Three-team trade proposal would send Ayo Dosunmu to Denver, with Chicago landing Zeke Naji, Payton Watson and a Wizards pick swap; Justin Champagnie goes to Washington. The Bulls weigh IO Dosunmu’s expiring-year value and whether to trade a cornerstone two-way guard or keep him with Kobe White and the evolving core. Nuggets gain a flexible guard to pair with Jokic and Murray; the pick-swap adds long-term intrigue. Overall, the panel prefers holding IO and charting a bigger path.

Seven breakout bets loom large for this fantasy season: Deni Avdija, Austin Reaves, Mark Williams, Peyton Pritchard, Donovan Clingan, Tumani Kamara, and Assar Thompson. Each arrives with real late-round upside and a plausible path to 9-cat or 8-cat value, based on minutes, usage shifts, and improving efficiency. The host highlights ADP movement, notes turnover dynamics, and stresses punt-turnover builds as a viable strategy for chasing these breakout candidates. The Blazers’ shifting rotation and the Celtics’ revamped container of bigs provide context for how these players may carve steady roles and hit ceilings in the mid-to-late rounds.

Key themes: late-round targets with clear minutes paths, a focus on efficiency and defensive stats, and the importance of roster construction that buffers risk (rest days, back-to-backs). The show blends player-floor analysis with practical draft tactics, urging fantasy managers to target these names in the mid rounds and monitor ADP shifts as drafts approach.

Unicorns in fantasy basketball are the focus of this episode: players who post above-average numbers across a mix of categories, allowing you to bridge gaps in your roster. Jokic and Green anchor five-category lines, while Bilal Coulibaly and Dyson Daniels emerge as late-round weirdo bets who can supply assists and blocks with efficient scoring. Siakam, Wiggins and Hart offer multi-category upside—boosting threes while keeping FG% solid—making them prime targets for unicorn builds. The discussion emphasizes careful punt strategies and exploiting ADP shifts to craft a versatile, five-category-capable squad.

The show dives into how rare blends like points+blocks and assists+blocks shape drafting, warns about Sabonis’ high usage with gaps in blocks and threes, and outlines how to pair top studs with late-round upside to maximize value in 9- and 12-team formats. It stays true to the five-category fantasy ethos, urging balanced risk, deliberate stacking, and smart late picks to push teams beyond the median.

Jakob Poeltl anchors late-round value with top-50 upside when healthy, but rest days and a 25-game absence keep his floor volatile. Jalen Suggs carries elite steals upside if he stays on the floor, but injury risk keeps his ceiling tempered. Payton Pritchard can push into strong 9-cat value in Boston’s shuffled lineup, while Shaedon Sharpe and Onyeka Okongwu offer high-upside, high-usage paths with caveats in efficiency and role clarity. Kristaps Porzingis, Miles Bridges, Scoot Henderson and Desmond Bane add varied pathways—floor-safe totals, durability, and breakout potential in a crowded 9-cat landscape.

Careful construction around these names can unlock strong roto totals and 9-cat upside this season, especially when rosters are built to weather rest days and shifting rotations. The episode dives into how changes in starting lineups, rest schedules, and new teammates impact usage, efficiency, and categoricals, framing a pragmatic ladder for late-round fantasy growth and early-round risk.