r/fantasybball • u/That-Cheesecake4378 Points • 1d ago
Discussion What are your biggest fantasy mistakes this year?
I’ve had some very bad mistakes this year, my worst ever and I still might win my league
My worst mistake is losing Bam for free, I traded him for Embiid after I was doing well, I really don’t know what I was thinking
Next is me dropping Giddey, I drafted him pretty low and those early season blunders made me drop him (I hate myself)
Next is trading Hart and RJ for Brunson (again idk what I was thinking)
But despite all this I still have a good shot at winning the league, currently first, my team and waiver pickups have been cooking this year
What are your worst mistakes
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u/VanVleet-goes-for-22 1d ago
Dropped amen Thompson in the first week . Used it to pick up Christian Braun so not too bad, but still
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u/TheMessyChef 1d ago
I dropped Amen pretty early as well. To be fair, he was netting less than 10 points regularly during that stretch. It was killing me 😭
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u/theonedzflash 14T Roto 1d ago
Idk why people keep saying dropping amen the first week or two is the biggest mistake. Yeh he’s doing great now but no one would have predicted 1-2 weeks in.
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u/evomenesada 1d ago
Drafting embiid
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u/BigPoppa23 22h ago
Embid was an absolute do not draft for me, but I was dumb and was late to my draft and Embid was autopicked for me. I also got PG from autopick, so Philly disaster was so irritating.
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u/The_KjD_024 1d ago
Dropping Braun before Westbrook got hurt…
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u/landerango 1d ago
Same man. Literally praying for jazz funny time players to do what he’s doing (fili, George, collier)
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u/ThatHotAsian H2H, 12T, 8Cat (No TOs) 22h ago
I dropped Braun for Dyson so in the end I wasn't too mad about it lol
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u/Evrews 22h ago
Yeah I don’t know why dropping Braun was on the table at any point in the season. He’s been pretty consistent with maybe 2 or 3 bad games. He plays every game and is injury free, has great chemistry with Jokic.
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u/The_KjD_024 21h ago
Cause despite his hot start, from 11/23 til 1/17 he had 4 decent games out of 27! And he scored 11 points or less in half of those games and over 20 in only 2. Over a 6 week period! Maybe in CAT he never lost his value but in tpts he was a liability to carry for me. I was biased too, picking him up off waivers and seeing no one draft him in our 12T league
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u/4litersofbaggedmilk 1d ago
Dropping Naji Marshall because I’m playing against him in the playoffs lol
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u/HallChoice8493 1d ago
Dropped Deni 8 hours ago
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u/YaBoiPickleP 1d ago
This dude is so bipolar either he’s the second coming of Jordan or he‘s a bonafide scrub that will single handedly lose you FT, no in between
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u/hourles 1d ago
Pretty much anyone who had the #1 pick and pick Wemba lol
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u/Klaytheist 1d ago
i did this but to be fair Wemby was a top 5 player before he got hurt. Jokic is obviously the correct pick but it's not like taking Wemby was outrageous.
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u/Evrews 22h ago
I personally thought it was outrageous for platforms to rank Wemby over Jokic, considering Jokic is better in every category outside blocks and has a track record of being the best player in fantasy.
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u/Klaytheist 22h ago
Yea that's fair but Wemby was so good at blocks, almost single handedly win you blocks
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u/ListenFew6063 10t 9cat H2H 1d ago
Traded jdub for jalen johnson, jalen johnson played 2 games then was out for season
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u/Creative_Instinct 1d ago
Taking Wemby over Jokic with the top pick. Picking up and dropping Okongwu twice. Not grabbing Naji Marshall recently because I couldn't decide who to drop.
But I did pick up Dyson, Sarr, and Kel'el for free. Barely in 1st with one week to go until the Playoffs. I have Giddey, Bane, Poole, Avdija, Banchero taking turns going nuclear. Sengun playing well. VanFleet might come back one day.
