Dirty Dozen Draft Recap

Snapshots of each team

Anton Sather
The D|League
6 min readOct 18, 2017

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I told myself I wouldn’t spend as much time managing this league…but I feel like I gotta at least recap that crazy draft! Besides, playing in a league is no fun if you don’t even know/remember who has which players, so I wanted to do a quick snapshot of each team for you all. Each team has a few players grouped into 5 categories:

  • Franchise: Players that either are already, or have potential to be, the best player on their fantasy team.
  • Starters: Players that we pretty much know what they are. Good to great fantasy contributors that are unlikely to improve much further.
  • Role Players: Similar to “Starter”, but just a tier lower. Could be a vet on the decline.
  • Rising Star: Young players that are already productive and/or have potential to be “Starters” or even more. Some rookies are here if it felt appropriate.
  • Project: Young players that haven’t done much and/or whose potential feels more unknown than a “Rising Star”

Not all players drafted are included for each team, I just threw up names that were interesting to me. This was done in like 20 minutes just using my own opinion so don’t @ me.

Anton

Franchise

Karl-Anthony Towns (Min — C) $78

Starters

Mike Conley (Mem — PG) $21
Ricky Rubio (Uta — PG) $18
Victor Oladipo (Ind — PG,SG) $13

Role Players

Thaddeus Young (Ind — SF,PF) $3
JaMychal Green (Mem — PF) $1

Up and Comers

Joel Embiid (Phi — PF,C) $37
Andrew Wiggins (Min — SG,SF) $22
Gary Harris (Den — SG,SF) $10
Taurean Prince (Atl — SF) $11

Project

Richaun Holmes (Phi — PF,C) $1
Zach Collins (Por — PF,C) $1
Juancho Hernangomez (Den — SF,PF) $1

Binh

Franchise

Kristaps Porzingis (NY — PF,C) $47
Damian Lillard (Por — PG) $46

Starters

Rudy Gobert (Uta — C) $50
DeAndre Jordan (LAC — C) $15

Role Players

Derrick Rose (Cle — PG) $2
Jamal Crawford (Min — SG,SF) $1

Up and Comers

Devin Booker (Pho — SG) $30
Nerlens Noel (Dal — PF,C) $12
Zach LaVine (Chi — PG,SG) $5
Donovan Mitchell (Uta — SG) $1

Project

Jonathan Isaac (Orl — PF) $3
Stanley Johnson (Det — SG,SF) $1
Domantas Sabonis (Ind — PF) $1

DCon

(That looks weird when written out, but calling you David feels weirder)

Franchise

Stephen Curry (GS — PG,SG) $70
LeBron James (Cle — SF,PF) $54

Starters

Brook Lopez (LAL — C) $13
Reggie Jackson (Det — PG,SG) $5

Role Players

Gorgui Dieng (MIN — PF,C) $3
Willy Hernangomez (NY — C) $5
Steven Adams (OKC — C) $9

Up and Comers

Jayson Tatum (Bos — SF) $27
Josh Jackson (Pho — SG,SF) $12

Project

Marquese Chriss (Pho — PF) $6
John Collins (Atl — PF,C) $3
Justise Winslow (Mia — SF,PF) $2

Dennis

Franchise

Kawhi Leonard (SA — SG,SF) $60

Starters

Kyle Lowry (Tor — PG) $26
DeMar DeRozan (Tor — SG,SF) $27
LaMarcus Aldridge (SA — PF,C) $14
George Hill (Sac — PG,SG) $6
Serge Ibaka (Tor — PF,C) $11
Eric Gordon (Hou — SG) $8

Role Players

Dirk Nowitzki (Dal — PF,C) $4
Jonas Valanciunas (Tor — C) $9
Pau Gasol (SA — PF,C) $2
Clint Capela (Hou — PF,C) $7

Up and Comers

Rodney Hood (Uta — SG,SF) $10
Jamal Murray (Den — PG,SG) $8

Project

Malik Monk (Cha — SG) $4

J Tong

Franchise

James Harden (Hou — PG,SG) $67
Kyrie Irving (Bos — PG,SG) $55

Starters

Jimmy Butler (Min — SG,SF) $42
Gordon Hayward (Bos — SG,SF) $29

Role Players

Joe Johnson (Uta — SG,SF) $1
Jordan Clarkson (LAL — PG,SG) $2
Greg Monroe (Mil — PF,C) $4
C.J. Miles (Tor — SG,SF) $1

Up and Comers

De’Aaron Fox (Sac — PG) $11

Project

Skal Labissiere (Sac — PF,C) $3
Alec Burks (Uta — PG,SG) $1
OG Anunoby (Tor — SF) $1

Jeff Ly

Franchise

DeMarcus Cousins (NO — PF,C) $48
Lonzo Ba… just kidding.

