2008-09 Fantasy Basketball Head-to-Head Rankings

The head-to-head rankings differ from the roto rankings in a couple of fundamental ways although they are not tremendously different.

Firstly, players that contribute heavily in only one category are generally ranked higher because team balance is less imperative in head-to-head. It’s more important to kill your opponent in as many individual categories, making one-cat wonders slightly more valuable.

Secondly, the impact of percentages decline because those categories are so hard to predict on a week-to-week basis. For instance, while you know over the course of a season LeBron James will shoot about 70 percent from the line (hurting his value in a roto format and likely preventing you from winning that category), he’ll have plenty of weeks where he shoots a ton of free throws at a good percentage and wins you that category in head-to-head. Percentages aren’t disregarded totally, just slightly downgraded in importance.

These rankings also take into consideration a player’s ability to stay healthy and don’t give too much weight too turnovers.

Again, feel free to drop some comments if you think I missed anyone or just love/hate the rankings in general.

Note: All player positions reflect eligibility in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues.

Player	Pos	TEAM
1. Paul	PG	NOR
2. Amare	C/PF	PHO
3. James	SF	CLE
4. Bryant	SG	LAL
5. Nowitzki	PF	DAL
6. Marion	SF/PF	MIA
7. Wade	PG/SG	MIA
8. Iverson	PG/SG	DEN
9. Garnett	PF	BOS
10. Brand	C/PF	PHI
11. B. Davis	PG	LAC
12. Butler	SF	WAS
13. Granger	SG/SF	IND
14. Billups	PG	DET
15. Iguodala	SG/SF	PHI
16. A. Jefferson	C/PF	MIN
17. Duncan	C/PF	SAS
18. Camby	C	LAC
19. Richardson	SG/SF	CHA
20. J. Smith	SF/PF	ATL
21. D. Williams	PG	UTH
22. R. Lewis	SF/PF	ORL
23. Gay	SF/PF	MEM
24. Carter	SG/SF	NJN
25. Martin	SG	SAC
26. Boozer	PF	UTH
27. Jamison	SF/PF	WAS
28. Calderon	PG	TOR
29. Bosh	C	TOR
30. Nash	PG	PHO
31. Anthony	SF	DEN
32. West	PF	NOR
33. D. Howard	C	ORL
34. Gasol	C/PF	LAL
35. Artest	SF/PF	HOU
36. Pierce	SG/SF	BOS
37. Kidd	PG	DAL
38. J. Johnson	PG/SG	ATL
39. Yao	C	HOU
40. G. Wallace	SF/PF	CHA
