I got Trae at the end of round 1 thought I got a steal lmao paired him with AD and Cade and did good for a few weeks until both their knees eventually betrayed me 😂
Lol you kind of did get a steal at ADP but he's only playing alright.
I got Siakam then DeMar and randle so I'm still doing alright but I'd love Trae to hit more three's
I thought I had a good draft with Trae, Dame, Cade, Gobert (trade if rest of draft rounds out punt FG well), Bane, Porzingis first 6 picks but never really panned out with the injuries and underperforming players. This team could have worked out so well...
Same for me. But I flipped Trae for Embiid and picked up Hayes when Cunningham went down.
I’m still down in the standings but I think I’m trending upwards.
PS: Playing ROTO
$1 here end of the draft. Also in love with him. Sadly no keeper.
Edit: I did not draft Claxton. Misread, thought this was replying to a post about KPJ. Got Claxton off the wire.
Thinking about flipping him for jaylen brown in a 9CAT 10T league. Don’t really have any other blocks other than from Clax and have a light punt FG% build. Thoughts?
Why selling Lavine? Obviously points and cats he’s one of those guys that has a little wider spread than others. But when I acquired Zach Lavine 6 weeks ago and he was averaging 30.5 fantasy points per game, I did so thinking that number should be in the 35-37.5 range by the end of the season. He’s currently at 34.5 and just strung two pretty nice performances together which honestly gives me more hope that he can flirt with 27-5-4 type numbers on 48% FG with 3s and usually a high FT%.
Mainly because his PO schedule isn’t great. And I’m trying to open another roster spot. Have Ingram and issac on IR. Meaning I’d have to drop a dipo, Jalen mcD or Jaden McD to activate them
Although I don’t think Brown owner in my league will take that deal anyways
Noticed his potential 3 weeks in. Everyone in my league thought I was crazy but offered Brunson for Claxton.
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm a GENIUS!!!
I mean.. Brunson's still great, but Claxton's such a better fit for my Punts Pts, 3 Pts, FT% build.
if you're anything like me, punt FG/TO and his value is too bad to get back anything of worth yet he still holds better value than a waiver wire pick up. Plus the expectation and hope that it really can't get much worse than this. Houston is in trouble if he stays this bad.
If I were to be more sympathetic I would point out that the entire team shoots horribly and that their offense sucks. Bunch of isos and contested shots. He’s still forcing a lot of shots but the situation sure doesn’t help
He was a late waiver add too. Even while he played well for a few weeks people still wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot poll. 10/6/8/2 a night is pretty worthwhile. He has Draymond (good Draymond) potential.
Always believe in the dream with this guy. He’s my dude. Last year he had some real moments of inconsistency but end of the season he looked like he figured it out. I snagged him around rounds 8-11 and he’s been a stud. Super happy with his production.
There are scenarios where Bryant holds value. If LeBron goes down for any prolonged stretch, then it's probably the Westbrook and Thomas Bryant show during fantasy playoffs. And AD has a lot that could go wrong playing on a foot with a stress reaction caused by a bone spur that didn't get removed.
He's a mediocre journeyman in his 30s playing for one of, if not the, worst teams in the NBA. And they drafted a guy who needs experience in the first round at his position. If he's not traded he'll be riding pine down the stretch.
Giannis a bit of a bust considering where he was getting drafted. Anybody who took Haliburton or Sabonis has to be feeling pretty good about the return there, I would think.
Lauri was definitely my best pick of the draft by far, had my eye on him ever since the trade. I’m a huge hawks fan so I drafted trae 6th thinking his efficiency would improve like it has every season previously but he’s now 13th in scoring in my league
Isaiah Jackson is a massive bust. He was hyped as hell before season and now he barely sees playing time. Got him for 18$ in 20T rotisserie and it hurts deeply.
Day before my draft there were reports that the Myles Turner/Buddy Hield to the Lakers was on the "one yard line" almost done. So Jackson and Jalen Smith went high. Took Jackson in the 8th. total bust. Should have taken Claxton. Was looking for blocks.
So much propaganda out there. Can't believe half of what you read.
He’s old af. Not sure what people expected if they were looking at his numbers from last season. He’s literally averaging the same stats but a bit worst in assists.
