Following their four games to two defeat to the Boston Celtics in the 2010 playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers should fire their coach Mike Brown, who will then undoubtedly be given a second chance at Minnesota or Sacramento or some team like that. Why? Because very simply, his coaching was horrendous in this series and, just as or more importantly, if the Cavaliers don’t fire this coach, LeBron James will most likely go to another team in the off season, whereas if they do fire Brown and they get a new coach James likes, James might decide to stay.
If LeBron James leaves, the Cavaliers will be lucky just to make the playoffs at all.
Here in Part two of why Coach Brown needs to go (or completely change how he coaches) we look at how badly and unprofessionally the Cleveland offense performed. Specifically, we look at how it was badly organized and how that led to bad playoff results.
LeBron James may have been bad in this series (relatively speaking of course) but the Cavaliers were not going to win this series or the 2010 NBA Championship with the shoddy coaching they had in this series regardless of what LeBron might do. Although he would never admit it in public, and although it might just be an unconscious thing, I’ll bet you that LeBron James realized in some way shape or form during game five (and probably a little earlier than that) that the Cavaliers were doomed because of poor offense and because of wrong playing time allocations. In a future report we will report on all the playing time errors but here we’ll concentrate on the offensive disaster.
We now know the answer to the most important Cavaliers’ question: were the Cavaliers too reliant on LeBron James the last few years in the regular season and in the playoffs? The answer is without any doubt now yes. The Cavaliers backed themselves into a corner by over relying on James for too many things too much of the time. All the Boston Celtics had to do in this series was to keep Cleveland backed into that corner the Cavaliers had put themselves in. When everything including the coaching is less intense in the regular season, the Cavaliers can and have gotten away with LeBron mania, but it has been a flop to one extent or another year after year in the playoffs.
Every year in the playoffs, the Cavaliers can only go so far with LeBron James playing, roughly speaking, three positions at once. The Cavaliers have been doomed as soon as they run into a high quality Coach armed with a healthy, top of the line roster. So why don’t we see who those high quality coaches were that sunk the Cavaliers each year:
2010 Doc Rivers sinks the Cavaliers in the playoffs in round two.
2009 Stan Van Gundy sinks the Cavaliers in the playoffs in round three.
2008 Doc Rivers sinks the Cavaliers in the playoffs in round two.
2007 Greg Popovich sinks the Cavaliers in the playoffs in round four, the Championship
2006 Flip Saunders sinks the Cavaliers in the playoffs in round two.
Yes, I know obviously there were also players on the opposing team who sunk the Cavaliers, but I intentionally left them out so that you can see that Coach Mike Brown and LeBron and the Cavaliers have been alright every year until they finally run into a Coach who is following the correct ways for playoff success and who has the players who can execute the correct ways. All four of those coaches understand and agree to the concepts of organizing around positions and to the need to at all costs avoid disorganization and bad organization on offense. And they also agree to one extent or another with the power point guard concept, depending of course in any given year on exactly how good the point guard they have is.
This year Doc Rivers can go all the way with the power point guard concept because Rajon Rondo is playing as one of the best point guards of all time these days. Doc Rivers knows a very good thing when he sees it and he knows you have to play a very good thing for all its worth if you want to win the Quest.
The biggest way the Cavaliers’ over relied on LeBron James was in playmaking. While you can get away in the regular season with one guy making both a huge number of shots and a large number of assists game after game after game, in the playoffs that is far more difficult to do even for the historically great LeBron James. He is not a magician. It’s much more difficult to score in the paint in the playoffs. And teams trap, double, harass, and confound players in the playoffs that they know have too many responsibilities. To the other team, any player with too many responsibilities is like blood in the water to sharks.
All historically great players need at least one more bona fide superstar playing with them, with that other superstar responsible for at least one extremely important thing (such as rebounding or assisting) or else winning the Quest isn’t going to happen.
THE RAJON RONDO CLINIC
In this Boston Celtics-Cleveland Cavaliers series, the contrast between the offenses could not have been more striking and obvious. While the Celtics were running an absolute clinic on how to operate a high quality offense with a power point guard who is now clearly one of the very best point guards of all time, Rajon Rondo, the Cavaliers were floundering in uncertainty, confusion, and the lack of a go to playmaker that everyone knew was the go to playmaker.
Although it is true that neither Mo Williams nor hardly any other point guard is as good as Rajon Rondo these days, the Cavaliers made this disadvantage far worse than it had to be because Mo Williams was not fully assigned the position of point guard on their team, because LeBron James took care of it too often. Mo Williams himself was left confused about how he should break down his efforts between passing and assisting on the one hand and scoring on the other hand. All too often in this series, Mo Williams (or LeBron James for that matter) would pass to a teammate not expecting the pass who would turn it over. The teammate was surprised because he thought Mo Williams or LeBron James were going to score or pass to someone else on the play. They were more thinking offensive rebound than looking for a pass. Worse still, there were turnovers between and due to miscommunication between Williams and James themselves. By game six the Cavaliers had become the keystone cops of basketball. To say there was little chemistry on the Cavaliers would be an understatement. There was anti-chemistry or reverse chemistry.
Check this, assists made by guards and by anyone who makes 3 or more assists per 36 minutes. Only uninjured players who were “in the mix” for this series are included:
CAVALIERS’ ASSISTS PER 36 MINUTES
LeBron James, small forward 7.9
Mo Williams, point guard 5.6
Delonte West, shooting guard 4.7
Anthony Parker, shooting guard 2.5
Daniel Gibson, point guard 2.4
CELTICS ASSISTS PER 36 MINUTES
Rajon Rondo, point guard 9.6
Nate Robinson, point guard 4.8
Paul Pierce, small forward 3.3
Kevin Garnett, power forward 3.2
Tony Allen, shooting guard 2.9
Michael Finley shooting guard-forward 2.8
Ray Allen, shooting guard 2.7
The problem for Cleveland is that they are not following the best way to organize a team to win playoff games and they did not keep their offense slightly organized. In football, offenses are far more organized and planned than basketball offenses are. But that doesn’t give basketball coaches the right to run disorganized or unorganized offenses, as for example George Karl does, or badly organized offenses, as for example Mike Brown does. We say that the basketball team that wants to win NBA playoff games has to be “slightly organized”. Slightly organized is far, far better in the playoffs than disorganized, unorganized, or badly organized.
Yes, it is possible to be too organized in basketball, but that problem is relatively unusual compared to not being organized enough. If left uncoached players will be unorganized or disorganized whereas players will rarely become "too organized".
"Slightly organized" starts with following the position protocol. There are five positions and if you want to win in the playoffs you have to start organizing your offense by understanding and respecting the positions and what they can and can not do in the offense. The two most important positions for winning NBA playoff games are point guard and center. However, teams with power forward superstars can win with centers who are merely outstanding and not superstars, so technically the two most important positions are point guard and either center or power forward, whichever is better on the team.
In the back court, although you don’t have to worship the point guard position you have to at least respect it and to at least make sure your point guard is responsible for making assists, for keeping the overall assist total up, and for keeping the passing game from dying out completely when times get tough in the playoffs and players start to think shoot first and pass later (in which case they start missing more shots compared with if the passing game is up and running.)
IT'S NOT A GOOD THING IF A SMALL FORWARD IS THE BEST PLAYER
Teams whose best player is a small forward, such as Denver and Cleveland, have a much more difficult time winning the Quest for the Ring simply because the small forward is not as important in basketball as the center (and / or the power forward) and the point guard. If as with Cleveland a small forward (LeBron James) takes over the point guard role to some extent, that leads to disorganization or bad organization, because now you often have effectively two point guards on the court at the same time, which hurts the chances of winning playoff games (and some regular season games against the best coached and the best teams putting out big efforts).
