Brockman	0.068	0.030	0.045	$2,712,000
Kwame Brown	0.042	0.040	0.041	$2,448,000
Larry Sanders	0.018	0.044	0.034	$2,016,000
	0.089	0.088	0.088	$77,604,000
Minnesota   Timberwolves
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Kevin Love	0.218	0.224	0.222	$13,296,000
Nikola Pekovic	0.255	0.174	0.206	$12,384,000
Derrick   Williams	0.142	0.104	0.119	$7,152,000
Ricky Rubio	0.147	0.082	0.108	$6,480,000
Anthony   Randolph	0.092	0.108	0.102	$6,096,000
Martell   Webster	0.104	0.095	0.099	$5,916,000
Luke Ridnour	0.093	0.098	0.096	$5,760,000
Wayne   Ellington	0.031	0.049	0.042	$2,508,000
Michael   Beasley	0.018	0.046	0.035	$2,088,000
Jose Barea	0.013	0.048	0.034	$2,040,000
Anthony   Tolliver	-0.030	0.065	0.027	$1,620,000
Wesley Johnson	0.004	0.014	0.010	$600,000
Darko Milicic   (SRB)	-0.058	0.014	-0.015	-$888,000
	0.079	0.086	0.083	$65,052,000
New Jersey Nets
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Gerald Wallace	0.189	0.123	0.149	$8,964,000
Kris Humphries	0.171	0.109	0.134	$8,028,000
Jordan   Williams	0.148	0.070	0.101	$6,072,000
Shelden   Williams	0.126	0.079	0.098	$5,868,000
Jordan Farmar	0.083	0.103	0.095	$5,700,000
Sundiata   Gaines	0.107	0.080	0.091	$5,448,000
Deron Williams	0.063	0.108	0.090	$5,400,000
Gerald Green	0.072	0.068	0.070	$4,176,000
Anthony Morrow	0.058	0.062	0.060	$3,624,000
MarShon Brooks	0.053	0.034	0.042	$2,496,000
Brook Lopez	-0.079	0.090	0.022	$1,344,000
Johan Petro   (FRA)	-0.040	0.024	-0.002	-$96,000
Damion James   (TUR)	0.016	-0.049	-0.023	-$1,380,000
DeShawn Stevenson (CHN)	-0.022	-0.025	-0.024	-$1,428,000
	0.068	0.063	0.065	$54,216,000
New Orleans Hornets
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Gustavo Ayon	0.177	0.145	0.158	$9,468,000
Trevor Ariza	0.151	0.087	0.113	$6,756,000
Jarrett Jack	0.097	0.116	0.108	$6,504,000
Lance Thomas	0.101	0.109	0.106	$6,348,000
Emeka Okafor	0.111	0.101	0.105	$6,300,000
Greivis   Vasquez	0.126	0.074	0.095	$5,688,000
Carl Landry	0.021	0.101	0.069	$4,140,000
Marco   Belinelli	0.039	0.052	0.047	$2,808,000
Al-Farouq   Aminu	0.077	0.022	0.044	$2,640,000
Solomon Jones	0.028	0.039	0.035	$2,076,000
Xavier Henry	0.016	0.013	0.014	$852,000
Jason Smith	-0.054	0.057	0.013	$756,000
Chris Kaman   (GER)	-0.070	0.004	-0.026	-$1,536,000
	0.063	0.071	0.068	$52,800,000
New York Knicks
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Tyson Chandler	0.319	0.226	0.263	$15,792,000
Steve Novak	0.162	0.190	0.179	$10,728,000
Jeremy Lin	0.158	0.149	0.153	$9,156,000
Landry Fields	0.192	0.101	0.137	$8,244,000
Josh   Harrellson	0.150	0.124	0.134	$8,064,000
Jared Jeffries	0.132	0.111	0.119	$7,164,000
Carmelo   Anthony	0.053	0.116	0.091	$5,448,000
Amare   Stoudemire	0.021	0.126	0.084	$5,040,000
J.R. Smith	0.051	0.083	0.070	$4,212,000
Bill Walker	0.033	0.065	0.052	$3,132,000
Baron Davis	0.053	0.031	0.040	$2,388,000
Iman Shumpert	0.008	0.046	0.031	$1,848,000
Mike Bibby	-0.003	0.025	0.014	$828,000
Toney Douglas   (ISR)	-0.165	-0.066	-0.106	-$6,336,000
	0.083	0.095	0.090	$75,708,000

March 22 Quotes for the Day

“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”  Elmer Letterman

“You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and everything you do affects not only you but others.”  Holly Lisle, Fire in the Mist (I need to learn this, too.)

