This past Sunday, RotoBaller's team of NBA junkies experts got together and got down to business.  Eight writers joined up with four regular fantasy players off of Yahoo! and Reddit to tackle a standard 9-category head-to-head league draft.

Here are the players, in order of draft slot:

Just Having Fun - a Yahoo! user
Team Pop Socks - a Yahoo! user
Pierre Camus (@pfunk00) - RotoBaller
Trevor Crippen (@TeachTrevor) - RotoBaller
Gurminder Singh (@Gindy101) - RotoBaller
Vladimir De Wet (@vladewet) - RotoBaller
Brad Leibfried (@Leibfried6) - RotoBaller
Adam Ginsburg (@aginz3) - RotoBaller
Jake Finnen - RotoBaller
Kawhi so Kawaii - a Reddit user
Flu Game 97 - a Yahoo! user
Arkeno Greenaway (@FantasyKeno) - RotoBaller

Later in the week, our writers will talk in depth about their strategies in the draft.  For now, let's take a look at the results.

All position eligibility based on Yahoo! fantasy leagues.  League scoring is based on standard 9 categories (points, rebounds, assists, threes, steals, blocks, FG%, FT%, turnovers).

RotoBaller Writers' League Draft Recap

In our first mock draft of the season there were several surprises across the draft. To start the draft Kevin Durant was a surprise pick at the top. Although he is a spectacular player, Russell Westbrook and James harden simply have too much upside in a H2H league.

The top of round two also produced a shocker with Kyle Lowry going 13th overall. The argument can be made that PG is extremely shallow this season. Paul Millsap and LaMarcus Aldridge also fell despite their solid play.

The run of big men started with second year star Porzingis. Pierre's selection started the run of centers with big upside but can also hurt you as Jordan and Drummond do with free throws.

Rubio was the surprise pick of this round as he is is elite in assists and steals, however is sorely lacking across the board. In a roto league he will fall further down the draft board but in H2H you can make up for his deficiences.

The number one pick jumped off the board at pick 60 which was earlier than most expected. Simmons could pay off that in a big way or struggle with shooting and be a bit of a detriment.

Round six was all about the veterans. Dragic, Gasol, and Wade are not in the prime of their careers but are solid players that great to have in all fantasy leagues.

In the exact opposite tone of round six, round seven was all about gambling on players. Turner, Noel and Mudiay could breakout while Fournier, Lin, and Barnes could see a boost in stats due to new roles on their new teams.

Jordan Clarkson jumps off the page in round eight. Most experts are touting D'Angelo Russell as the huge beneficiary of the retirement of Kobe Bryant. However, Clarkson should see as big of a boost at a lower price.

Trevor took a chance on Covington in round nine as he was punting FG%. Covington was a top 40 player for parts of last year so by pick 100 it was solid value.

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was the surprise pick of this round. Ranked a few hundred spots below his draft position of 111, he should see a nice spike in minutes due to Brooklyn's lack of wing players.

By this time in the draft it was all about team building. Solid vet's such as Plumlee and Beverly will not wow you but provide a solid base. Meanwhile, young players like Winslow and Embiid could provide a late round boost to specific categories.

Interesting picks at 142 and 144 as there is a debate who will fill in Dwyane Wade's scoring hole. Richardson was the likely candidate but underwent knee surgery and will miss a few weeks. Waiters was signed to provide scoring punch and has never been shy about hoisting up shots.

In the last round of drafts it is generally a wise idea to take high upside plays that can be dropped. If Chris Bosh happens to be cleared he is a huge steal, while Teletovic could see an bigger role with the injury to Khris Middleton.