Fantasy Basketball can be hard. It’s a lot easier when you know who to pickup. It’s mid Week 19 and we thought all you tired, hard working managers would find a list of pickups by position useful. So take a break from your fantasy baseball draft and pick up some of these guys! Green is a great pickup, black is an average pickup and red is a DROP. In parenthesis is the player’s stats from last night, March 5th.

• PG- Point Guards
• Jameer Nelson, ORL, PG (9 pts [4-4, 1-1], 10 asst, 21 min)
• Recovered from his bout with the flu, started on Mar 5
• Carlos Arroyo, ORL, PG (11 pts [4-8, 1-2], 6 asst, 4 reb, 27 min)
• Came off the bench, still seems to be productive while splitting minutes with Nelson
• Kyle Lowry, PG, MEM (15 pts [5-12, 1-3], 7 asst, 4 reb, 1 stl)
• Good pickup so long as Mike Conley isn’t 100%
• Travis Diener, PG , IND (11 pts, 4 asst, 2 reb, 26 min)
• Diener and Murray are splitting minutes in Indiana, pick one
• Ronald Murray, PG, IND (14 pts, 5 reb, 2 asst, 1 stl, 22 min)
• As stated above, pick either “Flip” Murray or Diener
• Marcus Banks, PG, MIA (21 pts [7-11, 3-6], 5 reb, 4 asst)
• Monitor his minutes–with the Heat struggling, J. Will not getting any younger, and Wade’s health always a concern, he could get a lot of minutes the rest of the way
• Jannero Pargo, PG, NO (22 pts [9-18, 3-7], 3 reb, 3 asst, 1 stl)
• Yeah, he plays behind Chris Paul, but the kid can straight shoot the ball and he showed it last night.

• SG- Shooting Guards
• Matt Carroll, CHA, SG (9 pts [2-10, 1-4], 11 reb, 4 stl)
• Told you to pick him up earlier this week, if you did, you are happy, if you didn’t, you’re most likely regretting it
• Luther Head, SG, HOU (14 pts [5-5, 4-4], 4 asst, 2 reb, 3 stl)
• With Yao’s 22 points a game gone, everyone has gotten more looks
• Maurice Evans, ORL, SG (17 pts [6-8, 2-3], 6 reb, 2 stl)

• SF- Shooting Forwards
• Jared Dudley, CHA, SF (10 pts [4-8, 1-2], 18 reb, 1 stl, 2 blk, 0 TO)
• Pick this guy up if he is available in your league. That’s an order.
• Jamario Moon, TOR, SF (14 pts [7-11], 9 reb, 4 stl, 3 blk)
• Has been filling up the stat sheet recently
• Ricky Davis, SF, MIA (16 pts [4-9, 1-3], 3 reb, 3 asst, 2 stl)
• Eh, it’s Miami. Why not?
• Mickael Pietrus, GSW, SF (3 pts [1-4, 1-3], 5 reb, 2 blk, 24 min, FO)
• I thought he might be a good pickup, but for now, look at Dudley or Moon if they are available

• PF- Power Forwards
• Mikki Moore, PF, SAC (19 pts [7-9], 5 reb, 4 asst)
• This guy is pure hustle. He can get you boards, assists, blocks and steals. Points if you’re lucky.
• Nick Collison, PF, SEA (10 pts [3-7], 9 reb, 2 asst)
• If you’re desperate for boards.
• Carl Landry, PF, HOU (13 pts [5-10], 7 reb, 1 stl, 20 min)
• Getting decent minutes and producing. Pick up Moore first though.
• Nenad Krstic, PF, NJN (16 pts [8-13], 9 reb, 2 stl, 35 min)
• Gambling pick. Has been injured most of the week, but could add some fantasy value if he’s consistent.

• C- Centers
• Andray Blatche, WAS, C (2 pts [1-10], 6 reb, 5 asst, 2 stl, 2 blk)
• Can do a lot of things. I like him over any of these guys.
• Kendrick Perkins, BOS, C (10 pts [4-9], 20 reb, 2 blk)
• Perkins has gone off the last 2 games. If he’s available in your league and you need help in the position, he’s a no-brainer.
• Rasho Nesterovic, TOR, C (16 pts [8-12], 10 reb, 2 asst)
• Has moved into the starting lineup since Bosh has been out. Good pickup.
• Nazr Mohammed, CHA, C (4 pts, 0 reb, 0 asst, 0 stl, 0 blk, 14 min)
• Don’t pick this guy up yet. He hasn’t figured it out
• Zaza Pachulia, ATL, C
• Don’t pick this guy up ever. Mike was correct, he’s terrible.

Let me know in the comments above if you think these are wise picks. Mike and I appreciate your feedback.

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To hoops,
Farid