41. R. Wallace	C/PF	DET
42. Bynum	C	LAL
43. Roy	PG/SG	POR
44. Dunleavy	SG/SF	IND
45. Biedrins	C	GSW
46. Durant	SG/SF	OKC
47. Odom	SF/PF	LAL
48. Turkoglu	SG/SF	ORL
49. Ginobili	SG	SAS
50. Kaman	C	LAC
51. Redd	SG/SF	MIL
52. Aldridge	C/PF	POR
53. Arenas	PG	WAS
54. Okur	C/PF	UTH
55. B. Miller	C	SAC
56. Jo. Howard	SG/SF	DAL
57. Harris	PG	NJN
58. Jackson	SG/SF	GSW
59. Terry	PG/SG	DAL
60. Stojakovic	SG/SF	NOR
61. Bogut	C	MIL
62. Allen	SG	BOS
63. Mo. Williams	PG	CLE
64. M. Miller	SG/SF	MIN
65. Kirilenko	SF/PF	UTH
66. Maggette	SG/SF	GSW
67. Moon	SF	TOR
68. A. Miller	PG	PHI
69. Horford	C/PF	ATL
70. Harrington	C/PF	GSW
71. Lee	C/PF	NYK
72. Beasley	SF/PF	MIA
73. Barbosa	PG/SG	PHO
74. Crawford	PG/SG	NYK
75. Brewer	SG/SF	UTH
76. Deng	SG/SF	CHI
77. McGrady	SG/SF	HOU
78. Hinrich	PG/SG	CHI
79. Oden	C	POR
80. Gordon	SG	CHI
81. Okafor	C/PF	CHA
82. Bibby	PG	ATL
83. Dalembert	C	PHI
84. Rondo	PG	BOS
85. Murphy	C/PF	IND
86. F. Garcia	SG/SF	SAC
87. R. Jefferson	SF	MIL
88. Chandler	C	NOR
89. Ilgauskas	C	CLE
90. Hamilton	SG	DET
91. T. Parker	PG	SAS
92. Ford	PG	IND
93. J.R. Smith	SG	DEN
94. Foye	PG/SG	MIN
95. Noah	C/PF	CHI
96. A. Parker	SG/SF	TOR
97. T. Young	SF/PF	PHI
98. Alston	PG	HOU
99. Randolph	PF	NYK
100. J. O’Neal	C/PF	TOR
101. Ma. Williams	SF/PF	ATL
102. Love	C/PF	MIN
103. Gomes	SF/PF	MIN
104. K-Mart	PF	DEN
105. Prince	SF	DET
106. Felton	PG/SG	CHA
107. Salmons	SG/SF	SAC
108. Hill	SG/SF	PHO
109. Nelson	PG	ORL
110. Ellis	PG/SG	GSW
111. Bell	SG/SF	PHO
112. Pietrus	SG/SF	ORL
113. R. Davis	SG/SF	LAC
114. Farmar	PG/SG	LAL
115. Battier	SF	HOU
116. Gooden	PF	CHI
117. Villaneueva	SF/PF	MIL
118. Udrih	PG	SAC
119. Outlaw	SF/PF	POR
120. A. Johnson	SF/PF	DET
121. L. Williams	PG/SG	PHI
122. Millsap	C/PF	UTH
123. Wilcox	C/PF	OKC
124. Blatche	C/PF	WAS
125. Warrick	SF/PF	MEM
126. Barnes	SF	PHO
127. Scola	C/PF	HOU
128. Collison	C/PF	OKC
129. Stevenson	SG	WAS
130. Fisher	PG	LAL
131. Foster	C/PF	IND
132. Nocioni	SF/PF	CHI
133. Korver	SF	UTH
134. Mobley	SG	LAC
135. Conley Jr	PG/SG	MEM
136. Stuckey	PG/SG	DET
137. Ty. Thomas	SF/PF	CHI
138. Posey	SG/SF	NOR
139. Kleiza	SG/SF	DEN
140. Marcus Williams	PG/SG	GSW
141. Bargnani	C/PF	TOR
