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Dan Besbris

Old Man Squad Fantasy Basketball

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OA

OG Anunoby

SF · NYK

Anunoby gives Besbris another clear Round 6 value: Dan expects top-40 caliber production throughout the season while the market is leaving OG available around pick 69.

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MT

Myles Turner

C · MIL

Turner remains on Besbris' short list once the board reaches picks 97–120, with Dan explicitly prioritizing him over the majority of players still available in those rounds.

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Jakob Poeltl

C · TOR

When the structured rounds give way to late-draft targeting, Poeltl is one of the names Besbris actively wants, ranking ahead of several other options in Dan's personal preference order.

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Keegan Murray

PF · SAC

Keegan Murray is Besbris' third-priority target from the Round 9–10 pool, putting him firmly ahead of most players available in that late-draft range.

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Josh Hart

SF · NYK

Once the draft reaches the final rounds, Besbris stops following the board and simply takes his preferred players. Hart ranks near the very top of that target list, second only to Collin Murray-Boyles in Dan's stated priority order.

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Jalen Suggs

PG · ORL

Suggs carries undeniable injury risk, but Besbris still sees roughly 40 draft slots of upside at a No. 94 pre-rank. That gap is large enough for Dan to embrace the volatility rather than avoid it.

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JM

Jaden McDaniels

SF · MIN

McDaniels stands out to Besbris at pick 92 because Dan believes roughly a round and a half of extra fantasy value is hiding inside that price.

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Immanuel Quickley

PG · TOR

Quickley is already acceptable to Besbris near pick 80, but his actual Yahoo slot around 87 makes the bet even better. Dan sees Round 8 as a pocket where managers can jump early on players with genuine surplus value.

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DD

Dyson Daniels

SG · ATL

Dan's expectation for Daniels is simple and aggressive: top-50 production from a player being selected around No. 62, enough surplus value to make him one of Besbris' preferred sixth-round options.

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Damian Lillard

PG · POR

Lillard has moved up Besbris' board as preseason usage points toward a starting role. Dan now sees late-30s to top-40 per-game potential at a price in the 60s and says the upside is outweighing the health concern for him.

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TH

Tyler Herro

SG · MIL

Herro at 68 is a price Besbris is happy to attack. His expectation is roughly top-40 production as long as Herro retains his current offensive role, creating considerably more ceiling than the sixth-round investment suggests.

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DG

Darius Garland

PG · LAC

Garland's Round 5 cost works for Besbris because he sees top-35 potential before any Clippers rotation complications become a concern, leaving a meaningful cushion against his draft position.

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Nickeil Alexander-Walker

SG · ATL

Besbris expects Alexander-Walker to land around the fantasy top 40 while Yahoo prices him near 58, creating the kind of straightforward draft-day value Dan wants to attack.

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Ryan Rollins

PG · MIL

Rollins gets Besbris' approval around pick 60 because Dan projects something closer to top-50 production, leaving enough room between price and expected finish to call it a win.

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Michael Porter Jr.

SF · BKN

Besbris calls Round 6 a land of opportunity and puts Porter at the front of it, projecting him inside the top 50 while the draft room is still letting him fall into the 60s.

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TH

Tyrese Haliburton

PG · IND

Besbris tags Haliburton as a first-round steal, arguing that his unique category profile gives him a legitimate chance to finish better than his No. 10 draft slot on a per-game basis.

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Jamal Murray

PG · DEN

Murray remains one of Besbris' long-standing favorites. Dan sees a top-15 fantasy player available in Round 2 and considers even that modest gap between cost and projection enough to call Murray a steal.

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Austin Reaves

SG · LAL

Besbris is bullish enough on Reaves to project a possible No. 18 finish in nine-category formats and even first-round production in eight-cat, making his second-round cost attractive to Dan.

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CM

CJ McCollum

SG · ATL

McCollum closes out Besbris' preferred late-round pool as a player Dan would deliberately select while constructing his ideal team from the back of Round 1.

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TM

Trey Murphy III

SF · NOP

Murphy is one of Besbris' preferred wings once the obvious early names disappear, earning a spot in the concentrated third/fourth-round target group on Dan's ideal board.

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CH

Chet Holmgren

C · OKC

Holmgren fits the version of a perfect late-slot draft Besbris actually wants to execute, giving Dan a premium big-man target in the critical third-to-fourth-round section.

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JH

James Harden

PG · CLE

Besbris keeps Harden on his short list while working through the third and fourth rounds, preferring the veteran's proven category production to simply taking the next name on Yahoo's board.

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KL

Kawhi Leonard

SF · TOR

Leonard remains a deliberate upside swing for Besbris rather than a player Dan is frightened away from by risk; he places Kawhi squarely inside his favorite early-middle-round pool.

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Walker Kessler

C · LAL

Kessler is one of the bigs Besbris wants before the board moves fully into the middle rounds, making him a planned target in Dan's preferred construction rather than a fallback center.

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DC

Donovan Clingan

C · POR

Clingan earns a place beside Dan's other favored third/fourth-round bigs, showing that Besbris is comfortable targeting him aggressively when building from a late first-round position.

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Norman Powell

SG · CHI

Powell becomes one of Besbris' named middle-round targets once the premium tiers clear, giving Dan a veteran scoring option he specifically wants at the market price.

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JC

John Collins

PF · DET

By Rounds 9 and 10, Besbris stops treating the board as generic depth and starts hunting specific players; Collins is one of the late names on that personal priority list.

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CF

Cooper Flagg

SF · DAL

When Besbris maps out his ideal draft from the 9-12 slot, Flagg is one of the three first-round players he actively wants to build around rather than simply accepting whoever falls.

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JJ

Jalen Johnson

PF · ATL

Johnson survives Dan's first-round filter as one of his preferred foundations from the back end of the opening round, putting him firmly in Besbris' target tier.

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KD

Kevin Durant

PF · HOU

Durant is one of the names Besbris wants waiting at the Round 2 turn, giving Dan access to proven high-end scoring and efficiency without paying a first-round price.

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DM

Donovan Mitchell

SG · CLE

Mitchell makes Besbris' preferred second-round group, a direct endorsement from a draft exercise designed around securing Dan's favorite options rather than simply following ADP.

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LM

Lauri Markkanen

PF · UTA

As his perfect draft reaches the third- and fourth-round pocket, Besbris wants Markkanen available. He's part of the specific cluster Dan built the middle of his ideal roster around.

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PG

Paul George

SF · BOS

Besbris ranked George as his top league-winner candidate, viewing his discounted cost as offering enormous upside if health cooperates.

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Kyrie Irving

PG · DAL

Besbris ranked Irving as one of his premier league-winning targets, accepting the risk because of the enormous potential payoff relative to draft price.

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Dejounte Murray

PG · NOP

Besbris named Murray one of his eight league winners and believes his current draft price leaves room for major excess fantasy value.

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Kel'el Ware

C · MIL

Besbris placed Ware among his eight strongest league-winning targets because of his opportunity and potential surplus value at his draft position.

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Anthony Davis

PF · WAS

Besbris named Davis among his league winners, viewing the injury-related draft discount as creating substantial upside relative to cost.

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CM

Collin Murray-Boyles

PF · TOR

Besbris selected Murray-Boyles as one of eight players with enough upside relative to ADP to swing fantasy leagues.

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Ausar Thompson

SF · DET

Besbris included Thompson among his eight league-winning targets, betting on his upside to materially outperform draft cost.

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TJ

Ty Jerome

SG · MEM

Besbris ranked Jerome among his eight league winners and best targets, believing his new opportunity in Memphis gives him major surplus-value potential.

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