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<title>Three deep sleepers who can win your league</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>Gui Santos is the cheap way into Golden State's open minutes</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>With Jimmy Butler out until the new year, Kristaps Porziņģis out indefinitely and Moses Moody rehabbing a torn patellar tendon, we project Gui Santos for 29.6 minutes and rank him 123rd on points while the consensus has him 148th.</description>
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<title>How to punt threes, and why Giannis and Anthony Davis become top-six picks</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Ignoring three-pointers lifts Giannis Antetokounmpo to 4th on our 9-cat board and Anthony Davis to 6th, turns Walker Kessler and Ivica Zubac into second-round players, and drops Anthony Edwards to 30th.</description>
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<title>The players whose value changes most between ESPN, Yahoo and Fantrax scoring</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Tyrese Haliburton is 17th on our points board under ESPN's default scoring and 37th under Yahoo's and Fantrax's, while Paolo Banchero goes the other way, from 32nd to 14th.</description>
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<title>Leagues that pay offensive rebounds, and the centers who gain most</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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<description>A half-point bonus for each offensive rebound moves Donovan Clingan from 59th to 45th on our Yahoo points board, Day'Ron Sharpe 14 places and Mitchell Robinson 16.</description>
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<title>How to punt assists, and the big men who become early-round players</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Ignoring assists moves Walker Kessler from 51st to 21st on our 9-cat board, Zach Edey from 61st to 28th and Rudy Gobert from 73rd to 34th, while Cade Cunningham falls to 60th.</description>
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<title>Double-double bonuses favor Josh Giddey and the rebounding centers</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Adding two points for a double-double and four for a triple-double moves Josh Giddey from 22nd to 16th on our ESPN points board and Donovan Clingan from 61st to 53rd.</description>
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<title>If your league charges for missed threes, Brandon Miller and Curry fall and the bigs rise</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>A half-point charge for each missed three drops Brandon Miller 15 places on our ESPN points board and Stephen Curry nine, and lifts Rudy Gobert from 70th to 51st.</description>
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<title>How to punt field-goal percentage, and the guards it makes cheaper</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Ignoring field-goal percentage lifts Fred VanVleet 37 places on our 9-cat board and Immanuel Quickley and Damian Lillard about twenty, while Giannis falls from 9th to 51st.</description>
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<title>The first month's schedule, where Denver plays 11 games and 13 teams play 14</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Over the first four fantasy weeks, from October 19 to November 15, thirteen teams play 14 games, Denver plays 11 with no back-to-backs, and Philadelphia opens with four games in week one.</description>
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<title>When to draft Brandon Ingram, Jimmy Butler and the stars who will miss months</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Injuries</category>
<description>Brandon Ingram is 53rd in our analysts' points consensus and 142nd on our projections, which price the half season he will miss, and Jimmy Butler and Shaedon Sharpe show the same gap.</description>
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<title>Sleeper's Lock-In format makes Embiid, Kyrie and George better picks</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>When only one game a week counts, a player who misses games costs you far less, and our Sleeper board moves Joel Embiid nine places and Kyrie Irving and Paul George eight.</description>
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<title>Six players Yahoo drafters reach for, and the two that cost you</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Yahoo drafters were taking all six ahead of our consensus, but our projections under Yahoo scoring call only OG Anunoby and Chet Holmgren real overpays and back two of the others.</description>
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<title>Six players ESPN drafters reach for, and the four to let go</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>ESPN drafters were taking all six earlier than our consensus ranks them, and our projections agree on four: Mikal Bridges, DeMar DeRozan, Kon Knueppel and Caleb Wilson.</description>
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<title>The opening week checklist, and why Jokić plays only twice</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>The season tips off on October 20 with three games, Denver plays only twice in the first week, Philadelphia plays four times, and nine teams play four games in week two.</description>
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<title>The ESPN auction prices that are backwards, from Jamal Murray to Devin Booker</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>James Harden is a reach in points leagues and a bargain in ESPN categories</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Harden re-signed with Cleveland for three years, and with Donovan Mitchell leading the offense his shots fall, which costs him in points leagues and barely matters in ESPN's eight categories.</description>
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<title>Kevin Durant at 38 is still a 9-cat value, as long as you plan for the games</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Durant turned 38 in September, and the 9-cat consensus still has him 14th, ahead of where ESPN and Yahoo drafters take him, while points leagues are cooler on him at 23rd.</description>
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<title>Amen Thompson is worth more under ESPN's scoring than anywhere else</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>The points consensus has Thompson 28th, but under ESPN's default scoring, where steals and blocks pay four points, our projections rank him 20th, which is where ESPN drafters take him.</description>
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<title>Alperen Şengün is a points-league steal and a 9-cat problem</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>ESPN drafters take Şengün around 24th, which is a bargain in points leagues, where the consensus has him 11th, and an overpay in 9-cat, where his free throws cost him.</description>
