LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the Portland Trail Blazers slam dunks the ball over Channing Frye #8 of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA game at US Airways Center on December 10, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
As the fantasy baseball season winds down, and fantasy football is in full swing, the often overlooked fantasy basketball season gets underway. Don’t worry fantasy basketball fans, we won’t overlook anything related to fantasy basketball 2012. Head NBA writer Allen Sabio will keep you appraised of the hottest sleeper and waiver wire pickups pre and post draft.
Make sure you register for an account, you can then log in to the forums and ask for draft advice from head NBA writer Allen, who will be happy to assist you in drafting a fantasy winner for the 2012-13 season.
Click here for our FREE NBA Draft kit rankings 2012
Those rankings will be updated throughout the preseason to reflect roster changes and injury updates.
If you are interested in the top rankings as conducted in a real draft you have come to the right place; here are the results of our 10 team mock draft conducted on September 14th, 2012.
Roster requirements – PG, SG, G, SF, PF, F, C, C, Util, Util, B, B, B
Remember, these are not static results of top ranked players. This draft was conducted by 10 individual fantasy basketball owners, that is why you will see some surprising picks, but it gives you a good idea of who is being overvalue vs. undervalue in fantasy basketball this year.
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Round 1
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| (1) Kevin Durant (OKC – SF) |
| (2) LeBron James (Mia – SF,PF) |
| (3) Chris Paul (LAC - PG) |
| (4) Kevin Love (Min - PF,C) |
| (5) Russell Westbrook (OKC – PG) |
| (6) Deron Williams (Bro – PG) |
| (7) Dwyane Wade (Mia – PG,SG) |
| (8) Andrew Bynum (Phi – C) |
| (9) Al Jefferson (Uta – PF,C) |
| (10) LaMarcus Aldridge (Por – PF,C) |
| Round 2 |
| (1) Kyrie Irving (Cle – PG) |
| (2) Josh Smith (Atl – SF,PF) |
| (3) Kobe Bryant (LAL – SG) |
| (4) Dirk Nowitzki (Dal – PF) |
| (5) Paul Millsap (Uta – PF) |
| (6) Dwight Howard (LAL – C) |
| (7) Ty Lawson (Den – PG) |
| (8) James Harden (OKC – SG,SF) |
| (9) Marc Gasol (Mem – C) |
| (10) DeMarcus Cousins (Sac – PF,C) |
| Round 3 |
| (1) Blake Griffin (LAC – PF,C) |
| (2) John Wall (Was – PG) |
| (3) Pau Gasol (LAL – PF,C) |
| (4) Carmelo Anthony (NY – SF,PF) |
| (5) Rudy Gay (Mem – SF,PF) |
| (6) Serge Ibaka (OKC – PF,C) |
| (7) Al Horford (Atl – PF,C) |
| (8) Rajon Rondo (Bos – PG) |
| (9) Goran Dragic (Pho – PG) |
| (10) Mike Conley (Mem – PG) |
| Round 4 |
| (1) Paul Pierce (Bos – SF) |
| (2) Greg Monroe (Det – C) |
| (3) Danny Granger (Ind – SF,PF) |
| (4) Brandon Jennings (Mil – PG) |
| (5) Andre Iguodala (Den – SG,SF) |
| (6) Steve Nash (LAL – PG) |
| (7) Joe Johnson (Bro – SG,SF) |
| (8) Kyle Lowry (Tor – PG) |
| (9) Monta Ellis (Mil – PG,SG) |
| (10) Marcin Gortat (Pho – C) |
| Round 5 |
| (1) Tony Parker (SA – PG) |
| (2) Kevin Garnett (Bos – PF,C) |
| (3) Chris Bosh (Mia - PF,C) |
| (4) Amar’e Stoudemire (NY – PF,C) |
| (5) Gerald Wallace (Bro – SF,PF) |
| (6) Stephen Curry (GS – PG) |
| (7) Nicolas Batum (Por – SG,SF) |
