10/17:Fantasy Basketball Primer: 2019 Draft Preview

Forever show. Start listening to us or suffer the consequences. Listen t dudnit. Yeah right now as welcome Happy your host Friday from five died from say Francis Frankne stand ball ladies and tell in yours and with that we will get you inside of Studio thirty four. This is the BFFs. He is Frank Snaffle, I am Gregg saucepan no e y today he's on assignment, Frankie. What's having it? Ry? Happy Thursday to you. Very eventful Thursday night. We got

Thursday night football. We have the Yankees game four ALCS. You will be at a hockey game tonight as well. I mean there's a lot going on. Are you doing, buddy, I'm doing great, man, I'm going to that hockey game with her, buddy, y Y Town, you turned down the in mine. Yeah. I wish I could have been a part of it as well, but I've got something going on. It's why i'm you know, dressed all snazzy. Also, I really want to watch the Yankees and the football game.

It's pretty fun. One of my friends said, he's bringing his, uh, his iPads he used as a what do you call it? One of those things you connect to WiFi through. Okay, so we can watch the Yankees from from the Ranger game. Oh wow, Okay, that's pretty legit. Listen. I don't you know me, I don't care about hockey. I care a lot about the Yankees, but you know we don't get a chance to hang on e Y all that much. Sure wants to go to the game, Like, all right, man, let's do it so you can hang out with e

Y in Town from Nashville. You know that Ey is a big hockey guy and we are big basketball guys. Greggy, which is uh where we landed today doing our fantasy basketball preview show. I know a few people have been hitting us up on Twitter asking us if we can preview and yeah, We had our draft last night. We had a PIT league draft, a twelve team head to head points league, so we can work in some of the results from that last night, kind of talk about

where some play years went. We go position by position. We'll go over the first round, some sleepers and bust. But fantasy basketball, to me kind of gets swept under the rug because fantasy football is as massive as it is. I understand the fantasy industry revolves around football, and rightfully so, it is my favorite fantasy sports to play. It's a lot of people's favorite fantasy sport to play, but basketball is actually my favorite real life sport. It was a

sport that I played most growing up. Greg It's, you know, outside of football, probably my favorite support to watch. I enjoy the NBA game. I know a lot of people basketball purists enjoy college football over the NBA. I I'm all here for the storylines, the drama, the entertainment that comes along with the NBA. So I do love playing fantasy basketball, and I'm happy that we're able to do this today. I'm happy that there's people that actually had

an appetite for fantasy basketball. Yeah, listen, I've gotten like most fantasy players. I would say I was super into fantasy basketball while back, and then I guess ever, I came back here ish like the f A d S Y. I was like, I like playing fantasy basketball. It's fine, like knowing more about the NBA, and I've gotten really into it, and you know, like most players like, I'm back into DFS and I was playing and I was, I feel like I'm good. And then I started losing

lots of money. But the season long game, it makes me follow the NBA more often than not. And I enjoyed that and it makes me happy. And immediately I'm always be a baseball guy beforem a basketball guy. But I'm excited to my fantasy basketball. I was excited to get my first draft underway last night. We have a draft. I have two drafts this weekend, one of which I will propart taking in the other one night which it's

all on Frank's hands hold down the fort. But if Frank's drafts similar to to do that he did last night in a similar spot, we're pretty happy. Yeah, I had the first pick last night. We have the first pick over the weekend, participating in Adam Roynises League. Adam Ynis you can hear on the fn T s Y radio right now. We are don't just listen to the podcast. We are the Champion's greggy. One might say that we were. We had a little bit of the bubble last season

if we celebrated our Fantasy basketball championships. So hopefully we go back to back. We were the number one pick last year in that league as well, so I'm looking forward to it. Uh. Frankoloso the first pick last night. I like what he did for the most part. Couple of things I would have done differently, obviously, but I don't have a chance to you because I can't traft

on Saturday night. I'm sorry. Well, you know what. We will consult and we will figure out players that we both want, and I will try my best to integrate those players that you want. Hopefully I can get Josh richards in Ford say, the best part of Fantasy Basketball Draft star, what's that? It's so quick. We were done in our last night. It was good. Exactly an hour last night. I didn't get out. It was awesome. I love it. If we go over the first round, I

feel like that's the first thing we should do. We do. We want to break in about a minute and a half, So I probably passed on that. Alright, that's I mean, there's just a lot to break down there. I don't want to like star and then like literally in a minute half. So I put out a poll before the show. Let's just do this. Let's just do the first pick. If you had the first overall pick, who would you take?

Because I put off the poll and as of now there are thirty votes, one candidate has zero percent of those votes. Uh, Jana san Compo is the leading vote getter right now? Is that where you would go if you have the first overall pick? Yeah, and that's what we talked about. You're making me do this, you know, I said, I you know, I don't want to do what I'm saying. We don't have to do the whole first round. I was just saying, let's go over to the first pick overall. I would move. I would vote

for Yannas to the Kombo. I think that Jannest does a little bit of everything. He has obviously multi position eligibility. He's just can help you in all every category is like category he doesn't help you in. There's a change based on the format. Now, how about in a road a league, right, because I'll bring this up to you stupid All right, Well, I'm sorry. We participate in a few Fantasy Baseball roadal leagues. The nfb k C if

you want to play some high stakes, is rotissory. And I think that you can argue that Anthony Davis and Karl Anthony Towns might be better rotissory players with the number one overall pick Greg because they don't really have any deficiencies in their game. I mean, Janice free throw percentage is not great. I'm not gonna shoot me three. E's Andy Davis and Karl Anthony Towns starting to shoot more threes, starting to ball handle a little bit more

as well. I think Anthy Davis had like six or seven assists last night and only twenty five minutes of play, So I think it a rotistory league. You actually can make the argument for a few other people. Overall, I think Janie and James Harden are more often than not if you just play a head to head categories league or head to head points. Those are the two that I'm considering most. Graig, Yeah, fair enough, Your Honest and Harden both fine choices. Obviously, they both do everything. They

both play every night. Something you want to know, and I know it is here on the left side, which you can see right here, that you need to avoid load management. And that's what I that's going to be a key for us all throughout the next hour talking about that. Whenever I had a decision between two players, it was always about load management. And what I liked about both Nice and Hardened and Karl Anthony Towns as well.

