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2018-19 Fantasy Basketball Center Rankings

After making myself a bowl of oatmeal, I went to log in and set my center rankings for the first time this off-season. I looked over the default top 10, and surprisingly enough I agreed with the placement of nearly every single player.


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Anthony Davis might be the consensus No. 1 overall pick in 2018-19, if you can stomach the nightly leg tweaks and back bruises, so his place atop the centers rankings is appropriate. He’s followed by Karl-Anthony Towns, Nikola Jokic, and Joel Embiid.

I don’t think center is a place where fantasy basketball owners need to get cute, at least when it comes to the top 10-15 guys. After the first few tiers of the center rankings you can start to get a little frisky, though.

Centers 15 through 20 make up an interesting group at the position. I have the vastly improved Steven Adams at No. 15. Adams led the NBA with 5.1 offensive rebounds per game, trailed only Andre Drummond with 1.2 steals per game at the position, and was fifth among qualified centers with a 62.9 FG%. Even with Nerlens Noel joining him in OKC, Adams is severely underrated.

Hassan Whiteside, Enes Kanter, John Collins, Brook Lopez, and Jarrett Allen round out my top 20 center rankings. I fully expect Collins and Allen to make second-year leaps, and Lopez is another center being overlooked despite a much rosier outlook now that he’s left Los Angeles for Milwaukee.

You’ll notice I’ve placed DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard back-to-back at Nos. 23 and 24. There’s no denying their rebounding ability nor their high field goal percentages, but Jordan doesn’t really block a lot of shots anymore (career low 0.9/game in 2017-18) and both simply kill you in free throw percentage. If you’re in a punt-free throw build — something I’m not against at all — they jump into the top 15, but you simply can’t roster them and expect not to finish near the bottom of the standings in that category. It also nullifies any positive free throw shooting you get from your guards and forwards, reducing a six-category stud like James Harden, to a five-category player.


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Center Rankings for 2018-19 Fantasy Basketball

#Player (team)ECRvs. ECR
1Anthony Davis (NOR – PF,C)10
2Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN – C)20
3Nikola Jokic (DEN – PF,C)30
4Joel Embiid (PHI – PF,C)40
5Andre Drummond (DET – PF,C)50
6Draymond Green (GSW – PF,C)11+5
7Rudy Gobert (UTH – C)6-1
8LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS – PF,C)9+1
9Kevin Love (CLE – PF,C)7-2
10Marc Gasol (MEM – C)8-2
11Clint Capela (HOU – PF,C)10-1
12Myles Turner (IND – PF,C)14+2
13Nikola Vucevic (ORL – PF,C)15+2
14Al Horford (BOS – PF,C)12-2
15Steven Adams (OKC – C)17+2
16Hassan Whiteside (MIA – C)21+5
17Enes Kanter (NYK – C)16-1
18John Collins (ATL – PF,C)180
19Brook Lopez (MIL – C)33+14
20Jarrett Allen (BKN – PF,C)22+2
21Jonas Valanciunas (TOR – C)19-2
22Serge Ibaka (TOR – PF,C)26+4
23DeAndre Jordan (DAL – C)13-10
24Dwight Howard (WAS – PF,C)23-1
25Jusuf Nurkic (POR – C)30+5
26Taj Gibson (MIN – PF,C)27+1
27Julius Randle (NOR – PF,C)32+5
28Kelly Olynyk (MIA – PF,C)39+11
29DeMarcus Cousins (GSW – PF,C)31+2
30Dirk Nowitzki (DAL – PF,C)34+4
31Derrick Favors (UTH – PF,C)37+6
32DeAndre Ayton (PHO – C,PF)20-12
33Wendell Carter Jr. (CHI – C)36+3
34Kyle O’Quinn (IND – PF,C)42+8
35Dewayne Dedmon (ATL – C)43+8
36Pau Gasol (SAS – PF,C)41+5
37Markieff Morris (WAS – PF,C)48+11
38Jakob Poeltl (SAS – C,PF)52+13
39Jordan Bell (GSW – PF,C)400
40Nerlens Noel (OKC – PF,C)60+19
41Kristaps Porzingis (NYK – PF,C)29-13
42Bobby Portis (CHI – PF,C)49+6
43Montrezl Harrell (LAC – PF,C)45+1
44Bam Adebayo (MIA – PF,C)66+21
45John Henson (MIL – PF,C)47+1
46Domantas Sabonis (IND – PF,C)54+7
47Willie Cauley-Stein (SAC – PF,C)46-2
48Mohamed Bamba (ORL – C)44-5
49Ed Davis (BKN – PF,C)59+9
50Dwight Powell (DAL – PF,C)58+7
51Ryan Anderson (PHO – PF,C)57+5
52Frank Kaminsky (CHA – PF,C)56+3
53Alex Len (ATL – PF,C)61+7
54Kevon Looney (GSW – PF,C,SF)82+27
55Zach Randolph (SAC – PF,C)62+6
56Bismack Biyombo (CHA – PF,C)68+11
57Marcin Gortat (LAC – C)53-5
58JaMychal Green (MEM – PF,C)64+5
59Willy Hernangomez (CHA – C)73+13
60Mason Plumlee (DEN – PF,C)70+9
61Marquese Chriss (HOU – PF,C)81+19
62JaVale McGee (LAL – C)51-12
63Greg Monroe (TOR – PF,C)72+8
64Harry Giles (SAC – PF,C)67+2
65Gorgui Dieng (MIN – PF,C)63-3
66Robin Lopez (CHI – C)71+4
67Jarell Martin (ORL – PF,C)100+32
68Aron Baynes (BOS – C)77+8
69Mike Muscala (PHI – PF,C)74+4
70Ekpe Udoh (UTH – PF,C)79+8
71Tyson Chandler (PHO – C)89+17
72Zaza Pachulia (DET – C)85+12
73Amir Johnson (PHI – PF,C)75+1
74Patrick Patterson (OKC – PF,C)80+5
75Daniel Theis (BOS – PF,C)101+25
76Skal Labissiere (SAC – PF,C)84+7
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