NBA - 2009-2010 Week 18 Fantasy Basketball Start/Sit Line-up Planner
Posted by: DaveGawron
on Feb 22, 2010
Below, we help you set your line-up for (who to start or sit) for the upcoming week by looking at the Top 5 four-game schedules. Our Games-per-Week Schedule Grid is especially useful throughout the season, so make sure you download it, print it, and keep it by your side to consult for every decision you make. Personally, I like to take a blue highlighter and "blue out" the column for the current week each Tuesday as to easier see the good and bad stretches on the horizon.
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TOP FIVE UPCOMING FOUR-GAME SCHEDULES (ranked worst to best)
Note: We're just putting the obvious, all-league "starts" in brackets now to begin each blurb.
5. Los Angeles Lakers (@MEM, @DAL, PHI, DEN)
[Gasol] The stats of Bynum, Odom, and Artest were slightly inflated with Kobe out. He should return to play three games, if not all four this week, all three can still be used in all leagues. For Kobe, you have to keep up with the news right up to your line-up deadline and make the call yourself. Right now, I'd have to look at my roster and see if I can get some guaranteed stats from another player instead of an iffy week from Kobe, though he does have a real shot at returning Tuesday.You can't expect much from Shannon Brown with Kobe returning. Farmar and Fisher stink.
4. Oklahoma City Thunder (PHO, @SA, MIN, TOR)
[Durant, Westbrook, Green] Harden could even be considered in shallow leagues this week for his threes. Nick Collison could be useful 36-32-4 in total PTS-REB-BLK in deep leagues this week. Ignore the rest of the team.
3. Phoenix Suns (@OKC, PHI, LAC, @SA)
[Stoudemire, Nash] Richardson and Lopez are good enough to use in all leagues right now. Grant Hill is more of a deep league option.
2. Utah Jazz (ATL, CHA, @SAC, HOU)
[Williams, Boozer] Okur and Millsap look good to use this week. Kirilenko has a bad back, so weigh your options carefully there, leaning towards sitting him. Even with Ronnie Brewer gone, Matthews, Miles, and Korver rotate with each other too much to use in any league.
1. Milwaukee Bucks (@NY, NO, @IND, @MIA, @ATL)
[Bogut, Jennings] The Bucks actually have a bit of a tough schedule this week, but you can't argue with the quantity of five games. Unfortunately, it's a thin team, fantasy-wise. Salmons should be good in any league this week, and Delfino and maybe Moute in deep ones. I wouldn't touch Ilyasova or Ridnour at all new. Salmons seems to have killed any value they had.
OTHER 4-GAME WEEKS (ranked best to worst):
- ATL - [Johnson, Smith, Horford] Crawford is good in deep leagues right now. Williams and Bibby aren't producing enough for any league.
- NY - [Lee] This is a tough team to gauge right now, with the new players. Chandler and McGrady look good in shallow leagues right now, and Harrington in deep ones. Gallinari is iffy with T-Mac in the mix. We need to see how Duhon, House, Douglas, and Rodriguez shake out in the backcourt together before using any of them yet.
- MEM - [Zach Randolph, Gay, Mayo, Marc Gasol] Outside of their big four, Conley is worth starting for his assists, as he could get you 30+ this week.
- DAL - [Nowitzki, Kidd, Caron Butler] Haywood looks good in all leagues this week. Marion and Terry are just deep league options now.
- CHI - [Rose, Deng] Hinrich and Gibson look good with Salmons and Ty Thomas gone. Brad Miller should have one more useful week here until Noah gets his job back. Warrick is a deep-league possibility for the desperate.
- POR - [Roy, Aldridge] Roy looks healthy enough finally. Camby and Andre Miller are still strong plays. Batum, Bayless, Webster, and Fernandez aren't consistent enough to use in most leagues right now.
- WAS - [Blatche, Josh Howard] You can consider Mike Miller, Al Thornton, JaVale McGee, and Randy Foye in deep leagues.
- DET - [Hamilton, Prince, Stuckey] Jerebko works in deep leagues. Ben Wallace will give you some rebounds and blocks in the deepest leagues.Ben Gordon scored 21 in his last game but should be benched anyway, given that he scored 21 TOTAL in his previous four gamesombined!
- LAC - [Kaman] Eric Gordon and Rasual Butler are both worth using in any league. Craig Smith and DeAndre Jordan can be used in deep leagues. Blake is good as long as Baron Davis is gimpy, but Blake will pretty much disappear when Davis plays. Given the guesswork, avoid both this week.
- NO - [West, Okafor, Collison] Marcus Thornton and Stojakovic are deep league considerations.
- MIN - [Jefferson] Love, Flynn, and Corey Brewer are worth considering, despite the rough schedule. Sessions and Gomes are barely usable in deep leagues.
- IND - [Granger, Murphy] This team is a fantasy mess. Consider Hibbert for his blocks and Ford in deep leagues. I wouldn't play Rush, Watson, or Dunleavy right now.
3-GAME WEEKS (ranked best to worst): GS, CLE, DEN, PHI, ORL, SAC, CHA, BOS, SA, MIA, HOU, TOR, NJ
2-GAME WEEKS (ranked best to worst): none
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