You want one strong starting point guard who is responsible for keeping the offense slightly organized, for getting as many assists as possible, and for preventing the passing game from fizzling out. You also need a quality backup for that starting point guard. Meanwhile, the small forward needs to help the other front court players with rebounding and paint defending on defense and with scoring in the paint on offense.
LeBron James and Mo Williams were both effectively point guards in this series against the Celtics and they were out on the court at the same time for most of the games and this subjected the Cavaliers to confusion and a bad organization. This led to way too few assists and/or to way too many turnovers in many of the games.
The Nuggets made this mistake when Allen Iverson was on the team. Iverson, whose point guard instincts could never be stamped out despite being assigned the shooting guard role for years and years due to a major coaching error by Larry Brown, would be usually playing both guard positions at once because that is what he had morphed into due to bad coaching. Meanwhile, the official point guard, Anthony Carter, would also of course be playing the point. So you often had two point guards out there at the same time and the other players were confused to one extent or another by that set-up. Two point guards generate a little confusion and a little confusion is all it takes to lose playoff games.
Meanwhile the Celtics, basketball royalty whose managers and coaches probably understand and agree with just about everything we recommend here at Quest, including which positions are the most important, all of a sudden have a point guard better than even they thought they had. The Celtics have Rajon Rondo, now one of the best point guards of all time.
Since you will seldom if ever see the difference between a slightly organized and a badly organized team so starkly, let’s check the assists and the turnovers:
ASSISTS AND TURNOVERS IN THE CAVALIERS—CELTICS SERIES
Game One: Cavaliers 101, Celtics 93
Cavaliers 18 assists, 10 turnovers
Celtics 20 assists, 16 turnovers
Game Two: Celtics 104 Cavaliers 86
Cavaliers 17 assists, 15 turnovers
Celtics 30 assists, 18 turnovers
Game Three: Cavaliers 124 Celtics 95
Cavaliers 25 assists, 12 turnovers
Celtics 20 assists, 7 turnovers
Game Four: Celtics 97 Cavaliers 87
Cavaliers 19 assists, 17 turnovers
Celtics 19 assists, 12 turnovers
Game Five: Celtics 120 Cavaliers 88
Cavaliers: 20 assists, 17 turnovers
Celtics 25 assists, 10 turnovers
Game Six: Celtics 94 Cavaliers 85
Cavaliers: 17 assists, 22 turnovers
Celtics 24 assists, 13 turnovers
TOTALS for the six games:
Cavaliers: 116 assists, 93 turnovers
Celtics 138 assists, 76 turnovers
AVERAGES for the six games:
Cavaliers 19.3 assists, 15.5 turnovers
Celtics 23.0 assists, 12.7 turnovers
ASSISTS PER GAME STANDARDS
Gold Standard: 23.7
Average Standard 21.1
Horrible Standard 18.7
TURNOVERS PER GAME STANDARDS
Gold Standard: 11.5
Average Standard 13.8
Horrible Standard 15.0
THE BEST AND THE WORST QUALITY OF OFFENSE IN ONE SERIES
Remember, seemingly small differences in the most important basketball performance measures mean the difference between winning and losing. Actually, the difference between the Cavaliers and the Celtics on assists and turnovers is not very small in this case: it’s huge relatively speaking. You will very, very seldom see such a big difference between two pro basketball teams in a series on assists and turnovers.
In fact, Cleveland doesn’t look a professional basketball team here. It’s actually an understatement to say that Cleveland’s offense was badly organized. It was horribly organized, which is about the only way you can average more than 15 turnovers per game. Your team needs a new coach if you ever average more than 15 turnovers per game in a playoff series.
Even George Karl’s mostly unorganized teams are not this badly organized! Unorganized is better than badly organized, laugh out loud.
With respect to assists, Cleveland was between bad and horrible. All in all, Cleveland’s offense was a total disaster and Boston did everyone a favor by eliminating this very badly coached team from the playoffs before they could stink up any more televised games.
Look at Rondo and those Celtics though; they were exactly half way between the gold and the silver standard on assisting. On turnovers, the Celtics were also between the gold and the silver standard, closer to the silver. All in all, the Celtics’ offense was almost perfectly organized and executed well using all the advantages that organization gave them, all of which doomed Cleveland with their very badly organized offense.
In game six, the Cavaliers’ offense disintegrated to the point where they made more turnovers than assists, something which is very rare and which is smoking gun evidence that Cleveland’s offense was not even close to being organized for playoff success.
WHAT THE CAVALIERS SHOULD HAVE DONE OFFENSIVELY
They should have told LeBron James a long time ago to let the point guard worry about the assisting and the passing game. They should have told him he’s making too many assists and too many passes because his position is not designed for being the team assist leader. They should have told him to make sure he wins the League scoring Championship, which was instead won by Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma Thunder. LeBron James should have and could have easily beaten Durant in the race for top scorer. LeBron James scored a little fewer than 30 points a game in 2009-10. He should have been scoring 32-34 points a game for this team which lacks a truly great scoring forward or center and which is confused as to whom to play at the 2-guard position and confused about other player rotations.
Michael Jordan scored more than 30 points a game in four of the six years he won the Quest with Chicago. The peak was in 1993, when Michael Jordan scored 32.6 points a game in one of his Championship years. Also, for his entire career Jordan averaged 30.1 points per game, but in playoff games he averaged 33.4 points per game. The dominant, historically great scorers generally become even greater scorers in the playoffs, whereas in this series LeBron James could not possibly do this because the Cavaliers were not organized enough in general, and specifically because they were refusing to clearly designate a true point guard and to tell LeBron to back off the assisting and passing enough to get his scoring up into the stratosphere where it would have to be if the Cavaliers wanted to win the Ring.
To put it a little differently but simply: LeBron James has much better things to be doing than sharing point guard duties. The Cavaliers either learn this from this series or they are never going to win a Championship doing what they are doing, just as Denver will never win a Championship doing what they do.
The difference between LeBron’s points per game and Jordan’s points per game in the majority of Jordan’s Championship years, and also the difference between Michael Jordan’s regular season scoring and his playoff scoring might seem small to you, but they mean the difference between an offense which is organized correctly to maximize scoring of the best scorer (and everyone else) and one which is not organized correctly. If your offense is organized correctly you can win playoff games but if it is not organized correctly you will not be winning many playoff games even if you have the best player in the League on your team.
All teams that want to win the Quest need to do everything possible to get a point guard who can get as close to 10 assists per game as possible. 7 assists per game is the recommended minimum for the starting point guard of a Championship team that wants to win more with offense than with defense. Mo Williams was on the road to 7 assists per game, with 6.3 a game for Milwaukee in 2007-08. But when he went to the Cavaliers the next year, his assisting went to hell for the reasons we have discussed. So were the Cavaliers to get serious about reforming their badly organized offense, it is possible that Mo Williams could straighten out and be a true point guard and get very close to or exceed 7 assists per game.
Are there other options currently on the roster? Daniel Gibson is young but shows no signs that he could ever be a power point guard, so scratch him. Sebastian Telfair is possibly good enough, but again, only if the Cavaliers really get serious about respecting the point guard position and about organizing it correctly.
HOW THE LAKERS GET AWAY WITH VIOLATING THE ONE POINT GUARD RULE
The Lakers’ Kobe Bryant at 2-guard (shooting guard) shares point guard production with the designated point guard Derek Fisher. First of all, it is much better to have a superstar 2-guard encroaching on the point guard than a superstar “three” (a small forward). For one thing, the court spacing works out much better. For another thing, the 2-guard or shooting guard is the weakest position in basketball on average, and if you are going to share point guard because you have a superstar at 2-guard, at least you won’t be losing much on the 2-guard front because there isn’t a lot to lose. And you won’t be losing much of anything if you have a player at 2-guard who knows when he has the hot scoring hand and when he does not and he adjusts accordingly.
