There's not a lot of respect for the Utah Jazz right now.
The 2024-25 basketball season is just around the corner, and Rotowire.com released its top 100 fantasy basketball rankings. The oddsmakers predict a doom-and-gloom-type season for theRotowire.com didn't have one Jazzman in its top 50, and the second highest player barely made the top 100. In a season where player development should trump winning basketball games, the fantasy outlook for Jazz players isn't ideal.Lauri Markkanen - No.
"Markkanen has finished inside the top 100 in eight-category leagues just three times in his career, including a 68th-place finish last year. His 26th-place finish in 2022-23 is starting to look like an outlier, and Markkanen's fantasy value could take a hit if he's traded to a contender and sees reduced usage.
Four Jazz players were close to cracking the top 100 but fell short. Walker Kessler , John Collins , Collin Sexton , and Jordan Clarkson should be on your fantasy radar, according to Rotowire.com. One could certainly argue that Sexton should be in the top 100. Sexton is coming off a career year in which he only missed four games. Availability is essential in fantasy basketball, and Sexton showed that his injuries are a thing of the past. Sexton led the Jazz in games played last season with 78.
Sexton averaged 18.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 4.9 assists in his second year in Salt Lake City. Those are fringe All-Star numbers while only logging 26 minutes a game. As long as he doesn't get bitten by the injury bug, we can expect a similar stat line for the upcoming season.
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