I don't expect them to really be rested. No, there were times last year with Milwaukee having such a big lead in the Eastern Conference where they did rest your honest down the stretch. Hardenines doesn't get rested at all. Karl Anthony Towns hates basing games. He didn't arrested at all. After that, it kind of feels like everyone is kind of at rich. So that's gonna be a theme I think throughout the hours, trying to avoid some of those players that have a load management issues. Let's talk about

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Rodo dot com backslash dunk to learn more. If you haven't done so already, make sure you check out the poll that Mike Oardona was running right now. I know he people have been talking about it throughout the dead. They're gonna reveal the results on game time. But Mike put out a poll in regards to the best young baseball player in baseball, and then it's basketball Primer show.

We'll get into it, but fifteen for fifteen over the next fifteen years, the question becomes, which baseball player would you rather have? Ronald Kuna, labor tourist, want so, or somebody else to feel a free to write it in. Mike has pulled going on now they're gonna reveal the results on game time Decisions coming up a little bit later on today, Let's get it back into fantasy basketball. Though Frankie and I mentioned I'm with you At the

number one pick, I'm going with Janice. Then I think the decision is a little bit harder between Carl Anthony Talents and James Harden. As a point to lead player Alileen Harding, just because like he could explode for literally seventy points and I thought that was nuts, so many real points, not fantasy points. So I think that those are clear top three. And then at four, the first thing that comes to my mind is Steph Curry over Anthony Davis. I think Curry being the one guy that

is there in Golden State. Little management certainly an issue, but he's gonna be asked to do something that he's never done before, which is carry and the complete low Altklay Tompson without Kevin Durant uh that Andrea Goodalla, it's him and Draymond Green. I thinks Steph Curry is just gonna be an animal and fantasy basketball this year. He's my number four player. Yeah, I think there's a clear consensus top six greg the order of those players changes,

but I think the draft really starts at seven. So for me, the top six players are Jana Santa Kumpo, James Harden, Anthony Davis, Nicolai Yokis, Steph Curry, and Carl Anthony town is not necessarily in that order, because again I think all those players are interchangeable. It comes down

to what kind of drafter you are. If you are, you know, if you are a risk taker and you want to shoot for the most upside, then you are probably taking Anthony Davis with the first overall pick, just based on his ability to twenty eight and twelve, gets defensive numbers, gets massive blocks, good percentages as well, starting to shoot the three as well, but you have to worry about the injury concerns, you know, maybe sits back

to back here or there throughout the course of the season. Um. But just based on a per game basis, the player who can have the most value, Andy Davis is definitely in that mix. Um. But if you are a safer draft, I mean, for me, I really like to build a foundation with my first couple of picks, my first three round picks. I really want safe players who I know I can rely on, who are going to give me production, uh, and then kind of take more risk once we get

into the middle rounds. So I would lean with the Jana first overall. I would lean James Harden still second. You know, I think Karl Anthony town is one of the safest players in the league, and they're talking about him having more of a role this season, the offense running through him and him distributing the ball more as well. So I could even get up to four five assistants

here for Karl Anthony Towns. But I do think that there's a very clear top six, Greg and I don't think that there is a wrong answer in any order. I think Steph Curry is in that mix as well, and I think that's fine. I think that top six you're right is is abbutently clear. And it's interesting because I had picked eight last night, right in the first round, and I didn't know what to do at that spot.

Did you ask me? Man? I really loved Joel and bead and like you want to talk about load management issues like that is the definition for joean and be. You know, out of e two games, you're getting a max of like sixty here um and then Russell westbre gonna playing alongside James Harden. Like, I didn't know what to do at that spot, because I agree, you've got six guys you're very comfortable taking. Then one I think that there is a group, and I think this is

where format comes into play a little bit more. If you play in a points league. I think that from seven to nine, Russell Westbrook, Joel Embiad, and Lebron James should go in that area because you know that when they are on the court, those guys are all triple double options. Lebron James looked great last night as well, had a ridiculous pass. Uh. I don't know. I don't know why I was watching preseason basketball, but I was. But I do think pick seven and nine, Russell Westbrook

and Beat and Lebron James are in the area. I would probably rank Um and Beat the highest of the bunch. Again, he's a lot like Anthony Davis Greig. When he's on the court, he's amazing. I mean, Joel and Beat again, someone who can average close to thirty real life points. He's gonna be over ten rebounds. He gets you, steals in blocks, distributes a little bit, going to have solid percentages.

The field goal percentage not as high as you would like it to be because he's starting to shoot a little bit more from the outside, but his upside is I mean, it's up there. With all of these other guys that we're talking about in the top six. So if you are an upside player, I think and beat his net mix. But if you play head to add categories, Greg, I think that Damian Lillard isn't that conversation as well because Rock Solid plays a ton of games every single year.

