Trying to Rank NBA players

Just to add for comparison, the best players (by RV score) in opposing teams - (yeah it's slow going I have only computed up to about 21 Nov for the starters of the teams):

ATL - A. Horford 1340
BKN - B. Lopez 1273
BOS - J. Crawford 1298
CHA - K. Walker 1299
CHI - L. Deng 1299
CLE - K. Irving 1282
DAL - M. Ellis 1244
DEN - T. Lawson 1297
DET - B. Jennings 1311
GSW - D. Lee 1352
HOU - J. Harden 1331
IND - R. Hibbert 1316
LAC - C. Paul 1398
LAL - P. Gasol 1283
MEM - M. Gasol 1303
MIA - D. Wade 1350
MIL - K. Middleton 1274
MIN - K. Love 1401
NOP - A. Davis 1378
NYK - C. Anthony 1379
OKC - K. Durant 1308
ORL - N. Vucevic 1335
PHI - S. Hawes 1345
PHX - E. Bledsoe 1338
POR - L. Aldridge 1355
SAC - D. Cousins 1328
SAS - K. Leonard 1319
TOR - D. DeRozan 1269
UTA - G. Hayward 1310
WAS - J. Wall 1313

Some familiar names and a few surprises - yep for the 1st 10 Games LeBron isn't really heating up yet. Best player so far seem to be K. Love - which may explain why some of the CFers are asking for him to join Rockets.....

 

Update - up to 25 Nov 2013 -
Howard - 1325 (up)
Harden - 1307 (down)
Parsons - 1256 (down)
Lin - 1253 (down)
Jones - 1241 (new)
Asik - 1231 (he didn't start 16-25Nov)
Bev - 1217 (down)

next update (after 20 games - sorry folks, it's slow so may take some time on this).

 

Okay folks - only managed to catch up to about Game 15 of Houston players (yeah, I know I'm crawling, but I have a day-job to keep and kids to feed ;-)

anyways, here's how our main players RVs (note: not all of them played all 15 games due to various reasons):

Howard - 1316
Harden - 1307
Parsons - 1256
Lin -1253
Jones - 1241
Asik - 1231
Bev - 1217

As a rough comparison - the best RV players of the other teams (up till 15th Games for their teams are:
ATL - Millsap - 1308
BKN - Lopez - 1273
BOS - Crawford - 1288
CHA - Walker - 1315
CHI - Deng - 1301
CLE - Irving - 1294
DAL - Ellis - 1261
DEN - Lawson - 1275
DET - Drummond - 1289
GSW - Curry - 1344
IND - Hibbert - 1315
LAC - Paul - 1413
LAL - Gasol - 1288
MEM - Gasol - 1324
MIA - Wade - 1342
MIL - Middleton - 1253
MIN - Love - 1415
NOP - Davis - 1369
NYK - Anthony - 1357
OKC - Durant - 1303
ORL - Oladipo - 1331
PHI - Hawes - 1310
PHX - Bledsoe - 1338
POR - Aldrige - 1378
SAC - Cousins - 1335
SAS - Leonard - 1310
TOR - DeRozan - 1258
UTA - Hayward - 1306
WAS - Wall - 1319

PS: for those of you wondering why some of the better known players aren't listed here (I am still tracking them - so far they haven't put up really stellar performances to be ranked as best in their teams yet - this doesn't mean they can't be later on in the season - the RV value is averaged - so if they are really stars - they will come through in the end).... sigh, it's just taking me too darn long to work on this.... but I will grind this out - thanks for your patience.

 

Update - sorry folks it's really slow going I am only up to about 11 Dec (or 20 games completed for all teams).

So far, here's how the players in our team that I am tracking are faring and I will also highlight starters from other teams that score above 1300 in RV(avg).


D. Howard - 1326
J. Harden - 1304
C. Parsons - 1254
J. Lin - 1249
O. Asik - 1231
P. Beverley - 1222
T. Jones - 1219 (we know he has since improved a lot - it would be interesting to see by how much later when I complete my computations).
(Note: I will only track players who have started at least 5 games for Rockets)

