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Official: Anything Goes Nightly Thread: October 11, 2026

All questions about your team belong in this thread. Threads started that belong in this thread will be deleted. Repeat offenders will be banned.

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u/AutoModerator — 4 days ago
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Cooper Flagg value

Hello, I took Flagg at pick 10 in H2H points league and know that Flaggs upside matches it with the top. Looking back I’ve drafted pretty thin and was wondering what people’s take are on some proposed trades to receive more depth. Let me know please if you think there’s a best way to do this or any ideas

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u/RevolutionaryType754 — 4 days ago
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I hate Pick 12

What is the move with drafting a team from the end of the draft in a 9CAT league? Every single mock draft I do or have seen so far, the projected standings seem to heavily dislike any of the teams drafted with a late pick (pick 12 in my/many cases). I always see and end up with Hali/Durant/Barnes as options and they are all so boring. Personally for me I just hate the idea of a punt points build which is effectively what the last pick is stuck with by going down a path with the likes of Hali/JJ/Barnes. I also just don't really like the other guys around the spot, I think Maxey will regress, I don't love D Mitch and overall it seems like such a disadvantage compared to higher draft picks, more than I've seen over previous seasons. I feel as well by the time the third round comes around you're almost forced to have to grab a center like Kessler/Holmgren/Clingan/Okongwu with one of the picks on the turn because by the time the round 5 pick comes around there is viable big men left. For anyone drafting at the end of their draft around the turn, or for anyone who has already drafted from this position, what did you guys do? Who were the value guys you liked and who did you grab you were stoked with, any pairings or unique builds you liked, because at this point I am generally considering taking Reaves with one of my first two picks!

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u/Jumpy_Deal9640 — 4 days ago
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Khaman "Chameleon" Maluach starts, produces 10/15/3/1/1 in 23 minutes

Yeah, it's the preseason so it's not really real, but great to see Maluach start and put up some extremely tasty numbers against the Spurs. We hope and pray he gets the starting job over Ighodaro.

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u/Gryffle — 4 days ago
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I added 2026-27 player projections to my (free) draft tool that calculates player values based on your unique league settings.

Last year I posted about a free draft tool I built, Dunk Walrus.

I made some improvements last year and this year (in-season tooling, league syncing, improvements to projections and drafting), and wanted to share it again for the 2026-27 season.

This year's projections are up and available to use! As a reminder, if you think my projections are dumb, in addition to flaming me in the comments, you can also create your own projections, just like last year, or (new feature!) you can clone my official projections as a starting point, then make whatever tweaks you like (e.g. I didn't add projections for nearly any rookies, but you can add your own!)

Either way, whatever player predictions you decide to use, the draft tool feature will allow you to see exact player values (and prices for auction leagues!) based on your unique league settings, category weights, and punt strategy. All of the above is free.

Let me know if you have any feedback and hope you enjoy!!

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u/monkeyjaguar — 4 days ago
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brooklyn nets Mpj/Julius randle

with the new anti tanking rules how do we feel about both of these guys this fantasy season.there gonna get all the shots and touches they can get but i’m worried because at the end of the day it’s the nets

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u/CorrectPlankton3348 — 4 days ago
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Leonard Miller

Could the Bulls be the right fit and opportunity for Miller to be fantasy relevant? This kid is a stud and he has been showing impressive numbers this pre-season.

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u/Smooth_Internal_1187 — 3 days ago
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Planning a 9-cat auction drafts? Looks like premium forwards are a scarcity

For fantasy managers planning an auction around position depth, I mapped where there are lots of alternatives and where the player pool gets thin.

Setup: 12-team H2H 9-cat, no punts, 13 roster spots, $200 budget, top 180 players by projected full-season Rank. The auction values are based on our own projections + auction pricing models, which aim to produce "how much a player is worth based on his production relative to the rest of the fantasy pool"

Core findings (G = guards, F = forwards, C = centers):

Modeled value Guard Forward Center Total
$70+ 2 0 2 4
$60–69 0 0 0 0
$50–59 3 2 1 6
$40–49 4 1 2 7
$30–39 10 4 5 19
$20–29 3 4 3 10
$10–19 6 9 9 24
$6–9 5 1 3 9
$2–5 15 8 9 32
$1 28 24 17 69
Total 76 53 51 180

Main takeaways:

  • The $30+ pool has only 7 primary forwards, compared with 19 guards and 10 centers.
  • The $10–29 bands have 13 forwards and 12 centers, alongside 9 guards.
  • The $1 band holds 69 of 180 players (about 38%): 28 G, 24 F and 17 C.

How I’d use this: Plan on your spending - stars and scrubs, balanced mid-tier build or something else? Build backup lists by both position and value tier. A large lower-value pool gives you more room to pass on a player early on, but those players may not replace the categories or production of a missed premium target.

These are modeled values, not expected auction prices or suggested bids. Your category build and your room’s prices still matter.

Full chart: https://imgur.com/a/41Xmudv

When a position looks thin in your preferred tier, do you prioritize it early or stay flexible and work through your backups?

u/DeepVision_Fantasy — 4 days ago
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What players/teams/trends have surprised you and/or have exceeded expectations in preseason so far?