“Having a dream is what keeps you alive.  Overcoming the challenges make life worth living.”  Mary Tyler Moore

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”  Plato

“One of the ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present.  In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.”  Stephen Covey

Player Valuations, Part 3

This is the third segment of my Player Valuations series.

Indiana   Pacers
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
George Hill	0.191	0.168	0.177	$10,632,000
Paul George	0.193	0.150	0.167	$10,032,000
Jeff Foster	0.186	0.140	0.158	$9,504,000
Roy Hibbert	0.149	0.148	0.148	$8,904,000
David West	0.101	0.129	0.118	$7,068,000
Darren Collison	0.128	0.102	0.112	$6,744,000
Tyler Hansbrough	0.068	0.139	0.111	$6,636,000
Danny Granger	0.077	0.127	0.107	$6,420,000
Dahntay Jones	0.096	0.105	0.101	$6,084,000
A.J. Price	0.062	0.068	0.066	$3,936,000
Louis Amundson	0.065	0.058	0.061	$3,648,000
Leandro   Barbosa	-0.014	0.048	0.023	$1,392,000
Lance   Stephenson (ITA)	0.024	-0.039	-0.014	-$828,000
	0.102	0.103	0.103	$80,172,000
Los Angeles Clippers
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Chris Paul	0.307	0.267	0.283	$16,980,000
DeAndre Jordan	0.257	0.159	0.198	$11,892,000
Blake Griffin	0.163	0.173	0.169	$10,140,000
Reggie Evans	0.187	0.066	0.114	$6,864,000
Chauncey   Billups	0.050	0.135	0.101	$6,060,000
Mo Williams	0.035	0.098	0.073	$4,368,000
Eric Bledsoe	0.068	0.060	0.063	$3,792,000
Randy Foye	0.039	0.068	0.056	$3,384,000
Caron Butler	0.000	0.054	0.032	$1,944,000
Bobby Simmons	0.025	0.029	0.027	$1,644,000
Nick Young   (GRE)	-0.068	0.045	0.000	-$12,000
Kenyon Martin   (PR)	-0.036	0.019	-0.003	-$180,000
Ryan Gomes   (FRA)	-0.015	-0.021	-0.019	-$1,116,000
	0.078	0.089	0.084	$65,760,000
Los Angeles Lakers
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Andrew Bynum	0.257	0.199	0.222	$13,332,000
Matt Barnes	0.205	0.149	0.171	$10,284,000
Pau Gasol	0.159	0.173	0.167	$10,044,000
Josh McRoberts	0.151	0.114	0.129	$7,728,000
Troy Murphy	0.101	0.107	0.105	$6,276,000
Kobe Bryant	0.066	0.144	0.113	$6,768,000
Steve Blake	0.044	0.044	0.044	$2,640,000
Metta World   Peace	0.010	0.043	0.030	$1,788,000
Darius Morris	0.007	0.015	0.012	$708,000
Devin Ebanks	-0.020	0.036	0.014	$816,000
Andrew   Goudelock (E	-0.112	0.020	-0.033	-$1,968,000
Jordan Hill	0.173	0.118	0.140	$8,400,000
Ramon Sessions	0.131	0.103	0.114	$6,852,000
	0.090	0.097	0.094	$73,668,000
Memphis Grizzlies
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Zach Randolph	0.189	0.173	0.179	$10,764,000
Marc Gasol	0.144	0.169	0.159	$9,540,000
Tony Allen	0.171	0.138	0.151	$9,072,000
Mike Conley	0.176	0.134	0.151	$9,048,000
Dante   Cunningham	0.160	0.138	0.147	$8,808,000
Hammed Haddadi	0.174	0.123	0.143	$8,604,000
Rudy Gay	0.109	0.110	0.110	$6,576,000
Marreese   Speights	0.033	0.113	0.081	$4,860,000
Quincy   Pondexter	0.078	0.075	0.076	$4,572,000
O.J. Mayo	0.052	0.074	0.065	$3,912,000
Jeremy Pargo   (ISR)	-0.168	-0.081	-0.116	-$6,948,000
Josh Selby   (GRE)	-0.158	-0.093	-0.119	-$7,140,000
	0.080	0.089	0.086	$61,668,000
Miami Heat
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
LeBron James	0.385	0.317	0.344	$20,652,000
Dwayne Wade	0.249	0.242	0.245	$14,688,000
Mike Miller	0.222	0.147	0.177	$10,620,000
James Jones	0.178	0.150	0.161	$9,672,000
Chris Bosh	0.096	0.167	0.139	$8,316,000
Mario Chalmers	0.144	0.133	0.137	$8,244,000
Udonis Haslem	0.123	0.110	0.115	$6,912,000
Joel Anthony	0.115	0.111	0.113	$6,756,000
Shane Battier	0.134	0.095	0.111	$6,636,000
Dexter Pittman   (ESP)	-0.113	0.074	-0.001	-$48,000
Norris Cole   (FRA)	-0.081	0.029	-0.015	-$900,000
	0.132	0.143	0.139	$91,548,000

