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Adam Koffler's 2021-22 Fantasy Basketball Rankings and Draft Analysis

Adam Koffler's 2021-2022 fantasy basketball draft rankings for 9-category head-to-head (H2H) leagues. Read the NBA players he's higher on and lower on.

Finally, we get a "normal" NBA regular season to look forward to after consecutive years of abbreviated basketball due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. And with that, fantasy basketball is back, and so are my top-200 rankings for 9-category head-to-head leagues!

Below you'll find my 2021-2022 fantasy basketball rankings compared to the RotoBaller Consensus. The nine categories include FG%, FT%, 3PM, Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, and Turnovers.

I'll run through a few players I'm higher on and a few players I'm lower on than the Consensus. Let's get right into it!

 

9-Category Head-to-Head Rankings

Tier Adam's Ranking Player Team Positions
1 1 Nikola Jokic DEN C
1 2 Stephen Curry GSW PG
1 3 Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL SF,PF
1 4 Karl-Anthony Towns MIN C
1 5 James Harden BKN PG,SG
1 6 Damian Lillard POR PG
1 7 Luka Doncic DAL PG,SG
2 8 Joel Embiid PHI C
2 9 Jayson Tatum BOS SF,PF
2 10 Paul George LAC SG,SF
2 11 Kevin Durant BKN SF,PF
2 12 Bradley Beal WAS SG
2 13 Fred VanVleet TOR PG,SG
2 14 Anthony Davis LAL PF,C
2 15 Michael Porter Jr. DEN SF
2 16 Jimmy Butler MIA SG,SF
3 17 Bam Adebayo MIA PF,C
3 18 Domantas Sabonis IND PF,C
3 19 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC PG
3 20 Jaylen Brown BOS SG,SF
3 21 Nikola Vucevic CHI C
3 22 LaMelo Ball CHA PG,SG
3 23 Chris Paul PHO PG
3 24 Kyrie Irving BKN PG,SG
3 25 Trae Young ATL PG
3 26 Zach LaVine CHI PG,SG
3 27 Rudy Gobert UTH C
3 28 OG Anunoby TOR SF
3 29 Jrue Holiday MIL PG,SG
3 30 Khris Middleton MIL SG,SF
3 31 Donovan Mitchell UTH PG,SG
4 32 Deandre Ayton PHO C
4 33 Richaun Holmes SAC C,PF
4 34 Kristaps Porzingis DAL PF,C
4 35 Tobias Harris PHI SF,PF
4 36 Zion Williamson NOR PF
4 37 Christian Wood HOU PF
4 38 Brandon Ingram NOR SG,SF
4 39 Julius Randle NYK PF,C
4 40 Devin Booker PHO SG
4 41 LeBron James LAL SF
4 42 Jaren Jackson Jr. MEM PF
4 43 Myles Turner IND C
4 44 Clint Capela ATL C
4 45 Malcolm Brogdon IND PG,SG
4 46 De'Aaron Fox SAC PG
4 47 Robert Williams III BOS C
4 48 John Collins ATL PF,C
4 49 Dejounte Murray SAS PG
4 50 Derrick White SAS PG
5 51 Jusuf Nurkic POR C
5 52 Mikal Bridges PHO SF
5 53 Lonzo Ball CHI PG
5 54 Russell Westbrook III LAL PG
5 55 Tyrese Haliburton SAC PG,SG
5 56 CJ McCollum POR PG, SG
5 57 Pascal Siakam TOR PF
5 58 Anthony Edwards MIN SG,SF
5 59 Marcus Smart BOS PG,SG
5 60 Terry Rozier CHA PG,SG
5 61 Jakob Poeltl SAS C
6 62 Jonas Valanciunas NOR C
6 63 Caris LeVert IND SF,SG
6 64 Jarrett Allen CLE C
6 65 Kyle Lowry MIA PG
6 66 Chris Boucher TOR PF,C
6 67 Mike Conley UTH PG
6 68 Darius Garland CLE PG
6 69 Bogdan Bogdanovic ATL SG,SF