By contrast LeBron James may be too young to tell whether he has the hot shooting hand or not in a given first half. Or he may not be the relatively streaky type of shooter that Kobe Bryant is, in which case it is irrelevant what night it is and LeBron James should NEVER take over point guard duties. When LeBron James makes a lot of assists he doesn’t score and he doesn’t rebound as much and since his position is “three” or small forward rather than shooting guard this hurts the Cavaliers because for one thing, every team wants their small forward to do as much as possible in scoring, rebounding, and getting to the free throw line.
The Lakers have and do everything needed to be the successful exception to the one point guard rule. They have an historical superstar two guard in Kobe Bryant and they have two very smart starting guards (Bryant and Fisher) who understand exactly what the situation is and who understand that both of them are responsible for assisting and for keeping the passing game going. They communicate, they understand one another, and they have good “chemistry” in the backcourt. Derek Fisher technically has ultimate responsibility for assisting and passing for the Lakers whereas Mo Williams did not for Cleveland because LeBron was ultimately responsible, let’s be realistic about that Cavaliers’ coaching error.
Kobe knows whether or not he has the hot shooting touch in a game no later than half time. In the games when Kobe does have the hot shooting touch, in the second half Derek Fisher will revert to being much more of a true point. When Kobe does not have the hot shooting touch he partly and occasionally mostly takes over the point from Fisher for the whole game long, in which case Fisher’s role is to be sort of a “decoy point guard,” which sounds useless but actually works for the Lakers because Fisher is often left unguarded out beyond the 3-point line and he loves to make threes when he is lightly guarded or unguarded. And Coach Phil Jackson knows that making a few threes, at least six of them and preferably eight of them, is crucial for winning playoff games when the paint is in lock down mode.
Both Bryant and Fisher started their careers with the Lakers in 1996-97. Bryant has been playing for the Lakers every single year since then, whereas Fisher has been a Laker for every year except for the three years 2004-07 when he played for the Warriors and the Jazz. In his first three years Derek Fisher showed he could be a true point guard, but he morphed into combo guard starting in his fourth year, 1999-2000 when, you guessed it, Kobe Bryant started to make many more assists than he did in his first three years.
And was it a coincidence that 1999-2000 was also Phil Jackson’s first year coaching the Lakers? Almost certainly not: Phil Jackson is known to have been worried at the time that Kobe Bryant would become the ultimate ball hog, so he himself probably persuaded Kobe to make more assists, and persuaded Derek Fisher to become less of a point guard and more of a shooting guard so that the Lakers could avoid the poison of in effect having two point guards on the floor at the same time.
You see, when you are a great coach, you both know the rules and you know when and how to break them. Whereas Mike Brown still has to learn what the rules are.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Real Player Ratings: 2010 Round Two, Game Five: Celtics 120 Cavaliers 88
Real Player Ratings (RPRs) for games are automatically done in full only for the two conference finals and for the NBA final. At the other extreme, we will only rarely do regular season game RPRs anymore. In between the finals at one extreme and regular season games at the other extreme there are first round and second round playoff series and games. (The second round is also known as the conference semifinals). We do Real Player Ratings for first and second round games as time permits and as the importance of them warrants.
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME FIVE
MAY 11, 2010 IN CLEVELAND, OH
BOSTON CELTICS 120 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 88
CELTICS LEAD SERIES 3-2
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Ray Allen, SG 1.277
Paul Pierce, SF 1.193
Glen Davis, PF 0.931
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.912
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.837
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.789
Tony Allen, SG 0.620
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.111
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, PF 1.281
Shaquille O'Neal, C 1.220
Jamario Moon, SF 1.089
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 0.971
LeBron James, SF 0.595
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.468
Delonte West, SG 0.454
Mo Williams, PG 0.441
Daniel Gibson, PG 0.430
Anthony Parker, SG 0.392
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 1.281
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 1.277
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 1.220
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 1.193
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 1.089
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 0.971
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.931
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.912
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.837
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.789
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.620
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.595
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.468
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.454
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.441
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 0.430
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.392
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.111
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Paul Pierce, SF 50.09
Ray Allen, SG 48.54
Rajon Rondo, PG 31.80
Kevin Garnett, PF 29.20
Glen Davis, PF 19.55
Kendrick Perkins, C 18.93
Tony Allen, SG 13.02
Rasheed Wallace, C -1.45
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Shaquille O'Neal, C 32.93
LeBron James, SF 24.97
Anderson Varejao, PF 21.78
Anthony Parker, SG 15.68
Mo Williams, PG 14.99
Antawn Jamison, PF 14.51
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 13.59
Jamario Moon, SF 7.63
Daniel Gibson, PG 5.16
Delonte West, SG 4.09
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 50.09
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 48.54
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 32.93
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 31.80
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 29.20
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 24.97
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 21.78
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 19.55
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 18.93
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 15.68
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 14.99
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 14.51
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 13.59
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 13.02
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 7.63
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 5.16
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 4.09
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -1.45
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Ray Allen, SG 0.968
Glen Davis, PF 0.761
Paul Pierce, SF 0.622
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.599
Tony Allen, SG 0.382
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.354
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.326
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.227
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.649
Jamario Moon, SF 0.629
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.503
Mo Williams, PG 0.369
LeBron James, SF 0.277
Anthony Parker, SG 0.221
Daniel Gibson, PG 0.181
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 0.156
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.090
Delonte West, SG 0.060
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.968
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.761
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.649
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.629
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.622
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.599
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.503
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.382
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.369
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.354
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.326
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.277
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.221
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 0.181
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 0.156
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.090
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.060
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.227
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Paul Pierce, SF 0.571
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.559
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.463
Ray Allen, SG 0.310
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.238
Tony Allen, SG 0.238
Glen Davis, PF 0.170
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.116
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 0.815
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.778
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.570
Jamario Moon, SF 0.461
Delonte West, SG 0.394
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.378
LeBron James, SF 0.317
Daniel Gibson, PG 0.249
Anthony Parker, SG 0.171
Mo Williams, PG 0.072
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 0.815
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.778
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.571
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.570
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.559
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.463
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.461
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.394
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.378
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.317
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.310
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 0.249
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.238
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.238
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.171
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.170
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.116
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.072
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USER GUIDE
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DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME FIVE
MAY 11, 2010 IN CLEVELAND, OH
BOSTON CELTICS 120 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 88
CELTICS LEAD SERIES 3-2
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Ray Allen, SG 1.277
Paul Pierce, SF 1.193
Glen Davis, PF 0.931
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.912
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.837
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.789
Tony Allen, SG 0.620
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.111
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, PF 1.281
Shaquille O'Neal, C 1.220
Jamario Moon, SF 1.089
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 0.971
LeBron James, SF 0.595
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.468
Delonte West, SG 0.454
Mo Williams, PG 0.441
Daniel Gibson, PG 0.430
Anthony Parker, SG 0.392
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 1.281
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 1.277
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 1.220
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 1.193
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 1.089
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 0.971
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.931
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.912
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.837
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.789
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.620
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.595
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.468
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.454
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.441
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 0.430
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.392
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.111
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Paul Pierce, SF 50.09
Ray Allen, SG 48.54
Rajon Rondo, PG 31.80
Kevin Garnett, PF 29.20
Glen Davis, PF 19.55
Kendrick Perkins, C 18.93
Tony Allen, SG 13.02
Rasheed Wallace, C -1.45
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Shaquille O'Neal, C 32.93
LeBron James, SF 24.97
Anderson Varejao, PF 21.78
Anthony Parker, SG 15.68
Mo Williams, PG 14.99
Antawn Jamison, PF 14.51
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 13.59
Jamario Moon, SF 7.63
Daniel Gibson, PG 5.16
Delonte West, SG 4.09
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 50.09
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 48.54
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 32.93
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 31.80
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 29.20
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 24.97
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 21.78
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 19.55
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 18.93
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 15.68
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 14.99
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 14.51
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 13.59
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 13.02
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 7.63
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 5.16
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 4.09
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -1.45
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Ray Allen, SG 0.968
Glen Davis, PF 0.761
Paul Pierce, SF 0.622
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.599
Tony Allen, SG 0.382
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.354
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.326
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.227
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.649
Jamario Moon, SF 0.629
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.503
Mo Williams, PG 0.369
LeBron James, SF 0.277
Anthony Parker, SG 0.221
Daniel Gibson, PG 0.181
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 0.156
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.090
Delonte West, SG 0.060
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.968
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.761
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.649
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.629
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.622
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.599
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.503
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.382
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.369
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.354
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.326
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.277
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.221
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 0.181
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 0.156
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.090
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.060
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.227
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Paul Pierce, SF 0.571
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.559
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.463
Ray Allen, SG 0.310
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.238
Tony Allen, SG 0.238
Glen Davis, PF 0.170
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.116
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C 0.815
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.778
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.570
Jamario Moon, SF 0.461
Delonte West, SG 0.394
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.378
LeBron James, SF 0.317
Daniel Gibson, PG 0.249
Anthony Parker, SG 0.171
Mo Williams, PG 0.072
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Cavaliers C 0.815
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.778
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.571
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.570
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.559
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.463
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.461
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.394
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.378
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.317
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.310
Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers PG 0.249
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.238
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.238
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.171
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.170
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.116
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.072
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
Real Player Ratings: 2010 Round Two, Game Four: Celtics 97 Cavaliers 87
Real Player Ratings (RPRs) for games are automatically done in full only for the two conference finals and for the NBA final. At the other extreme, we will only rarely do regular season game RPRs anymore. In between the finals at one extreme and regular season games at the other extreme there are first round and second round playoff series and games. (The second round is also known as the conference semifinals). We do Real Player Ratings for first and second round games as time permits and as the importance of them warrants.
