This is our weekly cheat sheet based on our player's projected output and number of games. It assumes an eight-category league with the following categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, three-pointers made, free-throw percentage and field-goal percentage. These are my rankings. They do not necessarily correspond with the RotoWire cheat sheet or our projections for the season. I use both as a rough guide, but I primarily factor in number of games played for the week, current player trends and pertinent information about the team (injuries, time share situations, etc). The rankings takes into account games played Monday through Saturday. We will try to update the meter with any breaking news that happens on Sunday, but in most cases, any injuries, lineup changes, etc. that happen on Sunday won't be accounted for in the rankings until the following week.
Week 23: March 31 - April 6 Four Games: ATL, BKN, BOS, CHA, CHI, DAL, DEN, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NO, NYK, PHI, SAC, SAS, TOR, WAS Three Games: CLE, OKC, ORL, PHO, POR, UTA = new to rankings
This is our weekly cheat sheet based on our player's projected output and number of games. It assumes an eight-category league with the following categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, three-pointers made, free-throw percentage and field-goal percentage. These are my rankings. They do not necessarily correspond with the RotoWire cheat sheet or our projections for the season. I use both as a rough guide, but I primarily factor in number of games played for the week, current player trends and pertinent information about the team (injuries, time share situations, etc). The rankings takes into account games played Monday through Saturday. We will try to update the meter with any breaking news that happens on Sunday, but in most cases, any injuries, lineup changes, etc. that happen on Sunday won't be accounted for in the rankings until the following week.
Week 23: March 31 - April 6 Four Games: ATL, BKN, BOS, CHA, CHI, DAL, DEN, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NO, NYK, PHI, SAC, SAS, TOR, WAS Three Games: CLE, OKC, ORL, PHO, POR, UTA = new to rankings
POINT GUARDS Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 Stephen Curry [PG,SG] GSW 4 2 John Wall [PG] WAS 4 3 Chris Paul [PG] LAC 4 4 Kyle Lowry [PG] TOR 4 5 Deron Williams [PG] BKN 4 6 Kemba Walker [PG] CHA 4 7 Ty Lawson [PG] DEN 4 8 Mike Conley [PG] MEM 4 9 Michael Carter-Williams [PG] PHI 4 10 Ramon Sessions [PG,SG] MIL 4 Averaging 19.2 points, 4.6 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 threes in 36 minutes over last five games. 11 Ricky Rubio [PG] MIN 4 12 Jeff Teague [PG] ATL 4 13 Tony Parker [PG] SAS 4 14 Brandon Jennings [PG] DET 4 15 Isaiah Thomas * [PG] SAC 4 Day-to-day (quad). 16 Darren Collison [PG] LAC 4 Holding value with Jamal Crawford back. Averaging 11.8 points, 4.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.0 threes in 31 minutes over last five games. 17 Shaun Livingston [PG] BKN 4 Averaging 8.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.0 steals in 30 minutes over last five games. 18 D.J. Augustin [PG] CHI 4 19 Russell Westbrook [PG] OKC 3 20 Goran Dragic [PG,SG] PHO 3 21 Rajon Rondo [PG] BOS 4 Will only play in three games this week (not playing in back-to-backs). 22 Trey Burke [PG] UTA 3 Averaging 14.2 points, 5.6 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.4 threes over last five games. 23 Jose Calderon [PG] DAL 4 24 Raymond Felton [PG] NYK 4 25 Jeremy Lin [PG] HOU 4 Value goes up with Patrick Beverley out for the year. 26 George Hill [PG,SG] IND 4 27 Kirk Hinrich [PG,SG] CHI 4 28 Damian Lillard [PG] POR 3 29 Greivis Vasquez [PG,SG] TOR 4 30 Jarrett Jack [PG,SG] CLE 3 Averaging 16.2 points and 5.8 assists over last five games. 31 Patty Mills [PG] SAS 4 Averaging 11.0 points, 1.8 steals and 1.8 threes in only 20 minutes over last five games. 32 Jameer Nelson [PG] ORL 3 Back in action. 33 Brian Roberts [PG] NO 4 34 Ray McCallum [PG] SAC 4 Decent short-term play if Isaiah Thomas misses time this week. Averaging 13.0 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds in 46 minutes over last three games. 35 Mario Chalmers *[PG] MIA 4 Day-to-day (thigh).
