Mr Black
Years ago
This will be better in here than in general...
I have the first pick in a NBL fantasy draft, and as this topic is always fun before the season starts i would like to open it up to you guys...
Who is the best NBL player going into the new season? ( lets assume Bogut has not signed as yet :)
Vart
Years ago
Patty Mills, no question.
If Kirk Penney had not of bolted for Spain, I would be in two minds, and probably lean towards him. But as he is gone, I think its definitely Mills.
Isaac
Years ago
Which fantasy comp is it? What scoring system? If you're using DreamTeam-style scoring, I don't think Mills would necessarily be the best as it favours efficient scoring and penalises TOs (from what I remember).
paul
Years ago
Khazzouh fills up the stats, and Redhage is a good one too if he get back to full fitness qiuckly.
paul
Years ago
Problem with Mills from a fantasy comp perspective is he might get 22p but prob wont get a lot of other stats, whereas Khazzouh will likely have, say 19p, 11r and 2b, and often shoot at a higher percentage than Mills.
Mills will be dropping 35pts not 22 you see, few assists, few steals
Vart
Years ago
I didnt realise we were looking at this from a fantasy game point of view - I was just answering the question posed 'Who is the best NBL player going into the new season?'
Big Sexy
Years ago
And Patty might leave before the end of the season, so I wouldn't waste a pick on him.
Hendo8888
Years ago
Mills needs 15 shots to score 20. He is prone to turnovers. Doesn't get much rebounds. Doesn't have many shooters to feed for assists. Bigs aren't great either. He's likely to not last the season too.
That said, I'd probably take him pick 1. ;)
Khazzouh is great for this scoring format. But the threat of Bogut hanging over is a big one.
Damien Martin is one who fills it up in a lot of areas. Shoots at a good percentage, rebounds, blocks, steals, assists, not too many turnovers.
skip
Years ago
With dream team average scoring, the top 9 players from last season that are still in the league this year are all Big Men.
Khazzouh, Petrie, Balls, Wortho, Wilkinson, Redhage, Nevill, Crosswhite and Schensch.
Moses Guthrie
Years ago
Re the aforementioned Khazzouh, Petrie, Balls, Wortho, Wilkinson, Redhage, Nevill, Crosswhite and Schensch.
Khazzouh has Bogut, Petrie started fast but got hurt, Balls has J-Will, Redhage has Nevill and Nevill has Redhage ....
There's a lot of changes that could reduce these guys' effectiveness but in the end, if Bogut doesn't sign, the big Kazoo is streets ahead of anyone.
Mills will be good but you may get the bad with the good at times.
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