Fantasy Basketball Start and Sit: Week 3 Top 150 rankings

It's not time to worry about struggling stars like Klay Thompson, Chris Towers says in his Week 3 preview.

Editor's Note: Every week, we will release the Top 150 players based on their projections for that scoring period. Use this list to compare players and help make those really tough decisions.

The schedule offers no easy answers this week. The first two weeks of the season featured enough scheduling quirks -- the Spurs playing twice as many games as most of the league in Week 1, or the Kings playing five games in Week 2 -- that a lot of your lineup decisions were made for you.

That isn't really the case in Week 3 (Nov. 7-13). No team has five games this week, while about half of the league plays four games. The only things of note on the schedule are that the Bucks and Mavericks play just two games. You can still easily play Giannis Antetokounmpo this week, but guys like Greg Monroe, Jabari Parker, Wesley Matthews, Harrison Barnes and Dirk Nowitzki are probably worth leaving on your bench for better options.

Beyond that, there isn't much to look at. The Rockets play the Spurs twice, but play at such a hectic pace that it isn't likely to affect them too much. The Pelicans have a nice schedule filled with what should be some very fast-paced games, and the Warriors have a fantastic schedule on the way, so they should get nice bumps in value.

So, if the schedule can't tell us much this week, we can talk about other things. Specifically, whether or not, after two weeks and about five games per team, you should be starting to panic. In short, you should not.

To go a bit deeper in that, it probably all depends on who is struggling and, more importantly, how they are struggling. Take those Warriors, for instance; you might not be viewing Klay Thompson as the must-start guy you thought he would be coming into the season. His scoring has dipped to 15.8 points per game, the lowest it has been since he was a rookie, despite actually seeing an increase in playing time. Thompson isn't a scoring-only player, but he doesn't exactly fill the box score up, especially when he is contributing just 1.5 3-pointers per game.

However, you absolutely should not be panicking about Thompson. In fact, it would be crazy to even think about sitting him this week. The Warriors have some great matchups, and Thompson is likely going to go off soon. His usage rate is down from last season, predictably, but thanks to the increase in minutes and an even more frantic offensive pace for the Warriors, his shots per game are down to just 16.5, less than one shot fewer than last season.

The problem is, Thompson can't hit. He is shooting just 38.4 percent from the field and an abysmal 19.6 percent on 3-pointers. Considering that his worst six-game stretch of last season still saw him connect on 28.4 percent of his 3-pointers, this is, well and truly, a deep slump for Thompson. But it probably isn't anything more than that.

You don't want to overreact to a poor shooting stretch with a player as established as Thompson, and that probably goes for the likes of Marvin Williams, Jeff Teague, Derrick Favors, Brandon Knight, or Dirk Nowitzki, among others. As long as the minutes are still where you expect them to be, the shots should start falling.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't be worried about anyone you drafted. Nikola Jokic's minutes have fluctuated wildly, and he has lost playing time to Jusuf Nurkic on many nights early this season. The Nets clearly aren't ready to play Brook Lopez on back-to-backs, or allow him to go much beyond 29 minutes, which could make it tough to trust him, and the same goes for Jahlil Okafor. If you drafted these players, being worried about them isn't an overreaction, even if dropping them might be.

We're still early in the season. A lot of the differences between what we've seen so far and what we expected can still be chalked up to randomness so far. That will be less and less true as the season goes on but, in Week 3, I would say your starting lineup should look a lot like you expected it to coming into the season.

Week 3 Schedule Breakdown

4 Games: CHA, CHI, DEN, DET, GS, IND, LAC, LAL, MIN, NO, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHO, POR, UTA, WAS
3 Games: ATL, BKN, BOS, CLE, HOU, MIA, NY, SAC, SA, TOR
2 Games: DAL, MEM, MIL

