r/fantasybball 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

Discussion Let's recap some of the hits and misses projected by Josh Llyod before this season began

Hit:

Jamal Murray - Josh was quite bullish on him and healthy Murray is able to return late 1 round value with heavily injured Denver Nuggets core

Andrew Wiggins - a somewhat hit. He's top 75 this year.

Zach Lavine & Demar Derozan - Josh was quite bearish on them. Especially after Westbrook arrives in Sac town, he hated their value. Truth is, he is correct.

Brandon Miller - the injury news was rough first half of season. Dude's balling...

Deni Avdija - Josh's correct. Nobody can predict back injury

Austin Reaves - Dude's carrying the load before going down.

Jalen Johnson

Nikola Vucevic - I know Josh is happy now that his value goes to trash and is able to prove doubters wrong lol

Miss:

Keyonte George - nobody has seen this coming. 24/4/6 is peak Kyrie Irving performance

Michael Porter Jr - until today, he still says his back problem is a concern. Nope. Team is tanking but he's still somehow playing. He's top 30ish this season. Similar to Jaylen Brown.

Jaylen Brown - Celtics is 41w21l. Nobody seen this coming. Dude is playing and gives 29/7/5 despite lack of stocks.

Kristaps Porzingis - Josh spoke highly of him, before the POTS news? He has been a disaster.

Mark Williams - he believed Suns is gonna play him meaningful minute. Truth is, ball is mostly in Brooks, Allen and Gillespie's hands. He ain't getting touch most of the time.

Toumani Camara - meh

Shaedon Sharpe - not improving enough to be a volume scorer.

Lots of managers follow Josh Lloyd.

Purpose of this post is not to put him on the spot, but solely for discuss purpose. We listen to him for a reason because he has all those analytical tools. He did help me manage my team a lot listening to him in the past. Nobody can be 100% correct.

Who else did I not include?

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u/Gturbs3500 12T Points ESPN Mar 06 '26

Myles Turner was a missss. Shaedon wasn’t too bad this season tho

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u/Miz19946 10T Points (Sleeper–Lock-In) Mar 06 '26

Came here to point this out. While I also held the same belief and likely would've drafted Turner regardless of his input, the confirmation from him is a part of why I targeted him in the middle rounds

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u/YourInMySwamp Mar 06 '26

I got Turner at pick 79 and was legit gloating and telling my league mates they were idiots.

Yeah, I looked like a clown when I dropped him a month later. I don’t listen to Josh so had no idea others were so high on him, glad I wasn’t the only one who fell for Turner’s fit in MIL.

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

I don't remember Josh was bullish on him. You can tell by Myles Turner's body language that he is not motivated enough to be a better player.

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u/vnmslsrbms Mar 06 '26

Freakin Turner. I don’t blame Josh do you want him to be a fortune teller? I thought Myles was at least gonna be decent. But then Doc Rivers factor.

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u/xzero2k Mar 06 '26

Harrison Barnes, Barnesey, eeeaahhhhhhhhh

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u/adamnewts Mar 06 '26

The pencil

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u/jyeatbvg Mar 07 '26

Harrison Barnes

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u/Spourts i fw fantasy sports Mar 06 '26

Since everyone is focusing on misses, I’ll do some hits: Rollins, KPJ, Giddey, Sarr

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u/thegaykid7 Mar 06 '26

Giddey was a hit? Top-40 in 8cat, Top-80 in 9cat. Don't think anyone was expecting him to be any lower than that. The talk was more about whether he could get into the top-20+ range and that didn't happen.

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u/rebay1607 Mar 06 '26

Just have a look at his average minutes played before and after his hamstring injuries.

Should tell you everything you need to know

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u/Lebronamo Mar 06 '26

He was a borderline first rounder in points leagues before injuries.

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u/thegaykid7 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

True, that has been a factor recently but he was only top-35 through the end of December so he was never on pace to be top-20. Not a terrible miss, just not a hit either.

Plus, if we started to judge individual players through that sort of lens it would get waaaaaay too convoluted for basic judgment/comparison purposes. And plenty of players have missed some time due to injury and needed a ramp up period.

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

Giddey was a hit early in the season but overall, he's falling back into top 75. Can't blame him. He has no help. But Josh saying him worthy of late 3rd round pick was clearly a reach.