6 70 Ben Simmons PHI PG,SF
6 71 Ja Morant MEM PG
6 72 Gordon Hayward CHA SG,SF
6 73 Isaiah Stewart DET PF,C
6 74 DeMar DeRozan CHI SG,SF
6 75 D'Angelo Russell MIN PG,SG
6 76 Spencer Dinwiddie WAS PG
6 77 Jerami Grant DET SF,PF
6 78 Draymond Green GSW PF,C
6 79 Robert Covington POR SF,PF
6 80 Cade Cunningham DET SF
6 81 Collin Sexton CLE PG,SG
7 82 Nickeil Alexander-Walker NOR SG,SF
7 83 P.J. Washington CHA PF
7 84 Buddy Hield SAC SG
7 85 John Wall HOU PG
7 86 Devonte' Graham NOR PG
7 87 Andrew Wiggins GSW SG,SF
7 88 Norman Powell POR SG, SF
7 89 Brook Lopez MIL C
7 90 Kemba Walker NYK PG
7 91 Kyle Anderson MEM SG,SF,PF
7 92 Miles Bridges CHA SF
7 93 Harrison Barnes SAC SF,PF
7 94 Jordan Clarkson UTH PG,SG
7 95 Kevin Porter Jr. HOU PG,SF
8 96 Evan Mobley CLE PF,C
8 97 Jalen Green HOU SG
8 98 Jaden McDaniels MIN PF
8 99 Daniel Gafford WAS SF
8 100 Jonathan Isaac ORL PF,SF
8 101 Jalen Suggs ORL SG
8 102 Evan Fournier NYK SG,SF
8 103 Thaddeus Young SAS SF,PF
8 104 Mitchell Robinson NYK C
8 105 Klay Thompson GSW SG,SF
8 106 Kawhi Leonard LAC SG,SF
8 107 RJ Barrett NYK SF
8 108 Keldon Johnson SAS SF
8 109 Mo Bamba ORL C
8 110 Kelly Olynyk DET PF,C
8 111 Nerlens Noel NYK C
8 112 Reggie Jackson LAC PG,SG
8 113 Saddiq Bey DET SF,PF
8 114 Jae'Sean Tate HOU SF,PF
8 115 T.J. McConnell IND PG
9 116 Ivica Zubac LAC C
9 117 Kevin Huerter ATL SG
9 118 Nicolas Claxton BKN PF,C
9 119 Duncan Robinson MIA SG,SF
9 120 De'Andre Hunter ATL SF
9 121 Al Horford BOS PF,C
9 122 Seth Curry PHI PG, SG
9 123 Isaiah Roby OKC PF,C
9 124 Khem Birch TOR PF,C
9 125 Mason Plumlee CHA PF,C
9 126 Wendell Carter Jr. ORL C
9 127 Killian Hayes DET PG,SG
9 128 Steven Adams MEM C
9 129 Bojan Bogdanovic UTH SG,SF
9 130 Dillon Brooks MEM SF
9 131 De'Anthony Melton MEM PG
9 132 Royce O'Neale UTH SF
9 133 Tyrese Maxey PHI SG
9 134 Aleksej Pokusevski OKC SG,SF
9 135 Lauri Markkanen CLE PF
9 136 Desmond Bane MEM SG
9 137 Kelly Oubre Jr. CHA SF
9 138 Chuma Okeke ORL PF
9 139 Will Barton DEN SG,SF
9 140 Larry Nance Jr. POR PF,C
9 141 Joe Ingles UTH SG,SF
10 142 Jamal Murray DEN PG
10 143 Andre Drummond PHI C
10 144 Darius Bazley OKC PF
10 145 Bobby Portis Jr. MIL PF,C
10 146 Aaron Gordon DEN SF,PF
10 147 Eric Bledsoe LAC PG,SG
10 148 Donte DiVincenzo MIL SG
10 149 Matisse Thybulle PHI SG
10 150 Kyle Kuzma WAS SF,PF
10 151 Danilo Gallinari ATL SF,PF
10 152 Montrezl Harrell WAS PF,C
10 153 Joe Harris BKN SG,SF
10 154 Victor Oladipo MIA PG,SG
10 155 Luguentz Dort OKC SF
10 156 Cole Anthony ORL PG,SG
10 157 Dennis Schroder BOS PG
10 158 Gary Trent Jr. TOR SG,SF
11 159 Malachi Flynn TOR PG
11 160 Marcus Morris Sr. LAC SF,PF
11 161 James Wiseman GSW C
11 162 Thomas Bryant WAS C
11 163 Patrick Williams CHI F
11 164 Danny Green PHI SG,SF
11 165 Enes Kanter BOS C
11 166 Rui Hachimura WAS PF
11 167 Moses Brown DAL C
11 168 Immanuel Quickley NYK PG,SG
11 169 Facundo Campazzo DEN PG
11 170 Derrick Rose NYK PG