Week 3 Sportsline Projections
Rank	Name	G	3PM	RPG	APG	SPG	TOPG	BPG	PPG	FPTS
1	Russell Westbrook, PG, OKC	4	5.2	8.8	9.9	1.8	4.7	0.3	26.6	209.7
2	Kevin Durant, SF, GS	4	12.1	8.6	4.6	1.3	2.5	1.4	28.6	186.4
3	Chris Paul, PG, LAC	4	6.7	4.7	9.3	2.6	2.0	0.2	19.8	175.7
4	Stephen Curry, PG, GS	4	15.9	5.2	6.3	1.7	2.7	0.2	26.0	172.4
5	Damian Lillard, PG, POR	4	12.8	5.0	6.1	1.0	3.1	0.3	27.3	171.0
6	John Wall, PG, WAS	4	4.5	5.2	9.9	2.0	4.1	0.7	18.9	170.0
7	Anthony Davis, PF, NO	4	1.5	10.6	2.5	1.6	2.7	1.8	25.9	168.5
8	Karl-Anthony Towns, C, MIN	4	3.3	11.1	3.3	1.0	2.7	1.4	22.5	159.0
9	Blake Griffin, PF, LAC	4	0.9	8.8	4.6	1.2	2.0	0.7	21.4	156.4
10	James Harden, SG, HOU	3	8.7	6.0	9.2	1.7	4.7	0.5	29.4	154.0
11	Paul George, SF, IND	4	10.3	7.8	4.0	1.9	3.2	0.4	22.4	149.4
12	DeMarcus Cousins, C, SAC	3	2.4	12.3	4.2	1.7	3.3	1.4	28.4	146.5
13	LeBron James, SF, CLE	3	4.2	8.2	7.8	1.3	3.3	0.7	25.3	143.2
14	Draymond Green, PF, GS	4	4.8	10.5	5.4	1.6	2.0	1.7	12.9	141.5
15	Kemba Walker, PG, CHA	4	8.8	3.8	4.9	1.5	2.2	0.4	21.8	140.5
16	Jimmy Butler, SG, CHI	4	5.1	6.0	3.4	1.5	1.6	0.5	20.5	134.3
17	CJ McCollum, SG, POR	4	10.7	4.0	3.7	1.3	2.6	0.4	22.7	132.6
18	Nikola Vucevic, C, ORL	4	0.0	9.7	2.6	1.0	1.7	0.7	17.9	130.8
19	Eric Bledsoe, PG, PHO	4	4.3	5.1	5.8	1.5	3.2	0.4	16.7	128.7
20	Dwyane Wade, SG, CHI	4	3.1	4.8	4.4	1.0	2.9	0.5	19.9	128.1
21	Gordon Hayward, SF, UTA	4	6.4	5.5	3.8	1.4	2.7	0.4	19.6	127.2
22	Elfrid Payton, PG, ORL	4	1.4	4.0	7.6	1.7	2.4	0.4	11.6	121.6
23	Rajon Rondo, PG, CHI	4	2.1	6.5	7.9	1.2	3.2	0.2	9.2	119.2
24	Klay Thompson, SG, GS	4	11.5	4.0	2.4	0.9	1.5	0.8	20.7	118.0
25	Nikola Jokic, PF, DEN	4	1.9	8.7	3.6	1.3	2.0	0.7	13.7	117.7
26	D'Angelo Russell, PG, LAL	4	8.7	3.5	5.0	1.2	3.2	0.3	17.2	116.1
27	Andre Drummond, C, DET	4	0.0	12.2	1.0	1.2	1.9	1.4	14.1	116.0
28	Kris Dunn, PG, MIN	4	4.4	3.4	6.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	12.5	114.1
29	DeAndre Jordan, C, LAC	4	0.0	13.8	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	10.8	113.6
30	Kawhi Leonard, SF, SA	3	4.7	6.8	3.5	2.3	1.7	0.8	22.4	112.8
31	Jeff Teague, PG, IND	4	3.2	3.3	6.0	1.5	2.6	0.3	13.5	111.6
32	Kyrie Irving, PG, CLE	3	7.4	3.3	5.3	1.1	2.5	0.4	24.3	111.5
33	Derrick Favors, PF, UTA	4	0.0	8.5	1.4	1.1	1.6	1.4	15.7	111.1
34	Nicolas Batum, SF, CHA	4	6.8	5.9	4.8	1.0	2.3	0.6	12.9	110.1
35	Isaiah Thomas, PG, BOS	3	6.5	3.1	6.7	1.2	2.7	0.1	21.6	110.0
36	Andrew Wiggins, SF, MIN	4	3.6	4.0	2.3	0.8	2.3	0.5	19.7	109.3
37	Victor Oladipo, SG, OKC	4	4.8	5.1	3.2	1.2	2.3	0.6	16.1	108.0
38	Ish Smith, PG, DET	4	2.2	3.1	6.7	1.0	2.4	0.1	11.6	106.7
39	Kyle Lowry, PG, TOR	3	6.8	4.8	6.2	1.9	2.8	0.4	18.7	106.5
40	Monta Ellis, SG, IND	4	3.3	3.4	4.8	1.9	2.3	0.4	13.7	106.3
