Top 155 Roto Rankings, 2017 Fantasy Basketball

Hello Razzball Nation! My name is Kostas (as you may have correctly guessed by the avatar name at the top) and I’m the latest addition to the fantasy crew here. I’m not that good with introductions so I’ll just say that I love fantasy and basketball in general and can talk about it for days. I’m more experienced in Roto leagues and I frankly prefer them compared to H2H. Too much luck involved in the championship matchup (injuries, resting of star players, etc) for my taste. So, for my first post I’ve prepared my projections for the top 155 (just to irritate people that like round numbers such as 100 and 150) players in roto, since Son has already covered the H2H part. The player value was calculated with the “z-score” method (the most widely used) and takes into account the nine standard categories (PTS, 3PT, REB, AST, STL, BLK, FG%, FT%, TO). One last thing to note is that the player value is the PER GAME player value, so injuries and games played are not included. Without further ado, here are the projections:

	Name	Value	p/g	3/g	r/g	a/g	s/g	b/g	fg%	fga/g	ft%	fta/g	to/g
1	Kevin Durant	0.838	25.3	1.8	8	4.7	1	1.3	0.54	16.5	0.875	6.5	2.3
2	Anthony Davis	0.811	27.8	0.6	11.5	2.1	1.3	2	0.5	20.3	0.804	8.6	2.1
3	Stephen Curry	0.795	26.1	4.3	4.4	6.7	1.9	0.2	0.475	18.6	0.9	4.6	3.1
4	Karl-Anthony Towns	0.775	26	1.3	12	2.6	0.7	1.5	0.55	18.4	0.84	5.4	2.5
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo	0.697	24.1	0.7	8.9	5.9	1.6	1.8	0.52	16.7	0.76	8	3
6	Kawhi Leonard	0.674	25.9	2	5.9	3.5	1.7	0.8	0.485	18.1	0.86	7.4	2.2
7	James Harden	0.609	28.2	3.3	7.9	8	1.4	0.4	0.44	17.8	0.84	11	4.3
8	Russell Westbrook	0.579	28.4	2	9.2	10.5	1.7	0.4	0.43	21.5	0.84	9.5	4.7
9	Nikola Jokic	0.514	19.5	0.7	10.5	6.3	0.9	0.8	0.57	14.1	0.82	3.4	2.8
10	Chris Paul	0.499	18.1	2.2	4.5	9	1.8	0.1	0.465	13.5	0.89	3.8	2.4
11	Rudy Gobert	0.494	17.5	0	12.8	1.8	0.7	2.7	0.63	10.6	0.64	6.5	1.9
12	Jimmy Butler	0.482	22	1.3	5.5	4.9	1.9	0.4	0.455	15.3	0.86	7.9	2.1
13	Kyrie Irving	0.465	26.8	2.7	3.3	6.1	1.3	0.3	0.46	20.8	0.9	5.6	2.6
14	Damian Lillard	0.461	27.4	3.2	4.9	6.1	1	0.2	0.44	20	0.9	7.4	2.8
15	LeBron James	0.440	26.7	1.8	8.8	8.9	1.2	0.6	0.53	18.8	0.69	7.3	4.2
16	Paul George	0.411	20.8	2.9	6.6	3.2	1.6	0.3	0.46	15	0.88	4.7	2.6
17	DeMarcus Cousins	0.401	24.2	2	11.5	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.45	18	0.76	8	3.8
18	Myles Turner	0.389	18.1	0.9	7.8	1.6	1	2.2	0.48	13.4	0.8	5.5	1.7
19	Kristaps Porzingis	0.338	20.3	1.8	7.9	1.7	0.8	2	0.46	16.3	0.8	4.5	2.1