SHOOTING GUARDS Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 James Harden [SG,SF] HOU 4 2 Tyreke Evans [SG,SF] NO 4 Averaging 18.4 points, 8.6 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 steals over last five games. 3 DeMar DeRozan [SG,SF] TOR 4 4 Brandon Knight [PG,SG] MIL 4 5 Monta Ellis [PG,SG] DAL 4 6 Klay Thompson [SG,SF] GSW 4 7 Jodie Meeks [SG] LAL 4 8 Lance Stephenson [SG] IND 4 9 J.R. Smith [SG,SF] NYK 4 10 Avery Bradley [PG,SG] BOS 4 Averaging 17.8 points, 1.0 steals and 2.8 threes in 34 minutes over last five games. 11 Terrence Ross [SG] TOR 4 Averaging 13.8 points, 1.4 steals and 2.4 threes in 31 minutes over last five games. 12 Vince Carter [SG] DAL 4 Averaging 14.8 points, 1.0 steals and 3.0 threes in 26 minutes over last five games. 13 Jamal Crawford [PG,SG] LAC 4 14 Bradley Beal [SG] WAS 4 15 Kevin Martin [SG] MIN 4 16 Joe Johnson [SG,SF] BKN 4 17 Marco Belinelli [SG] SAS 4 Solid play if Danny Green misses time this week. Averaging 22.5 points and 5.0 threes in 31 minutes over last two games. 18 Randy Foye [PG,SG] DEN 4 19 Dwyane Wade *[PG,SG] MIA 4 Day-to-day (knee). 20 James Anderson [SG,SF] PHI 4 Averaging 12.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 2.0 threes in 30 minutes over last five games. 21 Eric Bledsoe [PG,SG] PHO 3 22 Dion Waiters [SG] CLE 3 23 Manu Ginobili [SG,SF] SAS 4 24 Ben McLemore [SG] SAC 4 Averaging 14.7 points and 2.8 threes over last four games. 25 Gerald Henderson [SG,SF] CHA 4 26 Kent Bazemore [SG,SF] LAL 4 27 Rodney Stuckey [PG,SG] DET 4 28 Wesley Matthews [SG,SF] POR 3 29 Victor Oladipo [SG] ORL 3 30 Gerald Green [SG,SF] PHO 3 31 Aaron Afflalo [SG,SF] ORL 3 32 Matthew Dellavedova [SG] CLE 3 Averaging 10.4 points, 5.0 assists and 2.2 threes in 31 minutes over last five games. 33 Anthony Morrow [SG,SF] NO 4 Decent play for points and threes if Eric Gordon misses time this week. 34 Danny Green *[SG,SF] SAS 4 Day-to-day (foot). 35 Eric Gordon *[SG] NO 4 Day-to-day (knee).
SMALL FORWARDS Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 LeBron James [SF,PF] MIA 4 2 Carmelo Anthony [SF,PF] NYK 4 3 Kevin Durant [SF] OKC 3 4 Paul George [SG,SF] IND 4 5 Kawhi Leonard [SG,SF] SAS 4 Averaging 13.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 1.4 steals and 1.6 threes over last five games. 6 Josh Smith [SF,PF] DET 4 7 Chandler Parsons [SF,PF] HOU 4 8 Matt Barnes [SF] LAC 4 Averaging 12.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, 1.4 steals and 2.4 threes over last five games. 9 Jimmy Butler [SG,SF] CHI 4 10 Trevor Ariza [SF] WAS 4 11 Paul Pierce [SF] BKN 4 12 Rudy Gay [SF,PF] SAC 4 13 Nick Young [SG,SF] LAL 4 Averaging 19.0 points, 1.2 steals and 3.4 threes in 27 minutes over last five games. 14 DeMarre Carroll [SF,PF] ATL 4 15 Jeff Green [SF,PF] BOS 4 16 Mike Dunleavy [SG,SF] CHI 4 17 Nicolas Batum [SG,SF] POR 3 18 Gordon Hayward [SG,SF] UTA 3 19 P.J. Tucker [SF,PF] PHO 3 Averaging 11.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 1.8 threes in 32 minutes over last five games. 20 Luol Deng [SF] CLE 3 21 Andre Iguodala [SG,SF] GSW 4 Back in action. 22 Kyle Singler [SG,SF] DET 4 23 Khris Middleton [SF] MIL 4 24 Al-Farouq Aminu [SF] NO 4 25 Corey Brewer [SG,SF] MIN 4 26 Shawn Marion [SF,PF] DAL 4 27 Giannis Antetokounmpo [SF] MIL 4 28 Wesley Johnson [SG,SF] LAL 4 29 Martell Webster [SG,SF] WAS 4 30 Tobias Harris [SF,PF] ORL 3 31 Richard Jefferson [SF] UTA 3 Averaging 13.2 points and 2.2 threes in 33 minutes over last five games. 32 Caron Butler [SF] OKC 3 33 Marvin Williams [SF] UTA 3 34 Moe Harkless [SF] ORL 3 35 Kyle Korver *[SG,SF] ATL 4 Day-to-day (back).
