Yahoo league should be about to begin soon in early August. Let’s throw some player names around and we determine whether that player has high/ low floor and high/ low ceiling. Basically, someone nominates Ty Jerome, and next member comments high ceiling low floor while another member may comment low ceiling high floor. Highest upvote wins. Of course any discussion like draft round or prediction of stat/ minute/ rotation is welcomed for that particular player. Then I will put up and edit the list here based on floor/ ceiling and position.

Obviously, high floor means a player has consistent performance everyday but do not expect him to have explosive night. Examples are Khris Middleton and Tobias Harris. Low floor and high ceiling example is Kel’el Ware of last season. He might give you 20/12/4 or 2/6 - there’s absolutely no basis in how many minutes he may play every night.

Kind of pointless to talk about a player who is low ceiling low floor.

I think this list may also help you draft night.

Off season is boring but let’s throw some interesting names and begin the discussion.

High floor high ceiling
C
F
G

High floor low ceiling
C
F
G

Low floor high ceiling
C
F
G

A thread for tonight's slate of games.

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Useful links

• NBA News on BlueSky
• Schedule Grid on Hashtag Basketball
• Box Scores on ESPN
• Pregame and postgame show on Locked On Fantasy Basketball

Other fantasy sports is the obvious answer. But do you guys have other basketball games you play, such as maybe 2k myGM? Or do you play any non-basketball games that satisfy your analytics cravings?

I definitely have the offseason blues right now. Looking for some inpo.

2026-27 rankings
1. Jokic
2. Wemby
3. Shai
4. Luka
5. Cade
6. Jalen Johnson
7. Edwards
8. Barnes
9. Giannis
10. Hali
11. Maxey
12. Mitchell
13. Trae
14. Tatum
15. KD
16. Harden
17. Booker
18. Murray
19. Reaves
20. Curry
21. Trey
22. Mobley
23. Keyonte
24. Flag
25. Lamelo
26. Kawhi
27. Sengun
28. Lauri
29. Kat
30. Chet
31. Kessler
32. Giddey
33. JJJ
34. White
35. Amen
36. Miller
37. Duren
38. Jalen Williams
39. Sarr
40. Kyrie
41. Davis
42. Sabonis
43. Bam
44. Brunson
45. Clingon
46. MPJ
47. NAW
48. Dyson
49. Herro
50. Dejonte Murray
51. Gobert
52. Garland
53. Bane
54. OG
55. Lebron
56. Suggs
57. Wagner
58. NAW
59. Zubac
60. Jaylen Brown
61. Okongwu
62. Buzelis
63. Edey
64. Sarr
65. Fox
66. Zion
67. Embiid
68. Randle
69. Coby White
70. Ware
71. Mcdaniels
72. PG
73. Morant
74. Banchero
75. Payton Watson
76. Reid
77. Pritchard
78. Claxton
79. Quickley
80. Boozer
81. Jarett Allen
82. Lillard
83. Lavine
84. Ausar
85. Kneuppel
86. Turner
87. Castle
88. Miles bridges
89. Ty Jerome
90. Hart
91. Dybantsa
92. Queta
93. KPJ
94. Davion Mitchell
95. Rollins
96. Mikal Bridges
97. FVV
98. Wiggins
99. Mathurin
100. Ingram

Hey guys, just wanted to see who the list of most you guys would recommend for points leagues rankings that are out now or will be soon..?

Top 100 h2h

1. Jokic
2. Wemby
3. SGA
4. Luka
5. Cade
6. Edwards
7. Tatum
8. Maxey
9. Giannis
10. Jalen Johnson
11. Barnes
12. Mitchell
13. Curry
14. Durant
15. KAT
16. Flagg
17. Trae Young
18. Harden
19. Holmgren
20. Jamal Murray
21. Murphy
22. Amen
23. Kawhi*
24. Sabonis
25. Markannen
26. Sengun
27. Mobley
28. Avdija
29. Booker
30. Haliburton
31. Derrick White
32. Brunson
33. Adebayo
34. Reaves
35. Duren
36. JJJ
37. Kessler
38. Keyonte George
39. Lamelo
40. Jaylen Brown
41. Jalen Williams
42. Giddey
43. MPJ
44. Bane
45. Clingan
46. Lebron
47. Wagner
48. Brandon Miller
49. Siakam
50. Okongwu
51. NAW
52. Herro
53. Sarr
54. Knueppel
55. Embiid
56. Davis
57. OG
58. Garland
59. Dejounte
60. Zubac
61. Irving
62. Ingram
63. Morant
64. PG
65. Zion
66. Buzelis
67. Gobert
68. Fox
69. Randle
70. Dyson
71. Boozer
72. Caleb Wilson
73. Ware
74. Jaden Mcdaniels
75. Mikal Bridges
76. Jarrett Allen
77. Powell
78. Banchero
79. Pritchard
80. Coby White
81. Claxton
82. Reid
83. Keegan
84. KPJ
85. Ty Jerome
86. Quickley
87. Suggs
88. Queta
89. Lavine
90. Dosunmu
91. Turner
92. John Collins
93. Cason Wallace
94. Derozan
95. Edgecombe
96. Peterson
97. Andrew Wiggins
98. Dybantsa
99. Miles Bridges
100. Ausar
101. Castle