41	Tobias Harris, SF, DET	4	5.7	6.0	2.0	1.0	1.9	0.5	16.8	105.5
42	Bradley Beal, SG, WAS	4	7.8	3.6	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.4	17.0	103.5
43	Julius Randle, PF, LAL	4	0.7	9.7	2.2	0.8	2.3	0.6	12.6	103.5
44	Evan Fournier, SF, ORL	4	8.7	2.9	3.0	1.2	1.6	0.0	17.4	103.2
45	Myles Turner, PF, IND	4	0.8	8.7	1.0	0.6	1.3	2.0	13.7	103.1
46	DeMar DeRozan, SG, TOR	3	1.3	4.8	3.6	1.2	2.3	0.2	23.2	102.8
47	Carmelo Anthony, SF, NY	3	4.4	7.6	3.0	0.9	2.4	0.5	21.6	102.8
48	George Hill, PG, UTA	4	6.4	4.2	3.6	1.1	1.5	0.3	14.2	102.1
49	Marcin Gortat, C, WAS	4	0.0	10.3	1.3	0.7	1.4	1.1	12.3	102.0
50	LaMarcus Aldridge, PF, SA	3	0.7	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.4	1.1	20.8	101.4
51	Emmanuel Mudiay, PG, DEN	4	3.5	4.0	5.2	1.2	3.3	0.4	12.4	100.7
52	Brandon Knight, SG, PHO	4	6.9	3.2	4.0	1.0	2.7	0.2	15.4	100.0
53	Paul Millsap, PF, ATL	3	3.3	8.3	3.6	1.9	2.3	1.2	16.8	99.2
54	Hassan Whiteside, C, MIA	3	0.0	12.6	0.6	0.8	1.9	3.1	17.2	98.9
55	Rudy Gay, SF, SAC	3	3.7	6.2	3.1	1.5	1.7	0.8	19.8	98.6
56	Markieff Morris, PF, WAS	4	3.0	6.3	2.3	1.2	1.9	0.5	13.8	97.7
57	Dennis Schroder, PG, ATL	3	4.2	3.6	7.0	1.2	3.1	0.1	16.8	97.6
58	Al Horford, C, BOS	3	1.8	8.5	3.6	0.9	1.4	1.4	15.9	97.6
59	Thaddeus Young, SF, IND	4	1.7	7.6	2.1	1.6	1.4	0.4	11.8	97.1
60	T.J. McConnell, PG, PHI	4	1.9	4.1	7.0	1.9	3.2	0.1	7.3	96.7
61	Rudy Gobert, C, UTA	4	0.0	11.4	1.4	0.7	1.7	2.2	8.9	96.6
62	Joel Embiid, C, PHI	4	3.0	7.7	1.5	0.8	3.0	2.3	13.0	95.3
63	Zach LaVine, SG, MIN	4	7.3	3.2	3.7	0.8	2.1	0.1	14.4	95.0
64	Darren Collison, PG, SAC	3	4.5	2.9	6.1	1.5	1.8	0.2	16.6	94.6
65	Goran Dragic, PG, MIA	3	4.3	3.9	5.8	1.0	2.3	0.3	16.5	92.8
66	Kevin Love, PF, CLE	3	6.0	9.8	2.1	0.7	1.6	0.6	17.0	92.8
67	Devin Booker, SG, PHO	4	5.6	2.7	2.8	0.6	2.5	0.3	16.4	92.4
68	Gorgui Dieng, PF, MIN	4	0.0	8.1	2.2	1.1	1.8	1.2	9.8	91.4
69	Danilo Gallinari, SF, DEN	4	6.4	4.0	2.0	0.7	1.1	0.3	14.9	91.2
70	Joe Johnson, SF, UTA	4	6.2	4.6	3.1	0.8	1.6	0.1	12.6	90.8
71	Evan Turner, SF, POR	4	2.0	5.8	4.1	0.7	2.4	0.3	10.1	90.4
72	Dwight Howard, C, ATL	3	0.0	11.1	1.6	1.0	2.2	1.8	15.3	90.1
73	T.J. Warren, SF, PHO	4	2.4	4.2	1.0	1.4	0.9	0.4	15.4	90.0
74	Aaron Gordon, PF, ORL	4	3.0	6.5	2.0	1.4	1.2	0.7	10.9	89.2
75	Tim Frazier, PG, NO	4	2.5	2.5	6.0	0.9	2.3	0.1	9.0	88.7
76	Brook Lopez, C, BKN	3	1.0	7.7	1.4	0.7	2.3	1.4	19.4	88.5
77	Steven Adams, C, OKC	4	0.0	9.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.2	10.4	87.8
78	Zaza Pachulia, C, GS	4	0.0	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	0.5	7.7	86.7
79	Otto Porter, SF, WAS	4	4.2	5.9	1.5	1.2	1.0	0.4	12.2	86.6
80	Marcus Morris, PF, DET	4	5.9	4.5	2.2	0.8	1.4	0.2	13.0	86.2
