Playoff League Cheatsheet

Playoff League Cheatsheet
By Chris Liss
RotoWire Editor

For most playoff leagues, the easiest and most common format is a points based system where, for example, a point is worth one point, a rebound worth two, a three pointer worth two, an assist worth two and a half and a steal or block worth four. Or something like that. For the sake of simplicity, we're going to assume that there are no averaging metrics or categories like field goal percentage, free throw percentage, etc.

We're going to further assume that players cannot be added, dropped or traded during the course of the playoffs. So there are but two components to a player's value: (1) how many fantasy points per game he's good for, and (2) how many games his team is likely to play. To the extent that a team is expected to play a lot of games, players on that team will have more opportunities to put up fantasy points.

Here's how we rank them:

Overall

*check status

1. LeBron James, SF, CLE
   
2. Kobe Bryant, SG, LAL
   
3. Pau Gasol, C, LAL
   
4. Dwight Howard, C, ORL
   
5. Paul Pierce, SF, BOS
   
6. Tim Duncan, PF, SAN
   
7. Chris Paul, PG, NOR
   
8. Mo Williams, PG, CLE
   
9. Dwyane Wade. SG, MIA
   
10. Ray Allen, SG, BOS
    
11. Yao Ming, C, HOU
    
12. Dirk Nowitzki, PF, DAL
    
13. Andrew Bynum. C, LAL
    
14. Rajon Rondo, PG, BOS
    
15. Carmelo Anthony, SF, DEN
    
16. Tony Parker, PG, SAN
    
17. Rashard Lewis. PF, ORL
    
18. Brandon Roy, SG, POR
    
19. Hedo Turkoglu*, SF, ORL
    
20. Joe Johnson, SG, ATL
    
21. Lamar Odom, PF, LAL
    
22. Chauncey Billups, PG, DEN
    
23. David West, PF, NOR

24. Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C, CLE
    
25. Delonte West, SG, CLE

26. Deron Williams, PG, UTA
    
27. LaMarcus Aldridge, PF, POR
    
28. Rafer Alston. PG, ORL
    
29. Josh Smith, SF, ATL
    
30. Ron Artest, SG, HOU
    
31. Jason Terry, SG, DAL
    
32. Jason Kidd. PG, DAL

33. Mike Bibby, PG, ATL
    
34. Andre Iguodala, SG, PHI

35. Drew Gooden, SAN
    
36. Trevor Ariza, SF, LAL
    
37. Roger Mason, SAN
    
38. Derek Fisher, PG. LAL
    
39. Kenyon Martin, PF, DEN
    
40. Ben Gordon, SG, CHI
    
41. Derrick Rose, PG, CHI
    
42. Carlos Boozer, PF, UTA
    
43. J.R. Smith, SG, DEN
    
44. Nene Hilario, C, DEN
    
45. Michael Beasley, SF, MIA
    
46. Sasha Vujacic, SG, LAL
    
47. Andre Miller, PG. PHI
    
48. Travis Outlaw, SF, POR
    
49. Luis Scola, PF, HOU
    
50. Aaron Brooks, PG, HOU
    
51. Al Horford, C, ATL
    
52. Jermaine O'Neal. C, MIA
    
53. Anderson Varejao, PF. CLE
    
54. Marvin Williams, SF, ATL
    
55. Josh Howard*, SF, DAL
    
56. Andrei Kirilenko, SF, UTA
    
57. Mickael Pietrus, SG, ORL
    
58. John Salmons, SF, CHI
    
59. Leon Powe, PF, BOS
    
60. Courtney Lee, SG, ORL
    
61. Glen Davis, PF, BOS
    
62. Rudy Fernandez, SG, POR
    
63. Mehmet Okur, C, UTA
    
64. Richard Hamilton, SG, DET
    
65. Rasheed Wallace, C, DET
    
66. Tayshaun Prince, SF, DET
    
67. Steve Blake. PG, POR
    
68. Peja Stojakovic, SF, NOR
    
69. Greg Oden, C, POR
    
70. Rasual Butler, SG, NOR
    
71. Thaddeus Young, SF, PHI
    
72. Ronnie Brewer, SG, UTA
    
73. Tyrus Thomas, PF, CHI
    
74. Daniel Gibson, PG. CLE
    
75. Kendrick Perkins, C, BOS
    
76. Michael Finley, SF, SAN
    
77. Rodney Stuckey, PG, DET
    
78. Shane Battier, SF, HOU
    
79. Antonio McDyess, PF. DET
    
80. Udonis Haslem, PF, MIA
    
81. Mario Chalmers. PG. MIA
    
82. Kevin Garnett, PF, BOS*

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