Fantasy Basketball Rankings-2012 Before Preseason top 150
After winning the Gold Medal in London, where do these players rank in our top 150? Check it out below. Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY
It’s time to start gearing up for your fantasy basketball draft. Here’s a very early top 150 with positional ranking included. Expect much more fantasy hoops coverage as the season draws near. If you’re interested in joining our FantasyCPR basketball blogging team, send an email with a writing sample to fantasyCPR@yahoo.com
We’ll have plenty more as the season approaches but here’s the guys we’re watching as the preseason gets ready to tip-off in Turkey this Friday.
| Rnk | Player | Team | Pos | PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
| 1 | Kevin Durant | OKC | SF | 1 | ||||
| 2 | LeBron James | Mia | SF | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Chris Paul | LAC | PG | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Kevin Love | MIN | PF/C | 1 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Deron Williams | Bkn | PG | 2 | ||||
| 6 | Russell Westbrook | OKC | PG | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Andrew Bynum | Phi | C | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Josh Smith | Atl | PF/SF | 3 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Dwayne Wade | Mia | SG | 1 | ||||
| 10 | DeMarcus Cousins | Sac | PF/C | 3 | 3 | |||
| 11 | Dirk Nowitzki | Dal | PF | 4 | ||||
| 12 | LaMarcus Aldridge | Por | PF/C | 5 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Rajon Rondo | Bos | PG | 4 | ||||
| 14 | Dwight Howard | LAL | C | 5 | ||||
| 15 | Kobe Bryant | LAL | SG | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Blake Griffin | LAC | PF | 6 | ||||
| 17 | Al Jefferson | Utah | PF/C | 7 | 6 | |||
| 18 | Pau Gasol | LAL | PF/C | 8 | 7 | |||
| 19 | Marc Gasol | Mem | C | 8 | ||||
| 20 | Kyrie Irving | Cle | PG | 5 | ||||
| 21 | Carmelo Anthony | NY | SF/PF | 4 | 9 | |||
| 22 | Ty Lawson | Den | PG/SG | 6 | 3 | |||
| 23 | Monta Ellis | Mil | PG/SG | 7 | 4 | |||
| 24 | Al Horford | Atl | C/PF | 10 | 9 | |||
| 25 | David Lee | GS | PF/C | 11 | 10 | |||
| 26 | Paul Millsap | Utah | PF | 12 | ||||
| 27 | John Wall | Was | PG | 8 | ||||
| 28 | Tony Parker | SA | PG | 9 | ||||
| 29 | Eric Gordon | NO | SG | 5 | ||||
| 30 | James Harden | OKC | SG | 6 | ||||
| 31 | Andre Iguolala | Den | SF/SG | 7 | 5 | |||
| 32 | Goran Dragic | Phx | PG | 10 | ||||
| 33 | Rudy Gay | Mem | SF | 6 | ||||
| 34 | Steve Nash | LAL | PG | 11 | ||||
| 35 | Stephen Curry | GS | PG/SG | 12 | 8 | |||
| 36 | Serge Ibaka | OKC | C/PF | 13 | 11 | |||
| 37 | Greg Monroe | Det | PF/C | 14 | 12 | |||
