Here are the players you want in your fantasy NBA league - overall cheat sheets and position-by-position rankings for the top fantasy options in the NBA.
Players are ranked in terms of overall value in an eight-category (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, FT%, FG% and three pointers made) rotisserie-style league. Allowances have been made for positional scarcity -- players who qualify at center are worth a bit more. Injuries and concerns over playing time are also considered.
The Top 100 Fantasy Players in the NBA
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The top 100 players in fantasy basketball, regardless of position. Would it surprise you to learn that LeBron James is number one?
Point Guard Cheat Sheet
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Point guards will be your primary source of assists -- one of the eight cardinal categories tracked in most leagues -- making it important to draft at least one and possibly two of the better point guard options.
Shooting Guard Cheat Sheet
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"Shooting" guard, or "off" guard as they're often called, is something of a misnomer in today's NBA. Lots of so-called "off" guards spend as much time running the offense as the nominal point guards.
Small Forward Cheat Sheet
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NBA small forwards are a disparate bunch. There are threes who play like oversized point guards -- Toronto's Hedo Turkoglu, for example. There are pure scorers, like Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, and oustanding shooters like Orlando's Rashard Lewis, and "combo forwards" who are comfortable out on the perimeter or in the paint. And then there's LeBron... he can do everything.
Power Forward Cheat Sheet
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It's easy, when ranking fantasy power forwards, to attach too much weight to the double-doubles, the twenty-and-tens... but to be an elite option in fantasy, your power forward needs to do more. Look for players who shoot a very high percentage from the floor, and who will block a reasonable number of shots at minimum.
Center Cheat Sheet
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Center is trickiest position in fantasy basketball. It's easily the thinnest position -- there simply aren't that many great centers in the league these days, and that's particularly true this year with Yao Ming sidelined for the entire season.
