I expect his usage to come down with a fully healthy Toronto team looking to compete.

He is basically just a flier pick to me, who I would consider if I was punting one or more of his bad categories.

Barrett’s dramatic value difference in points and categories has always impacted his ADP, and he is being drafted way too high per usual.

His limited 9cat fantasy game outside of points severely limits his value, and has had fringe standard league value in the past few seasons.

I am worried about minutes & role, but if the minutes are high in the first week this will look like a no brainer pick in hindsight.

The ADPs implies that there’s not much interest in Huff. Whether Huff gets drafted in your league is a perfect measuring stick of competitiveness.

Huff is one of my favorite late round flier picks. It’s likely that he starts in Indiana and doesn’t have much competition unless Indiana opts to go small with Siakam & Toppin. Huff has elite per minute numbers and we should get a chance to see those numbers in a larger sample.

Bane was traded to Orlando where he’ll move to be the third scoring option. Drafting at current ADPs is nearly drafting as if he’s still in Memphis. Bane will still be Bane, but you have to expect some notable regression for a player moving from option 1b to 3.

Even if he got a long term extension, the Yahoo ADP is still too high. I expect those to come down after the contract news.

I honestly don’t see Cam Thomas as anything more than a flier pick. Even with everything going right the past 2 seasons, his value has been fringe.

I expect lower minutes, and many more missed games, if they don’t eventually pull him out of the rotation entirely. His fantasy game remains limited, and also relies on very high usage and the offense to be built around him to produce fringe fantasy value.

I don’t have much interest at all in Cam Thomas. Signing a minimum 1 year deal after failed long term contract negotiations is a huge red flag for his fantasy value. Playing for a bottom 5 team who has no future for you, will also have no incentive to gameplan around you.

The ADPs have a wide range across the board. Yahoo is comical, Fantrax still too high, and ESPN is somehow the most reasonable one. I except them to be adjusted by draft day. There are plenty of upside shots I love in this draft range, but Markkanen is not one.

Markkanen provided top 20 per game value in 2 of the last 3 seasons, but his per game numbers were awful last season without much fall off in minutes. Having to worry about rested games AND questionable value per game are 2 red flags that are hard to for me to get past.

Markkanen could theoretically be really good this season, but it’s difficult for me to trust him with any significant amount of draft capital.

He only played 47 games last season. I think the random missed games won’t be as bad this season, but I can’t say that confidently.

If all goes right and he returns in January, there will be a long ramp up period, and it could be slow and frustrating as New Orleans will likely have nothing to play for. There is a chance he ramps up in time to be useful in fantasy playoffs, but the odds are slim it works out.

Murray is expected to return early 2026. He is a reasonable late pick at current Yahoo ADP, but only if your league has 3+ IL spots.

McConnell is a high floor, low ceiling player you can consider at the end of drafts. He’s not an exciting pick, but he could last longer on your roster than a lot of other options in this range.

His production in Steals, Assists, and FG% is a rare and useful combination.

McConnell will benefit from increased opportunity with Haliburton out. Nembhard is the biggest beneficiary, but it’s also worth keeping an eye on McConnell, who only needs minutes in the low 20s to be rosterable.

He signed a long term contract extension, and has a chance to bounce back this season. His role is far from safe, and there’s a chance of a trade, but there’s not much risk drafting him at current ADPs, and works incredibly well for certain 9cat builds if things go right.

Claxton has decent value at current ADPs. He fell off quite a lot last season as he looked disengaged, and saw his minutes fall as a result. For someone whose value is entirely dependent on effort stats like blocks and rebounds, his fantasy value took a huge hit.