March 21 Quote of the Day

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has achieved in life as by the obstacles he has overcome.” Booker T. Washington

Player Valuations, Part Two

This will be my second installment in Player Valuations series.  Before you read this, I would like everyone to know that my “A Few Reasons Why a Michael Beasley-to-the-Lakers-Trade Would be Stupid” article has been leaked, without my permission or knowledge, to News444.  If anyone has any idea how this may have happened, please comment on my site or e-mail me immediately.

Dallas   Mavericks
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Brandan Wright	0.279	0.227	0.248	$14,868,000
Brendan   Haywood	0.177	0.136	0.152	$9,144,000
Ian Mahinmi	0.125	0.167	0.150	$9,012,000
Dirk Nowitzki	0.089	0.188	0.148	$8,904,000
Jason Kidd	0.210	0.103	0.146	$8,748,000
Delonte West	0.164	0.107	0.130	$7,788,000
Shawn Marion	0.172	0.096	0.126	$7,584,000
Rodrigue Beaubois	0.121	0.125	0.123	$7,404,000
Vince Carter	0.119	0.108	0.112	$6,744,000
Jason Terry	0.100	0.097	0.098	$5,892,000
Dominique   Jones	0.079	0.046	0.059	$3,552,000
Lamar Odom   (ESP)	-0.080	0.025	-0.017	-$1,020,000
Brian Cardinal   (ITA)	-0.117	0.014	-0.038	-$2,304,000
Yi Jianlian   (CHN)	-0.112	0.000	-0.045	-$2,688,000
	0.095	0.103	0.100	$83,628,000
Denver Nuggets
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Kenneth Faried	0.363	0.237	0.287	$17,244,000
Chris Andersen	0.257	0.185	0.214	$12,828,000
Kosta Koufos	0.217	0.144	0.173	$10,392,000
Ty Lawson	0.161	0.133	0.144	$8,652,000
Danilo   Gallinari	0.091	0.162	0.134	$8,016,000
JaVale McGee	0.151	0.104	0.123	$7,368,000
Julyan Stone	0.167	0.086	0.118	$7,104,000
Rudy Fernandez	0.109	0.082	0.093	$5,568,000
Corey Brewer	0.091	0.094	0.093	$5,568,000
Andre Miller	0.094	0.079	0.085	$5,100,000
Jordan   Hamilton	0.060	0.058	0.059	$3,528,000
Timofey Mozgov	0.021	0.064	0.047	$2,808,000
Arron Afflalo	0.084	0.015	0.043	$2,556,000
Al Harrington	-0.015	0.081	0.043	$2,556,000
	0.132	0.109	0.118	$99,288,000
Detroit Pistons
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Greg Monroe	0.187	0.161	0.171	$10,284,000
Rodney Stuckey	0.128	0.155	0.144	$8,652,000
Ben Wallace	0.190	0.068	0.117	$7,008,000
Jonas Jerebko	0.136	0.101	0.115	$6,900,000
Jason Maxiell	0.084	0.056	0.067	$4,032,000
Tayshaun   Prince	0.037	0.037	0.037	$2,220,000
Damien Wilkens	0.033	0.020	0.025	$1,512,000
Brandon Knight	-0.003	0.017	0.009	$540,000
Ben Gordon   (ITA)	-0.037	-0.003	-0.017	-$996,000
Walker   Russell, Jr. (NBDL)	-0.033	-0.049	-0.043	-$2,556,000
Will Bynum   (NBDL)	-0.160	-0.066	-0.104	-$6,216,000
Austin Daye   (SRB)	-0.204	-0.079	-0.129	-$7,740,000
	0.030	0.035	0.033	$23,640,000
Golden St. Warriors
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Stephen Curry	0.190	0.154	0.168	$10,104,000
Brandon Rush	0.198	0.090	0.133	$7,992,000
Dorell Wright	0.154	0.100	0.122	$7,296,000
Dominic   McGuire	0.193	0.068	0.118	$7,080,000
David Lee	0.065	0.130	0.104	$6,240,000
Andris   Biedrins	0.109	0.099	0.103	$6,180,000
Richard   Jefferson	0.087	0.088	0.088	$5,256,000
Nate Robinson	0.063	0.102	0.086	$5,184,000
Andrew Bogut	0.035	0.059	0.049	$2,964,000
Klay Thompson	-0.014	0.054	0.027	$1,608,000
Charles   Jenkins (ITA)	-0.041	0.017	-0.006	-$372,000
	0.094	0.087	0.090	$59,532,000
Houston Rockets
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Kyle Lowry	0.204	0.159	0.177	$10,620,000
Marcus Camby	0.254	0.116	0.171	$10,272,000
Samuel   Dalembert	0.178	0.136	0.153	$9,168,000
Chase Budinger	0.167	0.123	0.141	$8,436,000
Chandler   Parsons	0.133	0.101	0.114	$6,828,000
Courtney Lee	0.129	0.103	0.113	$6,804,000
Kevin Martin	0.081	0.129	0.110	$6,588,000
Goran Dragic	0.093	0.092	0.092	$5,544,000
Patrick   Patterson	0.034	0.073	0.057	$3,444,000
Luis Scola	-0.044	0.060	0.018	$1,104,000
	0.123	0.109	0.115	$68,808,000

