July 23, 2009

Joe Schaller

I was looking at the free agent rankings of Chad Ford and Ric Bucher on espn.com. Channing Frye? Ray Felton? Zaza Pachulia? How did these guys make their top 25 while Chris Anderson, Brandon Bass and Leon Powe were nowhere to be found? On the list of others there was no mention of James Singleton or Von Wafer. There seems to be some mainstream perceptions regarding some free agents that are out of touch with reality.

For my own free agent rankings I have projected the TPR for the '09-'10 season and the salary value for that one season.

TPR scale: 180+ MVP, 140+ superstar, 110+ allstar, 85+ starter, 65+ bench

115 TPR___$8-9 million

• Trevor Ariza
  
• Ben Gordon
  
• David Lee
  
• Nate Robinson

110 TPR___$7-8 million

• Chris Anderson
  
• Ron Artest
  
• Brandon Bass
  
• Paul Millsap
  
• Lamar Odom
  
• Ramon Sessions

105 TPR___$6-7 million

• Josh Childress
  
• Drew Gooden
  
• Marcin Gortat
  
• Jason Kidd
  
• Leon Powe
  
• Charlie Villanueva
  
• Marvin Williams

100 TPR___$5-6 million

• Allen Iverson
  
• Shawn Marion
  
• Andre Miller
  
• James Singleton
  
• Hedo Turkoglu
  
• Rasheed Wallace
  
• Von Wafer

95 TPR___$4-5 million

• Mike Bibby
  
• Antonio McDyess
  
• Anderson Varejao

90 TPR___$4 million

• Rodney Carney
  
• Luther Head
  
• Grant Hill
  
• Linas Kleiza
  
• Jamario Moon
  
• Hakim Warrick

Total Performance Ratings-- since 1996

1. Scoring
   
2. Scoring Efficiency
   
3. Ballhandling
   
4. Rebounding
   
5. Disruptive Defense
   
6. One on one Defense
   
7. Team Defense
   
8. Team Game Pace
   
9. Schedule Strength
   
10. Projected Improvement or Decline
    
11. Teams Wins Adjustment

Ratings indicate productivity per minute played. See my feature "The TPR Formula" for more information.

• Joe Schaller
  
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