The ESPN auction prices that are backwards, from Jamal Murray to Devin Booker
In a ten-team ESPN auction drafters pay $34 for Devin Booker and $24 for Jamal Murray, and under ESPN's own scoring our prices say the order should be the other way round.
By James · 3 min read
Devin BookerJamal MurrayEvan MobleyPhotos: NBAMembersESPN publishes the average price each player goes for in its auction drafts, and those averages describe a standard room: ten teams, $200 each, thirteen roster spots and ESPN's default points scoring. Our auction values price the same room from our projections, with every dollar of the $2,000 accounted for, so the two can be compared player for player.
- Devin Booker PHX52ndvs 37th
- Jamal Murray DEN10thvs 16th
- Evan Mobley CLE30thvs 26th
- Trey Murphy III NOP18thvs 24th
- Kon Knueppel CHA54thvs 59th
Most players land within a few dollars of each other. The ones that do not are the interesting part, and in early October five of them stood out, three that ESPN's rooms were paying far too little for and two they were paying too much for.
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