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Monday, June 15, 2009

Memphis Grizzles Final Real Player Ratings, 2008-09 Season

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 2008-09
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
Congratulations and respect are due to DARKO MILICIC, who led the Grizzlies in quality basketball this season.

Congratulations and respect are due to O.J. MAYO, who contributed more than any other player to the Grizzlies this season.

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPERSTARS
None

STARS
None

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: SOLID STARTERS
None

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Mike Conley

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Darko Milicic

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
FINAL REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2008-09 Regular Season
Quality of Players: Includes all tracked actions and hidden defending

Darko Milicic MEM 0.738
Hakim Warrick MEM 0.731
Mike Conley MEM 0.711
Marc Gasol MEM 0.710
Rudy Gay MEM 0.639
Kyle Lowry MEM 0.628
O.J. Mayo MEM 0.610
Marko Jaric MEM 0.602
Darrell Arthur MEM 0.599
Greg Buckner MEM 0.492
Quinton Ross MEM 0.477

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 0.800 0.899
Outstanding Player: A Solid Starter 0.750 0.799
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.749
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 and less 0.399

NOTE REGARDING LOW REGULAR SEASON RATINGS
Players rated below about .550 sometimes get playing time based largely on factors outside of RPR, but valued by coaches and other players, such as:
--Great energy, effort, and hustle
--Toughness, such as diving after loose balls and taking charges
--Leadership and/or knowledge, especially in the case of veterans
--Perceived potential for future improvement in terms of real basketball production, especially in the case of young players
--See User Guide for more

REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Real Player Production (RPP) is the factored sum of all the good things minus the sum of all the bad things a player has done since the season began. Starting in June 2009, RPP is upgraded to include an estimate for the value of each player's hidden defending. See the User Guide for complete details about this. RPP adjusted for hidden defending is called Total Real Player Production (TRPP). Generally, only TRPP will appear in reports.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
FINAL TOTAL REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2008-09 Regular Season
Quantity of Players: Includes all tracked actions and an estimate for hidden defending

O.J. Mayo MEM 1904.68
Rudy Gay MEM 1883.07
Marc Gasol MEM 1789.81
Mike Conley MEM 1783.69
Hakim Warrick MEM 1483.69
Darrell Arthur MEM 877.43
Darko Milicic MEM 763.46
Kyle Lowry MEM 672.07
Quinton Ross MEM 555.66
Greg Buckner MEM 431.99
Marko Jaric MEM 364.41

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

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
OVERALL OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2008-09 Regular Season
Offensive Quality: Includes all non-trivial offensive actions

Mike Conley MEM 0.441
O.J. Mayo MEM 0.428
Hakim Warrick MEM 0.426
Kyle Lowry MEM 0.424
Marc Gasol MEM 0.409
Rudy Gay MEM 0.401
Darko Milicic MEM 0.326
Darrell Arthur MEM 0.294
Marko Jaric MEM 0.226
Quinton Ross MEM 0.203
Greg Buckner MEM 0.193

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
OVERALL DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2008-09 Regular Season
Defending Quality: Includes both tracked and hidden defending

Darko Milicic MEM 0.412
Marko Jaric MEM 0.377
Darrell Arthur MEM 0.305
Hakim Warrick MEM 0.305
Marc Gasol MEM 0.301
Greg Buckner MEM 0.299
Quinton Ross MEM 0.275
Mike Conley MEM 0.270
Rudy Gay MEM 0.238
Kyle Lowry MEM 0.204
O.J. Mayo MEM 0.183

The breakdown between hidden and unhidden is available on request.

THE USER GUIDE for this and other reports using Real Player Rating IS UPDATED SUBSTANTIALLY as of June 9, 2009.

You must use the User Guide if you want to fully understand the value of the ratings, and also to best determine how you could best use them.



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