Starters

Marc Gasol (Mem — C) $2 (sigh)
Isaiah Thomas (Cle — PG) $16
Andre Drummond (Det — PF,C) $13
Paul Millsap (Den — PF,C) $17

Role Players

Elfrid Payton (Orl — PG) $11
Tim Hardaway Jr. (NY — SG,SF) $12
Kent Bazemore (Atl — SG,SF) $6

Up and Comers

Lonzo Ball (LAL — PG) $38
Dennis Smith Jr. (Dal — PG) $27
Jusuf Nurkic (Por — C) $16

Project

T.J. Warren (Pho — SF) $3
Terry Rozier (Bos — PG) $1

Jeff Tran

Franchise

John Wall (Was — PG) $54

Starters

Hassan Whiteside (Mia — C) $35
Eric Bledsoe (Pho — PG,SG) $15
Goran Dragic (Mia — PG,SG) $14
Al Horford (Bos — PF,C) $16
Harrison Barnes (Dal — SF,PF) $14
Jeff Teague (Min — PG) $9

Role Players

Evan Fournier (Orl — SG,SF) $5
Robert Covington (Phi — SF,PF) $8
J.J. Redick (Phi — SG) $1

Up and Comers

Markelle Fultz (Phi — PG) $28
Otto Porter (Was — SF) $17

Project

Lauri Markkanen (Chi — PF) $2

Josh

Franchise

Russell Westbrook (OKC — PG) $73

Starters

Bradley Beal (Was — SG) $22
Kemba Walker (Cha — PG) $30
C.J. McCollum (Por — PG,SG) $34
Nicolas Batum (Cha — SG,SF) $8

Role Players

Tobias Harris (Det — SF,PF) $8
Marcin Gortat (Was — C) $2
Kelly Olynyk (Mia — C) $1
Robin Lopez (Chi — C) $2

Up and Comers

D’Angelo Russell (Bkn — PG,SG) $24

Project

Buddy Hield (Sac — SG) $6
Jahlil Okafor (Phi — C) $2

JR

Franchise

Chris Paul (Hou — PG) $41

Starters

Draymond Green (GS — SF,PF,C) $42
Carmelo Anthony (OKC — SF,PF) $21
Avery Bradley (Det — PG,SG) $11
Khris Middleton (Mil — SG,SF) $13
Dwight Howard (Cha — PF,C) $10
Nikola Vucevic (Orl — PF,C) $11

Role Players

Dwyane Wade (Cle — PG,SG) $6
Darren Collison (Ind — PG,SG) $6
Trevor Ariza (Hou — SG,SF) $7
Nick Young (GS — SG,SF) $2

Up and Comers

Brandon Ingram (LAL — SG,SF) $16

Project

Willie Cauley-Stein (Sac — PF,C) $6

Kevin

Franchise

Giannis Antetokounmpo (Mil — SF,PF) $81

Starters

Kevin Love (Cle — PF,C) $28

Role Players

Marcus Smart (Bos — PG) $8
Tristan Thompson (Cle — PF,C) $2
Ryan Anderson (Hou — PF,C) $4
Allen Crabbe (Bkn — PG,SG,SF) $2
J.R. Smith (Cle — SG,SF) $1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL — SG) $5

Up and Comers

Myles Turner (Ind — PF,C) $40
Ben Simmons (Phi — PG,SF,PF) $24
Jaylen Brown (Bos — SG,SF) $13

Project

Malcolm Brogdon (Mil — PG,SG) $6
Frank Ntilikina (NY — PG) $3
Kris Dunn (Chi — PG,SG) $1
Justin Jackson (Sac — SF) $1

Mikey

Franchise

Kevin Durant (GS — SF,PF) $63

Starters

Paul George (OKC — SF,PF) $52
Klay Thompson (GS — SG,SF) $33
Jrue Holiday (NO — PG) $10

Role Players

Lance Stephenson (Ind — SG,SF) $2
Austin Rivers (LAC — PG,SG,SF) $3
Seth Curry (Dal — PG,SG) $1

Up and Comers

Julius Randle (LAL — PF) $13
Dario Saric (Phi — SF,PF) $13

Project

Kyle Kuzma (LAL — SF,PF) $13 (sorry Laker fans. Still a stash to me)
Thon Maker (Mil — PF,C) $7
Dejounte Murray (SA — PG) $6
Dragan Bender (Pho — PF) $1
Harry Giles (Sac — PF,C) $1

Ryan

Franchise

Anthony Davis (NO — PF,C) $71
Nikola Jokic (Den — PF,C) $61

Starters

Blake Griffin (LAC — PF,C) $33
Jeremy Lin (Bkn — PG,SG) $11
Dennis Schroder (Atl — PG) $14

Role Players

Joe Ingles (Uta — SG,SF) $5
Tyler Ulis (Pho — PG) $1
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha — SF) $1
Alan Williams (Pho — PF,C) $1

Up and Comers

Aaron Gordon (Orl — SF,PF) $15

Project

Caleb Swanigan (Por — PF,C) $1
Bobby Portis (Chi — PF,C) $1
Denzel Valentine (Chi — SG,SF) $3

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