Nikola Jokic’s magical 2021 MVP season represented the first time a center has won the award since Tim Duncan (2002 & 2003) and Shaquille O’Neal (2000). In between those two decades the requirements from the position have drastically changed. Centers now have to check off a myriad of boxes in

31. Dennis Smith Jr, Point Guard, New York Knicks Age: 21 As a start of their rebuilding project, the Dallas Mavericks utilized a lottery pick in 2017 on the explosive point guard from Fayetteville, NC. All of the tools DSJ exhibited to get stamped with the “freak athlete” label coming

  De’Aaron Fox, Point Guard, Sacramento Kings Age: 21 Few players made a bigger jump in value last season than the Kings’ second-year point guard. Fox’s emergence made himself a fantastic fantasy asset and, even more astoundingly, made the Kings a potential playoff threat. A year after all the talk

  Aaron Gordon, Forward, Orlando Magic Age: 23   AG was the youngest player to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, which feels WILD(!!) as he finishes up his undergraduate years for the purpose of this exercise. This should be a great revelation for understanding the value and the growth curve for

Readers – I thank you for your patience. I have not lost my fire for dynasty sports (not even one bit!), but this year the demands of a new job, baby number two… you get it. I have always been fairly aggressive in favor of youth, but you may notice

Everybody – RANKS, RANKS, RANKS-RANKS-RANKS! RANKS, RANKS, RANKS-RANKS-RANKS! These are my 2017-2018 dynasty rankings for 9 category leagues. I tried to call out when note-worthy tweaks are in order between formats (e.g. H2H vs. roto and 8-cat vs. 9-cat). If you don’t own KAT or Giannis, they’re guys I would be

A younger, more energetic version of me might have made this an April Fool’s post. Instead, it’s just a regular ‘ol ranking. This will be the last #Dynasty200 update of the season, but looking forward to an offseason of rookie ranks, Digging for Diamonds posts, FA value changers and then

The Dynasty Guru Podcast: Ep. 3 is live and available here and on iTunes. This is the first episode in which we discuss dynasty basketball. Tom Trudeau and TDG Hoops Contributor Andrew Ressler discuss the February Dynasty 200 fantasy basketball rankings. Topics include: The dynasty stock of Nikola Jokic, D’Angelo