Welcome to first positional fantasy basketball rankings from us at TheSportsWatchers.com. In your quest to play the best centers in your salary cap leagues and on your fantasy basketball teams, it is very essential that you stay abreast of what is going on with certain players, positions, home games, and road trips.
That said; let’s start discussing the center position. In fantasy basketball, it is key to focus on the center position. In salary cap leagues, having the right center can be the difference between being worth anything as a fantasy team or winning the league at season’s end. In addition, in fantasy draft leagues, it is important to have a center that brings production to your team night in and night out. Especially in leagues where you are asked to start two centers a week.
Now that we have the importance of the center position, let’s focus in on what to look for. Obviously, everyone wants to immediately look at rebounds when it comes to centers, thinking that is the most consistent stat you can get out of a center. And while that may apply in times of desperation, being able to get 10-points per game center on your team is probably more important than rebounds. Having centers that don’t score can really hurt you in head-to-head match-ups, especially since there are very few centers who are consistent scorers. So focus on points, especially early in the draft, and if a particular center does not bring in double-digit rebounds like you would like him to, then make up for it by starting forwards and guards who rebound more than the average players a their particular position.
Now, that you have the knowledge, here are you rankings for centers in November’s first edition of the Fantasy Basketball Rankings for Centers.
1. Pau Gasol – Amazingly enough, you can play Gasol at center. I mean, I know that is his position on the Memphis Grizzlies, but to call him a center is like calling Allen Iverson a point forward…it’s just not true. Nevertheless, in many leagues (i.e. Yahoo), Gasol can be played as a center and that makes him the easy choice for my #1 ranking as a center. While Yao Ming may have averaged about five more points per game than Gasol last year, Gasol makes up for that with assists, A/T ratio and field goal percentage.
2. Yao Ming – Yao put up an astonishing 25 points per game when he was healthy last year. Couple that with is 9+ rebounds per game, and you certainly are dealing with an all-star talent in Yao, along with a player with the ability to significantly increase your fantasy basketball team’s chances of winning. Yao’s only problem come in the turnover area. He turns the ball over a lot, and at only two assists per game, his A/T ration is horrid.
3. Tim Duncan – It’s hard for me to put Tim Duncan in this position with the others, but Duncan is getting older, and we have seen that he has full confidence in Tony Parker to take control of the game when the defense gives him the opportunity. That means fewer touches for the Fundamentals. However, if you already have him, don’t worry he wasn’t far off in projectable production to Amare Stoudemire. Last season, Duncan was more dominant on the boards, had more blocks and Timmy had a great A/T ratio. It is Amare’s consistency at the free throw line and youth that give Amare the slight advantage going into the season.
Others…
5. Marcus Camby – (Had him ranked higher just before the season, however, Kenyon Martin’s availability drops him down considerably)
6. Chris Bosh
7. Carlos Boozer
8. Al Jefferson
9. Jermaine O’Neal
10. Mehmet Okur
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1 Comment:
i agree with all your rankings. except for 1, i think chris bosh should be 2-4. i think hes gonna have a 25-11 year.
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