20	John Wall	0.318	23.1	1.2	4.3	10.5	1.9	0.6	0.45	18.2	0.79	7.1	4.1
21	Hassan Whiteside	0.315	16.8	0	12.5	0.7	0.7	2.3	0.56	12.3	0.66	4.6	2
22	Otto Porter	0.291	13.6	1.9	6.2	1.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	10.4	0.82	1.6	0.7
23	Draymond Green	0.268	10.4	1.1	7.1	6.6	1.8	1.4	0.43	8.6	0.71	2.8	2.4
24	Kevin Love	0.267	19.5	2.5	11.2	2.1	0.9	0.4	0.42	14.9	0.87	5.2	2.1
25	Joel Embiid	0.261	18.9	1.3	8.3	2.3	0.9	2.5	0.47	12.5	0.78	7.6	3.5
26	CJ McCollum	0.256	22.7	2.4	3.7	3.7	1	0.5	0.47	18.1	0.91	3.7	2.2
27	Marc Gasol	0.255	19.3	1.6	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	0.455	15.4	0.83	4.5	2.3
28	Kemba Walker	0.239	22.4	2.8	3.8	5.5	1.2	0.3	0.43	18.2	0.85	4.7	2.1
29	Blake Griffin	0.235	22.6	0.6	8.1	5.9	1	0.5	0.495	16.7	0.76	7.2	2.3
30	Kyle Lowry	0.234	18.6	2.8	4.8	6.7	1.5	0.3	0.44	14	0.8	4.4	2.9
31	Mike Conley	0.230	19	2.5	3.5	6.4	1.3	0.2	0.445	14.2	0.85	4.6	2.2
32	Klay Thompson	0.223	22.2	3.4	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.465	17.7	0.86	2.8	1.6
33	Bradley Beal	0.215	23	2.7	3.2	3.5	1.1	0.3	0.475	17.7	0.83	4.3	2.1
34	Gordon Hayward	0.200	19.8	1.9	5.9	3.2	1	0.3	0.47	14.2	0.84	5.5	1.7
35	Nerlens Noel	0.199	10.7	0	7.6	1	1.5	1.4	0.6	7.3	0.7	2.9	1.3
36	Al Horford	0.187	12.6	1.2	7.2	4.1	0.8	1.3	0.49	10.3	0.78	1.8	1.5
37	Paul Millsap	0.183	16.8	1.2	8	2.9	1.3	1.1	0.46	12.8	0.76	5.1	2.1
38	Brook Lopez	0.180	19.5	1.4	6.4	2.1	0.5	1.8	0.48	14.8	0.81	4.9	2.2
39	Nikola Vucevic	0.176	15.7	0.3	10.4	2.8	1	1	0.49	14.1	0.74	2.2	1.7
40	Robert Covington	0.168	12.3	2.1	6.5	1.3	1.8	1	0.4	10.4	0.82	2.4	1.7
41	Isaiah Thomas	0.139	21.3	2.4	2.7	5.5	0.8	0.1	0.445	14.2	0.89	7.1	2.4
42	Gary Harris	0.134	16.9	2.2	3.4	3	1.3	0.1	0.51	12.5	0.78	2.5	1.5
43	Ricky Rubio	0.130	12.9	0.8	4.2	10.3	1.8	0.1	0.41	10.6	0.87	4	2.8
44	Trevor Ariza	0.097	11.3	2.4	5.6	1.8	1.8	0.2	0.41	9.7	0.73	1.4	0.9
45	Eric Bledsoe	0.094	20	1.6	4.6	6.3	1.2	0.5	0.435	14.9	0.82	6.7	2.9
46	Serge Ibaka	0.091	14	1.7	6.9	0.8	0.5	1.6	0.47	11.9	0.83	1.4	1.3
47	Clint Capela	0.072	13.9	0	8.8	1.2	0.6	1.4	0.655	9.4	0.53	3	1.4
48	DeMar DeRozan	0.059	25.1	0.5	5.1	4	1	0.2	0.46	19.1	0.84	8.4	2.4
49	Khris Middleton	0.058	16.1	1.8	4.2	3.6	1.5	0.2	0.445	12.6	0.88	3.6	2.3
50	Jrue Holiday	0.033	15	1.6	3.5	6.2	1.5	0.6	0.45	13.3	0.76	2	2.7
51	Victor Oladipo	0.033	18.3	1.5	4.5	4	1.5	0.5	0.44	15.4	0.78	4.2	2.3
52	LaMarcus Aldridge	0.024	16.3	0.3	7.3	1.8	0.7	1.1	0.47	14.2	0.83	3.2	1.3
53	Nicolas Batum	0.019	15.1	1.8	6.1	5.9	1.1	0.4	0.41	12.6	0.85	3.6	2.5
54	Avery Bradley	0.019	17.5	2	4.5	2.5	1.4	0.2	0.455	15.4	0.75	2.1	1.7
