Sep 18, 2017, 09:24 AM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo is freakishly good ... but is he good enough to go No. 1 in our roto mock draft? Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports It's Not Too Late to Sign Up and Play!
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We officially tipped off the 2017-18 fantasy basketball preseason with our first experts mock draft on Thursday, Sept. 14, using 10 teams and an eight-category (points, 3-pointers, assists, rebounds, steals, blocks, FG% and FT%) roto format.
Who went first? Who slid out of the top 10? Where did the top rookies go? Take a look at the results below.
The participants, in order of draft position, were Joe Kaiser, Matthew Wittyngham, Tom Carpenter, Renee Miller, Kyle Soppe, Jim McCormick, Leo Howell, John Cregan, Eric Karabell and Seth Walder.
Round 1 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 1 Kaiser Giannis Antetokounmpo , MilSF1 2 2 Wittyngham Russell Westbrook , OKCPG1 3 3 Carpenter James Harden , HouSG1 4 4 Miller Karl-Anthony Towns , MinC1 5 5 Soppe Kevin Durant , GSSF2 6 6 McCormick Kawhi Leonard , SASF3 7 7 Howell LeBron James , CleSF4 8 8 Cregan Anthony Davis , NorPF1 9 9 Karabell Stephen Curry , GSPG2 10 10 Walder Rudy Gobert , UtahC2
Round 2 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 11 Walder Jimmy Butler , MinSG2 2 12 Karabell John Wall , WshPG3 3 13 Cregan Chris Paul , HouPG4 4 14 Howell Kyrie Irving , BosPG5 5 15 McCormick DeMarcus Cousins , NorC3 6 16 Soppe Nikola Jokic , DenPF2 7 17 Miller Damian Lillard , PorPG6 8 18 Carpenter Hassan Whiteside , MiaPF3 9 19 Wittyngham CJ McCollum , PorPG7 10 20 Kaiser Gordon Hayward , BosSG3
Round 3 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 21 Kaiser Kristaps Porzingis , NYPF4 2 22 Wittyngham Draymond Green , GSSF5 3 23 Carpenter Paul George , OKCSF6 4 24 Miller Joel Embiid , PhiC4 5 25 Soppe Kyle Lowry , TorPG8 6 26 McCormick Klay Thompson , GSSG4 7 27 Howell Myles Turner , IndPF5 8 28 Cregan Khris Middleton , MilSF7 9 29 Karabell Marc Gasol , MemC5 10 30 Walder Kemba Walker , ChaPG9
Round 4 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 31 Walder Paul Millsap , DenPF6 2 32 Karabell Jusuf Nurkic , PorC6 3 33 Cregan Bradley Beal , WshSG5 4 34 Howell DeMar DeRozan , TorSG6 5 35 McCormick Mike Conley , MemPG10 6 36 Soppe Blake Griffin *, LACPF7 7 37 Miller Kevin Love , ClePF8 8 38 Carpenter Otto Porter Jr. , WshSF8 9 39 Wittyngham DeAndre Jordan , LACC7 10 40 Kaiser Eric Bledsoe , PhoPG11
Round 5 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 41 Kaiser Al Horford , BosC8 2 42 Wittyngham Devin Booker , PhoSG7 3 43 Carpenter Brook Lopez , LALC9 4 44 Miller Andrew Wiggins , MinSG8 5 45 Soppe Jeff Teague , MinPG12 6 46 McCormick LaMarcus Aldridge , SAPF9 7 47 Howell Nicolas Batum , ChaSF9 8 48 Cregan Jrue Holiday , NorPG13 9 49 Karabell Serge Ibaka , TorPF10 10 50 Walder Ricky Rubio , UtahPG14