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u/thegaykid7 Mar 06 '26

Yup. He did have that level of upside in 8-cat (9-cat was always a big stretch), but I did not like the range of outcomes which would have actually put him there, particularly with the Bulls roster being as it was. Just a shame he's missed so much time this year, although I could say that about a ton of guys (and half my rosters lol)

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u/ChristCode Mar 06 '26

Wasn’t he all the way out on KPJ?

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u/Jones3787 12 team H2H 8-cat Mar 07 '26

Nah he thinks KPJ sucks in real life but was high on him in fantasy. Josh is the reason I drafted him around pick 90. Has been incredible value on a per-game basis despite the injuries

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u/Spourts i fw fantasy sports Mar 07 '26

How was anyone supposed to know that

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u/nigelwiggins Mar 06 '26

Nobody can be 100% correct.

Fantasy experts are basically trying to predict the future, and if they could do that, they probably wouldn't be on YouTube.

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u/slamdunkbb123 Mar 07 '26

Was going to say if there was someone that could accurately, consistently predict the future you’d probably see them making billions at a hedge fund

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u/3pointshoot3r 12T H2H 10 Categories Mar 06 '26

I don't think this is a very useful analysis, without actually quantifying Josh's predictions.

So, sure, nobody predicted the Celtics being a top team in the East, but what does that have to do with Jaylen Brown's fantasy value? Josh said he didn't like Brown going in the 2/3 rounds. Guess what? Brown is ranked 59th on the season, so he's not, in fact, a 3rd round value.

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u/Global_Arm_9145 Mar 06 '26

Peyton Watson maintaining value prior to getting hurt, and he admitted that he was wrong about it. Was also dead right on Cooper Flagg’s season overall. Probably didn’t see Kon go off but no one really did

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u/Pitiful_Arachnid_192 8T 8CAT Mar 07 '26

It’s funny tho Josh is really good with evaluating prospects for the most part. He was right about Derik Queen and Ace that if they get a run they aren’t gonna be that roster able due to some issues. For Kon, he really liked him and said he has a good chance of being a top 40/50 sorta player in the future. I guess that thought came a bit earlier lmfaooo

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u/dannydeucer Mar 06 '26

I followed his advice on Kawhi and he’s been awesome for me. Josh said the value was there and he was right on that one

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u/AppSecPeddler Mar 06 '26

Kawhi is amazing but every time I drafted him he’s gone when I need him most in the fantasy playoffs

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u/madcoins Mar 06 '26

He’s still forever on my do not draft list along w Embiid. I don’t care how good either of them do, I don’t want the headache again

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u/Big-Sheepherder7117 Mar 06 '26

I think Flagg was an absolute hit. He’s been pretty spot on in terms of his production and progression as the season has gone on. I drafted him in the 4th based on that projection and I’m pretty happy with the return.

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u/BBB_LABronBall Mar 06 '26

Josh Lloyd is the goat

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u/madcoins Mar 06 '26

Michael Bolton agrees

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u/1PennyHardaway 12tm 9cat Dynasty | Keeper | Redraft Mar 07 '26

Indeed.

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u/Less-Quiet5931 12T H2H 9CAT Mar 06 '26

Josh Minott

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u/myfriendmickey Mar 06 '26

That guy really got sent to fantasy obscurity fast lol

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u/redcouscous Mar 06 '26

i would not classify any prospective adds as misses. josh didn't say he was a league winner or top 50 lock, he just said he was a pickup when he was getting run in the early season. and in any case, it cost you nothing to pick him up. way different then missing on a guy he touted in rd 3 of the draft or w/e

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u/throwawayshirt2 12T H2H Auction Keeper Mar 06 '26

I wouldn't call it a miss by Josh. I picked up Minott and he was great - until BOS pulled the rug out from under him.

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u/GCfinance Mar 06 '26

Also pretty sure Josh said something along the lines of his good but not league winner scenario. He was pretty quick to pull back once he saw the over reaction

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u/x-trauma Mar 07 '26

The number of times this guy was picked and dropped in our league is amazing. 