NBA Player Valuations, Part 1

Over the next few days, I will be issuing charts assigning monetary values to every NBA player who has played more than 100 minutes this season, based on the average salary of $6,000,000 and my Composite Score [(1.5*Win Shares/48 + Wins Produced/48)/2.5].  I understand that the best players’ salaries appear to be too low, while the weakest players not producing at subzero levels have values that are too high.  However, these are just basic Excel calculations, and are by no means the be-all end-all.  The letters in parentheses are leagues where that player might consider trying out for, as his value is lower than the minimum salary.

Player Values
Atlanta Hawks
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Al Horford	0.190	0.182	0.185	$11,112,000
Marvin Williams	0.189	0.146	0.163	$9,792,000
Zaza Pachulia	0.133	0.135	0.134	$8,052,000
Josh Smith	0.122	0.135	0.130	$7,788,000
Joe Johnson	0.105	0.139	0.125	$7,524,000
Tracy McGrady	0.168	0.095	0.124	$7,452,000
Jeff Teague	0.125	0.119	0.121	$7,284,000
Willie Green	0.097	0.112	0.106	$6,360,000
Vladimir   Radmanovic	0.083	0.100	0.093	$5,592,000
Jerry   Stackhouse	0.061	0.078	0.071	$4,272,000
Ivan Johnson	0.050	0.083	0.070	$4,188,000
Jannero Pargo	0.002	0.063	0.039	$2,316,000
Kirk Hinrich	0.018	0.046	0.035	$2,088,000
Jason Collins   (FRA)	-0.088	-0.002	-0.036	-$2,184,000
	0.090	0.102	0.097	$81,636,000
Boston Celtics
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Kevin Garnett	0.192	0.178	0.184	$11,016,000
Ray Allen	0.188	0.140	0.159	$9,552,000
Paul Pierce	0.132	0.140	0.137	$8,208,000
Rajon Rondo	0.176	0.104	0.133	$7,968,000
Chris Wilcox	0.106	0.122	0.116	$6,936,000
Brandon Bass	0.068	0.115	0.096	$5,772,000
Greg Stiemsma	0.086	0.094	0.091	$5,448,000
JaJuan Johnson	0.034	0.096	0.071	$4,272,000
Jermaine O’Neal	0.041	0.081	0.065	$3,900,000
Mickael Pietrus	0.062	0.066	0.064	$3,864,000
Avery Bradley	0.025	0.040	0.034	$2,040,000
E’Twaun Moore	-0.020	0.031	0.011	$636,000
Sasha Pavlovic (SRB)	-0.022	0.002	-0.008	-$456,000
Keyon Dooling   (CHN)	-0.077	-0.004	-0.033	-$1,992,000
Marquis Daniels (CHN)	-0.060	-0.041	-0.049	-$2,916,000
	0.062	0.078	0.071	$64,248,000
Charlotte Bobcats
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Derrick Brown	0.161	0.083	0.114	$6,852,000
Eduardo Najera	0.085	0.096	0.092	$5,496,000
Bismack Biyombo	0.112	0.027	0.061	$3,660,000
D.J. Augustin	0.067	0.039	0.050	$3,012,000
D.J. White	0.040	0.056	0.050	$2,976,000
Reggie   Williams	0.050	0.007	0.024	$1,452,000
Kemba Walker	0.015	0.015	0.015	$900,000
Corey Maggette	-0.039	0.050	0.014	$864,000
