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Monday, June 15, 2009

Miami Heat Final Real Player Ratings, 2008-09 Season

MIAMI HEAT 2008-09
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
Congratulations and respect are due to DWYANE WADE, who led the Heat in quality basketball this season.

Congratulations and respect are due to DWYANE WADE, who contributed more than any other player to the Heat this season.

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
DWAYNE WADE, also a MAJOR HISTORIC SUPERSTAR, and a perfect player for all practical purposes

SUPERSTARS
None

STARS
Michael Beasley
Shawn Marion

OUTSTANDING PLAYERS: SOLID STARTERS
Jermaine O'Neal
Mario Chalmers

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Dwyane Wade

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Shawn Marion

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

Dwyane Wade MIA 1.295
Michael Beasley MIA 0.887
Shawn Marion MIA 0.875
Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.796
Mario Chalmers MIA 0.762
Udonis Haslem MIA 0.724
Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.714
Chris Quinn MIA 0.682
Joel Anthony MIA 0.618
Daequan Cook MIA 0.603
Jamario Moon MIA 0.603
James Jones MIA 0.508
Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.413

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.

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

Dwyane Wade MIA 3947.25
Mario Chalmers MIA 1999.71
Udonis Haslem MIA 1854.46
Michael Beasley MIA 1781.29
Shawn Marion MIA 1327.13
Daequan Cook MIA 1104.89
Chris Quinn MIA 656.02
Joel Anthony MIA 647.61
Jermaine O'Neal MIA 645.74
Jamaal Magloire MIA 506.50
Jamario Moon MIA 415.30
Yakhouba Diawara MIA 350.95
James Jones MIA 319.95

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

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

Dwyane Wade MIA 0.868
Michael Beasley MIA 0.488
Chris Quinn MIA 0.462
Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.432
Mario Chalmers MIA 0.408
Shawn Marion MIA 0.385
Udonis Haslem MIA 0.352
Daequan Cook MIA 0.314
Jamario Moon MIA 0.277
Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.273
James Jones MIA 0.238
Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.215
Joel Anthony MIA 0.183

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

Shawn Marion MIA 0.491
Jamaal Magloire MIA 0.441
Joel Anthony MIA 0.435
Dwyane Wade MIA 0.427
Michael Beasley MIA 0.398
Udonis Haslem MIA 0.372
Jermaine O'Neal MIA 0.365
Mario Chalmers MIA 0.354
Jamario Moon MIA 0.326
Daequan Cook MIA 0.288
James Jones MIA 0.270
Chris Quinn MIA 0.220
Yakhouba Diawara MIA 0.198

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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