POWER FORWARDS Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 Kevin Love [PF,C] MIN 4 2 Paul Millsap [PF] ATL 4 3 Greg Monroe [PF,C] DET 4 4 Zach Randolph [PF,C] MEM 4 5 Thaddeus Young [SF,PF] PHI 4 6 Dirk Nowitzki [PF] DAL 4 7 Tim Duncan [PF,C] SAS 4 8 Jordan Hill [PF,C] LAL 4 Averaging 16.8 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 26 minutes over last five games. 9 Amir Johnson [PF,C] TOR 4 10 Kenneth Faried [PF] DEN 4 11 David West [PF] IND 4 12 Anthony Davis *[PF] NO 4 Day-to-day (ankle). 13 Blake Griffin *[PF,C] LAC 4 Day-to-day (back). 14 David Lee *[PF,C] GSW 4 Day-to-day (hamstring). 15 LaMarcus Aldridge [PF,C] POR 3 Back in action. 16 Serge Ibaka [PF,C] OKC 3 17 Derrick Favors [PF,C] UTA 3 18 Markieff Morris [PF] PHO 3 Averaging 16.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 1.4 threes in 30 minutes over last five games. 19 Josh McRoberts [PF,C] CHA 4 Averaging 12.2 points, 5.0 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.6 threes in 34 minutes over last five games. 20 Terrence Jones [SF,PF] HOU 4 Averaging 12.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 27 minutes over last five games. 21 Amar'e Stoudemire [PF,C] NYK 4 22 Carlos Boozer [PF,C] CHI 4 23 Taj Gibson [PF] CHI 4 24 Pau Gasol *[PF,C] LAL 4 Day-to-day (vertigo). 25 Mirza Teletovic [PF] BKN 4 Averaging 11.2 points and 2.8 threes in 23 minutes over last five games. 26 Drew Gooden [PF] WAS 4 Averaging 10.2 points and 7.7 rebounds in 21 minutes over last five games. 27 Ryan Kelly [PF] LAL 4 28 Boris Diaw [PF,C] SAS 4 29 Darrell Arthur [PF] DEN 4 Averaging 9.8 points, 1.4 steals, 1.0 blocks and 1.4 threes in 24 minutes over last five games. 30 Jeff Adrien [SF,PF] MIL 4 Starting at power forward with Ersan Ilyasova out for the year. 31 Kris Humphries [PF] BOS 4 32 Dante Cunningham [PF] MIN 4 33 Mike Scott [PF] ATL 4 34 Tristan Thompson [PF,C] CLE 3 35 Channing Frye [PF] PHO 3
CENTERS Rank Player Eligible Team Games Comment 1 Joakim Noah [PF,C] CHI 4 2 Al Jefferson [PF,C] CHA 4 3 DeMarcus Cousins [PF,C] SAC 4 4 Marcin Gortat [C] WAS 4 Averaging 15.0 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.6 blocks over last five games. 5 Chris Bosh [PF,C] MIA 4 6 Marc Gasol [C] MEM 4 7 Andre Drummond [PF,C] DET 4 8 DeAndre Jordan [C] LAC 4 9 Tyson Chandler [C] NYK 4 10 Jonas Valanciunas [C] TOR 4 11 Roy Hibbert [C] IND 4 12 Nikola Pekovic *[C] MIN 4 Back in action. 13 Samuel Dalembert [C] DAL 4 Averaging 9.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 24 minutes over last five games. 14 Nikola Vucevic [PF,C] ORL 3 Averaging 14.8 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals over last five games. 15 Robin Lopez [C] POR 3 Averaging 12.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks over last five games. 16 Spencer Hawes [C] CLE 3 17 Jared Sullinger [PF,C] BOS 4 Averaging 14.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.4 threes in 29 minutes over last five games. 18 Henry Sims [C] PHI 4 Averaging 15.6 points and 9.6 rebounds in 29 minutes over last five games. 19 Timofey Mozgov [C] DEN 4 Averaging 9.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 24 minutes over last five games. 20 Omer Asik [C] HOU 4 Could be decent play for rebounds and blocks while Dwight Howard (ankle) is out. 21 Pero Antic [C] ATL 4 22 Gorgui Dieng [C] MIN 4 Value goes down with Nikola Pekovic back. 23 Chris Andersen [C] MIA 4 24 Zaza Pachulia [C] MIL 4 25 Andray Blatche [PF,C] BKN 4 26 Jermaine O'Neal [C] GSW 4 Could see bump in minutes if Andrew Bogut misses time this week. Averaging 10.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in six starts this year. 27 Mason Plumlee [PF,C] BKN 4 28 Tiago Splitter [C] SAS 4 29 John Henson [PF,C] MIL 4 30 Chris Kaman [PF,C] LAL 4 Should start at center with Pau Gasol out. 31 Enes Kanter [C] UTA 3 32 Kyle O'Quinn [C] ORL 3 Averaging 9.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 25 minutes over last five games. 33 Anderson Varejao [PF,C] CLE 3 34 Dwight Howard *[C] HOU 4 Day-to-day (ankle). 35 Andrew Bogut *[C] GSW 4 Day-to-day (hip).
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