The 2024-25 basketball season is fast approaching and Rotowire.com has released its ranking of the top 100 fantasy basketball games. Bookmakers are predicting a downbeat season for the 2024-25 season. Utah Jazzand the new fantasy rankings followed suit.
Rotowire.com didn’t have a single Jazzman in its top 50, and the next-best player barely cracked the top 100. In a season where player development should take precedence over winning basketball, the fantasy outlook for Jazz players isn’t ideal.
Let’s look at what the A popular fantasy basketball website says about the projected performances of the two best Jazzmen for the 2024-25 season.
“Markkanen has only finished in the top 100 in eight-category leagues 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 his usage reduced. However, when he’s on the court, Markkanen’s elite three-point shooting and efficient offensive game make him a solid fantasy option no matter who he shares the court with.”
“George started his rookie campaign slowly, like most rookies, but he’s been thrust into serious action over the past few months. Despite limited playing time over the first three months, George averaged 13 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 0.5 steals and 2.0 three-pointers in 27 minutes per game. He’s been even better since February, averaging 15.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 2.4 three-pointers per 30 minutes over his last 34 games. That was mostly due to an increased responsibility as Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen were all out for much of that stretch. The good news is that Utah didn’t decide to bring in any point guards this offseason, so George should be locked in 30-35 minutes as a starting point guard for the Jazz. There’s also a chance some of those players could be traded because most people think Utah still needs to make some changes.” “One thing that needs to be worked on is her efficiency. George shot 39 percent from the field and 33 percent from three-point range, which gave her some nightmare nights. That’s inevitable for a rookie like her, but George seems like a good bet to take another big step this season after a successful rookie campaign.”
Four Jazz players were close to cracking the top 100 but fell short. Walker Kessler (102), John Collins (108), Collin Sexton (122) and Jordan Clarkson (126) should be on your fantasy radar, according to Rotowire.com.
You could certainly argue that Sexton should be in the top 100. Sexton is coming off a career season in which he missed just four games. Availability is key in fantasy basketball, and Sexton has shown 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 marginal numbers for an All-Star when he only plays 26 minutes per game. As long as he stays injury-free, we can expect similar numbers this coming season.
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