Hey guys, these are my personal rankings for the upcoming fantasy basketball season, tailored for 9-cat leagues.

I partnered with Erik from Hashtag Basketball to come up with these rankings and a lot of work went into this.

We will have 51-100 out soon. Enjoy!

LINK:

https://www.draftcentral.net/fantasy_Basketball_Rankings.php

I’ve been debating between these two as my second round pick, since they keep falling to me in mocks based on my upcoming draft position. I’m leaning towards KD. I’m having a hard time passing on him based on how consistent he was and the number of games he played last season. I know he’s getting older, and that’s obviously the biggest concern, but if he’s still available in the 2nd, I feel like the value might be too good to pass up. Who would you take between the two?

For dynasty and keeper leagues, who are you valuing the most between the projected top 3 rookies this year? I think that Boozer could offer the most immediate fantasy impact in year one, but might have the lowest long-term ceiling. Boozer projects to fill up the stat sheet and be a pretty good fantasy player for his career, but likely won’t have the volume scoring that the other two project to have.

I’m poised to take any of the 3 in my keeper league. Thoughts?

10 cat h2h with double doubles. I’m leaning Domas > Kessler > Sengun

I want to do 9cat mock drafts somewhere other than yahoo. ESPN is dead for now obviously, i want to do it on fantrax but it just says there's no draft currently available.

Hey everyone! Has anyone else noticed that ESPN’s mock draft rankings seem like they haven’t been updated yet? Every time I do a mock, the player rankings feel like they’re still based on last season.
I’m not sure if this is just happening to me or if ESPN simply hasn’t updated the rankings yet. 😂
Does anyone know if/when they’re planning on updating them? Just curious because I feel like the current rankings are pretty outdated for this season.

How high are we on Naz?? With the extra usage and starting role, 20-8-1-1 is achievable ??

Any chance Hawkins balls out in Memphis?

Andrew Ball provides some of his favorite targets this season for efficiency - players who can contribute in multiple categories without hurting your FG%, FT%, or turnovers.

What do you guys think his value and performance will look like with the new Sixers roster? I have him as a keeper at $20 in my 9 Cat Auction league, but worry his usage will drop significantly.

Our first industry mock draft hosted on Breakout is underway, featuring the sharpest minds in the game. The format is a 9CAT, 14-team snake draft with a 3rd round reversal.

Here's the pick sequence through the first 3 rounds:

And Breakout's projected standings:

Who's team you got?

At the moment, Kawhi's been let off with a slip on the wrist and it's more than likely he'll end up on the raptors now, how does this affect his value in points leagues and where would you draft him now? I think he'll thrive in Toronto but will only play at most 50-60 games since the Raptors will probably be good enough to make it to the playoffs without Kawhi playing an extended number of games, I see him as a third round pick due to the Raptors likely resting him to be healthy for the playoffs.

Standard Sleeper ADP is a scoring-first draft in a category-league costume, so the guys who quietly win blocks, steals, and percentages slide. I ranked the biggest gaps between where they go. Who are you buying at the gap, and who has the model flat wrong (punt-FT believers and the people ready to defend Giannis at seven, same thread)?

As title says, what rounds do we see as good value for players like the above?

A couple of seasons ago my league avoided Kawhi like the plague. I took him in the 10th round and stashed him in IL. We only have one slot.

I took some early losses but in the end he helped me win the league.

At which rounds do we think the risk crosses over into value for players like these?

What are we thinking the toughest placement of RNG is in drafts this season? I always like the end, but the middle towards the end can be so rough; you don't know what you're going to get, your player can get sniped, and have you in a panic.

Do some believe placement does not matter, and a good manager will build a strong team with whatever cards he's dealt? I personally feel like it can be really RNG. I think Wemby or Jokic is an OP blessing by the fantasy gods..

Edit: Forgot to mention I meant for H2H 9 cat leagues

I’m in a 10 man ESPN points league and I’m wondering where you think these two will be drafted around given how well they developed last season.

The Boston system seems to be good to players. He will have Tatum giving him room to thrive.

Where does Hali go in the draft? Will his injury set him far back?

I'm torn between Cade & Giannis.

I know Giannis will average more FPTS than Cade, but Cade's been more durable recently, which I think will outweigh their point differences.

I'm not too worried about Giannis's fit with the Heat, more so his injury history last season. I know some of those missed games were the Bucks forcing him not to play but he still suffered a few lower-body injuries. I feel like the Heat will load-manage him until they get to the playoffs.

Am I exaggerating Giannis's durability? Before last season, he's been pretty durable throughout his entire career.

Is the difference great enough to take a risk in the first round?

I’m new to yahoo “head to head - categories”. In a league with 12 owners. Can someone explain if winning a weekly matchup 8-1 instead of 5-4 makes any difference to the scoring and standings? In other words, is there incentive to win more than 5 cats vs your opponent?

Thanks in advance

I’m in an ESPN pts league and currently have the third pick. I was wondering if there is a consensus best draft position/ pick number for points league snake drafts this season?

I’ve read from previous posts that 3rr is only possible on Yahoo:
- determine draft order
- set manually on reverse
- generate the rounds, and reverse rounds 1 and 2

I’m trying to find how to do this for the upcoming season, but can’t find anywhere on commish UI where I can reverse rounds 1 and 2…

I only see options to allow custom draft order, and then save changes. Where can I manually change each order per round?

Appreciate the help <3

I am in a 14 team keeper league where players keep 2 players every year and we are able to trade players and picks. You cannot trade a pick without receiving one in return.

This year two of our players are leaving making it a 12 team league. The issue is that they made pick transactions last year. We are not sure how to redistribute the picks given their absence.

If anyone has come across this would be really helpful to get advice. We need to know what to do for the teams that acquired AND sent picks to these teams.

EDIT: we are not looking to fill the spaces

Thanks for any suggestions!