Staff Fantasy Basketball Draft Recap: Analysis of Our 12-Team Head-to-Head League
Round 6
| Pick | Overall | Player | Position | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | Khris Middleton | SG/SF | Bryan Mears |
| 2 | 62 | Monta Ellis | PG/SG | Brett Oswalt |
| 3 | 63 | Nikola Mirotic | SF/PF | Dale Redman |
| 4 | 64 | Danilo Gallinari | SF | Russell Peddle |
| 5 | 65 | Karl-Anthony Towns | C | Brandon Gdula |
| 6 | 66 | Andrew Wiggins | SG/SF | Brett Weisband |
| 7 | 67 | Isaiah Thomas | PG | Shae Cronin |
| 8 | 68 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | SF/PF | Mike Comerford |
| 9 | 69 | Enes Kanter | C | Jay Kim |
| 10 | 70 | Elfrid Payton | PG | Jacob Kent |
| 11 | 71 | Kyle Korver | SG/SF | Derek Lynch |
| 12 | 72 | Terrence Jones | SF/PF | Sam Hauss |
We picked a lot of players in this round that have been featured in recent articles on the site, so in the interest of not repeating ourselves:
Nikola Mirotic, Enes Kanter, and Terrence Jones all made our list of breakout candidates for this year.
Isaiah Thomas made both our breakout list and was a surprise entry among our top point guard targets.
Andrew Wiggins is great at basketball, but he's this seasons's cover boy for our list of bust candidates at his lofty ADP.
Rookies can be volatile fantasy picks, because they rarely live up to their inflated ADPs while they're feeling things out during their first NBA campaign. That said, Karl-Anthony Towns is a rookie you can trust at his current ADP around 60 this year, and Brandon did fine by grabbing him with with pick 65. We're projecting him as the 57th-ranked fantasy player this year, and as the 20th-best pick with center eligibility. With his ability to rebound, block, and post high percentages, he could very well ramp up to early-round value as the season progresses.
My pick: Danilo Gallinari, SF - Gallinari was the 11th-ranked fantasy player in nine-category leagues after the All-Star break last year, and that kind of ceiling was hard for me to pass up at pick 64. His industry rankings were pretty low during the summer, making him look like he would be a fantastic sleeper pick this year, but everyone got wise to his upside just as we entered draft season. He now sits at 48 on Yahoo and 70 on EPSN, and you should feel comfortable taking him in that range any day of the week.
