2024-25 Fantasy Basketball: Hacking the Default Rankings

The 2024-25 NBA season tips off on October 22 with a double-header between the Lakers-Timberwolves and Knicks-Celtics. With opening night just three weeks away, fantasy basketball season is officially upon us, meaning multiple platforms have released rankings. Maybe you already have a preferred platform, you’re playing on multiple platforms, or you’re still undecided. In any case, comparing rankings from multiple platforms is a helpful exercise in determining potential busts and value picks.

We’ll be trying to “hack the consensus ranks” by comparing fantasy basketball rankings from ESPN, Yahoo, and Fantrax to our own rankings here at Rotoworld.

C Domantis Sabonis (Sacramento Kings)

Ours: 26
ESPN: 9
Yahoo: 17
Fantrax: 10

Sabonis led the NBA in triple-doubles and double-doubles last season, besting Nikola Jokic in the former and setting the NBA record for most consecutive instances of the latter. He led the league in rebounds per game and finished seventh in assists per game. Sabonis finished the campaign with averages of 19.4 points, 13.7 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.6 blocks, and 0.4 triples while shooting 59.4% from the floor and 70.4% from the charity stripe. The big man is a tremendous asset as a scorer, rebounder, and facilitator, but he gets a ding in overall value due to his lackluster defensive contributions. He finished 30th in per-game fantasy value last season, and we’re projecting a slightly better finish for the 2024-25 campaign. Fantrax and ESPN have him down for a top-10 finish, and Yahoo is bullish on him inside the top 20. We’ll fade him inside the top 10, where he’ll have a tough time living up to that expensive draft capital.

SF/PF Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic)

Ours: 55
ESPN: 26
Yahoo: 37
Fantrax: 46

The Rotoworld team is optimistic about Banchero’s Year 3 production. We’ve got him pegged for a fifth-round finish, but that’s not high enough for the other sites we’re comparing. Yahoo and Fantrax aren’t too far off our Rotoworld ranking, but ESPN ranks Banchero just outside the top 24.

PF/C Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City)

Ours: 14
ESPN: 46
Yahoo: 22
Fantrax: 75

My goodness,…

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Publish date : 2024-10-01 16:00:00

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