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Alex Burns's 9-Category Fantasy Basketball Rankings for 2023-2024

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With NBA season set to tip off shortly, here is the latest installment of my fantasy basketball 9-category rankings for the 2023-2024 season.

Well, we made it. Almost. After what seemed like the quickest offseason in NBA history, we are less than two weeks away from watching hoops that count. The NBA's return also brings with it the thing that we all cherish most: fantasy basketball.

Back in July, I kicked off the offseason with my Way Too Early 9-Cat rankings. Since then, plenty has changed. There have been many free-agency signings, a few injuries, and, of course, the Damian Lillard/Jrue Holiday trades that shook the fantasy basketball landscape at its core. Safe to say, things are a bit different now.

While I have updated my rankings dozens of times throughout the offseason, I wanted to share my latest tweaks in the likelihood that you have one or more fantasy drafts on the horizon. So, that's exactly what I'm going to do here. Behold, the latest installment of my 2023-2024 Fantasy Basketball 9-Category rankings.

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2023-2024 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Alex's Top 200

RANK PLAYER TEAM
1 Nikola Jokic DEN
2 Joel Embiid PHI
3 Luka Doncic DAL
4 Tyrese Haliburton IND
5 Jayson Tatum BOS
6 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
7 Stephen Curry GSW
8 Damian Lillard MIL
9 Kevin Durant PHO
10 Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL
11 LaMelo Ball CHA
12 Anthony Davis LAL
13 Trae Young ATL
14 Devin Booker PHO
15 Domantas Sabonis SAC
16 Anthony Edwards MIN
17 Kyrie Irving DAL
18 Jimmy Butler MIA
19 Donovan Mitchell CLE
20 Karl-Anthony Towns MIN
21 Kawhi Leonard LAC
22 LeBron James LAL
23 Cade Cunningham DET
24 Paul George LAC
25 James Harden PHI
26 Desmond Bane MEM
27 Jaren Jackson Jr. MEM
28 Victor Wembanyama SAS
29 Pascal Siakam TOR
30 Lauri Markkanen UTH
31 Fred VanVleet HOU
32 Mikal Bridges BKN
33 Bam Adebayo MIA
34 Chet Holmgren OKC
35 Dejounte Murray ATL
36 Jalen Brunson NYK
37 O.G. Anunoby TOR
38 Zion Williamson NOR
39 Jaylen Brown BOS
40 De'Aaron Fox SAC
41 Darius Garland CLE
42 Myles Turner IND
43 Evan Mobley CLE
44 Kristaps Porzingis BOS
45 Zach LaVine CHI
46 Jrue Holiday BOS
47 Brook Lopez MIL
48 Jamal Murray DEN
49 DeMar DeRozan CHI
50 Julius Randle NYK
51 Deandre Ayton POR
52 Nikola Vucevic CHI
53 Scottie Barnes TOR
54 Walker Kessler UTH
55 Nic Claxton BKN
56 Tyrese Maxey PHI
57 Alperen Sengun HOU
58 Rudy Gobert MIN
59 Brandon Ingram NOR
60 Daniel Gafford WAS
61 Jalen Williams OKC
62 Jarrett Allen CLE
63 Paolo Banchero ORL
64 Josh Giddey OKC
65 Jakob Poeltl TOR
66 Kyle Kuzma WAS
67 Franz Wagner ORL
68 Cameron Johnson BKN
69 Michael Porter Jr. DEN
70 Devin Vassell SAS
71 Tobias Harris PHI
