12-Team Yahoo Points League Mock Draft | Key Strategies For NBA Fantasy Basketball

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we might as well just go uh into the DFT room and get ready to uh to do this draft Yahoo points format 12 teams mock draft first of the Season I'm picking at number eight all right let's uh let's bring it across let's take a look at this draft we're 5 seconds away from it starting out as I said I am picking at number eight we've got a couple of fantasy analysts in here karan's in here we've got dead skeller from Menace podman Adam stock from Elite fantasy B basketball is in here too and then a bunch of other people who joined in from Twitter so yic goes at number one to mosab and Karan who picked in the last mock the category League mock he was at number 12 he's in a different spot here at number two when this order randomized to put me at number three again I said I'm not going going three again we'll have to mix that up and move myself down to number eight this guy by the name of alran shenon is picking at number three he goes luuka donic so ignoring the um twoe game is the two game week in the playoffs which again is fine if that's the way you want to go I find that really hard to get you get my head around but in a points format there is a significant difference between Luca and say taking an Anthony Davis or somebody like that so I don't mind that de skilla just taking his time with his pick it's it's winding down he's really thinking about it he takes Yana sit number four which they are my top four projected points per game fantasy guys now the tough decision do you take Shay Davis you probably don't take embiid but this is the per game Zone that he's in I'm hoping for my pick at number eight that I'm able to get demant sabonis we'll see whether that comes true or not we still don't really we not that we don't know but we we won't know until the season actually tips off as to how demard rosen's impact is felt not that sabonis was a high usage guy a lot of rebounds but he can lose some assists he might lose some shots but he does generally put up pretty good numbers in a in a a point scoring format Adam stock at number six takes Anthony Davis that this all makes complete sense to me the one that's hanging out there is Dell embiid it's he's probably going to be available to me there at number eight and I am going to ignore him I'm almost certain of that I'm going to throw sabonis into my Q here because I just I don't want to take him beat in the first round I've said this many times I'll be relatively consistent with doing that I will do a mock draft at some point where I take embiid but that is not going to be my preference so he takes Jason Tatum which is interesting I do have Tatum projected decently well for points League the other guys that I have up the top of my projections aren't players that I'm feeling super strongly or super confident with like one of them is LeBron one of them is lamelo and I'm not going to grab them there so I I'll take sabonis at this spot and then I hope I I I actually will be okay I think on the flip back around of getting a LeBron or getting lamelo in that second round if that's a possibility it probably won't be Anthony Edwards goes at nine again these are there's a lot of wish casting with Anthony Edwards he even in a points league has not been this high before he was 23rd in fantasy points last season averaging 42 a half to get into this Zone you probably need to be going 48 so where does he get him from I don't really know but people are drafting him top 10 categories top 10 points I think you're going to be disappointed and people will say well he's he's a baller he just plays through it all all it takes right is for him to actually be hurt and then you have no shot of this being value and I don't like that sort of approach embiid goes at 11 H Burton goes at 10 halberton not as good of a points League guy I don't think he's a firstr player well he's adjacent to a first round player he's not like a he's a clear top 10 category guy but not a Points Guy and then Trey young goes at number 12 who's also probably a little bit worse in a points League than a category league so so far got four more picks back until me Lebron and lamelo are seeing there for me what is's interesting is my projections elpr shingun is coming out very high and a couple of the other risky guys are there as well so Donovan Mitchell goes with Trey Young on the turn I don't have Don Mitchell in the top 24 fantasy points leagues Mitchell a was what did he where was he last season he was 11th in 46 points a game I I think that he's going to see his minutes drop a bit this season because of the new coach Scott Barnes goes at 14 that is reasonable I think that is a reasonable spot for Barnes probably more so in categories than points but it's pretty reasonable here two more picks like do I pull the lamelo trigger do I just take LeBron they're both sitting like very clearly at the top of my list so is kawhai and I'm I'm not doing that Durant goes there which I would not recommend at all I don't think that that is Durant was over the final three months of last season 4th I think I have no interest in Kevin Durant in that spot and then Steph goes next so I am I hm I have lamelo available to me here I have LeBron available to me here I which one do we do what do you think chat I know you can't respond in real time LeBron or lamelo that I've both got them as top 10 per game players I you know what I'll talk so much about lamelo all the way through this process I'm just going to take LeBron at that spot which I'm pretty happy with LeBron was the ninth ranked player in Yahoo points League scoring last season I'm getting him there at pick number 17 obviously he's a million years old he could get hurt but oh Luca takes the Mellow ball good pick my guy now if this guy that's called alran shenon doesn't take Alan shenon I will be very shocked because again I think he's right in this Zone shenon was 21st per game in points leagues last season I I think he can easily return that value easily let's see