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Six 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.

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Undervalued players in the early and middle rounds are worth more than any deep sleeper, because the gap between a third-round player and a fifth-round player is far larger than the gap between the 140th and the 180th. The six below are all players the market is taking at least a round after our projections rank them, and each comes with a specific reason the price has fallen behind: an injury that has healed, a role that has grown, or a playoff series people remember more than a regular season.

Ranks from our projections board and the analysts' consensus, updated nightly.

Ranks are from our projections board, which values a player over the whole season including the games he is projected to miss, under ESPN's default scoring for points. ESPN draft prices are as read at the end of September.

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