DENVER NUGGETS 2007-08 REGULAR SEASON REAL PLAYER RATINGS (Raw ESPN player ratings / minutes) 1 Carmelo Anthony, Den SF 1.091 2 Allen Iverson, Den SG 0.978 3 J.R. Smith, Den SG 0.938 4 Marcus Camby, Den C 0.914 5 Kenyon Martin, Den PF 0.777 6 Linas Kleiza, Den SF 0.762 7 Nene Hilario, Den PF 0.723 8 Anthony Carter, Den PG 0.704 9 Eduardo Najera, Den PF 0.636 10 Taurean Green, Den PG 0.636 11 Bobby Jones, Den SG 0.607 12 Steven Hunter, Den C 0.587 13 Chucky Atkins, Den PG 0.575 14 Yakhouba Diawara, Den SG 0.495 ADJUSTMENT FOR DEFENDING Made them miss defending is specifically how many shots would have gone in the basket that do not go in due to a player's defending of shooters. While steals and blocks are included in the real player rating, made them miss man to man defending is not. So players who can read offensive attacks, anticipate, rotate, hustle, and get in the face of shooters to prevent scores are disadvantaged slightly in the regular real player rating performance measure. There is no precise measurement system for made them miss defending in existence, because it is impossible to know exactly how many shots a player such as Kenyon Martin stops from going in the basket. So I decided to create an overall scale whose range is my best estimate of how important the made them miss factor is, and then rate all the players in equal increments along that scale. If one or more players are considered about equal in made them miss defending, then their adjustment factor is the average of the sum of the adjustment factors assigned to their ranks. These are the adjustments I think are the most accurate: RNK PLAYER, TEAM POS ADJUSTMENT 1 Carmelo Anthony, Den SF -0.08 2 Marcus Camby, Den C 0.09 3 Kenyon Martin, Den PF 0.13 4 Allen Iverson, Den SG -0.08 5 J.R. Smith, Den SG -0.05 6 Nene Hilario, Den PF 0.11 7 Linas Kleiza, Den SF -0.01 8 Eduardo Najera, Den PF 0.05 9 Anthony Carter, Den PG -0.03 10 Bobby Jones, Den SG 0.05 11 Steven Hunter, Den C 0.01 12 Yakhouba Diawara, Den SG 0.05 13 Taurean Green, Den PG -0.11 14 Chucky Atkins, Den PG -0.13 Now for the 2007-08 Real Player Ratings adjusted for made them miss defending: DENVER NUGGETS 2007-08 REAL PLAYER RATINGS ADJUSTED FOR MADE THEM MISS DEFENDING (Raw ESPN player ratings plus or minus made them miss defending adjustment / minutes) 1 Carmelo Anthony, Den SF 1.011 2 Marcus Camby, Den C 1.004 3 Kenyon Martin, Den PF 0.907 4 Allen Iverson, Den SG 0.898 5 J.R. Smith, Den SG 0.888 6 Nene Hilario, Den PF 0.833 7 Linas Kleiza, Den SF 0.752 8 Eduardo Najera, Den PF 0.686 9 Anthony Carter, Den PG 0.674 10 Bobby Jones, Den SG 0.657 11 Steven Hunter, Den C 0.597 12 Yakhouba Diawara, Den SG 0.545 13 Taurean Green, Den PG 0.526 14 Chucky Atkins, Den PG 0.445