what he does here um all right you're still believing LeBron can defy father the time I mean like I don't I don't at this point I don't have to believe it because I've seen it oh Adam stock goes poo banero there which is okay I think he's really close to top 25 on a per game basis and if you all you do is a five 10% extra jump and you're easily into this spot the balls are big on Adam stock we know that I like it in a category League please don't do this but in a points league go for it let's see what sugar does here sugar is always in these drafts he's always appearing here I know he is I see him all the time um so Raised by Wolves they're always in my mocks um he took Shay in round one sugar let's see what he does here and he takes Deon Booker which is pretty reasonable the ones that are really hanging around here again shenon jar Zion Williamson Jim Harden Jaylen Brunson they're probably there goes J at pick number 21 the shenon one is now I'm not going to get shenon but I'm all about I'm all about it if he can come back to me that is the direction I will go but this guy's name is ELR shenon surely surely he takes Al PR shenrun if he doesn't I require an in he does not what is going on he takes Jaylen Brunson that that requires an investigation Brunson is totally reasonable there but your team name is Al Shang oh Karan I like jar there I what know why I said it like that I like jar at that spot a lot of people will will blanch at that pick I think it's 100% reasonable to take Moran in that position um and then we have mosab looking to round out round one or round two sorry and then start off round three after he took yic again Kawai just hanging out there at the moment shenon and Zion Cade Fox there's some names that I am looking for here well there goes Fox to finish off that round pretty solid but much like my pick with sabonis the impact of D rozan is yet to be realized we don't know now D rozan I think is worse than both Fox and sabonis as a player but how that gets incorporated into Mike Brown's offense we just we don't know at this point and that's you know uncertainties with players joining teams can be the downfall a lot in fantasy often for the guy that joins the team but sometimes for the peripheral guys around as well and there goes shenon witch mosab I think is a really really good pick and again the team named El Prin Shon not really sure what you're doing so now we get into the yeah see the riskies the Cades Zion Randall seak I don't think they that risky but they're in this Zone Paul George Deonte Mario there goes oh Karan is really like firing into those two guys 2019 draft injury rkish type players in Zion and mor but if they pan out like that's that's good value at that spot that is Al SH now I'm sorry you have been my man in the Target today we know the playoff schedule we know what when I made these two guys as my first two picks last mock draft I didn't know it you know it and you took donic and Kyrie bad combination do not do that do not do that no offense to this guy again just I've always got to have there's always got to be a main character of a mock draft doesn't it it's him at the moment some someone else will appear later don't worry Cade goes with the next selection at number 28 that is really strong Now we move into that forward section seak Randle Jaylen Johnson Evan Moy I you know getting in a points leag we don't need to worry about assists or rebounds or anything like that we do need to worry about our positions and I've got two forwards or center with sabonis who has forward eligibility so I do need to start getting guards at some stage um Adam stock takes Damen Lillard kawhai went next to Sugar also kawhai went before that to Sugar then it was Lillard and we are getting back to my pick I'm looking at sakam I'm looking at Julius Randall Jaylen Johnson Deonte like do I take the the guard play there I don't know Paul George went so I can't take him I I I yeah do I take Randall do I trust that he does this I think I just might take Deon there get myself a point guard the differen is as we move through the rounds like and I am doing work on this I'm trying to find the best way to present this information which I'll do at some point but it's about like actual rankings of players not like your first your second your third it's like you're first and then the next guy might be ninth and the next guy is equivalent to 20th and then the next 30 players are all ranked 30th or whatever it is just to give you an understanding that if you go off the board and you're a round out who cares because the differences in projections of these guys and how small the margins can be we don't need to hyper focus on this guy before this guy or this guy after this this guy so after I took Deonte Murray was Tyrese Maxi then it's lar marinan at 34 bam at a bio at 35 and now we're looking at Raised by Wolves to I believe that's M green shoots I think that's his name I think that's him he's he his draft he takes Jaren Jackson there at the end of round three the names that are sort of hanging around here for me Randall Jaylen Johnson still there Jaylen Williams still there a little bit of a surprise as well there goes Chad hen which I think is probably realistic as a points League guy last season he was what he was 52nd in points League numbers per game so we don't need to be looking at him any earlier than that fan vle goes at the start there the second pick of round two pick number 38 we're two picks away from mine so a lot of those guys I was debating before seaka Randle Johnson Mo yeah CH G Moy they're all still available and I'm going to get one of them let's just throw Jaylen Williams Jaylen Johnson Evan Mobley into the queue let's find sakam as well well someone just went the Bronco Jaylen Williams just went Pascal sakam just went this I know we don't really know how things are going to work in New York but I feel all right about taking Julius Randle here or do I just take Jaylen Johnson H what do they what their difference they was Five Points difference per game last season I think Johnson pushes up up I think Randall