WOW! Are you sure this is a 16 man league? You absolutely dominated this draft. Troy Brown Jr. is coming back tomorrow and makes for an intriguing deep-league flier. If Graham is still there he's a must scoop. Fultz may be still there. DSJ needs to be owned until we get more clarity on Payton's injury. Josh Hart if he is still there. Isaiah is a good pickup. Possibly Rondo, or Huerter if they were dropped. These are all quality options for guards and wings that may be available, and with the way that your draft went, there may be even more available.

Hi Santino

Awesome thread! 12 team 9Cat h2h.

Lillard
D. Wright
G. Harris
Gallinari
JJJ
Harrell
Vucevic
Draymond
Rose
T Prince
J Collins
Valanciunas

Just dropped Bacon for D Powell

Hey Santino thanks again for all the advice! There are only 2 keepers because I decided to only keep 2 since I didn't have any other great options (only second year doing keepers). I ended up dropping Mikal Bridges and Schroder for Rose and Winslow (other hot names were all taken). I also have Powell still on my IL (even though he came back yesterday night) and picked up Kendrick Nunn. My hope was for Rose to help with the assists and Winslow to help with some 3s and steals. I'm worried about Winslow's percentages though. I'm also worried about Butlers impact on both Winslow and Nunn. Do you think Rose is someone worth holding on to? I feel like he's had a good start to the season, but could be impacted when Griffin comes back.

Should I drop any of these guys to activate Powell (I'll probably give it a couple games to see how he looks though)?
Also do you think any of the free agents listed below fit my team build better than the players I have? I still would like to keep a streaming spot open, I feel like it helps to try and maximize games in H2H (daily, 4 adds per week). The issue is that it's hard to drop players that have upside this early on in the season.

Sorry for the long post and all of the questions. Any feedback or comments are very appreciated! Thanks again as always for all the great advice!

My current team is as follows:

PG- Eric Bledsoe
SG- James Harden
G- Derrick Rose
SF- Danilo Galinari
PF Bam Adebayo
F- Myles Turner
C- Mitchel Robinson
C- Draymond Green
Util- LaMarcus Aldridge
Util- Delon Wright
Bench- T.J. Warren
Bench- Justise Winslow
Bench- Kendrick Nunn
IL - Dwight Powell (need to drop someone to activate)

Free Agents: Bazemore, Fournier, Fultz, Isaiah Thomas, Forbes, Schroder, Kennard, Bertans, Crowder, Bacon, Kleber, Kaminsky, Saric, Will Barton, Mikal Bridges, Marcus Smart, Millsap, Dinwiddie, Dragic, Dedmon, Holmes, Cauley-Stein, zach collins, wesley matthews, joe harris

As you can see still many FA's available since it's a 10 team and makes me feel like streaming could be worth it.

12 team/8 cat/roto/dynasty:
Kemba
Beal
Jon Isaac
Embiid
Anunoby
Myles Turner
De'Aaron Fox
Bam Adebayo
Conley (lol)
WCJ
Dejounte Murray
PJ Washington
IT3

I'm dead last in the league in FG% and middle of the pack in 3PM, FT%, and points.

You weren't able to put Kanter in the IR slot? It's a bit quick to cut bait on him 10 days into the season. That's a lot of extra cats (more than half of a normal allotment) and the additions seem to be redundant and a little too cute for my taste. the 3p% definitely doesn't help you, but oreb does. fgm and ftm don't really help too much either. I like your collection of big men and as I mentioned earlier I'd stash Kanter on IR for now. Love is going to be a steal there if he can stay healthy and active, but you're definitely missing something here. It looks like you went with a few reaches and Bledsoe that early would be it. He was regularly going in the 6th even 7th in many earlier posts and taking him there really dampers the surrounding pieces. Other than that nothing quite sticks out in either direction on the team. I like the Huerter pickup as he gets over his knee pain, he should be integrated more into the offense and looks like the second-best playmaker on the team already in limited minutes. You'll at least be great in assists and both rebounding categories, but there's nothing too special here.

It's still too early for rash decisions (big guys), but Bacon is certainly droppable right now as he was a fringe guy in the first place before Graham leapfrogged him, and his value was tied into what seemed like a heavy usage on tap. You have a strong collection of bigs with what looks to be most of your draft after Lillard. The ironic thing is that besides JJJ you don't have any shot blockers even though you have so many bigs. You'll be good in the stat based on share volume, but I just mean none of the others average more than Dray's 1.1 for their careers. I don't feel great about that. A team that loads up on bigs like this would ideally want to lock up fg%, rebs and blocks every week at the least, but this isn't the case. Again, while they'll be strong due to sheer volume, they aren't foregone conclusions on a weekly basis. You do however have a few good scoring options in the lineup which could be a strength. You have solid assists as well and some shooting. You'll be a competitor, but it's not a special looking team to be looked at as a front runner right now.

Kanter wasn't listed as injured on Yahoo until today or yesterday. I dropped him because his free throws killed me, I don't need his rebounding at all and as you know he gets no defensive stats.
Even though my big man situation is good, I'm nervous about Draymond and Love in the long-term. May try to pair them for a 2 for 1 deal....may try for KAT is someone will bite on that.