55	Danilo Gallinari	0.002	17.6	2	5	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.43	12.6	0.89	5.4	1.4
56	Goran Dragic	-0.002	18.3	1.4	3.7	5.6	1.2	0.2	0.48	13.7	0.78	4.9	2.6
57	Aaron Gordon	-0.01	15.3	1	6	2.1	1	0.7	0.47	12.4	0.76	3.5	1.3
58	DeAndre Jordan	-0.012	12.9	0	13.5	1.5	0.6	1.6	0.67	7.6	0.47	5.8	1.4
59	James Johnson	-0.02	13.9	1.1	5	4	1.1	1.2	0.48	11.1	0.7	3.1	2.4
60	Jeremy Lin	-0.024	16.5	1.8	4.2	4.8	1.2	0.4	0.425	12.9	0.83	4.6	2.5
61	Jeff Teague	-0.032	13.7	1.4	3.4	6.2	1.2	0.3	0.44	9.9	0.86	4.2	2.5
62	Thaddeus Young	-0.037	11.6	0.6	6.3	1.6	1.6	0.4	0.51	10	0.6	1.4	1.5
63	Elfrid Payton	-0.041	13.5	0.5	6	7.6	1	0.5	0.48	11.4	0.71	3	2.4
64	Tobias Harris	-0.042	15.9	1.3	5	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.48	12.6	0.83	3.1	1
65	Dewayne Dedmon	-0.042	9.6	0	8.8	1	0.6	1.3	0.6	6.5	0.7	2.6	1.3
66	Jusuf Nurkic	-0.051	14.6	0	10.6	2.9	1	1.6	0.5	11.8	0.6	4.7	2.7
67	Carmelo Anthony	-0.061	19.4	1.8	5.5	3.2	0.8	0.4	0.43	16.2	0.83	4.5	2.1
68	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	-0.061	9.12	0	6.5	1.5	1.1	0.9	0.49	7.6	0.76	2.2	0.6
69	Willie Cauley-Stein	-0.069	12.6	0	8.1	2	1	0.9	0.51	10.1	0.7	3.3	1.6
70	Willy Hernangomez	-0.071	11.9	0.1	9.8	2.3	1	0.5	0.5	9.8	0.74	2.8	1.8
71	Malcolm Brogdon	-0.074	12.2	1.1	3	4.5	1.2	0.2	0.47	9.8	0.86	2.2	1.5
72	D’Angelo Russell	-0.075	18.8	2.6	4.1	5.7	1.5	0.2	0.4	16.8	0.79	3.5	3.3
73	Andre Drummond	-0.093	13.8	0	14	1	1.5	1.2	0.53	11.5	0.36	4.7	1.9
74	Dirk Nowitzki	-0.093	14	1.5	6.5	1.4	0.5	0.6	0.44	12.4	0.88	1.9	0.9
75	Larry Nance	-0.095	7.2	0.3	6.2	1.5	1.4	0.6	0.49	6.1	0.75	1.3	0.9
76	Dennis Schroder	-0.097	19.9	1.6	4.1	7	1.2	0.2	0.43	17.9	0.85	3.5	3.7
77	Patrick Beverley	-0.097	9.8	1.5	4.5	3.6	1.4	0.4	0.42	9	0.76	1.1	1.5
78	Marquese Chriss	-0.099	13.8	1.3	7.5	1.3	1.1	1.3	0.455	10.9	0.63	4.2	2
79	TJ Warren	-0.1	12.3	0.4	4.8	1	1.1	0.6	0.5	10.4	0.76	2	0.8
80	Pau Gasol	-0.105	11.7	1.1	7.4	1.9	0.3	1	0.49	8.9	0.75	2.6	1.2
81	Marcus Smart	-0.108	11	1.2	4.2	5	1.7	0.4	0.375	9.6	0.8	3.3	2.1
82	Harrison Barnes	-0.111	18.1	1	4.9	1.5	0.9	0.1	0.465	15.4	0.84	3.4	1.3
83	Terrence Ross	-0.115	11.4	1.9	3	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.43	10.2	0.82	1	1.2
84	Lonzo Ball	-0.12	11.3	1.6	4.2	6.8	1.5	0.5	0.415	9.9	0.68	2.2	2.9
85	Joe Ingles	-0.121	9.2	1.9	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.1	0.44	7.4	0.72	1.1	1.5
86	Zach LaVine	-0.122	17.6	2.3	3	3.3	0.8	0.2	0.445	14.6	0.83	2.8	1.9
87	Nikola Mirotic	-0.126	11.9	1.9	5.7	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.41	9.8	0.79	2.5	1.2
