NBA PCM Team Ranking – Season 2008-09

By Guichard Cadet

The PCM (Positive Contribution Meter) is a Composite System that analyzes team and player results using the same formula, across 3 categories, and measures on the “aggregate”, making no adjustments for minutes played.


NBA PCM Team Ranking – Season 2008-09

		R A N K
Rank	Team	Offense	Defense	Variance		Composite Score
1	Cleveland	7	2	1		3.67
2	Boston	8	1	2		4.33
3	L.A. Lakers	2	13	3		6.00
4	Orlando	10	3	4		6.00
5	Portland	12	4	5		6.33
6	Utah	4	11	6		7.33
7	Denver	6	12	7		7.67
8	Phoenix	1	21	8		8.67
9	Houston	14	6	9		8.67
10	Dallas	3	17	10		9.33
11	San Antonio	15	8	11		10.67
12	New Orleans	20	5	12		10.67
13	Philadelphia	19	9	13		12.67
14	Atlanta	17	14	14		14.00
15	Miami	18	15	15		15.33
16	Detroit	21	10	16		16.00
17	Chicago	11	19	17		16.67
18	Charlotte	28	7	18		17.00
19	Toronto	13	22	19		18.67
20	Milwaukee	24	16	20		19.33
21	Indiana	9	25	21		20.00
22	Golden State	5	30	22		20.67
23	New Jersey	23	20	23		23.00
24	Oklahoma City	22	23	24		23.33
25	Memphis	30	18	25		24.67
26	New York	16	29	26		25.67
27	Minnesota	27	24	27		26.33
28	Washington	25	26	28		26.33
29	L.A. Clippers	26	27	29		27.67
30	Sacramento	29	28	30		28.33

NBA PCM Team Ranking – February 2009

The PCM (Positive Contribution Meter) is a Composite System that analyzes team and player results using the same formula, across 3 categories, and measures on the “aggregate”, making no adjustments for minutes played.


NBA PCM Team Ranking – February 2009

Current / Previous	Team	Offense	Defense	Variance	Composite
1 / 2	Boston	4	2	1	2.33
2 / 1	Cleveland	11	1	2	4.67
3 / 3	Orlando	9	3	4	5.33
4 / 4	Utah	3	9	5	5.67
5 / 5	L.A. Lakers	1	16	3	6.67
6 / 11	Phoenix	2	17	6	8.33
7 / 6	Denver	7	12	7	8.67
8 / 8	Dallas	5	15	9	9.67
9 / 7	Portland	16	5	8	9.67
10 / 10	San Antonio	17	6	10	11.00
11 / 12	Houston	14	10	11	11.67
12 / 9	New Orleans	22	4	12	12.67
13 / 13	Philadelphia	19	7	13	13.00
14 / 14	Atlanta	18	14	14	15.33
15 / 16	Miami	21	11	15	15.67
16 / 21	Chicago	10	21	18	16.33
17 / 18	Milwaukee	15	19	17	17.00
18 / 15	Detroit	29	8	16	17.67
19 / 20	Indiana	6	26	21	17.67
20 / 17	Toronto	13	22	19	18.00
21 / 22	Golden State	8	27	22	19.00
22 / 19	Charlotte	28	13	20	20.33
23 / 23	New York	12	29	26	22.33
24 / 26	Oklahoma	20	24	24	22.67
25 / 25	New Jersey	26	20	23	23.00
26 / 24	Minnesota	24	23	25	24.00
27 / 27	Memphis	30	18	27	25.00
28 / 29	L.A. Clippers	23	28	29	26.67
29 / 28	Washington	27	25	28	26.67
30 / 30	Sacramento	25	30	30	28.33

NBA PCM Team Ranking – January 2009

The PCM (Positive Contribution Meter) is a Composite System that analyzes team and player results using the same formula, across 3 categories, and measures on the “aggregate”, making no adjustments for minutes played.