| 38 | Brandon Jennings | Mil | PG | 13 | ||||
| 39 | Danny Granger | Ind | SF | 7 | ||||
| 40 | Paul Pierce | Bos | SF/SG | 9 | 8 | |||
| 41 | Roy Hibbert | Ind | C | 13 | ||||
| 42 | Marcin Gortat | Phx | C | 14 | ||||
| 43 | Chris Bosh | Mia | PF/C | 15 | 15 | |||
| 44 | Danilo Gallinari | Den | SF/PF | 9 | 16 | |||
| 45 | Gerald Wallace | Bkn | SF/PF | 10 | 17 | |||
| 46 | Joe Johnson | Bkn | SG/SF | 10 | 11 | |||
| 47 | Tyreke Evans | Sac | PG/SG/SF | 14 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 48 | Joakim Noah | Chi | C/PF | 18 | 16 | |||
| 49 | Paul George | Ind | SF/SG | 12 | 13 | |||
| 50 | Kevin Garnett | Bos | PF/C | 19 | 17 | |||
| 51 | Luol Deng | Chi | SF | 14 | ||||
| 52 | Arron Afflalo | Orl | SG | 13 | ||||
| 53 | Glen Davis | Orl | PF/C | 20 | 18 | |||
| 54 | Ryan Anderson | PF | NO | 21 | ||||
| 55 | Ersan Ilyasova | Mil | SF/PF | 15 | 22 | |||
| 56 | Nicolas Batum | Por | SF/SG | 14 | 16 | |||
| 57 | Marcus Thornton | Sac | SG | 15 | ||||
| 58 | Ricky Rubio | Min | PG | 15 | ||||
| 59 | Amare Stoudemire | NY | C/PF | 23 | 19 | |||
| 60 | Andrea Bargnani | Tor | C/PF | |||||
| 61 | Manu Ginobili | SA | SG | 16 | ||||
| 62 | Kyle Lowry | Tor | PG | 16 | ||||
| 63 | Jrue Holiday | Phi | PG | 17 | ||||
| 64 | Brook Lopez | Bkn | C | 20 | ||||
| 65 | Jeremy Lin | Hou | PG | 18 | ||||
| 66 | Gordan Hayward | Utah | SG/SF | 17 | 17 | |||
| 67 | Kenneth Faried | Den | PF | 24 | ||||
| 68 | Lou Williams | Atl | PG/SG | 19 | 18 | |||
| 69 | Rodney Stuckey | Det | PG/SG | 20 | 19 | |||
| 70 | Tim Duncan | SA | PF/C | 25 | 21 | |||
| 71 | Anthony Davis | NO | C/PF | 26 | 22 | |||
| 72 | Kris Humphries | Bkn | PF | 27 | ||||
| 73 | Mike Conley | Mem | PG | 21 | ||||
| 74 | Klay Thompson | GS | SG | 20 | ||||
| 75 | Andrew Bogut | GS | C | 23 | ||||
| 76 | Carlos Boozer | Chi | PF | 28 | ||||
| 77 | Nene Hilario | Was | C/PF | 29 | 24 | |||
| 78 | Zach Randolph | Mem | PF | 30 | ||||
| 79 | Wesley Matthews | Por | SG/SF | 21 | 18 | |||
| 80 | Nikola Pekovic | Min | C | 25 | ||||
| 81 | Luis Scola | Phx | PF | 31 | ||||
| 82 | Tyson Chandler | NY | C | 16 | ||||
| 83 | Raymond Felton | NY | PG | 22 | ||||
| 84 | George Hill | Ind | PG/SG | 23 | 22 | |||
| 85 | Derrick Rose | Chi | PG | 24 | ||||
| 86 | Kemba Walker | Cha | PG/SG | 25 | 23 | |||
| 87 | Al Harrington | Orl | PF | 32 | ||||
| 88 | Ray Allen | Mia | SG | 24 | ||||
| 89 | JaVale McGee | Den | C | 17 | ||||
| 90 | Brandon Knight | Det | PG/SG | 26 | 25 | |||
| 91 | Chris Kaman | Dal | C/PF | 33 | 18 | |||
| 92 | DeMar DeRozan | Tor | SG/SF | 26 | 19 | |||
| 93 | Evan Turner | Phi | SG/SF | 27 | 20 | |||
| 94 | Isaiah Thomas | Sac | PG | 27 | ||||
