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Part of the draft process for fantasy managers is to identify their “guys,” players they may be higher on than the consensus.
With that in mind, Rotoworld basketball staffers Cole Huff, Noah Rubin, Raphielle Johnson and Zak Hanshew have decided to identify their guys, picking two players each that they’re high on for the 2025-26 season.
We’ll be doing a similar exercise with players we’re fading this season, so stay tuned.
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🏀 Cole Huff’s picks: C Myles Turner (Milwaukee Bucks) and F Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans)
In his 11th NBA season, Turner will be playing for an organization that isn’t the Indiana Pacers for the first time in his career. While he thrived as a floor-spacing center alongside Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam in the Pacers’ recent deep postseason run, those same opportunities to flourish should present themselves with Giannis Antetokounmpo consistently attracting multiple defenders and finding open shooters. He’ll essentially play the Brook Lopez role for the Bucks this year. With his sustained abilities to shoot near 50.0 percent from the field, make threes on high volume, and consistently erase shots at the rim, I think Turner will perform even better than where he’s being projected as a top 45-50 fantasy player in nine-category leagues.
As for Zion, this isn’t so much about me buying into his physical transformation during training camp as it is about me understanding that he’s an elite talent when he’s on the court, regardless. The…
