Paolo Banchero

Orlando MagicYear 4th Season

HT/WT6' 10", 250 lbs

Age23

CollegeDuke

Basketball/Teams/Orlando Magic/Paolo Banchero

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Nov 23, 2025

The Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report (Nov 22/25)

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report, where I take a look every Sunday at many things fantasy basketball. If this isn’t your first read, nice to see you back again. If this is the first time you’re signing in, thanks for giving me a try! In this edition: I’ll start…

Nov 15, 2025

The Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report (Nov 15/25)

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report, where I take a look every Sunday morning at all things fantasy basketball. Nice to see you back again! In this edition: We’re starting to see which teams are good to monitor and avoid based on their tendencies, for both all-season and DFS purposes. …

Nov 8, 2025

The Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report (Nov 8/25)

Welcome to the third edition of the Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report, where I take a look every Sunday morning at all things fantasy basketball. We’ll lead off with a discussion of what it means to “sell high” or “buy low,” two terms thrown around a lot but not usually well-defined. I’ll follow with some big…

Oct 26, 2025

The Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report (Oct 25/ 2025)

Welcome to the first edition of the Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report, where I take a look every Saturday at all things fantasy basketball. We’ll lead off with the big fantasy hoops headlines from the week. We’ll look at some risers and fallers in quick notes, rookie debuts, a few full-season waiver wire pickups that emerged…

Oct 17, 2025

Draft Weekend Risers & Fallers and Tiers

Some things have changed in fantasy basketball with injury news and the Russell Westbrook signing. Let’s first take a quick look at some risers and fallers in my rankings. Then, I’ll give you some draft tiers to use for your drafts on this big draft weekend. Welcome to Draft Weekend Risers & Fallers and Tiers….

Oct 8, 2025

Fantasy Basketball ADP Anomalies On ESPN

ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS are still the kings of fantasy basketball. While each defaults to a head-to-head, points league format, different sites have different default scoring systems. The first article is on ESPN, and the second is on Yahoo and CBS, as those two sites have more in common than they have differences. I will…

Sep 27, 2025

Winning by Punting Categories (Part 1)

Many successful 8-category fantasy basketball players use the strategy of punting a category. Punting a category is the process of drafting to intentionally losing, or punt, one category to try to win others. This often works because you only have to win more than half of the statistical categories to win a head-to-head (H2H) matchup….

Sep 9, 2025

Category vs. Points Leagues

The first, most important thing you can do after joining any fantasy league is learn your league rules. The two most common types of fantasy basketball league differences come in Category vs. Points Leagues. These leagues have all the same players, but are not the same at all. You’re going to want to own Nikola…

Sep 8, 2025

Do Not Draft List

I will be using the current FantasyPros Composite Rankings to compile a Do Not Draft List. These rankings do change as the offseason progresses, so the numbers may not match later. I hope they are closer to mine. Each of the following players is a red flag for me in either 8-cat or points formats,…

Aug 27, 2025

Win Your League: Advanced Stats- Team Pace Factor and Team Offensive Rating

Advanced fantasy players use advanced statistics to get ahead and fill out their rosters. Learning clever techniques for filling out your roster is what the offseason is all about. In this one, we’re using NBA.com’s advanced statistics page. Team Pace Factor Coupled With Team Offensive Rating Teams that play fast and are efficient help boost all…

Aug 20, 2025

Win Your League: Advanced Statistics – Usage Rate

This is the second in a series about advanced statistics, and will cover the usefulness of Usage Rate (USG%). Advanced fantasy players use advanced statistics to get ahead and fill out their rosters. Learning clever techniques for filling out your roster is what the offseason is all about. Below, we’ll find some draft bargains using USG%. …