Who are the top rookies you are looking at in this seasons draft?įor me the one I'm probably highest on in terms of Fantasy Basketball value is the Denver Nuggets Emmanuel Mudiay. Currently he's being drafted at #31 and if he posts similar numbers to what he did after Karl took over #31 might be a sleeper as he would certainly exceed his projections. To answer your question Rudy Gay is absolutely a 3 rd round Fantasy Basketball selection and after watching him play the other night in a small ball lineup minus Boogie Cousins I'm convinced of this. Gay posted some terrific numbers when Karl became the coach (23.8 PPG, 1.5 3-PPG, 3.2 APG, 5.7 RPG, 1.0 SPG, 0.9 BPG, 47.4 FG% and 84.3 FT%) and from all we've seen from Gay this preseason it does indeed appear that Gay could be in for an exceptionally good season.
His duel eligibility (SF, PF) is also a plus as is the fact that George Karl is a terrific coach for Fantasy hoops owners because he usually lets players like Gay do his thing. He has terrific numbers in every category but blocks and his shooting percentages are very solid. Gay has always made a great contribution to Fantasy Basketball rosters. I have Rudy Gay being drafted in the 3 rd round. If you can't do that use Google and find examples like the one I linked to above in order to get an idea of what to expect when draft day comes along. This will allow you to see trends and help you make better choices when the real thing comes along. The best ones are the ones that you participate in yourself with other owners who are as diligent as the industry guys were. So to answer your question mock drafts are very useful under the right circumstances.
So did several other picks but from what they provided we can learn quite a few things to help us prepare better for our drafts. Chris Paul and John Wall ahead of Damian Lillard interested me as did taking Reggie Jackson and Eric Bledsoe in the second round. They were each involved from start to finish and the results and some of the rationale behind the selections was also revealed.
The best mock drafts are the ones that you know everyone participating like the one some within the Fantasy Basketball industry participated in.
If you are taking part in a public mock draft chances are the participants will lose interest after the 4 th or 5 th round and you won't learn very much from it or the draft isn't full and you wind up drafting against a bunch of auto picks and you won't learn anything from this either. The key here is who you are participating with in these drafts. Then I participated in a couple of them and changed my tune sort of.
There was a time when I felt mock drafts were a big waste of time. How much emphasis do you place in mock drafts and are they all that useful? The Fantasy Basketball season is fast approaching live drafts are being held and as always Fantasy Basketball owners are filling up my inbox with questions.so let's get cracking!