Pearls don't lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it.
(Yep, I just dropped a Chinese proverb, so y'all know this article is about to go next level...)
I've always found it fun to read - and write - some of the more unconventional or against-the-grain prognostications for the upcoming fantasy basketball season, and it can be a gas to revisit them at various points throughout the year to see if they're gaining any traction or skidding wildly off the road. It probably goes without saying, but the bolder (see: nuttier) the prediction, the less likely it is to bear fruit. So the intent here is to provide an unpopular - but not unrealistic - take on a player that may actually help you during your fantasy draft. You're likely to disagree with most (they'd be the consensus if you didn't) but if I can hit on one akin to last year's "take a late-round swing at Rudy Gobert and hold him until starter minutes come available," it can be a season defining gamble. So pick your favorite(s) and let's go diving for pearls together! (Man, that is without a doubt the least cool analogy I've ever come up with. But it's a call-back to the opening line which I thought was kinda clever, so I'm gonna own it.)
Prepare the hot takes cannon as we fire off 30 bold fantasy basketball predictions (one for each NBA team) for the 2015/2016 season:
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