DFBBC Preview: Finalists, Games and More

by Ethan Haskell (Ethan) Last Updated 2013-03-09 19:40:36

The DFBBC will go down this Saturday at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas and one basketball stud will walk away with $50K. It’s tough to predict where players might look when building their teams but at the very least we can break down each game for Saturday’s schedule and take a look back at the lineups that got these players to where they are today.

The Qualifiers

So here are your 15 qualifiers with their qualifying teams from the DFBBC preliminary round:

DB730			SMADOG			REDZONE187
PG	Damian Lillard	31	PG	George Hill	43	PG	Louis Williams	34
PG	Kemba Walker	41	PG	A.J. Price	24	PG	Damian Lillard	37
SG	James Harden	49	SG	Bradley Beal	29	SG	James Harden	43
SG	Paul George	22	SG	Kobe Bryant	43	SG	Alexey Shved	32
SF	Kevin Durant	45	SF	Rudy Gay	29	SF	Rudy Gay	33
SF	Carmelo Anthony	45	SF	LeBron James	41	SF	Nicolas Batum	50
PF	Zach Randolph	28	PF	Anthony Davis	49	PF	Zach Randolph	34
PF	Glen Davis	42	PF	Kenneth Faried	36	PF	Andrei Kirilenko	29
C	Omer Asik	21	C	Marcin Gortat	36	C	Nikola Vucevic	28
HEADCHOPPER			KNICKSFAN718			SPAWNS65
PG	Kyle Lowry	34	PG	Russell Westbrook	50	PG	Rajon Rondo	50
PG	Tony Parker	45	PG	George Hill	41	PG	Kemba Walker	29
SG	James Harden	47	SG	Jason Terry	20	SG	Marco Belinelli	20
SG	Jeremy Pargo	17	SG	Ben Gordon	27	SG	Kobe Bryant	50
SF	Andre Iguodala	41	SF	Kevin Durant	38	SF	Kevin Durant	46
SF	Carmelo Anthony	36	SF	Carmelo Anthony	30	SF	Evan Turner	39
PF	Ryan Anderson	50	PF	Antawn Jamison	48	PF	Andray Blatche	45
PF	Kevin Love	43	PF	Josh Smith	43	PF	Antawn Jamison	18
C	Al Horford	45	C	Nikola Vucevic	27	C	Joakim Noah	65
PENNYPACKER			BLAKO			DABOSSN215
PG	Russell Westbrook	33	PG	Jose Calderon	28	PG	Jrue Holiday	35
PG	George Hill	39	PG	Stephen Curry	40	PG	Kyrie Irving	48
SG	Monta Ellis	41	SG	Jordan Crawford	32	SG	Arron Afflalo	35
SG	Andre Iguodala	41	SG	Arron Afflalo	27	SG	Jared Dudley	23
SF	Paul Pierce	33	SF	Paul George	25	SF	LeBron James	57
SF	Gerald Wallace	41	SF	Paul Pierce	52	SF	J.R. Smith	36
PF	Ed Davis	19	PF	Larry Sanders	47	PF	Anthony Davis	40
PF	Jason Thompson	27	PF	David Lee	43	PF	Kenneth Faried	35
C	Marc Gasol	34	C	Nikola Vucevic	36	C	DeAndre Jordan	29
AJHOFF32			NEOGAMER			NAAPSTERMAAN
PG	Chris Paul	49	PG	Russell Westbrook	47	PG	Jameer Nelson	33
PG	Louis Williams	28	PG	Brandon Knight	33	PG	Jrue Holiday	55
SG	C.J. Miles	27	SG	Kobe Bryant	38	SG	Tony Allen	36
SG	Kobe Bryant	50	SG	Randy Foye	29	SG	Alan Anderson	26
SF	LeBron James	38	SF	Kevin Durant	54	SF	Paul George	47
SF	Bradley Beal	41	SF	Carmelo Anthony	53	SF	Kevin Durant	62
PF	Tyler Zeller	21	PF	Earl Clark	30	PF	Carlos Boozer	43
PF	Ed Davis	32	PF	Amir Johnson	30	PF	Kevin Seraphin	30
C	DeMarcus Cousins	55	C	Zaza Pachulia	17	C	Omer Asik	37
HTXSTANGS			MARIOBR1979			NOTORIOUS
PG	Brandon Knight	13	PG	Brandon Knight	41	PG	Greivis Vasquez	42
PG	Jeff Teague	40	PG	Darren Collison	33	PG	Ricky Rubio	32
SG	Dwyane Wade	44	SG	Nick Young	26	SG	James Harden	52
SG	Monta Ellis	40	SG	Andre Iguodala	40	SG	Gerald Henderson	40
SF	Kevin Durant	46	SF	LeBron James	38	SF	Paul George	44
SF	Kyle Korver	46	SF	Danilo Gallinari	33	SF	Rudy Gay	43
PF	Josh Smith	40	PF	Thaddeus Young	44	PF	Nene Hilario	37
PF	Ersan Ilyasova	38	PF	LaMarcus Aldridge	31	PF	Serge Ibaka	23
C	Emeka Okafor	23	C	Al Jefferson	38	C	Greg Monroe	48

15 teams carried by a combined 135 players earned their ticket to Vegas. Only 12 guys showed up on more than 2 rosters out of the 15:

Saturday’s NBA Schedule

Here’s a full breakdown of Saturday’s NBA action.

