Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2025: One Critical Number for Every NBA Team in 2025

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  • By Mike Passador

    Last Updated on September 29, 2025 9:04 pm by Keston Paul | Published: September 29, 2025

    In the process of researching every team and player to get the draft guide together (we have Season Wraps looking back and Team Preview articles looking forward for every team plus around 550 player profiles), you come across your fair share of intriguing numbers. Some are fun, some are tragic and most lie in between.

    Not every stat ends up being illuminating for fantasy and a lot of them have limited impact. For example, Christian Braun shooting .648 on 2-pointers is notable and important, but it’s really only important to Braun. Fluctuations there will change Braun’s final fantasy value but it won’t change how the Nuggets operate overall. We’re looking for something more — numbers that could have wide-ranging effects on entire teams. We’ve highlighted one per team but there are more if you really want to dig.

    Let’s get to it.

    Atlanta Hawks: Four

    That’s the number of games in which Onyeka Okongwu and Clint Capela shared the floor last year.

    In 2023-24, Okongwu and Capela shared the floor for 132 minutes across 21 games. Last season that figure shrunk to under one minute across four fleeting appearances. Some of that is because Capela totally fell out of favor, which is great news for Okongwu, but the Hawks shying away from double-big lineups is notable because they went out and upgraded in a big way with Kristaps Porzingis. One of Okongwu, Porzingis and Zaccharie Risacher will be coming off the bench to start the season. Atlanta avoiding two-big groups might be telling, though that also paints Okongwu’s .324 3-point percentage on 2.0 attempts per game in a different light — Okongwu wasn’t taking those shots because he was forced out of the paint, but rather because he was open and has the trust of the team. We still like Okongwu’s prospects but his ceiling will be determined by how much the Hawks feel like playing him alongside Porzingis. That Porzingis is a capable 3-point shooter on high volume might just be a saving grace.

    Boston Celtics: 26.2

    That’s the amount of 3-point attempts per game that the Celtics will be missing this year with Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday and Al Horford gone.

    The Celtics are headed for a gap year. They’re missing their top dog and focused on shedding salary over the summer to dodge some insane tax bills. Even in a weak Eastern Conference, the Celtics aren’t going to be making postseason noise. That said, the Celtics shouldn’t go changing their entire offensive philosophy because of a one-year detour. Joe Mazzulla can tailor the systems to his new roster to a certain extent but launching 3-pointers is Boston’s DNA at this point. There are a ton of attempts to make up for here and anyone who proves to be part of the solution could end up being fantasy-relevant. Anfernee Simons and Payton Pritchard are already on the radar, but there’s no certainty beyond that. Sam Hauser can shoot it. Chris Boucher can shoot it. Baylor Scheierman can shoot it, theoretically. What of rookie Hugo Gonzalez? However you want to look at it, the Celtics have a lot up for grabs and the fantasy value could be divvied up in some fun ways.

    Brooklyn Nets: Zero

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    September 29, 2025, 9:04 pm