FanDuel NBA Snake Draft Rankings for 8/26/20
Fantasy sports have come a long way since their inception.
Gathering with friends and drafting the perfect team was -- and still is -- a big part of fantasy sports. But FanDuel’s daily offering did its part in changing how we play and think about a particular slate of sports games.
And guess what? They’re going back to the classics and bringing snake drafts to the forefront of the daily fantasy scene.
Each day, you can hop into a live draft and pick your six-player team against the rest of your league. No salary cap involved. Just draft.
You can read more about the strategy behind daily fantasy NBA snake drafts, but here’s a jumpstart for the upcoming slate.
Update: The NBA has postponed all three playoff games today.
Daily Fantasy Basketball Snake Draft Rankings
Here’s how numberFire’s projections rank the field in a head-to-head, three-entry, and four-entry draft. (Be sure to check the projections throughout the day for updates.)
These rankings compare each player’s projection to the replacement level of his position. In a head-to-head, no more than six guards can be drafted. So, each guard is measured against the sixth-projected guard in the head-to-head rankings.
Player | FanDuel Projection | Head-to-Head Rank | 3-Entry Rank | 4-Entry Rank |
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Giannis Antetokounmpo | 62.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
James Harden | 59.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Anthony Davis | 51.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
LeBron James | 51.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Nikola Vucevic | 46.5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Chris Paul | 42.4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
CJ McCollum | 42.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Jusuf Nurkic | 41.3 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 35.2 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Khris Middleton | 34.9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Eric Bledsoe | 31.4 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
Danilo Gallinari | 34.0 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Robert Covington | 32.2 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Carmelo Anthony | 31.2 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Steven Adams | 31.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Brook Lopez | 31.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Markelle Fultz | 28.0 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
Dennis Schroder | 28.0 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
Hassan Whiteside | 29.7 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
Evan Fournier | 28.7 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
Terrence Ross | 26.0 | 22 | 20 | 20 |
Eric Gordon | 27.5 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
Danuel House | 25.5 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
Jeff Green | 24.9 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
D.J. Augustin | 22.1 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Gary Trent | 21.1 | 29 | 26 | 26 |
Danny Green | 19.1 | 30 | 27 | 27 |
P.J. Tucker | 21.7 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
Kyle Kuzma | 21.2 | 27 | 29 | 29 |
George Hill | 18.2 | 34 | 30 | 30 |
For more strategy behind daily fantasy NBA snake drafts, check out our introductory guide, and always check our projections for the most up-to-date data.