As far as sports go, basketball is a bit predictable.

The best teams typically prevail and win titles. New All-Stars rarely come out of nowhere overnight. The ball goes to the best players when the game is on the line each and every time.

Don't get me wrong, the game itself is beautiful in the way it is chaotic, but the NBA is a league where very little comes completely out of left field.

Fantasy basketball, on the other hand, has a fair bit of variance every year. High draft picks fall off, late-round guys jump to early-round value, and no-name players can outperform their brand-name counterparts.

We're here today to take a stab at figuring out which of those shifts might happen this season, with the goal of being as bold as possible in those predictions.