Dynasty Buy-Low, Sell-High: The Offseason Race Begins

  • By Rick Kamla

    The best part of fantasy basketball dynasty leaguesโ€“outside of winning titlesโ€“is the trade negotiations that happen during the offseason. Imagine yourself sitting by the pool or chilling at the beach and you are peppering your league with offers. Thatโ€™s how this should look.

    In the last two seasons of the Kam Dynasty, which is a super-competitive, 14-team, head-to-head dynasty league, I have amassed a 41-1-4 record en route to back-to-back championships.

    One of the league members asked me, โ€œhow is your team so unstoppable?โ€ The answer was, โ€œmaking lots of trades to bundle solid players and future picks into difference-making studsโ€“both in-season and during the offseason.โ€

    As Rams GM Les Snead once said, โ€œF them picks!โ€ Draft picks are nothing more than trade chips for me in dynasty leagues. I want mature players who are ready to help me win titles right now, as opposed to waiting on young prospects to develop, which is a losing strategy.

    Over the past two seasons, I have made consolidation trades to acquire Jamal Murray, Donovan Mitchell and Jalen Green. During the startup draft, I made a bold trade to pair Evan Mobley with Cade Cunningham, who was my first pick. Without those trades, I most likely would not have a repeat and all the cash that comes with it.

    What follows is a primer for offseason trades in your dynasty league(s) and I highly recommend blanketing your fellow managers with trade offers so you can โ€œbreak your leagueโ€ as well.

    Buy-Low Targets

    Reed Sheppard

    One of the biggest questions of the offseason is Fred VanVleetโ€™s future with the Rockets. They can pick up his option, decline the option and extend him, or just flat out decline the option and let him go elsewhere. Reports suggest that there is mutual interest in a contract extension, but things change quickly in the NBA.

    What if FVV struggles in a first round playoff series and the second-seeded Rockets lose to the #7 seed? The odds of him returning to Houston would drop significantly.

    Sheppard is a stud with huge fantasy upside and heโ€™s ready to take over the Rocketsโ€™ point guard position. I would let FVV walk and usher Sheppard into the limelight, but itโ€™s not my call. Now is the perfect time to orchestrate a trade for Sheppard because this is the lowest his value will be until he reaches his mid-to-late 30s.


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    April 13, 2025, 11:19 pm