142. Maxiell	C/PF	DET
143. McCants	SG/SF	MIN
144. Duhon	PG	NYK
145. Thornton	SF/PF	LAC
146. McDyess	PF	DET
147. Robinson	PG/SG	NYK
148. Diaw	C/PF	PHO
149. Watson	PG	OKC
150. De. West	PG/SG	CLE
151. B. Wallace	C/PF	CLE
152. Dampier	C	DAL
153. A. Daniels	PG	WAS
154. Azubuike	SG/SF	GSW
155. Mayo	PG/SG	MEM
156. Turiaf	C/PF	GSW
157. Perkins	C	BOS
158. K. Thomas	C/PF	SAS
159. Hughes	PG/SG	CHI
160. Quinn	PG/SG	MIA
161. Nesterovic	C	IND
162. Lowry	PG/SG	MEM
163. Ridnour	PG	MIL
164. Jaric	SG/SF	MEM
165. Haslem	PF	MIA
166. Barry	PG/SG	HOU
167. Finley	SG/SF	SAS
168. J. Green	SF/PF	OKC
169. Fernandez	PG/SG	POR
170. S. Williams	C/PF	NJN
171. D. Rose	PG	CHI
172. Nene	C/PF	DEN
173. Szczerbiak	SG/SF	CLE
174. Mason	PG	SAS
175. Bass	SF/PF	DAL
176. Jack	PG	IND
177. Tim Thomas	SF/PF	LAC
178. Sessions	PG/SG	MIL
179. E. Thomas	C/PF	WAS
180. Mohammed	C	CHA
181. A. Carter	PG	DEN
182. Simmons	SG/SF	NJN
183. Landry	SF/PF	HOU
184. House	SG	BOS
185. Yi	PF	NJN
186. Radmanovic	PF	LAL
187. Vujacic	PG/SG	LAL
188. M. Gasol	C	MEM
189. Banks	PG	MIA
190. Webster	SG/SF	POR
191. Hayes	SF/PF	HOU
192. Bogans	SG/SF	ORL
193. Najera	SF/PF	NJN
194. Blake	PG	POR
195. May	PF	CHA
196. Darko	C/PF	MEM
197. Tinsley	PG	IND
198. Varejao	C/PF	CLE
199. Gibson	PG/SG	CLE
200. Boone	C/PF	NJN
201. Moore	C/PF	SAC
202. Miles	SG/SF	UTH
203. Q. Richardson	SG/SF	NYK
204. Shaq	C	PHO
205. Westbrook	PG	OKC
206. Marbury	PG	NYK
207. Powe	SF/PF	BOS
208. Do. Wright	SG/SF	MIA
209. C. Brewer	SG/SF	MIN
210. Peterson	SG/SF	NOR
211. Bayless	PG	POR
212. Diop	C/PF	DAL
213. Ariza	SF	LAL
214. W. Chandler	SG/SF	NYK
215. Stackhouse	SG/SF	DAL
216. Wilkins	SG/SF	OKC
217. Udoka	SF	SAS
218. T. Allen	PG/SG	BOS
219. Carroll	SG/SF	CHA
220. Kapono	SG/SF	TOR
221. Petro	C	OKC
222. Humphries	SF/PF	TOR
223. Atkins	PG	DEN
224. Oberto	C	SAS
225. Cassell	PG	BOS
226. Lopez	C/PF	NJN
227. C. Smith	C/PF	MIN
228. Sefolosha	SG/SF	CHI
229. Gallinari	SF	NYK
230. Knight	PG	UTH
231. Songaila	PF	WAS
232. N. Young	SG/SF	WAS
233. Telfair	PG	MIN
234. Mason	SG/SF	OKC
235. Frye	C/PF	POR
236. W. Green	SG	PHI
237. Augustin	PG	CHA
238. Hawes	C	SAC
239. Curry	C	NYK
240. Belinelli	PG/SG	GSW
241. Chalmers	PG	MIA