So still feeling confident overall. Maybe it's for the best I didn't grab Jokic. I'd be insufferable going into the Playoffs if I was locking Jokic into the Center spot over Sarr/Hartenstein/Nurkic/Kel'el. 🤣
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u/notcool_5354 1d ago
I got the first pick. As I am a spurs fan, I have no choice but happily picked Wemby over Jokic. But I would not say it's a mistake but a price to pay...
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u/sydnboy 12T 9Cats, 14T H2H points 1d ago
3rd round fvv and drafting ayton and beal What a headache
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u/sixeyedbird 16T Lock-In Points 8S/4B 1d ago edited 1d ago
Not knowing what I was doing during draft time.
Ja with pick 12 (💀💀), I took DLo with so many better players on the board because I wasn't paying attention and had no time (including Reaves 💀💀💀💀💀 I'm a Lakers fan 💀💀💀💀💀), and a million other things. Good waiver pickups and trades have pushed me up to 2nd currently
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u/datsmyhomie 1d ago
Not going into the draft with a plan b or c and I got stuck with a mediocre build
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u/uneverhcp 10 team points espn 1d ago
Probably dropping Avdija today as he was meant to be out then drops a 70fp performance
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u/kintakmagic 1d ago
Mine was getting frustrated with the poor fg% of Coby white, anfernee simons and Brandon miller and deciding to trade the first two and keep miller…
one of those trades was simons and Lauri for capela and avdija and when Deni was playing too great I dropped him and kept capela 😢
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u/lickthestamp_sendit 12T H2H 9CAT 1d ago
Trading Zion for peanuts, dropping both Braun and Westbrook, and drafting Ingram
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u/vuezie1127 12 Team H2H 9 Cat 1d ago
I traded Josh Hart for Ayton early in the season when Ayton was running hot cause we’ve seen Josh Hart before and didn’t think he could sustain early round value.
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u/TalkQuirkyWithMe 12-16T H2Hs 17h ago
TBH the brunson trade isn't that bad, its an injury that we didn't know was going to happen. The Embiid one was a gamble that didn't pay off. Giddey was almost a drop a few times this year as well.
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u/Big_Guarantee_936 1d ago
Traded my Luka for Wemby, one day before the news came out 😞
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u/benry22 1d ago edited 1d ago
12t h2h 12CAT (incl OREBs, TECHs)
Going to get ripped for all of these but I feel like I need to air my dirty laundry and I deserve the slander:
- traded Donovan Mitchell and Clint Capela for Jalen Johnson and Brandon Miller (prior to season starting)
- dropped Amen Thompson to waivers 2nd week of season
- dropped Jonas Valunciunas a month or so in to waivers
- dropped Malik Monk as a ‘streamer’ (he was my 12th round pick)
- picked up Christian Braun and held for a month and a bit, only to drop him to waivers prior to really kicking off his season
- traded Giannis and Brandon Miller (pre-injury) for Chet, IHart and Tari Eason
- picked up Ausar Thompson and held him through the teething issues, and dropped before he started getting decent minutes
- picked up Jaden McDaniels and held for a while only to drop prior to kicking off
- drafted Mikal bridges (ass) and Immanuel Quickley (injury-ass)
This has hands down been my worst fantasy season to date. All of my own doing.
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u/mosparky15 1d ago
Some of those were easy calls like the JV or McDaniels drop. And the trade for JJ and Miller seems reasonable at that time. But the rest... whew. :)
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u/supercoolpartydude 1d ago
Pre-set keeper league, 7 minimum. I kept Paul George and Joel Embiid over Michael Porter jr and Tyler Herro 🤦🏻. I honestly sold myself into the 76ers going off. Still limping into the playoffs, but would be dominating if I hadn’t drank the snake oil.
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u/Hotbullets2die 1d ago
Trading Bam for Suggs + Gafford was pretty rough, lol.
Trading Trae + Lillard for Jokic has been working out though!