You told me this last night. The reason you took c J. McCollum is you don't have to worry about load management when it comes to Portland Trailblazers players. Damian Lillard's gonna average twenty five points going to average you know, six seven assists, um doesn't hurt your percentage. Is really good free throw shooter might be the best contributor in the free throw percentage department outside of James Hard in the NBA. Uh. It doesn't do a lot defensively, but

just a really really safe pick. So I think once you get to that like seven to ten range, you you have a a few guys to choose from between Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard, Joel Embiad and Lebron James. Yeah.

I think so it's interesting because the reason he's kind of a flip flop roles here because the reason I haven't traditionally in the first round in the middle of the first round gone after Damian Lillards because yeah, he's he's good, but I felt like the other guys are almost like league winners for you potentially, and Damian Lillard almost seems like a level below that what he can do and the categories that he could help you with, So I've always had him a little bit lower. Same

with CJ McCollum. And he said it to me the second I walked in here, like, hey, I was surprised she took CJ McCollum last night because he's awesome at scoring and he plays a lot of minutes. What else does he do? And I didn't really have an answer other than I got sniped on them and baya right,

like that was and you're right about that. And that's why I felt like both Plazers players, despite being the mar Key players in their team, despite the entire team revolving around them, or just a little like, okay for fantasy guys that you're fine having, but not somebody Demian Lillard that I would want in place of Joel Embiad who could win you a week, Russell Westbrook who win you a week. I don't know that Damian Lillard could

do that. Damian Lillard, to me, is a lot like Karl Anthony Towns or Yokih at his position because he's just safe. If you want to take a player with more upside than absolutely, you can go with the Joel embiad, you can go with the Lebron James. If Lebron does not get hurt and he plays seventy to seventy five games, he will likely return top five value overall. But he's

getting up there in age. And if you were watching last night, he saw a little start to see a little bit of gray and the beard for Lebron James. Not used to seeing that, but he's getting up there. He missed a ton of games last year because of injuries. It wouldn't surprise me if he sits out back to back. So you have to take all of these things into consideration. Greg.

I think if you're talking about a points league, I think Andre Drummond is in the mix as well, because you don't have to worry about the bad free throw percentage. You just have to worry about getting points and rebounds. You know, that's the biggest differentiator between a head to head categories or rotissary league versus a head to head

points league, and I head to head points league. You can take these big men who have terrible free throw percentage because they're gonna give you points, They're gonna give you rebounds, they're gonna give you blocks. If you play on Yahoo, the standard scoring is three fantasy points per defensive statistic. That makes Andre Drummond and guys like Steven Adams and Hassan Whiteside really good in points leagues because

they get a lot of defensive numbers. So I think Hassan uh, Andre Drummond is in this mix as well as a first round pick, probably more of a early second round pick and a head to add categories or rotissary league because he does bring down your free throw percentage. Yeah, and I get it. And there's his re league with free percentage of thing. Andre Drummond is always going to hurt you. But as we have seen, man, Andre Donmonds awesome. Like that's the type of player and I just I

just referenced it. I'm just playing my rankings here. Um, that's the player that can win you a week by himself, especially in the double double leagues. Where he is. He is absolutely dominant in two different categories. Andre jalmand Is has taken the leap forward, I think, and loan management certainly not a thing when it comes to Andre Drummond.

Lots there. I'll throw this back your way if you have picked twelve right and all these players that we just talked about are gone, the Damian Lillards, Lebron James, the Joel embiid Russell Westbrook. I was talking to Ronus last night. We're participating in his draft. We have first picked, he has twelfth pick, and he said twelve. Being twelve picked this year is terrible because there's no give meers

off the ward. If you don't mind James Harden, Janice, Anthony Davis, Yoki's Steph Curry, Karl Anthony Towns, Russell Westbrook, Joel embiid, Lebron James, and Damian Lillard, that's ten. Let's throw Andre Drummond in that mix as well. Who are you going with at pick twelve? Because I think that there's a lot of players that you can just kind of throw out there because people are gonna ask, well, where do I take Kawhi Leonard? You know, because you

have to worry about risk management with him. Um, you know it's just a spower. You should be targeting at Ben Simmons. You to worry about free throw percentage there as well. So if you had the wrap around this year, what are you looking at? So the couple of guys that come to my mind at that twelve thirteen spot, I think you consider if you're looking at guard, you're gonna consider Ben Simmons, as you mentioned. But the scoring leaves you just like this is annoying. The shooting. Obviously,

Drew Holiday has been my guy this year. I think Drew Holidays in for a massive, massive year. I was pumped to get him in my spot in the second round last night. Um, and I think Jimmy Butler helps you in every category as well. I'd rather have Jimmy Butler over Kakwain Leonard, which sounds crazy, but he's gonna help you in every category and leave this Miami team. You know it's crazy. Is the two players that I like there didn't even mentioned excited to hear the who

those two are. On the other side. That's a tease for you. We'll get in the second round. We'll get us some sleepers we like as well as the players to avoid here on the basketball primer, I want to be the next Daily Fantasy millionaire. Don't go on your NBA DFS competition with Daily Rodal dot com and dominate on fandel and DraftKings this season. Compete the pros with Daily Rodo dot Com optimizer and the most accurate projections in NBA DFS plus line up alerts, breaking news, lake

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there's a lot of people watching, of course, Greig. Everyone wants to see their bfs love it and probably haven't You were back thinking great reviews on the show yesterday. Didn't they missed us? Well, we're back. That's why we're back. Indeed, all right, you asked me to wing a break. When you're at the turn, when eleven guys are off the board, what do you do at twelve? And I said both of their team? I said, Drew Holiday comes to mind. I said Ben Simmons comes to mind. And I said

Jimmy Butler comes to mind. And You're like, well, you forgot to go. People who do you like in that spot? I don't dislike the names that you brought up, but personally I do like Bradley Beale and I like Luca don Che as well. Luka Donte was awesome last year. I expect him to improve on his efficiency having another player on the court like Chris tas poor Zingis, and he's someone that could just contribute all across the board. You have to consider, you know, the free throw percentage.