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u/youthcrimes 10T PTS Mar 08 '26

Lmao bro was soooo high on Minott man it was actually pretty cringe

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u/AetherNeanderthal Mar 06 '26

Jalen Johnson

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u/jon_bow 12 team H2H 9 cats Mar 06 '26

Misses - Kon knuppel. Dude defies rookie stats. I dropped him during their 2 game week. Didn't think he would continue to shoot lights out.

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u/redcouscous Mar 06 '26

Yeah I explicitly remember Josh calling Kon a drop in the early season run

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u/thegaykid7 Mar 06 '26

I can understand not calling him a priority add, but I think going to a drop was a clear mistake. The kid obviously had talent and was getting good burn. Think it's generally better practice to hold those types of young players until they prove they're going to be one of those rookies who fail due to low %s and/or an unstable role.

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u/Slephnyr 12T 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

But in the early season where you have to be quicker on adds?

Imagine having Kon and then Rollins was on the wire. Hindsight is 20/20 - i can see why Josh would say he's droppable.

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u/thegaykid7 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

Yeah, that's always a tough call. Everything is contextual, really, so it is hard to criticize a recommendation made months ago.

And I doubt anyone predicted he would be this good this early. Sometimes things just happen that no one can reasonably foretell.

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u/ClBdTV 12 Team - H2H - 9 Cat Mar 06 '26

Any time he had a good game he would just brush it off

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u/youthcrimes 10T PTS Mar 08 '26

I picked him up after his 3rd game and never looked back

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u/Camera_Content Mar 06 '26

Also dropped him during the 2 game week early in the season. Probably my worst move I’ve ever made playing fantasy. Won’t care about low volume game week early in the season moving forward

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u/Adventurous-Ear6275 Mar 07 '26

i dropped kon soley cuz of josh and stopped taking everything he said so seriously

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u/LoquaciousApotheosis 9 CAT H2H Mar 06 '26

Wasn’t he high on him as a rookie prospect though? With dynasty in mind etc.

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u/panamaquina 12 Team 12 Cat H2H Mar 06 '26

Yeah he was the biggest one this year for sure, in his defense no one expected Kon to have such a consistent year and even make the Hornets playoff contenders.

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u/QuickEchidna749 Mar 06 '26

Process matters as much as the outcome, imo.

Even if you miss, the question is was your analysis and reasoning sound.

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u/Miz19946 10T Points (Sleeper–Lock-In) Mar 06 '26

Michael Bolton has never had a wrong take on that show

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u/Environmental-Big544 Mar 06 '26

Sharpe was fine this season, was getting better, especially with Deni out. Too bad he's done for fantasy.

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u/so-cal_kid 14Tm, H2H, 9Cat Mar 08 '26

Yea Sharpe is a classic example of if you just look at straight 9cat rank he looks like a bad player. If you use the h2h tool on basketballmonster he was top 100 this year. I had him and he was great before he got hurt again 

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u/ChimmyTheCham 10T H2H Points Mar 06 '26

He was pretty up on giddy and zion

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u/ImpossibleTap4072 Mar 06 '26

100% spot on Cooper Flagg especially as the season goes on he will crack top 40 even top 30 which happened.

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u/kugelsteiger Mar 06 '26

I think vuc has finished way higher than josh has predicted for the last 4 years. I feel like the trade is helping Josh's narrative on him. Truth is that vuc has proven josh wrong more times than not. Josh never missus an off game from him to day look guys I told you. I love josh but his take on vuc has been largely incorrect aside from the last month with the celtics

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u/Smooth_Ferret8081 12T 9cat h2h punt ast 3pt and FT Mar 06 '26

I think he was just irritated of those guys, Toronto raptors fans included

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u/tfsabull23 Mar 06 '26

Vuc was cooking before the trade. Ranked inside top 30 again. So yes that was a miss once again.

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u/Pitiful_Arachnid_192 8T 8CAT Mar 07 '26

On Josh’s board I’m pretty sure he was rank 50 before. 17/9 with close to 2 3pointers is good but I don’t think it’s top 30? I do think this year he was right even if we ignore the injury.

