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These rankings are based on the assumption that all teams play their games over the next week, which as we know may not happen. Please stay plugged in to potential schedule changes due to COVID-19 up until rosters lock on Monday, and adjust your lineups accordingly. With that said...
...so, 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 a usual impact starter like Devin Booker? Or perhaps starting someone like Kelly Olynyk, who might generally be on your bench, perhaps even your waiver wire?
The season is underway, but it's still so early that players are still establishing their value. Nevertheless, number of games and schedule difficulty are still key factors in deciding who should be in your starting line-ups for the week. I mentioned Booker in the opening because he's a highly rated player that was drafted to be a starter on every fantasy team he's on. His teammates Chris Paul, Deandre Ayton and Mikal Bridges are also impact players. But the Suns only play twice next week, so even a player like the aforementioned Olynyk is projected to score more fantasy points than they are for this week.
Thus, the "potentially sittable" list below is full of Suns, as well as players with only three games that may have tough schedules, or that may be dealing with injuries that could eat into their production for the week. Meanwhile, the "potentially startable" list is full of teams with four games against teams that tend to give up a lot of points. Check out the overall rankings to get a more in-depth look at how we think things might go next week, but we do make it easy to get the high points at a glance with the startable and sittable lists below.