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<title>Jalen Brunson is going 13th on ESPN, and no analyst ranks him that high</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>ESPN drafters were taking Brunson around 13th, while the consensus ranks him 25th on points and 42nd in 9-cat, and not one of our analysts has him inside the top fifteen.</description>
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<title>LaMelo Ball in Minnesota is priced right, and the games decide the rest</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Ball moves to Minnesota beside Anthony Edwards with more minutes and the same role, and the consensus ranks him 29th on points and 25th in 9-cat, right where drafters take him.</description>
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<title>The 9-cat top thirty, where the analysts split and the projections disagree</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Every analyst puts the same four players at the top of a 9-cat draft, and after that Giannis, Kawhi Leonard and Bam Adebayo divide the panel by more than twenty places each.</description>
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<title>Nikola Jokić is the only player every analyst agrees on</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Every one of our analysts ranks Jokić first on points, and from there the top thirty splits, with Domantas Sabonis, Anthony Davis and Amen Thompson the widest arguments.</description>
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<title>Five ESPN categories sleepers, and why turnovers change the list</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>ESPN's standard categories leagues count eight categories with no turnovers, which lifts Jalen Suggs, costs Kel'el Ware, and leaves Trey Murphy III and Jaren Jackson Jr. as the best values.</description>
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<title>Six Yahoo points-league sleepers drafters are letting slide</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>Anthony Davis, Darius Garland, Dejounte Murray, Ja Morant, Julius Randle and RJ Barrett all go later on Yahoo than the consensus ranks them, and two of them go later on ESPN too.</description>
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<title>Four points-league sleepers ESPN drafters are letting slide</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>Chet Holmgren, Trey Murphy III, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Walker Kessler all rank inside the consensus top fifty on points and were going between 64th and 89th in ESPN drafts.</description>
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<title>Zach Edey is the biggest draft-day bargain on ESPN in both formats</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>The consensus ranks Edey 69th on points and 60th in 9-cat, and ESPN drafters were letting him fall to around pick 124, a gap no other player on our board comes close to.</description>
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<title>Stephen Curry at 38 is a second-round 9-cat player at a third-round price</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/stephen-curry-nine-cat</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Curry signed a two-year, $116 million extension and carries a thin Golden State roster, and in categories leagues his threes and free throws are still worth a second-round pick.</description>
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<title>Domantas Sabonis is a points-league pick and a 9-cat pass</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/domantas-sabonis-points-or-nine-cat</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Sabonis is back from a torn meniscus and the consensus ranks him 22nd in points leagues and 38th in 9-cat, so the right price depends entirely on your format.</description>
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<item>
<title>Karl-Anthony Towns' contract talks change nothing about where to draft him</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/karl-anthony-towns-extension</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Towns reportedly called the Knicks' four-year, $200 million offer unreasonable, but on the court he projects as a second-round player in 9-cat and a fair price in points leagues.</description>
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<item>
<title>Coby White's calf strain moves the Hornets' shots to Brandon Miller</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/coby-white-calf-strain</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Injuries</category>
<description>Coby White will miss the rest of the preseason with a left calf strain, his third calf problem in fourteen months, and Brandon Miller is the Hornet whose value rises most.</description>
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<item>
<title>Brooklyn's new frontcourt: Day'Ron Sharpe gains the most</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/brooklyn-randle-mpj-sharpe</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Julius Randle and Michael Porter Jr. are priced as stars, but with Nic Claxton gone the player whose role grows most in Brooklyn is Day'Ron Sharpe.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Memphis traded Ja and Jaren, and Ty Jerome is the guard to own</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/memphis-after-ja-and-jaren</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>With Ja Morant in Portland and Jaren Jackson Jr. in Utah, the Grizzlies' usage is up for grabs, and the two departed stars have gone in opposite directions for fantasy.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Collin Murray-Boyles and the stocks a 9-cat build is short of</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/collin-murray-boyles-stocks</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>A forward who blocks and steals at a big man's rate without a big man's free throws, with five more minutes a night coming.</description>
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<item>
<title>The guards and wings who rebound like forwards</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/rebounding-guards-and-wings</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Josh Giddey, Jayson Tatum, Jalen Johnson, Amen Thompson and Josh Hart all project for more than seven rebounds a night without a center's position, which lets a roster win the glass without giving up guard categories.</description>
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<item>
