Playoff League Cheatsheet

Playoff League Cheatsheet
By Chris Liss and Andre' Snellings
RotoWire Editors

For most playoff leagues, the easiest and most common format is a points based system where, for example, a point is worth one point, a rebound worth two, a three pointer worth two, an assist worth two and a half and a steal or block worth four. Or something like that. For the sake of simplicity, we're going to assume that there are no averaging metrics or categories like field goal percentage, free throw percentage, etc.

We're going to further assume that players cannot be added, dropped or traded during the course of the playoffs. So there are but two components to a player's value: (1) how many fantasy points per game he's good for, and (2) how many games his team is likely to play. To the extent that a team is expected to play a lot of games, players on that team will have more opportunities to put up fantasy points.



Here's how we rank them:

Overall

1. Kevin Garnett, PF, BOS
   
2. Kobe Bryant, SG, LAL
   
3. Paul Pierce, SF, BOS
   
4. LeBron James, SF, CLE
   
5. Chris Paul, PG, NOR
   
6. Chauncey Billups, PG, DET
   
7. Dwight Howard, C, ORL
   
8. Pau Gasol, C, LAL
   
9. Amare Stoudemire, PF, PHO
   
10. Lamar Odom, PF, LAL
    
11. Deron Williams, PG, UTA
    
12. Ray Allen, SG, BOS
    
13. Tim Duncan, PF, SAN
    
14. Steve Nash, PG, PHO
    
15. Manu Ginobili, SG, SAN
    
16. David West, PF, NOR
    
17. Richard Hamilton, SG, DET
    
18. Carlos Boozer, PF, UTA
    
19. Hedo Turkoglu, SF, ORL
    
20. Tony Parker, PG, SAN
    
21. Dirk Nowitzki, PF, DAL
    
22. Mehmet Okur, C, UTA
    
23. Jason Kidd, PG, DAL
    
24. Rasheed Wallace, PF, DET
    
25. Tayshaun Prince, SF, DET
    
26. Rashard Lewis, SF, ORL
    
27. Allen Iverson, PG, DEN
    
28. Carmelo Anthony, SF, DEN
    
29. Chris Bosh, PF, TOR
    
30. Andre Iguodala, SG, PHI
    
31. Tracy McGrady, SG, HOU
    
32. Gilbert Arenas, PG, WAS
    
33. Shaquille O'Neal, C, PHO
    
34. *Caron Butler, SF, WAS
    
35. Peja Stojakovic, SF, NOR
    
36. Josh Howard, SF, DAL
    
37. Andre Miller, PG, PHI
    
38. Joe Johnson, SG, ATL
    
39. Tyson Chandler, C, NOR
    
40. Leandro Barbosa, SG, PHO
    
41. Antonio McDyess, C, DET
    
42. Rajon Rondo, PG. BOS
    
43. Antawn Jamison, PF, WAS
    
44. Marcus Camby, C, DEN
    
45. Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C, CLE
    
46. Jason Terry, SG, DAL
    
47. Josh Smith, SF, ATL
    
48. Derek Fisher, PG, LAL
    
49. Grant Hill, SF, PHO
    
50. T.J. Ford, PG, TOR
    
51. Jose Calderon, PG, TOR
    
52. Michael Finley, SG, SAN
    
53. Raja Bell, SG, PHO
    
54. Sam Cassell, PG, BOS
    
55. Andrei Kirilenko, SF, UTA
    
56. Ronnie Brewer, SG, UTA
    
57. Luis Scola, PF, HOU
    
58. Shane Battier, SF, HOU
    
59. Kendrick Perkins, C, BOS
    
60. Mike Bibby, PG, ATL
    
61. Daniel Gibson, SG, CLE
    
62. Kenyon Martin, PF, DEN
    
63. Bobby Jackson, PG, HOU
    
64. J.R. Smith, SG, DEN
    
65. Delonte West, PG, CLE
    
66. Erick Dampier, C, DAL
    
67. Sam Dalembert, C, PHI
    
68. Willie Green, SG, PHI
    
69. Jameer Nelson, PG, ORL
    
70. Joe Smith, PF, CLE
    
71. Marvin Williams, PF, ATL
    
72. Al Horford, C, ATL
    
73. Bonzi Wells, SG, NOR
    
74. Anthony Parker, SG, TOR
    
75. Thaddeus Young, SF, PHI
    
76. Louis Williams, PG, PHI
    
77. Maurice Evans, SG, ORL
    
78. Jordan Farmar, PG, LAL
    
79. Boris Diaw, PF, PHO
    
80. *Rafer Alston, PG, HOU

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Article first appeared on 4/17/08