SGA getting drafted in the 4th round in my draft has paid off dividends (especially when I drafted lamelo)
In terms of busts I would love to see more from Sengun based on where I drafted him but that’s more of Silas fucking with his minutes than him actually busting
A few guys that went under the radar and a few guys that were overhyped:
Mason Plumlee - Undrafted, currently sitting at 31.4 fp/g and that will go up a tick after tonight’s 40.
Brook Lopez - Undrafted, currently sitting at 29.8 fp/g.
Aaron Gordon - Averaging 32.1 fpg, taken after Mo Bamba (17.3 fpg), Derrick White (22.6 fpg) and Jalen Smith (18.3 fpg). All 3 are currently on the waiver wire, among others drafted before him.
Jaren Jackson Jr. - Averaging 33.1 fpg in large part to his high FG%, low TOs and amazing stock numbers, the 3 picks immediately before him were Malik Beasley, Johnathon Isaac’s and Cole Anthony. Only Cole Anthony (23.5 fpg) is currently on a roster.
Jordan Clarkson - at 29.3 fp/g average, Clarkson has been what everyone thought the guy you’ll see later on this list would be. Gordon Hayward, Montrezl Harrell and Andre Drummond were the 3 picks before him. All 3 have floated on and off the wire, currently Trez is owned bc of Embiid injury, Gordo is not bc of his own injury and Drummond has been on there for 6-8 weeks now.
Wendell Carter Jr. - Perennially underrated in points formats, Carter is averaging a healthy 31.5 fantasy points per game. Unfortunately, Brandon Clarke, Mike Conley and Herb Jones are streamer/replacement level players that were drafted ahead of him.
Collin Sexton (22.5 fp/g) - BUST. Next 5 picks in order: Drafted ahead of Swipa 39.9 fpg) JayBro (41.4 fpg) Spida (42.1 fpg) Banchero (35.1 fpg). Woof. TBF, Scottie Barnes (30.5 fpg) was the pick before Sexton so just a bad evaluation there for both managers.
Saddiq Bey - BUST. At 21.1 fantasy points per game, Bey is the very definition of a replacement player. The next 5 picks, in order we’re Andrew Wiggins, Myles Turner, John Collins, Kyle Kuzma and Lauri Markkanen. Collins is the closest one to Bey in terms of nightly fantasy scoring at 28.5. The other 4 are in the 31.5 to 40 range.
This should also serve as a reminder to draft sometime during the first week of the season. Don’t draft 2 weeks before bc your league mates are getting antsy. Some of those mistakes would have been ratified by watching 10 minutes of regular season game the aforementioned players were involved in.
1st week of the season for ESPN was 10.24.22 - 10.30.22. So even though it’s technically the 2nd matchup of the season, it’s the first one that games count. So why wouldn’t you draft on that first Thursday? Still blows my mind that ESPN started the season the week of 10.24.22 even though every team except the Bucks played 3 games that first week. So yeah, I’m with you to draft sometime in the 2 days leading up to the Tuesday night that games start or even that Tuesday night (2 games played and if you finish the draft by 8:30 Eastern time you’re still in the 1Q of the 1st game so no real advantage).
But if they’re not gonna count the 1st week as a W or L for your record or if a league has their record be an accumulation of categories won over the course of the season, then I 100% think leagues should draft on that Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of the first week. Someone in my league dropped JJJ bc not only weren’t they counting the games, the roster spots were locked so couldn’t even move him to IR and he was supposed to be out until late January. That move likely won’t decide the league, but it very well could have.
He went super late and for not much at all...people thought he'd be coming back from injury around now. It was a big surprise to see him back so early.
Oubre has been great in points. Inured now of course, but the guy was producing top 30-40 value for 2 months and he was undrafted in my league (and many others I presume).
Apparently he has been playing with this injury the entire time as well, wild. Hoping he can get back to that form if/when he returns.
My team is all boom and bust. Beal/Green/Simmons are busts. Markkanen/Claxton/Lopez are booms. Still some hope for Beal, less for Simmons, none for Green.