 

Players I'm Higher On

OG Anunoby (My Rank - 28, RotoBaller Consensus - 46)

Anunoby finished the 2020-21 season ranked 35th in 9-category head-to-head leagues on a per-game basis. This season, there's no more Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam is coming off labrum surgery and is expected to miss at least the first month of the season. Anunoby played well last season despite lingering injuries throughout the year. In his last 19 games, he averaged 19.1 points (3.0 3PM), 5.5 boards, 2.8 assists, 1.5 steals, 0.7 blocks, and just 1.7 turnovers in 34.1 minutes per game. Expect OG to take another step forward this season and cement himself as a go-to guy for this Toronto Raptors squad alongside Fred VanVleet.

Richaun Holmes (My Rank - 33, RotoBaller Consensus - 43)

Holmes has transformed his game since joining the Kings ahead of the 2019-20 season. In his last two seasons in Sacramento, he's finished 42nd and 33rd in 9-category head-to-head leagues on a per-game basis. Last season, he shot 63.7% from the field and a career-high 79.4% from the free-throw line. He also averaged a career-high 1.6 blocks in just over 29 minutes per game. Holmes was so impactful the Kings decided to sign him to a four-year, $55M contract extension. Don't be surprised if Holmes finishes within the top-30 players in 9-cat formats this season.

Derrick White (My Rank - 50, RotoBaller Consensus - 64)

Just like Anunoby in Toronto, Derrick White looks like he's going to be called on to lead this San Antonio team in 2021-22 alongside Dejounte Murray. DeMar DeRozan, who soaked up 26.3% of the usage. But with DeRozan off the floor, White saw his usage skyrocket from 22.9% all the way up to a team-high 27.6%. He could realistically be a 20/5/5 guy with two steals + blocks per game this season. You don't want to miss out on that production.

Jakob Poeltl (My Rank - 61, RotoBaller Consensus - 93)

Staying in San Antonio, another guy I'm very high on this season is Jakob Poeltl. He finished just 95th on a per-game basis last season, but that doesn't paint the entire picture. He didn't see consistent minutes until LaMarcus Aldridge stepped away from basketball. From February 3rd on, per Basketball Monster, Poeltl was ranked 64th on a per-game basis. During that stretch, Poeltl saw his minutes increase to near 30 per game, averaging 10 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.8 steals, and 2.1 blocks per game. He's not quite Rudy Gobert, but for a fraction of the cost, he gives you statistics just like Gobert.

 

Players I'm Lower On

Devin Booker (My Rank - 40, RotoBaller Consensus - 29)

I promise I'm not a Devin Booker hater. He's just not as good of a 9-category performer playing alongside Chris Paul. Two seasons ago, prior to CP3's arrival, Booker finished 29th on a per-game basis. Last season, he finished just 75th. What happened? Well, he turned into a "just" a scorer. He went from averaging 6.5 assists in 2019-20 to just 4.3 assists in 2020-21. Surely there's room for improvement in Booker's overall statistics, but don't expect a top-40 finish this season.

Russell Westbrook (My Rank - 54, RotoBaller Consensus - 40)

I'm actually surprised I have Russell Westbrook ranked this high. I guess part of me believes his shooting percentages will go up with less volume in Los Angeles. Last season, he shot just 43.9% from the field and 65.6% from the stripe. For the number of shots and free throws he was taking, these percentages tanked both categories for fantasy managers on weekly basis last season. Now playing alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis, his efficiency could increase, but we should also subsequently expect his production across the board to decline. He's a very good option in points leagues, but not such a great option in 9-category head-to-head leagues.

Ja Morant (My Rank - 71, RotoBaller Consensus - 57)

Morant the player is so much better than Morant the fantasy asset. He doesn't shoot the ball well, just 44.9% from the field and 72.8% from the line and he doesn't do enough in other categories to make up for the poor shooting. He's averaging 7.3 assists for his career, but just 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 turnovers per game. There's potential for Morant, but he'll need to get better across the board to finish within the top-75 this season.



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