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Rest of Season Top 200 Rankings - Week 13 (Jan. 16 - Jan. 22)

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Every Monday, I'll be publishing my rest-of-season player rankings for the top 200 players in fantasy basketball.

These rankings will reflect standard scoring formats, taking into account each player's ability to produce in the following categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, 3-point shots made, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and turnovers.

Tier 1: Fantasy Superstars

Harden has bounced back to the top of the rankings. In a points format that completely ignores shooting percentages, Westbrook is still your man, but Harden's shooting edge form both the floor and the charity stripe as well as his assist numbers make up for the slight downgrade in points and rebounds per game. Still, if you own either player, you really can't complain.

Paul George moves up to 11. Statistically, there will be stretches where the multi-faceted play of Lowry and Wall bests the Pacers' star, but the positional advantage of being able to roster George at either shooting guard or small forward (and thus, guard and forward slots as well) is undeniable.

Tier 2: The Rest of the Best

RANK PLAYER TEAM TREND
18 Kemba Walker CHA
19 Al Horford BOS
20 Isaiah Thomas BOS
21 Hassan Whiteside MIA
22 Kyrie Irving CLE
23 Gordon Hayward UTH
24 DeMar DeRozan TOR
25 Kevin Love CLE
26 C.J. McCollum POR
27 Kristaps Porzingis NYK
28 Paul Millsap ATL
29 Marc Gasol MEM
30 Eric Bledsoe PHO
31 Rudy Gobert UTH
32 Blake Griffin LAC
33 Myles Turner IND
34 Klay Thompson GS
35 Andre Drummond DET
36 Nicolas Batum CHA
37 LaMarcus Aldridge SA
38 Nikola Jokic DEN
39 Dwight Howard ATL
40 Mike Conley MEM
41 Jeff Teague IND
42 Carmelo Anthony NYK
43 Jabari Parker MIL
44 Brook Lopez BKN
45 DeAndre Jordan LAC
46 Serge Ibaka ORL
47 Andrew Wiggins MIN
48 Joel Embiid PHI
49 Avery Bradley BOS
50 Otto Porter WAS
51 Bradley Beal WAS
52 Zach LaVine MIN
53 Trevor Ariza HOU
54 Julius Randle LAL
54 Goran Dragic MIA

Whiteside and Lopez are still contributing top-50 statlines for their prospective teams, but with neither the Heat or Nets anywhere near the postseason conversation, look for their usage to be scaled back a bit.

Miami will continue to be cautious to a fault when it comes to player injuries (ensuring a top draft pick). Boston has the right to swap their pick for Brooklyn's, erasing any reason to tank, but giving Lopez - who has a history of foot injuries - plenty of DNPs down the stretch will help minimize the risk of re-injury to one of their lone assets.

Jokic, Parker and Randle have each taken a massive step forward as one of the top two cornerstones of their young teams. Jokic and Randle are showing advanced pedigree as passers beyond their years in addition to scoring and rebounding. Parker may live in the shadow of Giannis Antetokounmpo but all that means is that he isn't the top priority of the opposing defense.

Tier 3: Secondary Guards, Forwards and UTIL Depth

RANK PLAYER TEAM TREND
56 Rudy Gay SAC
57 Nikola Vucevic ORL
58 Dennis Schroder ATL
59 Gorgui Dieng MIN
60 Tobias Harris DET
61 Jrue Holiday NO
62 Eric Gordon HOU
63 Dwyane Wade MIA
64 Victor Oladipo OKC
65 Jae Crowder BOS
66 Reggie Jackson DET
67 Harrison Barnes DAL
68 Trevor Booker BKN
69 Steven Adams OKC
70 D'Angelo Russell LAL
71 Danilo Gallinari DEN
72 Marcin Gortat WAS
73 Thaddeus Young IND
74 George Hill UTH
75 Pau Gasol SA
76 Wilson Chandler DEN
77 Evan Fournier ORL
78 Wesley Matthews DAL
79 Lou Williams LAL
80 Jonas Valanciunas TOR
81 Tyler Johnson MIA
82 Devin Booker PHO
83 Ersan Ilyasova PHI
84 J.J. Redick LAC
85 Robert Covington PHI
86 Moe Harkless POR
87 Ryan Anderson HOU
88 Elfrid Payton ORL
89 Derrick Favors UTH
90 Deron Williams DAL
91 Mason Plumlee POR
92 Derrick Rose NYK

Derrick Rose's callous behavior of late is an affront to the Knicks' organization and fans. After going largely unpunished in any outward-facing way, he has taken to calling out his coach's decisions in front of the media. A different player might have been shipped out of town but no one is jumping to the front of the line to listen to Rose's demands for a max contract in the summer.

