Here you will find the shallowest position in the 2012 fantasy basketball draft, as top flight centers will be in short supply this season. 2 out of the top 3 are injury risk picks that fantasy owners will have to decide if they should take a chance on in the late first/ early second round.
Want some solid sleeper picks? Check out head NBA writer Allen Sabio’s list here
Looking for the hottest sleepers at center in the 2012 draft? Scroll down a ways and click on the player names for our analysis of their upcoming season.
Our top 60+ centers for fantasy basketball 2012
| Rank | Name | Team | Position | 12 team suggested draft round |
10 team suggested draft round |
| 1 | Kevin Love | MIN | PF/C | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | LaMarcus Aldridge | POR | PF/C | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Dwight Howard | LAL | C | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Al Jefferson | UTA | PF/C | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Marc Gasol | MEM | C | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | DeMarcus Cousins | SAC | PF/C | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Pau Gasol | LAL | PF/C | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Marcin Gortat | PHO | C | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Al Horford | ATL | PF/C | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Andrew Bynum | PHI | C | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Greg Monroe | DET | C | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Roy Hibbert | IND | C | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Chris Bosh | MIA | PF/C | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Kevin Garnett | BOS | PF/C | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Serge Ibaka | OKC | PF/C | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | Amar’e Stoudemire | NYK | PF/C | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | Joakim Noah | CHI | C | 5 | 6 |
| 18 | Andrea Bargnani | TOR | PF/C | 5 | 6 |
| 19 | Glen Davis | ORL | PF/C | 6 | 7 |
| 20 | JaVale McGee | DEN | C | 6 | 7 |
| 21 | Tim Duncan | SA | PF/C | 6 | 8 |
| 22 | Tyson Chandler | NYK | C | 7 | 8 |
| 23 | Brook Lopez | BKN | C | 7 | 8 |
| 24 | Anderson Varejao | CLE | PF/C | 7 | 9 |
| 25 | Nikola Pekovic | MIN | C | 8 | 9 |
| 26 | Nene Hilario | WAS | PF/C | 8 | 10 |
| 27 | Derrick Favors | UTA | PF/C | 8 | 10 |
| 28 | Andrew Bogut | GS | C | 8 | 10 |
| 29 | Brandon Bass | BOS | PF/C | 9 | 10 |
| 30 | Chris Kaman | DAL | C | 9 | 11 |
| 31 | J.J. Hickson | POR | PF/C | 10 | 11 |
| 32 | Samuel Dalembert | MIL | C | 10 | 12 |
| 33 | Tristan Thompson | CLE | PF/C | 10 | 12 |
| 34 | Drew Gooden | MIL | PF/C | 12 | 14 |
| 35 | Marcus Camby | NYK | C | 12 | 14 |
| 36 | Nikola Vucevic | ORL | PF/C | 12 | 15 |
| 37 | Spencer Hawes | PHI | C | 12 | 15 |
| 38 | Emeka Okafor | WAS | C | 12 | 15 |
| 39 | Zaza Pachulia | ATL | C | 13 | 15 |
| 40 | DeAndre Jordan | LAC | C | 13 | 16 |
| 41 | Kendrick Perkins | OKC | C | 14 | 17 |
| 42 | Jonas Valanciunas | TOR | C | 15 | 17 |
| 43 | Ed Davis | TOR | PF/C | 15 | 17 |
| 44 | Boris Diaw | SA | PF/C | 15 | 18 |
| 45 | Bismack Biyombo | CHA | PF/C | 16 | 19 |
| 46 | Kevin Seraphin | WAS | PF/C | 16 | 19 |
| 47 | Amir Johnson | TOR | PF/C | 16 | 19 |
| 48 | Byron Mullens | CHA | PF/C | 17 | 20 |
| 49 | Brendan Haywood | CHA | C | 17 | 20 |
| 50 | Timofey Mozgov | DEN | C | 17 | 20 |
| 51 | Andray Blatche | BKN | PF/C | 17 | 21 |
| 52 | Tiago Splitter | SA | PF/C | 17 | 21 |
| 53 | Ian Mahinmi | IND | C | 17 | 21 |
| 54 | Andre Drummond | DET | PF/C | 18 | 21 |
| 55 | Enes Kanter | UTA | C | 18 | 21 |
| 56 | Kwame Brown | PHI | C | 18 | 21 |
| 57 | Chuck Hayes | SAC | PF/C | 19 | 23 |
| 58 | Marreese Speights | MEM | PF/C | 19 | 23 |
| 59 | Ekpe Udoh | MIL | PF/C | 19 | 23 |
| 60 | Omer Asik | HOU | C | 20 | 24 |
| 61 | Greg Stiemsma | MIN | C | 20 | 24 |
| 62 | Kosta Koufos | DEN | PF/C | 20 | 24 |
| 63 | Andris Biedrins | GS | C | 21 | 25 |
News and Notes about our fantasy basketball draft kit for 2012 centers.
Sleeper picks abound on this list, including guys like Jonas Valanciunas for the Toronto Raptors who will see plenty of minutes, and it will be interesting to see how his game translates to the NBA. Other players like Timofey Mozgov having been earning praise from their coaches and could end up being top waiver wire adds in season.
Kevin Love is our projected #3 overall fantasy draft pick this year, ahead of CP3. Now that Love has started hitting a high percentage of 3 point shots, we believe he fills up the stat sheet at a more shallow position, barely moving him ahead of Chris Paul.
Andrew Bynum (Photo credit: Keith Allison)
