I’m still sticking with the manual calculations to determine this list so these posts are taking me a lot longer. However, I’m confident of their results so here’s the truth for this week:
Not a lot of movement this week with Dwight Howards 2-spot hop being the most notable. Superman led his Orlando Magic to a 2-1 week putting up a crazy line: 28.0 PPG / 16.3 RPG / 2.0 APG, shooting 58% from the floor and 72% from the line (this coming from a career 57% free throw shooter)! Perhaps the most impressive stat is the win again Eastern Conference rivals, Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.
Biggest Jump: Dwight Howard (2)
Biggest Fall: Dwyane Wade (1)
Hello: Al Horford
Goodbye: Steve Nash
Ineligible: N/A
| NBA Top 10 (by APP+) | |||||||
| Rank | Prev | Player | Team(s) | Pos. | GP | APP | APP+ |
1 |
1 | LeBron James |  |
F | 57 | ↑ 37.54 | ↑ 28.30 |
2 |
2 | Chris Paul (Injured) |  |
G | 38 | ↓ 32.18 | ↓ 22.71 |
3 |
3 | Chris Bosh |  |
F-C | 53 | ↑ 29.82 | ↑ 19.18 |
| 4 | 4 | Kevin Durant |  |
G-F | 54 | ↓ 28.62 | ↓ 18.64 |
| 5 | 6 | David Lee |  |
F | 54 | ↑ 27.78 | ↑ 18.54 |
| 6 | 5 | Dwyane Wade (Injured) |  |
G | 55 | ↓ 27.96 | ↓ 18.49 |
| 7 | 9 | Dwight Howard |  |
C-F | 57 | ↑ 27.86 | ↑ 18.11 |
| 8 | 7 | Pau Gasol |  |
F | 39 | ↓ 26.70 | ↓ 17.46 |
| 9 | 8 | Tim Duncan |  |
F-C | 51 | ↓ 27.65 | ↓ 17.01 |
| 10 | 10 | Dirk Nowitzki |  |
F | 55 | ↓ 26.00 | ↓ 16.76 |
| Just Outside | |||||||
| Rank | Prev | Player | Team(s) | Pos. | GP | APP | APP+ |
| 11 | 11 | Gerald Wallace |  |
F | 52 | ↓ 25.91 | ↓ 16.67 |
| 12 | 13 | Carmelo Anthony |  |
F | 43 | 25.20 | ↑ 15.96 |
| 13 | 14 | Zach Randolph |  |
F | 55 | ↓ 24.98 | ↓ 15.74 |
| 14 | 15 | Deron Williams |  |
G | 50 | ↓ 25.04 | ↓ 15.57 |
| 15 | - | Al Horford |  |
C | 54 | 24.10 | 15.53 |
| Positional Average APP (from 1980-Present) | |||||||
| Position | G | G-F | F-G | F | F-C | C-F | C |
| Avg. APP | 9.47 | ↑ 9.98 | ↓ 10.62 | ↓ 9.24 | 10.64 | 9.75 | 8.57 |
| # of Players | ↑ 3943 | 1040 | ↑ 688 | ↑ 3026 | 1370 | 706 | 1425 |
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: 8.72
APP+ for an average NBA player for the 2010 season: -0.65
Stats through 2/21/2010