<title>Where our analysts split, and who the projections side with</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/where-our-analysts-split</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Jeremiah Fears, Damian Lillard, Joel Embiid and Kawhi Leonard divide our analyst panel by 50 places or more, and our projections settle each argument a different way.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The centers worth waiting for after the fifth round</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/centers-worth-waiting-for</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>Center is the deepest position in the middle of the draft, and Zach Edey, Rudy Gobert, Neemias Queta and Day'Ron Sharpe all offer starting value after the sixth round.</description>
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<item>
<title>Four players who changed teams and changed value with it</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/new-teams-new-roles</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Naz Reid, Ivica Zubac, Darius Garland and Mitchell Robinson all moved this summer, and each move changed his minutes, his role or both in ways the draft market has priced unevenly.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Matas Buzelis, third season, and why the jump is in the shot volume</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/matas-buzelis-volume</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>Chicago's forward does not need to shoot better to rise. He needs two more shots a night, and our projection gives him them.</description>
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<item>
<title>How to punt turnovers, and the stars it makes cheaper</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/punting-turnovers</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Ignoring turnovers moves Trae Young from 27th to 10th on our 9-cat board and Dejounte Murray from 49th to 28th, and it turns several high-usage players the market dislikes into bargains.</description>
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<item>
<title>The players who never miss, and why durability is underpriced</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/players-who-never-miss</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Scottie Barnes, Anthony Edwards, Amen Thompson, Derrick White and Desmond Bane are all projected for 73 games or more, and in a season-long league the games are worth almost as much as the line.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Three bold calls: Flagg in the top ten, Kessler and Jerome</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/three-bold-calls</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>Cooper Flagg finishes top ten, Walker Kessler finishes inside the 9-cat top 40, and Ty Jerome outplays a pick outside the top 100, with the numbers behind each call.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Where to find threes after the sixth round</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/late-round-threes</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>Norman Powell, Jabari Smith Jr., Reed Sheppard, Cameron Johnson and Aaron Nesmith all project for more than two threes a night without hurting your turnovers, and all are going in the middle or late rounds.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Giannis is a Heat now, and Bam Adebayo is the better value</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/heat-giannis-bam</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Giannis Antetokounmpo is a first-round pick in both formats with a free throw problem in one, while Bam Adebayo and Andrew Wiggins are both going later than our projections say they should.</description>
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<title>Cedric Coward is the sleeper with free throws to spare</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/cedric-coward-sleeper</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>A Memphis guard projected for more minutes, more threes and an 85% stroke at the line, still sitting outside most top 100s.</description>
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<item>
<title>Per game or per season, the question that decides ten draft picks</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/per-game-versus-per-season</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Our projections rank Joel Embiid 35th per game and 70th over the season, and the same split runs through Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James and six more players drafters are arguing about.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The minutes risers and fallers that will move fantasy values most</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/minutes-risers-and-fallers</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>Khaman Maluach, Jared McCain and Gui Santos gain nine minutes a night or more in our projections, while Kevin Porter Jr. and Nikola Vučević lose the most, and minutes move fantasy value faster than anything else.</description>
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<item>
<title>Milwaukee after Giannis: Ryan Rollins and Kel'el Ware are the picks</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/bucks-after-giannis</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>The Giannis trade left Milwaukee with five guards for two starting spots and a young center behind Myles Turner, and our projections favor the two players drafters are taking last.</description>
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<title>Four points-league sleepers going after the seventh round</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/points-league-sleepers</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>Immanuel Quickley, Brandin Podziemski, Gui Santos and Jaime Jaquez Jr. all project as starting-caliber points players and are going later than our numbers suggest.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The guards who protect the ball, and why it is worth a round in 9-cat</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/guards-who-protect-the-ball</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Tyrese Haliburton, Immanuel Quickley, Cam Spencer, Payton Pritchard and Tre Jones all project for at least four assists to every turnover, which helps two categories at once.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Where our projections break from the consensus, and why</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/where-we-break-from-the-consensus</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Our model ranks Jeremiah Fears, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Ayo Dosunmu and Dyson Daniels well above our analysts, and Jalen Green, Ja Morant and Michael Porter Jr. well below them.</description>
</item>