pushes down I think they could be similar who's more fun to to roster um it's a good question isn't it time running down it is more fun to take Jaylen I'm just going to take Randall though what the hell just happened then um all right I'll just take Julius Randle there you go not the sort of player that I would Target in that zone in a in a category format obviously but in a points format he could go around and a half higher than that comfortably Jaylen Johnson's got to start to come off the board here really soon uh I can't see it being too far away surely someone like Luca or Adam stock takes him next Evan Moy also hanging around a little bit longer than I expected Dez Bane goes okay not sure not sure about that one that's probably not the direction I would have gone there um Jaylen Brown should be someone we looked start to look at I think here I'm going to stick him into my Q look we so far away from my pick 13 picks away that whatever I do here is going to be evaporated yeah there's the two guys I was looking at Adam stock takes Mobly at 43 sugar takes Jaylen Johnson at 44 which I think is pretty good value for both of those guys and then I think the next best value is probably Jaylen Brown sitting around oh there he goes there at the next pick and then probably Emanuel quickly now it's my man alpr shenon it's his selection I tell I predict though I predict Karan is going to take him manual quickly as my guess when it gets to his selection um I tell you what I tell what zone or towns goes to shenon which is fine there you go caran Emanual quickly picked it um where I tell we were dangerously getting close to cam Thomas territory probably won't do it but we are getting to that zone where I go okay Thomas averaged 32 fantasy points last season we expect him to do more this season so this is this is the sort of 40 Point 38 Point fantasy zone for Yahoo scoring that's the sort of area we're in mosab looking to finish this off here for round four Jimmy Butler around dear rosan around obviously uncertainties with both of those guys different sorts of uncertainties clearly but some different but some uncertainties well there goes um Demar de rozan July baby says sakam should be ranked higher then why didn't you pick him higher I think that's I agree you probably should have gone a little bit higher than that D rozan ends out round four who will be like kma goes wow okay start at round five will Karan take cam Thomas here that's the question will he take Aon he won't take Aon will he take Barrett I don't think he'll do that he does take cam Thomas there you go there you go cam Thomas goes with the next pick Jimmy Butler some risk there with injury obviously especially that whole team but Jimmy Butler in round five makes sense he averaged 38 fantasy points last season which is about this area of the draft that we're looking at death skill takes RJ Barrett this is about right for him we're looking at the Jamal muray FR Vagner Ry go bear Zone well there goes goar as well at number 53 goar averaged 38 a half last season Josh giddy Adam stock reasonable 29 last season for giddy he can very very easily exceed this number like 37 39 40 very easily I like that pick and we are I didn't realize we are getting back to me here so the top of my list is uh DeAndre Aiden I'm not well he was but he's gone I'm not sure I'm going to do that but I don't have to make that decision now so now the question is do I take France Vagner or do I take the Headmaster Jamal M I think there's maybe a little bit too much hate going on with Jamaal Murray he obviously looked terrible through the Olympics I I'm just going to take him now getting Jamal Murray at 56 I I think is is relatively reasonable not that like that's a huge steal or anything like that in a points format I think that's probably about bang on but that's the direction that we went now that does sort of of even out my team I'm still looking for a I say looking for a center but you know sabonis can play that Center position um I don't and I've got my guard spot open as well then it's all just flexes the next pick was Fran Vagner which is about the right spot as well and everyone's sort of just you know on track here we're getting into the players that everyone hates Zone Tobias Harris USF nurkic miles turn has been in that zone at times in the past Darius Garland Jordan PA we're getting to that zone here well there goes Garland at number 58 we are also moving into John kaminga territory we're moving into Nicola vich territory we're probably already there into V territory at the moment to be honest um the nurkic one nkic again people would not probably realize this to be average 34 fantasy points a game last season which is a sort of bang on this Zone Brandon Miller okay that one what did Miller go last season 28 and a half we expect more from him I don't mind it it's maybe marginally early but it's okay I don't think there's too much wrong with that at this position and now we're about to finish off round five we'll see what Raised by Wolves does here I'm Jaylen green okay I think there is too much downside risk with Jaylen at that spot it just feels too early man do I there goes Jared Allen which I like at that position now the top of my board is someone is Tobias Harris who you last season he averaged what 33 fantasy points like he could be 35 this season am I got to paint myself as the Tobias Harris guy cuz I'm not I don't I gave him a nickname because he was so incredibly boring as a player but I do think there is a a ton of hate about Tobias and I do like to push back on some of the narratives that do emerge Jordan PA oh there goes Toby I don't have to make that decision Jordan paol goes at 62 Toby Harris goes at 63 p and Harris I think that's about right we're also moving into the territory of another guy who is um hated on by I'm not really sure who like maybe somebody that you might know does it but is it is it V this is Bulls Bulls maligned players Zone LaVine vich Miles Turner goes next so what do I do here do I take LaVine do I take V I might just yeah all right let's take v as much as