We are now just one week away from tip-off of the 2022-23 NBA season, and we continue our preparation for the upcoming NBA fantasy drafts with our all-new NBA Draft Guide. This year’s Draft Guide is packed with exclusive content aimed at providing the knowledge you need to get prime value in drafts and assemble championship-caliber rosters. We’re gearing up for what should be an exciting season of fantasy hoops, and we’re ready to assist your team management from tip-off to the last week of the regular season. Whether you’re looking for overall rankings, positional tiers, projections, player profiles and much more, we’re confident these are some of the sharpest fantasy basketball tools we’ve ever produced.
A few weeks ago, we kicked off our draft guide preview with our experts’ Top-20 overall 9-cat rankings for the 2022 fantasy hoops season. With preseason in full effect and player storylines beginning to take shape, many players have shifted position since our first rankings went live. Let’s take a look at who’s rising and falling in our updated top-20 overall rankings for 9-cat leagues:
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Updated Top-20 Overall 9-Cat Rankings:
1. Nikola Jokić - DEN
2. Joel Embiid - PHI
3. Tyrese Haliburton - IND
4. Karl-Anthony Towns - MIN
5. LaMelo Ball - CHA
6. Stephen Curry - GSW
7. Kevin Durant - BKN
8. Jayson Tatum - BOS
9. Luka Dončić - DAL
10. James Harden - PHI
11. Damian Lillard - POR
12. LeBron James - LAL
13. Giannis Antetokounmpo - MIL
14. Dejounte Murray - ATL
15. Anthony Edwards - MIN
16. Devin Booker - PHX
17. Kawhi Leonard - LAC
18. Anthony Davis - LAL
19. Terry Rozier - CHA
20. Fred VanVleet - TOR
For rankings at every position and a variety of formats, check out our full 2022 NBA Draft Guide.