Notes:
1)Offense vs. Defense stats are built by combining 50% of the team’s offensive statistics with 50% of their opponents defensive stats allowed per game
2) Defense vs. Position statistics shown are for the team it corresponds to and NOT their opponent

Brooklyn at Atlanta

Brooklyn				Atlanta

7:00 pm EST				Philips Arena
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
Brooklyn	95.8	42.65	21.1	7.75	4.6	14.25	198.5
Atlanta	96.25	40.2	22.85	7.75	4.85	13.7	198.2
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
Brooklyn		Season	Last10	Atlanta		Season	Last10
Point Guard		7	22	Point Guard		24	10
Shooting Guard		6	9	Shooting Guard		15	20
Small Forward		9	13	Small Forward		13	7
Power Forward		4	8	Power Forward		14	12
Center		9	19	Center		7	13

Utah at New York

Utah				New York

7:30 pm EST				Madison Square Garden
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
Utah	97.4	42.05	21.05	7.2	5.2	14.3	199.6
New York	99.35	41.1	20.1	8.05	4.85	12.75	199.1
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
Utah		Season	Last10	New York		Season	Last10
Point Guard		21	26	Point Guard		13	30
Shooting Guard		7	10	Shooting Guard		9	15
Small Forward		6	2	Small Forward		2	6
Power Forward		26	25	Power Forward		3	10
Center		6	8	Center		5	2

Charlotte at Washington

Charlotte				Washington

8:00 pm EST				Verizon Center
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
Charlotte	94.35	42.7	20.3	7.6	5.6	13.6	197.35
Washington	97.35	44.15	23.8	7.25	6.05	14.25	206.15
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
Charlotte		Season	Last10	Washington		Season	Last10
Point Guard		19	1	Point Guard		15	25
Shooting Guard		29	12	Shooting Guard		14	24
Small Forward		30	29	Small Forward		14	1
Power Forward		30	29	Power Forward		17	18
Center		20	23	Center		21	6

New Orleans at Memphis

New Orleans				Memphis

8:00 pm EST				FedEx Forum
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
New Orleans	91.95	39.85	20.75	7.1	5.6	14.4	192.35
Memphis	95.5	41.6	22.35	8.3	5.65	13.4	200.75
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
New Orleans		Season	Last10	Memphis		Season	Last10
Point Guard		16	18	Point Guard		2	12
Shooting Guard		18	3	Shooting Guard		2	13
Small Forward		29	24	Small Forward		4	9
Power Forward		9	14	Power Forward		7	2
Center		22	16	Center		4	5

Minnesota at Denver

Minnesota				Denver

9:00 pm EST				Pepsi Center
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
Minnesota	98.5	42.55	22.65	8.25	5.8	14.75	206.55
Denver	101.7	43.25	23.3	8.6	6.35	14.65	212.8
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
Minnesota		Season	Last10	Denver		Season	Last10
Point Guard		28	21	Point Guard		23	29
Shooting Guard		27	28	Shooting Guard		12	7
Small Forward		3	14	Small Forward		27	30
Power Forward		27	15	Power Forward		12	4
Center		1	14	Center		29	11

Houston at Phoenix

Houston				Phoenix

9:00 pm EST				US Airways Center
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
Houston	103.15	43.15	22.9	8.1	4.6	15.05	209.65
Phoenix	99.15	41.6	22.45	8	5.8	14.35	205.15
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
Houston		Season	Last10	Phoenix		Season	Last10
Point Guard		22	11	Point Guard		12	14
Shooting Guard		28	26	Shooting Guard		4	17
Small Forward		25	19	Small Forward		17	16
Power Forward		24	23	Power Forward		28	17
Center		12	22	Center		24	27

Milwaukee at Golden State

Milwaukee				Golden State

10:30 pm EST				Oracle Arena
OFFENSE VS. DEFENSE AVERAGE STATS
Offense	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FPPG
Milwaukee	99.9	43.45	23.15	8.45	6.4	13.45	209.65
Golden State	100	45.45	22.75	7.5	4.2	15.25	206.85
DEFENSE VS. POSITION RANKS
Milwaukee		Season	Last10	Golden State		Season	Last10
Point Guard		8	20	Point Guard		26	16
Shooting Guard		11	16	Shooting Guard		20	19
Small Forward		15	5	Small Forward		28	18
Power Forward		15	26	Power Forward		23	30
Center		30	30	Center		19	25

FanDuel’s Saturday NBA Salaries + Lineups

Salary Steal at Each Position

Point Guard: – Raymond Felton – $5600
Shooting Guard: – Gordon Hayward – $6200
Small Forward: – Trevor Ariza – $4900 (if Beal out)
Power Forward: – Thomas Robinson – $4700
Center: – Andrew Bogut – $5200

What Could Have Been – The Team I Would Have Gone With

PG – Ty Lawson
PG – Deron Williams
SG – James Harden
SG – Gordon Hayward
SF – Danilo Gallinari
SF – Trevor Ariza
PF – Thomas Robinson
PF – Ersan Ilyasova
C – Andrew Bogut

So best of luck to all the contestants this weekend and be sure to follow our live coverage from Vegas as Cal and Cameron are out at the Palazzo interviewing finalists and covering everything DFBBC related on Saturday night!

UPDATED LINEUP – Since it’s the day of the action, here’s the lineup I’m going with (or would have gone with):

PG – Ty Lawson
PG – Brandon Jennings
SG – James Harden
SG – Ben Gordon
SF – J.R. Smith
SF – Trevor Ariza
PF – Ersan Ilyasova
PF – Ed Davis
C – Emeka Okafor