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Staff Fantasy Basketball Draft Recap: Analysis of Our 12-Team Head-to-Head League

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Round 12

PickOverallPlayerPositionWriter
1133T.J. WarrenSFBryan Mears
2134Harrison BarnesSF/PFBrett Oswalt
3135Joe JohnsonSG/SFDale Redman
4136Jrue HolidayPGRussell Peddle
5137Justise WinslowSFBrandon Gdula
6138Mo WilliamsPG/SGBrett Weisband
7139Jae CrowderSF/PFShae Cronin
8140Jeremy LinPG/SGMike Comerford
9141Bojan BogdanovicSG/SFJay Kim
10142Maurice HarklessSFJacob Kent
11143Dennis SchröderPGDerek Lynch
12144Courtney LeeSG/SFSam Hauss

T.J. Warren has a legitimate chance of wrestling away the Suns' starting small forward position from P.J. Tucker and has interesting sleeper potential in this range. Harrison Barnes is likely better than we all realize, especially from a fantasy perspective. Mo Williams could carve out some nice value early in the season if Kyrie Irving takes a while getting back, and is a nice handcuff if you grab Irving early. Jeremy Lin is probably the biggest fantasy beneficiary from the Michael Kidd-Gilchrist injury. Sam Hauss strikes again from a sleeper perspective, grabbing Courtney Lee with pick 144.

My pick: Jrue Holiday, PG - I've told you to stay away from Jrue Holiday in fantasy drafts this year, and listed him as one of our projected bust candidates as well. With this pick, I could tell you to do as I say and not as I do, but I just can't deny the upside this late. There's all kinds of risk associated with the pick, and maybe it takes months before he's a standard-league contributor, but I'll take his early-round ceiling with the 136th pick and just cut my losses if his legs continue to fail him. At the very least, I feel like this was a decent hedge on my Deron Williams pick, hoping that I eventually get at least one everyday starter between the two of them.