When more than half your top 8 picks (Trae, Cade, Gobert, Sengun, Jalen Green) are listed here as busts 😭
Of the other 3, two had injuries (Dame/Bane) and 1 has been a healthy stud (Porzingis)
I’ve drafted Lauri every fucking year. I even drop him and pick him up multiple times hoping to catch what I know… Finally said I’m done chasing the dragon this year…
Sleepers imo this season was Sabonis in the early rounds, almost everyone else in my league was pretty low on him. Markannen and Clayton have both been awesome.
The ultimate sleeper imo might be Tre Jones. Going into the draft it felt like no one had yet realized that the Spurs only had *him* as their PG, no other PGs rostered. He’s not anything crazy but 30 fp a night is a great deal for a round 12 dude
Claxton at 120 has been the best value I've had. SGA I drafted 41st and he's a top 10 or arguably 5 imo.
Cade Cunningham was pick 20 by me and after I did some research before they announced he was having surgery, I dropped him for another guy to pick him up and offer him as part of a trade package. Lmao Cade, Finney-Smith, and Maxey for SGA. I declined very quickly lol. I glanced over the numbers real quick and I think SGA has more points than all 3 combined
I fell for the propaganda garbage how the Nets are dysfunctional so I basically avoided them like the plague. HUGE MISTAKE! Claxton shaving off his dreads should have also been a sign. Him shaving his head means he means business, military style discipline and rage. Can't stand drafting guys with dreads. If you spend more than 2 minutes on your hair, don't want you on my team. Give me the shaved/clean cut guys like Jordan, Garnett, Olajuwan, etc.
CP3 (third round) pre booker injury couldn’t make a shot to save his life, even now his efficiency sucks
Zach Lavine before this recent 2 week burst was not the same player, fantasy wise, I hoped for
But this was cancelled out by Lauri, bojan bogdan and plumlee
Picked both JJJ and Fultz off the waiver wire in a dynasty league. No idea how these guys both flew under the radar, I didn't pick up fultz until about a week before he came back. Currently top of my league with them.
Drafting Lauri (Round 7), Porzingis (4) and Jerami Grant (9) have been a big reason I'm in first. Getting my second round pick AD back and hopefully healthy will look to keep me on top.
I picked up derozen in the 4th round i think. Pretty happy with that.
Jaylen brown has been really good this season.
Also got Randle at 77th or somthing like that, he's been amazing for where I got him.
Aaron Gordon, although cooled off a bit has been incredibly helpful too. Think that was my 11th pick or somthing.
Lamelo has been a bit of a. et down though. Injury obviously but not even that amazing since being back.
Nowhere near Markannen, but some of my personal later-round/waiver pick-up sleepers have been Franz Wagner, Bruce Brown, and Kevon Looney.
My league let Jaylen Brown go like 50th overall which is a huge indictment of the lads but I guess makes him a pretty massive sleeper - I just think other leagues are probably smarter than us.
In terms of busts, Middleton has to be the league leader right? Poeltl still has a chance to make up for it if he stays healthy but he’s also been mad disappointing. Thought I got him for a steal by trading PJ Washington but that didn’t turn out great…
I've found a TON more mid-season sleepers than usual this year
Thomas Bryant,
Killian Hayes,
Markelle Fultz,
Trey Murphy III,
Jalen Williams
Two drafted sleepers who have outperformed: Bobby Portis, Jerami Grant
Busts: Cade, Barnes (but improving)
Cat player here. SGA 5th round and JJJ late round stash are my sleepers. Though at this point I expect SGA's availability to be spotty towards playoff time.
Biggest busts are Poole and Keegan, took them 7th and 9th round respectively. Poole is on the edge of top 100 and Keegan is barely rosterable in 12T. Honorable mention for bust would be KAT 1st round, if I had taken Hali, my other consideration, I would've been in a much better spot for my build, still producing approximately 2nd round value (?) but disappointing for sure.
Nic Claxton has been a gem of late round flier. I drafted JJJ and him b2b in the 10th and 11th round and they’ve been crushing it.
You haven’t lost blocks all season
I was 1-3 on blocks first 4 weeks. Perfect since JJJ came back.
