2009-10 Preseason Roto Rankings

With another NBA season just around the corner, we pulled together eight grizzled Cafe veterans to compile the Fantasy Basketball Cafe’s 2009-10 Preseason Roto Rankings. Every person ranked their top 156 players with the individual results averaged to determine the final ranking. Averaging eight different sets of rankings from eight knowledgeable managers helps provide a nice barometer of the mindset of competitive fantasy managers while also minimizing the impact of personal biases.

As an added bonus, the rankings also include the standard deviation of the players’ ranks. This is a simple way of illustrating which players have the highest variance across the individual rankings. A higher standard deviation means that there a was greater disagreement in where a player is ranked. There were three players who had a standard deviation of zero, meaning that all eight rankers agreed on their ranking (Chris Paul, Lebron James and Dwyane Wade). To sort by standard deviation (or any other field for that matter, check out a sortable version of the chart. When sorted according to standard deviation, you notice that a lot of players being hyped as breakout players have a higher standard deviation, as not everyone agrees on their value next season.

Assumptions:
• Standard 9 Category (PTS, 3PTM, REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO, FG%, FT%).
• Rotisserie scoring.
• 12 Teams and 13 Rounds (156 total players drafted).
• Redraft league.
• Standard Yahoo! Position Eligibility.
• Standard Yahoo! Rosters (PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN).
 