NBA PCM Team Ranking – January 2009

Rank	Team	Offense	Defense	Variance	Composite
1	Cleveland	3	2	2	2.33
2	Boston	7	1	1	3.00
3	Orlando	8	3	4	5.00
4	Utah	5	8	5	6.00
5	L.A. Lakers	1	15	3	6.33
6	Denver	2	12	6	6.67
7	Portland	14	5	7	8.67
8	Dallas	6	17	8	10.33
9	New Orleans	19	4	9	10.67
10	San Antonio	11	11	10	10.67
11	Phoenix	4	18	11	11.00
12	Houston	16	9	12	12.33
13	Philadelphia	17	10	13	13.33
14	Atlanta	12	16	14	14.00
15	Detroit	21	7	15	14.33
16	Miami	20	14	16	16.67
17	Toronto	15	19	17	17.00
18	Milwaukee	23	13	18	18.00
19	Charlotte	29	6	19	18.00
20	Indiana	10	26	21	19.00
21	Chicago	18	21	20	19.67
22	Golden State	9	30	22	20.33
23	New York	13	29	25	22.33
24	Minnesota	22	23	23	22.67
25	New Jersey	25	22	24	23.67
26	Oklahoma	24	24	26	24.67
27	Memphis	30	20	28	26.00
28	Washington	26	27	27	26.67
29	L.A. Clippers	27	25	29	27.00
30	Sacramento	28	28	30	28.67

*Stats for Oklahoma City available only up to 01/26/09.

101208 Hedging the Straight-Line

10/12/2008		Hedging the Straight-Line
WEEK 6		NFL 2008 Season
		by Guichard Cadet
Home		Away	Hedging		Straight Line	Actual Spread	Choice
Atlanta		Chicago	2.38		-0.45	3.0	A
Indianapolis		Baltimore	0.01		-6.89	-3.5	H
Minnesota		Detroit	-12.78		-10.21	-13.0	A
New Orleans		Oakland	-7.41		-9.12	-7.0	H
N.Y. Jets		Cincinnati	-7.10		-12.66	-9.5	H
Tampa Bay		Carolina	-4.44		-6.60	-1.0	H
Washington		St. Louis	-21.14		-17.20	-13.0	H
Houston		Miami	6.51		3.88	-3.0	H
Denver		Jacksonville	-5.47		-7.93	-3.5	H
Arizona		Dallas	3.47		-0.02	4.5	A
San Francisco		Philadelphia	4.65		-4.45	4.5	A
Seattle		Green Bay	5.08		1.72	-1.0	H
San Diego		New England	-0.64		-7.20	-5.0	H
Cleveland		N.Y. Giants	12.68		14.70	9.0	A
Choice: A = Away; H = Home
		WINS	LOSSES		PUSH
Last Week		8	6		0
Overall		37	35		2
Home		Away	Hedging		Straight Line	Actual Over Under	Choice
Atlanta		Chicago	50.5182		45.5	43.5	O
Indianapolis		Baltimore	42.1875		37.8333	38.5	O
Minnesota		Detroit	51.3786		35.5	45.0	O
New Orleans		Oakland	42.6797		49.8333	47.5	U
N.Y. Jets		Cincinnati	43.2604		47.6667	42.5	O
Tampa Bay		Carolina	43.7057		41.5	36.5	O
Washington		St. Louis	42.7344		38.8333	44.0	U
Houston		Miami	50.3479		38.1667	44.5	O
Denver		Jacksonville	50.2526		49.5	48.0	O
Arizona		Dallas	57.1089		61.75	52.0	O
San Francisco		Philadelphia	50.6771		47.75	42.0	O
Seattle		Green Bay	59.4492		51.5833	44.5	O
San Diego		New England	46.3438		51.6667	44.0	O
Cleveland		N.Y. Giants	40.8594		49	43.5	U
Choice: O = Over; U = Under
		WINS	LOSSES		PUSH
Last Week		6	8		0
Overall		38	33		3