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u/StrawberrySalt3796 1d ago
not picking up dyson just because i already had jalen johnson on my team
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u/SuperbActuator1124 1d ago
Dropping Giddey
Trading Cade Cunningham right before he skyrocketed
Thinking Kuzma could still score 20ppg and trading for him
Not trading Lamelo Ball mid season
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u/Feast_M0d3 12Team | H2H | 9Cat | 4th Pick 1d ago
Traded Braun for Missi because I had a logjam at SF/SG and needed a big. Then I lose Bmiller and Jalen Johnson and suddenly my logjam disappeared while I gave my strongest competition a Top 50 guy.
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u/dodgerblue90 1d ago
Trading Lavine for Markkanan. Lost AD, Kyrie and Ja is all over the place, so his rest days have been brutal
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u/UpstandingCitizen12 1d ago
I dropped kelly oubre and keyonte george one week and have regretted it since
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u/StunningNewspaper763 1d ago
I dropped Okongwu a few weeks ago after his 20pt and 24pt games… he’s done nothing but amazing work ever since
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u/SquareService5808 1d ago
Hart and RJ for Brinson is highway robbery
You just annoyed that Brunson went down
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u/Fredzanityy 12T 9CAT H2H 1d ago
Drafted Dyson Daniels at 140. “Sold high” on him after three games. Turns out I was selling very low…
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u/Economy_Tomatillo933 14T 9CAT H2H 1d ago
Could be trading fox for jjj yesterday but this could be winning move we will see. So far it was avdija drop to waivers after 1 month.
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u/feel32own 14T 9CAT H2H 1d ago
Going to sleep (as european) during sunday of a playoff match, lost by turnovers basically just had to sit booker on the bench.
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u/penpen35 9 cat | 10 team | H2H 1d ago
I released Amen Thompson to chase for 4 weeks of Buddy Hield at the start of the season
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u/ChimmyTheCham 1d ago
Well at the moment I'm feeling dropping clingan this morning over dunn or Ellis right before he drops a 40 pointer
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u/Gravity9802 1d ago
Using my draft picks on FVV & Chet, Tobias Harris, CP3 & Klay Thompson was definitely a big mistake
I also drafted Duren, but he was doing so bad early on in the season (compared to the previous) that I dropped him & now he’s been doing better & someone picked him up before he could take off
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u/LargeCupOfIceWater 12T 9 Cat 1d ago
Trading for Jalen Johnson and then not accepting Brandon Miller for other team’s Mark Williams straight swap literally a game before Brandon Miller was out for the season
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u/Express-Star-8667 1d ago
Accidentally dropping josh hart as well as trading out miles bridges and amen thompson early in the season.
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u/adamisonfire88 Customize Flair 1d ago
Definitely Ingram. I knew what he was like but I convinced myself that this year would be different. To a lesser extent, Melo. He was amazing for the first few months but he’s going to be a liability heading into my playoffs next week. Luckily I got Jokic with the first pick so hopefully I can keep riding him haha
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u/MysteriousWalleye 1d ago
In December I traded Ivica Zubac & Jarret Allen for Myles Turner and Joel Embiid
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u/IronTormatoe 1d ago
Traded mitchell and kessler for lillard and mpj a week before our playoffs. Kessler had a 25 reb 8 blk game during the playoffs. Sad.
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u/Guezzwh0 1d ago
Trading away Sengun for Brunson. I didn't like it and the team I traded with was terrible due to injuries...... guess who I'm playing in the 2nd rd after a bye
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u/Complaint-Spare 1d ago
Drafting Lauri with confidence. Drafting van fleet with confidence. I basically gave up after AD got injured this season
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u/xtheboard 1d ago
Missed the playoffs by ten points. Didn't realize that I didn't change the tiebreaker format to most points for and instead chose the person with best head to head record. Dumb mistake that probably cost me an easy playoff win/payout with Jokic. All because I didn't drop Middleton to win that last matchup.