	Name	plonden	ggs	geodbear	Red	CD	silentjim	cnote	DV	AVG	STDEV
1	Chris Paul	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
2	Lebron James	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
3	Dwyane Wade	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
4	Kevin Durant	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4.13	0.35
5	Danny Granger	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4.88	0.35
6	Kobe Bryant	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6.25	0.46
7	Dirk Nowitzki	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6.75	0.46
8	Amare Stoudemire	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8.38	1.06
9	Chris Bosh	9	9	12	9	9	13	9	11	10.13	1.64
10	Brandon Roy	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	12	10.63	0.74
11	Deron Williams	11	12	9	8	13	12	11	13	11.13	1.81
12	Pau Gasol	12	10	13	13	18	9	12	9	12	2.93
13	Al Jefferson	13	13	10	16	11	10	14	10	12.13	2.23
14	Steve Nash	14	15	15	14	15	15	13	14	14.38	0.74
15	Chauncey Billups	16	14	14	18	14	17	15	15	15.38	1.51
16	Jose Calderon	15	17	16	15	12	16	16	18	15.63	1.77
17	Jason Kidd	17	18	17	12	16	14	19	19	16.5	2.45
18	Gerald Wallace	18	24	21	19	17	19	18	16	19	2.51
19	Caron Butler	20	20	23	17	23	18	17	17	19.38	2.46
20	Devin Harris	23	16	30	30	20	20	22	22	22.88	4.88
21	Brook Lopez	22	22	20	22	24	31	20	24	23.13	3.52
22	Andre Iguodala	26	23	28	33	19	23	23	20	24.38	4.53
23	Troy Murphy	19	25	18	21	21	25	39	27	24.38	6.69
24	Joe Johnson	28	30	37	24	22	24	24	28	27.13	4.82
25	Gilbert Arenas	24	26	22	29	30	21	27	38	27.13	5.4
26	Tim Duncan	39	21	39	27	28	22	21	23	27.5	7.55
27	Vince Carter	27	28	27	26	29	34	26	25	27.75	2.8
28	Kevin Martin	36	32	26	25	25	26	30	26	28.25	4.03
29	Antawn Jamison*	21	37	29	32	32	27	25	30	29.13	4.88
30	David West	29	29	34	31	27	29	28	29	29.5	2.14
31	Carmelo Anthony	33	35	25	23	26	37	31	36	30.75	5.42
32	Dwight Howard	38	19	19	38	31	38	33	33	31.13	7.95
33	Kevin Garnett	42	27	31	36	36	28	29	21	31.25	6.54
34	Elton Brand	25	31	24	20	38	32	38	43	31.38	8
35	Jason Richardson	40	34	33	28	35	35	32	32	33.63	3.42
36	Shawn Marion	31	41	38	34	33	30	34	40	35.13	4.09
37	David Lee	34	33	35	37	40	33	45	35	36.5	4.14
38	Rashard Lewis	37	36	32	39	46	36	37	34	37.13	4.16
39	Paul Pierce	32	40	46	40	37	44	35	37	38.88	4.61
40	Josh Smith	43	39	36	45	34	43	46	31	39.63	5.5
41	LaMarcus Aldridge	35	47	40	41	39	39	36	46	40.38	4.27
42	Ray Allen	30	42	52	46	41	41	44	39	41.88	6.27
43	Mehmet Okur	41	44	42	44	47	45	42	41	43.25	2.12
44	Monta Ellis	45	38	47	43	54	51	40	47	45.63	5.34
45	Andrea Bargnani	54	46	49	42	42	50	41	44	46	4.63
46	Manu Ginobili	44	43	43	35	52	42	43	70	46.5	10.54
47	Rajon Rondo	55	45	50	54	43	40	51	45	47.88	5.41
48	Al Horford	52	52	41	48	44	47	47	53	48	4.21
49	Nene	50	57	51	53	45	49	48	48	50.13	3.64
50	Jason Terry	47	49	54	56	49	52	55	42	50.5	4.69
51	Andris Biedrins	58	48	48	59	48	46	54	51	51.5	4.96
52	John Salmons	46	51	55	51	55	57	49	55	52.38	3.74
53	Carlos Boozer	49	54	56	58	50	48	60	49	53	4.63
54	Jameer Nelson	48	56	53	55	51	54	53	54	53	2.51
55	Leandro Barbosa	53	50	58	49	56	53	50	58	53.38	3.62
56	Mo Williams	62	59	57	52	57	55	52	57	56.38	3.38
57	Marcus Camby	57	53	44	61	68	61	59	63	58.25	7.23
58	Andrew Bynum	61	64	66	57	53	62	58	56	59.63	4.37
59	Baron Davis	81	55	45	47	66	59	61	65	59.88	11.48
60	Al Harrington	64	60	68	50	67	67	56	50	60.25	7.5
61	Eric Gordon	51	58	65	63	58	71	57	69	61.5	6.72
62	Tony Parker	60	62	64	67	59	70	64	52	62.25	5.47
63	Anthony Randolph	68	65	59	60	63	64	66	59	63	3.38