Round 6 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 51 Walder Gorgui Dieng , MinC10 2 52 Karabell Carmelo Anthony , NYSF10 3 53 Cregan Ben Simmons , PhiPF11 4 54 Howell Andre Drummond , DetC11 5 55 McCormick Dennis Schroder , AtlPG15 6 56 Soppe Robert Covington , PhiPF12 7 57 Miller Goran Dragic , MiaPG16 8 58 Carpenter Lonzo Ball , LALPG17 9 59 Wittyngham Dario Saric , PhiSF11 10 60 Kaiser Trevor Ariza , HouSF12
Round 7 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 61 Kaiser Victor Oladipo , IndSG9 2 62 Wittyngham Nikola Vucevic , OrlC12 3 63 Carpenter Isaiah Thomas , ClePG18 4 64 Miller Julius Randle , LALPF13 5 65 Soppe D'Angelo Russell , BknPG19 6 66 McCormick Gary Harris , DenSG10 7 67 Howell Avery Bradley , DetSG11 8 68 Cregan Elfrid Payton , OrlPG20 9 69 Karabell Jonas Valanciunas , TorC13 10 70 Walder Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , LALSG12
Round 8 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 71 Walder Danilo Gallinari *, LACSF13 2 72 Karabell Harrison Barnes , DalSF14 3 73 Cregan James Johnson , MiaSF15 4 74 Howell Eric Gordon , HouSG13 5 75 McCormick Clint Capela , HouC14 6 76 Soppe Dwight Howard , ChaC15 7 77 Miller Tobias Harris , DetPF14 8 78 Carpenter Nerlens Noel , DalC16 9 79 Wittyngham Lou Williams , LACPG21 10 80 Kaiser Jae Crowder , CleSF16
Round 9 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 81 Kaiser Evan Fournier , OrlSG14 2 82 Wittyngham Wilson Chandler , DenSF17 3 83 Carpenter JJ Redick , PhiSG15 4 84 Miller Steven Adams , OKCC17 5 85 Soppe Markieff Morris , WshPF15 6 86 McCormick George Hill , SacPG22 7 87 Howell Dirk Nowitzki , DalPF16 8 88 Cregan Marquese Chriss , PhoPF17 9 89 Karabell Pau Gasol , SAPF18 10 90 Walder Patrick Beverley , LACPG23
Round 10 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 91 Walder Marcus Morris , BosPF19 2 92 Karabell Tim Hardaway Jr. , NYSG16 3 93 Cregan Frank Kaminsky , ChaC18 4 94 Howell Zach LaVine *, ChiPG24 5 95 McCormick Willy Hernangomez , NYC19 6 96 Soppe Dennis Smith Jr. , DalPG25 7 97 Miller Dwyane Wade , ChiSG17 8 98 Carpenter Derrick Favors , UtahPF20 9 99 Wittyngham Willie Cauley-Stein , SacC20 10 100 Kaiser Marcin Gortat , WshC21
Round 11 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 101 Kaiser Greg Monroe , MilPF21 2 102 Wittyngham Josh Jackson , PhoSF18 3 103 Carpenter Markelle Fultz , PhiPG26 4 104 Miller Brandon Ingram , LALPF22 5 105 Soppe Jabari Parker *, MilSF19 6 106 McCormick Reggie Jackson , DetPG27 7 107 Howell Malcolm Brogdon , MilSG18 8 108 Cregan Wesley Matthews , DalSG19 9 109 Karabell Rajon Rondo , NorPG28 10 110 Walder Jeremy Lin , BknPG29
Round 12 Pick Overall Owner Player Pos Rank 1 111 Walder Jayson Tatum , BosSF20 2 112 Karabell Marvin Williams , ChaSF21 3 113 Cregan Aaron Gordon , OrlPF23 4 114 Howell Mason Plumlee , DenPF24 5 115 McCormick Marcus Smart , BosPG30 6 116 Soppe Derrick Rose , ClePG31 7 117 Miller Darren Collison , IndPG32 8 118 Carpenter Thaddeus Young , IndSF22 9 119 Wittyngham Dion Waiters , MiaSG20 10 120 Kaiser Robin Lopez , ChiC22
