10-Team Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft

This is the second of theScore's two fantasy basketball mock drafts for the upcoming 2016-17 NBA season.

This is an eight-category, head-to-head league (points, assists, rebounds, steals, assists, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and 3-point shots made) with the following roster spots: PG, SG, SF, PF, C, C, G, F, Bench, Bench, Bench, Bench.

Draft Participants: Esten McLaren, Gino Bottero, Joseph Casciaro, Andrew Potter, Jason Wilson, James Bisson, Josh Wegman, Ken Conrad, Will Lou, and Josh Ghatak.

Round 1

Wilson: Team Casciaro buys into the Towns hype and foregoes the likes of Curry and Durant to grab the sophomore big man with the third overall pick. This is going to become the norm. He established durability in his rookie season, which gives him an edge over a player like Davis.

Other than that minor deviation, there aren't any surprises in the first round, unless you count Team Ghatak finishing off with Wall, though it's only slightly higher than his ADP according to FantasyPros. There will be some deviation from draft to draft, but this should represent the usual suspects accurately.

Round 2

Potter: Team Lou locks in an elite one-two punch on the wings with LeBron in Round 1 and Leonard in Round 2 - smart, considering the drop-off in talent at small forward. While Leonard doesn't offer the same fantasy upside as interior menace Whiteside or flashy scorer Lillard, he arguably has the highest floor of any player taken in Round 2. It wouldn't be a shock to see him go earlier.

Round 3

Wilson: While Team Casciaro might have reached a little for Towns in round one, Irving falls a few spots as he's typically going the middle of the second round.

Team Potter selected Hayward before news of his broken finger was announced, which will possibly sideline the wing for 20 games. He has also decided to stay away from PF and C through the first three rounds, hitching his hopes to finding depth at those positions later.

Similarly, Team Ghatak has loaded up on guards, though Antetokounmpo offers some flexibility in that department, being eligible at PG, SG and SF on some sites.

Round 4

Potter: Horford sliding all the way to 31 represents a major steal. His outlook isn't much different than former teammate Paul Millsap's; both present solid scoring - including 3-point shots -- plus rebounding and defensive production. He's a great C1 option if you miss out on the "Big Three" in Round 1 and Whiteside in Round 2.

Had Team Lou known Jackson would be hurt to start the season, it's likely that the Pistons' PG would've fallen to Round 5 or 6.

Drummond's ADP fluctuates wildly depending on the site. On one hand, he's a transcendent rebounder that still offers room for growth in scoring and blocks, but his atrocious free-throw shooting forces his owners to consider punting that category entirely.

Round 5

Wilson: Team McLaren might have the steal of the early rounds by leading off the fifth round with Jordan. He's set to get solid FG% returns to go with elite rebounding and more than two blocks per game. The rest of Round 5 followed suit with the majority of the drafters adding big men.

Team Conrad probably could have waited a round or two to select Noel, who may miss the start to the season due to injury and plays in a crowded frontcourt.

Round 6

Potter: Team Conrad, Wegman and Bisson each added secondary PGs to back up the PG1s they took earlier in the draft. Conley and Teague offer safe floor across all major categories, particularly assists.

Rondo is the final transcendent source of assists on the board but has serious limitations in scoring and shooting percentages. Owners who end up with either Drummond or DeAndre Jordan could look to add Ricky Rubio in Round 5 or Rondo in Round 6, electing to forego FT percentage.

Round 7

Wilson: Team Casciaro again benefits from a player dropping relative to ADP as C Jokic has been going as early as the fourth round. Team Lou, on the other hand, reaches for Capela, who is barely being drafted within the top 100. Capela could be great value as a late-round flier, but he's rarely going this early.

Round 8

Potter: Team Bottero better hope the site he's playing on has given James Harden eligibility at SF. Otherwise, Young represents his SF1. He has still amassed three great skilled bigs in Paul Millsap, Brook Lopez and Marc Gasol, as well as some solid mid-tier guards in Dennis Schroder and Brandon Knight, but he waited too long to address the shallowest position in fantasy.

I'm a little biased here, but Team Potter made an inspired pick. I have targeted (and drafted) Lin in Round 8 in the majority of my drafts so far, and I still believe that's a discount relative to what he could do as the lead guard on a Nets team devoid of established veterans. I'm looking to him for 15 points and six assists in 32-plus minutes per game this season.

Round 9

Wilson: Team Conrad decides to deviate from convention and takes Barton well before his consensus ADP. Without a guarantee to be a starter, this selection could easily backfire. Risk is not totally without reward, though, and he'll look like a genius if Barton starts and excels.

Team Ghatak elects to round out his guard depth with Clarkson and Elfrid Payton at the turn after selecting five consecutive forwards or centers. Both have somewhat underachieved, which has dropped draft stock, but they could both be sneaky plays.

Round 10

Potter: At this point in the draft, you're not seeing many standout category contributors for a head-to-head format, but there are still plenty of young options that are just an injury or two away from being a focal point in their offenses. You can already see that happening in Philadelphia with Covington due for more owrk with Ben Simmons hurt, and in New Orleans with Hield.

Team McLaren nearly goes off the board with Murray, who has an ADP of 120th overall. Still, with 19-year-old Devin Booker and injury-prone Derrick Rose as his only depth behind Westbrook, he's looking to strike gold with a high-upside flier at guard. He might have been better served by targeting Deron Williams (14.1 points, 5.8 assists last season) with one of his picks.

Round 11

Wilson: Redick led all shooting guards in field goal percentage in 2015-16, making him a fantastic late-round selection for Team Ghatak. Team Lou goes off the board again to take JaMychal Green, who excelled in bursts once his minutes increased following C Marc Gasol's injury a year ago. He should start at PF, and he could easily be one of the best under-the-radar picks.

I'm taking Danny Green here because he cannot be nearly as bad as he was last season. He was below career averages in every category despite not seeing a massive drop in minutes. I expect his FG and 3P percentages to go up. If he stinks, he's an easy drop as an 11th-round pick.

Round 12

Potter: Team Wegman selects an absolute workhorse with their final pick, grabbing the player who finished fifth in minutes per game last season in Caldwell-Pope. He has room to grow across the board, especially in scoring -- 30.9 percent 3-point shooting from a wing is rough. If he can refine his game in small ways, the volume of minutes he's bound to see ensures solid all-around production.

The Embiid hype train is reaching full-steam; you probably won't see him falling to Round 12 at this point (which might be a major mistake) but it's been encouraging to see him fly around the court and start converting his raw athletic potential into actual fantasy production.