Maybe he's in the low tomid seventies field goal percentage, probably closer like a forty five percent shooter. You can back that up later on with some big men, you can help out your percentages. But someone that could just contribute across the board close to twenty five points. He'll give you seven or eight rebounds, will give you seven or eight assists, will give you a steal per game as well. He'll give you a couple of three pointers.

So I'm in a Luca Dontage and I think you know, Bradley Beal doesn't have the same upside that Luca Dontag does, but he's the main guy on his team. Greg. I mean, who else on Washington is going to get their own buckets. They just gave him a huge contract extension as well, because he's a guy that can average twenty five points per game, multiple threes, give you a steal, uh five six rebounds, four five assists. Very very solid player, a lot like Luka Donte and a more efficient player than

Luka Dontage as well. So I think both of those players are in the mix going at the end of the first round, beginning of the second round. I think all of these players in that mix, depending on who you want and depending on who uh you feel comfortable with how you're building your team. I'm with you, man, I have no issue with any of these guys. I think they're kind of all up together. And then after that you get to the point where you just need to take your guy. And that's what I didn't do

last night. Would you coming on the air about Josh Richardson, I'm gonna jump right to it because we have an hour to do this. I kinda want to jump around and make sure we get everything in there. And my guy, this one of my guys this year, and I've said it off the air a lot, is Shy Guilder's Alexander. I think he's in store for a monster monster season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and I think he should be a focal point of that office. They need him

to be better and I think he will be. So I want him, and yet I have him ranked as my Let me look here, when number is this one, two, three or four, four, six, seven, eight nine, thirteen ranked shooting guard at Hills, James Harden and Jimmy Butler, Bradley Beal, look Dodgic, Devin Booker, a whole bunch of these guys, right, So he's never thirteen for me. He is the last player in Tier three for me. And yet if you look at ESPN, the rankings or Yahoo rankings, he's much lower.

So last night we did this draft on Yahoo and I violated a rule of Annessey that doesn't matter where anybody has a guy ranked, but where you have him ranked. And he was ranked like twenty players after where my draft spot was. So I took Josh Richardson, who is my fifteen ranked shooting guard, ahead of Shy Gilder's Alexander because I was like, you know what, I probably can sneak him and get him on the way back. Frank

major that wasn't possible. And then of course Frank has lauded in the chat, but everyone's, oh, great pick, Frank, Like, God, damn it, that's what I should have done, and I a made a mistaken I didn't Yeah, shake Gilds Alexander going in that six seventh round range this year, I think he's a breakout candidate, has point guard and shooting guard eligibility. He was the focal point of the Paul

George trade. To be honest, the Clippers did not want to trade away Shay Gild just Alexander, but in order to sign Kawhi Leonard, they had to trade for Paul George. Uh And you know, of course, yeah, you have an opportunity to win a championship with Kawai and Paul George. You gotta make it happen. But they were hesitant to give him up and the numbers were not you know, I opening last year, but he was a rookie and

got better as the season went along. I'm gonna have a clear opportunity here playing the two against alongside Chris Paul Danilo Gallinaria is on this team as well. But I think shaikiel this Alexander is someone that can average sixteen seventeen points per game, right around five rebounds and assists. He's an efficient player, shot forty seven percent from the field as a rookie, eight percent from the free throw

line over a steel per game as well. I think he's someone I can average probably closer to a steal and a half. Good defender very in on Shaikiela Alexander Greg. I think he's one of those breakout candidate's going in the middle rounds. Absolutely, Shiel Alexander much like uh Malcolm Browndon even breakout candidate this year. New team, new role, new responsibility for the player, somebody that's ever growing. But the most popular sleeper for us and I probably in

the industry is bam Adebaya, who Jack Nicholson gift. But as I was mentioning before I got snipe in the fourth round, ma'am out of Bio because I knew I couldn't let him get back to Frank at the four or five serring because he would have been gone. So I was gonna take him at my spot in the fourth round, and I didn't get the opportunity to do that. Why are people so in a band this year? Because bama a Bio is a big man that can give you double doubles and he's not gonna hurt your free

throw percentage. He's not an amazing free throw shooter, but he is seventy three percent for his career. I'll take that over. You know, Andre Drummonds fifty five percent. DeAndre Jordan's very bad free throw shooter as well. Steven Adams a bad free throw shooter. So Bama a bio um. He's always shown us flashes. He's always someone that we've used in DFS whenever Hassan Whiteside was out because we

know what the upside can be when Hassan Whiteside wasn't there. Well, Hassan Whiteside is now on the Portland Trailblazers and bam Atabio has come out and said he would like to average fifteen, ten and five this year. If you look at his per thirty six numbers, not really outlandish last year per thirty six per thirty six, thirteen point seven points per game, eleven rebounds, three and a half assists, over a steel over all block per game. He's an

