All rankings based on 9 categories (pts/reb/ast/stl/blk/3/fg%/ft%/to) and head-to-head format.

STUDS

Point Guards

• Stephen Curry, GSW, 3 games: The Warriors have been going downhill fast lately, but Steph Curry’s still getting his.  Steph was the second best player in fastasy basketball last week with averages of 26.7 points and six assists on almost 60% shooting.  He also recorded over two steals and two threes per game and made all 10 of his freethrows.
• Mike Conley, MEM, 4 games: Mike Conley began the week by scoring a season-high 28 points, and then proceeded to put up three more nice games.  His line came out looking like this: 22/2.8/7.3 with over a three and a steal on 65% (dude was on FIRE!) from the floor.  Conley is on his way to what will easily be the best season of his career.  He’s no longer got anyone else messing with his minutes, expect the nice numbers to continue to be there.
• Jordan Farmar, NJN, 4 games: Farmar exploded last week.  He had 16 points or more in all four of his games, which is amazing because he was yet to score more than 15 all season entering week six.  Part of the reason he was great is because he got two starts, but he was excellent in the games where he came off the bench too.  He did play 27 minutes or more in each game, which is more burn than he usually gets.  Keep an eye on Farmar, he could be very productive in New Jersey if he continues to play a lot.  Week six line: 19.3/3.3/6.3 with three threes and 1.3 steals on just under 50% from the floor and 83.3% from the line…  Jordan was apparently feeling the number three.

Shooting Guards

• Jason Richardson, PHX, 3 games: J-Rich was flaming hot from beyond the arc last week.  He made 10 of his 18 three-point attempts (that’s 3.3 makes per game).  He shot 61.5% overall and scored about 22 points a night.  He didn’t do much else, but the hot shooting was enough to make him the seventh highest ranked player in the league.
• Dwyane Wade, MIA, 4 games: D-Wade was a six-category monster: 22.5 points, 7.3 boards, 4.8 assists, three steals, one block, 60% FG.  He didn’t hit a single three and he turned the ball over quite a bit, but that’s not abnormal for him.  You’ll take the six-cat beastliness any day.
• Wes Matthews, POR, 4 games: Brandon Roy was back, but Matthews didn’t let that stop him.  Wes still played over 34 minutes a game and was good for 20 points on high %s with some threes and steals.  Brandon Roy also played over 30 minutes a game, so it looks like Matthews will be getting lots of time no matter what.  The guy has been a scoring machine since mid-november: he’s doing 18.9 PPG over the last 10 games.  He scored 20 or more in six of those contests.

Small Forwards

• Wilson Chandler, NYK, 3 games: Will The Thrill’s beastly season in the sixth man role continues: 20.7/7.7 with 2.7 threes and 1.3 blocks per game on over 50% from the floor and 100% from the stripe.  At the start of the season I mentioned that Will was shooting a lot of threes (and not shooting them particularly well), and I was worried that his minutes would decrease if he continued to gun.  He’s continued to gun, but he’s knocking down the long-ball at a career-high 35% rate.  I’m no longer worried about his shot selection… he’s a certified beast.
• Lamar Odom, LAL, 3 games: Mr. Kardashian contributed all across the board, as usual.  He averaged 16.3/9.7/2 with 1.3 steals and 2.3 blocks on 58.3% from the floor.  He clanked half his freethrows and hit less than a three a game, but other than that he was productive everywhere.
• Shane Battier, HOU, 4 games: Shane’s one of those guys who’s a better real life player than fantasy player, but last week he was very good in fantasy as well as reality.  Shane only scored 11 points, but he produced in lots of other areas: over four boards, a steal, a block, and two threes per game.  He shot very well from both the floor and the line, which was odd, because on the season he’s shooting poorly. 

Power Forwards

• Amare Stoudemire, NYK, 3 games: Amare was a seven-category statistical monster in week six.  He was the best player in fantasy basketball with a line that looked like this: 33.3/11.7/2/1.7stl/1blk/58.8%FG/87%FT.  Amare’s currently on a streak of four straight 30-point games and appears to be really finding his rhythm.  His chemistry with Raymond Felton has looked great and the Knicks are winning.  He had a rough start but expect him to continue beasting from here on out.
• Kevin Love, MIN, 3 games: 21.7/17.3 isn’t even anything special for Kevin Love these days… but it was good enough to make him the 11th best player in fantasy basketball, so I had to list him.  Love didn’t have any 20/20s last week, but on December 4th he went 5-5 from distance against the Cavaliers. 
• Amir Johnson, TOR, 3 games: Amir’s moved into the starting lineup and has begun to produce how I thought he would coming into the season.  Johnson played 30 MPG and put up about 13/9 with 1.7 blocks.  As long as the minutes are there expect the production to be there.

