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Fantasy basketball: LaMelo playing 70+ games and other bold predictions for 2025-26

Sometimes it takes an expert's eye to see something before everyone else does, such as Tyler Herro finishing No. 13 on the Player Rater, or Ivica Zubac putting up 16.8 PPG and 12.6 RPG, like each of them did last season.

If you did, you had a major leg up on the competition in your fantasy basketball leagues — that's for sure!

With that in mind, we gathered our fantasy basketball experts — André Snellings, Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander — and tasked them with detailing their boldest fantasy predictions for 2025-26.

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NBA Fantasy: Final Top 150 Fantasy Rankings for 2025-26

Rotowire breaks down the Final Top 150 fantasy rankings for the new default way to play fantasy basketball – High Score.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander cracks the top 3 in the Top 150 fantasy rankings for High Score in 2025-26.

The 2025-26 NBA season brings a fascinating mix of established dominance and emerging talent. While Nikola Jokić remains the gold standard for fantasy reliability, Victor Wembanyama’s rapid ascension and the continued excellence of players like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander keep the top tier competitive.

This year’s landscape features significant roster changes—from Luka Dončić‘s move to the Lakers to De’Aaron Fox joining the Spurs—that will reshape usage patterns and fantasy values across the league. Injuries, coaching changes, and team rebuilds add layers of uncertainty, making draft strategy more critical than ever.

Fantasy basketball busts, risks, high-maintenance players and category killers for 2025-26

Zion Williamson of the Pelicans takes a free throw during the NBAxNBL match between South East Melbourne Phoenix and New Orleans Pelicans. Morgan Hancock / Getty Images

Last week’s article, “Fantasy basketball breakouts, bounce-backs, stashes and glue guys for 2025-26,” was filled with rays of Son that dilated your pupils and blinded the brain with positivity and optimism.

But the duality of the universe ensures that I have some Haterade flowing through my body. And it shall all be released. I even have a guy ready to tilt the bucket so the last drops don’t just pool at the bottom.

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