I'm down on V and I was down him last season this is look is it Great Value like I think it's fine it's pretty good but no one's absolutely like standing out it's this immense immense value here the other guy would if I wanted to really consider some upside play there like John kaminga is sort of calling out at this stage and some of the guys I think are going to slide here are going to be a nage and a Colin seon who I think will push back towards the end uh of maybe the next round even so they could be some guys who I have on my uh on my watch list I throw Jaylen Duran on the watch list as well um all right what is the next selection Brandon Ingram goes it's just so much the Pelicans show came out earlier today you saw that maybe maybe not we'll be trying to figure out what on Earth is going on with this team and how bad Brandon Ingram was in the playoffs and how the fit is weird but like he still can put up numbers we we just don't sort of know what's going to happen and that that makes it a little risky for me at that spot let's see what Adam stock is doing here at this selection after he went giddy in round five so he's falling on that Ingram pick he's a pick number 67 he takes miles Bridges I think that is good for Bridges bridges last season was 51st he averag 37 but it is a different environment we've got a more ramped up Brandon Miller we allegedly have more than 20 games of lamelo ball so that should impact Bridges negatively Jaylen dur and the passport Legend goes there yeah that's fine we would love to get some defensive stats from him probably never going to happen he should be locked in as a solid minute starter as well there go Zack LaVine there goes D Derek white these are just all playing along I think in the right position the interesting thing to me is going to be like karan's going to take use of nerkish here let's book that in um the interesting thing to me is going to be who takes the the stab at porzingis and when they do it like I won't do it in the top 100 at all so it means I'm just not going to draft porzingis but somebody will do it ooh oh he kaminga h there you go B talking John and Karan takes him okay that's good I like that pick um Bradley Beal is sort of sitting around as an interesting enough option will he be there when he gets to me use of nage also just not remotely exciting at all but like again he averaged 34 points a game last season I I love a 34 pointer in round seven if I can get it I don't I don't believe that Mason plumbley is coming from his head or anything so there goes Brad Beal at pick 72 to round out round six good stuff solid pick very demure what are we up to next Nikki Claxton Colin Sexton Anthony Simons these sort of players sitting around obviously some risks with Claxton and the Nets and Simons and the Blazers the Productions fine but it's the team and the role then you got like a Mark Williams like do you trust him and Charlotte remembering that yes they were terrible last season at all that injury stuff they also and they also do have a new um injury staff in there my man Josh longstaff my Alter Ego as well uh hopefully he's changing some stuff around after Beal goes Simons and then Claxton to Karan at pick 74 this is the beginning of round seven so we've seen some of the big differences in in points league valuations with guys like um Randall with guys like buano jumping up higher guys like van vet dropping Jaylen Williams dropping um yeah kosmer and cam Thomas Rising Butler dropping Barrett Rising this is the things that I think we gen I am going to do a video on this again I do it every year but just highlighting how the differences play out and the guys you really need to pay attention to because sites like Yahoo put out an x-rank list which is a mash a mashup of points and categories which in the end helps nobody except you once you know what it is and how you can use it to your advantage if you use it as a straight list you're going to be bad in a lot of cases but if using that list to understand what it is and where it comes from and what the discrepancies are that's where that comes useful to you after Claxton goes hartenstein to my man alren shenon who has moved off my hit list he's he's putting together some good picks Here and Now what a run of centers yakob purle goes at that spot which again I I think is relatively reasonable but oh my man nurkic hasn't gone there he goes nurkic I think could have easily been argued to be ahead of you know even Jaylen Duran back around a her head where Sugar took Duran in that spot all right Colin ston is I guess he's going to start for the Jazz he was pretty good last season he averag 30 Chris middlton is going to be in this Zone as well but it's all about trusting health I'm going to put de oh I was going to put Deon Vel someone just took him Adam stock took Deon Vel I don't like that this actually might be D'Angelo Russell territory and I am or do I take Sexton I feel that no one's going to grab seon and I'm maybe going to get him on the way back around so can I do DLo but even I don't yeah I don't know about this not sure D is immense value here the other one is oh another one might be interesting is M Bridges but he goes I say do I take Sexton and then grab the other guy on the Dow on the way back around or do I take DLo and Hope sexon comes back even though I do think that seon will probably outproduce D'Angelo Russell this season I think and this is a little bit of draft strategy which could easily bite me on the ass I think it's more likely that seon flies back around to me and then in my head I'll just say that I drafted seon in round seven and Russell in round eight but I don't think that if I took Sexton there that I would get Russell in the next pick not that I absolutely have to have both of those guys I just think they're sitting there as relatively good values some of the guys that I'd like to push back are going to be Mark Williams and Chris Middleton if we get them in the next round T roia wasn't particularly strong last season in Miami but that is not far off where I think his value sits interesting that he