| (8) Anthony Davis (NO – PF) |
| (9) Roy Hibbert (Ind – C) |
| (10) David Lee (GS - PF,C) |
| Round 6 |
| (1) Manu Ginobili (SA – SG,SF) |
| (2) Jeremy Lin (Hou – PG) |
| (3) Eric Gordon (NO – SG) |
| (4) Paul George (Ind - SG,SF) |
| (5) Tyson Chandler (NY – C) |
| (6) Danilo Gallinari (Den – SF) |
| (7) Marcus Thornton (Sac – SG) |
| (8) Joakim Noah (Chi – PF,C) |
| (9) Jrue Holiday (Phi – PG) |
| (10) Ray Allen (Mia - SG) |
| Round 7 |
| (1) Raymond Felton (NY – PG,SG) |
| (2) Ryan Anderson (NO – PF,C) |
| (3) Nene Hilario (Was – PF,C) |
| (4) Zach Randolph (Mem – PF,C) |
| (5) Derrick Rose (Chi – PG) |
| (6) Andrew Bogut (GS – C) |
| (7) Ersan Ilyasova (Mil – PF) |
| (8) Tyreke Evans (Sac – SG,SF) |
| (9) Carlos Boozer (Chi – PF,C) |
| (10) Kris Humphries (Bro – PF) |
| Round 8 |
| (1) Kevin Martin (Hou – SG) |
| (2) Arron Afflalo (Orl – SG) |
| (3) Brook Lopez (Bro – C) |
| (4) Tim Duncan (SA – PF,C) |
| (5) Wesley Matthews (Por – SG,SF) |
| (6) Luol Deng (Chi – SF) |
| (7) Luis Scola (Pho – PF,C) |
| (8) Jeff Teague (Atl – PG) |
| (9) DeAndre Jordan (LAC – C) |
| (10) Chris Kaman (Dal – PF,C) |
| Round 9 |
| (1) Damian Lillard (Por – PG) |
| (2) Anderson Varejao (Cle – PF,C) |
| (3) Andrea Bargnani (Tor – PF,C) |
| (4) JaVale McGee (Den – C) |
| (5) Kenneth Faried (Den – PF) |
| (6) Klay Thompson (GS – SG,SF) |
| (7) David West (Ind – PF) |
| (8) Jameer Nelson (Orl – PG) |
| (9) Mo Williams (Uta – PG,SG) |
| (10) Darren Collison (Dal – PG) |
| Round 10 |
| (1) Elton Brand (Dal – PF,C) |
| (2) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Cha – SF) |
| (3) Michael Beasley (Pho – SF,PF) |
| (4) Samuel Dalembert (Mil – C) |
| (5) Evan Turner (Phi – SG,SF) |
| (6) Avery Bradley (Bos – PG,SG) |
| (7) Jason Terry (Bos – PG,SG) |
| (8) J.R. Smith (NY – SG,SF) |
| (9) Isaiah Thomas (Sac – PG) |
| (10) O.J. Mayo (Dal - SG) |
| Round 11 |
| (1) Al Harrington (Orl – PF,C) |
| (2) Thaddeus Young (Phi – SF,PF) |
| (3) Jared Dudley (Pho – SG,SF) |
| (4) Kemba Walker (Cha – PG) |
| (5) Ricky Rubio (Min – PG) |
| (6) Brandon Knight (Det – PG,SG) |
| (7) Lou Williams (Atl – PG,SG) |
| (8) Derrick Favors (Uta – PF,C) |
| (9) Wilson Chandler (Den – SG,SF) |
| (10) Trevor Ariza (Was – SG,SF) |
| Round 12 |
| (1) Bradley Beal (Was – SG) |
| (2) Dion Waiters (Cle – SG) |
| (3) DeMar DeRozan (Tor – SG,SF) |
| (4) Channing Frye (Pho – PF,C) |
| (5) Jose Calderon (Tor – PG) |
| (6) Nikola Pekovic (Min – C) |
| (7) Gordon Hayward (Uta – SG,SF) |
| (8) Emeka Okafor (Was – C) |
| (9) Hedo Turkoglu (Orl – SF,PF) |
| (10) Brandon Roy (Min – SG,SF) |
| Round 13 |
| (1) Aaron Brooks (Sac – PG) |
| (2) Jason Richardson (Phi – SG,SF) |
| (3) George Hill (Ind - PG,SG) |
| (4) Mike Dunleavy (Mil – SG,SF) |
| (5) Shawn Marion (Dal – SF,PF) |
| (6) Andrei Kirilenko (Min – SF,PF) |
| (7) Glen Davis (Orl – PF,C) |
| (8) Harrison Barnes (GS – SF) |
| (9) Jason Kidd (NY - PG) |
| (10) Greivis Vasquez (NO - PG,SG) |
West’s silhouette serves as the current NBA logo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hopefully those rankings help! They give you a good idea if you are looking for advice on who to take with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, or 10th picks. All the way from rounds 1-13 for fantasy basketball drafts in 2012.
