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Fantasy Basketball: The numberFire Hoops Writers' Draft

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Round 10

Pick Overall Player Team Position Writer
1 109 Willy Hernangomez NY C Brandon Gdula
2 110 J.J. Redick PHI SG Brett Oswalt
3 111 Evan Fournier ORL SG/SF Shae Cronin
4 112 Nicolas Batum CHA SG/SF Alex McDonald
5 113 Terrence Ross ORL SG/SF Jordan Sharp
6 114 Joe Ingles UTA SG/SF Sam Hauss
7 115 Markelle Fultz PHI PG Russell Peddle
8 116 Marcin Gortat WAS C Austan Kas
9 117 Alex Len PHO PF/C Jay Kim
10 118 Wilson Chandler DEN SF/PF Abe Schwadron
11 119 JaMychal Green MEM PF Alan Goldsher
12 120 Rudy Gay SA SF/PF Dale Redman


Over the last two months of last season, Willy Hernangomez was the 91st-ranked player in nine-category leagues. If Enes Kanter's horrible defense keeps him from eating into Hernangomez's minutes, Willy has great breakout potential going into his sophomore season.

Nicolas Batum is an interesting injury stash in this range, since he has early-round upside when healthy. Current reports have him out six-to-eight weeks, which is fairly manageable, particularly if you have an injured reserve spot.

Marcin Gortat has bust written all over him, but I don't mind Austan Kas taking a shot at him down in this range. Just remember that he ranked 219th over the last two months of last season (a fairly substantial 29-game sample size).

My pick: As mentioned back in Round 4, I tend to shy away from rookies in fantasy hoops, but I'll take a flier on the first overall pick in this year's draft with the 115th pick. Maybe he's a bust, but at least I didn't spend too much to get him (his current ADP is a much less reasonable 75.0, according to FantasyPros.com).