NBA Weekly Player Rankings: Final Week

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Updated on April 13, 2014 12:20PM EST

NBA RANKINGS - WEEK 25

This is our weekly cheat sheet based on our player's projected output and number of games. It assumes an eight-category league with the following categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, three-pointers made, free-throw percentage and field-goal percentage.

These are my rankings. They do not necessarily correspond with the RotoWire cheat sheet or our projections for the season. I use both as a rough guide, but I primarily factor in number of games played for the week, current player trends and pertinent information about the team (injuries, time share situations, etc). The rankings takes into account games played Monday through Saturday. We will try to update the meter with any breaking news that happens on Sunday, but in most cases, any injuries, lineup changes, etc. that happen on Sunday won't be accounted for in the rankings until the following week.

Week 25: April 14th - April 20th

Two Games:	ATL, BKN, BOS, CHA, CHI, DEN, GSW, HOU, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NO, NYK, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHO, SAS, TOR, UTA, WAS
One Game:	CLE, DAL, DET, IND, POR, SAC
	= new to rankings

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Eligible	Team	Games	Comment
1	Stephen Curry	[PG,SG]	GSW	2	Averaging 28.3 points, 11.3 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 3.7 threes over last three games.
2	John Wall	[PG]	WAS	2
3	Goran Dragic	[PG,SG]	PHO	2
4	Chris Paul	[PG]	LAC	2
5	Jeff Teague	[PG]	ATL	2	Averaging 21.2 points, 5.0

NBA RANKINGS - WEEK 25

Week 25: April 14th - April 20th

Two Games:	ATL, BKN, BOS, CHA, CHI, DEN, GSW, HOU, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NO, NYK, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHO, SAS, TOR, UTA, WAS
One Game:	CLE, DAL, DET, IND, POR, SAC
	= new to rankings

Point Guards
Rank	Player	Eligible	Team	Games	Comment
1	Stephen Curry	[PG,SG]	GSW	2	Averaging 28.3 points, 11.3 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 3.7 threes over last three games.
2	John Wall	[PG]	WAS	2
3	Goran Dragic	[PG,SG]	PHO	2
4	Chris Paul	[PG]	LAC	2
5	Jeff Teague	[PG]	ATL	2	Averaging 21.2 points, 5.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.0 threes over last five games.
6	Mike Conley	[PG]	MEM	2
7	Michael Carter-Williams	[PG]	PHI	2
8	Kyle Lowry	[PG]	TOR	2
9	Russell Westbrook	[PG]	OKC	2
10	D.J. Augustin	[PG]	CHI	2	Averaging 21.4 points, 4.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 3.4 threes over last five games.
11	Ricky Rubio	[PG]	MIN	2
12	Aaron Brooks	[PG]	DEN	2	Averaging 12.8 points, 7.2 assists and 1.4 steals in 41 minutes over last five games.
13	Ramon Sessions	[PG,SG]	MIL	2	Averaging 17.4 points and 6.2 assists in 41 minutes over last five games.
14	Trey Burke	[PG]	UTA	2	Averaging 12.0 points, 9.4 assists and 1.4 threes over last five games.
15	Deron Williams	[PG]	BKN	2
16	Jameer Nelson	[PG]	ORL	2
17	Tony Parker	[PG]	SAS	2
18	Mario Chalmers	[PG]	MIA	2
19	Reggie Jackson	[PG]	OKC	2
20	Jordan Farmar	[PG]	LAL	2	Back in action. Averaging 12.0 points, 5.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.0 threes in 28 minutes over last two games.
21	Patrick Beverley *	[PG]	HOU	2	Back in action.
22	Darren Collison	[PG]	LAC	2	Value goes down a bit with Jamal Crawford and J.J. Redick back.
23	Raymond Felton	[PG]	NYK	2
24	Jeremy Lin	[PG]	HOU	2
25	Patty Mills	[PG,SG]	SAS	2
26	Greivis Vasquez	[PG,SG]	TOR	2
27	Kirk Hinrich	[PG,SG]	CHI	2
28	Phil Pressey	[PG]	BOS	2	Could be decent play this week if Rajon Rondo misses time. Averaging 9.5 points, 13.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in 41 minutes over last two games.
29	Kyrie Ivring	[PG]	CLE	1
30	Damian Lillard	[PG]	POR	1
31	Ray McCallum	[PG]	SAC	1
32	Brandon Jennings	[PG]	DET	1
33	Kendall Marshall	[PG]	LAL	2
34	Kemba Walker *	[PG]	CHA	2	Day-to-day (groin).
35	Rajon Rondo *	[PG]	BOS	2	Day-to-day (shin).