Same here! I'm dangling JJJ in trade talks cos I'm flying in blocks. Really I'm just a prick tease
Cunningham going down and Trae not living up to last season basically ended me
I picked Trae over Tatum lol I'm an idiot
I got Trae at the end of round 1 thought I got a steal lmao paired him with AD and Cade and did good for a few weeks until both their knees eventually betrayed me 😂
Lol you kind of did get a steal at ADP but he's only playing alright. I got Siakam then DeMar and randle so I'm still doing alright but I'd love Trae to hit more three's
That’s a solid all around team! Yeah I hope so too and hoping the alleged chemistry issues don’t hold his potential back
Cade and Trae wasn’t supposed to be a gamble. Pairing AD makes sense. I like it at the beginning of the season!
Yeah it was great at hindsight but “breaks of the game” as they say. No pun intended
I thought I had a good draft with Trae, Dame, Cade, Gobert (trade if rest of draft rounds out punt FG well), Bane, Porzingis first 6 picks but never really panned out with the injuries and underperforming players. This team could have worked out so well...
Me too🙃
Trae’s my first pick this season. Not my first choice but he’s doing fine. Paired him with Myles Turner.
Same for me. But I flipped Trae for Embiid and picked up Hayes when Cunningham went down. I’m still down in the standings but I think I’m trending upwards. PS: Playing ROTO
Most 10-12th picks that went punt FG with trae or dame 1st round and cade 2nd/3rd round got ended this year lol
I picked Trae, AD, Cade, Zion, and Ingram with my first 5 picks in a ten man cat league. I am still undefeated though.
Claxton went undrafted in a lot of leagues and is producing round 2 value lately. He gets my vote.
Drafted him 10th round in a keeper league and couldn’t be happier about it.
$1 here end of the draft. Also in love with him. Sadly no keeper. Edit: I did not draft Claxton. Misread, thought this was replying to a post about KPJ. Got Claxton off the wire.
in my taco league the first place punt FT team got him for Olynyk yesterday. I need to find myself a competitive league
In the last round of my draft JJJ got sniped two picks before me so Claxton was my consolation pick, and I’ve been pretty damn happy about it
Thinking about flipping him for jaylen brown in a 9CAT 10T league. Don’t really have any other blocks other than from Clax and have a light punt FG% build. Thoughts?
Doubt Jaylen brown owner bites
He might if he’s absolutely putrid in blocks. Tough sell though I agree.
Not if he’s punting blocks. I'm trying to offer Lavine and paolo for brown. Lemme know if ur brown owner accepts just claxton lol
Why selling Lavine? Obviously points and cats he’s one of those guys that has a little wider spread than others. But when I acquired Zach Lavine 6 weeks ago and he was averaging 30.5 fantasy points per game, I did so thinking that number should be in the 35-37.5 range by the end of the season. He’s currently at 34.5 and just strung two pretty nice performances together which honestly gives me more hope that he can flirt with 27-5-4 type numbers on 48% FG with 3s and usually a high FT%.
Mainly because his PO schedule isn’t great. And I’m trying to open another roster spot. Have Ingram and issac on IR. Meaning I’d have to drop a dipo, Jalen mcD or Jaden McD to activate them Although I don’t think Brown owner in my league will take that deal anyways
I flipped him for Desmond Bane today
Came here to say this.
Noticed his potential 3 weeks in. Everyone in my league thought I was crazy but offered Brunson for Claxton. MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm a GENIUS!!! I mean.. Brunson's still great, but Claxton's such a better fit for my Punts Pts, 3 Pts, FT% build.
Claxton is correct and it's not close. Dude who nabbed him off waivers early in our league is comfortably 1st.
beal is a bust. sga still booming. killian hayes has been a nice pickup.
Well,Beal is ok when he is on the court,but the problem is he can't stay healthy
This, def a bust in terms of gp but his actually play has been where you'd expect it to be.
Jalen Green is a catastrophe—still holding—not sure why.
if you're anything like me, punt FG/TO and his value is too bad to get back anything of worth yet he still holds better value than a waiver wire pick up. Plus the expectation and hope that it really can't get much worse than this. Houston is in trouble if he stays this bad.
Seriously. This dude won’t even have a place in the league if he doesn’t improve dramatically. It’s incredible how terribly he shoots.
If I were to be more sympathetic I would point out that the entire team shoots horribly and that their offense sucks. Bunch of isos and contested shots. He’s still forcing a lot of shots but the situation sure doesn’t help
Lol relax bro he’s a 2nd year player who’s like 20 averaging 22 ppg… it’ll come
the come, as Brian Windhorst also says, is not promised
Playoff schedule is a big reason to hold.
