Who were the best NBA fantasy players for week 4? RotoValue can tell you.
The top 5 in an 8-category league:
LeBron James has been the clear fantasy MVP, and week 4 he again heads the list by a wide margin, averaging 30 points, 7 assists, 8.75 rebounds, 2.25 steals, and 1.5 blocks per game, combined with good shooting, 53% from the floor, and 78.9% from the line. It’s interesting that those numbers are not very different from his season-long averages. This week, an average week from LeBron was much better than anyone else. While James didn’t hit a 3 in his first 2 weeks (missing both he took), now he’s shooting from downtown again, and indeed made 6 of 10 shots from deep.
The next two players rank highly due to hot FG shooting, as Mike Conley hit 69.6% from the floor, and Marc Gasol made 67.4%. Both players averaged close to 20 points per game on the week, but Conley’s strong assist totals and good rebounding for a guard made him a little more valuable than Gasol’s strong rebounding and good assists for a center.
Wizards PG John Wall finally had the breakout his owners have been expecting, averaging nearly 26 points, plus 8 rebounds and 8 assists each. He took 45 FT on the week, 2nd behind only Blake Griffin, making them at an 86.7% clip, making him the most valuable player from the line in the league. He shot 43.2% from the floor, which pulled down his overall value, but also raised his season-long FG% to almost 41%.
Rounding out the top 5 was DeAndre Jordan, taking advantage of a 5 game week to post larger cumulative totals in rebounds and a league-leading 15 blocks. Jordan didn’t shoot much, but when he did, it went in nearly 72% of the time. And while his FT shooting is bad, he took just 9 attempts, and so didn’t hurt that much in the category.
9-category value is almost identical:
Now Joe Johnson, who was 6th overall, just behind DeAndre Jordan in 8-category rankings, moves up to 4th replacing John Wall, who dropped to 7th overall with 14 turnovers. Johnson had just 6 turnovers in 4 games, and did pretty much everything well – outstanding FT shooting (albeit just 12 attempts), nice scoring, a few rebounds, assists, and one steal and block each per game.
Marc Gasol’s value now almost catches Mike Conley’s, as Gasol had fewer turnovers than Conley, and both inch a little closer to LeBron James, but James remains a clear #1.