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Fantasy Basketball Top 100 Rankings

By Keith Allison [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Brad Leibfried ranks the top 100 NBA players for the 2016-17 fantasy basketball season. Follow RotoBaller for more strategy, rankings, sleepers, and more.

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Here's our first full top 100 for the 2016-17 fantasy basketball season from RotoBaller writer Brad Leibfried.  He's all aboard the Karl-Anthony Towns hype train and ready to start steaming into the NBA season.

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Fantasy Basketball Top 100 Rankings

Rank Player Position, Team
1 Russell Westbrook PG, OKC
2 James Harden SG/SF, HOU
3 Karl-Anthony Towns C, MIN
4 Kevin Durant SF/PF, GSW
5 Stephen Curry PG/SG, GSW
6 Kawhi Leonard SG/SF, SAS
7 Anthony Davis PF/C, NOP
8 DeMarcus Cousins PF/C, SAC
9 Chris Paul PG, LAC
10 LeBron James SF/PF, CLE
11 Giannis Antetokounmpo PG/SG/SF, MIL
12 Paul George SF/PF, IND
13 Damian Lillard PG, POR
14 Paul Millsap PF/C, ATL
15 John Wall PG, WAS
16 Hassan Whiteside C, HOU
17 Blake Griffin PF/C, LAC
18 Draymond Green SF/PF, GSW
19 Kyle Lowry PG, TOR
20 Jimmy Butler SG/SF, CHI
21 Victor Oladipo PG/SG, ORL
22 Kyrie Irving PG/SG, CLE
23 Kemba Walker PG, CHA
24 Isaiah Thomas PG, BOS
25 Eric Bledsoe PG/SG, PHO
26 Al Horford PF/C, BOS
27 C.J. McCollum PG/SG, POR
28 Klay Thompson SG/SF, GSW
29 Khris Middleton SG/SF, MIL
30 Serge Ibaka PF/C, ORL
31 LaMarcus Aldridge PF/C, SAS
32 Carmelo Anthony SF/PF, NYK
33 Kristaps Porzingis PF/C, NYK
34 Marc Gasol C, MEM
35 Pau Gasol PF/C, SAS
36 Trevor Ariza SG/SF, HOU
37 Andre Drummond PF/C, DET
38 DeAndre Jordan C, LAC
39 Derrick Favors PF/C, UTA
40 Nicolas Batum SG/SF, CHA
41 Gordon Hayward SG/SF, UTA
42 Kevin Love PF/C, CLE
43 Nikola Jokic C, DEN
44 Brook Lopez C, BRO
45 Rudy Gobert C, UTA
46 Nikola Vucevic PF/C, ORL
47 Goran Dragic PG/SG, MIA
48 Andrew Wiggins SG/SF, MIN
49 Nerlens Noel PF/C, PHI
50 Evan Fournier SG/SF, ORL
51 Jrue Holiday PG, NOP
52 Jeff Teague PG, IND
53 Dennis Schroder PG, ATL
54 Rajon Rondo PG, CHI
55 DeMar DeRozan SG/SF, TOR
56 Brandon Knight PG/SG, PHO
57 Dwyane Wade PG/SG, MIA
58 Mike Conley PG, MEM
59 Bradley Beal SG, WAS
60 Jae Crowder SF/PF, BOS
61 Dirk Nowitzki PF/C, DAL
62 Chandler Parsons SF/PF, MEM
63 Enes Kanter C, OKC
64 Marcin Gortat C, WAS
65 Thaddeus Young SF/PF, IND
66 Rudy Gay SF/PF, SAC
67 Ryan Anderson PF/C, ORL
68 Dwight Howard C, ATL
69 Reggie Jackson PG/SG, DET
70 Greg Monroe PF/C, MIL
71 Zach LaVine PG/SG, MIN
72 Kent Bazemore SG/SF, ATL
73 Jabari Parker SF/PF, MIL
74 Danilo Gallinari SF, DEN
75 Ben Simmons SF/PF, PHI
76 Ricky Rubio PG, MIN
77 Jordan Clarkson PG/SG, LAL
78 Devin Booker SG, PHO
79 Tobias Harris SF/PF, DET
80 D'Angelo Russell PG, LAL
81 Jonas Valanciunas C, TOR
82 Avery Bradley PG/SG, BOS
83 Julius Randle PF, LAL
84 Harrison Barnes SF/PF, DAL
85 Myles Turner PF/C, IND
86 Gorgui Dieng PF/C, MIN
87 Jahlil Okafor PF/C, PHI
88 J.J. Redick SG, ORL
89 Jeremy Lin PG/SG, BRO
90 Kenneth Faried PF/C, DET
91 George Hill PG/SG, UTA
92 Alex Len PF/C, PHO
93 Darren Collison PG, SAC
94 Chris Bosh PF/C, MIA
95 Elfrid Payton PG, ORL
96 Evan Turner SG/SF, POR
97 Luol Deng SF/PF, LAL
98 Emmanuel Mudiay PG, DEN
99 Steven Adams C, OKC
100 DeMarre Carroll SF/PF, TOR

 

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