By Andrew Bohardt

On the flip side of our Championship Dozen, which tracks 12 players likely to see increased opportunities down the stretch, The Tanking Ten discusses 10 players with less promising futures.

PF Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics
It should be no surprise to see Garnett on this list considering the Celtics’ stranglehold on the Eastern Conference and the number of scrapes and bruises he suffered this season. Garnett’s rebounding and assist totals had dipped since he arrived in Boston, especially over the past 10 games. With less to play for - Boston has clinched the East’s No. 1 seed - there has been less reason to subject Garnett to any additional strain. In fantasy, that’s going to mean heavily reduced minutes and less production across the board.

PG Baron Davis, Golden State Warriors
Currently sitting ninth in the West, the Warriors need Davis to bring his A-game every night. For the most part, he is still doing just that, but some of his crucial rotisserie numbers are down. Davis has hit only 40 percent of his shots this month, and his assists per game are also down as he has taken more of a scoring role and become less of a facilitator.

PF Rasheed Wallace, Detroit Pistons
Wallace’s drop off in production is mostly due to coach Flip Saunders’ decision to rest his top players, but the big man has scored in single digits in three of his last four games. His outside shot appears to be off as well; Wallace is 3-of-15 from 3-point range in his last four games. Again, this is mostly the doing of Saunders, who has also rested Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton (when healthy) in preparation for the postseason.

SF Grant Hill, Phoenix Suns
Hill recently returned from groin and thumb injuries and has played a couple of solid games, but the veteran only averaged 9.4 points per game in March. Not surprisingly, his free throw and 3-point percentages were down during that 16-game stretch. It’s always difficult to tell what you will get out of Hill because of nagging injuries and the presence of Leandro Barbosa, so these recent struggles were to be expected.

SF Wally Szczerbiak, Cleveland Cavaliers
Many Cavaliers’ fans were hoping the Szczerbiak acquisition would take some of the scoring pressure off LeBron James, but Szczerbiak has been terrible. In his last 18 games, Szczerbiak is averaging a putrid 7.6 points per game and shooting under 35 percent from 3-point range. His minutes have obviously nosedived, but the Cavaliers are going to need him to produce in the playoffs to have any chance of escaping the likes of Boston, Detroit or Orlando with wins.

PF Al Jefferson, Minnesota Timberwolves
Jefferson is hitting a wall in his first full season as a starter, and though his minutes and production haven’t tumbled, there has been one glaring difference in his stat line. As fatigue has set in, he has done less battling on the boards and seen his rebounding average go from 12.1 before the All-Star break to 9.5 in 26 games after. His 40-point effort at Charlotte on Tuesday is evidence of his immense ability - tired or not - but his overall line, which relied heavily upon scoring and rebounding numbers, hasn’t been the same in the second half.

PG Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics
Rondo now has two things working against him for the Celtics’ final stretch of regular season games. First, he has played less than 30 minutes in 12 of 16 games since the arrival of veteran Sam Cassell. Second, Boston has been cruising since the All-Star break and resting its regulars as often as possible. Rondo has still been solid, largely because of a quality steals total (1.7 spg, 5th among PGs), but is having a harder time clicking in all facets of his game.

PG Beno Udrih, Sacramento Kings
Udrih went on an immediate hot streak when Mike Bibby was traded to Atlanta, then began having back problems and missed 10 of the next 11 games. He gave and then took right away from fantasy owners by averaging 21.6 points and 6.6 assists over a quick seven-game span after the Bibby trade. Udrih has since been removed from most fantasy owners’ end-of-season strategy, but the restricted free agent’s back woes could have an impact on negotiations between he and the Kings this offseason.

PF Jermaine O’Neal, Indiana Pacers
O’Neal’s return to the Pacers’ lineup has meant more to their playoff aspirations (they’re 2 games back of Atlanta for the No. 8 seed) than it has to those of fantasy owners. He’s rusty on the offensive end and limited to about 20 minutes per night, so he hasn’t been a worthwhile addition to fantasy lineups. Indiana, on the other hand, is 4-1 since his return and still alive for a postseason berth.

SG Daniel Gibson, Cleveland Cavaliers
Gibson was among the NBA’s most prolific 3-point shooters before spraining his ankle in mid-February and sitting out the next five weeks. The injury ended up being less troubling to his current state than the Cavs’ deadline trade to obtain Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West. He went from Cleveland’s lone perimeter threat to one of four with Szczerbiak and West in the picture and improved play from point guard Damon Jones. He has averaged 2.6 points on 20.8 percent shooting in five games back.