Justin Hasan breaks down the NBA fantasy playoffs schedule. This is key for head-to-head leagues as you don’t want to load up on players that play the least amount of games in the critical weeks of the fantasy season.
In Blake Griffin’s last 3 preseason games, he has averaged 20 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks per game while shooting over 56%. Do not make the mistake of typecasting him as injury-prone just because he was injured last year. He played over 36 minutes in his last two preseason games, and has shown no ill-effects of his season-ending injury from last year.
With John Wall at Point Guard, Arenas’ fantasy value will be limited to points, threes, and steals. Help in 3 categories is not much considering he is such a high risk fantasy selection. I would much rather draft O.J. Mayo or Caron Butler than the high-risk ‘hibachi.’
Stephen Curry – Throughout his college career, I was impressed with Curry’s performance on a mediocre Davidson team and made sure to draft him last year. In my both my leagues I had snagged him 120th and 127th overall, respectively, and he turned out to be one of the top fantasy players last year. Curry was on fire in the 2nd half of the season, and he should pick up where he left off this year. He will anchor the 3-point, assist and steal categories for your team.