Shooting Guards
Rank	Player	Eligible	Team	Games	Comment
1	James Harden	[SG,SF]	HOU	2	Averaging 28.2 points, 10.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.6 threes over last five games.
2	Eric Bledsoe	[PG,SG]	PHO	2	Averaging 24.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.2 threes over last five games.
3	DeMar DeRozan	[SG,SF]	TOR	2
4	Avery Bradley *	[PG,SG]	BOS	2	Back in action. Averaging 23.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.3 threes and 2.0 steals over last five games.
5	Klay Thompson	[SG,SF]	GSW	2	Averaging 21.2 points and 3.4 threes over last five games.
6	Bradley Beal	[SG]	WAS	2
7	Randy Foye	[PG,SG]	DEN	2
8	Gerald Green	[SG,SF]	PHO	2	Averaging 22.6 points and 3.6 threes over last five games.
9	Jodie Meeks	[SG]	LAL	2
10	Victor Oladipo	[SG]	ORL	2
11	Kyle Korver	[SG,SF]	ATL	2
12	J.R. Smith	[SG,SF]	NYK	2
13	Joe Johnson	[SG,SF]	BKN	2
14	Anthony Morrow	[SG,SF]	NO	2	Averaging 16.4 points, 1.2 steals and 1.8 threes in 31 minutes over last five games.
15	Austin Rivers	[SG]	NO	2	Averaging 12.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.0 threes in 31 minutes over last five games.
16	Aaron Afflalo	[SG,SF]	ORL	2
17	Dwyane Wade *	[PG,SG]	MIA	2	Back in action after missing nine games but could miss time this week if Miami clinches the #1 overall seed in the East.
18	Marcus Thornton	[SG]	BKN	2	Averaging 13.4 points, 1.6 steals and 2.2 threes in 28 minutes over last five games.
19	Evan Fournier	[SG]	DEN	2	Averaging 15.6 points and 2.8 threes in 29 minutes over last five games.
20	Danny Green	[SG,SF]	SAS	2	Averaging 14.6 points and 3.0 threes over last five games.
21	Alec Burks	[PG,SG]	UTA	2	Averaging 15.2 points and 1.4 steals in 31 minutes over last five games.
22	J.J. Redick	[SG]	LAC	2
23	Jamal Crawford	[PG,SG]	LAC	2	Back in action.
24	Terrence Ross	[SG]	TOR	2
25	Gerald Henderson	[SG,SF]	CHA	2
26	Lou Williams	[PG,SG]	ATL	2
27	Manu Ginobili	[SG,SF]	SAS	2
28	Marco Belinelli	[SG]	SAS	2
29	Ray Allen	[SG]	MIA	2
30	Monta Ellis	[PG,SG]	DAL	1
31	Wesley Matthews	[SG,SF]	POR	1
32	Dion Waiters	[SG]	CLE	1
33	Lance Stephenson	[SG]	IND	1
34	Brandon Knight *	[PG,SG]	MIL	2	Day-to-day (hip).
35	Tyreke Evans *	[SG,SF]	NO	2	Day-to-day (knee).