efficient player percent from the field last year. So there's a lot to like about band At a bio. Someone you can target in that fourth round range, Greg, you might be drafting him close to his ceiling, but based on what he can do defensively and be an efficient offensive player, I think the sky is the limit when it comes to Bam stepping up as a starting center

for the Miami Heat this season. A bio. Whenever he got the opportunity in years past was when the minutes were there, when a sou On Whiteside didn't play, I am stepped up. They've called him a leader on this team. Now. As long as Jimmy Butler doesn't like mentally f with him, maam should be pretty good. Yeah he should. I'm I'm on again. You know, good distributor doesn't hurt your percentages

in that fourth fifth round range. If you need a center, bam at a bio is your guy only two three turn Frank, you were salivating at the thought of Zion Williamson falling to you, and I wanted to bring up Zion and last year's the rolling overall pick DeAndre eight and two players going around a similar spot and some of the other rookies and trying to remember where we should take these players. Let me leave eaton off the side for now. Zion wis was the first overall pick

you wanted to two three turn. You just missed him. Why does he belong there? I actually think that Zion Williamson should be a mid second round pick right now, and I would take him over some of the players that went in the second round of this draft last night. I would take him over Kyrie Irving. I would take him over Paul George, who is probably gonna miss the first month of the season recovering from dual shoulder surgery.

I would take him over Kemba Walker as well. You know, we're getting a little bit of a glimpse of the upside of Zion Williamson. And it's only the preseason and this guy is scoring, you know, over twenty points per game right now. He's shooting over seventy percent from the field, and everyone thought, all right, he did that in college. He's not gonna be able to play bullyball with players in the NBA. I mean, these are grown men. They have a lot more mass on them. They're taller than

Zion Williamson. He's a six ft six center. This isn't gonna work out. Well, guess what's so far in the preseason playing against other grown men. You know, he was playing against Rudy Gobert last week, who is in All NBA first team defensive player. He had his way with him. I mean, Zion Williamson is the real deal. He's an uber athlete. I think he's someone that comes in right away averages over twenty points per game, probably seven to

eight rebounds, probably around three assists. I'm gonna give you massive defensive numbers, really really good field goal percentage as well. Three throw percentage might not be great, probably in that you know sixty to sixty five percent range. You can make that up if you have, you know, a Damian Lillard, if you have a James Harden on your team. But I think that Zion Williamson is gonna have a massive season. I think he's worthy of a mid second round pick.

A lot of people were hyping up Terry Favors earlier on in the Fantasy Basketball's draft season. I think that they've been experimenting with a small ball lineup with Zion at the five, and that's the way that the NBA is trending right now as well. So I think he is due for a massive season as a rookie. I would take him in the middle of the second round. They're enough middle of the second round. Four Zion Williams.

And what about the other rookies rank what about R. J. Barrett with New York nixt what about John Lorant and the Grizzlies, Darius Garland with Cleveland where did they all go? I like John Moran as the next rookie off the board for fantasy basketball. Probably better for a points league because I don't think that his efficiency is going to be great. But John Morant someone who you know last year with Murray State was getting triple doubles. People were

comparing this guy to Russell Westbrook. Not the same level athlete. He has a good athlete, but not the same level as Russell Westbrook. Not the same scoring mentality either, in my opinion, But I think John Moran someone that can average fifteen points, maybe seven assists, four or five rebounds as well in the fifth or sixth round range. Again, I think he's better for a points league because I do have some concern over the efficiency when it comes to John Moran. Same thing for r J. Barrett. He

shouldn't go in that fourth, fifth round range. I think he's more of a six seventh round player in a points league. RJ. Barrett is somebody you want to target in a points league. Last night, I think he shot free for thirteen from the field. He's not a good shooter, yet he's someone that can get to the basket. You can create his own shot. He can get to the free throw line. But he's not a good uh, he's not a good shot shooting. Again, the field goal percentage

is not gonna be good. Wouldn't surprise me if he's in the low forty percent range and he's not a good free throw percentage free throw shooter yet either, he's probably gonna be seventy percent, maybe sub seventy percent. So they'll do a little bit of everything. He'll get some assists, he'll get you some rebounds, maybe a steel per game. But I would target him more so in a points league. And that's six seventh round range, greg because the efficiency I do think is going to be very bad. It's

gonna be in the low forty percent range. That's brutal. Obviously that that could kill you a week and it takes quite a bit to counteract that. Yeah, and the next rookie that I would target is Ruby Hashimura. Actually I would take him over Darius Garland. I think that there's a clear opportunity for Japanese Jordan playing with the Washington Wizards. They just don't have enough talent there. It's Bradley Beale and who else you know, it's they have, Uh,

I think they have Dovis Bertans on that team. Obvis pertends three point streamer there, but there's just really not a lot of talent. So I think Ruey Hashimura someone that can come close to averaging a double double in his first season in the NBA. Not bad at all. All Right, let's take a break. When we come back, we're gonnah on a bunch of players that you should not draft this year. These are the sleepers here the bust it comes up next. Want to be the next