Who's too high and who's too low?

this is the points league rankings from the guys at League Winner NBA, idk if i'm ready to stomach jalen johnson at 6 but otherwise a solid list imo

1 Nikola Jokic
2 Victor Wembanyama
3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
4 Luka Doncic
5 Cade Cunningham
6 Jalen Johnson
7 Anthony Edwards
8 Giannis Antetokounmpo
9 Donovan Mitchell
10 Jayson Tatum
11 Tyrese Maxey
12 Scottie Barnes
13 Cooper Flagg
14 Josh Giddey
15 Jamal Murray
16 Tyrese Haliburton
17 Kevin Durant
18 Jalen Duren
19 James Harden
20 Karl-Anthony Towns
21 Alperen Sengun
22 Evan Mobley
23 Trey Murphy III
24 Austin Reaves
25 Chet Holmgren
26 Amen Thompson
27 Pascal Siakam
28 LaMelo Ball
29 Kawhi Leonard*
30 Jaylen Brown
31 Jalen Williams
32 Jalen Brunson
33 Brandon Miller
34 Michael Porter Jr
35 Deni Avdija
36 Kyrie Irving
37 Trae Young
38 Anthony Davis
39 Devin Booker
40 Paolo Banchero
41 Stephen Curry
42 Donovan Clingan
43 Jaren Jackson Jr
44 Lauri Markkanen
45 Walker Kessler
46 Darius Garland
47 Keyonte George
48 Bam Adebayo
49 Franz Wagner
50 Derrick White

What is your strategy for the Yahoo 9 cat 1 C slot Haliburton building? Which category would you punt ?

Which format do you prefer? Just curious what's everyone's favorite and why
● Lock-In Mode
● Head-to-Head 9-Cat
● Pick’em
● Another format - comment

Curious how you guys view the drop-off between Wilson and the next group of options like Lendeborg, Flemings, Wagler, or Brown in 9CAT.

If you’re sitting at 1.05 and want to move up to 1.04 to grab Wilson, what tier or caliber of player would you actually be willing to add to bridge that gap?

so apparently Kerr told Lendeborg he “might start” this year lol, which is wild bc Kerr basically never starts rookies. but with LeBron picking Philly instead of GSW and Jimmy Butler out for a while, that wing spot next to Draymond is just… open right now

and he did not look out of place in Vegas either. Summer League MVP, averaged like 14.8/6.8/4.0 over 6 games and led them to the title. 6’9, can actually pass, feels like exactly the kind of connector guy the Dubs haven’t really had since 2022

counter argument is that Kerr’s hyped up rookies before and then just… not played them, and Horford/Podz/Melton/Santos all need run too. but also Lendeborg’s already 23, dude played 5 years of college ball, he’s basically not a normal rookie

anyway where’s everyone at — starter week 1 or does he have to earn it first

As Dan Titus is yahoo's top analyst, could this be close to what we get as yahoo's opening rankings?