Whether the edict for Rose's continued involvement with the team's on-court product comes from the coaches (nope), team leader Carmelo Anthony (unlikely) or upper management (ahem), someone with a backbone should have told Rose to clear out his locker and head back to Chicago for good. On the off-chance that does happen, you don't want to be the fantasy owner left holding the hot potato when the music finally turns off.

Tier 4: Streaming Options

RANK PLAYER TEAM TREND
93 Patrick Beverley HOU
94 Jeremy Lin BKN
95 Clint Capela HOU
96 Tony Allen MEM
97 Nick Young LAL
98 Jordan Clarkson LAL
99 James Johnson MIA
100 Ricky Rubio MIN
101 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope DET
102 Gary Harris DEN
103 Thabo Sefolosha ATL
104 Will Barton DEN
105 Tyson Chandler PHO
106 Darren Collison SAC
107 Nerlens Noel PHI
108 Cody Zeller CHA
109 Nikola Mirotic CHI
110 Jusuf Nurkic DEN
111 Markieff Morris WAS
112 Zach Randolph MEM
113 Patty Mills SA
114 Bojan Bogdanovic BKN
115 Sean Kilpatrick BKN
116 Enes Kanter OKC
117 Emmanuel Mudiay DEN
118 JaMychal Green MEM
119 Greg Monroe MIL
120 Malcolm Brogdon MIL
121 T.J. Warren PHO
122 Aaron Gordon ORL
123 Dirk Nowitzki DAL
124 Jahlil Okafor PHI
125 Marvin Williams CHA
126 Marcus Morris DET
127 Jon Leuer DET
128 Robin Lopez CHI
129 Taj Gibson CHI
130 Josh Richardson MIA
131 Marcus Smart BOS
132 Kent Bazemore ATL
133 Rodney Hood UTH
134 Courtney Lee NYK
135 Seth Curry DAL
136 Danny Green SA
137 Kyle Korver ATL
138 P.J. Tucker PHO
139 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist CHA
140 Montrezl Harrell HOU
141 Tyreke Evans NO
142 Rajon Rondo CHI
143 Terrence Jones NO
144 Joakim Noah NYK
145 Allen Crabbe POR
146 Alex Len PHO
147 Tristan Thompson CLE
148 Tim Hardaway Jr. ATL
149 Chandler Parsons MEM
150 C.J. Miles IND
151 Andrew Bogut DAL
152 Buddy Hield NO
153 Jamal Crawford LAL
154 T.J. McConnell PHI
155 Sergio Rodriguez PHI
156 Michael Carter-Williams CHI
157 Evan Turner POR
158 Luol Deng LAL
159 Kenneth Faried DEN
160 Al-Farouq Aminu POR
161 Lucas Nogueira TOR
162 Brandon Jennings NY
163 DeMarre Carroll TOR
164 Monta Ellis IND
165 Larry Nance Jr. LAL
166 Brandon Knight PHO
167 Marco Belinelli CHA
168 Terrence Ross TOR
169 Andre Iguodala GS
170 Mike Muscala ATL
171 Andre Roberson OKC
172 Nik Stauskas PHI
173 Matthew Dellavedova MIL
174 Joe Ingles UTH
175 Bismack Biyombo ORL
176 Wayne Ellington MIA
177 J.J. Barea DAL
178 Jeff Green ORL
179 Marreese Speights LAC
180 Dion Waiters MIA
181 Austin Rivers LAC
182 John Henson MIL
183 Tony Parker SA
184 Troy Daniels MEM
185 Brandon Ingram LAL

The Jeremy Lin injury saga has been frustrating for his owners, though many will have simply bumped him to an injured player slot and forgotten about him. When active, he's brought owners top-100 value by virtue of 13.9 points, 5.8 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game but there's still no set date for his full return.

Some will balk at the notion of Dirk Nowitzki coming in at 123 but the fact is that he simply isn't the consistent high-end player he once was. The peaks are still there (26 point against the T-Wolves; nine rebounds against the Wizards) but he's averaging just 15-6-2 over his past six games and short-term health will always be a concern.

Tier 5: Fantasy Fringe

RANK PLAYER TEAM TREND
186 Jodie Meeks ORL
187 Dario Saric PHI
188 Ty Lawson SAC
189 Gerald Henderson PHI
190 Manu Ginobili SA
191 Kyle O'Quinn NYK
192 Tony Snell MIL
193 Patrick Patterson TOR
194 Frank Kaminsky CHA
195 Jamal Murray DEN
196 Shelvin Mack UTH
197 Andrew Harrison MEM
198 Dewayne Dedmon SA
199 Kosta Koufos SAC
200 Ben Simmons PHI

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