Lillard ranks as the average best player on a team, but on the Blazers he's the 2nd best by rank.
If Aldridge were injured and replaced with an average 5th man, we'd still have average starters.
These rankings are a cumulative of what a couple of hundred of sports reporters think will happen this coming season. So while it's not necessarily a good gauge of the players actual value, it is a good representation of public perception.
The public has really spoken and what they're saying is:
Our starters are awesome (top 4th man in the league or better)
Our bench still sucks (all are average 8th man or worse)
1 Aldridge
2 Lillard 16 (0.5 + 1=1.5 vs. 2.5): average 1st man, but he's our 2nd man
3 Batum 52 (1.7+1=2.7 vs. 3.5): average 2nd man, but he's our 3rd man
4 Wes 83 (2.8+1=3.8 vs. 4.5): slight below average 3rd man, but he's our 4th man
5 Lopez 92 (3.1+1=4.1 vs. 5.5): top 4th man, but he's our 5th man
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6 Blake 221 (7.4+1=8.4 vs. 6.5)
7 CJ 222 (7.4+1=8.4 vs. 7.5)
8 Kaman 237 (7.9+1=8.9 vs. 8.5)
9 Robinson 241 (8.0+1 = 9.0 vs. 9.5)
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10 Wright 269 (9.0+1=10.0 vs. 10.5)
11 Barton 329 (11.0+1=12.0 vs. 11.5)
12 Leonard 356 (11.9+1=12.9 vs. 12.5)
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