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME FOUR
MAY 9, 2010 IN BOSTON, MA
BOSTON CELTICS 97 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 87
SERIES TIED 2-2
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.844
LeBron James, SF 0.818
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, SG 0.575
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.501
Mo Williams, PG 0.440
Delonte West, SG 0.206
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.500
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.020
Tony Allen, SG 0.959
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.535
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.500
Ray Allen, SG 0.437
Glen Davis, PF 0.402
Paul Pierce, SF 0.400
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.500
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.020
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.959
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.844
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.818
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.575
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.535
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.501
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.500
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.440
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.437
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.402
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.400
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.206
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 35.16
Antawn Jamison, PF 31.23
Anthony Parker, SG 24.15
Anderson Varejao, PF 19.94
Mo Williams, PG 15.85
Shaquille O'Neal, C 14.03
Delonte West, SG 4.12
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 70.51
Kevin Garnett, PF 33.66
Tony Allen, SG 24.93
Ray Allen, SG 16.59
Paul Pierce, SF 12.40
Kendrick Perkins, C 12.00
Rasheed Wallace, C 10.70
Glen Davis, PF 7.63
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 70.51
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 35.16
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 33.66
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 31.23
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 24.93
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 24.15
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 19.94
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 16.59
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 15.85
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 14.03
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 12.40
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 12.00
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 10.70
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 7.63
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 4.12
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.453
LeBron James, SF 0.340
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.339
Mo Williams, PG 0.261
Anthony Parker, SG 0.255
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.133
Delonte West, SG -0.125
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.841
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.680
Tony Allen, SG 0.466
Ray Allen, SG 0.232
Paul Pierce, SF 0.224
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.069
Glen Davis, PF -0.088
Kendrick Perkins, C -0.167
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.841
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.680
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.466
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.453
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.340
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.339
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.261
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.255
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.232
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.224
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.133
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.069
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.088
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG -0.125
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C -0.167
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 0.478
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.459
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.391
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.368
Delonte West, SG 0.331
Anthony Parker, SG 0.320
Mo Williams, PG 0.179
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.667
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.660
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.605
Tony Allen, SG 0.493
Glen Davis, PF 0.490
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.340
Ray Allen, SG 0.205
Paul Pierce, SF 0.176
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.667
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.660
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.605
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 0.493
Glen Davis, PF Celtics 0.490
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.478
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.459
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.391
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.368
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.340
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.331
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.320
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.205
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.179
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.176
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME FOUR
MAY 9, 2010 IN BOSTON, MA
BOSTON CELTICS 97 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 87
SERIES TIED 2-2
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.844
LeBron James, SF 0.818
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, SG 0.575
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.501
Mo Williams, PG 0.440
Delonte West, SG 0.206
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.500
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.020
Tony Allen, SG 0.959
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.535
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.500
Ray Allen, SG 0.437
Glen Davis, PF 0.402
Paul Pierce, SF 0.400
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.500
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.020
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.959
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.844
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.818
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.575
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.535
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.501
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.500
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.440
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.437
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.402
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.400
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.206
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 35.16
Antawn Jamison, PF 31.23
Anthony Parker, SG 24.15
Anderson Varejao, PF 19.94
Mo Williams, PG 15.85
Shaquille O'Neal, C 14.03
Delonte West, SG 4.12
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 70.51
Kevin Garnett, PF 33.66
Tony Allen, SG 24.93
Ray Allen, SG 16.59
Paul Pierce, SF 12.40
Kendrick Perkins, C 12.00
Rasheed Wallace, C 10.70
Glen Davis, PF 7.63
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 70.51
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 35.16
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 33.66
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 31.23
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 24.93
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 24.15
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 19.94
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 16.59
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 15.85
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 14.03
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 12.40
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 12.00
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 10.70
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 7.63
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 4.12
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.453
LeBron James, SF 0.340
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.339
Mo Williams, PG 0.261
Anthony Parker, SG 0.255
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.133
Delonte West, SG -0.125
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.841
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.680
Tony Allen, SG 0.466
Ray Allen, SG 0.232
Paul Pierce, SF 0.224
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.069
Glen Davis, PF -0.088
Kendrick Perkins, C -0.167
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.841
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.680
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.466
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.453
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.340
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.339
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.261
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.255
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.232
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.224
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.133
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.069
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.088
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG -0.125
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C -0.167
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 0.478
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.459
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.391
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.368
Delonte West, SG 0.331
Anthony Parker, SG 0.320
Mo Williams, PG 0.179
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.667
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.660
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.605
Tony Allen, SG 0.493
Glen Davis, PF 0.490
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.340
Ray Allen, SG 0.205
Paul Pierce, SF 0.176
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.667
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.660
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.605
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 0.493
Glen Davis, PF Celtics 0.490
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.478
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.459
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.391
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.368
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.340
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.331
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.320
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.205
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.179
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.176
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Rajon Rondo and Doc Rivers Ransack the Cavaliers: Does Mike Brown Know What he is Dong,? Part One
Quest for the Ring is taking time out from other projects to focus on the 2010 round two series between the Celtics and the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers had home court advantage and won game one in Cleveland 101-93. Game two, however, was won big by the Celtics in Cleveland, 104-86. The following is based mostly on the huge game two win by the Celtics over the mighty Cavaliers.
FOUR REASONS WHY WE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE 2010 SECOND ROUND SERIES BETWEEN THE CELTICS AND THE CAVALIERS
1. This game makes Celtics Coach Doc Rivers look like a genius and Nuggets Coach George Karl look like an idiot. Rivers has obviously told Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo to get as many assists as he possibly can, whereas were George Karl his coach God only knows exactly how lame Rondo's instructions would be, but they would obviously be very lame indeed compared with instructions from Rivers. George Karl and others believe that although the point guard will often get more assists than anyone, that it really doesn't matter who gets the most assists, and that that all players are almost equally responsible for assists and for the passing game. Karl's approach is clearly inferior to Doc Rivers'.
