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You're in a weekly transaction league, and you need to decide by Monday evening who your starting lineup will be for the week. Should you consider sitting usual impact starters like Nikola Jokic or Aaron Gordon? Or perhaps starting someone like Al-Farouq Aminu or Bojan Bogdanovic who might generally be on your bench, perhaps even your waiver wire?
After the first set of weekly rankings came out last week, I had a conversation on Twitter (@ProfessorDrz) with one of my followers, The Wardog, who had a question about which players he should start. I referred him to the rankings, and he ultimately responded with this:
"i am a plus subscriber and these rankings helped, though its points rankings not roto, it gives me good context. I was only going to start 4/7 guys but im opting to sit Wall this week, hes out tonight and not worth gamble he sits again, when all these guys play 4 times."
His first sentence is key and the point I want to emphasize today. Even though these are points rankings, they give context and can help you decide your lineups in roto leagues as well. Roto leagues are all different, and each manager has to decide whether she or he absolutely needs more of one category or another, regardless of schedule. However, if you have multiple players who contribute stats that your team needs relatively equally, then the Forecaster information and these rankings can absolutely help you decide whom to start and sit.
Managers in roto leagues should look at these rankings as an "all things being equal, this guy is more likely to produce this caliber of production" list. If your team needs blocks, and there's an all-around player higher in the rankings than your shotb-locker, you may have to go with need. But if you could use blocks and assists equally, and your flex point guard is ranked higher in the rankings than your flex center, then these rankings could help you make that type of decision in a more informed, intelligent way.
Let's take a look at next week's schedules and some player news to help make personnel decisions.