Daily Archives: March 24, 2012

Valuation Comparisons

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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

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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