Doc Rivers clearly operates what Quest calls the power point guard concept, which is where the point guard is fully responsible for assists and for the passing game, and he takes pride in it. Rajon Rondo loves making assists and he is proud of them and this is a wonderful thing that will win you playoff games that you will probably lose if you don't have any players who think assists and passing first (and scoring second). The game two big Boston win over mighty Cleveland (104-86) reminds you that the power point guard thing is a very powerful and winning concept indeed. You can't win much bigger than beating LeBron James in Cleveland!
Would Rondo, as he did in this game, ever ever make 19 assists in a playoff game were George Karl his coach? Maybe when cows learn how to fly or when Tupac Shakur is found alive living in a fleabag motel in Joplin, Missouri, laugh out loud.
2. We want historical superstar Rajon Rondo to get more rings (he already has one) perhaps starting this year if he earns one, which he has clearly started to do in this series.
3. We wanted to start to establish an historical record of a possible monumental and historical upset which this series will be if Boston takes this best of seven series over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. We will do Real Player Rating breakdowns for every game should the Celtics in fact upset the Cavaliers.
4. We wanted to take the opportunity to point out that Celtics Coach Doc Rivers is a high quality coach who definitely passes high Quest for the Ring standards, but the jury is still out on Cavaliers Coach Mike Brown. But the jury is leaning toward guilty because Mike Brown screwed up big time in this game, game two of the series...
Anderson Varajao was starved for minutes. But Varajao was the second best Cavaliers player this year and he was the best defensive player. And yet Brown played Varajao for only 21 measly minutes in this game! Twenty-one freaking' minutes! 21 god-... oh well, you get it. Coach Brown: Varajao is a superstar and he is better than over the hill Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19 minutes and was mediocre at best, whereas Varajao in this game was the best Cavalier on the court. But he played for only 21 minutes!
Damn, Mike Brown, do you really want to join George Karl on the Quest "Coaches who Will Never Ever Win the Quest for the Ring" list?
Although according to some injury listings Brown has the excuse that Varajao has "back spasms," why is it that Varajao can play for 21 minutes and not 31 minutes? I just don't get that, and this whole thing seems fishy to me. It sounds as if the Cavaliers are trying to come up with an excuse for playing mostly Jamison and O'Neal and for making Varajao nothing more than a second string for this series, even though it was Varajao who along with LeBron earned home court throughout the playoffs for Cleveland.
But any how, you insist, surely Coach Brown is not crazy or incompetent! He must have played the second best defensive player a lot of minutes! Um, I hate to break it to you, but Brown does appear at the moment to be rather incompetent. The second best defensive player for the Cavaliers this year was Jamario Moon. Moon was only the 7th best player overall, but we are talking about the Cavaliers here, so 7th best for them was good enough to put Moon (RPR .809) in the Very Good / Solid Starter range.
In this game, small forward Moon played a grand total of seven minutes. Seven freaking minutes! There I go again getting upset with Brown’s apparent incompetence.
So if neither Varajao nor O'Neal played major minutes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas did not play at all, who exactly did play up front? Well, lets check the evidence at the scene of Coach Brown’s crime:
MINUTES PLAYED BY CAVALIERS CENTERS AND POWER FORWARDS
Antawn Jamison 36 minutes
Anderson Varejao 21 minutes
Shaquille O'Neal 19 minutes
JJ Hickson 19 minutes
Varajao should be playing about as much as Jamison.
Second year man Hickson played about as much as the much more playoff experienced and far better player Varajao. In fact, Hickson (RPR .593: satisfactory role player) should not be playing at all in this series unless Varajao is really injured and maybe not even then.
All in all, my blind faith in Mike Brown is coming to an inglorious ending. Mike Brown: you failed in this game and LeBron is going to find out and may leave town as a result, laugh out loud.
FOUR REASONS WHY WE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE 2010 SECOND ROUND SERIES BETWEEN THE CELTICS AND THE CAVALIERS
1. This game makes Celtics Coach Doc Rivers look like a genius and Nuggets Coach George Karl look like an idiot. Rivers has obviously told Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo to get as many assists as he possibly can, whereas were George Karl his coach God only knows exactly how lame Rondo's instructions would be, but they would obviously be very lame indeed compared with instructions from Rivers. George Karl and others believe that although the point guard will often get more assists than anyone, that it really doesn't matter who gets the most assists, and that that all players are almost equally responsible for assists and for the passing game. Karl's approach is clearly inferior to Doc Rivers'.
Doc Rivers clearly operates what Quest calls the power point guard concept, which is where the point guard is fully responsible for assists and for the passing game, and he takes pride in it. Rajon Rondo loves making assists and he is proud of them and this is a wonderful thing that will win you playoff games that you will probably lose if you don't have any players who think assists and passing first (and scoring second). The game two big Boston win over mighty Cleveland (104-86) reminds you that the power point guard thing is a very powerful and winning concept indeed. You can't win much bigger than beating LeBron James in Cleveland!
Would Rondo, as he did in this game, ever ever make 19 assists in a playoff game were George Karl his coach? Maybe when cows learn how to fly or when Tupac Shakur is found alive living in a fleabag motel in Joplin, Missouri, laugh out loud.
2. We want historical superstar Rajon Rondo to get more rings (he already has one) perhaps starting this year if he earns one, which he has clearly started to do in this series.
3. We wanted to start to establish an historical record of a possible monumental and historical upset which this series will be if Boston takes this best of seven series over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. We will do Real Player Rating breakdowns for every game should the Celtics in fact upset the Cavaliers.
4. We wanted to take the opportunity to point out that Celtics Coach Doc Rivers is a high quality coach who definitely passes high Quest for the Ring standards, but the jury is still out on Cavaliers Coach Mike Brown. But the jury is leaning toward guilty because Mike Brown screwed up big time in this game, game two of the series...
Anderson Varajao was starved for minutes. But Varajao was the second best Cavaliers player this year and he was the best defensive player. And yet Brown played Varajao for only 21 measly minutes in this game! Twenty-one freaking' minutes! 21 god-... oh well, you get it. Coach Brown: Varajao is a superstar and he is better than over the hill Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19 minutes and was mediocre at best, whereas Varajao in this game was the best Cavalier on the court. But he played for only 21 minutes!
Damn, Mike Brown, do you really want to join George Karl on the Quest "Coaches who Will Never Ever Win the Quest for the Ring" list?
Although according to some injury listings Brown has the excuse that Varajao has "back spasms," why is it that Varajao can play for 21 minutes and not 31 minutes? I just don't get that, and this whole thing seems fishy to me. It sounds as if the Cavaliers are trying to come up with an excuse for playing mostly Jamison and O'Neal and for making Varajao nothing more than a second string for this series, even though it was Varajao who along with LeBron earned home court throughout the playoffs for Cleveland.
But any how, you insist, surely Coach Brown is not crazy or incompetent! He must have played the second best defensive player a lot of minutes! Um, I hate to break it to you, but Brown does appear at the moment to be rather incompetent. The second best defensive player for the Cavaliers this year was Jamario Moon. Moon was only the 7th best player overall, but we are talking about the Cavaliers here, so 7th best for them was good enough to put Moon (RPR .809) in the Very Good / Solid Starter range.
In this game, small forward Moon played a grand total of seven minutes. Seven freaking minutes! There I go again getting upset with Brown’s apparent incompetence.