Centers

• Nene, DEN, 3 games: Nene likely carried squads in the FG% category with his SEVENTY TWO POINT FOUR percent shooting on 9.7 attempts per game in week six.  He also contributed heavily in a variety of other departments: 20.7 PPG, nine RPG, three AST, 1.7 SPG, 1.7 BPG, 83% FT on eight attempts per.  Amazingly efficient and productive week for Denver’s big man… he was the 3rd best player in fantasy basketball.
• Al Horford, ATL, 3 games: Horford had two seperate games with six assists and put up 19/9.3/4.3 on the week.  He was efficient, as usual, shooting over 57% from the floor and 84% from the line with less than a turnover a game.
• Channing Frye, PHX, 3 games: Apparently Frye is a shot blocker now?  He’s swatting about two and a half shots a game over his past eight, and last week he swatted 2.3 per game.  This is the second week in a row that he’s blocked as many or more shots than he’s hit threes.  What’s he gonna do next week, dunk on somebody?  Anyway, his line looked like this: 15.3/6.7 on 50% from the floor.

DUDS

Point Guards

• Mo Williams, CLE, 4 games: Last week was a disaster for the Cavs, and Mo’s stats were no exception.  He bricked 64.9% of his 37 shots on the week and was good for just 10.5 PPG.  He wasn’t even able to average one three per game and turned the ball over a total of nine times.
• Jason Kidd, DAL, 4 games: Ason Kidd continues to search for his J, which has been MIA all season.  He shot just 35% last week… which is unfortunately only slightly worse than his percentage on the season.  He recorded just 6.8 assists per game and didn’t contribute big in any categories.
• Jrue Holiday, PHI, 3 games: Jrue has had an up and down season.  Last week he was down.  Holiday was essentially silent in week six averaging just 10 points and four assists.  His numbers were thrown off by a four point night in Atlanta, but he didn’t do anything too special in the other couple games either.

Shooting Guards

• Brandon Roy, POR, 4 games: Roy wasn’t able to score 20 all week and was out-shined by Wesley Matthews.  The numbers: 15/2/2.5 on 37.7%.  Roy’s clearly hurt, so you should look at this from a positive perspective and say, “well, at least he’s playing”.  15 points is better than no points. 
• Ray Allen, BOS, 4 games:  Ray went 2-12 from distance in four games over the course of week six.  Unfortunately for his fantasy owners he didn’t really contribute in any other categories to make up for his lack of triples.  He scored just 12 PPG and only went 80% from the line.
• Andre Iguodala, PHI, 3 games: Six points and six boards is nice, but other than that “Baby LeBron” looked more like Baby… I don’t know… who averages 10 points on 42%?  Iggy was Baby that guy.

Small Forwards

• Gerald Wallace, CHA, 3 games: Geralds numbers haven’t nearly been what they were last season, but 12.7/7.7 on 38%?  That’s completely un-Gerald-like, even for this year.  At least he still notched over a steal and a block per game. 
• Danilo Gallinari, NYK, 3 games: Danilo hit a bit of a slump.  He shot just 33% from the floor and 71% from the line on his way to 10 PPG (five under his season average).  He did make what baskets he did score count…  70% of them were threes.  Other than the 2.3 threes per game he contributed absolutely nothing.
• Hedo Turkoglu, PHX, 3 games: There’s an imprint of Hedo’s ass in one of the three seats in the small forwards duds section.  Phoenix has finally removed him from the starting lineup in favor of Hakim Warrick…  ’bout damn time.  The line: 7/4/2 with a steal and nothing else on 41% from the floor. 

Power Forwards

• Josh Smith, ATL, 3 games: Smith had been ballin’ all year, but he had an awful week six.  He hit a three per game and grabbed 7.3 boards, but other than that his numbers were way down across the board: 33% FG, 40% FT, 11 PTS, 2 AST, 1 STL, 1 BLK… that’s simply not the Josh Smith that fantasy owners have come to know and love.  I’m sure he’ll be back on his business very soon.
• Carmelo Anthony, DEN, 3 games: Melo shot 27.5% on 17 shots a game.  Yikes.  On top of that, he only averaged 17 points and five boards.  Oddly enough, Denver’s on a seven-game win streak with both Melo and Billups putting up crap numbers.
• Tyrus Thomas, CHA, 3 games: Still no minutes for Tyrus.  He started one game in place of Nazr Mohammed, dropped 26 and 11, then returned right back to the bench.  He played just 20 minutes a game last week and was only able to muster 7.7 points and six boards… which actually isn’t bad for 20 minutes.  Tyrus isn’t really a dud, he just needs to be on the floor.  He blocked 1.7 shots a night last week.  If he actually got minutes he’d be fine.

Centers 

• Al Harrington, DEN, 3 games: Big Al couldn’t fall out of a boat and hit water last week.  He shot just 28.6% from the floor and 60% from the line on his way to eight points a night.  Most disappointingly, he couldn’t even manage to put in a three a game.  If you’ve got Al it’s probably for threes… and when he doesn’t hit any he’s not very useful.
• JJ Hickson, CLE, 3 games: JJ’s minutes and shot attempts continue to dwindle as the season progresses.  He played just 22 minutes per game last week and only managed to shoot a total of 18 times in three games.  Hickson’s like Tyrus Thomas: if he ever gets minutes then he’ll produce… so keep an eye on him, but don’t count on him at this point.
• Samuel Dalembert, SAC, 3 games: Dalembert didn’t do one of the only two things he does well, which rendered him useless in week six.  Sammy blocked just two shots all week, and if you started him you had to endure his sub-40% shooting and 2.3 TOs per game.  He returned to the bench in favor of DeMarcus Cousins and played just 16 minutes in the Kings’ last game.