Gerald   Henderson	0.015	0.008	0.011	$648,000
DeSagana Diop   (FRA)	0.039	-0.021	0.003	$180,000
Byron Mullens   (ESP)	-0.069	0.040	-0.004	-$216,000
Boris Diaw   (FRA)	0.006	-0.019	-0.009	-$540,000
Tyrus Thomas   (RUS)	-0.081	-0.027	-0.049	-$2,916,000
Matt Carroll   (GRE)	-0.055	-0.052	-0.053	-$3,192,000
Cory Higgins   (BEL)	-0.236	-0.124	-0.169	-$10,128,000
	0.007	0.012	0.010	$9,048,000
Chicago Bulls
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Joakim Noah	0.278	0.216	0.241	$14,448,000
Derrick Rose	0.170	0.237	0.210	$12,612,000
Jimmy Butler	0.213	0.188	0.198	$11,880,000
Kyle Korver	0.161	0.169	0.166	$9,948,000
Carlos Boozer	0.128	0.183	0.161	$9,660,000
Taj Gibson	0.163	0.159	0.161	$9,636,000
Omer Asik	0.196	0.117	0.149	$8,916,000
Ronnie Brewer	0.179	0.117	0.142	$8,508,000
Luol Deng	0.122	0.128	0.126	$7,536,000
C.J. Watson	0.072	0.146	0.116	$6,984,000
John Lucas	0.018	0.113	0.075	$4,500,000
Brian Scalabrine	0.052	0.072	0.064	$3,840,000
Richard Hamilton	0.003	0.078	0.048	$2,880,000
	0.135	0.148	0.143	$111,348,000
Cleveland Cavaliers
Players	WP	WS	Composite	Value
Anderson Varejao	0.258	0.142	0.188	$11,304,000
Kyrie Irving	0.131	0.146	0.140	$8,400,000
Alonzo Gee	0.153	0.085	0.112	$6,732,000
Omri Casspi	0.082	0.053	0.065	$3,876,000
Antwan Jamison	-0.005	0.108	0.063	$3,768,000
Tristan Thompson	0.048	0.028	0.036	$2,160,000
Daniel Gibson	0.032	0.037	0.035	$2,100,000
Anthony Parker	0.041	0.024	0.031	$1,848,000
Semih Erden	-0.019	0.062	0.030	$1,776,000
Ryan Hollins   (GRE)	-0.070	0.022	-0.015	-$888,000
Luke Harangody   (ESP)	-0.047	0.000	-0.019	-$1,128,000
Samardo  Samuels (ESP)	-0.078	0.006	-0.028	-$1,656,000
	0.044	0.059	0.053	$38,292,000

A Revision of Bill Simmons’s Entertaining-As-HEdoublehockeysticks Tournament

Today, I am going to suggest my own idea for Bill Simmons Entertaing-As-HEdoublehockeysticks Tournament.  (He doesn’t write HEdoublehockeysticks; that’s a euphemism.  Whenever I have to reference it, I’ll call it the Bill Shedhs Idea.)  His idea is for every team in each conference to play in a double-elimination tournament for the final play-off spot or two, while the other teams have a bye.  Although I like his concept, I do not totally agree with it.  First of all, I think that double-elimination is a little bit too little margin for error; 29% of the time, the weaker team wins (which is why nobody’s gone 0 for 82 yet).  I also believe that no teams should be excluded from this.  Furthermore, there needs to be something to do with the lottery odds, and the quarterfinals need to be done away with.