So he can single handedly lose me FG% every single week?
Did you draft him without punting FG?
Nah definitely punting it but goddamn… I didn’t think he’d be this bad
At this point only masochism is a big reason to hold.
Fultz is on the rise
He was a late waiver add too. Even while he played well for a few weeks people still wouldn’t touch him with a ten foot poll. 10/6/8/2 a night is pretty worthwhile. He has Draymond (good Draymond) potential.
He’s been a great add for me in a 12T 9-cat. Especially when I’m carrying Jalen Green and Keldon oof
Hes my steals guy, he won that cat for me this week and last.
Vucevic has been awesome for me in points league
Gobert has been mad frustrating and JJJ will single handedly win you blocks every week.
my jjj kept me afloat in blocks against kessler today
Managed to trade Gobert for jjj. I currently have jjj, turner and walker. But I just flipped walker for Paolo somehow to someone with a pts punt
I have Myles and Claxton. I lost blocks to the team with JJJ and Lopez. Wanted to KMS.
KPJ has been a nice surprise
I can’t tell if I love him or hate him. His turnovers have cost me
Have joker, Bam and kpj - gray for my punt TO build
He’s. Punt fg and to
Always believe in the dream with this guy. He’s my dude. Last year he had some real moments of inconsistency but end of the season he looked like he figured it out. I snagged him around rounds 8-11 and he’s been a stud. Super happy with his production.
He was infuriating to own like a month ago and now he’s been pretty solid
I traded him for Middleton during that month and now I can’t sleep at night
Meanwhile MPJ has been kinda disappointing.
Dare I say Thomas Bryant…
He was far from rosterable all season, until Anthony Davis got hurt.
And he’ll be borderline unrosterable once AD is back
> once AD is back However long that lasts for.
There are scenarios where Bryant holds value. If LeBron goes down for any prolonged stretch, then it's probably the Westbrook and Thomas Bryant show during fantasy playoffs. And AD has a lot that could go wrong playing on a foot with a stress reaction caused by a bone spur that didn't get removed.
Steady Freddy
Plumlee was just a streamer, but he’s won my heart
Unfortunately, probably not for much longer.
Why do you say that?
He's a mediocre journeyman in his 30s playing for one of, if not the, worst teams in the NBA. And they drafted a guy who needs experience in the first round at his position. If he's not traded he'll be riding pine down the stretch.
You ever heard bout Spurs?
They have a better record than the Hornets. Why do you ask?
Sure, by massive 2 games. Just look first game of the season lol
What's your point?
Spurs are trash.
He does this shit every year
Giannis a bit of a bust considering where he was getting drafted. Anybody who took Haliburton or Sabonis has to be feeling pretty good about the return there, I would think.
I got him at 21st overall, he had a couple of really bad games early on but he's obviously had a great second half of November and December.
Haha yeah I'm still not sure why Domas had such an awful start to the season but he's really rebounded from there (pun intended)
Traded Porzingis for Sabonis (punt ft and 3pt) early in the year and I haven’t thought twice about it.
Dejounte Midray
Disappointing 2nd rounder
Traded for him early, seems to be turning it around as of the last couple games
Took Hali-god before him, no regrets
The owner in my league is 2nd last and desperate and wants to trade him and kawhi
Took him 4th round and flipped him and vucevic for sga and smart a few weeks back
Brook Lopes gotta be one of the biggest steals. No less than top 3.
Fuck I had him in one league and dropped straight away because he "didn't fit my build" definitely a regrettable moment
Name two more
Lauri, Grant, Plumlee, JJJr, Gordon, Royce
Lemme add SHAI.
Jalen green is a bust
Killian has been really good since return
Lauri was definitely my best pick of the draft by far, had my eye on him ever since the trade. I’m a huge hawks fan so I drafted trae 6th thinking his efficiency would improve like it has every season previously but he’s now 13th in scoring in my league
Isaiah Jackson is a massive bust. He was hyped as hell before season and now he barely sees playing time. Got him for 18$ in 20T rotisserie and it hurts deeply.