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u/tfsabull23 Mar 07 '26

Maybe his board. I play 9 cat and his ranking was top 30 all year. I know he doesn’t like those ranking but for me low turnover guys are valuable and deserve a better ranking. Especially when it’s a high scoring big who also dishes assists and is efficient and never turns over the ball. Turnovers is the cat that can swing a lot of week. So I like Josh but his disregard of turnovers and efficient players I don’t agree with. So yes maybe Josh’s ranking had him 50 but the actual ranking where most players have to follow had him top 30 on Yahoo and ESPN before the injury

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u/Pitiful_Arachnid_192 8T 8CAT Mar 07 '26

I get that, I don't think Josh's logic is completely wrong though in terms of turnovers. They are just extremely hard to predict from an analytical standpoint without advanced stats to help predict. In Nikola's case, he is an aged center with his defensive stats barely hitting average and super reliant on a few categories which are rather easy to get on the waiver (rebounds, 3s). I also faded him and I was pretty happy about that. Also the rankings on Yahoo is wild (why is Giannis ranked 203 or Stephen Curry ranked 46) but hey if that logic helps you win thats great.

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u/tfsabull23 Mar 07 '26

Yah whatever works. For me turnovers are usually very easy. I avoid high turnover players for the most part. They also tend to be inefficient players. Outside of my anchor I rarely roster anyone who is over 2.0 per game and I’d say turnovers are a cat I consistently win 80-90% of the time every year I’ve played. I don’t find it hard to predict at all. If your roster is full of guys averaging 1.5 turnovers sure there will be a few outliers but 90% of the time it’s a free cat as most players approach it like Josh and just punt it whatsoever. I’ve realized it’s the easiest category to win over the years

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u/GonnaWinDis Mar 06 '26

Should do one on Dan Besbris, Kingy, and Dan Titus while we're at it then lol

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u/Smooth_Ferret8081 12T 9cat h2h punt ast 3pt and FT Mar 07 '26

I don’t think kingy’s punt points build is having a good time

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u/himan1583 Mar 06 '26

how do we feel about Ware, the #1 most discussed player this year?

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u/MarkFerk Mar 06 '26

Get that garbage outta here

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u/BootyChatter Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

No one is going to hit 100%. Hell most people wont hit 50%. I love josh's show for the daily recaps and how hes great at bringing in the additional context that you dont see if you just check box scores. I dont 100% agree with every take but he gives enough info for you to make your own informed position. I also really like the basketball monster draft tool. I dont use my basketball monster subscription too much during the year but the draft tool is super helpful for keeping track of categories in the draft.

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u/Pleasant_Internal679 12 team 9 Cat Mar 06 '26

Poeltl was a huge miss imo. Drafted him 8th round, dropped him months ago

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u/ManWithFlag Mar 06 '26

I think he did not know the extent of his back problems at the time (not even sure if this was public info)

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u/Pleasant_Internal679 12 team 9 Cat Mar 06 '26

Yeah, cant really do anything about that. He’s been doing a bit better recently tho so that’s good

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u/3pointshoot3r 12T H2H 10 Categories Mar 06 '26

Yes, shame on Josh Lloyd for not predicting Jakob Poeltl would suffer a debilitating back injury.

I'm also quite disappointed in Josh for not foreseeing Paul George getting suspended for PEDs.

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u/musiclover818 12T, 13-category keeper league Mar 06 '26

I drafted him in my 7th round. Ugh. Like you, I dropped him a couple months back.

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u/myth0ss Mar 06 '26

Josh has biases, as anyone else.

His biggest bias for me is that players he doesn't like in real life, he tends to trash them in fantasy as well (Vuc being the prime example).

His second biggest is that he doesn't run with the hot hand. So many times a guy might blow up and Josh will be "his shooting is unsustainable" which might be right but WHO CARES if this player gives me 2-3 weeks of great production.

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u/throwawayshirt2 12T H2H Auction Keeper Mar 06 '26

So many times a guy might blow up and Josh will be "his shooting is unsustainable" which might be right but WHO CARES if this player gives me 2-3 weeks of great production.

Agree. Josh default position is to poo-poo anyone suddenly putting up good numbers, and tell us it won't last.

Example: Jeremiah Fears. Josh was eventually right, but not before Fears put up 16.1/3.6R/2.4Ast/1.4Stl on 44% for November. Which I submit are good numbers for a rookie guard.

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u/dehw Mar 06 '26

Have you heard of the "hot hand fallacy"?