goes before Tyler herro scoot Henderson goes okay it's getting to the stage where I'm going to have to put Mark Williams onto my q i I did not um so he's there valent chunis also gonna be someone we start to look at yes there's a lot of centers in Washington but I feel pretty good that he is better than rwn Holmes and better than Marvin Bagley and Alex R is not going to play the five initially so I feel pretty solid about valent chunis as much as you know I was very much anti valent Tunis correctly the last two seasons we'll see whether I'm going to be correct on being a little bit higher on him this year so after scoot goes Kobe white and then Austin Reeves I think both of those are are very reasonable Selections in that spot so we are getting close to my dream lifelong dream of getting Colin Sexton onto my team I I yeah we'll see we'll see whether we get there I am I'm impressed and I say surprised but I am impressed that nobody has fallen for the Pingus move o Bogdan bogdanovich I did not see that coming we are getting into it's got to be hero soon Jeremy Grant holy crap no absolutely not oh actually maybe maybe Keon George oh that's a nice little upside play I like that let's see what July baby does now people have different opinions on players all the time and July baby seems to have different opinions than me and that's awesome because I'm picking after means I can get my guys he's like oh Ro big maybe not yeah seak should have been high I'm not sure but that's good I like to have the different opinions there because that means that hopefully some other guys it provides a different point of view but also some other guys can slide and hopefully my man Colin seon Pops in here or do I take the big fell mark que now it's going to be seon for me oh he took Shaden sharp which is I'll say that's um uh head scratching at pick 88 I will I'll take sexo there that is all my stars filled out it is all right W yeah that's that Shen shot when he is a little head scratching in that spot but whatever that's okay Luca B7 what are you deciding on we're in that zone of like yeah do I take could look at CJ McCullum but we don't know the role Trace Jackson Davis who knows if he's the 18 or 24 minutes but valent chunis Mark Williams Tyler hero IIT zubats Jabari Smith they all look pretty solid around this this this area and someone who I didn't mentioned was Chris Paul who just went there I think we could have probably waited a round or two on Chris Paul but there he goes at number 91 Tyler here Chris B behind Tyler hero in a points League does not make sense to me but that's where Adam stock is able to clean up pick up Tyler hero in that spot which I think is really really smart the two centers there's three centers left here who should start to go soon we're talking Williams valent chunis and zubats but little surprised to see them last this oh sugar takes the plunge on Middleton at 92 which again is I think pretty pretty reasonable Middleton last season was not obviously very good he played 25 minutes a night and he was still better than this position he was 89th per game yeah we worry about surgeries and injuries and knees and ankles but like at that point that's really hard to argue against what are the chances that one of these centers gets back to me i' say it's decent decent chance and then we do start to move into um flyer type territory probably not uh no not round nine we're probably looking at oh there goes Mark or Clint capella and Mark Williams so capella before a kongu I'm very excited this week I doing this is going to be the end of my team preview shows this week coming up um but we got the Hawks one coming up and I'm very excited to talk to Brad Roland just to get into the clinker debate for four years in a row so Karan is going to take valent chunis here or is he going to take zubats he'll take one of them it takes zubats all right so let's see what mossab does to finish out round eight yonas valent chunis I am very valent chunis last season averaged fantasy points in 23 minutes a game I don't think he's only playing 23 in Washington I think people are a little people I think people think that valent chunis was limited the way that he was because he sucks he's not V I'm not saying that he's very good but he was limited because of the fit with Zion I think the fit with s actually makes a lot of sense I think he'll play quite a bit more than last season but there is a risk of course that he's traded at some point or they just do start to play more s at Center to get other minutes in for guys there I don't know that that's going to happen necessarily Jabari Smith finishes off round eight and then Ben Simmons at Round like you can take a Flor on Ben Simmons you don't want to do it there I don't think that's the start of round nine for Ben Simmons I yeah round 11 12 whatever this spot Simmons averaged 27 a game in the two minutes that he played last season but that's the thing isn't it I am again surprised and encouraged that nobody has gone with christas Pingus yet but we are getting into christas Pingus territory outside the top 100 we are starting to get into that zone of taking that fly but he may not play 30 games this year Well there goes Valen chunes to alpren shenon Karan takes amen Thompson then Jaylen Suggs goes to dead skella Trey Murphy at number 101 is a strong pick and now it is hang on a second CJ M's still there Adam Stock's goingon to take CJ mcam and clean up isn't he again I I don't like there are players that I don't love as players or have not loved as fantasy guys in the past and few of them are on my team Randall and V and ston they of course stock took mum that was the obvious pick for me coming back around and I don't get it now Keegan Murray is standing out as an intriguing one but D rozan is going to have a sizable impact on on Keegan I'm pretty sure Keegan averag 28.8 last season that could easily go down Denny aier goes okay Denny Denny average 31 last that's okay reasonable reasonable spot for Denny but we are getting into a little bit of the drgs here oh it's my pick Josh you better shut up and do