| 95 | Chauncey Billups | LAC | PG/SG | 28 | 28 | |||
| 96 | Anderson Varejao | Cle | PF/C | 34 | 19 | |||
| 97 | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Cha | SF | 21 | ||||
| 98 | Kevin Martin | Hou | SG | 29 | ||||
| 99 | Mario Chalmers | Mia | PG | 29 | ||||
| 100 | O.J. Mayo | Dal | SG | 30 | ||||
| 101 | Mo Williams | Utah | PG/SG | 30 | 31 | |||
| 102 | Thomas Robinson | Sac | PF | 20 | ||||
| 103 | Jameer Nelson | Orl | PG | 31 | ||||
| 104 | Tristan Thompson | Cle | PF/C | 35 | 21 | |||
| 105 | Jeff Teague | Atl | PG | 32 | ||||
| 106 | Avery Bradley | Bos | SG/PG | 33 | 32 | |||
| 107 | Derrick Favors | Utah | PF | 36 | ||||
| 108 | Channing Frye | Phx | PF/C | 37 | 22 | |||
| 109 | Thaddeus Young | Phi | SF/PF | 22 | 38 | |||
| 110 | Darren Collison | Ind | PG | 34 | ||||
| 111 | Brandon Bass | Bos | PF/C | 39 | 23 | |||
| 112 | Andrei Kirilenko | Min | SF/PF | 23 | 40 | |||
| 113 | Antawn Jamison | LAL | PF | 41 | ||||
| 114 | Greivis Vasquez | NO | PG | 35 | ||||
| 115 | Nick Young | Phi | SG | 33 | ||||
| 116 | Luke Ridnour | Min | PG/SG | 36 | 34 | |||
| 117 | David West | Ind | PF | 42 | ||||
| 118 | Elton Brand | Dal | PF | 43 | ||||
| 119 | Harrison Barnes | GS | SF | 24 | ||||
| 120 | Wilson Chandler | Den | SF/SG | 25 | 25 | |||
| 121 | Dion Waiters | Cle | SG | 26 | ||||
| 122 | Jason Terry | Bos | SG | 27 | ||||
| 123 | Bradley Beal | Was | SG | 28 | ||||
| 124 | Gerald Henderson | Cha | SG/SF | 29 | 26 | |||
| 125 | J.R. Smith | NY | SG/SF | 30 | 27 | |||
| 126 | Spencer Hawes | Phi | C | 24 | ||||
| 127 | Damian Lillard | Por | PG | 37 | ||||
| 128 | Kawhi Leonard | SA | PF/SG/SF | 31 | 28 | 44 | ||
| 129 | Roman Sessions | Cha | PG | 38 | ||||
| 130 | DeAndre Jordan | LAC | C | 25 | ||||
| 131 | Marshon Brooks | Brk | SG/SF | 32 | 29 | |||
| 132 | J. J. Barea | Min | PG/SG | 39 | 33 | |||
| 133 | Jared Dudley | Phx | SF/SG | 40 | 44 | |||
| 134 | Samuel Dalembert | Mil | C | 26 | ||||
| 135 | Jarrett Jack | GS | PG/SG | 41 | 45 | |||
| 136 | Derrick Williams | Min | PF | 45 | ||||
| 137 | Lamar Odom | LAC | SF/PF | 40 | 46 | |||
| 138 | Kirk Hinrich | Chi | PG | 42 | ||||
| 139 | Jordan Crawford | Was | SG | 46 | ||||
| 140 | Devin Harris | Atl | PG | 43 | ||||
| 141 | Bismack Biyombo | Cha | PF/C | 47 | 27 | |||
| 142 | Tayshaun Prince | Det | SF | 41 | ||||
| 143 | Eric Bledsoe | LAC | PG | 44 | ||||
| 144 | Landry Field | Tor | SG | 48 | ||||
| 145 | Jose Calderon | Tor | PG | 45 | ||||
| 146 | Emeka Okafor | Was | C | 28 | ||||
| 147 | Jamal Crawford | LAC | SG/PG | 46 | 47 | |||
| 148 | Tony Allen | Mem | SF | 42 | ||||
| 149 | Jason Richardson | Phi | SG/SF | 48 | 43 | |||
| 150 | Gustavo Ayon | Orl | PF | 49 | ||||