ESPN columnist John Hollinger ranks all 328 NBA players who played significant minutes last year, according to his Player Efficiency Rating (PER) formula.

That's pretty damn interesting for any sports geek, but what's truly spectacular is his colorful commentary on the guys, especially as you reach the end of the list:

• "LeBron James is the biggest obstacle to Kevin Garnett reaching the Finals, but [Brian] Scalabrine might be a close second."
• "[Jeff] McInnis began the year as a Net in theory, but was told to stay away and eventually traded to Charlotte at midseason. Maybe the Bobcats should have told him to stay away, too."
• "[Yakhouba] Diawara may be the worst offensive wing player to enter the league in the past decade -- he is truly, utterly talentless at that end of the floor."

My favorite, though:

[Nets center Jason] Collins last year shot 36.4 percent, averaged 3.7 points per 40 minutes, and turned the ball over on more than in one five of the possessions he used; those were just the highlights. I could go in far greater detail about how gory his offensive numbers were, but there are women and children around.

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