81	Mason Plumlee, C, POR	4	0.0	7.6	2.4	0.8	1.7	0.9	9.1	86.1
82	Serge Ibaka, PF, ORL	4	4.2	5.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.4	13.3	86.0
83	Luol Deng, SF, LAL	4	5.2	5.6	1.9	1.0	1.3	0.4	12.1	85.9
84	Kenneth Faried, PF, DEN	4	0.0	7.5	1.2	0.7	1.4	0.8	11.0	84.1
85	Kristaps Porzingis, PF, NY	3	4.7	8.0	1.2	0.7	1.5	1.9	16.5	83.8
86	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, SF, CHA	4	0.0	7.5	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.8	10.4	83.3
87	Jonas Valanciunas, C, TOR	3	0.0	11.1	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	14.4	83.2
88	Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF, MIL	2	0.9	7.9	5.9	1.4	2.8	1.3	21.7	82.6
89	Wilson Chandler, PF, DEN	4	5.3	5.4	1.6	0.6	1.4	0.4	12.5	82.6
90	Rodney Hood, SG, UTA	4	6.4	3.8	2.0	0.9	1.3	0.2	12.8	81.6
91	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, SG, DET	4	6.7	3.1	1.8	1.5	1.4	0.2	13.3	81.0
92	Al Jefferson, C, IND	4	0.0	7.0	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.7	10.0	80.7
93	Will Barton, SG, DEN	4	3.3	4.3	2.3	0.7	1.3	0.4	11.2	79.5
94	Tyson Chandler, C, PHO	4	0.0	10.1	0.9	0.5	1.4	0.8	8.0	79.2
95	Pau Gasol, C, SA	3	0.7	7.7	2.9	0.4	1.4	1.4	12.4	79.2
96	Enes Kanter, C, OKC	4	0.5	8.1	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.4	11.6	79.2
97	Lou Williams, SG, LAL	4	6.2	1.7	2.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	13.3	78.7
98	Derrick Rose, PG, NY	3	2.6	3.8	4.0	0.7	2.6	0.4	15.9	78.7
99	Jordan Clarkson, PG, LAL	4	3.8	2.8	2.5	1.0	1.8	0.2	12.3	78.5
100	Avery Bradley, SG, BOS	3	6.6	4.5	2.5	1.3	1.6	0.2	16.3	77.4
101	Marvin Williams, PF, CHA	4	7.1	5.8	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.7	10.1	77.4
102	Taj Gibson, PF, CHI	4	0.0	7.1	1.1	0.6	1.3	1.1	9.6	77.3
103	Sean Kilpatrick, SG, BKN	3	6.3	4.0	2.2	1.0	1.9	0.1	18.1	76.9
104	E'Twaun Moore, SG, NO	4	5.0	2.3	2.9	1.2	1.8	0.3	11.4	76.9
105	Al-Farouq Aminu, SF, POR	4	5.5	6.9	1.5	1.0	1.4	0.8	8.9	76.2
106	Robin Lopez, C, CHI	4	0.0	6.9	1.1	0.2	1.4	1.7	9.4	76.1
107	Joakim Noah, C, NY	3	0.0	10.0	4.2	0.7	1.7	1.1	6.2	73.9
108	JJ Redick, SG, LAC	4	8.5	2.1	1.3	0.7	1.1	0.1	13.9	72.9
109	Cody Zeller, C, CHA	4	0.0	5.5	1.3	0.7	1.0	0.9	9.3	71.9
110	Jusuf Nurkic, C, DEN	4	0.0	6.0	1.2	0.7	1.3	1.4	8.8	71.9
111	Terrence Jones, PF, NO	4	1.5	4.9	1.5	0.5	1.4	0.7	10.0	70.9
112	Andre Iguodala, SF, GS	4	3.4	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.9	0.3	7.3	70.4
113	Justise Winslow, SF, MIA	3	2.2	5.6	3.1	1.2	1.8	0.4	11.6	69.8
114	Nikola Mirotic, PF, CHI	4	6.0	5.3	1.1	0.5	1.3	0.7	9.9	69.0
115	Eric Gordon, SG, HOU	3	8.2	2.7	2.9	1.1	2.1	0.2	14.8	67.9