 

2008-09 Fantasy Basketball Rotisserie Rankings

After much blood (actually none), sweat (a little) and tears (didn’t cry but felt like it), here are the rotisserie rankings for the upcoming season. These rankings are based on a standard, nine-category (Points, 3-pointers, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, FG%, FT%, TOs) league with 14 teams of 13 roster spots each. Anyone not on the list really shouldn’t be drafted in a roto league smaller than 15 teams. The rankings take into consideration a player’s ability to stay healthy and don’t give too much weight too turnovers, since they only tend to penalize the best players, since they have the ball in their hands more often.

Don’t hold it against me if a player’s rankings doesn’t lineup with where I projected them in the team previews. As I mentioned in a previous post, I learned a lesson to put together rankings before doing team previews.

Feel free to drop some comments if you think I missed anyone or just love/hate the rankings in general. Head-to-head rankings will be posted tomorrow morning.

Note: All player positions reflect eligibility in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues. 

Player	Pos	TEAM
1. Paul	PG	NOR
2. Amare	C/PF	PHO
3. James	SF	CLE
4. Bryant	SG	LAL
5. Nowitzki	PF	DAL
6. Garnett	PF	BOS
7. Wade	PG/SG	MIA
8. Brand	C/PF	PHI
9. Iverson	PG/SG	DEN
10. Marion	SF/PF	MIA
11. B. Davis	PG	LAC
12. Billups	PG	DET
13. D. Williams	PG	UTH
14. Butler	SF	WAS
15. Nash	PG	PHO
16. A. Jefferson	C/PF	MIN
17. Bosh	C	TOR
18. Duncan	C/PF	SAS
19. Iguodala	SG/SF	PHI
20. Boozer	PF	UTH
21. Martin	SG	SAC
22. Granger	SG/SF	IND
23. J. Smith	SF/PF	ATL
24. Gasol	C/PF	LAL
25. Anthony	SF	DEN
26. Yao	C	HOU
27. Calderon	PG	TOR
28. Camby	C	LAC
29. Gay	SF/PF	MEM
30. Carter	SG/SF	NJN
31. Richardson	SG/SF	CHA
32. R. Lewis	SF/PF	ORL
33. West	PF	NOR
34. Pierce	SG/SF	BOS
35. Jamison	SF/PF	WAS
36. D. Howard	C	ORL
37. J. Johnson	PG/SG	ATL
38. Bynum	C	LAL
39. Artest	SF/PF	HOU
40. Durant	SG/SF	OKC
41. Kidd	PG	DAL
42. G. Wallace	SF/PF	CHA
43. Dunleavy	SG/SF	IND
44. Biedrins	C	GSW
45. Roy	PG/SG	POR
46. R. Wallace	C/PF	DET
47. Ginobili	SG	SAS
48. Redd	SG/SF	MIL
49. Turkoglu	SG/SF	ORL
50. Odom	SF/PF	LAL
51. Kaman	C	LAC
52. Aldridge	C/PF	POR
53. Jackson	SG/SF	GSW
54. Mo. Williams	PG	CLE
55. Harris	PG	NJN
56. B. Miller	C	SAC
57. Jo. Howard	SG/SF	DAL
58. Arenas	PG	WAS
59. Allen	SG	BOS
60. Terry	PG/SG	DAL
61. Maggette	SG/SF	GSW
62. Okur	C/PF	UTH
63. M. Miller	SG/SF	MIN
64. Bogut	C	MIL
65. Lee	C/PF	NYK
66. A. Miller	PG	PHI
67. Kirilenko	SF/PF	UTH
68. Horford	C/PF	ATL
69. Stojakovic	SG/SF	NOR
70. Deng	SG/SF	CHI
71. Beasley	SF/PF	MIA
72. Oden	C	POR
73. Gordon	SG	CHI
74. Barbosa	PG/SG	PHO
75. Crawford	PG/SG	NYK
76. Brewer	SG/SF	UTH
77. Hamilton	SG	DET
78. Okafor	C/PF	CHA
79. Ford	PG	IND
80. T. Parker	PG	SAS
81. R. Jefferson	SF	MIL
82. Ilgauskas	C	CLE
83. Moon	SF	TOR
84. Dalembert	C	PHI
85. Chandler	C	NOR
86. Rondo	PG	BOS
87. Harrington	C/PF	GSW
88. Murphy	C/PF	IND
89. McGrady	SG/SF	HOU
90. Hinrich	PG/SG	CHI
91. Bibby	PG	ATL
92. F. Garcia	SG/SF	SAC
93. Randolph	PF	NYK
94. Love	C/PF	MIN
95. T. Young	SF/PF	PHI
96. Ellis	PG/SG	GSW
97. Noah	C/PF	CHI
98. J.R. Smith	SG	DEN