something so maybe it is 23 seconds maybe I do take Keegan here I'm I am very interested in Trace Jackson Davis but I'm not biting on it I'm going to take Keegan Murray there but Jackson Davis if Trace gets 25 minutes which I think he might he is massive value here so took Keegan at 104 ojen anobi goes at 105 again the the the the difficult part the hard part is figuring out you where the minutes are for a lot of these guys the other guys to look at here Andrew Wiggins psky um Kesler Malik monk Drew holiday well there goes Drew at uh 106 and now I'm trying to figure out exactly what I want to do on mine Zack Ed goes at7 I don't think that Zack Edy in a points league is going to be remotely close to his value in a category league and even then I yeah I at that spot there's no chance I'm doing that assar Thompson goes next little bit of a weird spot in Detroit like is it Ivy is it assar as a Holland as a fonio magga Porter Jr goes poop cookie Legend goes at uh 10 followed by psky at py 110 Porter 109 solid for pky solid pick Andrew Wiggins sitting around Jackson Davis we are getting closer to that flyer territory usually I like to wait till round 11 to do it like do I take a Wiggins here instead do I take Derek Lively hm now look at some point I'm just going to lean into my guess that Trace is able to get to 24 minutes well there goes Wiggins I don't have that choice so if Trace gets 24 minutes he's easily hitting this number I think where are we at like 100 it's going to be 113 I yeah I'm good with that jery soan and John Collins should be starting to be discussed and honestly Russell Westbrook is is going to be an option here as much as we think Christian Brown is going to start and I think he will Westbrook will play minutes unbelievably next to Jamaal Murray I think that's almost certainly going to happen oh Dante dein chenzo in a points League not very good and in this season situation not the greatest spot like last season he was TW averaged 28 fantasy points which is again that's not terrible but it's obviously a different situation this season to where it was last season I did take Trace Jackson Davis there at number 113 I yeah I was considering Pingas we are definitely getting into that Pingus Zone but again if he's not playing half the season it's really really hard to make that pick the Productions obviously awesome there goes Derrik Lively um I going to just tuck Russ into my queue I'm going to Chuck who the hell is Charlie Westbrook I'm going to Chuck soan into my queue as well Aaron Gordon goes from Adam stock Aaron Gordon much better in points than categories nice spot for him really consistent not much in terms of limiting upside there goes John Collins I think which will trigger someone to take Walker Kesler as well well not really cuz K's at the top of this Q herb Jones also ranked really really highly on this scoring system I don't really get why he'd be ranked there when he averaged only 24 fantasy points per game last season when that's really not the area of the draft that we're in Caruso what did crus a last season 26 Draymond goes here which is I think pretty good pretty reasonable value very good value actually I think Karan might do the Pingus no he takes soan interesting jly says that might be too high for Jackson Davis who might have question the goat a not the goat just someone with an opinion B yeah it could very well be too high for Jackson Davis could well be alexar goes at 120 and then there we go first pick for his bench Pingus at 121 m takes him when you're sitting at the turn like that at pick number one you get the first pick of everyone's benches so you can start to make those moves that's why sometimes your bench creep which is a term I literally just invented invented right now should maybe start to be considered in round 10 especially if you're picking at the start of round 10 because you know that these guys at the start of round 11 are going to start grabbing those players Karan takes Russell Westbrook reasonable I think that's a really good spot for him who I am I got Walker kler on my que I'm also going to consider Ana a kongu do I have inside information on that I'm not telling no I don't but maybe I do um we'll see whether we go with him um Nas Reed also little surprised that Nas hasn't come off yet the wizard of NOS but I got Kesler I got a Kong going to Chuck Reed Reed probably gets one or two extra minutes with Kyle Anderson gone at power forward but there's no starting role there for him or anything along those lines Malik monk to Al Shon is a very very good pick there monk average 28 points a game probably loses one to two of those with the Rosen in town but still I I do like that positioning for him he is a key part of what they do clearly um I think Kesler is going to be my guy if he makes it to me otherwise we're going to take a kongu or Reed well they obviously there're three guys in my que so why wouldn't I de we got three more rounds after this one and then we are out of here Michael Conley hm what was Mike Conley's numbers last season 26 fantasy points okay fine I'm I'm a little surprised that no one has bitten on tus Jones yet I think that'll probably come little surprise that no one's taken the Dyson Daniels fly we are it's going to thow he's not as good of a points League guy as he is a category League guy um I'll throw tus in there too and there was someone else I wanted to throw in the T een let's see what stocky does here Dan Gafford goes to shuger in round 11 and while I'm not big on Gafford you significantly earlier I like that he's taking Jaden I look IV could very easily blow up or he could be terrible I feel like there's almost no in between here Al Horford to Luca who is not a good points League player in comparison to category value but it's actually pretty solid here and now with all this waffling it's my pick do I take yeah let's take yeah let's take Kesler all right we getting Walker Kesler at pick 128 um absolutely here for it obviously love it still who else are we looking at it who are some names that are standing out to me here as some names that maybe