So if neither Varajao nor O'Neal played major minutes and Zydrunas Ilgauskas did not play at all, who exactly did play up front? Well, lets check the evidence at the scene of Coach Brown’s crime:
MINUTES PLAYED BY CAVALIERS CENTERS AND POWER FORWARDS
Antawn Jamison 36 minutes
Anderson Varejao 21 minutes
Shaquille O'Neal 19 minutes
JJ Hickson 19 minutes
Varajao should be playing about as much as Jamison.
Second year man Hickson played about as much as the much more playoff experienced and far better player Varajao. In fact, Hickson (RPR .593: satisfactory role player) should not be playing at all in this series unless Varajao is really injured and maybe not even then.
All in all, my blind faith in Mike Brown is coming to an inglorious ending. Mike Brown: you failed in this game and LeBron is going to find out and may leave town as a result, laugh out loud.
Real Player Ratings: 2010 Round Two, Game Three: Cavaliers 124 Celtics 95
Real Player Ratings (RPRs) for games are automatically done in full only for the two conference finals and for the NBA final. At the other extreme, we will only rarely do regular season game RPRs anymore. In between the finals at one extreme and regular season games at the other extreme there are first round and second round playoff series and games. (The second round is also known as the conference semifinals). We do Real Player Ratings for first and second round games as time permits and as the importance of them warrants.
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME THREE
MAY 7, 2010 IN BOSTON, MA
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 124 BOSTON CELTICS 95
CAVALIERS LEAD BEST OF SEVEN SERIES 2-1
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 1.819
Antawn Jamison, PF 1.282
Shaquille O'Neal, C 1.113
Mo Williams, PG 0.960
Delonte West, SG 0.893
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.776
Jamario Moon, SF 0.583
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.524
Anthony Parker, SG 0.448
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 1.174
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.100
Nate Robinson, PG 1.087
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.021
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.648
Ray Allen, SG 0.493
Paul Pierce, SF 0.490
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.243
Marquis Daniels, SG 0.202
Glen Davis, PF 0.136
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 1.819
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 1.282
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 1.174
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 1.113
Rajon Rondo, PG Celtics 1.100
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 1.087
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.021
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.960
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.893
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.776
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.648
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.583
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.524
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.493
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.490
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.448
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.243
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG 0.202
Glen Davis, PF Celtics 0.136
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 70.93
Antawn Jamison, PF 37.17
Mo Williams, PG 32.64
Delonte West, SG 25.90
Shaquille O'Neal, C 25.60
Anthony Parker, SG 15.24
Anderson Varejao, PF 13.20
J.J. Hickson, PF 8.39
Jamario Moon, SF 4.66
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 38.50
Kevin Garnett, PF 31.65
Tony Allen, SG 21.13
Paul Pierce, SF 17.63
Ray Allen, SG 17.25
Nate Robinson, PG 14.13
Kendrick Perkins, C 13.62
Rasheed Wallace, C 3.65
Glen Davis, PF 2.45
Marquis Daniels, SG 1.41
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 70.93
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 38.50
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 37.17
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 32.64
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 31.65
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 25.90
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 25.60
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 21.13
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 17.63
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 17.25
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 15.24
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 14.13
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 13.62
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 13.20
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 8.39
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 4.66
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 3.65
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 2.45
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG 1.41
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 1.313
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.786
Mo Williams, PG 0.722
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.661
Delonte West, SG 0.435
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.424
Anthony Parker, SG 0.378
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.228
Jamario Moon, SF 0.144
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 0.951
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.831
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.686
Nate Robinson, PG 0.504
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.286
Ray Allen, SG 0.228
Glen Davis, PF 0.169
Paul Pierce, SF 0.110
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.091
Marquis Daniels, SG -0.233
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 1.313
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.951
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.831
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.786
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.722
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.686
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.661
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.504
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.435
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.424
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.378
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.286
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.228
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.228
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.169
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.144
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.110
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.091
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG -0.233
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 0.505
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.496
Delonte West, SG 0.458
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.452
Jamario Moon, SF 0.439
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.353
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.297
Mo Williams, PG 0.238
Anthony Parker, SG 0.070
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Nate Robinson, PG 0.583
Marquis Daniels, SG 0.434
Paul Pierce, SF 0.380
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.362
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.335
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.269
Ray Allen, SG 0.265
Tony Allen, SG 0.223
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.152
Glen Davis, PF -0.033
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.583
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.505
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.496
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.458
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.452
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.439
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG 0.434
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.380
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.362
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.353
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.335
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.297
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.269
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.265
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.238
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.223
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.152
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.070
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.033
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME THREE
MAY 7, 2010 IN BOSTON, MA
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 124 BOSTON CELTICS 95
CAVALIERS LEAD BEST OF SEVEN SERIES 2-1
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 1.819
Antawn Jamison, PF 1.282
Shaquille O'Neal, C 1.113
Mo Williams, PG 0.960
Delonte West, SG 0.893
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.776
Jamario Moon, SF 0.583
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.524
Anthony Parker, SG 0.448
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 1.174
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.100
Nate Robinson, PG 1.087
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.021
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.648
Ray Allen, SG 0.493
Paul Pierce, SF 0.490
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.243
Marquis Daniels, SG 0.202
Glen Davis, PF 0.136
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 1.819
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 1.282
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 1.174
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 1.113
Rajon Rondo, PG Celtics 1.100
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 1.087
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.021
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.960
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.893
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.776
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.648
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.583
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.524
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.493
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.490
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.448
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.243
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG 0.202
Glen Davis, PF Celtics 0.136
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 70.93
Antawn Jamison, PF 37.17
Mo Williams, PG 32.64
Delonte West, SG 25.90
Shaquille O'Neal, C 25.60
Anthony Parker, SG 15.24
Anderson Varejao, PF 13.20
J.J. Hickson, PF 8.39
Jamario Moon, SF 4.66
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 38.50
Kevin Garnett, PF 31.65
Tony Allen, SG 21.13
Paul Pierce, SF 17.63
Ray Allen, SG 17.25
Nate Robinson, PG 14.13
Kendrick Perkins, C 13.62
Rasheed Wallace, C 3.65
Glen Davis, PF 2.45
Marquis Daniels, SG 1.41
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 70.93
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 38.50
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 37.17
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 32.64
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 31.65
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 25.90
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 25.60
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 21.13
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 17.63
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 17.25
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 15.24
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 14.13
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 13.62
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 13.20
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 8.39
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 4.66
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 3.65
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 2.45
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG 1.41
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 1.313
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.786
Mo Williams, PG 0.722
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.661
Delonte West, SG 0.435
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.424
Anthony Parker, SG 0.378
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.228
Jamario Moon, SF 0.144
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 0.951
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.831
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.686
Nate Robinson, PG 0.504
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.286
Ray Allen, SG 0.228
Glen Davis, PF 0.169
Paul Pierce, SF 0.110
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.091
Marquis Daniels, SG -0.233
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 1.313
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.951
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.831
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.786
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.722
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.686
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.661
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.504
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.435
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.424
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.378
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.286
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.228
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.228
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.169
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.144
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.110
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.091
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG -0.233
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 0.505
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.496
Delonte West, SG 0.458
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.452
Jamario Moon, SF 0.439
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.353
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.297
Mo Williams, PG 0.238
Anthony Parker, SG 0.070
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Nate Robinson, PG 0.583
Marquis Daniels, SG 0.434
Paul Pierce, SF 0.380
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.362
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.335
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.269
Ray Allen, SG 0.265
Tony Allen, SG 0.223
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.152
Glen Davis, PF -0.033
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Nate Robinson, Celtics PG 0.583
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.505
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.496
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.458
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.452
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.439
Marquis Daniels, Celtics SG 0.434
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.380
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.362
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.353
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.335
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.297
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.269
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.265
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.238
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.223
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.152
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.070
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.033
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
Real Player Ratings: 2010 Round Two, Game Two: Celtics 104 Cavaliers 86
Real Player Ratings for games are done in full only for conference finals and the NBA final. At the other extreme, we will only rarely do regular season game RPRs anymore. In between the finals at one extreme and regular season games at the other extreme there are first round and second round playoff games. (The second round is also known as conference semifinals). We do Real Player Ratings for first and second round games as time permits and as the importance of them warrants.
