Is it All-Star break, yet, because so many teams could sure use the time off. Three of the Top 5 players are recuperating on the bench and for many of the other top players, they wish they had that excuse. So many big names (Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James) are seeing their performance head south.
Marc Gasol cracks into the Top 10 for the first time this week, bringing the total amount of Grizzlies in the top 15 to a staggering 2! He put up a Gasolian line of 19.3 PPG / 10.5 RPG / 3.8 APG, shooting 58% from the floor and 81% from the line. Oh, and this team that was predicted to be in the basement of the Western Conference went 2-2 and edged closer towards that 8th seed. Heal up, Melo! You don’t want to see this Grizzly man in the playoffs.
Biggest Jump: Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo, Brook Lopez (6)
Biggest Fall: Tim Duncan, Dwyane Wade (6)
Hello: Marc Gasol
Goodbye: Dwight Howard
Ineligible: Kevin Love
| NBA Top 10 (by APP+) | |||||||
| Rank | Prev | Player | Team(s) | Pos. | GP | APP | APP+ |
1 |
1 | Chris Paul (Injured) |  |
G | 38 | ↓ 28.63 | ↓ 19.71 |
2 |
2 | Pau Gasol |  |
F | 31 | ↑ 26.73 | ↑ 18.04 |
3 |
5 | Carmelo Anthony (Injured) |  |
F | 38 | ↑ 25.67 | ↑ 16.98 |
| 4 | 9 | Brandon Roy (Injured) |  |
G | 40 | ↓ 25.13 | ↓ 16.21 |
| 5 | 11 | Deron Williams |  |
G | 41 | ↑ 25.07 | ↑ 16.15 |
| 6 | 4 | Gerald Wallace |  |
F | 45 | ↓ 24.42 | ↓ 15.73 |
| 7 | 13 | Rajon Rondo |  |
G | 44 | ↑ 24.63 | ↑ 15.71 |
| 8 | 14 | Brook Lopez |  |
C | 46 | ↓ 23.55 | ↓ 15.42 |
| 9 | 3 | Tim Duncan |  |
F-C | 43 | ↓ 25.47 | ↓ 15.20 |
| 10 | - | Marc Gasol |  |
C | 46 | 23.30 | 15.17 |
| Just Outside | |||||||
| Rank | Prev | Player | Team(s) | Pos. | GP | APP | APP+ |
| 11 | 6 | Dirk Nowitzki |  |
F | 46 | ↓ 23.68 | ↓ 14.99 |
| 12 | 8 | Zach Randolph | |
F | 46 | ↑ 23.30 | ↑ 14.61 |
| 13 | 7 | Dwyane Wade | 
| G | 47 | ↓ 23.46 | ↓ 14.54 |
| 14 | 10 | David Lee |  |
F | 47 | ↓ 22.63 | ↓ 13.94 |
| - | - | Kevin Love (Ineligible) |  |
F | 29 | 22.61 | 13.92 |
| 15 | 12 | LeBron James |  |
F | 49 | ↓ 22.40 | ↓ 13.71 |
| Positional Average APP (from 1980-Present) | |||||||
| Position | G | G-F | F-G | F | F-C | C-F | C |
| Avg. APP | ↓ 8.92 | 9.74 | 10.09 | ↓ 8.69 | 10.27 | 9.25 | ↑ 8.13 |
| # of Players | ↑ 4827 | 1230 | 803 | 3629 | 1623 | 843 | 1671 |
APP – Adjusted Pace Performance
A weighted formula for combining everything a player does on the basketball court into one number. This number is then adjusted based upon the players’ team pace to provide a balanced way to compare players’ performance.
APP+ – APP Above Positional Average APP
Player’s weighted performance minus the performance of an average player at his same position.Players are considered ineligible if they fail to play in 60% of their team’s games.
APP for an average NBA player for the 2010 season: ↓ 9.25
APP+ for an average NBA player for the 2010 season: ↓ 0.39
Stats through 2/1/2010