Small Forwards
Rank	Player	Eligible	Team	Games	Comment
1	Kevin Durant	[SF]	OKC	2
2	LeBron James	[SF,PF]	MIA	2
3	Kawhi Leonard	[SG,SF]	SAS	2	Averaging 17.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.4 threes over last five games.
4	Carmelo Anthony	[SF,PF]	NYK	2	Shut down candidate with Knicks eliminated from the playoffs.
5	Gordon Hayward	[SG,SF]	UTA	2
6	Jimmy Butler	[SG,SF]	CHI	2
7	Nick Young	[SG,SF]	LAL	2	Averaging 28.5 points and 4.5 threes in 27 minutes over last two games.
8	Corey Brewer	[SG,SF]	MIN	2	Averaging 20.2 points and 4.0 steals over last five games.
9	Trevor Ariza	[SF]	WAS	2
10	DeMarre Carroll	[SF,PF]	ATL	2
11	Jeff Green	[SF,PF]	BOS	2
12	Matt Barnes	[SF]	LAC	2
13	Chandler Parsons *	[SF,PF]	HOU	2	Day-to-day (hip). Averaging 20.0 points, 5.0 assists, 2.2 steals and 2.6 threes over last five games.
14	P.J. Tucker	[SF,PF]	PHO	2	Averaging 9.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 threes over last five games.
15	Khris Middleton	[SF]	MIL	2	Averaging 16.6 points and 1.6 threes in 35 minutes over last five games.
16	Paul Pierce	[SF]	BKN	2
17	Tobias Harris	[SF,PF]	ORL	2
18	Mike Dunleavy	[SG,SF]	CHI	2
19	Wesley Johnson	[SG,SF]	LAL	2
20	James Johnson	[SF]	MEM	2	Starting with Tayshaun Prince out. Averaging 11.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 27 minutes over last three games.
21	Giannis Antetokoumpo	[SF]	MIL	2
22	Caron Butler	[SF]	OKC	2
23	Martell Webster	[SG,SF]	WAS	2
24	Moe Harkless	[SF]	ORL	2
25	Hollis Thompson	[SF]	PHI	2
26	Draymond Green	[SF]	GSW	2	Averaging 8.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, 1.6 steals and 1.0 threes in 29 minutes over last five games.
27	Wilson Chandler *	[SG,SF]	DEN	2	Back in action.
28	Darius Miller	[SF]	NO	2	Averaging 9.4 points, 1.4 steals and 1.2 threes in 27 minutes over last five games.
29	Harrison Barnes	[SF]	GSW	2	Averaging 10.8 points, 1.2 steals and 1.0 threes in 31 minutes over last five games.
30	Paul George	[SG,SF]	IND	1
31	Nicolas Batum	[SG,SF]	POR	1
32	Rudy Gay	[SF,PF]	SAC	1
33	Luke Babbitt	[SF]	NO	2	Averaging 13.7 points and 2.3 threes in 27 minutes over last three games.
34	Andre Iguodala *	[SG,SF]	GSW	2	Day-to-day (knee).
35	Josh Smith *	[SF,PF]	DET	1	Day-to-day (knee).

