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Breakout players, sleepers, injuries and strategy from our analysts, built on the same projections as the rest of the site. 5 of the 10 stories here are for Pro members, and Pro opens every one.
Max StrusCam SpencerAl HorfordPhotos: NBAProThree deep sleepers who can win your league
Max Strus, Cam Spencer and Al Horford all sit outside the consensus top 190, and our projections rank each of them as a player worth rostering in a standard league.
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Photos: NBAProThree deep sleepers who can win your league
Max Strus, Cam Spencer and Al Horford all sit outside the consensus top 190, and our projections rank each of them as a player worth rostering in a standard league.
Photos: NBAFreeWhat media day told us about ten injured stars, and what we changed
From Tyrese Haliburton's clean bill of health to Brandon Ingram's partially torn Achilles, the injury news that came out of NBA media day and how our projections now price each player.
Photos: NBAFreeThe fantasy playoff schedule favors Phoenix and Dallas, and punishes New Orleans
Over ESPN's default fantasy playoff weeks, from March 8 to April 4, Phoenix and Dallas play 16 games while five teams play 13, and New Orleans plays only five in the final fortnight.
Photos: NBAProThe first round, pick by pick, in points and in 9-cat
Our projections agree with the analysts on the top three, then split on Giannis Antetokounmpo, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Johnson and Tyrese Haliburton depending on the format.
Photos: ESPNMembersRanking the top four rookies for fantasy, and why Darryn Peterson is fourth
AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer are fantasy starters from day one, Caleb Wilson is a categories piece with a free throw problem, and Darryn Peterson is going far earlier than our projections justify.
Photos: NBAProFive early-round traps, and the players to take instead
Kon Knueppel, Devin Booker, Deni Avdija, Stephon Castle and Paolo Banchero in 9-cat are all going rounds earlier than our projections can justify, for five different reasons.
Photos: NBAProSame player, different format: who to draft in points and who in 9-cat
Alperen Sengun is 15th on our points board and 45th in 9-cat, while Cason Wallace is 129th and 78th, and knowing which players split this way is half the job in either format.
Photos: NBAProSix players drafters are too low on this season
Tyrese Haliburton, Austin Reaves, Anthony Davis, Brandon Miller, Ausar Thompson and Chet Holmgren are all going a round or more after where our projections rank them.
Photos: NBAMembersSteals and blocks are the scarcest categories, and these players supply both
Only a handful of players project for more than two and a half steals and blocks combined, and several of them are going outside the first five rounds.
Photos: NBAFreeHow we call a breakout, and how to spot one yourself
Most fantasy breakouts are a change in minutes, not a change in talent. Here is how our projections tell the two apart, and where to look on the site.
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