Check out this article: http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/25/graphic-offense-a-look-at-usage-and-per-mid-season/
I found the Rockets PER chart particularly interesting. Certainly not Trevor's favorite method for gauging performance.
Yep. Mostly post players such as Al Horford, Nene, Pao Gasol, Dwight Howard, Greg Oden, S. Dalembert, Kevin Love...a few point guards as well (ex. Paul, Kidd, Nash). The most impressive big time wing player is LeBron, who has insanely high usage and almost equal PER. The first image in this thread is JUST usage, meaning the further the red goes out from the center along a player's line, the higher his usage rating is when he's on the court. Many teams (like the Rockets) have a scrub or two with the highest usage, because they get in during garbage time and get up a lot of shots in a very short period of time. The second image lays PER over that same usage chart. PER is indicated by the yellow area, and as it moves further out from the center on a player's line, the higher his PER is. So, for example, Brian Cook has the highest usage, but a terrible PER (non-existent?). Carl Landry has a moderate usage with a PER that almost matches it (this indicates good performance). Similarly, Kyle Lowry has a slightly lower usage, but like Carl, almost meets his usage. A guy like Ariza would be an example of a moderate usage player with very low PER by comparison (aka "I take a lot of shot, I miss a lot of shots, and I turn the ball over a lot"). Simply put, you want your yellow to fill up as much of your red as possible, if not surpass it.
