Sport: NBA<\/p>\n
Do you want fantasy basketball sleepers? Well, we got fantasy basketball sleepers. We have 30 of them. One from each team of the NBA.<\/p>\n
What!? Your fantasy football league wasn\u2019t hosted on Fantrax last season!? Once you see how Fantrax stacks up to the competition<\/a>, we think you\u2019ll be singing a different tune in the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n 1 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper from Every NBA Team 24-25 Rank: 246<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 146<\/p>\n With an average draft position of 146, the 2024 #1 draft pick is essentially a non-factor in this year\u2019s fantasy drafts. But should he be? I say no. Whether he\u2019ll be coming off the bench or starting \u2013 I imagine it\u2019ll be a mixture of the two, considering the injury proneness of some of his teammates \u2013 Risacher is poised for at least somewhat of a sophomore bump. In 24-25, Risaacher\u2019s role was quite passive in the Hawks offense, which makes sense for a versatile rookie, but with a year of NBA ball, he can take on a bigger role. Coming off the bench would likely help with that, too. Post All-Star break, Risacher shot over 40% from three and averaged 14.6 points and was ranked in the top 150 in 8-cat for the timespan. So, Risacher is worth considering at the end of the draft, I say.<\/p>\n Boston Celtics \u2013 Neemias Queta (C)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 330<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 163<\/p>\n With all of Boston\u2019s hopes and dreams going down the drain after Jayson Tatum\u2019s injury, Neemias Queta is exactly the kind of player to bring some excitement to a losing team. Did you see him at EuroBasket?! He was terrific. Queta is unlikely to have the same role for the Celtics that he has for Portugal, but his main competitors for minutes are Chris Boucher and Luka Garza. He\u2019s a reasonable center consideration at the end of drafts.<\/p>\n Brooklyn Nets \u2013 Egor Demin (PG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: NR<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 164<\/p>\n Demin seems to be the Nets starting point guard to start the season. Will it last \u2013 who knows, but, obviously, the Nets aren\u2019t competing for anything, so he\u2019s likely to be given a lot of room to grow. Demin projects as a similar player to Josh Giddey. Repeating rookie Giddey numbers would be unlikely but still possible. More likely, he is an end-of-draft assists guy. If you want a better \u201csleeper\u201d from the Nets, just go for Michael Porter Jr, who seems criminally underrated with an ADP of 78.<\/p>\n Charlotte Hornets \u2013 Brandon Miller (SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 64<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 56<\/p>\n Brandon Miller had his coming-out season cut short in January because of a wrist injury. A wrist injury isn\u2019t something that will usually impact a player for the rest of their career, so he should pick up where he left off. If anything, he will be better than ever, as going in for their third season is when NBA players improve the most.<\/p>\n Chicago Bulls \u2013 Matas Buzelis (SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 259<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 99<\/p>\n With LaVine and DeRozan out of town for good, Buzelis has a clear path for big minutes at the forward positions for the Bulls. Ranking already 129th in 8-cat fantasy since becoming the starter, Buzelis is another player hoping to make a big sophomore jump.<\/p>\n Cleveland Cavaliers \u2013 Jaylon Tyson (SG, SF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 458<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 352<\/p>\n With the Core Four receiving the bulk of the attention in the Cavs, we need to look deeper for a sleeper. Much, much deeper. Jaylon Tyson is a second-year player who just averaged 19.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per game in the summer league. Yeah, yeah, summer league, but second-year players, at a minimum, should have strong averages like that if they expect to make it. With Darius Garland and Max Strus out injured for a while, Tyson has, at least, the opportunity to be a considerable part of the rotation. In fantasy, probably a deeper league flyer or a pick in a dynasty league.<\/p>\n Dallas Mavericks \u2013 D\u2019Angelo Russell (PG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 148<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 111<\/p>\n As boring a pick as this is, the Mavericks, with their odd roster construction, have seemingly left all the space for D\u2019Angelo Russell to handle the point guard duties. At least until Kyrie Irving returns from an ACL tear, which won\u2019t be for a while. Russell, when left to his devices, has delivered top 50-60 fantasy seasons, so this could be a quiet, solid pick.<\/p>\n Denver Nuggets \u2013 Aaron Gordon (PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 124<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 121<\/p>\n With everyone seemingly on the Cam Johnson bandwagon in Denver, how about Mr. Nugget himself as the sleeper for 25-26? He had somewhat of a down year last year, playing with a calf injury, but still way outperformed this year\u2019s ADP. Now, with a healthy body and a team with a seemingly more versatile offense, Gordon should have more space to do what he does best. Not for nothing, he also shot 43.6% from three and 81% from the line last year.<\/p>\n Detroit Pistons \u2013 Jaden Ivey (SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 132<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 120<\/p>\n Jaden Ivey is another case of \u201cout of sight, out of mind\u201d, having played his last game of basketball on January 2nd because of a broken leg. The leg is now healed, and Ivey should take his spot next to Cade Cunningham in the Pistons backcourt.