88	Allen Crabbe	-0.128	12	2	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.465	9.4	0.84	1.6	0.9
89	JJ Redick	-0.129	14.2	2.8	2.3	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.465	10.3	0.9	2.1	1
90	Rodney Hood	-0.13	16.9	2.4	3.6	3.7	0.8	0.2	0.42	13.9	0.83	3.5	1.9
91	Lou Williams	-0.131	14.4	2	2.4	2.5	1	0.2	0.42	10	0.87	4.7	1.6
92	Rajon Rondo	-0.132	8	0.9	5.6	7.5	1.6	0.2	0.415	7.8	0.59	1.1	2.5
93	Jae Crowder	-0.132	10	1.4	4.8	1.6	1.1	0.2	0.46	7.4	0.81	2.3	0.9
94	Jamal Murray	-0.133	13	2	3.8	3.8	1.1	0.3	0.405	11.3	0.89	2.1	1.9
95	Steven Adams	-0.133	10.5	0	7.9	1	1	1	0.57	7.8	0.6	2.7	1.6
96	Rondae Hollis	-0.135	10.8	0.2	7.3	2	1.2	0.7	0.45	8.9	0.75	3.5	1.4
97	George Hill	-0.139	13.9	1.6	3.2	3.5	1	0.2	0.455	10.7	0.79	3.3	1.5
98	Kent Bazemore	-0.14	12.2	1.5	3.7	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.42	10.5	0.73	2.7	2
99	Jonas Valanciunas	-0.151	10.8	0	8.9	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.55	8.1	0.81	2.4	1.2
100	Derrick Favors	-0.156	12.1	0.1	6.6	1.2	1	1	0.5	10.2	0.66	2.8	1.4
101	JaMychal Green	-0.156	10.6	0.9	7.9	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.485	7.8	0.79	2.8	1.4
102	Tyler Johnson	-0.157	11.8	1.1	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.5	0.44	9.5	0.78	3	1.1
103	Andre Iguodala	-0.158	7.2	0.8	4	3.4	1	0.5	0.51	5.4	0.69	1.3	0.8
104	Devin Booker	-0.16	23.1	2	3.4	3.6	1	0.3	0.42	19.4	0.83	5.9	3.1
105	Tim Hardaway Jr	-0.165	16.3	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.2	0.46	12.5	0.79	3.4	1.7
106	Rudy Gay	-0.168	11.6	0.9	4.6	2.2	1	0.5	0.455	9	0.85	3	1.6
107	Julius Randle	-0.169	13.5	0.4	8.7	3.4	0.6	0.5	0.49	10.5	0.74	3.8	2.1
108	Evan Fournier	-0.173	16.6	2	2.7	2.8	1	0.1	0.445	13.1	0.81	3.7	1.9
109	Darren Collison	-0.173	12.3	1.1	2.2	4.5	1	0.1	0.475	9.7	0.86	2.4	1.6
110	Marvin Williams	-0.177	9.4	1.4	5.7	1	0.6	0.6	0.44	7.8	0.85	1.4	0.6
111	Kentavious Caldwell	-0.178	12.3	1.8	3.1	2	1.2	0.2	0.41	10.7	0.82	2.2	1
112	Cody Zeller	-0.178	8.8	0	6.1	1.3	0.8	0.9	0.56	6.2	0.7	2.7	0.9
113	Wilson Chandler	-0.181	14.2	1.5	6.2	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.45	12.1	0.73	2.6	1.5
114	Seth Curry	-0.182	11.5	2.1	2.3	1.9	1	0.1	0.47	9.1	0.85	1.1	1.2
115	Markieff Morris	-0.183	13.9	1	6.1	1.5	0.9	0.5	0.45	11.9	0.8	2.8	1.7
116	Moe Harkless	-0.186	8.8	0.6	4.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.51	7	0.62	1.8	1
117	Andre Roberson	-0.187	6.9	0.6	5.1	1	1.2	1	0.47	6	0.5	1.4	0.6
118	Taurean Prince	-0.187	11.7	1.1	4.2	1.5	1.4	0.8	0.41	9.8	0.78	3.4	1.8