72 Khris Middleton MIL
73 Jordan Poole WAS
74 Bradley Beal PHO
75 Tyus Jones WAS
76 Andrew Wiggins GSW
77 Derrick White BOS
78 Tyler Herro MIA
79 Jalen Green HOU
80 Ja Morant MEM
81 Jerami Grant POR
82 Chris Paul GSW
83 Klay Thompson GSW
84 Anfernee Simons POR
85 Gary Trent Jr. TOR
86 John Collins UTH
87 Jabari Smith Jr. HOU
88 Miles Bridges CHA
89 Terry Rozier CHA
90 Austin Reaves LAL
91 Marcus Smart MEM
92 Markelle Fultz ORL
93 Jalen Duren DET
94 Robert Williams III BOS
95 Mark Williams CHA
96 Mitchell Robinson NYK
97 Clint Capela ATL
98 Zach Collins SAS
99 Ben Simmons BKN
100 P.J. Washington CHA
101 CJ McCollum NOR
102 Wendell Carter Jr. ORL
103 Onyeka Okongwu ATL
104 Jusuf Nurkic PHO
105 Buddy Hield IND
106 Scoot Henderson POR
107 Draymond Green GSW
108 Tre Jones SAS
109 Mike Conley MIN
110 D'Angelo Russell LAL
111 Shaedon Sharpe POR
112 Jonas Valanciunas NOR
113 Ivica Zubac LAC
114 Bobby Portis Jr. MIL
115 Jeremy Sochan SAS
116 Bruce Brown Jr. IND
117 Al Horford BOS
118 Ausar Thompson DET
119 Obi Toppin IND
120 Dereck Lively II DAL
121 Jaden Ivey DET
122 Kevin Huerter SAC
123 Malcolm Brogdon POR
124 Keegan Murray SAC
125 Jaden McDaniels MIN
126 Trey Murphy III NOR
127 Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL
128 Isaiah Stewart DET
129 Naz Reid MIN
130 RJ Barrett NYK
131 Aaron Gordon DEN
132 Christian Wood LAL
133 De'Anthony Melton PHI
134 Collin Sexton UTH
135 Spencer Dinwiddie BKN
136 Keldon Johnson SAS
137 Kyle Anderson MIN
138 Jordan Clarkson UTH
139 Rui Hachimura LAL
140 Josh Hart NYK
141 Deni Avdija WAS
142 Saddiq Bey ATL
143 Norman Powell LAC
144 Caleb Martin MIA
145 Amen Thompson HOU
146 Coby White CHI
147 Immanuel Quickley NYK
148 Tari Eason HOU
149 Robert Covington LAC
150 Dillon Brooks HOU
151 Gordon Hayward CHA
152 Russell Westbrook III LAC
153 Herbert Jones NOR
154 Talen Horton-Tucker UTH
155 De'Andre Hunter ATL
156 Bojan Bogdanovic DET
157 Richaun Holmes DAL
158 Caris LeVert CLE
159 Bennedict Mathurin IND
160 Christian Braun DEN
161 Kelly Oubre Jr. PHI
162 Harrison Barnes SAC
163 Jalen Suggs ORL
164 Dorian Finney-Smith BKN
165 Malik Beasley MIL
166 Cole Anthony ORL
167 Jarred Vanderbilt LAL
168 Josh Richardson MIA
169 Jarace Walker IND
170 Paul Reed PHI
171 Jonathan Kuminga GSW
172 Jonathan Isaac ORL
173 Jae'Sean Tate HOU
174 Cam Thomas BKN
175 Brandon Clarke MEM
176 Luke Kennard MEM
177 Brandon Miller CHA
178 Malaki Branham SAS
179 Royce O'Neale BKN
180 Patrick Williams CHI
181 Terance Mann LAC
182 Kris Dunn UTH
183 Kelly Olynyk UTH
184 Delon Wright WAS
185 Kyle Lowry MIA
186 Davion Mitchell SAC
187 AJ Griffin ATL
188 Keyonte George UTH
189 Seth Curry DAL
190 Gradey Dick TOR
191 Monte Morris DET
192 Lu Dort OKC
193 Josh Green DAL
194 Julian Champagnie SAS
195 Steven Adams MEM
196 Jalen Johnson ATL
197 Mason Plumlee LAC
198 Andre Drummond CHI
199 Matisse Thybulle POR
200 Max Strus CLE


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