An Interesting Fantasy Tactic: Pick Against the Warriors

I don't mean to write a lot about the Warriors, but a friend of mine introduced me to this interesting tactic when playing fantasy basketball: pick up anybody over 6-9 playing against the Warriors, the Ws will make them look like All-Stars, in essence though, it's pretty much anyone that plays the PF/C position.  I saw the line for Marc Gasol's 20 point, 16 rebound game in November, but really?  Anybody?  Well, let's go back about 10 games and see...

v Orlando Magic

Marcin Gortat: 16 points, 13 rebounds (7 offensive), 1 assist, 3 blocks on 7-13 shooting in 27:36 minutes

@ Denver Nuggets

Kenyon Martin: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block on 6-9 shooting in 24:36 minutes

Renaldo Balkman: 12 points, 6 reobounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3 blocks on 6-8 shooting in 16:43 minutes

v Houston Rockets

Luis Scola: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block on 7-12 shooting in 24:19 minutes

Carl Landry: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal on 7-10 shooting in 23:14 minutes

v Milwaukee Bucks

Charlie Villanueva: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 blocks on 3-11 shooting in 29:52 minutes

@ Oklahoma City Thunder

Nick Collison: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks on 6-10 shooting in 23:05 minutes

@ San Antonio Spurs

Matt Bonner: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal on 6-9 shooting in 19:23 minutes

Fabricio Oberto: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists on 3-5 shooting in 23:56 minutes

@ Houston Rockets

Luis Scola: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block on 4-8 shooting in 23:43 minutes

v Miami Heat

Udonis Haslem: 21 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks on 8-11 shooting in 41:40 minutes

Michael Beasley: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block on 7-15 shooting in 24:27 minutes

@ New York Knicks

David Lee: 37 points, 21 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block on 16-29 shooting in 38:31 minutes

Al Harrington: 36 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal on 13-25 shooting in 39:43 minutes

@ Cleveland Cavaliers

Zydrunas Ilgauskas: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal on 9-13 shooting in 19:25 minutes

Now these are just the big men you don't really always expect to produce a lot, I'm not counting the 33pt, 14 rbd game Yao had, or the 20pt, 13 rbds Tim Duncan had in slightly over 20 minutes of play, nor the 41 pt, 10 rbds monster game Kevin Durant had.  

I don't know what it is, but GSW really makes power forwards and centers look like efficiency monsters.  Seriously, only 3 players on the list played over 30 minutes (Haslem, Lee, Harrington) but their stats reflect it too.  Combined, the three had 94 points, 46 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 blocks on 37-65 (56%) shooting.  So arguably, a run of the mill PF or C, of a starting caliber, should average about 30 points, 15 rebounds, 1-2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block on about 55-60% shooting in about 36 minutes of play.  I'm not a Warriors hatere, but the strategy seems to work.