Significant players from other teams (up to the point of my computations):
ATL - P. Millsap (1310), A. Horford (1311)
BKN - None above 1300
BOS - None above 1300
CHA - A. Jefferson (1330), K. Walker (1315)
CHI - None above 1300
CLE - None above 1300
DAL - None above 1300
DEN - None above 1300
DET - None above 1300
GSW - A. Iguodala (1347), D. Lee (1304), S. Curry (1372)
IND - P. George (1331), D. West (1304), R. Hibbert (1330)
LAC - B. Griffin (1378), C. Paul (1422)
LAL - None above 1300
MEM - K. Koufos (1346), M. Gasol (1324)
MIA - L. James (1301), D. Wade (1342)
MIL - None above 1300
MIN - K. Love (1401)
NOP - A. Davis (1362), J. Holiday (1313)
NYK - C. Anthony (1344)
OKC - K. Durant (1313), R. Westbrook (1316)
ORL - N. Vucevic (1304), V. Oladipo (1334)
PHI - None above 1300
PHX - G. Dragic (1318), E. Bledsoe (1336)
POR - L. Aldridge (1369), D. Lilard (1302)
SAC - D. Cousins (1336)
SAS - None above 1300 (but Duncan's score is close, goes to show spurs aren't really serious yet during the regular season)
TOR - None above 1300
UTA - None above 1300
WAS - J. Wall (1325)

Please bear in mind this is just scoring up to about 20 games, things have changed since about half the season has gone by, but I think this method is quite close to reality, we will know better once we have completed the season, at least we may have a matrix to determine just how much better player A compared to player B may be - and perhaps we might be able to use this to justify the trade values of some players. Cheers!

 

Update - yeah, I know, it's a real drag - I have only managed to compute until about 22 Dec 2013 games (and our current season is about to be over soon) - well, let's hope i can do more during the off-season.

But in the meantime, here's what I got up till about Rockets' 25th game:

RV averages (G25Av) scores of main Rocket players:

Howard - 1323
Harden - 1320
Parsons - 1245
Lin - 1238
Beverley - 1237
Asik - 1231
Jones - 1205

G25Av of significant players from other teams (those scoring >1300):
ATL - Millsap 1320, Horford 1309
CHA - Jefferson 1327, Walker 1305
DAL - Ellis 1304
GSW - Curry 1399, Iguodala 1347
IND - George 1324, Hibbert 1317
LAC - Paul 1425, Griffin 1359
MEM - Gasol 1324
MIA - Wade 1346, James 1320
MIN - Love 1381
NOP - Davis 1358
NYK - Anthony 1337
OKC - Westbrook 1337, Durant 1335
ORL - Vucevic 1317, Oladipo 1302
PHX - Bledsoe 1344, Dragic 1317
POR - Aldridge 1365
SAC - Cousins 1333
WAS - Wall 1326

It's still early days for this set of data as I have not gotten to mid-season yet - so for those of you tracking this please bear with me.

 

Update - okay I am slowly plodding onwards, have managed to calculate up till about 3 Jan 2014 (or all teams having completed 30 games).

Here are the RV (G30Av) socres for some Rockets players (those I am tracking):

D. Howard -1326 (+3)
J. Harden - 1322 (+2)
C. Parsons - 1236 (-9)
O. Asik - 1231 (nc)
J. Lin - 1230 (-8)
P. Beverley - 1230 (-7)
T. Jones - 1187 (-18)

G30Av values for significant players (>1300) from other teams:
ATL - P. Millsap (1319), A. Horford (1303)
BKN - none above 1300
BOS - none above 1300
CHA - A. Jefferson (1327), K. Walker (1309)
CHI - none above 1300
CLE - none above 1300
DAL - M. Ellis (1314)
DEN - none above 1300
DET - none above 1300
GSW - A. Iguodala (1303), S. Curry (1424)
IND - P. George (1323)
LAC - B. Griffin (1342), C. Paul (1427)
LAL - none above 1300
MEM - M. Gasol (1324)
MIA - L. James (1335), D. Wade (1348)
MIL - none above 1300
MIN - K. Love (1368)
NOP - J. Holiday (1319)
NYK - C. Anthony (1337)
OKC - K. Durant (1355), R. Westbrook (1348)
ORL - N. Vucevic (1330)
PHI - M. Carter-Williams (1314)
PHX - G. Dragic (1300), E. Bledsoe (1334)
POR - L. Aldridge (1357)
SAC - D. Cousins (1342)
SAS - T. Duncan (1306)
TOR - none above 1300
UTA - none above 1300
WAS - J. Wall (1315)

I know some of you have been thinking of upgrading certain positions for rockets -my take is if we are not going to get anyone who is above 1300 - then it may not be worth trying to make a move.... in the mean time I will try and ground out more calculations - it's going to be a long off-season anyways - cheers!

 

Don't worry that is only based on their performance up to 30 games, James rv improved as the season wore on. It's just damn slow going for me doing the calculations, I'm hoping I can get this done before the new season starts. Was planning to use last season as a baseline to check if our players have improved or dropped wrt their performance.

Anyways, from what I can see, star players in general should have rv above 1300