Manu 3rd Most Valuable Contributor in League

by Joe deLarios on Jan 4, 2012 4:01 PM CST

Losing Manu will be an unrepairable loss for the San Antonio Spurs. Off to a great start, Manu Ginoboli was the third most valuable player in the league. Behind only LeBron James and Andrew Bynum. Manu led the Spurs in every victory and will be sorely missed by this team of aged stars and young talent.

The interior numbers are the positive contributions per minute. The outer number s are how many minutes per game the player averages. As you can see, Manu was third in the league.

LeBron James	MIA	SF	0.939	35.8
Andrew Bynum	LAL	C	0.866	32.7
Manu Ginobili	SAS	SG	0.827	23
Kevin Love	MIN	PF	0.750	39.2
Blake Griffin	LAC	PF	0.729	37
Lou Williams	PHI	PG	0.716	27.3
Carmelo Anthony	NYK	SF	0.715	36.2
Kobe Bryant	LAL	SG	0.677	35
Dirk Nowitzki	DAL	PF	0.669	32.2
Kevin Durant	OKC	SF	0.656	37.4
Ty Lawson	DEN	PG	0.634	33
Dwight Howard	ORL	C	0.625	39
Andre Iguodala	PHI	SG	0.617	34.3
Derrick Rose	CHI	PG	0.611	36.3
Rajon Rondo	BOS	PG	0.608	36.5
James Harden	OKC	G	0.607	32
Al Jefferson	UTH	C	0.594	31.8
Andrea Bargnani	TOR	C	0.591	36.6
Ryan Anderson	ORL	PF	0.590	31.8
Chris Bosh	MIA	PF	0.576	33.8
Ray Allen	BOS	SG	0.561	34.5
LaMarcus Aldridge	POR	PF	0.538	39.6
Pau Gasol	LAL	PF	0.536	36
Dwyane Wade	MIA	SG	0.531	34.8
D.J. Augustin	CHA	PG	0.524	32.2
Antawn Jamison	CLE	PF	0.513	29.4
Monta Ellis	GSW	SG	0.502	39
David Lee	GSW	C	0.494	34.8
Deron Williams	NJN	PG	0.484	33.3
DeMar DeRozan	TOR	SG	0.484	32.4
Luol Deng	CHI	SF	0.482	39.5
Russell Westbrook	OKC	PG	0.472	33
Kevin Martin	HOU	SG	0.462	32.4
Marcus Thornton	SAC	G	0.456	34.5
Jarrett Jack	NOR	PG	0.454	37.3
Ben Gordon	DET	SG	0.451	35.2
Amare Stoudemire	NYK	PF	0.441	35
Danny Granger	IND	SF	0.436	33.8
Brandon Jennings	MIL	PG	0.412	37.8

Poll

Spurs will be above or below .500 without Manu

Spurs will perservere (at .500)

11 votes

Spurs will struggle but the young guys will step up (above .500)

47 votes

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4 votes

62 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

Big surprise that Bnyum is #2 and Durant 10th. This very revealing AG.

by indiancharlie on Jan 5, 2012 5:41 AM CST reply actions

some surprise there…Bynum is very efficient right now

"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."

Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011

by Joe deLarios on Jan 5, 2012 10:57 AM CST up reply actions

Small sample size, too.

Free Cory Joseph!

by Tim C. on Jan 5, 2012 11:20 AM CST up reply actions

True! but you can see the instant impact Bynum has had on his team…time will tell if he keeps it up or not

"got him at 42……Chad Ford can’t keep up with RC ‘Bargin Basement’ Buford."

Spurs Yoda on Draft Night 2011

by Joe deLarios on Jan 5, 2012 11:29 AM CST up reply actions

But that should mellow out as more games progress. For example, RJ is shooting 58.1% from 3pt line right now (31 attempts). Only Ray Allen is shooting at a higher 61.1% with more or equal attempts (36 attempts). But damn!

Winter is coming

by grego21 on Jan 5, 2012 6:23 PM CST up reply actions