Julian Champagnie made eight threes off the Spurs bench, and our 9-cat board has him 78 places above the consensus

Eight of Julian Champagnie's first ten three-point attempts went in on Tuesday night, according to ESPN's recap, and he finished 8 for 13 from deep with 26 points in 25 minutes off the bench as San Antonio beat Sacramento 130-103 to even its record at 2-2. Victor Wembanyama had the bigger night, 29 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks with nine dunks that matched his career high, but Wembanyama is second on our boards and on the consensus and needs no story about where to rank him. Champagnie is the Spurs player whose value our numbers and the analysts' read differently, and Tuesday made the difference wider.

After the nightly run read the game, Champagnie is 93rd on our 9-cat board and 152nd on our points board under ESPN's standard scoring, while the analysts' consensus had him 171st in 9-cat and 195th on points when this was written. The gap is a categories argument more than a points one, since his value comes from threes, free-throw percentage and turnovers he rarely commits, and the case below sets out where it holds, where it depends on minutes he has not yet been promised, and the league sizes in which he is worth a roster spot.

Every player in this story is on the fantasy basketball rankings and the 2026-27 projections, and the NBA depth charts show where each one stands in his team’s rotation tonight.