Adjusted +/- ratings measure how many points better or worse than average per 48 minutes an NBA player performs after adjusting for the other 9 players on the court.  For example, a +10 rating means a player adds 10 points more than an an average player to his team’s performance Mining our Adjusted +/- data yields many interesting insights which are not obvious from PER of boxscore stats.

1. Bibby +10 and Jamaal Crawford +9 have keyed the Hawks moderate success. Despite a great PER rating Horford has not had a great impact on their usccess.
2. The Celtics great success has been a team effort. KG (+9) seems to be over his knee problems. Pierce +6, Rondo +4 ,Davis +2,  Ray Allen +2, and Robinson +1 have all chipped in.
3. Don’t blame Larry Brown’s stepping down on Wallace +10 and Augustin +10. Both are having great seasons. Blame things on Stephen Jackson’s +14 defensive rating. This means that when Jackson is in (after adjusting for other 9 guys on court) Bobcats give up 14 more points per game.
4. Derrick Rose is now a full fledged super star. He leads the league in our Impact rating (sort of adjusted +/- adjusted for importance of game situations) and has a +15 Adjusted +/-.  Korver +13 has also been great.
5. Hickson -7 and Moon -7 have hurt the Cavs.
6. Nene +7  of Denver is always an Adjusted +/- stud.
7. For the woeful Pistons Stuckey +10 has been a bright spot. But Wallace  -8 and Daye -7 have hurt them.
8. For G0lden State Wright -10 and Carney -15 have caused most of the recent slump.
9. For Houston Luis Scola has carried over his great play from the Worlds with a +12 rating. Hayes -10, Hill -7, and Brooks -7 have hurt them.
10. Blake Griffin seems (undeservedly, see below) a sure thing for ROY and is clearly the most exicting player to watch. His Adjusted +/- is only 0, however, and IU’s one and doner Eric Gordon (+6) has been the Clips best player this year.
11. Why are the Lakers having trouble? Odom +10 and Gasol +12 are playing some of their best ball ever. The problem is Kobe’s defense: his +11 defensive rating is by far his worst ever. Amazingly the Lakers best lineup is Odom Gasol with the three subs: Brown, Blake and Barnes : +76 points in around 100 minutes.
12. For Memphis Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo with +4 have been bright spots.
13. For the Heat Chris Bosh has recieved little credit but his Adjusted +/- of +12 is great. Wade (-4) needs to step it up.
14. For the Bucks Bogut +15 and Ilyasova +14 get no credit, but they are great players. Maggette -18 and Douglas-Roberts -21 really hurt them
15. For the Wolves Brewer +8 and Johnson +5 get no “Love.” But Kevin Love, despite a mediocre Adjusted +/- has an excellent impact rating  of +23 (Impact ranges from +100 to -100).
16. For the Nets Brook Lopez +13 has been great.
17. For the Hornets CP3 (+13) is back in the conversation for best point guard. Jack (-11) has yet to fit in.
18. This Amare for MVP conversation needs to stop. The Knicks MVP and ROY is Landry Fields. His Adjusted +/- of +16 and Impact of +48 are terrific. Amare has a +2 Adjusted +/-.
19. For OKC KD +16 is still great. Westbrook, however is overrated. His +5 defensive rating indicates he is not a great defender.
20. For the Magic Turkogolu has +29 Adjusted +/- so far. Certainly not reliable, but enough to indicate he has really fit in well so far.
21. For the underrated 76ers Holiday +9 and Young +8 have played great. Doug Collins deserves a  lot of credit for reducing PT for Turner -12 and Nocioni -12.
22. For the Suns Steve Nash +7 is still great.
23. For the Blazers Andre Miller +7 is still vastly underrated.
24. The”haplessness” of the hapless Kings is keyed by Cousins -11 and Landry -5.
25. The Spurs great start has been keyed by Manu +12, Hill +11, Parker +6, and Duncan +6.
26. For the Mavs Dirk +19 should be in the MVP conversation. Terry’s Impact rating of +42 is 9th in the league. But the key to the Mavs has been Tyson Chandler with a +8 Points rating, a vast upgrade over last year’s starter, Eric Dampier.
27. For the Pacers Mike Dunleavy +6 has been a bright spot but hightly touted Darren Collison -10 has been a bust
28. Amir Johnson +16 has been amazing for the Raptors.  Calderon -9, Weems -7and DeRozan -10 have really hurt the Raptors.
29. For the Jazz DWilliams +15 is running neck  and neck with CP3 for 2nd best point guard (behind Rose). Miles +5, Watson +7 and Price +8  have been great. Rookie Gordon Hayward has done poorly -23.
30. For the Wizards the injury hampered John Wall -10 has not lived up to expectations.

Hope these comments have made you see the insights that can be gleaned from an Adjusted +/- analysis.