119	Boban Marjanovic	-0.189	9.5	0	6.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	6.1	0.8	2.8	0.6
120	Marcin Gortat	-0.193	9.3	0	9.3	1.1	0.3	0.7	0.58	7.1	0.68	1.6	1.1
121	Dwyane Wade	-0.198	15.8	0.5	4	3.4	1.1	0.6	0.44	13.7	0.79	4.2	2
122	John Collins	-0.198	10	0.1	7.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.58	6.9	0.75	2.6	1
123	Greg Monroe	-0.201	11	0	6.5	2.1	1	0.5	0.52	8.7	0.74	2.7	1.7
124	Danny Green	-0.204	7.4	1.6	3.4	1.8	1.1	0.8	0.4	6.8	0.82	0.5	1.1
125	Skal Labissiere	-0.208	12.8	0.2	6.4	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.54	9.5	0.7	3.4	1.4
126	P.J.Tucker	-0.217	6.1	1.2	5.5	1	1.3	0.2	0.41	5.2	0.76	0.9	0.7
127	Tristan Thompson	-0.218	8.6	0	8.6	1	0.5	1	0.59	5.9	0.57	2.9	0.8
128	Dennis Smith Jr	-0.22	13.8	1.3	3.7	4.3	1.6	0.2	0.445	10.1	0.71	5	2.7
129	Al-Farouq Aminu	-0.222	8.7	1.1	7.4	1.2	1	0.8	0.41	7.4	0.7	2.3	1.5
130	Robin Lopez	-0.226	10.7	0	6.4	1	0.2	1.5	0.51	9.7	0.74	1.2	1.3
131	Gorgui Dieng	-0.229	7.9	0.1	6.1	1.4	0.7	0.9	0.5	6.6	0.81	1.5	1.1
132	Chris Dunn	-0.235	7.1	0.5	5.2	4.4	1.6	0.8	0.38	7.6	0.64	1.3	2.2
133	CJ Miles	-0.236	11.3	2.3	3.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.43	9.2	0.88	1.3	0.6
134	Richaun Holmes	-0.238	8.9	0.4	5	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.55	6.8	0.69	1.6	0.8
135	Wesley Matthews	-0.238	11.6	2.2	3.2	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.4	9.5	0.82	2.2	1.2
136	Caris LeVert	-0.24	10.1	1.3	4.2	2.4	1.1	0.1	0.455	8	0.73	2.1	1.2
137	Patty Mills	-0.243	11.6	2	2.2	3.5	0.9	0.1	0.43	9.2	0.83	2.1	1.5
138	Josh Richardson	-0.244	8.9	1	3.5	2.2	1	0.7	0.4	8.1	0.79	1.8	0.8
139	DeMarre Carroll	-0.247	9.8	1.6	4.1	1	1.3	0.3	0.4	9	0.73	1.5	1
140	Enes Kanter	-0.255	14	0	6.6	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.55	10	0.79	3.8	1.6
141	Andrew Wiggins	-0.258	19.3	1.1	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.455	16.1	0.77	4.7	2.2
142	Markelle Fultz	-0.261	14.2	1.2	4.8	5.2	0.9	0.6	0.44	11.9	0.65	3.9	2.3
143	Buddy Hield	-0.262	13.8	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.1	0.44	11.5	0.82	1.8	1.9
144	Patrick Patterson	-0.264	7.5	1.6	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.42	6.2	0.75	1	0.7
145	Brandon Ingram	-0.269	14.1	0.9	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.5	0.43	12.8	0.63	3.6	1.9
146	Eric Gordon	-0.272	13	2.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.5	0.39	11	0.85	2.1	1.4
147	Ben Simmons	-0.282	11.8	0	6.5	5.7	1	0.8	0.48	10.2	0.67	3.1	3.3
148	Tyreke Evans	-0.287	10.9	1.1	4	4	1	0.2	0.42	9.5	0.76	2.5	1.6