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<title>Dylan Harper is the breakout to draft before your league notices</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/dylan-harper-breakout</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>A second-year guard whose role grows by six minutes a night, and whose per-minute line was already good enough to start in fantasy.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>The big men who shoot threes, and why they are worth a premium in 9-cat</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/big-men-who-shoot-threes</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>A center who makes threes and blocks shots fills two categories almost no one else fills together, and Naz Reid, Onyeka Okongwu and Kel'el Ware all do it at a discount.</description>
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<item>
<title>Three bounce-back players your league gave up on too early</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/bounce-backs</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>Jalen Williams, Domantas Sabonis and Coby White all had seasons wrecked by injury or circumstance, and our projections have two of them well ahead of where drafters are taking them.</description>
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<item>
<title>Eight draft-day coin flips that are not coin flips</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/same-price-different-player</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Each of these pairs goes off the board at roughly the same pick, and in every case our projections put one player several rounds ahead of the other.</description>
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<title>Kel'el Ware in Milwaukee, and the rebounds that come with a bigger role</title>
<link>https://leaguewinnersports.com/news/kel-el-ware-milwaukee</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>A change of team and five more minutes a night turn a solid center into a double-double threat.</description>
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<title>Five veterans your league is scared of, and the numbers say draft them</title>
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<description>CJ McCollum, Paul George, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard are all 34 or older, and our projections have four of them ahead of where drafters take them even after charging for the games they will miss.</description>
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<title>Five rookies after the top four worth knowing for deep leagues</title>
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<description>Darius Acuff Jr., Yaxel Lendeborg, Morez Johnson, Hannes Steinbach and Keaton Wagler are all projected for 25 minutes or more as rookies, which makes them deep-league fliers with clear roles.</description>
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<title>How to punt free throws, and the players it turns into bargains</title>
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<description>Giving up free throw percentage moves Rudy Gobert from 74th to 33rd and Walker Kessler from 51st to 25th on our board, and it changes which guards you should and should not draft.</description>
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<title>Five young players whose roles grew this summer</title>
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<description>Cedric Coward, Collin Murray-Boyles, Khaman Maluach, Matas Buzelis and Donovan Clingan all walk into more minutes this season, and our projections price each of them as more than a late flier.</description>
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<title>Six 9-cat sleepers who win categories without the ball</title>
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<description>Neemias Queta, Jaden McDaniels, Keegan Murray, Cason Wallace, Jalen Suggs and Dyson Daniels all score modestly and all rank well ahead of the consensus in categories leagues.</description>
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<title>Khaman Maluach and the minutes Mark Williams leaves behind</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Injuries</category>
<description>Phoenix's starting center is out until February, and our projections have already moved his backup up the board.</description>
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<title>The Sixers start five scorers, and Jaylen Brown pays for it</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>Philadelphia's starting five scored 121 points a game between them last season, and our projections leave room for about 108, so we looked at who gives up the shots.</description>
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<title>What media day told us about ten injured stars, and what we changed</title>
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<category>Injuries</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>The fantasy playoff schedule favors Phoenix and Dallas, and punishes New Orleans</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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<description>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.</description>
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<title>The first round, pick by pick, in points and in 9-cat</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>Ranking the top four rookies for fantasy, and why Darryn Peterson is fourth</title>
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<category>Breakouts</category>
<description>Cameron Boozer is the rookie to own on day one, Caleb Wilson is a categories piece with a free throw problem, AJ Dybantsa is a scorer still learning the rest, and Darryn Peterson is going far earlier than our projections justify.</description>
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<title>Five early-round traps, and the players to take instead</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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<description>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.</description>
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<title>Same player, different format: who to draft in points and who in 9-cat</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>Six players drafters are too low on this season</title>
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<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
<category>Sleepers</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>Steals and blocks are the scarcest categories, and these players supply both</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>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.</description>
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<title>How we call a breakout, and how to spot one yourself</title>
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<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
<category>Strategy</category>
<description>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.</description>
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