Carlos Boozer is the MVP in terms of quality and Deron Williams is the MVP in terms of quantity for the Utah Jazz so far in the 2008-09 season. UTAH JAZZ REAL PLAYER RATINGS Quality of Players Includes all tracked actions and adjustments for hidden defending 2008-09 Regular Season As of Feb 23, 2009 Carlos Boozer 0.992 Andrei Kirilenko 0.939 Paul Millsap 0.912 Deron Williams 0.902 Kosta Koufos 0.803 Matt Harpring 0.787 Mehmet Okur 0.763 Brevin Knight 0.719 Kyle Korver 0.651 Ronnie Brewer 0.637 Ronnie Price 0.527 C.J. Miles 0.498 SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS Perfect Player? Is there Such a Thing? 1.000 and more Historic Super Star 0.950 and more Super Star 0.850 0.949 A Star Player; An Extremely Good Starter 0.775 0.849 A Great Player; A Solid Starter 0.700 0.774 Major Role Player 0.650 0.699 Role Player 0.600 0.649 Minor Role Player 0.550 0.599 Very Minor Role Player 0.500 0.549 Poor Player at This Time 0.450 0.499 Very Poor Player at This Time 0.350 0.449 Extremely Poor Player at This Time / Disaster and less 0.349 REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION Real Player Production (RPP) is the sum of all the good things minus the sum of all the bad things a player has done since the season began. Although RPP includes all tracked defensive actions, there is no methodology as of yet for adjusting RPP for hidden or untracked defending, such as man to man defending that forces missed shots. Therefore, you should, in order to fairly evaluate the following ratings, remember that the better defenders have done some more for the team relative to the lessor defenders than the ratings are showing. UTAH JAZZ REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION Quantity of Players Includes all tracked actions 2008-09 Regular Season Through Feb. 23, 2009 Deron Williams 1364.45 Paul Millsap 1264.25 Mehmet Okur 1233.50 Ronnie Brewer 1097.90 Andrei Kirilenko 960.50 Kyle Korver 613.95 C.J. Miles 612.45 Carlos Boozer 409.50 Brevin Knight 370.00 Kosta Koufos 363.80 Ronnie Price 325.20 Matt Harpring 297.65 JAZZ MVPS Congratulations and respect are due to CARLOS BOOZER, who has been leading the Jazz in quality basketball so far this season. Congratulations and respect are due to DERON WILLIAMS, who has contributed more than any other player to the Jazz so far this season. JAZZ SUPERSTARS AND STARS Historic Superstars Carlos Boozer Superstars Andrei Kirilenko Paul Millsap Deron Williams Stars Kosta Koufos Matt Harpring JAZZ OTHER KEY, NON-STAR PLAYERS Solid Starters Mehmet Okur Brevin Knight Major Role Players Kyle Korver Role Players Ronnie Brewer ======= DEFENDING AND OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS ======================================== UTAH JAZZ OVERALL DEFENDING SUB RATINGS Includes both tracked and hidden defending 2008-09 REGULAR SEASON As of Feb 23, 2009 Andrei Kirilenko 0.611 Matt Harpring 0.563 Brevin Knight 0.550 Kosta Koufos 0.547 Paul Millsap 0.529 Kyle Korver 0.461 Carlos Boozer 0.356 Mehmet Okur 0.291 Ronnie Price 0.271 Ronnie Brewer 0.225 Deron Williams 0.147 C.J. Miles 0.070 UTAH JAZZ OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS Includes all tracked offensive actions 2008-09 REGULAR SEASON As of Feb 23, 2009 Deron Williams 0.774 Carlos Boozer 0.668 Paul Millsap 0.526 Mehmet Okur 0.496 Andrei Kirilenko 0.477 Matt Harpring 0.439 Ronnie Brewer 0.433 C.J. Miles 0.430 Kosta Koufos 0.415 Brevin Knight 0.360 Kyle Korver 0.343 Ronnie Price 0.321 ============ STARS AND SUPERSTARS IN PICTURES ================= CARLOS BOOZER: HISTORIC SUPERSTAR AND MVP--QUALITY DERON WILLIAMS: SUPERSTAR AND MVP-QUANTITY ANDREI KIRILENKO: SUPERSTAR PAUL MILLSAP: SUPERSTAR KOSTA KOUFOS: STAR MATT HARPRING: STAR USER GUIDE For very detailed information about how Real Player Ratings were developed and are calculated, please consult the User Guide for Real Player Rating Reports by Team
The Nuggets had better hope they don't play this team in round 1. This team is loaded with quality players, and Boozer having been out for so long led to many road losses that would not have happened had he not been injured. If you judged just by the ratings (yes, I know there are other factors, but these ratings are very important) the Jazz are about as good or better than every team in the West except for the Lakers.