We could not resist doing this one.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME TWO
MAY 3, 2010 IN CLEVELAND, OH
BOSTON CELTICS 104 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 86
SERIES TIED 1-1
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games, and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, C 1.266
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.168
Kendrick Perkins, C 1.055
Glen Davis, PF 1.023
Ray Allen, SG 0.911
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.722
Paul Pierce, SF 0.668
Tony Allen, SG 0.498
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, PF 1.043
LeBron James, SF 0.899
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.648
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.599
Anthony Parker, SG 0.585
Delonte West, SG 0.569
Jamario Moon, SF 0.515
Mo Williams, PG 0.495
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.330
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 1.266
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.168
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 1.055
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 1.043
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 1.023
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.911
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.899
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.722
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.668
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.648
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.599
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.585
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.569
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.515
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.498
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.495
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.330
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 52.57
Ray Allen, SG 35.51
Kendrick Perkins, C 31.65
Kevin Garnett, PF 24.54
Rasheed Wallace, C 22.78
Paul Pierce, SF 21.36
Glen Davis, PF 13.30
Tony Allen, SG 7.47
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 36.87
Antawn Jamison, PF 23.34
Anderson Varejao, PF 21.89
Delonte West, SG 17.64
Mo Williams, PG 17.31
Anthony Parker, SG 16.38
Shaquille O'Neal, C 11.39
J.J. Hickson, PF 6.27
Jamario Moon, SF 3.61
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 52.57
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 36.87
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 35.51
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 31.65
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 24.54
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 23.34
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 22.78
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 21.89
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 21.36
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 17.64
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 17.31
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 16.38
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 13.30
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 11.39
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 7.47
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 6.27
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 3.61
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, C 1.144
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.854
Glen Davis, PF 0.633
Ray Allen, SG 0.468
Paul Pierce, SF 0.449
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.444
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.268
Tony Allen, SG -0.173
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.399
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.315
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.282
LeBron James, SF 0.266
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.262
Delonte West, SG 0.241
Mo Williams, PG 0.230
Anthony Parker, SG 0.111
Jamario Moon, SF 0.053
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 1.144
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.854
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.633
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.468
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.449
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.444
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.399
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.315
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.282
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.268
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.266
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.262
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.241
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.230
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.111
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.053
Tony Allen, Celtics SG -0.173
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 0.670
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.611
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.454
Ray Allen, SG 0.442
Glen Davis, PF 0.390
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.315
Paul Pierce, SF 0.219
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.121
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.760
LeBron James, SF 0.633
Anthony Parker, SG 0.474
Jamario Moon, SF 0.462
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.387
Delonte West, SG 0.328
Mo Williams, PG 0.264
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.200
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.015
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.760
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.670
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.633
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.611
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.474
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.462
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.454
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.442
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.390
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.387
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.328
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.315
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.264
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.219
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.200
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.121
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.015
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
We could not resist doing this one.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME TWO
MAY 3, 2010 IN CLEVELAND, OH
BOSTON CELTICS 104 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 86
SERIES TIED 1-1
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games, and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, C 1.266
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.168
Kendrick Perkins, C 1.055
Glen Davis, PF 1.023
Ray Allen, SG 0.911
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.722
Paul Pierce, SF 0.668
Tony Allen, SG 0.498
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, PF 1.043
LeBron James, SF 0.899
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.648
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.599
Anthony Parker, SG 0.585
Delonte West, SG 0.569
Jamario Moon, SF 0.515
Mo Williams, PG 0.495
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.330
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 1.266
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.168
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 1.055
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 1.043
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 1.023
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.911
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.899
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.722
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.668
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.648
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.599
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.585
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.569
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.515
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.498
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.495
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.330
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 52.57
Ray Allen, SG 35.51
Kendrick Perkins, C 31.65
Kevin Garnett, PF 24.54
Rasheed Wallace, C 22.78
Paul Pierce, SF 21.36
Glen Davis, PF 13.30
Tony Allen, SG 7.47
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 36.87
Antawn Jamison, PF 23.34
Anderson Varejao, PF 21.89
Delonte West, SG 17.64
Mo Williams, PG 17.31
Anthony Parker, SG 16.38
Shaquille O'Neal, C 11.39
J.J. Hickson, PF 6.27
Jamario Moon, SF 3.61
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 52.57
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 36.87
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 35.51
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 31.65
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 24.54
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 23.34
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 22.78
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 21.89
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 21.36
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 17.64
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 17.31
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 16.38
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 13.30
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 11.39
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 7.47
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 6.27
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 3.61
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, C 1.144
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.854
Glen Davis, PF 0.633
Ray Allen, SG 0.468
Paul Pierce, SF 0.449
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.444
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.268
Tony Allen, SG -0.173
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.399
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.315
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.282
LeBron James, SF 0.266
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.262
Delonte West, SG 0.241
Mo Williams, PG 0.230
Anthony Parker, SG 0.111
Jamario Moon, SF 0.053
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 1.144
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.854
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.633
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.468
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.449
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.444
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.399
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.315
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.282
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.268
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.266
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.262
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.241
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.230
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.111
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.053
Tony Allen, Celtics SG -0.173
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Tony Allen, SG 0.670
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.611
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.454
Ray Allen, SG 0.442
Glen Davis, PF 0.390
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.315
Paul Pierce, SF 0.219
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.121
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.760
LeBron James, SF 0.633
Anthony Parker, SG 0.474
Jamario Moon, SF 0.462
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.387
Delonte West, SG 0.328
Mo Williams, PG 0.264
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.200
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.015
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.760
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.670
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.633
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.611
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.474
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.462
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.454
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.442
Glen Davis, Celtics PF 0.390
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.387
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.328
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.315
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.264
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.219
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.200
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.121
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.015
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Real Player Ratings: 2010 Round Two, Game One: Cavaliers 101 Celtics 93
Real Player Ratings (RPRs) for games are automatically done in full only for the two conference finals and for the NBA final. At the other extreme, we will only rarely do regular season game RPRs anymore. In between the finals at one extreme and regular season games at the other extreme there are first round and second round playoff series and games. (The second round is also known as the conference semifinals). We do Real Player Ratings for first and second round games as time permits and as the importance of them warrants.
