Fantasy Basketball Power Rankings - Mid-February - All Players

With the trade deadline fast approaching, NBA basketball teams are actively seeking to improve their squads. You should be doing the same with your fantasy basketball team. It's at this point in the year that you could get a player on the rise that may be underrated by a few fantasy basketball managers in your league. Especially since you're going by my ranking system. Many fantasy GMs out there are lured in by points, rebounds and assists, and ignore the other stats that are so essential to a fantasy basketball team like true shooting percentage, 3 pointers, turnovers, and steals. Rest assure, I've got your basis covered in this edition of the Fantasy Basketball Player Power Rankings for the entire NBA.

LeBron James - (30.2 ppg, 7.9 reb, 7.9 ast, 2.1 stl) - Lebron James is up in every major statistical category except rebounds since the last edition of the fantasy basketball rankings. He is clearly taking over for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and with no apparent help on the way, it seems as if he will have to shoulder the load for the rest of the season. It is quite possible that LeBron could average 30, 8, and 8 at season's end. If that is indeed the case, that will officially make this one of the single most statistically prolific seasons by a player in quite sometime. And stats are all that matter in fantasy basketball.

Chris Paul - (20.8 pts, 4.0 reb, 10.8 ast, 2.6 stl, 4.0 a/t) - Just look at him and tell me he is not the best point guard in the NBA. You can point to Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Tony Parker and Chauncey Billups all you want, but when you are talking about pure, raw, talent that has displayed itself in a winning fashion on the court, the buck stops with Chris Paul. Just look at those stats above. And look at the line he had against Steve Nash the other night; 42 points, 8 assists and 9 steals! Paul can do it all! He can probably even get an assist on that pathetic slogan I just came up with.