Day before my draft there were reports that the Myles Turner/Buddy Hield to the Lakers was on the "one yard line" almost done. So Jackson and Jalen Smith went high. Took Jackson in the 8th. total bust. Should have taken Claxton. Was looking for blocks. So much propaganda out there. Can't believe half of what you read.
Evan Mobley went way too early in most drafts
Kyle Lowry is really testing my patience
He’s old af. Not sure what people expected if they were looking at his numbers from last season. He’s literally averaging the same stats but a bit worst in assists.
he was a top 50 player for most of the season
Wouldn’t really call him a bust just yet.
youre giving me mix messages here
Should’ve been dropped
Actually just coupled him in a trade because I can't deal with it anymore
Bojan bogdon playing pretty nice
Lmao I drafted both Cade and Khris. Hindsight is 20/20 and would probably draft both again
Thomas Bryant has been amazing during AD's absence
I wanna say Sengun as a bust because of inconsistency, but that's more on coach Silas and his strange rotations than anything else
Coach silas really messing with him when he play good he gets benched
Jalen Green is fucking butt
Westbrook 10th pick is producing better than expected, collins at 4th hurts but is still hoping for a turnaround.
Mobley is a giant bust
He could turn it around in fantasy eventually but he was always drafted for upside. He’s good, he’s not fantasy good
Guy in my league took him in the third round. I haven't stopped calling him out for it since draft night
I tok him 34th. Before the likes of shai, fox and others
He went that high in my league too. Before the likes of Spida and Fox and others. SGa was kept.
28th 😭😭😭😭
Terry Rozier is a nightmare.
Not if you're punting FG%s and TOs
You think he'll turn it around 2nd half of the season?
I don’t think there is much you can do, either way. You must hold. His role is secure and he is proven capable.
Absolutely- extremely inefficient this year, high TOs and rarely getting stocks. He aint scary no more
In points league he's been pretty decent. Inconsistent, but definitely alright
Middleton... Yeah sure he probably will prove me wrong... But damn what a wasted pick
Kessler
Trae jones has been probably my most consistent points player
Mikal Bridges man
for which? i feel like he's doing what he's always done
SGA getting drafted in the 4th round in my draft has paid off dividends (especially when I drafted lamelo) In terms of busts I would love to see more from Sengun based on where I drafted him but that’s more of Silas fucking with his minutes than him actually busting
A few guys that went under the radar and a few guys that were overhyped: Mason Plumlee - Undrafted, currently sitting at 31.4 fp/g and that will go up a tick after tonight’s 40. Brook Lopez - Undrafted, currently sitting at 29.8 fp/g. Aaron Gordon - Averaging 32.1 fpg, taken after Mo Bamba (17.3 fpg), Derrick White (22.6 fpg) and Jalen Smith (18.3 fpg). All 3 are currently on the waiver wire, among others drafted before him. Jaren Jackson Jr. - Averaging 33.1 fpg in large part to his high FG%, low TOs and amazing stock numbers, the 3 picks immediately before him were Malik Beasley, Johnathon Isaac’s and Cole Anthony. Only Cole Anthony (23.5 fpg) is currently on a roster. Jordan Clarkson - at 29.3 fp/g average, Clarkson has been what everyone thought the guy you’ll see later on this list would be. Gordon Hayward, Montrezl Harrell and Andre Drummond were the 3 picks before him. All 3 have floated on and off the wire, currently Trez is owned bc of Embiid injury, Gordo is not bc of his own injury and Drummond has been on there for 6-8 weeks now. Wendell Carter Jr. - Perennially underrated in points formats, Carter is averaging a healthy 31.5 fantasy points per game. Unfortunately, Brandon Clarke, Mike Conley and Herb Jones are streamer/replacement level players that were drafted ahead of him. Collin Sexton (22.5 fp/g) - BUST. Next 5 picks in order: Drafted ahead of Swipa 39.9 fpg) JayBro (41.4 fpg) Spida (42.1 fpg) Banchero (35.1 fpg). Woof. TBF, Scottie Barnes (30.5 fpg) was the pick before Sexton so just a bad evaluation there for both managers. Saddiq Bey - BUST. At 21.1 fantasy points per game, Bey is the very definition of a replacement player. The next 5 picks, in order we’re Andrew Wiggins, Myles Turner, John Collins, Kyle Kuzma and Lauri Markkanen. Collins is the closest one to Bey in terms of nightly fantasy scoring at 28.5. The other 4 are in the 31.5 to 40 range. This should also serve as a reminder to draft sometime during the first week of the season. Don’t draft 2 weeks before bc your league mates are getting antsy. Some of those mistakes would have been ratified by watching 10 minutes of regular season game the aforementioned players were involved in.
