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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Denver Nuggets Real Player Ratings as of February 4, 2010

DENVER NUGGETS MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
2009-10 SEASON through February 4
Congratulations and respect are due to CHAUNCEY BILLUPS, who is leading the Nuggets in quality basketball so far this season.

Congratulations and respect are due to NENE, who has contributed more than any other player to the Nuggets so far this season.

HISTORIC SUPER STARS
None

SUPERSTARS
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS
CARMELO ANTHONY

STARS
Chris Andersen
Nene

VERY GOOD PLAYERS: SOLID STARTERS
Ty Lawson

BEST BY SIDE OF COURT
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER
Chauncey Billups

BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Chris Andersen

DENVER NUGGETS
REAL PLAYER RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
As of February 4, 2010
Quality of players: includes all tracked actions and hidden defending
All players who have played at least 300 minutes included

Chauncey Billups 0.954
Carmelo Anthony 0.923
Chris Andersen 0.868
Nene Hilario 0.846
Ty Lawson 0.782
Kenyon Martin 0.740
J.R. Smith 0.665
Arron Afflalo 0.633
Anthony Carter 0.589
Joey Graham 0.404

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 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399

NOTES 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

But keep in mind also that the value of these qualities may be overestimated, particularly with respect to playoff games. See the User Guide (link at the bottom) for much more.

DENVER NUGGETS
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
2009-10 Regular Season
As of February 4, 2010
Quantity of players: includes all tracked actions and hidden defending
All players who have played at least 300 minutes included

Nene Hilario 1392.66
Carmelo Anthony 1328.50
Chauncey Billups 1265.50
Kenyon Martin 1168.34
Chris Andersen 891.91
Arron Afflalo 793.36
Ty Lawson 768.41
J.R. Smith 755.54
Anthony Carter 296.03
Joey Graham 175.14

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

DENVER NUGGETS
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
As of February 4, 2010
Offensive Quality: Includes all non-trivial offensive actions

Chauncey Billups 0.699
Carmelo Anthony 0.650
Ty Lawson 0.557
Nene Hilario 0.430
Anthony Carter 0.380
Arron Afflalo 0.371
J.R. Smith 0.360
Kenyon Martin 0.329
Chris Andersen 0.269
Joey Graham 0.177

DENVER NUGGETS
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
2009-10 Regular Season
As of February 4, 2010
Defending Quality: Includes both tracked and hidden defending

Chris Andersen 0.600
Nene Hilario 0.416
Kenyon Martin 0.412
J.R. Smith 0.305
Carmelo Anthony 0.273
Arron Afflalo 0.262
Chauncey Billups 0.255
Joey Graham 0.228
Ty Lawson 0.224
Anthony Carter 0.208

The breakdown between hidden and unhidden is available on request.

THE ALL IMPORTANT, AWARD WINNING REAL PLAYER RATINGS USER GUIDE
For complete details regarding how the Real Player Ratings are designed, how and why they work, and how exactly you can use them, see the User Guide.