https://leaguewinnersports.com/news Fantasy basketball news from our analysts for 2026-27: breakout players, sleepers, injuries and strategy, with every story open to Pro members. en-us Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/three-deep-sleepers https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/three-deep-sleepers Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT James Sleepers 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/media-day-injury-report https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/media-day-injury-report Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:58:00 GMT James Injuries 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/fantasy-playoff-schedule https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/fantasy-playoff-schedule Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:56:00 GMT James Strategy 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/first-round-pick-by-pick https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/first-round-pick-by-pick Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:54:00 GMT Matt Strategy 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/top-four-rookies https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/top-four-rookies Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:52:00 GMT Matt Breakouts 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/early-round-traps https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/early-round-traps Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:50:00 GMT Matt Strategy 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/points-or-nine-cat https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/points-or-nine-cat Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:48:00 GMT Matt Strategy 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/players-drafters-are-too-low-on https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/players-drafters-are-too-low-on Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:46:00 GMT James Sleepers 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/steals-and-blocks https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/steals-and-blocks Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:44:00 GMT Matt Strategy 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. https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/how-to-read-a-breakout https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/how-to-read-a-breakout Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:42:00 GMT Matt Strategy 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.