Welcome back, everybody! I finally have an article that won’t be littered with long term injuries! I’m actually only going to touch upon one big injury that happened this week. This opens up a nice opportunity for me to go through my chart more in-depth. I’ll also dig into the top 5 teams giving up the most fantasy points at each position.
First, CJ McCollum fractured his foot and will be out for at least 1 month. This will put even more usage on Dame Lillard’s plate. But Rodney Hood is going to be the guy that will be directly impacted. And he needs to be picked up in your fantasy leagues.
Now let’s dig into some DvP for all 5 positions. DvP is calculated by how many total points each team has given up to all of the specific position players. And I will compare that to my chart, which will help identify players to exploit. The way you do this is by finding a team that is in the yellow or green on my chart. Then you check the DvP and see if that team gives up a lot of overall points to that position. It’s crucial to understand rotations. Because some teams use more guards or forwards than others. A quick example of Point Guards is that the Kings are on both the DvP top 5 and my charts top 5. So it’s a no brainer to attack them with PGs. However, the Bulls are #1 on my chart, but not on the top DvP. Digging into it a little more; they are only 1 point behind being in the top 5. And they have played quite a bit of team that runs a small point guard rotation. So if the Bulls play a guard that gets full starter minutes, they will most likely have a great game. My chart will be located at the bottom of the article.
PGs (DvP)
- Atlanta Hawks
- Sacramento Kings
- Orlando Magic
- Washington Wizards
- Portland Trailblazers
PGs (chart)
- Chicago Bulls
- Portland Trailblazers
- Sacramento Kings
- LA Clippers
- Denver Nuggets
SGs (DvP)
- Sacramento Kings
- Miami Heat
- Brooklyn Nets
- Houston Rockets
- Philadelphia 76ers
SGs (chart)
- Sacramento Kings
- Golden State Warriors
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Phoenix Suns
- New Orleans Pelicans
SFs (DvP)
- Memphis Grizzlies
- San Antonio Spurs
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Miami Heat
SFs (chart)
- San Antonio Spurs
- Utah Jazz
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Atlanta Hawks
- Indiana Pacers
PFs (DvP)
- Charlotte Hornets
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Atlanta Hawks
- Golden State Warriors
- Toronto Raptors
PFs (chart)
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Miami Heat
- Toronto Raptors
- Atlanta Hawks
- Indiana Pacers
Cs (DvP)
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Detroit Pistons
- Washington Wizards
- Brooklyn Nets
- Boston Celtics
Cs (chart)
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Detroit Pistons
- Brooklyn Nets
- Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio Spurs
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