64	Charlie Villanueva	65	61	60	69	60	63	63	64	63.13	3
65	Tyrus Thomas	66	71	63	68	61	66	69	60	65.5	3.89
66	Ben Gordon	56	67	69	86	64	58	70	61	66.38	9.4
67	Luis Scola	67	76	61	65	76	73	68	62	68.5	5.93
68	Wilson Chandler	63	75	62	64	69	72	62	83	68.75	7.55
69	Emeka Okafor	87	68	70	62	65	68	65	72	69.63	7.69
70	Michael Redd	74	72	76	72	73	56	73	67	70.38	6.35
71	Derrick Rose	88	66	71	66	75	69	67	71	71.63	7.29
72	Ron Artest	59	74	72	71	79	75	71	74	71.88	5.82
73	Andre MIller	77	70	74	82	70	76	76	68	74.13	4.61
74	Stephen Jackson	83	73	73	74	71	60	86	82	75.25	8.31
75	Rudy Gay	84	63	83	92	62	65	88	66	75.38	12.51
76	Mario Chalmers	69	79	78	70	72	74	72	90	75.5	6.85
77	Paul Millsap	85	78	67	73	83	78	74	88	78.25	6.92
78	Boris Diaw	76	77	79	89	78	83	75	73	78.75	5.09
79	J.R. Smith	75	80	75	75	77	77	80	92	78.88	5.69
80	Mike Bibby	72	81	89	90	82	82	79	78	81.63	5.83
81	Russell Westbrook	86	69	91	84	74	84	78	87	81.63	7.35
82	Jeff Green	89	82	84	79	84	85	77	77	82.13	4.22
83	Thaddeus Young	79	83	80	78	92	80	82	85	82.38	4.5
84	O.J. Mayo	78	85	88	95	81	81	87	75	83.75	6.34
85	Nate Robinson	71	100	77	80	100	86	81	93	86	10.74
86	Joakim Noah	92	94	92	76	86	87	83	79	86.13	6.49
87	Marvin Williams	73	88	81	85	96	89	85	96	86.63	7.61
88	Trevor Ariza	93	93	86	93	80	79	84	94	87.75	6.27
89	Ramon Sessions	70	98	102	88	93	88	89	76	88	10.62
90	Rasheed Wallace	80	97	82	91	88	94	92	86	88.75	5.87
91	Ronnie Brewer	82	92	85	87	97	91	90	101	90.63	6.21
92	Michael Beasley	90	91	98	83	101	90	94	81	91	6.8
93	Hedo Turkoglu	94	86	90	105	87	96	93	80	91.38	7.52
94	Spencer Hawes	99	87	104	101	85	92	91	84	92.88	7.62
95	T.J. Ford	96	96	93	94	95	97	96	89	94.5	2.56
96	Kevin Love*	100	95	105	77	94	93	97	97	94.75	8.12
97	Josh Howard	105	84	96	98	98	95	103	99	97.25	6.32
98	Lamar Odom	95	89	87	99	102	102	99	109	97.75	7.23
99	Chris Kaman	101	101	107	81	90	100	104	103	98.38	8.58
100	Chris Andersen	91	106	94	107	107	101	95	100	100.13	6.29
101	Greg Oden	103	90	95	96	110	98	116	98	100.75	8.53
102	Zach Randolph	98	99	99	97	114	99	98	105	101.13	5.74
103	Andrei Kirilenko	102	102	101	100	115	103	100	113	104.5	5.98
104	Luol Deng	97	112	106	113	108	104	105	104	106.13	5.06
105	Jermaine O’Neal	112	117	111	104	104	106	102	102	107.25	5.47
106	Shane Battier	127	105	100	102	105	107	101	122	108.63	10.16
107	Raymond Felton	113	103	103	109	121	112	106	106	109.13	6.08
108	Rodney Stuckey	110	113	127	108	103	105	107	108	110.13	7.45
109	Aaron Brooks	129	111	129	110	99	109	108	91	110.75	13.12
110	Grant Hill	123	108	113	119	111	116	112	95	112.13	8.39
111	Richard Hamilton	114	110	119	121	106	108	111	110	112.38	5.26
112	Kelenna Azubuike	111	118	109	111	109	113	110	119	112.5	3.93
113	Mike Conley	107	120	97	112	123	117	113	118	113.38	8.3
114	Andrew Bogut	134	104	116	125	91	114	117	111	114	12.94
115	Jason Thompson	126	109	128	103	113	110	109	116	114.25	8.71
116	Danilo Gallinari	104	132	108	106	89	120	123	132	114.25	15.07
117	Louis Williams	108	114	124	114	126	115	114	107	115.25	6.73
118	Blake Griffin	117	107	126	116	116	111	115	117	115.63	5.45
119	Courtney Lee	124	121	123	117	125	119	118	114	120.13	3.8
120	Allen Iverson	118	123	118	129	117	118	119	130	121.5	5.26
121	Brad Miller	122	115	112	139	122	130	121	121	122.75	8.45
122	Richard Jefferson	109	126	114	138	124	123	122	128	123	8.77
123	Tayshaun Prince	131	116	121	124	130	122	120	126	123.75	5.09
124	Mike Miller	106	125	120	123	142	121	130	131	124.75	10.39
125	Marc Gasol	125	122	115	122	141	127	127	120	124.88	7.62
