Best ValueTeams pt. 4

As teams make roster changes throughout the season, their salary is obviously changed. This week I updated every team's salary, which obviously changed their values.

The Hornets and Raptors made a trade causing a change for each team. The Hornets got Jarrett Jack, Marcus Banks, and David Anderson and the Raptors got Jerryd Bayless and Peja Stojakovic. The Hornets saved $6,295,044 by making this trade.

The Thunder gave Nick Collison $6.5 as a signing bonus for signing his extension. They had a low salary this year, so they gave him more money now in exchange for a lower cost later in the contract.

Several other teams have made minor moves so far that are not worth noting all of them.

Also this week I added at the end of each team's stats, their ranking from last week in parenthesis.

So without further ado, here is this weeks Best Value Power Rankings:

Team - Projected Wins - Cost per Win (Last week's rankings)
1. Spurs - 71 - $964,553.68 (2)
2. Hornets - 66 - $1,010,223.08 (3)
3. Thunder - 56 - $1,034,903.32 (1)
4. Bulls - 47 - $1,192,643.87 (4)
5. Jazz - 58 - $1,306,644.05 (8)
6. Celtics - 62 - $1,351,463.85 (10)
7. Knicks - 41 - $1,417,1332.63 (17)
8. Lakers - 67 - $1,428,247.63 (6)
9. Heat - 46 - $1,445,618.83 (5)
10. Mavs - 60 - $1,484,897.15 (15)
11. Hawks - 46 - $1,503,173,59 (7)
12.Suns - 41 - $1,533,887.27 (16)
13. Blazers - 44 - $1,554,979.82 (9)
14. Pacers - 41 - $1,569,961.49 (18)
15. Magic - 60 - $1,578,366.97 (12)
16. Cavs - 33 - $1,583,608.09 (13)
17. Nuggets - 49 - $1,711,478.37 (19)
18. Warriors - 36 - $1,847,187.67 (11)
19. Kings - 23 - $1,870,327.39 (14)
20. Grizzlies - 36 - $1,844,470.28 (27)
21. Wizards - 29 - $1,991,646.93 (24)
22. Bobcats - 31 - $2,125,189.81 (21)
23. Pistons - 31 - $2,126,381.32 (22)
24. Nets - 27 - $2,127,678.04 (26)
25. Raptors - 31 - $2,145,595.94 (23)
26. T-Wolves - 20 - $2,274,187.80 (20)
27. Bucks - 27 - $2,560,301.59 (25)
28. Rockets - 22 - $3,324,914.09 (29)
29. Clippers - 14 - $3,812,095.93 (30)
30. 76ers - 15 - $4,624,016.40 (28)

Best Value Teams pt. 3

For this week, I have decided to do a full 30 team power rankings based on estimated value per wins.

1. Thunder - 57 projected wins - cost of $902,712.04 per win
2. Spurs - 75 projected wins - cost of $913,110.81 per win
3. Hornets - 75 - $972,930,23
4. Bulls - 52 - $1,077,966.58
5. Heat - 50 - $1,329,969.32
6. Lakers - 70 - $1,367,037.01
7. Hawks - 50 - $1,382,919.70
8. Jazz - 53 - $1,429,912.36
9. Blazers - 47 - $1,455,725.79
10. Celtics - 57 - $1,470,013.32
11. Warriors - 44 - $1,511,335.36
12. Magic - 62 - $1,527,451.90
13. Cavs - 34 - $1,537,031.38
14. Kings - 27 - $1,593,241.85
15. Mavs - 55 - $1,619,887.80
16. Suns - 38 - $1,654,983.63
17. Knicks - 35 - $1,660,069.66
18. Pacers - 37 - $1,739,687.05
19. Nuggets - 44 - $1,886,819.52
20. Timberwolves - 23 - $1,977,554.61
21. Bobcats - 32 - $2,058,777.63
22. Pistons - 32 - $2,059,931.91
23. Raptors - 29 - $2,103,304.48
24. Wizards - 27 - $2,139,176.33
25. Bucks - 32 - $2,160,254.47
26. Nets - 25 - $2,278,948.12
27. Grizzlies 29 - $2,339,342.41
28. 76ers - 19 - $3,650,539.26
29. Rockets - 20 - $3,657,405.50
30. Clippers - 6 projected wins - cost of $8,894,890.50 per win

Best Value Teams pt. 2

Best Value Teams updated after games played on Friday Nov 12th. For a review on what the Best Value Team means, click here.

