Read on for weekly rankings You're in a weekly transaction league, and you need to decide by Monday evening who your starting lineup will be for the week. Should you consider sitting usual impact starters like Paul George ? Or perhaps starting someone like Alec Burks who might generally be on your bench, perhaps even your waiver wire?
As pointed out in the Forecaster this week, there are eight teams with four games, 18 with three and four with only two. The Potentially Sittable list contains most Nets, Hornets, Bulls and Clippers due to their sparse schedule. Interestingly, Kawhi Leonard 's projection was just high enough to avoid the list while teammate Paul George's wasn't.
There are also players dealing with injury that may or may not play a full schedule this week, and accounting for this uncertainty landed players like Kyrie Irving and Devin Booker on the Potentially Sittable list as well.
Check out the list of guys that stood out in one direction or the other below, and for more detail see the complete rankings.
Rank, Name, Position(s) Team Projection 1. James Harden , SG/PG HOU 140.4 2. Nikola Jokic , C DEN 120.4 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo , PF/SF MIL 110.4 4. Clint Capela , C HOU 105.6 5. Russell Westbrook , PG HOU 104.1 6. Anthony Davis , PF/C LAL 96.1 7. LeBron James , SF/PF LAL 91.7 8. Joel Embiid , C PHI 91.3 9. Ben Simmons , PG/SF PHI 90.0 10. Andre Drummond , C DET 89.5 11. Brandon Ingram , SF NOR 88.8 12. Tobias Harris , PF/SF PHI 87.6 13. Jrue Holiday , PG/SG NOR 85.8 14. Jonas Valanciunas , C MEM 84.1 15. Kyle Lowry , PG TOR 81.9 16. Rudy Gobert , C UTH 80.6 17. De'Aaron Fox , PG SAC 80.4 18. Buddy Hield , SG SAC 77.4 19. Draymond Green , PF/C GSW 77.3 20. Hassan Whiteside , C POR 76.0 21. Bradley Beal , SG WSH 75.5 22. Al Horford , C/PF PHI 75.4 23. Damian Lillard , PG POR 73.8 24. D'Angelo Russell , PG GSW 73.8 25. Jaren Jackson Jr ., PF MEM 73.3 26. Karl-Anthony Towns , C MIN 72.7 27. Jamal Murray , PG DEN 72.4 28. Will Barton , SF/SG DEN 72.3 29. Trae Young , PG ATL 72.2 30. Jimmy Butler , SG/SF MIA 72.2 31. Ja Morant , PG MEM 71.8 32. Domantas Sabonis , PF/C IND 71.2 33. Nikola Vucevic , C ORL 69.4 34. Brandon Clarke , PF MEM 68.2 35. Malcolm Brogdon , SG/PG IND 68.2 36. Marvin Bagley III , PF SAC 67.8 37. Chris Paul , PG OKC 67.7 38. LaMarcus Aldridge , PF/C SAS 67.1 39. Richaun Holmes , C SAC 66.8 40. Kemba Walker , PG BOS 66.0 41. Willie Cauley-Stein , C GSW 65.7 42. Derrick Favors , PF/C NOR 65.5 43. Donovan Mitchell , SG UTH 63.7 44. Bam Adebayo , C MIA 62.7 45. Paul Millsap , PF DEN 62.7 46. Kristaps Porzingis , PF DAL 62.1 47. Julius Randle , PF/C NYK 62.1 48. Lonzo Ball , PG NOR 61.9 49. Serge Ibaka , PF TOR 61.7 50. Kevin Love , PF/C CLE 61.7 51. DeMar DeRozan , SG/SF SAS 60.9 52. Nemanja Bjelica , PF/SF SAC 60.9 53. Harrison Barnes , PF/SF SAC 60.2 54. Steven Adams , C OKC 60.0 55. Khris Middleton , SF MIL 59.6 56. JJ Redick , SG NOR 58.7 57. Jayson Tatum , SF/PF BOS 58.1 58. Andrew Wiggins , SF/SG MIN 58.0 59. CJ McCollum , SG POR 57.0 60. PJ Tucker , SF HOU 56.0 61. Alec Burks , SG GSW 56.0 62. Danilo Gallinari , SF/PF OKC 55.7 63. Jaxson Hayes , C NOR 55.7 64. Mason Plumlee , C DEN 55.1 65. Harry Giles, C SAC 54.7 66. Ricky Rubio , PG PHO 53.8 67. Jeff Teague , PG MIN 53.6 68. Glenn Robinson III , SF/SG GSW 53.5 69. Fred VanVleet , PG/SG TOR 52.7 70. OG Anunoby , SF TOR 52.3 71. Jaylen Brown , SG BOS 51.6 72. Marquese Chriss , PF GSW 51.4 73. Gary Harris , SG DEN 51.4 74. Enes Kanter , C BOS 51.4 75. Jae Crowder , SF/PF MEM 51.3 76. Deandre Ayton , C PHO 51.1 77. Bojan Bogdanovic , SF UTH 50.0 78. Josh Richardson , SF PHI 49.7 79. Kawhi Leonard , SF LAC 48.7 80. Mitchell Robinson , C NYK 48.5 81. Devin Booker , SG PHO 48.4 82. Damion Lee , SG GSW 48.0 83. Tristan Thompson , C CLE 47.7 84. Josh Hart , SG NOR 47.5 85. Rajon Rondo , PG LAL 47.4 86. Jonathan Isaac , PF/SF ORL 47.4 87. Dillon Brooks , SF/SG MEM 46.7 88. Derrick Rose , PG DET 46.6 89. Aaron Gordon , PF ORL 46.5 90. Jabari Parker , PF ATL 46.5 91. Kelly Oubre Jr ., SF PHO 46.3 92. Eric Paschall , PF GSW 46.2 93. Evan Fournier , SG ORL 46.0 94. Dario Saric , PF PHO 45.6 95. Jerami Grant , SF/PF DEN 45.2 96. Carmelo Anthony , PF/SF POR 45.2 97. Jahlil Okafor , C NOR 45.1 98. Joe Ingles , SF UTH 44.9 99. Paul George , SF LAC 44.8 100. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , PG/SG OKC 44.7 101. Marcus Morris Sr ., PF NYK 44.4 102. Dennis Schroder , PG OKC 44.4 103. Dejounte Murray , PG SAS 44.1 104. Isaiah Thomas , PG WSH 43.6 105. Dwight Howard , C LAL 43.5 106. Ky Bowman , PG GSW 43.4 107. De'Anthony Melton MEM 43.2 108. Rudy Gay , SF/PF SAS 43.0 109. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson , SF TOR 42.7 110. Larry Nance Jr ., PF CLE 42.6 111. Robert Covington , SF/PF MIN 41.9 112. Kyle Anderson , SF/PF MEM 41.8 113. Davis Bertans , PF WSH 41.7 114. Dwight Powell , C DAL 41.4 115. Bogdan Bogdanovic , SF/SG SAC 41.1 116. Gordon Hayward , SF/SG BOS 41.0 117. Dewayne Dedmon , C SAC 41.0 118. Daniel Theis , C BOS 40.3 119. Kendrick Nunn , SG MIA 40.3 120. Danuel House Jr ., SG HOU 40.2 121. Alex Len , C ATL 39.9 122. Myles Turner , C IND 39.8 123. JaVale McGee , C LAL 39.6 124. Josh Jackson , SF MEM 39.6 125. RJ Barrett , SF NYK 39.6 126. Collin Sexton , PG CLE 39.4 127. De'Andre Hunter , SF ATL 39.3 128. Troy Brown Jr ., SG WSH 39.2 129. Brook Lopez , C MIL 39.1 130. Montrezl Harrell , C/PF LAC 38.9 131. Omari Spellman , PF GSW 38.6 132. George Hill , PG MIL 38.0 133. Ish Smith , PG WSH 37.6 134. Ben McLemore , SG HOU 37.3 135. Frank Kaminsky , C PHO 37.3 136. Jordan Clarkson , SG/PG CLE 37.2 137. Maxi Kleber , PF DAL 37.2 138. Tyus Jones , PG MEM 37.0 139. Trevor Ariza , SF SAC 36.8 140. Derrick White , PG SAS 36.7 141. Cory Joseph , PG/SG SAC 36.6 142. Jarrett Allen , C BKN 36.6 143. Goran Dragic , PG MIA 36.5 144. Kenrich Williams , SF NOR 36.5 145. Zach LaVine , SG CHI 36.4 146. Ersan Ilyasova , PF MIL 36.4 147. Chris Boucher , PF TOR 36.3 148. Nerlens Noel , C OKC 36.1 149. D.J. Augustin , PG ORL 36.0 150. Bobby Portis , PF NYK 35.9 151. Markelle Fultz , PG ORL 35.8 152. Nicolo Melli , PF NOR 35.6 153. Nickeil Alexander-Walker , SG NOR 35.6 154. Kelly Olynyk , C MIA 35.2 155. Devonte' Graham , PG CHA 35.2 156. Jacob Evans , SF GSW 35.2 157. Jakob Poeltl , C SAS 35.2 158. Aron Baynes , C PHO 35.1 159. Monte Morris , PG DEN 35.0 160. Markieff Morris , PF DET 34.6 161. James Ennis III , SF PHI 34.3 162. Mo Bamba , C ORL 34.0 163. Trey Burke , PG PHI 33.9 164. Aaron Holiday , PG IND 33.7 165. Kevin Huerter , SG ATL 33.7 166. Damian Jones , C ATL 33.7 167. Dorian Finney-Smith , PF/SF DAL 33.4 168. Bruce Brown , SG DET 33.4 169. Mike Scott , PF PHI 33.2 170. Spencer Dinwiddie , PG BKN 32.8 171. Tim Hardaway Jr ., SG/SF DAL 32.8 172. Austin Rivers , SG HOU 32.7 173. Wendell Carter Jr ., PF/C CHI 32.7 174. E'Twaun Moore , SF/SG NOR 32.6 175. T.J. McConnell , PG IND 32.6 176. Tyler