SportsEthos 2026 Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide

Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2026: Assist-to-Turnover Standouts

By Pedro Oliveira Published October 11, 2026 2 min read

Last Updated on October 11, 2026 11:01 pm by Mike Passador | Published: October 11, 2026

Assists continue to be one of the hardest stats to come by in fantasy basketball for the 2026-27 season, and their price has only gone up as scarcity has widened across the league. Harder yet is finding players who rack up dimes without killing your turnovers week-by-week.

Just like last year, we’ve put together a group of players who stand out in both assists and turnovers, grouped by their current ADP. They’re split into round ranges (adapted to a 12-team league) that tend to matter most when building your squad, and each one comes with our SportsEthos projection for the 2026-2027 season.

Whether you’re trying to play it safe early or take as many swings as possible in the final rounds, we’ve got something for you. Some of these players might even be sitting on the waiver wire once everything is said and done.

Before we dive into this year’s targets, let’s look back at how last year’s list held up. Some of our late-round picks turned into real values, a few veterans fell off hard, and others landed somewhere in between.

How did our targets perform in the 2025-2026 season?

Hits

Davion Mitchell (5.0 AST | 1.7 TO in 2024-2025 → 6.5 AST | 1.5 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 139.1 → 117.8]

Andrew Nembhard (5.0 AST | 1.7 TO in 2024-2025 → 7.7 AST | 2.4 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 74.2 → 113.6]

Tre Jones (4.2 AST | 0.8 TO in 2024-2025 → 5.4 AST | 1.4 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 139.2 → 119.2]

Jamal Shead (4.2 AST | 1.6 TO in 2024-2025 → 5.4 AST | 1.4 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP Undrafted → Yahoo Rank 267]

Isaiah Collier (6.3 AST | 2.9 TO in 2024-2025 → 7.2 AST | 2.5 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 134.1 → Yahoo Rank 283]

Mixed results

Josh Giddey (7.2 AST | 2.9 TO in 2024-2025 → 9.1 AST | 3.6 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 29.6 → 23.2]

Jalen Brunson (7.3 AST | 2.5 TO in 2024-2025 → 6.8 AST | 2.4 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 23.0 → 21.4]

LeBron James (8.2 AST | 3.7 TO in 2024-2025 → 7.2 AST | 3.0 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 31.0 → 37.4]

De’Aaron Fox (6.3 AST | 2.8 TO in 2024-2025 → 6.2 AST | 2.3 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 39.3 → 80.1]

Jimmy Butler (5.4 AST | 1.3 TO in 2024-2025 → 4.9 AST | 1.6 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 50.3 → 116.2]

Josh Hart (5.9 AST | 2.1 TO in 2024-2025 → 4.8 AST | 1.9 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 67.2 → 96.0]

Bub Carrington (4.4 AST | 1.7 TO in 2024-2025 → 4.6 AST | 2.3 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 143.4 → Yahoo rank 263]

Misses

D’Angelo Russell (5.1 AST | 1.9 TO in 2024-2025 → 4.0 AST | 1.9 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 113 → He learned Chinese]

Chris Paul (7.4 AST | 1.6 TO in 2024-2025 → 3.3 AST | 1.0 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 137 → Retired]

Tyus Jones (5.3 AST | 1.1 TO in 2024-2025 → 2.4 AST | 0.4 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 138.8 → Undrafted]

Ayo Dosunmu (4.5 AST | 1.5 TO in 2024-2025 → 3.6 AST | 1.4 TO in 2025-2026)
[ADP 139.6 → 115.7]

1st to 4th Round

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