Best Value
1. Hornets - projected 82 wins = cost of $889,875.21 per win
2. Spurs - projected 70 wins = cost of $978,333.01 per win
3. Thunder - projected 51 wins = cost of $1,008,913.45 per win
4. Bulls - projected 47 wins = cost of $1,192,643.87 per win
5. Warriors - projected 55 wins = cost of $1,209,068.29 per win

Worst Value
1. Clippers - projected 8 wins = cost of $6,671,167.88 per win
2. 76ers - projected 18 wins = cost of $3,853,347.00 per win
3. Rockets - projected 20 wins = cost of $3,657,405.50 per win
4. Raptors - projected 18 wins = cost of $3,388,715.22 per win
5. Wizards - projected 23 wins = cost of $2,511,207.00 per win

2 Number One's

This is a unique year for the NBA Rookie of the Year Race. For only the 3rd time in the modern era, there are two number 1 overall draft picks eligible for Rookie of the Year (ROY). How is this possible? Injury and Military Service.

David Robinson was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in 1987 out of Navy. However, he honored his military commitment and served the Navy for 2 years. The Navy excused him from three years of the normal five years of his military commitment following graduation from the Naval Academy. Nonetheless, Robinson continued to serve in a reserve role with the Navy and was regularly featured in recruiting materials for the service. His nickname? The Admiral. He joined the Spurs for the 1989-1990 season, joining that years number 1 pick, Pervis Ellison. Robinson ended up winning ROY for that season.

In 2007, the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Greg Oden from Ohio St. number 1 overall. However, he underwent microfracture knee surgery in September 2007, and missed the entire 2007-2008 season as a result. He recovered and made his NBA debut on opening night 2008, joining that years number 1 pick, Derrick Rose, as contenders for ROY honors. Rose ended up winning ROY as Oden struggled with more injuries that year.

Blake Griffin, from Oklahoma, was the number 1 pick in 2009 by the LA Clippers. Griffin played for the Clippers in their 2009 Summer League Team. However, the day before the 2009-2010 season started it was confirmed that Blake Griffin had a stress fracture in his left knee, delaying his NBA debut. In January 2010, after tests revealed that Griffin's knee was not recovering properly, it was reported that Griffin would require surgery to repair the fracture, and he did not play at all in the 2009-10 NBA season. On October 27, 2010, Blake Griffin scored 20 points and registered 14 rebounds in his debut for the Clippers. This years number 1 pick was John Wall. Assuming both stay healthy this year, it should be a great race for Rookie of the Year 2011.

Best Value Teams pt. 1

Sorry to the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have been checking this blog daily waiting for a new post, I have been quite busy. But now that the 2010-2011 regular season is under way, I plan on getting a lot more NBA updates going on here.

Ok, so I might only have 2 followers right now, but I do still want to get more posts going soon.

So this installment, which I hope to keep updating regularly is what I have titled, the Best Value Teams. How I figured out the value of each team was by taking their season salary and divided it by how many wins they are projected to win for the season. So a team with a high payroll, but not playing well would have a high cost per win. But a team with a low payroll playing well would have a low cost per win, and therefore have a High Value. It is early in the season so these numbers will change a lot over the season, but I thought it would be a fun way to look at how each team is doing.

So without further ado, here are my top 5 Best Value Teams and the top 5 Worst Value Teams (as calculated after Friday Nov 5th's games).

Best Value
1. Hawks - Projected 82 wins = cost of $843,243.72 per win
2. Kings - Projected 49 wins = cost of $877,908.78 per win
3. Hornets - Projected 82 wins = cost of $889,875.21 per win
4. Warriors - Projected 66 wins = cost of $1,007,556. 91 per win
5. Thunder - Projected 49 wins = cost of $1,050,093.59 per win

Worst Value
1. Rockets - Projected 0 wins = cost of infinite, but their salary is $73,148,110 for the season
2. 76ers - Projected 14 wins = cost of $4,954,303.29 per win
3. Pistons - Projected 14 wins = cost of $4,708,415.79 per win
4. Bobcats - Projected 16 wins = cost of $4,117,555.25 per win
5. Raptors - Projected 16 wins = cost of $3,812,304.63 per win

There you have it, be on the lookout for this post to be revisited and updated in future parts.