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME ONE
MAY 1, 2010 IN CLEVELAND, OH
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 101 BOSTON CELTICS 93
CAVALIERS LEAD BEST OF SEVEN SERIES 1-0
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.368
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.168
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.807
Tony Allen, SG 0.685
Ray Allen, SG 0.494
Paul Pierce, SF 0.447
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.054
Glen Davis, PF -0.143
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 1.467
Jamario Moon, SF 1.263
Mo Williams, PG 0.996
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.987
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, SG 0.714
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.499
Delonte West, SG 0.483
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.268
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 1.467
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.368
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 1.263
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.168
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.996
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.987
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.807
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.714
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 0.685
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.499
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.494
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.483
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.447
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.268
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.054
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.143
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 57.46
Kevin Garnett, PF 45.57
Kendrick Perkins, C 25.83
Ray Allen, SG 21.73
Paul Pierce, SF 17.42
Tony Allen, SG 9.59
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.70
Glen Davis, PF -1.72
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 63.07
Mo Williams, PG 39.82
Anderson Varejao, PF 21.72
Anthony Parker, SG 18.56
Antawn Jamison, PF 18.45
Delonte West, SG 13.05
Jamario Moon, SF 11.37
J.J. Hickson, PF 9.57
Shaquille O'Neal, C 5.36
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 63.07
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 57.46
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 45.57
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 39.82
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 25.83
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 21.73
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 21.72
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 18.56
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 18.45
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 17.42
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 13.05
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 11.37
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 9.59
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 9.57
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 5.36
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.70
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -1.72
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.062
Tony Allen, SG 0.516
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.457
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.295
Ray Allen, SG 0.172
Paul Pierce, SF 0.126
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.115
Glen Davis, PF -0.134
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 0.915
Jamario Moon, SF 0.842
Mo Williams, PG 0.668
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.528
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.417
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.269
Delonte West, SG 0.222
Anthony Parker, SG 0.097
Antawn Jamison, PF -0.074
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.062
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.915
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.842
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.668
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.528
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.516
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.457
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.417
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.295
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.269
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.222
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.172
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.126
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.097
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF -0.074
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.115
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.134
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.711
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.512
Ray Allen, SG 0.322
Paul Pierce, SF 0.321
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.306
Tony Allen, SG 0.169
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.169
Glen Davis, PF -0.009
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Anthony Parker, SG 0.617
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.573
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.570
LeBron James, SF 0.551
Jamario Moon, SF 0.421
Mo Williams, PG 0.327
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.269
Delonte West, SG 0.261
Shaquille O'Neal, C -0.001
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.711
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.617
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.573
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.570
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.551
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.512
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.421
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.327
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.322
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.321
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.306
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.269
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.261
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 0.169
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.169
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C -0.001
Glen Davis, PF Celtics -0.009
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USER GUIDE
The Real Player Rating User Guide is a necessary reference for anyone who wants to truly understand the value of, the validity of, and the ways you can use the Real Player Rating performance measures. Moreover, you should become a regular visitor to Quest for the Ring if you want to get the full advantage of reading and using Real Player Ratings Series performance measures. The more you visit and check out ratings, the more quickly and easily you will be able to evaluate what you are seeing.
DOC RIVERS AND RAJON RONDO
We are doing the 2010 second round Celtics-Cavaliers series in full because it is history being made and because this series teaches you and I a whole lot about how playoff games are won.
NBA ROUND TWO PLAYOFF SERIES
GAME ONE
MAY 1, 2010 IN CLEVELAND, OH
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 101 BOSTON CELTICS 93
CAVALIERS LEAD BEST OF SEVEN SERIES 1-0
REAL PLAYER RATINGS FOR A SINGLE GAME WITH SPECIAL HIDDEN DEFENDING ADJUSTMENT
Each player's hidden defending rating from the regular season is used as the Hidden Defending Adjustment (HDA). Obviously, players in any individual game including this one were not exactly as good defenders as they were on the average during the regular season. But since there is no way to provide HDA for individual games and since it is better to have some reasonable HDA than none at all, we use the season HDA as a reasonable substitute.
--Real Player Rating shows you the quality of players quickly and accurately.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.368
Kevin Garnett, PF 1.168
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.807
Tony Allen, SG 0.685
Ray Allen, SG 0.494
Paul Pierce, SF 0.447
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.054
Glen Davis, PF -0.143
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 1.467
Jamario Moon, SF 1.263
Mo Williams, PG 0.996
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.987
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, SG 0.714
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.499
Delonte West, SG 0.483
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.268
COMBINED SORT REAL PLAYER RATINGS
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 1.467
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.368
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 1.263
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 1.168
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.996
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.987
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.807
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.798
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.714
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 0.685
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.499
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.494
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.483
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.447
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.268
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.054
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.143
EVALUATION SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect for all Practical Purposes / Major Historic Super Star 1.100 and more
Historic Super Star 1.000 1.099
Super Star 0.910 0.999
A Star Player / A Well Above Normal Starter 0.830 0.909
Very Good Player / A Solid Starter 0.760 0.829
Major Role Player / Good Enough to Start 0.700 0.759
Good Role Player / Often a Good 6th Man 0.650 0.699
Satisfactory Role Player 0.590 0.649
Marginal Role Player 0.530 0.589
Poor Player 0.470 0.529
Very Poor Player 0.400 0.469
Extremely Poor Player and less 0.399
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
--Shows basketball production or quantity of players
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
Rajon Rondo, PG 57.46
Kevin Garnett, PF 45.57
Kendrick Perkins, C 25.83
Ray Allen, SG 21.73
Paul Pierce, SF 17.42
Tony Allen, SG 9.59
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.70
Glen Davis, PF -1.72
CAVALIERS REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, SF 63.07
Mo Williams, PG 39.82
Anderson Varejao, PF 21.72
Anthony Parker, SG 18.56
Antawn Jamison, PF 18.45
Delonte West, SG 13.05
Jamario Moon, SF 11.37
J.J. Hickson, PF 9.57
Shaquille O'Neal, C 5.36
COMBINED SORT BASIC REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 63.07
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 57.46
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 45.57
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 39.82
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 25.83
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 21.73
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 21.72
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 18.56
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 18.45
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 17.42
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 13.05
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 11.37
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 9.59
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 9.57
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 5.36
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.70
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -1.72
============== SUB RATINGS ==============
OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' offense
CELTICS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, PG 1.062
Tony Allen, SG 0.516
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.457
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.295
Ray Allen, SG 0.172
Paul Pierce, SF 0.126
Rasheed Wallace, C -0.115
Glen Davis, PF -0.134
CAVALIERS OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
LeBron James, SF 0.915
Jamario Moon, SF 0.842
Mo Williams, PG 0.668
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.528
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.417
Shaquille O'Neal, C 0.269
Delonte West, SG 0.222
Anthony Parker, SG 0.097
Antawn Jamison, PF -0.074
COMBINED SORT OFFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 1.062
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.915
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.842
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.668
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.528
Tony Allen, Celtics SG 0.516
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.457
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.417
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.295
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C 0.269
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.222
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.172
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.126
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.097
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF -0.074
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C -0.115
Glen Davis, Celtics PF -0.134
DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
--Shows the quality of players' defending
--Hidden defending adjustments from the season are used; see above explanation (just before the Real Player Ratings) for details.
CELTICS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, PF 0.711
Kendrick Perkins, C 0.512
Ray Allen, SG 0.322
Paul Pierce, SF 0.321
Rajon Rondo, PG 0.306
Tony Allen, SG 0.169
Rasheed Wallace, C 0.169
Glen Davis, PF -0.009
CAVALIERS DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Anthony Parker, SG 0.617
Antawn Jamison, PF 0.573
Anderson Varejao, PF 0.570
LeBron James, SF 0.551
Jamario Moon, SF 0.421
Mo Williams, PG 0.327
J.J. Hickson, PF 0.269
Delonte West, SG 0.261
Shaquille O'Neal, C -0.001
COMBINED SORT DEFENSIVE SUB RATINGS
Kevin Garnett, Celtics PF 0.711
Anthony Parker, Cavaliers SG 0.617
Antawn Jamison, Cavaliers PF 0.573
Anderson Varejao, Cavaliers PF 0.570
LeBron James, Cavaliers SF 0.551
Kendrick Perkins, Celtics C 0.512
Jamario Moon, Cavaliers SF 0.421
Mo Williams, Cavaliers PG 0.327
Ray Allen, Celtics SG 0.322
Paul Pierce, Celtics SF 0.321
Rajon Rondo, Celtics PG 0.306
J.J. Hickson, Cavaliers PF 0.269
Delonte West, Cavaliers SG 0.261
Tony Allen, SG Celtics 0.169
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics C 0.169
Shaquille O'Neal, Cavaliers C -0.001
Glen Davis, PF Celtics -0.009
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