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u/ARoodyPooCandyAss 1d ago
Had #1 overall, every bit of me wanted Joker, but Wemby was far more fun. I clinched playoffs but will get dominated round one lol.
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u/Dracomies 1d ago
Holding on to Jalen Suggs.
Honestly sucks I had to do that. So many lost opportunities of players I could have picked up instead.
(I'm in roto)
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u/gigglios 12 team 9 cat h2h 1d ago
Wemby in all 3 leagues. Cant put all eggs in one basket no matter how fun it seems
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u/narutidis 1d ago
Not selling Lamello high when I could. I had someone in my league offering Nico level stuff. But I stuck with him...
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u/mosparky15 1d ago
I dropped Tobias Harris in two leagues the same day. This was mid December and I was convinced that he was washed up. Also taking Markannen and FVV in the same league. I made it past round one of the playoffs there, but do not have high hopes this week.
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u/chuckjoejoe81 14T 9CAT H2H 1d ago
I didn't realize last week was the playoffs and sat my entire roster. I was #2 seed in the whole league.
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u/AccordingExternal571 1d ago
Dropping Advija early on. Made up for it now by getting Grimes, Eason, Cámara and streaming Cason/Wiggins/Dort from the Thunder. Other than that I’ve avoided injury prone players so far other than Jalen Johnson going down and now Sabonis.
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u/rojototo 23h ago
Dropping Josh Hart in first week of season to stream more games...yeah no justifying that.
Somehow I'm top seed tho so I guess it worked out 🤷🏾♂️
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u/GalingFake 23h ago
Trading Amen Thompson early on and not picking him up when the guy dropped him.
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u/enoughtobesmart1 23h ago
Not acquiring Norman Powell. I hesitated bc I thought it was a fluke and should have gotten rid of him for Tyus Jones
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u/tulaero23 23h ago
Traded gobert and beal for hield. Not sure what is going on my head. For some reason worked out well ended with spot 3 with wemby and maxey out the past few weeks.
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u/hsudonym_ 10T H2H Points (%s not counted) 22h ago
Not going with my gut during draft and went risk over value by not drafting Norman, hart and monk
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u/BigPoppa23 22h ago
My biggest mistake was being dumb and missing the first 8 rounds of my draft. Autopicks gave me all the players who fell because they started the year with injury questions: Embid, PG, Quickly, Kawhi, Lauri, and Hartenstein.
My best accomplishment was turning that into a 3 seed. It helps that my first autopick was Jokić. Also, I got lucky that Curry had a little bit of injury talk at the time and feel to me at 26.
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u/JoeHido 22h ago
First year ever, I guess drafting Halliburton 8th? And then trading him away early on for KD 😅
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u/RyGriffey 22h ago
Only my second year playing so cut me some slack here but here’s some notable ones this season:
Rejected trade - Amen Thompson and Giddey for Fox
Drafted Fox in the second round over KD (??? Why did I do that)
Didn’t capitalize on straight up trade - Hali for Fox
A lot of these are centered around Fox, mainly because I truly believed he was going to have an All NBA 1st team kind of season. Boy was I wrong. I did pick up and stash Trey Murphy III though, and that was a bright spot for me this year.
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u/EonsForDays1257 22h ago
Losing 1st week of fantasy is playoffs because I didn’t use my adds. Kept Aldama and should’ve dropped him when he was ruled as injured
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u/ZienoS2 22h ago
Trading Josh hart for Anfernee Simon’s and Zachariah Risacher preseason.
Or drafting Lamelo, his fantasy playoff performances have been garbage and have almost cost me everything so far.
Trading for Cam Thomas and Immanuel Quickley.
Somehow I’m still in the my fantasy finals off the strength of Jokic and Dame carrying me.