99. Foye	PG/SG	MIN
100. A. Parker	SG/SF	TOR
101. K-Mart	PF	DEN
102. Ma. Williams	SF/PF	ATL
103. J. O’Neal	C/PF	TOR
104. Salmons	SG/SF	SAC
105. Felton	PG/SG	CHA
106. Nelson	PG	ORL
107. Hill	SG/SF	PHO
108. Gomes	SF/PF	MIN
109. Prince	SF	DET
110. R. Davis	SG/SF	LAC
111. Alston	PG	HOU
112. Udrih	PG	SAC
113. Villaneueva	SF/PF	MIL
114. Gooden	PF	CHI
115. Wilcox	C/PF	OKC
116. Warrick	SF/PF	MEM
117. Battier	SF	HOU
118. Collison	C/PF	OKC
119. Millsap	C/PF	UTH
120. Farmar	PG/SG	LAL
121. Outlaw	SF/PF	POR
122. Pietrus	SG/SF	ORL
123. Blatche	C/PF	WAS
124. L. Williams	PG/SG	PHI
125. Bell	SG/SF	PHO
126. A. Johnson	SF/PF	DET
127. Nocioni	SF/PF	CHI
128. Scola	C/PF	HOU
129. Ty. Thomas	SF/PF	CHI
130. Diaw	C/PF	PHO
131. Thornton	SF/PF	LAC
132. Stuckey	PG/SG	DET
133. McCants	SG/SF	MIN
134. Barnes	SF	PHO
135. Korver	SF	UTH
136. Fisher	PG	LAL
137. Kleiza	SG/SF	DEN
138. Foster	C/PF	IND
139. Conley Jr	PG/SG	MEM
140. Mobley	SG	LAC
141. Robinson	PG/SG	NYK
142. Maxiell	C/PF	DET
143. Stevenson	SG	WAS
144. Watson	PG	OKC
145. Marcus Williams	PG/SG	GSW
146. Perkins	C	BOS
147. De. West	PG/SG	CLE
148. Posey	SG/SF	NOR
149. A. Daniels	PG	WAS
150. McDyess	PF	DET
151. Nesterovic	C	IND
152. Bass	SF/PF	DAL
153. Jack	PG	IND
154. Duhon	PG	NYK
155. Bargnani	C/PF	TOR
156. Dampier	C	DAL
157. Sessions	PG/SG	MIL
158. Turiaf	C/PF	GSW
159. Mayo	PG/SG	MEM
160. Haslem	PF	MIA
161. M. Gasol	C	MEM
162. D. Rose	PG	CHI
163. A. Carter	PG	DEN
164. S. Williams	C/PF	NJN
165. Ridnour	PG	MIL
166. Mason	PG	SAS
167. Landry	SF/PF	HOU
168. Fernandez	PG/SG	POR
169. K. Thomas	C/PF	SAS
170. Azubuike	SG/SF	GSW
171. Quinn	PG/SG	MIA
172. Lowry	PG/SG	MEM
173. Yi	PF	NJN
174. Szczerbiak	SG/SF	CLE
175. Barry	PG/SG	HOU
176. Jaric	SG/SF	MEM
177. J. Green	SF/PF	OKC
178. Mohammed	C	CHA
179. House	SG	BOS
180. Hughes	PG/SG	CHI
181. Blake	PG	POR
182. B. Wallace	C/PF	CLE
183. Radmanovic	PF	LAL
184. Vujacic	PG/SG	LAL
185. Finley	SG/SF	SAS
186. Moore	C/PF	SAC
187. Webster	SG/SF	POR
188. Tim Thomas	SF/PF	LAC
189. Tinsley	PG	IND
190. Hayes	SF/PF	HOU
191. Najera	SF/PF	NJN
192. Simmons	SG/SF	NJN
193. Powe	SF/PF	BOS
194. Miles	SG/SF	UTH
195. E. Thomas	C/PF	WAS
196. Varejao	C/PF	CLE
197. Do. Wright	SG/SF	MIA
198. Bayless	PG	POR
199. Westbrook	PG	OKC
200. Gibson	PG/SG	CLE
201. Darko	C/PF	MEM
202. Banks	PG	MIA
203. Nene	C/PF	DEN
204. W. Chandler	SG/SF	NYK
205. Boone	C/PF	NJN
206. Marbury	PG	NYK
206. Bogans	SG/SF	ORL
207. Carroll	SG/SF	CHA
208. Lopez	C/PF	NJN
209. C. Smith	C/PF	MIN
210. Peterson	SG/SF	NOR
211. T. Allen	PG/SG	BOS
212. Sefolosha	SG/SF	CHI
213. Kapono	SG/SF	TOR
214. Udoka	SF	SAS
215. Oberto	C	SAS
216. Cassell	PG	BOS
217. Q. Richardson	SG/SF	NYK
218. C. Brewer	SG/SF	MIN
219. Knight	PG	UTH
220. Diop	C/PF	DAL
221. Songaila	PF	WAS
222. Humphries	SF/PF	TOR
223. Frye	C/PF	POR
224. Petro	C	OKC
225. N. Young	SG/SF	WAS
226. Gallinari	SF	NYK
227. Hawes	C	SAC
228. Augustin	PG	CHA
229. W. Green	SG	PHI
230. Curry	C	NYK
231. Chalmers	PG	MIA

 

 

Not dead – rankings to be posted soon.

Finalizing the rankings (and planning a wedding that is 16 days away) has made things a little hectic the last few days, but the rankings (both roto and head-to-head) will be up on Monday morning.

Thanks, FBJ