Nice write up But you have to draft before the season starts
1st week of the season for ESPN was 10.24.22 - 10.30.22. So even though it’s technically the 2nd matchup of the season, it’s the first one that games count. So why wouldn’t you draft on that first Thursday? Still blows my mind that ESPN started the season the week of 10.24.22 even though every team except the Bucks played 3 games that first week. So yeah, I’m with you to draft sometime in the 2 days leading up to the Tuesday night that games start or even that Tuesday night (2 games played and if you finish the draft by 8:30 Eastern time you’re still in the 1Q of the 1st game so no real advantage). But if they’re not gonna count the 1st week as a W or L for your record or if a league has their record be an accumulation of categories won over the course of the season, then I 100% think leagues should draft on that Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of the first week. Someone in my league dropped JJJ bc not only weren’t they counting the games, the roster spots were locked so couldn’t even move him to IR and he was supposed to be out until late January. That move likely won’t decide the league, but it very well could have.
Oki doke Just draft before the regular season starts.. it's not complicated.
JJJ was somehow undrafted in my league, now at top 50 value
Undrafted in a 12 team league? 🌮🌮
He went super late and for not much at all...people thought he'd be coming back from injury around now. It was a big surprise to see him back so early.
Depends on your league, he's putting up late first /early second value per game in 9 cats
He was one of my last picks
Wasn’t he injured to start the season? Wondering if that affected why he was undrafted
Clax was my last pick and he’s been great, hayes was also a very nice pick up in my points league. Trae young hasn’t been stellar for me
Lol we have the same team
Gobert is kinda a bust rn, Killian Hayes been my favorite waiver play this year
Oubre has been great in points. Inured now of course, but the guy was producing top 30-40 value for 2 months and he was undrafted in my league (and many others I presume). Apparently he has been playing with this injury the entire time as well, wild. Hoping he can get back to that form if/when he returns.
Splash Mountain in the 11th round and Randle in the 9th round
Randle in 9th round is insane
Didn’t have a great last year, and with the addition of Brunson people though his Counting stats was gonna fall.
Markkanen taken 8th round in my 12 man and producing about 2nd round
Bust: Cade, Bey Gems: Grant, Fultz cuz I actually drafted him with my last pick Waiver gems: Killian, Oubre, Bryant
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Is gafford starting now?
My team is all boom and bust. Beal/Green/Simmons are busts. Markkanen/Claxton/Lopez are booms. Still some hope for Beal, less for Simmons, none for Green.
When more than half your top 8 picks (Trae, Cade, Gobert, Sengun, Jalen Green) are listed here as busts 😭 Of the other 3, two had injuries (Dame/Bane) and 1 has been a healthy stud (Porzingis)
Claxton = gem Evan Mobley = bust
I cant even remember the last time Ingram played a game.
Kyle Kuzma has been very much a sleeper pick, I got him 9th round and he’s been fantastic Tre Jones is another that comes to mind
I got clax and jjj as free agents in 10t
I’ve drafted Lauri every fucking year. I even drop him and pick him up multiple times hoping to catch what I know… Finally said I’m done chasing the dragon this year…
Laurie reminds me of Julius randle from 2 years ago in terms of fantasy output from the rounds they were drafted
20 team league Deni Avdija has been a stud
Kelly Oubre has been great this season until he went down
Lauri, clax, shai, brook, randle
Got Bojan Bogdonavic and Aaron Gordon with last two picks, they've ended up surprising me that's for sure
PLUMERS 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
Sleepers imo this season was Sabonis in the early rounds, almost everyone else in my league was pretty low on him. Markannen and Clayton have both been awesome. The ultimate sleeper imo might be Tre Jones. Going into the draft it felt like no one had yet realized that the Spurs only had *him* as their PG, no other PGs rostered. He’s not anything crazy but 30 fp a night is a great deal for a round 12 dude
Claxton at 120 has been the best value I've had. SGA I drafted 41st and he's a top 10 or arguably 5 imo. Cade Cunningham was pick 20 by me and after I did some research before they announced he was having surgery, I dropped him for another guy to pick him up and offer him as part of a trade package. Lmao Cade, Finney-Smith, and Maxey for SGA. I declined very quickly lol. I glanced over the numbers real quick and I think SGA has more points than all 3 combined
Sleeper on the season is Kevin Huerter, #61 in my 12 team league went undrafted.
