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 | Free Agent Ratings by Joe Schaller | | July 1... I project the TPR and salary values of the 2009 free agents. [more] |  | |
 | Off-season Thoughts by Joe Schaller | | Rubio, Kahn and David Lee.... Hedo soon to be overpaid... Trevor Ariza... never count out the Spurs... Which club do you most want to deal with?- now that Isiah's gone. [more] |  | |
Latest Total Performance Ratings
| Playoff Slams for Lebron and Rajon | by Joe Schaller May 7, Lebron's Mini Slam may be an omen of the inevitable ending to his amazing season... April 20, Rajon got even with Derrick in game two of what turned out to be one of the greatest first round series ever.[more] | |
| Ten Sixth Men | by Joe Schaller April 23... If you put in starters minutes then why are you considered a sixth man?- I'm just saying....[more] | |
| Celtics and Lakers TPR | by Joe Schaller Last years finalists are amongst the elite again. How do they stack up when compared to last years TPR?[more] | |
| Rookie Ratings 3 | by Joe Schaller March 17... Eric Gordon, D J Augustine, Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol, Kevin Love and Marcin Gortat have all come on strong since the early going however minutes played is the determining factor for ROY.[more] | |
| MVP Ratings 3 | by Joe Schaller March 2... It appears to be a battle for second place.[more] | |
| Return of The Marbury Syndrome | by Joe Schaller February 27... Apparently there's been a statistical revolution in sports? The NBA culture still doesn't grasp the basics fer cryin out loud.[more] | |
| Hornets and Rockets TPR | by Joe Schaller Additions were made but there was little room for error. The pieces have not fit for these two talented teams- there are issues.[more] | |
| Western All-star Teams | by Joe Schaller Iverson was bad enough however the coaches selection of Shaq is a shaqockery, a shaqbomination. It's shaqrocious, shaqplorible and shaqpugnant.[more] | |
| Nuggets and Spurs TPR | by Joe Schaller Two teams most likely to give the Lakers a run- one according to preseason projections and the other one not.[more] | |
| Most Improved Top Twelve | by Joe Schaller January 11... Some are talking like Devin Harris is a lock for MI. Not so fast, he's #9 on my list of 12.[more] | |
| MVP Ratings 2 | by Joe Schaller January 1... I kick off the new year with updated MVP ratings.[more] | |
| Breaking Down the Cavs | by Joe Schaller December 29... It's time to analyze the reasons for Cleveland's juggernaut status-- beyond Lebron James 221 TPR.[more] | |
| Nine Rookies | by Joe Schaller December 7... The Blazers have two of my top nine rookies and Greg Oden isn't one of them.[more] | |
| Add Z and Chauncey to that list | by Joe Schaller December 1... As I get up to speed on TPR's I address some omissions from my MVP list... also trade comparisons of Harris/Kidd, Shaq/Marion, Billups/Iverson.[more] | |
| One Week Down | by Joe Schaller November 4... After one week a ginormous trade has a major impact on projections.... Power ratings.[more] | |
| Power Ratings (racial innuendo) | by Joe Schaller November 1 opening power ratings... the Grand Slam... plus, can you decipher the cryptic message from my use of racially charged code words?[more] | |
| Four Stinkers | by Joe Schaller October 4... It should be a heated battle for the ping pong balls[more] | |
| Four Favorites | by Joe Schaller September 28... Not one espn vote out of 25 for the Pistons to represent the East? I take issue with that.[more] | |
| Four Surprise Teams, Good and Bad | by Joe Schaller September 19.... These teams may surprise the experts. Two will excell, two will disappointment.... Indiana, Minnesota, Orlando, Washington.[more] | |
| Four Teams of Turmoil | by Joe Schaller September 14.... I analyze espn TrueHoop's top four teams of potential turmoil.... Denver tops their list.[more] | |
| Four Tough Teams to Forecast | by Joe Schaller September 6... As I prepare my team rankings there are some clubs which are particularly difficult to pinpoint- Miami tops the list.[more] | |
| Olympics All-Stars | by Joe Schaller August 24... Dwyane and Lebron led the way for USA.... Who is Ioannis Bourassis?.... The Kobe myth grows.[more] | |
| Early West Projections | by Joe Schaller August 2... Amongst the Western elite the Rockets made the major moves.... Depth will determine who's at the top.[more] | |
| Offseason Team Grades: Part I | by Joe Schaller July 12.. There have been major moves and some overlooked ones also. I expected it to happen last year however my power ratings reveal THIS will be the season which the East rises.[more] | |
| My Olympic Team | by Joe Schaller July 10... We keep making the same player selection mistakes over and over- ten individual superstars do not make a super team.[more] | |
The TPR Formula
| The TPR Formula: Part II | by Joe Schaller Game Pace, One on One Defense, Team Defense, Projected Improvement or Decline, Schedule Strength and Team Point Differential Adjustment.[more] | |
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