<\/p>\n Golden State Warriors \u2013 Jonathan Kuminga (PF, C)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 330<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 133<\/p>\n However, the contract standoff ends, Jonathan Kuminga is bound to play a bigger role this year than he ever has in his career. Right? Either for the Warriors or elsewhere. He hasn\u2019t played much meaningful basketball in his four years so far, but if you\u2019re looking for a reason to be optimistic, check out his final four games in the playoffs against the Timberwolves. They did lose all these games, but maybe that\u2019s his future \u2013 balling out on a losing team.<\/p>\n Rockets \u2013 Reed Sheppard (PG, SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 386<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 177<\/p>\n Things have changed with Fred VanVleet going down for, likely, the season. With the guard depth in Houston being quite poor, they almost have no choice but to play Sheppard rotation minutes. Right?! I don\u2019t know. Maybe they\u2019ll make a trade before the season, but as things stand, Sheppard has at least a chance to get his NBA career going. He is still just a year separated from being the #3 pick in the NBA draft and projecting as a dead-eye shooter.<\/p>\n Pacers \u2013 Andrew Nembhard (PG, SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 151<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 85<\/p>\n The case here is pretty simple \u2013 Nembard will step into Tyrese Haliburton\u2019s role in the Pacers offense and be expected to do an approximation of Tyrese Haliburton things. Will he be a top 15 fantasy player like Haliburton? No, but maybe, top 50ish?!<\/p>\n Los Angeles Clippers \u2013 John Collins (SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 30<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 89<\/p>\n Collins was traded from Utah to the Clippers in the offseason. As far as I can tell, he\u2019s a great fit next to Ivica Zubac and Kawhi Leonard. Clearly, the best power forward they\u2019ve had since Blake Griffin. Aside from being somewhat of an injury risk, Collins is a pretty straightforward choice for the best sleeper on the Clippers. He\u2019ll get points, rebounds, and blocks with good percentages \u2013 pretty much all you\u2019d want from a big man.<\/p>\n Los Angeles Lakers \u2013\u00a0 Austin Reaves (PG, SG, SF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 29<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 42<\/p>\n Reaves is poised for a big year and, after a slow start, contributed as a top 20 player in 24-25. So it is a little surprising that his ADP is lower than last year\u2019s rank. Reaves\u2019 role is likely to keep increasing, so he is quite a safe pick.<\/p>\n Memphis Grizzlies \u2013 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (SG, SF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 176<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 224<\/p>\n Caldwell-Pope had a down year, whilst shooting only 34% from the three in 24-25. He will be golden if he can get it back to 40% which is what he averaged in the previous five years. As things stand, Caldwell-Pope seems to have the lock on the starting shooting guard position on the Grizzlies with a green light from the three.<\/p>\n Miami Heat \u2013 Norman Powell (SG, SF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 76<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 91<\/p>\n Stormin\u2019 Norman was in the All-Star conversation not that long ago, and now finds himself on a Heat team with nearly zero offensive firepower. Tyler Herro, as the other talented scorer, will be out for about a month to start the season, too. So Powell will almost have no choice but to dominate the offense.<\/p>\n Milwaukee Bucks \u2013 Kevin Porter Jr. (PG, SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 218<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 123<\/p>\n Kevin Porter Jr. is another player who finds himself in a situation with very weak competition for playing time. If he plays anywhere close to the potential he showed in Houston, he will be a lock for a starting job with relatively high usage. For what it\u2019s worth, whenever Porter Jr. played over 20 minutes in a game last year, he averaged a 15-5-5 stat line with nearly 2 steals.<\/p>\n Minnesota Timberwolves \u2013 Rob Dillingham (PG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 450<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 221<\/p>\n As a rookie, Dillingham was out of the Minnesota rotation. A year later, there may be an opening for him \u2013 Mike Conley isn\u2019t getting any younger (in fact, he is getting older), and there isn\u2019t much in terms of point guard depth on the roster. If the team wants him to ever be at least a solid player, this is the time he should be getting regular minutes.<\/p>\n New Orleans Pelicans \u2013 Herbert Jones (SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 102<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 113<\/p>\n Another injury return, Jones is a year separated from shooting 42% from the three. If he can return to that form, he\u2019s bound to be, at the very least, a top 100 fantasy player. His playing time is more or less guaranteed by his great defense. From a fantasy perspective, the question is how much he can do offensively. This will be Jones\u2019 5th NBA season, so he should be just entering his prime.<\/p>\n New York Knicks \u2013 Mikal Bridges (SG, SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 88<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 71<\/p>\n Bridges has had a couple of quiet years since completely balling out in the first half-season after getting traded to Brooklyn. With a new, less ornery coach in New York, perhaps Bridges can return to something similar to his Brooklyn form. He\u2019s very unlikely to average 26 points per game again, but perhaps, with a more egalitarian offense, the Knicks can get the best out of Bridges.