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Fantasy Basketball: The numberFire Hoops Writers' Draft
Where did Russell Westbrook fall in numberFire's 12-team fantasy basketball draft?

Round 9

Pick Overall Player Team Position Writer
1 97 Enes Kanter NY C Dale Redman
2 98 Rodney Hood UTA SG/SF Alan Goldsher
3 99 Eric Gordon HOU SG Abe Schwadron
4 100 Josh Richardson MIA PG/SG/SF Jay Kim
5 101 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist CHA SF Austan Kas
6 102 Patrick Beverley LAC PG/SG Russell Peddle
7 103 Dirk Nowitzki DAL PF/C Sam Hauss
8 104 Dewayne Dedmon ATL C Jordan Sharp
9 105 Dwyane Wade CLE PG/SG Alex McDonald
10 106 Wesley Matthews DAL SG/SF Shae Cronin
11 107 Pau Gasol SA PF/C Brett Oswalt
12 108 Marvin Williams CHA SF/PF Brandon Gdula


A few more of our top sleepers went in this round, namely Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Dewayne Dedmon.. MKG's current ADP sits at 147.5, while Dedmon's is 146.5 (via FantasyPros.com), so you could conceivably get them later in your draft than Austan Kas and Jordan Sharp had to snag them here. If you get either around the last pick of your draft, you're laughing.

Guys like Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, and Pau Gasol might be past their respective primes, but they can still contribute fairly well on a per-game basis. I'm not particularly high on any of them, but if they slip down to the last rounds of your draft, they're worth a shot for the potential of a few big weeks here and there.

My pick: Patrick Beverley is a perpetually underrated fantasy asset. He's finished firmly within the top-100 in each of the last four years (including a career-best 58th last season), yet consistently gets drafted outside the century mark (his current ADP is 102.3, per FantasyPros.com). I like his opportunity for minutes and production on the Los Angeles Clippers, and I'll gladly take the discount on him down here. In fact, I think he's my most owned player across all my leagues and mock drafts.

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