Let's hope for the best with Turner's ankle. The season is only 9 days long man, that's nothing. Where you're sitting amongst the rest of the league within the first nine days is the most marginal of sample sizes. Also, Conley's sluggish start has been the main role in one bad week from the field, though you won't be strong in that area anyway with Fox and Kemba. It was only a matter of time but as Conley showed last night, you can get rid of the lol next to his name. I actually think you have a really strong team. You crushed this draft hands down. Fox in the 4th, Bam in the 6th, Conley in the 7th. That's crazy value. You didn't have a weak selection (or pickup) on the team. At full-strength, this is a team that opponents won't want to face and you have to be among the favorites to win it all. Hope for health and more than 62 games for Embiid.

Dear Hballers,

I am in a points-16team league and my team is the following :

Embiid
Siakam
Conley
Markannen
Isaac
Kelly Oub Jr
Dev Graham
Delon Wright
R Holmes
Huerter
Okogie
Noel

IL:Kevon Looney

Which modifications would you make in the roster?Does G Robinson III fits here?In whose position?

Many Thanks

Hey guys! I'm a little late to the party, but really need a 2nd opinion on my roster. This was my maiden voyage into an auction draft, so I had no idea what I was doing and ended up with a very oddly constructed team. You will see I'm very top heavy.

Anyway, its 12 team h2h 9 cat:

Damian Lillard - PG

Bradley Beal Was - SG

Terry Rozier Cha - PG,SG

Evan Fournier Orl - SG,SF

Anthony Davis LAL - PF,C

Taurean Prince Bkn - SF

Dwight Powell Dal - PF,C

Dwight Howard LAL - PF,C

Dennis Schroder OKC - PG

Collin Sexton Cle - PG,SG

Cody Zeller Cha - PF,C

Zach Collins Por - PF,C

Devonte' Graham Cha - PG

So yeah, can I win with a team with 3 top 10 players and basically 0 depth? Should I trade one of my super stars for more depth? Would be appreciative of any thoughts, concerns, strategies, etc.
Thanks, you guys rock!

How you doing sir?! Can I get some help here.

12 team, 9 cat league.

Zach Lavine - Frustrated with his shot selection and TO's
Buddy Heild
Dennis Schroder
Jerami Grant - Cut?
Kevin Love
LMA
Richaun Holmes
BOjan Bogdanovic
Kemba Walker
Jordan Clarkson
Al Horford
Nikola Jokic - Try to trade him?
Jeff Teague
Miles Bridges
Marc Gasol - Cut worthy?
IL: Looney

Thanks!

Besides trades, this late the best bet is to stay on top of the free-agent market. When an obvious long-term play comes up be sure to pounce, but until then it's the daily moves and short term guys. In your case, Noel is that guy, who has been playing great while Adams has been out. Adams should be back soon and he would then become expendable again. Okogie is another expendable guy if someone comes along. Huerter is borderline, and he probably wouldn't get claimed were you to drop him, though the hope is that his minutes start to increase as early as this week. He'd be more attractive then. If he's still getting coddled, you can take your chances if it comes down to it. Hezonja and Goga are two short term guys that come to mind along with the "take your pick" warriors. If he's still there Okafor is another guy to grab while Favors is on the mend. Meyers Leonard is a guy to look into as well for more of a longer-term guy off his strong play to start the year. Your defensive stats and rebounds look great. Glenn would theoretically help you in threes where you can improve on, as he should have free reign to chuck up shots. You have a nice base right now.

Short answer: Yes, you can win like this. In a standard league, it's much easier to fill out the back end of your roster through free agency. There's going to be a lot of value throughout the year on the wire, as long as you act quickly and correctly. Also, if it is a daily league, you can make daily moves with the back end pieces to maximize your games played. Your middle-round equivalent guys do crater off after the big 3, but there is enough to complient them for now and hopefully, you can continue to build off of that. It may sound cliche, but your season rides are firmly in your hands and how you play the free-agent market will determine how you finish. Ideally, you'd want more impact guys, but there are enough solid guys that are usually back-end standard league guys throughout to get wins. On a short slate for your big guys, it'll be extremely tough to win but more often than not you'll be there.

LaVine is essentially averaging the same amount of turnovers per game so far as last year. That shouldn't be a problem. He's not the only one on that team who's underwhelmed so far, so let's see if they can play better offensively as a unit in the coming weeks. Granted it's a rebuilding year anyway, but it's also a new system for all of them. As for Grant, he's talented but so is the rest of the frontcourt. Court time was always the giant elephant in the room with him on the Nuggets. As long as the guys in front of him are healthy, it will be hard to come by. He's expendable if there is a pickup in free agency. As for Jokic, you can look into it but only if you're getting full value. If it's a sell low, even in the slightest bit, based on the first handful of games, it's going to be an instant regret. I'd try to hold on to Gasol to see if he can string together a few good games and then throw him as an extra in a deal, but I wouldn't be sad if you dropped him. He won't shot this poorly for long, so a turnaround is coming, but it's defensively where I want to see the improvement as he's given nothing there yet. He's a tentative hold, but if you can't wait any longer I'd understand. Grant would go first for me though.

Do you still think you can win blocks most weeks?