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dunk to learn more. Final if it seven doesn't so of the show's Frank, I'm Greggie as I take a look at what I got here my rankings, which I stepped from your rankings. Who are some players that when you see their names come up, You're like, you know what, I'm good. Kyrie Irving is one of those players I mentioned, you know, going in the second round. It's just too early for me. I understand he's an efficient player, um, but he's dealt with so many injuries the past couple

of years. I still think the Brooklyn Nets are looking more so at next season once Kevin Durant returns. So are they really going to push Kye Irving. He's a fine player, but in the second round range, you know, I would rather target, you know, Drew Holiday, someone that you like that's going in that area. I'd rather take a Devin Booker. I'd rather, you know, pivot to a big man, take a DeAndre Ayton or a Rudy Gobert or Nicola Vuosovic. In my opinion, um, there's just too

many injury concerns when it comes to Kyrie Irving. Greg uh And I think that, you know, some of these Brooklyn Nets players around him are gonna step up. You know, I liked argating Carris LeVert in the middle rounds and Joe Harrin's is gonna be taking a lot of threes for that team, and they have two big men who can play in DeAndre Jordan and Jared Allen as well. So Kye Irring talented player, but my opinion, second round

too early for me. Kyrie Irving is somebody that, like last night when he was on the board and I took you holiday over him, I'm like, I'm making a mistake.

And if you look at last year where he was supposedly mostly healthy, it wasn't as good as fantasy owners are certainly the Boston Celtics for having for so I agree Kyrie Irving is somebody that I'm not really going after this year because I'm concerned about load management for him too, I'm I'm concerned what Spencer did when his role is, what Carris Levert's role is, what Joe Harris's role is. Yeah, Kyrie Irving is the superstar here. I don't know that he helps me and enough categories that

I want to take a shot on him. I completely agree with you much like I'm honestly avoiding. I told you this when I came in today, Frankie, I wanted Martin Rosen either, like I get what the Rosen is good at and I get things he's been a fantasy name state for so long, but with the Spurs you always have that chance and have of being on the bench. The Rosen doesn't help you in enough categories and now he's a better three point shooting now that he's ever

been in his career. He doesn't help you enough anywhere. I don't want to spend an early round pick on the Rosen. You. Yeah, he's probably a better points league player than a categories league. He contributes a little bit across the board, you know, last year twenty one points, five point six rebounds, uh six point to assists, but doesn't shoot any threes, which is really tough because when you draft your shooting garden, they give you nothing in

the three point department. It is tough to overcome that. But no, he is durable. He's someone who's played seventy four games in each of the past four seasons. So I understand he's part of the Spurs who basically a you know, created load management and giving players time off. But those were the Tim Duncan's of the world, and later on in their career managing nobly, you know, when those guys were thirty five years old. Plus, I still

think that Demarda. Rosen is in a good spot right at through another name back your way, someone who you told me that you are openly avoiding and don't know that I necessarily feel the same way. That's Draymond Green. So tell everyone why you are avoiding Draymond Green right now.

So again, especially in points leaves, he's gonna help you a lot in category that it's undeniable because he contributes across the board in every category, but in points lead at least in the past with Kevin Durant and Clay Thompson. There Jamald Green has not been reliable. It is not We have not seen playoff Draymond through at the regular season. There's times where he just my friend doesn't show up, you know, with so many of these players, like the CJ. McCollums,

like even DeMar De Rosen who I mentioned. You know you're getting twenty points guarantee. This dude's gonna scores twenty points of a couple of rebounds, of a couple of assists, and you can put that you can be taking of the bank. But from playing DFS with Draymond Green, you're never getting that those twenty points you're gonna get like another team points most likely and you really need him

to be playoff. Raymond where he's getting has the opportunity and the ability to get you ten, ten, ten, and then a couple of blocks, a couple of steals. When he does all of that, there may not be a more a more all the round player in fantasy basketball. And then Draymond Green, how consistent is that going to be over the eight two game period, Like, I can't expect twenty points a night Draymond Green, you expect ten.

When it comes to rebounds, like, I don't know that he tries this hard in the regular season, So maybe you get like seven, that's fine, like ten and seven. And when it comes to assist like is he gonna be as active as he was in the postseason? Probably not get like five of those. That's good, ten, seven and five. It's a good game. It's not a great game for where he's being drafted. I have no problem drafting Draymond Green. I probably drafting Draymond Green where he goes.

He's going in the third fourth round range. Right now, here's how I will I guess counter what you said, though, it's they don't have Kevin Duran anymore. They don't have Klay Thompson, Like maybe Klay Thompson returns later on in the season, but it's Steph Curry, it's D'Angelo Russell, it's just Draymond Green. I mean, that's basically they're Big three

right now. And I think that Draymond Green is gonna be reliab to do more this year than he has been in years past, because, look, they playing a stack Western conference where they're not a lock to have home court advantage in the NBA playoffs. Some might say that they're not even a lock to make the NBA playoffs. That's probably going a little bit too far, but they're going to need Draymond Green to step up in order to have a good season, in order to have a

good seed for the NBA playoffs. Greig, So, I think Curry has a monster year. I liked Angelo Russell in that third fourth round range, and I think that they're going to have to rely on Draymond Green to do more just because look at the rest of that team. It's you know, Willie Calli Stein and Kevon Looney at center, which is fine, but you know, it's not the talent level that they've been at in years past. It's Alfonso McKinney or Glenn Robinson the third starting at small forward.

