2024-25 Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft: Category leagues

On Tuesday evening, I participated in a 12-team, nine-category, head-to-head fantasy basketball mock draft hosted on Yahoo Fantasy. I joined a completely random mock, picking from the No. 3 spot against other semi-anonymous fantasy basketball diehards. Below, I’ll post my team, followed by some round-by-round analysis of surprises, lessons and general takeaways.

Luka Dončić (DAL – PG, SG)

Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK – PF, C)

Alperen Şengün (HOU – C)

Franz Wagner (ORL – SF, PF)

Pascal Siakam (IND – SF, PF)

Isaiah Hartenstein (OKC – C)

Brandon Ingram (NOP – SG, SF, PF)

Austin Reaves (LAL – PG, SG)

Terry Rozier (MIA – PG)

Tyus Jones (PHX – PG)

Marcus Smart (MEM – PG, SG)

Dennis Schröder (BKN – PG)

Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA – SF)

This is one of the favorite teams I’ve drafted in all of my 2024-25 NBA fantasy basketball mocks. I think I ended up with a strong and unique build.

You can really go any direction after drafting Luka Dončić since he’s proficient in almost every category, but I opted to lean in with a playmaking big man build. It’s heavy in the points, rebounds and assists categories, while I should have the ability to be competitive in both field-goal percentage and 3s — a rare combination. And while my steals and blocks numbers may not be elite, I have a nice blend of both. That’s something I can shore up off the waiver wire if I find myself needing one of those two categories to thrive.

If I reached for anyone, I think it was Hartenstein in the sixth round. But he fits the build, and I wanted to ensure I had one more quality center in this two-center format. And if early preseason is any indication, it’s possible he has a career year in Oklahoma City.

Here are the round-by-round results with some analysis. My picks are in bold.

Round 1

(1) william – Victor Wembanyama (SAS – C)

(2) dnd – Nikola Jokić (DEN – C)

(3) Alex – Luka Dončić (DAL – PG, SG)

(4) Zenders – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC – PG)

(5) Zach – Anthony Davis (LAL – PF,C)

(6) Henry – Joel Embiid (PHI – C)

(7) DT – Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL – PF, C)

(8) Abel – Jayson Tatum (BOS – SF, PF)

(9) bjayfinch – Tyrese Haliburton (IND…


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Author : RotoWire.com

Publish date : 2024-10-09 11:15:00

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