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Shuffle Up: Karl-Anthony Towns in top tier among fantasy centers

Shuffle Up: Karl-Anthony Towns in top tier among fantasy centers

For the purposes of this ranking, we are dealing with only players eligible at Center in Yahoo formats. There’s a real debate between Anthony Davis and Karl-Anthony Towns moving forward. Davis is obviously a stud, but he remains a major injury risk. Towns has been the No. 3 player over the past two weeks and is 20 years old. If I were starting a franchise, I’d pick Towns over AD. That’s a statement that would’ve seemed insane six months ago, when Jahlil Okafor was the debate versus KAT. Towns is the real deal and should be viewed as a top-five commodity in dynasty leagues.

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TIER ONE

1. Anthony Davis

2. DeMarcus Cousins

3. Karl-Anthony Towns

4. Paul Millsap

5. Hassan Whiteside

6. Al Horford

7. Rudy Gobert

8. Chris Bosh

9. Pau Gasol

10. Kevin Love

Boogie has the second-highest Usage Rate (33.5) in the NBA, behind only Russell Westbrook. Sacramento also has the No. 1 Pace in the NBA, which is a pretty good combo....Millsap remains one of the more underrated players in sports...Whiteside has been a bigger help in blocks than any other player in any other category, but he’s currently dealing with an injury...Gobert has been a disappointment, but he’s now back to health and should be treated as a top-25 player moving forward.

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TIER TWO

11. Derrick Favors

12. Brook Lopez

13. Kristaps Porzingis

14. Nikola Vucevic

15. Marc Gasol

16. Marcin Gortat

17. Greg Monroe

18. Serge Ibaka

19. LaMarcus Aldridge

20. Nerlens Noel

21. Ryan Anderson

22. Dirk Nowitzki

Favors has dealt with an injury (in which he’s recently returned from), but he’s been a top-25 player on a per-game basis...Porzingis has been the biggest revelation in the league. He’s legit...After being a top-20 player in each of the past four seasons, Ibaka hasn’t been top-170 over the last two weeks, as he’s been one of the bigger busts so far in 2015/16...Noel has averaged 9.1 rpg, 1.6 spg and 2.3 bpg while shooting 60.7 percent from the floor over the past month, when he’s been a top-25 player...Anderson is officially back, while Nowitzki has been a top-30 player at age 37 while seeing only 30.4 mpg.

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TIER THREE

23. Andre Drummond

24. Dwight Howard

25. DeAndre Jordan

26. Gorgui Dieng

27. Jonas Valanciunas

28. Myles Turner

30. Tim Duncan

31. Zaza Pachulia

32. Jahlil Okafor

33. Zach Randolph

34. Willie Cauley-Stein

35. Al Jefferson

36. Taj Gibson

The first three here all come down to format, as they have major value if you punt FT%. To be clear, Drummond is shooting 29.3 percent from the charity stripe over the past month, which is epic stuff...Dieng looks likely to finally get a real shot at playing time, so he’s going to be a major difference maker down the stretch for those who’ve held onto him...Turner looks like a future star. He needs to be owned in all leagues right now...Yes, I’d prefer Turner over Okafor....WCS looks like someone who might not be a bust...It’s crazy that Jefferson was the No. 6 ranked fantasy player in 2011/12...Gibson is a sure add in all fantasy leagues with all the injuries in Chicago’s frontcourt.

TIER FOUR

35. Amir Johnson

36. Kenneth Faried

37. Nikola Jokic

38. Andrew Bogut

39. Jared Sullinger

40. Enes Kanter

41. Robin Lopez

42. Ian Mahinmi

43. Mason Plumlee

44. Blake Griffin

45. Alex Len

46. Tristan Thompson

47. Frank Kaminsky

48. Roy Hibbert

49. Meyers Leonard

50. Kelly Olynyk

51. Bobby Portis

52. Boban Marjanovic

It would be nice if there was clarity in Boston’s frontcourt...Jokic has struggled badly with shots inside the paint....Griffin is ranked here with the expectation he misses at least the next two months. If you can afford to keep him then please do...Free Boban!

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