Hold on a sec, no more quarterfinals?!  What is with that?

Here’s my logic for getting rid of the quarterfinals.  First of all, the really good teams almost always win in the first round.  If you are sincerely better than the other team, you win.  It’s a waste.  In the past five years, only ten lower seeds have won in the first round, including two eight seeds.  That’s only 25% (right up there with the numbers of NCAA tournament upsets).  However, when Memphis upset San Antonio, the Spurs had just lost Manu Ginobli.  In the past ten years, only 15 lower seeds (18.75%) have won.  It’s just added mileage on the good teams.

There are some points where I agree with Mr. Simmons.  One is the fact that all teams should do it.  This gets rid of tanking.  It should have a name sponsor (always look for an excuse to gain revenue!)  The top seeds should get byes (just maybe not as long).  It’s a great idea; I’m just expanding on it.

Unfortunately, it’s extremely hard to explain in prose.  So, I’ll import the link at the bottom of the post, and I’ll talk about some other things in between here and there.

The reason why I have it as a triple-elimination is it simulates the excitement of the NCAA tournament without turning the whole thing into random chance.  I’m not sure double-elim cuts it enough.  However, if I had it more than triple-elim, the whole thing would take way too long and become a pointless exercise.  As is, a team could play anywhere between three and ten games before advancing.  I know it’s a little excessive, but I’m not sure how to condense it without making it double-elim.  Newton said that “I have stood on the shoulders of giants,” and I believe that the best ideas have the ideas of lots of different people making up its foundation.  In other words, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE THIS BETTER!!!

I have two ideas for tournament locations.  I believe that each game should be played at the location of the high seed, except for elimination games.  This adds home-court advantage without adding too much travel.  Besides, the tournaments would be separated by conference, so you don’t have coast-to-coast airplane rides.  Elimination games could played at prospective expansions sites like San Diego, Vegas, Seattle, Albuquerque, and Ottawa.  (I mention Albuquerque because of the great atmosphere at The Pit.)  My other proposal is that the groups are siphoned off into groups of three or six that all play at the home stadium of the high seed.  As these teams are eliminated, the groupings would adjust to reflect this.

I believe that any implementation of the Bill Shedhs Idea could help solve the tanking problem.  If play-off seeding and advancement in the play-offs were always at stake, no one in their right mind would deliberately rest their best players unless they are genuinely worried about injuries (like the Spurs, Celtics, and Lakers could feasibly be).  This would not eliminate tanking for teams with an already-comfortable position, but I would prevent the weakest eams from tossing out the bench for the entire month of April.

Naturally, this seems like an extension of the “everybody plays” philosophy because every team would “make” the play-offs.  However, if it had enough support to pass legislation, then I do not believe that this would be much of an issue.  This, ringers, and extra costs are the only negatives I can think of for the Bill Shedhs Idea.  However, NBA players are only paid a per diem for the play-offs, so the play-offs are virtually pure profit.  Attendence for late-season games would certainly increase as fans would remain interested if teams were forced to jockey for position even if they were absolutely terrible all year.  Furthermore, all the byes that would be in place should discourage teams from tanking all year and acting as ringers; the top three teams in each conference would only have to win three games to advance, while the worst teams would be required to win as may as seven!

Finally, I am going to discuss how the lottery system would work.  Every team who does not advance to the play-offs proper would have a chance at winning the lottery.  The percentages would be based on the stage of the tournament when each team was eliminated.  However, the difference in odds would be as slight as possible in each round.  This gives more incentive, besides intense backlash from fans, to not tank in the tournament.  For example, the loser of Game 9 might have a 15% chance, while the loser of Game 15 might have a 12.5% chance.  Those are entirely random odds, but they probably are not far out of line with the true odds may be.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment on this post.  It’s much easier to find them when they are with the intended post, as opposed to being on the Home Page.

Now, the diagram can be viewed at EntertainingasHeckTournament.