Herro , SG MIA 32.4 177. Elfrid Payton , PG NYK 32.2 178. Jalen Brunson , PG DAL 31.7 179. T.J. Warren , SF IND 31.6 180. Lauri Markkanen , PF CHI 31.6 181. DeAndre Jordan , C BKN 31.5 182. Terence Davis , SG TOR 31.5 183. Luke Kennard , SG DET 31.4 184. Lou Williams , SG LAC 31.4 185. Terrence Ross , SF/SG ORL 31.2 186. Danny Green , SG/SF LAL 30.7 187. Kevon Looney , PF/C GSW 30.7 188. Mikal Bridges , SF PHO 30.6 189. Royce O'Neale , SF UTH 30.6 190. Duncan Robinson , SF MIA 30.4 191. Terry Rozier , PG CHA 30.3 192. Josh Okogie , SG MIN 30.2 193. Zhaire Smith , SG PHI 30.2 194. Cedi Osman , SF CLE 30.1 195. Ante Zizic , C CLE 30.0 196. Tyson Chandler , C HOU 30.0 197. Kent Bazemore , SG/SF POR 29.9 198. Darius Garland , PG CLE 29.9 199. Jordan Poole , SG GSW 29.7 200. Derrick Jones Jr ., SF MIA 29.6 201. DeAndre' Bembry , SF ATL 29.5 202. John Henson , C CLE 29.4 203. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , SG LAL 29.2 204. Bryn Forbes , SG, PG SAS 29.1 205. J.J. Barea , PG DAL 29.1 206. Cody Zeller , C CHA 28.9 207. Trey Lyles , PF SAS 28.9 208. Grayson Allen , SG MEM 28.7 209. Delon Wright , PG DAL 28.5 210. Patty Mills , PG SAS 28.4 211. Khem Birch , C ORL 28.3 212. Yogi Ferrell , SG/PG SAC 28.2 213. Justin Holiday , SG/SF IND 28.1 214. Donte DiVincenzo , SG MIL 28.0 215. Pat Connaughton , SG/SF MIL 27.8 216. Meyers Leonard , C MIA 27.6 217. Wesley Matthews , SF/SG MIL 27.5 218. Dennis Smith Jr ., PG NYK 27.5 219. Solomon Hill , SF MEM 27.3 220. Jeff Green , PF UTH 26.8 221. Taj Gibson , PF NYK 26.7 222. Torrey Craig , SF DEN 26.6 223. Jeremy Lamb , SG/SF IND 26.6 224. Ian Mahinmi , C WSH 26.4 225. Joe Harris , SG BKN 26.4 226. Skal Labissiere , PF POR 26.4 227. Kevin Knox II , SF NYK 26.0 228. Robin Lopez , C MIL 25.8 229. Patrick Beverley , PG LAC 25.5 230. Matisse Thybulle , SG PHI 25.4 231. James Johnson , PF MIA 25.3 232. Kyrie Irving , PG BKN 25.1 233. Ivan Rabb , PF NYK 25.1 234. Kyle O'Quinn , C PHI 25.0 235. Ed Davis C UTH 24.8 236. Malik Beasley , SG DEN 24.6 237. Tremont Waters , PG BOS 24.5 238. Tony Snell , SG/SF DET 24.4 239. Cam Reddish , SF/SG ATL 24.4 240. PJ Washington , PF CHA 24.2 241. Seth Curry , SG DAL 24.1 242. Gorgui Dieng , C/PF MIN 24.1 243. Justise Winslow , SF/PG MIA 24.0 244. Ivica Zubac , C LAC 23.9 245. Langston Galloway , SG DET 23.7 246. Miles Bridges , SF CHA 23.7 247. Kevin Porter Jr ., SG CLE 23.5 248. Taurean Prince , SF BKN 23.4 249. Kyle Korver , SG/SF MIL 23.3 250. Isaac Bonga , SF WSH 23.2
Methodology
The "potentially startable" list is generally composed of players ranked below 80th in the season-long points rankings who ended up among the top 100 projected players for this week utilizing the Forecaster. Conversely, the "potentially sittable" list is generally composed of players ranked in the top 100 of the season-long points rankings who ended up outside of the top 120 projected players for this week utilizing the Forecaster (or who are in the 120 range but projected much lower for the week).
There is also some correction for injury, so a player with injury question marks might see his value lowered enough to end up on the sittable list even if he's not officially out. Similarly, an understudy would get a boost in value if he is expected to play, and that could land him in the startable category. Finally, I have the license to add players to either list even if they don't fit the exact criteria but if I feel that it is close enough to be of interest.