theScore's 2016 Fantasy Basketball Draft Kit
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With fantasy draft season underway, theScore has all the fantasy basketball advice you'll need to dominate your league. This kit will be updated daily, so check in regularly for the best fantasy content available.
Draft Rankings
Fantasy Roundtables
Fantasy Faceoffs
- Point Guard: Kyle Lowry vs. John Wall
- Shooting Guard: Jimmy Butler vs. DeMar DeRozan
- Small Forward: Paul George vs. Carmelo Anthony
- Power Forward: Blake Griffin vs. LaMarcus Aldridge
- Center: Anthony Davis vs. Karl-Anthony Towns
- BONUS: Draymond Green vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo
Divisional Previews
- Atlantic Division
- Pacific Division
- Central Division
- Southeast Division
- Southwest Division
- Northwest Division
Mock Drafts
Season-Long Strategy
- 2016-17 Rookie Outlook (early edition)
- What Kevin Durant in Golden State means for fantasy drafts
- Recognizing new opportunity as it unfolds
- Is there a puntable category?
- Rostering players who only excel in one stat
- Sophomores beyond Towns and Porzingis
- Rostering players who offer a little bit of everything
- Per-36 darlings: Who is set to take the next step?
- Which draft slot do you want?
- Role players over 30 with something left to contribute
- Can a streaming strategy work?
- When to cut bait on injured players, and who to roster in their place
- Who to target in the final rounds of the draft
- Coaches in new places, and what to expect from their offenses (Part 1)
- Coaches in new places (Part 2)
- Ranking positionally from deepest to shallowest
- James Harden, not Russell Westbrook, should be the first overall pick
- 2016-17 Rookie Outlook (updated)
Daily Fantasy Strategy
- Does stacking work in daily fantasy?
- Building cash game vs. tournament lineups
- Is Defense vs. Position (DvP) actually useful?
- "Studs and scrubs" vs. balanced lineup construction
- Why the Joel Embiid hype has gotten out of hand
- Why Pace is a better predictor of offense than PPG
- Should you really play tournaments every night?
- Recognizing opportunity in daily fantasy
- 5 matchup-proof daily fantasy studs
- Identifying floors and ceilings, and how they vary by position
- The San Antonio Spurs bench is a daily fantasy gold mine
- Using minutes to help construct cash game rosters
- When to roster the Warriors' stars - and when to fade them
- Three offenses to avoid to start the season
- How to use UTIL slots based on contest type
- Who to avoid rostering at the beginning of the season