Conversely, who has fallen short or doesn’t look regular season ready?

Some of my late round picks (acuff, maluach, Wilson) have all looked pretty solid, but what have you noticed?

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u/Uguquo — 4 days ago
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PG13 in 9-CAT, H2H: Value Pick or Draft Trap?

Been a real rollercoaster for George these past 2 years in Fantasy. I see Experts are consistently ranking him high in mocks.

2 part question:
1 What’s the real deal with his role this year?
2. What area are you comfortable drafting him? (Pick # range)

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u/Own-Huckleberry-5988 — 3 days ago
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How many centers and where?

Where are we taking centers if we miss Joker. Wemby and Giannis?
Assuming the first two picks and Giannis are off the board, how many centers are you taking, and at what spots?
Where do your search your centers?

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u/Purple-Ad-786 — 4 days ago
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ESPN Player Positions

Is it just me or did ESPN get rid of positions on certain players?

For example, KAT was a C/PF last yr but this yr he’s C only, Scottie & Amen lost their PF tags, JDub lost his C tag, Giddey & Reaves lost their SF tags and those are only the ones I know off the top of my head.

Will they be added back as we get closer to the start of the regular season or will this be the new norm?

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u/TheAracknight — 4 days ago
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[Begley] Knicks are unlikely to extend KAT, Hart and McBride before the season starts, with the 2nd apron making it hard to extend all 3. They needs to figure out KAT's situation before addressing Hart or McBride, but there is a clear gap between what New York are offering to KAT and what he wants.

It seems unlikely at this point that the Knicks will agree to extensions with Towns, Josh Hart or Miles McBride before the regular season. There is clearly a gap between what the Knicks are offering Towns and what he’s looking for. Logically, the Knicks need to figure out Towns’ situation before they can address Hart or McBride. The club’s immediate financial future is impacted greatly by Towns’ $61 million player option for 2027-28. If he agreed to an extension, Towns would presumably decline the extension and have a lower annual salary for 2027-28.

If extensions are not signed before the season starts, I’m sure Towns, Hart and McBride will maintain the same approach to their job. But, as Hart noted, it’s only natural for contract uncertainty to impact a player’s life on or off the court.

"Once the season starts (and if no extension is reached), I’ll probably have that mentality of 'I don’t really wanna deal with this, I want to try and focus on playing the season.' (But) I’m sure there will probably be a little extra weight to the jersey," Hart said this week. "You don’t know the certainty of your situation and obviously it affects home life. There are certain things that you might want to do, but you’re like ‘I can’t, because I have no idea what the situation will be in two months, three months, four months, in a year, if I’m gonna be here or not.’ You don’t know. But hopefully, like I said, I’m a Knick, I’d love to be a Knick and I love the city."

"…At the end of the day, we’re humans and I think what sometimes gets lost is that we are people, that we all have lives and things that we have to deal with and fix," Hart said in response to a separate question later in his interview. "I wish I could sit there and say it wouldn’t have any weight or any bearing, but you never know. Some people can handle it great and some people can really struggle with it and that can kill their performance. I hope it gets done, but we’ll see." Unless the Knicks decide to exceed the second apron in team salary, it will be difficult for the club to extend all three of Towns, Hart and McBride.

To illustrate this, let’s use $75 million as a combined annual salary for the first year of Towns and Hart extensions. With this number, the Knicks would have roughly $13-$14 million in second apron space to offer McBride.

But the bigger hurdle, in my view, is the 2028-29 season.

Let’s say Jalen Brunson signs a max extension that starts in 2028-29. If you take Brunson’s deal and combine it with a total $75-$80 million in extensions for Towns and Hart, the Knicks would have around $10 million under the second apron for either McBride or another player. This number doesn’t account for an extension for OG Anunoby. Anunoby would be eligible for an extension. And obviously, that $10 million is certainly below McBride’s market value. So the Knicks have to navigate a tough situation with these extensions if they want to remain below the second apron in team salary.

To date, not much has changed on the Knicks’ side: they think very highly of Towns and want him to be a Knick for a long time. The Knicks, in earlier negotiations, offered Towns a contract with a starting number of between $45-$50 million, as SNY reported. I don’t know if they have or haven’t increased their offers to Towns. Again, everything here is based on the Knicks’ commitment to staying under the second apron.+

Source: https://sny.tv/articles/knicks-training-camp-notes-10-2-26

u/PianoJealous307 — 12 days ago
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I can’t decide between Boozer, Peterson, and Dybantsa.

Sorry if this isn’t allowed, but I couldn’t find an advice thread.

I have the #2 pick in my dynasty draft. Wilson is going first. I want the guy with most overall upside of the three. Immediate production is a secondary factor.

Thoughts?

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u/2PacTookMyLunchMoney — 12 days ago
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Is Brandon Miller going to make a big leap?

Entering 4th year, 2nd overall pick, no Lamelo. Everyone says he's "injury prone," but he only has one season where he missed a ton of time. The other two years 65+ games. I was actually surprised because I thought there were times where he did miss more time. Is 4th round too rich?

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u/Inevitable-Entry3124 — 12 days ago