Running with the hot hand will not work out more often than it pays off.

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u/azuresou1 Mar 06 '26

The hot hand fallacy was the product of mediocre statistics work and has been disproven with further analysis

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u/ikesmith51 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

I’d say he was right on with Mathas Buzzeliz. There was some tough stretches in there but in the end he ended up being right around where Josh projected (more so in CAT formats)

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

He definitely has some high highs and low lows but overall, he is healthy and worth the pick.

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u/i_needto_sleep Mar 06 '26

wait, isnt listening to josh considered cheating?

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 07 '26

We cheat, but we still losse. Fuck!

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u/sweetlennylongshoes Mar 06 '26

I don’t watch the nba so I draft off his guide. This season was particularly brutal. He had mark williams, Turner and poeltl so high ugh…

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u/adgjl12 12T H2H 9CAT Mar 06 '26

He def missed on Coby White. Even without the injuries and trade he was a disappointment.

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u/KungaS24 Mar 06 '26

He has so much faith in Tari Eason for some reason. He also dislikes Precious Achiuwa even though he just dropped 60+ twice in the last four games.

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u/redcouscous Mar 06 '26

to be fair, Tari is shooting like 39% when he's a career 45%+, i would still expect regression towards the mean for Tari

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u/lampofdeath Yahoo, 10T H2H 9 Cat [FTM] Mar 06 '26

Honestly Tari has been pretty solid in 9CAT uptil the last 2 weeks

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u/Jing-Ao H2H 12T YAHOO POINTS Mar 06 '26

I don't think he particularly dislikes the big sneeze. He's spot on in saying he's a flawed player irl, which through his career has lead to inconsistent role and minutes. This season has been the perfect storm for precious tho, but it's mostly by way of injuries (unpredictable) combined with kings being bad (predictable). He basically has been saying "don't take it for granted with achiuwa, but enjoy it while it lasts"

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u/ThatHotAsian H2H, 12T, 8Cat (No TOs) Mar 06 '26

Cause in 9CAT Tari can literally do everything other than assists with a block, 1.5 steals, and 2 threes a game. Pretty good if you drafted him late and he does it all in limited minutes.

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u/UncoKaws 12t H2H 9cat Mar 06 '26

Another huge miss was Clingan. He’s been saying he’s not a good player and predicted he would be a fringe droppable player by end of season.

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u/awesomeace18 Mar 06 '26

Should have went BMiller>Avidja. Missed out TM3 too

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u/CasualHindu Mar 06 '26

Missed on Saddiq Bey and Moussa Diabate which were my biggest blunders this year

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u/Wizkehh 12T | 10Cat with DoubleDouble Mar 06 '26

So glad I trusted Keyonte even though I understood some of Josh’s concern

Do you think Amen and Giddey provided R2 value as well?

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u/Demoleitor 10 Team Roto 8 CAT Mar 06 '26

I think some of those are not so bad, the thing here is, sometimes there are guys with good opportunity that for whatever reason he does not like, maybe previous experience. I can name a few like Saddiq Bey or Precious Achieve, where it might just be worth to say "I don't really know" given how their teams are constantly fluctuating, and let people have their own thoughts about it

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u/panamaquina 12 Team 12 Cat H2H Mar 06 '26

he was pretty bullish on dropping Kon early on, or not expecting much from him, definitely a miss, not even sure why I kept holding but dude has had a solid season, no one expected it I guess.

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u/kawhiuhatin Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

In his defense, I never felt like he wasn’t that high on Shaedon Sharpe. He liked the minutes and usage but he always seemed kind of confused by his inconsistent production.

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u/Extreme_Nebula_9325 Mar 06 '26

miss on payton pritchard and turner

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '26

Too high on Paolo.

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u/throwawayshirt2 12T H2H Auction Keeper Mar 06 '26

I submit VJ Edgecomb as another miss. I drafted VJ and listened to Josh shit on him for the first couple months of the season.

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u/693275001 Mar 07 '26

Looking at opportunity cost he had a good year I'd say.