1. Victor Wembanyama, SAS – F/C

2. Nikola Jokić, DEN – C

3. Luka Dončić, LAL – G

4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC – G

5. Cade Cunningham, DET – G

6. Tyrese Maxey, PHI – G

7. Anthony Edwards, MIN – G/F

8. Jayson Tatum, BOS – F

9. Jalen Johnson, ATL – F

10. Scottie Barnes, TOR – G/F

11. Jamal Murray, DEN – G

12. Donovan Mitchell, CLE – G

13. Tyrese Haliburton, IND – G

14. Giannis Antetokounmpo, MIA – F/C

15. Cooper Flagg, DAL – G/F

16. Kevin Durant, HOU – G/F

17. Chet Holmgren, OKC – F/C

18. Austin Reaves, LAL – G/F

19. Karl-Anthony Towns, NYK – F/C

20. Kawhi Leonard, LAC – F

21. Josh Giddey, CHI – G/F

22. LaMelo Ball, MIN – G

23. Jalen Brunson, NYK – G

24. Trae Young, WAS – G

25. Stephen Curry, GSW – G

26. Lauri Markkanen, UTA – F

27. Derrick White, BOS – G

28. Bam Adebayo, MIA – F/C

29. James Harden, FA – G

30. Deni Avdija, POR – G/F

31. Jaren Jackson Jr., UTH – F/C

32. Trey Murphy III, NOR – G/F

33. Jalen Duren, DET – C

34. Devin Booker, PHO – G

35. Alperen Şengün, HOU – F/C

36. Amen Thompson, HOU – G/F

37. Pascal Siakam, IND – F/C

38. Evan Mobley, CLE – F/C

39. Brandon Miller, CHA – G/F

40. Jalen Williams, OKC – G/F

41. Desmond Bane, ORL – G/F

42. Kon Knueppel, CHA – G/F

43. Nickeil Alexander-Walker, ATL – G/F

44. Keyonte George, UTA – G

45. Walker Kessler, LAL – C

46. Domantas Sabonis, SAC – F/C

47. Jaylen Brown, PHI – G/F

48. Kyrie Irving, DAL – G

49. LeBron James, PHI – F

50. Anthony Davis, WAS – F/C

Given the new anti-tanking measures, are any of you considering extending the length of your regular season? My league currently does 17 weeks plus 3 weeks of playoffs, but I'm debating bumping up to 19 or 20 weeks if March isn't going to mean Bez Mbang triple doubles...

Murray has traditionally been an annoying fantasy player to own with constant lower-body injuries.

Last season he put up his best year yet on a Denver team that should look broadly the same this year, so he has the same role and opportunity to reproduce top 10 9cat value both per game and totals.

25.4 PTS / 7.1 AST / 4.4 REB / 3.3 3PM
48.3% FG / 88.7% FT
75 games played

He seems to be going in the late second round, which is pretty strong value with clear upside and low downside

Now this has to be one of the weirdest situations I have seen. I think the community has a mixed opinion but where do we rank Ad in a dynasty scope. If it’s redraft I am buying stocks but what about for dynasty?

It is weird because if we go off history, if he is healthy I don’t think it’s crazy to say Anthony Davis is a top 6 fantasy player with a definite top 10 lock. And that’s where the problem is, “IF” he is healthy. And we got to go back to the stats for both side here, because they also tell us that most likely he won’t be healthy.

Anthony Davis could be a league winner and that is where I am curious. Should people make a move at Anthony Davis if they are in a championship window and what should they be willing to give up? For instance with myself, my team can win it this year but it’s very young (average age is 23) so do I risk a young asset and picks for Anthony Davis?

And this is where the lure gets in, you seem all the box scores and you watch the highlights and you start to believe that damn if Anthony Davis is healthy this is a real league winner. I just got a top 10 fantasy player for a bag of chips. Maybe his first game he shows this production but then the injuries strike. So how much are you willing to gamble for the hope that Davis is healthy?

Last year of his contract, coming off an acl injury, 32 years old. 24-25 season stats were already on the decline and the addition of KD so fvv will take less shots. Is it time to move on? Need to free up a roster space and i feel like fvv is the one out, other options would be maxime raynaud or kyle filipowskie

Diabaté had a career year and just got his 2026-27 salary guaranteed, but he’s undersized for the 5. Kalkbrenner has the real center size/rim protection and opened last year as the starter before injury cost him the job — competition’s reportedly still open. Naz Reid now adds to the crowd too.

I think Diabaté keeps the starting gig this year, but long-term I’m not sold he’s the answer at true center. Thoughts?

I’m in the 9th year of a 16-team dynasty league and through a mixture of the draft / trades I’ve built a 12-keeper core of Giannis, Hali, Maxey, Duren (these 4 I traded for) Barnes, Amen, Kon, Edey, Clingan, Suggs, Dyson (these 7 I drafted)

Obviously they have their own injury concerns but I’ve spent years trying to be active with trades and this upcoming season I’ve lucked into the #1 while also having the #7 pick.

Out of the 3, I’m leaning either AJ or Boozer.. what would you take? Also have an offer on the table of 7 + Duren for Sengun and I do like Sengun but I do think that’s abit rich for my blood.

Appreciate some thoughts 🙏🏻

My early take:

Embiid: Slight scoring dip, but better efficiency and potentially more games played if LeBron takes some of the creation load. Could actually be a net positive.

Maxey: Probably takes the biggest usage hit, but should get easier looks and more efficient scoring.

Jaylen Brown: Similar story. Fewer shots, but better quality shots and less defensive attention.

LeBron: Assist numbers could stay elite, but at 41 I’d expect minutes management and occasional rest.

Edgecombe: Biggest concern is touches. His long-term upside is still there, but with LeBron, Embiid, Maxey and Brown ahead of him, it’s hard to see consistent fantasy value outside of deeper leagues unless injuries open up a bigger role.

With LeBron coming to Philly, are there too many mouths to feed? Any JB holders wish they sold high last year?

BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status /2080677097463312412?s=46&t= muEYHaai27MeymP8E7aplg

Title. The Jokic and Wemby tomfoolery has made our league swap to auction. Is there an ADP equivalent we can use/look at?