people will be jumping on H that's not a lot we're getting into the zachis shets great a dick yeah it's getting oh my voice cracks it's getting a little bit rough here um well there goes Nas readed to July baby which I do like as a pick there I am I am very like I am surprised that Kong Wu has lasted here PJ Washington also I'm a little surprised that he has not been selected and tus Jones too what did tyus average last season tus averaged 29 fantasy points yeah like he should be going it's probably a mistake for me honestly to not have taken him at that spot but Steph Castle Spurs preview coming up next week as well I I don't get it I don't get the hype for Steph Castle I don't get it and then Bal goes at 132 and I'm also not interested in Bal as a points lead guy either I'm all for upside plays that that Tony pick of Brook Lopez there by the way really good I'm not yeah the E either of those guys Steph castle and B don't profile to me as really strong points league players there goes tyus Jones that that is really as much as again I don't think the tus is a 32-minute a night player in Phoenix that's really good value there Matas balis so he's taken two rookies in a very weak class who are projecting to be backups it's not take one of them I not loading up on two of them I I don't you they'll be dropped immediately I I I think like me taking a t een or a Dyson Daniels or Andy nard or Malcolm Brogden a stash of Andre Drummond PJ Washington not a super exciting player but he averaged 27 a game last season and we're at pick 135 now Tony takes herb Jones I don't know that's got Auto picked I don't know if he meant that but we're 12 rounds in I'm not going to go back and undo that one at this point also little surprising Bobby poris and Klay Thompson still not picked thought they would have gone off the board so far but no okay all right someone will take a know a Clowny flyer I'm pretty sure so I'm going to throw him who just went there Josh Hart um let's take a Kong come on I'm going to put Clowney into the queue like you can be disappointed by the way the Hawks run things but again is this the season do I know anything no but is this the season at pick 137 I don't actually care if it's not the season I'll take the I'll take the crack aong Wu was 148th last season what are we looking at here Luca takes Paul Washington Jr good stuff and now it is Adam stock who I think might go the Malcolm Brogden route he might go Caris LeVert here I could see Dennis Sher being an option for him too stocky is not as big of an upside um flyer type guy who I've noticed from the mocks that I do with him maybe I'll get him on the show at some point soon just to talk through that strategy but he takes Bobby poris at 139 Dennis schroer goes at 140 and while I don't love schroer at all I think that's a pretty good spot for him kcp I I don't re I know he'll be a starter in Orlando I don't really get him in points leagues whatsoever I'm just trying to find what he averaged last season 21 yeah that's not for me dead scal but that's okay that's okay I think I'm also yeah I'm going to throw Zack ret just into the queue after kcp goes cam Johnson which I like um Dyson Daniels and t e will be my next two picks c will take one of those guys in fact Cara might take Drummond here there is a strategy idea like of taking a handcuff if you've got embiid you take Drummond there's also a strategy idea especially when you're talking about Roto leagues stashable leagues draft only leagues of taking somebody else's handcuff because if they have embiid and they go well if I have Drummond and then embiid goes down I'm okay but if you get in and get that drum and then INB gets hurt that means you get a gigantic boost and opponent gets a big hit it's like what am I going to call it reverse handcuffing fluffy handcuffing I don't know but it's like it's the it's the me and Karan actually were in a roo League together last season and we both did that last picks we looked at the guys sort of around us who we thought had good teams and I tried to take handcuffs of their best players and if it didn't work out we moved on but that was the idea that we had I think it makes some sense Karan takes Klay Thompson then it goes Wendel Carter and Kevin Porter to mosab at the end of 12 and start of 13 so the guy that has embid is who was it day Rock got him a pick 11 if I was one of these guys like Tony next to him i' oh there goes C did it he took Drummond right Drummond can have value on his own but it also is a is a Deb balancing handcuff scenario one of the other guys that's around that is is marginally intriguing as Malcolm Brogden we don't expect him to play a full season but we get into the point where whatever you get out of him is a bonus and then if he's heard or traded you just drop him cuz he probably exceeds we're at 148 I would say Brogden exceeds this value while he plays and then you move on so I think that's getting to be a reasonable a reasonable spot and if I have a look at my squad put brog in the queue no Clowny go so dead skilla taking the upside there like I've got my upside players my Daniels and E and Rous and then a couple safer Mitch Robinson is necessarily safer but Mitch Robinson Malcolm Brogden yeah Caris levero start to come in there like we'll just sort of Play It by year uh Andy nard is is an option Taylor Hendricks went by the way as well so Hendrick Clowny Isaac um what's people's thoughts on Ben Maan this season terrible season last season nart is clearly ahead of him at the moment yeah interesting I hope I can get Dyson here Dyson averaged 19 points last season fantasy points in limited minute obviously Mitch Robinson to stock again he he loves just hitting those guys that slide and that's yeah Mitch Robinson there I think is immense value and he was as you saw on my Q Kelly UB goes next this to me is my I could take do I take Brogden I could take Brogden here I don't have much in the UPS I got Jackson Davis is an upside let's take Daniels and then we'll Brogden on the way back around een is standing out also as an option it's a tough strategy idea there for