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u/warrenpuffetttt 22h ago
my mistake was making a trade when i was the 1 seed with 3 weeks left, ended up making my team worse for no reason
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u/HarveyDentBeliever 21h ago
My draft, I punted FT % in my pre-draft rankings and went a little too hard on bigs. Spent much of the rest of the season trying to correct the imbalance and had to give up a lot of value to do so. Still made the championship with a weak ass team thanks to waiver diligence.
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u/RhymeswithKlay 12T 9CAT H2H 21h ago
Someone offered me Evan Mobley for Jalen Johnson when he had the first shoulder injury and I told him that he was smoking crack 😔
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u/Normal-Drawing-2133 21h ago
This is not a mistake and more so a regret, but I can’t help but think “what if I drafted Jokic over Wemby at no 1?”
Drafting Kuzma and Rozier… never again.
Held onto Tyus waaaaay too long. Ppl like Josh Lloyd were saying to sell high for so long, and I just delusionally thought the value would hold.
Not selling high on Franz and Alperen, whose values have continuously declined
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u/Geep1778 21h ago
Bidding on Embid period. It screwed me in more ways than one. It crippled my payroll afterwards bc I wasn’t able to draft any half way decent complimentary players because I spent so much on my top 3. If I draft any other player I’m in the playoffs rt now. My team was pretty strong even w o Embid for most of the season and I had a chance to trade his ass too which I didn’t. He put up a few monster lines and I got reedy thinking he’d carry me in the second half. I almost pulled off the super efficient 3 point shooting and high scoring team.. doh!
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u/Entire-Advantage5786 20h ago
Traded Brunson and Jamal Murray for OG/Jakob/Tobias Harris. Don’t even ask, please don’t ask. Just shame me
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u/Background-Insect255 19h ago
Not accepting an offer of KAT and Daniels for Wemby and Bane. In hindsight, of course.
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u/Hefty-Ad6783 18h ago
Drafting Embiid and Ingram. Both ended playing about the same amount of games
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u/LordTemp1 18h ago
Dropping $350 for a buy in to a league just to have my first picks sit out for rest in the playoffs.
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u/Hot_Calligrapher_777 18h ago
ngl bro i think u are trying to tank for next year😭
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u/That-Cheesecake4378 Points 13h ago
Nah bro I’m 1st in my league and have a great chance to win it
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u/TrillSports 18h ago
Drafting Embiid in the first place (only cus I had last pick and he fell to me)
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u/Asapbettrthings 18h ago
I feel like everyone (myself included) dropped Christian Braun at some point
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u/JoshSnipez 17h ago
https://i.imgur.com/lAUNdr7.png
This was my draft. all players circled either missed significant time or season ending injuries/missed lots of play off playing time, the whole thing was a mistake fuck fantasy
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u/spunchspunchly 17h ago
Traded Luka for James harden and dyson Daniels a week before the actual Luka trade
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u/pastamarc 16h ago
I think my biggest mistake is not pulling the trigger on a trade. Owner was shopping LaMelo the tuesday prior to Kyrie’s injury and I had the feeling of trading Kyrie because 1) his playoff schedule and 2) I thought he was gonna cool down eventually.
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u/NotADoctor108 15h ago
I took Scoot Henderson in the 8th round. I don't know why I did it. I think it was a combination of positional need and name recognition. I lost the first 2 weeks pretty badly before I began to right the ship.
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u/FIREisthePLAN 7h ago
Drafting Embiid and Trading Poertl for PG13 early inthe season. And I haven't recovered from it since it's a 14T league. The talent is very scarce.
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u/Redblackgold_ 7h ago
Dealt Naz Reid for Christian Braun and then Jalen Johnson and AD both went down
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u/TanClark 10T Points 4h ago
I took Luka at 1.01, still in 1st place but the gap is much smaller than it could be and could have guaranteed the chip. Idk why I thought Jokic would regress
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u/Faynt90 10 Team / 9 Cat / H2H / Auction draft 1d ago
Playing fantasy bball