So I think ultimately just those big three for the Warriors are going to be relied on to do so much for this team because they don't really have much else. And I get that. I totally get that side of it. We haven't seen it, and and you were somebody the time Dangel Russell this year, and I understand that. I have no idea what Danzel Russell is going to be in that Warrior's offense. And you're right, he's gonna have to carry this scoring load. But how is he gonna

be next to Steph Curry? He's not a shooter. That's step or Clay are right, Like, he's gonna be the primary ball handler with Steph gost de Mansion. I don't know what to make of D'Angelo Russell. And how D'Angel Russell, for instance, compares to Terry Rosier, right, Like, that's something everyone's very very high on Terry Rosier. Who would you rather hapen of those two guys? Russell Rosier, I'll still

take D'Angelo Russell. I like the upside with Terry Rozier, but he legitimately might shoot from the field under forty percent on I don't know, fifteen sixteen shots of games. So if you play in the categories league, Terry Rozier is going to sink your field goal percentage. He's gonna turn the ball over a lot as well, But it wouldn't surprise me if he averages eighteen to twenty points

seven assists per game. If you play in a head to head points league where efficiency doesn't really matter as much, then yeah, I love Rosier in that format. You know, fourth round pick, definitely think that's worth it. When it comes to D'Angel Russell, I trust Steve Kerry. I think that he is going to figure this out. I think he's one of the best head coaches in the NBA, and I think we're gonna be reminded of that this

season a lot. Much like we've seen from James Harden and Chris Paul the past couple of seasons, They're going to stagger Steph Curry and D'anzel Russell. So maybe when we hit the six minute mark in an NBA game, Danzel Russell is gonna come out. He's going to come back in to start the second quarter. Steph Curry is going to take his break, you know, at the end of the first quarter or maybe a little bit before that, so that these guys are not really on the court

as much together. Down the stretch of games, they probably won't have a choice but to be on the court together. But the first three quarters, I think Steve Kerr is gonna do a good job of staggering Danzel Russell and Steph Curry being on the court together. And I think, frankly, they're gonna need Steph Curry and Danzel Russells to score a ton this season. They're gonna need, you know, probably close to thirty points out of Curry, probably close to

twenty five out of Danzel Russell. So I would take Russell because I think he's a more efficient player. I think, you know, he'll probably still be round five assists, maybe close to five rebounds, probably give you more three pointers than Rosier as well. Uh, they're close, but I would take to Danzel Russell. Another player that I absolutely despise every year, and you know this, frank Dandrew Wiggins. He's

a terrible fantasy basketball player. All he does, his score, he's all right in the points league, but in his categories league do not draft. He's a so much worse version of Tomorrow DeRos and C. J. McCollum is what he is. Yeah, he's basically you know R J. Barrett. I think Barrett's gonna do more of the peripheral stats as well. I think Part's gonna get more assists. He's probably gonna get more steals. Nothing. There was a year eighteen points for a game, two and a half, assist,

five rebounds. You and I owned him were two years ago? Did you have I had him? I didn't own him ever. I owned him in one of my home leagues, but I've never owned him in rhonuses league. You probably owned him. Maybe I owned him two years ago. Maybe I owned him in another league. I think I think it don't do anything except score. I think it's the other league that I owned him in a couple of years ago. But I think people are I wanted to drop him. I think that that's starting to be reflected in his

ADP though, Greg He's not sucks. You know, in years past he was a fifth round pick, sixth round pick. Now you're getting him sometimes seventh, eighth round range. Again. You can take him in a head to head points league, but in a head to ad categories league unless you were really desperate for points at that point in the draft. He's not really gonna do much out of that. He

doesn't shoot a lot of threes. He's, you know, kind of like the Rosen where De Rosen is a shooting guard that doesn't give you a lot of three point makes. At least a Rosen gives you more rebounds, he gives you more assists, he's more efficient from the field. Andrew Wiggins scores points, doesn't really do much outside of that, so only targeted him in a head to head points league. Wiggins is not something that's all my raider. You want a cheaper version of about of Andrew Wiggins. T J. Warren,

that's what he is. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And you can get him what two rounds later, three rounds later? Where did I pick him last night? Pick a hundreds and like that. I think you got him in the ninth round range. Whatever, it's good, it's good value. That's your guy. You're a t J. Warren guy. Victor Oladipo probably gonna miss the first three four months of the year. They're going to need t J. Warren for scoring they're gonna need sabonus to do more, and that's

where Malcolm Brogden comes in the mix as well. Now, starting for the Indiana Pacers, we're call all other guys you want to mention me about four minutes to go. So who's all the guys you want to mention before we wrap this one up? You brought up Terry ros Year. He's someone that I'm targeting in that fourth fifth round range. I will also bring up Caris LeVert and Dario Sarage. These have been my guys for as long as they've

been in the league. You know, you watch Caros LeVert early last season before he suffers the gruesome foot ankle injury, and he was starting to take over as this team's number one option. Well that's not gonna happen with Kyrie Irving on the team, but with Kevin Durant out, he's likely going to be the number two option. And he's a good two way player. I think he's going to be on the court a lot. He's gonna play over thirty minutes per game. Could give you some defensive numbers.