<\/p>\n Oklahoma City Thunder \u2013 Cason Wallace (SG, SF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 118<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 131<\/p>\n Wallace is already an amazing defensive player. If he can be more consistent from the three and, perhaps, as a playmaker, he\u2019ll be bound to be another OKC development success story. This is his third season in the league, so we should expect another step forward for Wallace. He will be playing behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, so don\u2019t expect miracles, but Wallace can be a solid late-round fantasy contributor.<\/p>\n Orlando Magic \u2013 Jalen Suggs (PG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 67<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 101<\/p>\n Suggs was an electric two-way player before he went down with an injury. And some of the two-wayness was out of necessity after Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner went down with their own injuries. Regardless, Suggs does seem to have the ability to run the offense and score in buckets. To start, Banchero will surely be the #1 option; however, I wouldn\u2019t be too surprised to see Suggs overtake Wagner in the offensive hierarchy.<\/p>\n Philadelphia 76ers \u2013 Jared McCain (SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 155<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 157<\/p>\n Jared McCain will start the season on the injury list after thumb surgery. He will probably return in the first half of November. And remember that McCain was on track to win the Rookie of the Year award before succumbing to a knee injury after 23 games last season. Yeah, yeah, that\u2019s a lot of injuries for a player\u2019s first year in the league, but he can clearly ball.<\/p>\n Phoenix Suns \u2013 Devin Booker (PG, SG, SF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 21<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 12<\/p>\n Being the only great player on a crappy team is a gift and a curse, isn\u2019t it? Devin Booker will have the greenest of green lights to do his thing. Surprisingly for a player of his stature, Booker has been an All-Star only once in the last three seasons. The year before that, he was on the All-NBA first team. I think he\u2019ll have a lot to prove. Scoring title? Who knows.<\/p>\n Portland Trail Blazers \u2013 Deni Avdija (SG, SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 83<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 46<\/p>\n Post All-Star break, Avdija was the 25th-best fantasy player in 24-25. And he was sixth in the last month of the season. He\u2019s unlikely to carry that over to this season, but the top 25 is surely in play. He\u2019s clearly figured something out. Though perhaps Shaedon Sharpe might be a bigger fantasy sleeper as a player with quite a similar statistical profile.<\/p>\n Sacramento Kings \u2013 Keon Ellis (PG, SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 113<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 145<\/p>\n Now, here\u2019s a boring team going nowhere. But Keon Ellis is their best young player, so here you go. Can he break out with Dennis Schr\u00f6der and Zach LaVine in front of him in the depth chart? He is a career 43% shooter from three and has only improved year-over-year in attempts and minutes played, so there is a chance.<\/p>\n San Antonio Spurs \u2013 Stephon Castle (PG, SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 247<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 116<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the Rookie of the Year. He\u2019s almost certainly the starting PG until De\u2019Aaron Fox returns from his injury. After that, Castle may move to SG or come off the bench. Neither is a tragedy. Castle is bound to be a big part of the rotation. How big? Depends on what he\u2019s added to his game in the summer. If he can start making threes, it\u2019ll be great for him.<\/p>\n Toronto Raptors \u2013 Brandon Ingram (SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 43<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 82<\/p>\n Brandon Ingram has been a top 50 fantasy player on a per-game basis for pretty much his whole career, and he\u2019s coming in healthy for the 25-26 season.<\/p>\n Utah Jazz \u2013 Lauri Markkanen (SF, PF)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: 98<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 59<\/p>\n It\u2019s quite clear that Lauri had a gap year in 24-25 to help the team tank. Some of it was injury-related, I\u2019m sure. But now he\u2019s back, and what more proof do we need than playing well for Finland at the EuroBasket?! All joking aside, if he\u2019s healthy, he\u2019s bound to way outperform that ADP position. Even if he\u2019s traded.<\/p>\n Washington Wizards \u2013 Tre Johnson (SG)<\/p>\n 24-25 Rank: NR<\/p>\n ADP Rank: 192<\/p>\n Taking a rookie in fantasy is risky business, but the Wizards are totally in a position to give him the playing time he needs to become their next star player.<\/p>\n Fantrax is one of the fastest-growing fantasy sites in the fantasy sports industry, and we\u2019re not stopping anytime soon. We are the most customizable, easy-to-use, and feature-rich platform in the industry, offering the greatest fantasy experience for your dynasty, keeper, redraft, and best ball leagues. Fantasy sports doesn\u2019t sleep, and neither does Fantrax, with seasons running 365 days a year. Take your fantasy leagues to the next level now at Fantrax.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sport: NBA Do you want fantasy basketball sleepers? Well, we got fantasy basketball sleepers. 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\nAtlanta Hawks \u2013 Zaccharie Risacher (SF)<\/p>\n