Part III of a three-part series (maybe it’s episode VI, though?). Quick summary of what I’ve been doing for the last couple weeks in Run The Numbers: Now that you know your team, you can see which categories aren’t going to matter for you for one reason or another. So, ignore them and get better value in your pickups and trades. This week, I give you the rankings for punting threes, assists, and steals. But, remember, this isn’t that hard to do at any time if you want up-to-date ratings. If you’ve got a few minutes and can handle some excel work, paste the first few pages of the ESPN Player Rater into a sheet and subtract whatever categories you need to from the Rating. But in the interest of time, my list is straight from Basketball Monster’s per-game ratings through 12/19. I’ll provide 8-category and 9-category top 20s along with a few more players that rise significantly in each situation. The players in bold are the high-risers within the top 20s.
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Top 20 without three pointers made:
8-Cat
- LeBron James
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Anthony Davis
- Kevin Durant
- James Harden
- Stephen Curry
- DeMarcus Cousins
- Chris Paul
- Joel Embiid
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Victor Oladipo
- Andre Drummond
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Damian Lillard
- Nikola Vucevic
- Nikola Jokic
- Hassan Whiteside
- Ben Simmons
- Draymond Green
- Clint Capela
Others with big jumps
31. Rudy Gobert
33. Steven Adams
36. Enes Kanter
37. DeAndre Jordan
9-Cat
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Anthony Davis
- LeBron James
- Kevin Durant
- Chris Paul
- Stephen Curry
- James Harden
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Hassan Whiteside
- Nikola Vucevic
- Clint Capela
- Nikola Jokic
- Joel Embiid
- Jimmy Butler
- LaMarcus Aldridge
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Victor Oladipo
- Draymond Green
- Andre Drummond
- DeMarcus Cousins
Others with big jumps
26. Steven Adams
28. Enes Kanter
29. Rudy Gobert
32. DeAndre Jordan
34. Ben Simmons
Top 20 without assists:
8-Cat
- Kevin Durant
- James Harden
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Anthony Davis
- LeBron James
- Stephen Curry
- DeMarcus Cousins
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Victor Oladipo
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Joel Embiid
- Chris Paul
- Nikola Vucevic
- Damian Lillard
- Hassan Whiteside
- Paul George
- Kyrie Irving
- Robert Covington
- Nikola Jokic
- Kevin Love
Others with big jumps
21. Clint Capela
35. Steven Adams
36. Rudy Gobert
9-Cat
- Anthony Davis
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Kevin Durant
- Stephen Curry
- LeBron James
- James Harden
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Chris Paul
- Hassan Whiteside
- Nikola Vucevic
- Victor Oladipo
- Kevin Love
- Clint Capela
- Robert Covington
- Otto Porter
- LaMarcus Aldridge
- Nikola Jokic
- Kyrie Irving
- Joel Embiid
Others with big jumps
30. Steven Adams
36. Rudy Gobert
37. Serge Ibaka
39. Enes Kanter
Top 20 without steals:
8-Cat
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James
- James Harden
- Anthony Davis
- Stephen Curry
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- DeMarcus Cousins
- Joel Embiid
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Damian Lillard
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Chris Paul
- Victor Oladipo
- Nikola Vucevic
- Kyrie Irving
- Al Horford
- Kevin Love
- Nikola Jokic
- LaMarcus Aldridge
- Marc Gasol
Others with big jumps
21. Klay Thompson
27. Myles Turner
36. Rudy Gobert
9-Cat
- Kevin Durant
- LeBron James
- Anthony Davis
- James Harden
- Stephen Curry
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Karl-Anthony Towns
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Chris Paul
- Damian Lillard
- Nikola Vucevic
- Joel Embiid
- LaMarcus Aldridge
- Kevin Love
- Al Horford
- Klay Thompson
- Kyrie Irving
- Nikola Jokic
- Clint Capela
- Hassan Whiteside
Others with big jumps
23. Myles Turner
31. Serge Ibaka
36. Rudy Gobert
This week’s classic fantasy line:
For as much as I dislike how much triple-doubles get overrated, I really love the more elusive 5x5s (at least 5 in each of the 5 categories). I’d like to highlight the two that Julius Erving has to his name. At least, the two I could find.
Dr. J’s 1976 ABA 5×5: 31 points/19 rebounds/5 assists/5 steals/5 blocks
Dr. J’s 1979 NBA 5×5: 28 points/7 rebounds/10 assists/5 steals/5 blocks
