Hello everyone, I hope you're doing
well! What I have for you today is a ranking of everyone's fantasy
points per game for the first week of this year. I imagine this is a
much better way of measuring where you stand with everyone this year.
Just to give you a few reference
points, here are a few marks based off of the 3 completed seasons of
this league so far:
-The average team has finished the
season with 23.76 FPPG
-The average playoff team finished the
season with 24.87 FPPG
-The average top 3 teams from each year
finished with 26.55 FPPG
I would also like to point out that
there is a lot more to all of this than just FPPG. Bench, injury
concerns, contracts, youth, and free agency all play factors in all
this.
Anyways, without further ado...
#12 – Rich (MAMA) – 20.0 FPPG
Highlights: Horford (4 games, 132
points) and Chris Paul (3 games, 92 points)
Lowlights: Stanley Johnson (3 games, 42
points) and Joakim Noah (4 games, 56 points)
The most disappointing thing here is
probably Thompson (17 FPPG), honestly. But we all know that isn't
going to last. Noah's new role in Chicago is definitely cause for
concern, especially with Mirotic playing the way he has. Overall
though, a lot of this can be chalked up to variance and should be
taken with a grain of salt.
#11 – David (BB) – 22.1 FPPG
Highlights: Millsap (4 games, 136
points) and Kevin Love (3 games, 113 points)
Lowlights: Kyle Korver (4 games, 45
points) and Mitch McGary (3 games, -2 points)
If anything, the fact that this team
was able to finish in any place besides 12th bodes well
for the 9 starters that weren't McGary (Those guys averaged 24.7
FPPG, which would have placed this team at 7th). Once this
team fixes that issue at Center, it should be back in this.
#10 – Brett Lakey (WO) – 23.5 FPPG
Highlights: Mirotic (4 games, 108
points) and Kyle Lowry (3 games, 102)
Lowlights: Wiggins (2 games, 29 points)
and Doug McDermott (4 games, 39 points)
Very interesting start for the most
intriguing team in the league. Sporting some of the most promising
young players there are (Wiggins, Okafor, and MCW), things are all
over the place. Young guys are inconsistent by nature and this is a
small sample size. Only time will tell as these guys play into their
NBA games.
#9 – Daniel (MIN) – 23.58 FPPG
Highlights: DeRozan (3 games, 97
points) and Bledsoe (3 games, 101 points)
Lowlights: David Lee (3 games, 42
points) and Evan Turner (3 games, 28 points)
Boston is a fantasy nightmare right now
(outside of Thomas, that is) and that has definitely affected poor
Danny, here. Also, his guys all played 3 games which might have
something to do with them not playing their best (less games to find
a rhythm).
#8 – Matt (MONT) – 24.4 FPPG
Highlights: Pau Gasol (4 games, 114
points) and LeBron James (3 games, 107 points)
Lowlights: Trevor Ariza (3 games, 54
points) and Tony Parker (3 games, 36 points)
The first thing I notice when looking
at this roster is how many role players there are. Everyone needs
role players to fill out their roster and none of these role players
are particularly bad in their own right, but there seems to be a few
too much on this roster. The team just lacks a little bite at the
moment. If Matt wants to see this ranking go up at all, he may need
to find a way to trade up a few of his guys.
#7 – Nick (TAD) – 24.7 FPPG
Highlights: Vucevic (3 games, 104
points) and Greg Monroe (3 games, 112 points)
Lowlights: Jrue Holiday (2 games, 40
points) and Parsons (1 games, 10 points)
There were some injuries here that
clearly affected things. Besides Freddy, this team clocked the fewest
games. Those two facts simply add to already long shadow that
variance casts. As of right now, this team strikes me as the standard
for “league average”, but obviously that could change.
#6 – Michael (PENE) – 25.2 FPPG
Highlights: Cousins (3 games, 110
points) and Anthony Davis (3 games, 120 points)
Lowlights: Meyers Leonard (3 games, 42
points) and Paul Pierce (3 games, 37 points)
A rather ho-hum start for the defending
champs. Now, obviously 25.2 and #6 are nothing to be ashamed of, but
my standards for Michael are high. Harden had a tough week (by his
standards). But maybe the fact that he drafted Paul Pierce caused a
rip in the universe and gave him some bad ju-ju.
#5 – Brett Hoxie (BLOW) – 25.3 FPPG
Highlights: Kawhi Leonard (3 games, 109
points) and Blake Griffin (3 games, 138 points)
Lowlights: Ty Lawson (3 games, 50
points) and Mario Hezonja (3 games, 16 points)
Outside of Hezonja, this team average
27.6 FPPG which speaks volumes for how good this team could be very
soon. Once Brett figures out that last swingman spot, he will be
sitting pretty. Griffin is playing like an absolute monster so far.
#4 – Nate (PF) – 27.3 FPPG
Highlights: Carmelo (3 games, 112
points) and Favors (3 games, 115 points)
Lowlights: Porzingis (3 games, 59
points) and Danny Green (3 games, 47 points)
What's impressive about this team is
how strong the “Lowlights” are. Porzingis still averaged nearly
20 FPPG after all. This may a bit early to claim, but clearly this is
one of the teams to look out for this year, seeing as they might have
a strong shot at the title.
#3 – Gus (8==D) – 27.96 FPPG
Highlights: DeAndre Jordan (3 games,
110 points) and John Wall (3 games, 114 points)
Lowlights: Tim Duncan (3 games, 64
points) and Monta Ellis (3 games, 50 points)
I'm never a fan of analyzing my own
team in these things... so I won't ;)
#2 – Freddy (PEZY) – 28.0 FPPG
Highlights: STEPH FUCKING CURRY (3
games, 166 points) and Damien Lillard (3 games, 100 points)
Lowlights: P.J. Tucker (3 games, 24
points) and Wilson Chandler (0 games, 0 points)
Leave it to Freddy to have one of the
most promising 0-1 starts in our league's history. The most
optimistic thing about this good situation is how easily Freddy can
upgrade. Just looking at his lowlights, I'm sure he can fix that with
his bench alone, not to mention a couple FA pickups. Oh btw, Steph
Curry is a goddamn beast.
#1 – Chris (NIPP) – 34.6 FPPG
Highlights: Andre Drummond (3 games,
132 points) and Russell Westbrook (3 games, 149 points)
Lowlights: Antetokounmpo (2 games, 71
points) and Tyson Chandler (3 games, 67 points)
If anyone is curious about who the team
to beat is, here you go. It is always important to not overreact to
the first week of fantasy, but just look at that FPPG. His team is
literally an outlier. If you take the average of everyone else in
Week 1, you get 24.7 FPPG. Meaning, Chris is beating the rest of us
by about 10 fantasy points per game. No big deal.
Here's a chart!