I think he averages eighteen points a game, gives you five six rebounds, gives you three or four assists, gives you some defensive stats, shoots a couple of threes. I think you know. Going in those middle rounds, Caris LeVert is somebody that I would be targeting. And then a little bit later on very surprising on Yahoo he has center eligibility. I have no idea. I don't think this guy has ever played center before. But keep it, keep it in your the back of your mind if you're

drafting on Yahoo. Dario Sarige we saw a couple of years ago. Greg had the monster season with the Philadelphia seventies sixers. He was drafted early. I think he's a very talented player. Last year traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, didn't really have a role on that team. Now he lands with the Phoenix Suns. He's gonna start at the four on a team that's going to run. They're gonna play at a high pace. Ricky Rubio as the point guard, is going to put players in position to succeed. I

do believe that. I think Dario Sartch is in position for a bounce back season. Greg in that round eight to ten range, fifteen points, seven rebounds, a couple of three pointers, someone that could give you threes from the big man position, I like Dario Sarich and Carres Lavert. Is there anyone else that you're looking at in those middle rounds or or maybe even some later round guys? So for me, a guy that I I drafted last night and actually thought he fell a little bit too

far brandon Ingram. I think Ingram Ingram falls into that into that role where he missed a lot of the season last year, um due to this was a heart was horror? Was it stunny? It was something weird? Like did I didn't really work out with the Los Angeles Maybe something like that? It was it was something weird. I know marquet Folds had the thoracic out. Well, you're right, yeah, but Brandon Ingram was dealing with something you kind of

wish you would put on more strength. He does have that frame frame, and I get that we new start here with the New Orleans pelaty and I don't even waiting even ran than Ingland to break out and really they take over kind of we wore for Wiggins, but now you're at this fresh story you're at and his ADP has fallen to the point where like, all right, I'll take I'll going in a similar range as Dario

Sarge round eight or round nine. I'll take him at that spot and be like, all right, let's see what this guy can do in New Orleans rounded by a cast. It's really really good for him. A team that wants to run the ball Alan under Alvin Gentry. I think Brandon Ingram in that spot really solid target um. He

comes to mind. I think, looking at my list, Jonathan Isaac, you have to mention, is somebody who could take another speed another defensive numbers guys like, especially in head to head categories, going into similar range right now as Brandon Ingram in those mid rounds those you know, seven eight nine, if you need defensive numbers in your draft. I mean, this is someone that might average steal and a half almost a blockbirgame over a block for a game play

small forward, power forward. I think the scoring goes up a little bit going to rebound um playing the four for that team, playing the three for the Orlando Magic. But you know seven eight rebounds. I like it as well. I like Jonathan Isaac all right, and I have to ask you about one nick here. Mitchell Robinson is an early round pick at center. We saw him fall in our draft last night. O come. I think people are

worried about the playing time. Fitzdale kind of goes through these wacky rotations where he just kind of plays whoever is performing. But I think Mitch is in play for a big year. Could average over two blocks per game, could average a double double as well. I'm not as worried. I think he gets around twenty eight minutes per game. He's freak. Example, I am Greg Sauceman tomorrow on the show we preview Week seven, my pick tonight's case. Have

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Visit Daily road dot com backslash Dunk to learn more. So what did that happen. What did Here's what you missed on the BFFs. Franks on the first pick last night. I like what he did for the most part. Couple of things I would have done differently, obviously, but I don't have a chance to you because I can't traft On senter. I'm sorry. Well, you know what. We will consult and we will figure out players that we both want, and I will try my best to integrate those players

that you want. Hopefully I can get Josh Richardson fort I say, the best part of fantasy basketball drafts are what's that? It's so quick. We were done in our last time. It was good exactly an hour last night. I didn't get out. It was awesome. I love it. If we go over the first round. I feel like that's the first thing we should do. We do we want to break in about a minute and a half. So I probably passed on that, alright, that's I mean, it wouldn't There's just a lot to break down. There is.

I don't want to like star and then like literally in a minute half. So I put out a poll before the show. Let's just do this. Let's just do the first pick. If you had the first overall pick? Who would you take? Because I put off the poll and as of now there are thirty votes. One candidate has zero percent of those votes. Uh, Yannampo is the leading vote getter right now? Is that where you would go if you have the first overall pick? Yeah, and

that's what we talked about. You're making me do this, you know, I said, I you know I don't want to do I say, we don't have to do the whole first round. I was just saying, let's go over to the first pick overall. I would move. I would vote for Nat into the KOMBO. I think that yannest does a little bit of everything. He has obviously multiposition eligibility. He's just can help you at all every categories. Like category he doesn't help you in. There's a change based

on the format. Now, how about in a road a league? Right? Because I'll bring this up to you stupid All right, Well, I'm sorry. We participate in a few Fantasy Baseball road leagues, but the n f B k C, if you want to play some high stakes, is roads history. And I think that you can argue that Anthony Davis and Anthony Towns might be better rotistory players with the number one overall pick Greg because they don't really have any deficiencies in their game. I mean, Janice free throw percentage is

not great. I'm not gonna shoot me threes, and any Davis, Karl, Anthony Towns starting to shoot more threes, starting to ball hand a little bit more as well. I think Anthony Davis had like six or seven assists last night and only twenty five minutes of play. So I think in a rotistory league you actually can make the argument for a few other people. Overall, I think Janie and James Harden are more often than not if you just play a head to head categories league or head to head points,

those are the two that I'm considering most. Greig, Yeah, fair enough, Your honest and Harden both fine choices. Obviously, they both do everything. They both play every night. Something you want to know, and I noticed is here on the left side, and you can see right here that you need to avoid load management. And that's what that's going to be a key for us all throughout the next hour talking about that. Whenever I had a decision

between two players, it was always about load management. And what I liked about both Janice and Hardened and Karl Anthony Towns as well. I don't expect them to really be rested now. There were times last year with Milwaukee having such a big lead in Eastern Conference where they did rest honest down the stretch. Hard Engine doesn't get rested at all. Karl Anthony Town's hates basing games. He needn't get rested at all. After that, it kind of

feels like everyone is kind of at risk. So that's gonna be a theme I think throughout the hour, just trying to avoid some of those players that have the load management issues.