Power Forwards
Rank	Player	Eligible	Team	Games	Comment
1	Blake Griffin	[PF,C]	LAC	2
2	Paul Millsap	[PF]	ATL	2
3	Serge Ibaka	[PF,C]	OKC	2	Averaging 17.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.6 blocks over last five games.
4	Kenneth Faried	[PF]	DEN	2
5	Derrick Favors	[PF,C]	UTA	2
6	Zach Randolph	[PF,C]	MEM	2
7	Thaddeus Young	[SF,PF]	PHI	2
8	Jordan Hill	[PF,C]	LAL	2	Averaging 16.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.2 steals over last five games.
9	Tim Duncan	[PF,C]	SAS	2
10	David Lee *	[PF,C]	GSW	2	Back in action
11	Kevin Love *	[PF,C]	MIN	2	Day-to-day (elbow).
12	Amar'e Stoudemire	[PF,C]	NYK	2	Averaging 16.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 30 minutes over last four games.
13	Brandon Bass	[PF,C]	BOS	2	Averaging 14.6 points and 6.8 rebounds in 33 minutes over last five games.
14	Terrence Jones	[SF,PF]	HOU	2
15	Markieff Morris	[PF]	PHO	2
16	Carlos Boozer	[PF,C]	CHI	2
17	Taj Gibson	[PF]	CHI	2
18	Ryan Kelly	[PF]	LAL	2	Averaging 16.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in 35 minutes over last two games.
19	Channing Frye	[PF]	PHO	2
20	Jeff Adrien	[SF,PF]	MIL	2
21	Mirza Teletovic	[PF]	BKN	2
22	Nene *	[PF,C]	WAS	2	Back in action
23	Amir Johnson *	[PF,C]	TOR	2	Back in action
24	Josh McRoberts *	[PF,C]	CHA	2	Back in action
25	LaMarcus Aldridge	[PF,C]	POR	1
26	Dirk Nowitzki	[PF]	DAL	1
27	Greg Monroe	[PF,C]	DET	1
28	Dante Cunningham	[PF]	MIN	2
29	Mike Scott	[PF]	ATL	2
30	Boris Diaw	[PF,C]	SAS	2
31	Anthony Tolliver	[PF]	CHA	2
32	Marcus Morris	[PF]	PHO	2
33	Patrick Patterson	[PF]	TOR	2
34	Drew Gooden	[PF]	WAS	2
35	David West	[PF]	IND	1

Centers
Rank	Player	Eligible	Team	Games	Comment
1	Joakim Noah	[PF,C]	CHI	2
2	Al Jefferson	[PF,C]	CHA	2
3	Marcin Gortat	[C]	WAS	2
4	Marc Gasol	[C]	MEM	2
5	Dwight Howard *	[C]	HOU	2	Back in action.
6	Timofey Mozgov	[C]	DEN	2	Averaging 16.8 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks over last five games.
7	Gorgui Dieng	[C]	MIN	2	Averaging 12.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in 31 minutes over last five games.
8	Jonas Valanciunas	[C]	TOR	2
9	Chris Bosh	[PF,C]	MIA	2
10	DeAndre Jordan	[C]	LAC	2
11	Kyle O'Quinn	[C]	ORL	2
12	Enes Kanter	[C]	UTA	2	Averaging 14.2 points and 13.0 rebounds over last five games.
13	Tyson Chandler	[C]	NYK	2
14	John Henson	[PF,C]	MIL	2
15	Henry Sims	[C]	PHI	2
16	Kelly Olynyk	[C]	BOS	2
17	Omer Asik	[C]	HOU	2	Value goes down with Dwight Howard back.
18	Jared Sullinger *	[PF,C]	BOS	2	Day-to-day (ankle). Averaging 16.8 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.8 threes and 1.0 blocks over last four games.
19	DeMarcus Cousins	[PF,C]	SAC	1
20	Andre Drummond	[PF,C]	DET	1	Averaging 19.6 points, 19.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals over last five games.
21	Zaza Pachulia	[C]	MIL	2
22	Andray Blatche	[PF,C]	BKN	2
23	Mason Plumlee	[PF,C]	BKN	2	Averaging 16.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in 28 minutes over last two games.
24	Chris Andersen	[C]	MIA	2
25	Alexis Ajinca	[C]	NO	2	Averaging 14.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 27 minutes over last two games.
26	Tiago Splitter	[C]	SAS	2
27	Pero Antic	[C]	ATL	2
28	Spencer Hawes	[C]	CLE	1
29	Robin Lopez	[C]	POR	1
30	Roy Hibbert	[C]	IND	1
31	Samuel Dalembert	[C]	DAL	1
32	Anderson Varejao	[PF,C]	CLE	1
33	Elton Brand	[PF,C]	ATL	2
34	Jermaine O'Neal	[C]	GSW	2
35	Andrew Bogut *	[C]	GSW	2	Day-to-day (hip).