me Brogden clearly I think will outperform Daniels on a per game basis the first two months but you know is that worth it it probably is it probably is but the fact that I'd gone a little safer with a Kesler and a kongu I I wanted to take a little bit of of an upside not that Daniels is a huge upside hit player to be honest there's not a lot around upside hit wise Maybe you consider like do you consider Christian Brown an upside guy do you consider great a dick it's a little empty here I think e or Melton is maybe another interesting one so after I took Daniels Aaron nemith went I don't like him in category leagues great a dick is a good pick from tone um Caris bir also sort of just sitting around an injury to Mitchell or to um garland would Elevate him yeah much higher than this a lot of fantasy favorites they alen and Melton still around but they're more category favorites H hakz might be worth a stash as well stick him into the queue Day Rocket takes Grayson Allen just think there's going to be a big big big decline from Grayson Allen this season another interesting guy could be ayod dumu coming up in some pcks here oh Kon Alice goes not really a point SL guy I don't think but I would expect that he has the inside track to start in Sacramento R goes at 14 and that is the end of by Wolves nice flyer on Zack who we don't know if he's going to start or not Gaz Trent goes there probably a starter in Milwaukee pretty strong pick as well and then we're getting back to my pick I I will take or do I take een or Brogden that is that is hard I think it's een for me if we get to that spot but I'm very happy with een or Brogden if we get back there we'll see well there goes Empire so I will get one of e or brogen I'm okay with that feel pretty good about that actually so I will take tari maybe this season hopefully it is hard to find big big minutes for him though unless something wild happens which could always go down Andy neh hard goes at pick 159 July baby looking to make his last selection obviously you know one of my guys that I like as a last round pick I'm just going to throw him into the queue and I think someone will take him here um is kylo movich I'm just going to throw him into the queue potential starter for the Pelicans maybe you could even throw Daniel Ty there oh Cam Whitmore goes I'll take the guy that I think might be better and that is tar een so Rockets reserves going off the board there yeah Whitmore never really entered my head as an option there look would you consider aob Carrington that's like one that if you're in stashable formats best balls larger benches Roto that I think Carrington will have a solid run but he's a rookie point guard blocked by Jordan PA and Malcolm Brogden I'm not that interested early on pton Pritchard for Luka he's going to have good feeling moments but on a day-to-day basis how do you use him really tough to see how that works but you know whatever Norman pal could be a guy here am a little stocky is GNA take Brogden here I think and that's going to really give him good numbers really good numbers I think yeah there you go just the this is what Adam does he he looks at the projection because I'll just take the guy that I think is the best here he's not really taking swings on it and that is a viable strategy it definitely makes your draft look great it is a viable strategy like you know taking poris there taking Gordon taking McCullum taking hero taking Brogden taking Robinson taking Vel nearly every one of those picks that he made even a mo at that spot were this guy's just Fallen to me why not I maybe I'll talk to him more specifically about that but that is that's what that feels like to me like this is just let's just do it yeah like they're here they project pretty well I don't care about the upside the winner soldier Max stru goes at 165 bud heeld no sorry streu 164 Bud heeld 165 I I don't think that buddy is going to start for um Golden State I think he's not a very good points League player either so yeah I won't do that I am surprised that he went and danthony Melton did not yet three picks left let's see what happens um KY linck Donovan kingan and the final pick is no one is going to take my man Klo Movic no one's going to take Melton Marcus Smart haime hakz who was that final pick Marcus Smart it was okay so there we go that is the draft done what is interesting to this is we went one position deeper than default Yahoo we went to 14 players 10 starters four bench you know that I think you should push out further to 10 and six maybe I think you should go deeper because look at The Players who are available here Caris LeVert Jordan Clarkson DeAnthony Melton Brandon Clark lud Dort McConnell mathine pal haimura Cen Johnson Christian Brown um Caleb Martin ha HZ o dumu Obi Topp and DeAndre Hunter these are not saying they're great players but the guys who are going to have roles like Bob Carrington Pat Williams um then we then we start yeah fono we start to get a little Daniel Ty we start to get a little bit lower Dereck Jones there are some options available Reed Shepard didn't get picked Trey man may start I don't think he will Josh Green in Charlotte like these guys didn't get selected so anyway let's go and look at my team we go to sabonis LeBron Deonte Julius Randall Jamal Murray Nicola vich in round six D'Angelo Russell Colin seon Keegan Murray Trace Jackson Davis Walker Kesler re rongo Dyson Daniels and T een piggy for m is not a great spot um don't love picking at that spot Karan was using my projection I am certain of that his numbers come out really well he is on comes out projected on top followed by shenon sugar mosab and me which are all of the top picks there dead scal didn't uh then it was Adam and then it was dead scal Luca Tony July day Rock and Raised by Wolves but picking at the end of the first round is very different to picking at the start of the first round that is the end of the mock draft Yahoo points scoring format 12 teams 14 man rosters 10 and four I picked at eight you can tell me what you thought of 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