149	Kyle O’Quinn	-0.294	5.9	0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.2	0.51	5	0.77	1.1	1
150	Ryan Anderson	-0.298	11.3	2.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.41	8.7	0.85	1.7	0.6
151	Frank Kaminski	-0.299	11.1	1.6	4.3	2	0.7	0.5	0.4	10	0.75	2	1
152	Reggie Jackson	-0.329	15.5	1.4	2.4	5.7	0.6	0.1	0.42	13.6	0.87	3.1	2.4
153	Milos Teodosic	-0.333	11.7	2.2	1.6	6.5	0.5	0	0.435	8.5	0.88	2.4	2.7
154	Tyson Chandler	-0.352	5.2	0	8.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.65	3.1	0.72	1.7	1
155	Dwight Howard	-0.380	11	0	9.5	1	0.7	1	0.61	6.9	0.51	5.1	2

Random Thoughts on the projections:

Yes, I also love Jokic as much as or more than Son does. I drafted him last year and stuck with him throughout his nonsensical benching. I put myself to sleep every night with videos of his passes and handles. With that said, I think he can realistically end the season at number nine or even higher due to a slight uptick in assists and attempts from the field. The most important thing is he represents hope for all the chubby but talented children who play basketball and aspire to become NBA players some day.

Frankly I can relate…

To avoid rioting in the comments section, Embiid at 25 represents his PER GAME value. I’m under no illusion that he will play close to 80 games, so his total value will be lower. But ohh boy, when he plays he is so fun to watch and a premium stat sheet stuffer.
I have great hopes for both Gary Harris and Aaron Gordon in their fourth years in the league. Harris has already established himself as a top 60 fantasy commodity and is rapidly trending up with more shots coming his way with Gallo gone. Gordon was 51^st for the last two 2 months of the season when he was playing his natural PF position without Ibaka around. He is becoming the centerpiece of the Orlando franchise (which is approaching Kings level of incompetence in the trading and asset management department).
I have Dedmon fairly higher than Son and I believe he is more valuable in Roto with his good Fg% and BLK. He has a great opportunity to play around 28 minutes for the first time in his career and I think they will be enough to produce top 70 value. Mike Muscala is his backup so yeah…

That’s all from me guys. I am waiting for your thoughts and will be lurking in the comments section to answer them all. Before I sign out, one big shootout to JB who with his writing and passion for Razzball got me hooked to the site and made me want to contribute as well. Hope everyone has a great fantasy year!