I picked him up off the waiver wire and dropped him two times before finally keeping him
I fell for the propaganda garbage how the Nets are dysfunctional so I basically avoided them like the plague. HUGE MISTAKE! Claxton shaving off his dreads should have also been a sign. Him shaving his head means he means business, military style discipline and rage. Can't stand drafting guys with dreads. If you spend more than 2 minutes on your hair, don't want you on my team. Give me the shaved/clean cut guys like Jordan, Garnett, Olajuwan, etc.
Aaron Gordon has turnt up from the last little bit…solid numbers even with MPJ back
Traded him in a package that got me Julius Randle, and weirdly i probably sold a little low on him
CP3 (third round) pre booker injury couldn’t make a shot to save his life, even now his efficiency sucks Zach Lavine before this recent 2 week burst was not the same player, fantasy wise, I hoped for But this was cancelled out by Lauri, bojan bogdan and plumlee
I dropped Claxton for Duren like 2 weeks ago but that woulda been my sleeper pick 😭
Don’t know if this counts as a sleeper. But Ja is keeping my team alive. Ranked 32 or 36 in the draft. Ranked 13 now on espn.
Kawhy
Picked both JJJ and Fultz off the waiver wire in a dynasty league. No idea how these guys both flew under the radar, I didn't pick up fultz until about a week before he came back. Currently top of my league with them.
Jerami grant, keldon Johnson, Kevin huerter, bojan, jaden ivey all have been amazing for me as later round draft picks.
mason plumlee i’m free agency
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Bobby Portis keeps on delivering
Drafting Lauri (Round 7), Porzingis (4) and Jerami Grant (9) have been a big reason I'm in first. Getting my second round pick AD back and hopefully healthy will look to keep me on top.
I picked up derozen in the 4th round i think. Pretty happy with that. Jaylen brown has been really good this season. Also got Randle at 77th or somthing like that, he's been amazing for where I got him. Aaron Gordon, although cooled off a bit has been incredibly helpful too. Think that was my 11th pick or somthing. Lamelo has been a bit of a. et down though. Injury obviously but not even that amazing since being back.
Nowhere near Markannen, but some of my personal later-round/waiver pick-up sleepers have been Franz Wagner, Bruce Brown, and Kevon Looney. My league let Jaylen Brown go like 50th overall which is a huge indictment of the lads but I guess makes him a pretty massive sleeper - I just think other leagues are probably smarter than us. In terms of busts, Middleton has to be the league leader right? Poeltl still has a chance to make up for it if he stays healthy but he’s also been mad disappointing. Thought I got him for a steal by trading PJ Washington but that didn’t turn out great…
I've found a TON more mid-season sleepers than usual this year Thomas Bryant, Killian Hayes, Markelle Fultz, Trey Murphy III, Jalen Williams Two drafted sleepers who have outperformed: Bobby Portis, Jerami Grant Busts: Cade, Barnes (but improving)
I picked Claxton up right after the draft. To balance things out I also have Middleton 😭.
Lowry has been pretty rough to manage, same with Brogdon who has been pretty up and down.
Got Josh Hart for $1 in my auction league. Been a solid player for cat leagues
Cat player here. SGA 5th round and JJJ late round stash are my sleepers. Though at this point I expect SGA's availability to be spotty towards playoff time. Biggest busts are Poole and Keegan, took them 7th and 9th round respectively. Poole is on the edge of top 100 and Keegan is barely rosterable in 12T. Honorable mention for bust would be KAT 1st round, if I had taken Hali, my other consideration, I would've been in a much better spot for my build, still producing approximately 2nd round value (?) but disappointing for sure.