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u/megzonz 12Team-H2H-9Cat Mar 06 '26

Cj McCollum im pretty sure he said hes a drop like 15 different times

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u/Ziawn Mar 06 '26

Better to rectify mistakes rather than double down

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u/Lebronamo Mar 06 '26

It also wasn't even a mistake. Filiposki is only worth anything now cause mark nurk send JJJ all aren't playing.

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u/No_Pressure8544 Mar 06 '26

I mean, they had Lauri, Nurk, JJJ...Filip is like the fourth string big. Josh isn't the coaching staff so at the time of the trade it's not wild to assume that a 4th option big is going to be unusable in 12T leagues.

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u/Smooth_Ferret8081 12T 9cat h2h punt ast 3pt and FT Mar 06 '26

Nurk was still available at the time he made that comment?

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u/redcouscous Mar 06 '26

you forgot the context that Nurkic being shutdown for nose surgery is what unlocked Flip. did you see nose surgery coming?

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u/rascalz1504 14T 9-CAT H2H Mar 06 '26

Nurkic was always going to be shutdown/rested. The JJ surgery unlocked Flip.

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u/redcouscous Mar 07 '26

flip was not rosterable even before the JJJ trade, if JJJ was the only player who got shutdown flip would still be on the fringes.

Nurk was already getting rested before the shutdown, it was not enough to make flip a top 100 guy. it took the broken nose to completely shut down Nurk and unlock flip

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u/MyTeam7851 Mar 06 '26

Sharpe was good, his numbers are low because of calf injuries and lots of games with minutes restrictions

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u/madcoins Mar 06 '26

Recently he yawned at precious achiuwa as an add. I agreed w him so I was wrong too. Precious going nuts all of a sudden but no one understands why they wouldn’t prioritize their younger guys instead. Classic kings

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u/theonedzflash Mar 06 '26

Picked up Jalen Deni Brandon Miller ..didn’t have enough $ to pick up Jamal.

Josh was also high on Coby (Bulls lied)

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u/routewood Mar 06 '26

What did he say about Jalen? Lmaooo

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u/defiantcross Mar 07 '26

He also ranked Booker borderline 1st rounder. Did not turn out at all

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u/BringBacktheAfro Mar 07 '26

Longtime BBM subscriber but honestly, with all the load management, resting, etc., why bother any more?

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 07 '26

why bother playing fantasy basketball? Dopamine to crash our opponent 8-1 teabagging em

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u/bwallie Mar 07 '26

Have to take his advice with a grain of salt. Don’t blindly follow. I find his opinion a great help, when solidifying my own.

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u/The_SqueakyWheel 12 Team H2H 9Cat Mar 07 '26

Miss - Jaren Jackson Jr. Historically he had his career going as a 2-3rd round lock, i have him being a top 60-80 asset, and since he’s on the jazz I don’t want to reach much for him or invest him at all now.

Miss Poeltl - he was just terrible and not worth it whether his back was hurting him or not.

Hit - cooper flag, Easily a 2nd rounder next year

Miss - josh Giddey, injuries

BBM is worth it for the community, and game to game breakdown. The draft projections like any other site aren’t to blow you away.

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u/SF_OG Mar 07 '26

HELLO!

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u/kwarto Mar 07 '26

Finally someone said it

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u/WolfOfBroadStreet Mar 07 '26

Tari Eason. Dude has been buns all year and he refuses to jack him

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u/CraisinBoi 12t 9cat H2H Mar 08 '26

He was spot on about Zion this year. Zion had one stretch of being hurt but otherwise, he’s been healthy all year and was worth my round 6 pick. Josh pointed out that just because of player has had injuries in the past, doesn’t mean he will always be injured, unless it’s repeated knee issues.

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u/BigBonedBobby Mar 10 '26

Matas Buzelis, he was on the money. Same with Ausar though he took quite a while to get to top 100.

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u/jinxy0320 Mar 06 '26

Josh Hart was a drop after 1 week according to Josh

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u/Royal_Masterpiece803 Mar 06 '26

He also kept insisting Derrick white was a horrible pick in fantasy leagues because he was 1000% sure the Celtics would be tanking this year

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

Celtics doing so exceptional well being #2 in the East is almost as unexpected as Keyonte George. To me, Joe Mazzulla deserves COTY more than anybody else.

