Staff Fantasy Basketball Draft Recap: Analysis of Our 12-Team Head-to-Head League
Round 12
| Pick | Overall | Player | Position | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 133 | T.J. Warren | SF | Bryan Mears |
| 2 | 134 | Harrison Barnes | SF/PF | Brett Oswalt |
| 3 | 135 | Joe Johnson | SG/SF | Dale Redman |
| 4 | 136 | Jrue Holiday | PG | Russell Peddle |
| 5 | 137 | Justise Winslow | SF | Brandon Gdula |
| 6 | 138 | Mo Williams | PG/SG | Brett Weisband |
| 7 | 139 | Jae Crowder | SF/PF | Shae Cronin |
| 8 | 140 | Jeremy Lin | PG/SG | Mike Comerford |
| 9 | 141 | Bojan Bogdanovic | SG/SF | Jay Kim |
| 10 | 142 | Maurice Harkless | SF | Jacob Kent |
| 11 | 143 | Dennis Schröder | PG | Derek Lynch |
| 12 | 144 | Courtney Lee | SG/SF | Sam Hauss |
T.J. Warren has a legitimate chance of wrestling away the Suns' starting small forward position from P.J. Tucker and has interesting sleeper potential in this range. Harrison Barnes is likely better than we all realize, especially from a fantasy perspective. Mo Williams could carve out some nice value early in the season if Kyrie Irving takes a while getting back, and is a nice handcuff if you grab Irving early. Jeremy Lin is probably the biggest fantasy beneficiary from the Michael Kidd-Gilchrist injury. Sam Hauss strikes again from a sleeper perspective, grabbing Courtney Lee with pick 144.
My pick: Jrue Holiday, PG - I've told you to stay away from Jrue Holiday in fantasy drafts this year, and listed him as one of our projected bust candidates as well. With this pick, I could tell you to do as I say and not as I do, but I just can't deny the upside this late. There's all kinds of risk associated with the pick, and maybe it takes months before he's a standard-league contributor, but I'll take his early-round ceiling with the 136th pick and just cut my losses if his legs continue to fail him. At the very least, I feel like this was a decent hedge on my Deron Williams pick, hoping that I eventually get at least one everyday starter between the two of them.