126	D.J. Augustin	132	128	110	120	118	128	128	139	125.38	9.02
127	Chris Duhon	139	119	125	115	128	129	124	125	125.5	7.13
128	Kenyon Martin	148	124	132	126	132	125	131	115	129.13	9.48
129	Corey Maggette	133	127	135	140	131	133	126	127	131.5	4.78
130	Ryan Gomes	147	140	153	118	112	124	125	135	131.75	14.38
131	Samuel Dalembert	136	139	134	127	119	132	132	140	132.38	6.82
132	Tyson Chandler	135	138	136	137	144	137	129	112	133.5	9.61
133	Yi Jianlian	119	134	133	132	129	131	141	162	135.13	10.95
134	Brendan Haywood	137	135	142	130	140	136	136	129	135.63	4.44
135	Jamal Crawford	146	129	154	134	127	126	133	136	135.63	9.75
136	Roy Hibbert	116	143	117	128	162	139	137	147	136.13	14.36
137	Anthony Parker	115	131	143	145	156	135	140	124	136.13	12.86
138	Carl Landry	121	145	140	141	133	134	139	148	137.63	8.38
139	Kirk Hinrich	152	133	130	131	135	138	138	150	138.38	8.33
140	Antonio McDyess	128	141	122	146	162	144	144	123	138.75	12.46
141	Channing Frye	120	144	155	136	134	162	134	134	139.88	12.24
142	Shaquille O’Neal	144	142	138	142	143	145	143	137	141.75	2.82
143	Brandon Rush	130	146	150	133	153	143	135	146	142	8.38
144	Rudy Fernandez	143	137	131	143	136	162	142	154	143.5	8.84
145	Kendrick Perkins	162	148	149	149	120	140	147	138	144.13	11.15
146	Julian Wright	138	136	148	147	139	154	153	162	147.13	8.02
147	Randy Foye	140	130	162	162	155	146	146	142	147.88	9.47
148	Darko Milicic	149	154	162	148	138	142	152	141	148.25	6.74
149	Ronny Turiaf	145	149	137	151	148	156	151	153	148.75	5.78
150	Andres Nocioni	162	147	141	150	162	162	150	133	150.88	8.6
151	Stephen Curry	156	150	145	144	162	162	148	162	152.43	5.66
152	Tracy McGrady	162	162	146	154	145	147	149	155	152.5	5.04
153	Anthony Morrow	155	162	139	135	162	151	155	162	152.63	8.78
154	Luc Richard Mbah a Moute	141	152	162	162	137	155	156	162	153.38	7.96
155	Tyreke Evans	142	162	151	152	162	162	162	145	154.75	5.97
156	Mike Dunleavy	151	153	162	162	151	162	154	144	154.88	4.44
N/R	Al Thornton	162	156	162	162	162	141	145	162	156.5	6.5
N/R	Drew Gooden	153	155	162	153	162	149	162	162	157.25	2.92
N/R	Luke Ridnour	162	162	162	162	147	162	162	143	157.75	5.66
N/R	Thabo Sefolosha	162	162	147	155	162	153	162	162	158.13	3.55
N/R	Peja Stojakovic	162	162	156	162	152	162	162	151	158.63	2.51
N/R	Rasual Butler	162	162	152	162	162	162	162	156	160	1.75
N/R	Jarrett Jack	162	162	162	162	146	162	162	152	158.75	4.04
N/R	Brandon Jennings	162	162	162	162	150	150	162	162	159	3.24
N/R	Nenad Krstic	154	162	162	162	162	162	162	149	159.38	2.88
N/R	Delonte West	162	151	162	162	154	162	162	162	159.63	2.23
N/R	Rasual Butler	162	162	152	162	162	162	162	156	160	1.75
N/R	Hakim Warrick	162	162	162	156	162	152	162	162	160	1.75

 

Legend: Red = RedHopeful CD = CavemanDoctor cnote = cnote23 DV = DVauthrin

 

Notes:
The Francisco Garcia injury was taken into account in these rankings, which explains why he does not appear. The Kevin Love and Antawn Jamison injuries were not taken into account, which means that these players’ ranks should be downgraded accordingly and the ranks of players likely to benefit from their injuries should be likewise upgraded. Special thanks to all of the rankers for donating their time and knowledge to compiling these rankings.

 
Phil Londen is one of a growing number of fantasy experts who write for the Cafe. You can catch up with Phil in the Cafe's forums where he posts under the name plonden.
 

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