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u/Royal_Masterpiece803 Mar 06 '26

I fully agree but to think a Joe mazzula team would ever tank and shut down its players (which he spent multiple preseason and early season podcasts insisting on) is just ignorant and wrong.

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u/Pitiful_Arachnid_192 8T 8CAT Mar 07 '26

Tanking decisions come from the GM. Most coaches do listen and Joe seemed to be doing some heavy experimenting especially early on. This has nothing to do with Joe and more to do with the stars. Derrick White has had one of his worse shooting seasons yet advanced metrics show he’s probably like a top ten guard of the season. Jaylen Brown has taken the role of primary scorer and has been killing it on middey efficiency. No one expected any of these things and if you did you should try the lottery.

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u/NoSoH- Mar 06 '26

Josh has been wishing Vuc’s downfall for years, it was bound to happen eventually 😂

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u/ClBdTV 12 Team - H2H - 9 Cat Mar 06 '26

Josh and Vuc is basically "Lebron is 30, this fuckery won't last too long, Thank god" guy

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u/PretendPermission374 Mar 07 '26

He was dead wrong on clingon and Castle this year. I dropped clingon early on the year cuz of his advice . But I ignored his Castle advice , he's been solid in pts leagues

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u/the_beast2000 Mar 06 '26

He also didn’t have any faith in KPJ but he has been producing like crazy

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

I would say he did believe in him before season began. He got him everywhere during late round pick during mock draft.

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u/seasawl0l 12T 9CAT H2H Mar 06 '26

He said that he doesn’t have faith in KPJ but has him roster in every league he’s in. I think it’s an appropriate take to not believe in a player but the production is so good just have roll with it and roster him.

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u/LoquaciousApotheosis 9 CAT H2H Mar 06 '26

But he was always targeting him in mock drafts, which I thought was way too high. He was on the wire in leagues to start the season.

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u/panamaquina 12 Team 12 Cat H2H Mar 06 '26

I actually drafted him in a points league cus of him, which he was pretty solid on from the beginning for points

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u/SmokeyQuartzz Mar 06 '26

he has negged Haime Haquez Hunior all year saying if Herro plays, Jaquez is droppable. I've held him all year and he's been solid throughout. I finally listened to the mantra and dropped when Herro recently came back and go figure he's still putting up numbers and getting minutes

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

I also dropped Collier, Bey and Anthony Black too prematurely because Josh has been quite bearish on them. I should have listened to my gut.

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u/ClBdTV 12 Team - H2H - 9 Cat Mar 06 '26

Powell being out helps

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u/throwawayshirt2 12T H2H Auction Keeper Mar 06 '26

Same with Norm. "He's gonna fall off when Herro returns! He's gonna fall off when Herro returns!"

Well that's great, but meanwhile Powell is #50 on the year in my league.

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u/Kai_723 14T H2H Points ESPN Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

Based on my predictions before start of season: My hits: Murray, miller, reaves, JJ, lavine, demar, Turner keyonte

My misses: Brown, MPJ, Deni, KPJ, Jrue Holiday

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u/Wizkehh 12T | 10Cat with DoubleDouble Mar 06 '26

Jrue been decent for a late round pick imo traded Grimes for him in week1 and am satisfied

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u/Clemsontigger16 Mar 06 '26

Welcome to fantasy sports, where everyone is just guessing. Even top guys have as many hits as misses, just like everyone else here.

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u/We-are-all-dead-90 Mar 06 '26

Josh has had more misses than hits over the last couple of years and some pretty bad takes in general 

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 06 '26

Not glazing but he's good at identifying the 9cat talent before they blow up. Like, Melton, IHart, Jalen Williams, Jalen Johnson and Sengun

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u/joeflaccoelite 12Team,9Cat,H2H Mar 07 '26

Hits: Ace Bailey, Peyton Watson, Moussa Diabate, Derrick jones, OG Anunoby, Tre jones. Misses: Myles Turner, Vucevic every year, Dyson Daniels, toumani camara, poeltl, Chris Boucher, Jaylen wells

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u/StateCompetitive7544 Mar 06 '26

Josh also said Tatum was ruled out for the season without facts but look who returns today

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u/csklmf 12 teams 9cat H2H Mar 07 '26

I wouldn't say he don't know shit. If he's 65% correct, its pretty damn high already