116	Ed Davis, PF, POR	4	0.0	7.5	1.1	0.6	0.8	0.9	6.4	67.1
117	Isaiah Whitehead, SG, BKN	3	3.5	3.4	4.9	1.0	3.2	0.2	11.1	67.1
118	Robert Covington, SF, PHI	4	8.3	4.6	1.2	1.4	2.0	0.5	9.9	66.8
119	C.J. Miles, SG, IND	4	7.0	3.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.4	10.9	66.7
120	Dario Saric, SF, PHI	4	3.0	5.2	1.4	0.7	1.9	0.6	9.2	65.9
121	Timofey Mozgov, C, LAL	4	0.0	5.9	0.7	0.4	1.6	1.3	9.1	65.4
122	Deron Williams, PG, DAL	2	4.4	3.1	7.0	0.9	2.5	0.2	16.4	64.1
123	Alex Len, C, PHO	4	0.0	6.3	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.1	7.6	63.4
124	Marc Gasol, C, MEM	2	1.3	7.3	3.6	0.9	2.2	1.5	17.0	63.1
125	Marcus Smart, PG, BOS	3	4.4	4.2	3.5	1.6	1.7	0.5	9.4	63.0
126	Ryan Anderson, PF, HOU	3	6.8	5.4	0.9	0.6	1.3	0.3	14.1	63.0
127	Tyler Johnson, SG, MIA	3	3.9	3.4	2.3	1.2	1.1	0.5	12.4	62.9
128	Sergio Rodriguez, PG, PHI	4	4.7	2.2	3.6	0.5	2.1	0.2	7.5	62.0
129	Frank Kaminsky, PF, CHA	4	3.8	4.2	1.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	8.5	61.8
130	Jerami Grant, SF, OKC	4	1.4	4.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	1.2	8.1	61.1
131	Gerald Henderson, SG, PHI	4	3.0	3.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	0.3	9.3	60.8
132	Brandon Ingram, SF, LAL	4	4.2	3.4	1.5	0.7	1.1	0.3	8.7	60.0
133	Amir Johnson, PF, BOS	3	0.9	6.8	2.1	0.8	1.4	1.1	8.5	59.8
134	Clint N'Dumba-Capela, C, HOU	3	0.0	8.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.6	8.5	59.4
135	Manu Ginobili, SG, SA	3	3.5	3.1	4.0	1.1	1.9	0.3	9.3	59.4
136	Jamal Crawford, SG, LAC	4	4.0	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.1	10.1	59.3
137	J.R. Smith, SG, CLE	3	8.0	3.2	2.0	1.1	0.8	0.3	12.0	59.1
138	Trey Burke, PG, WAS	4	4.0	1.7	2.6	0.5	1.1	0.1	8.2	58.8
139	Jeff Green, PF, ORL	4	3.7	3.0	1.2	0.5	0.9	0.4	9.4	58.7
140	Trevor Ariza, SF, HOU	3	5.5	4.5	2.1	1.7	1.2	0.2	10.1	58.4
141	Matt Barnes, SF, SAC	3	4.6	5.2	2.4	1.1	1.5	0.6	9.2	58.2
142	Domantas Sabonis, PF, OKC	4	1.4	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.9	0.8	7.4	58.1
143	Solomon Hill, SF, NO	4	3.6	3.3	2.2	0.9	1.3	0.2	7.2	58.0
144	Tristan Thompson, C, CLE	3	0.0	9.3	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.8	8.0	57.8
145	Langston Galloway, PG, NO	4	4.5	2.6	2.2	0.8	0.8	0.1	7.4	57.8
146	Allen Crabbe, SG, POR	4	5.0	2.5	1.5	0.7	0.8	0.2	8.9	57.8
147	Arron Afflalo, SG, SAC	3	3.7	3.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	0.1	12.2	57.6
148	Mike Conley, PG, MEM	2	3.6	2.7	5.6	1.1	2.2	0.3	15.9	57.6
149	Jahlil Okafor, C, PHI	4	0.0	4.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	0.6	9.5	57.6
150	Kyle Korver, SG, ATL	3	7.9	3.4	2.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	10.9	57.2