As early as September 19th I began a mission to participate in at least 50 assorted mock drafts to get used to drafting from almost every possible draft position. I wanted to explore various drafting strategies and find the best core players for each. I also wanted to get a feel of various players' average draft positions (ADP). I wanted to see when certain players were getting drafted and find guys who may prove to have value beyond their ADP. I am not saying that this is how you should draft your teams. This is how I would. I'm just hoping that these team can give you some insights, ideas, or inspiration as you head into your drafts.

Rotisserie Format

Remember that the rotisserie format is about balance. To certain degree, you try to "win 'em all" when approaching the nine categories. Try your best to do as well as you can in all of them. Here's my attempt at forming a Roto team in a 12-man draft. I was 10th to pick. I specifically chose the 10th position because judgement calls have to be made, unlike the first seven or eight draft picks this season anyway.

I opted to go and "reach" for Deron Williams and do a double-PG bounce with Chauncey Billups, whose threes and steals help boost D-Will's deficiencies. Assists are good to grab early on, and having two high tier point guards always helps.

Roto A

1. Deron Williams (Uta - PG)
2. Chauncey Billups (Den - PG)
3. Shawn Marion (Dal - SF,PF)
4. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por - PF,C)
5. Anthony Randolph (GS - PF)
6. Emeka Okafor (NO - PF,C)
7. John Salmons (Chi - SG,SF)
8. Jeff Green (OKC - SF,PF)
9. Mario Chalmers (Mia - PG)
10. Aaron Brooks (Hou - PG)
11. Nate Robinson (NY - PG,SG)
12. Roy Hibbert (Ind - C)
13. Kendrick Perkins (Bos - C)

Here is another Roto team and it's a 12-man draft as well. This time I am second to pick in the first round. I was actually supposed to practice building around LeBron, but CP3 fell to me. I decided to go with the flow and practice the roto draft anyway.

Roto B

1. Chris Paul (NO - PG)
2. Brook Lopez (NJ - PF,C)
3. Antawn Jamison (Was - SF,PF)
4. Jason Richardson (Pho - SG,SF)
5. Andris Biedrins (GS - C)
6. John Salmons (Chi - SG,SF)
7. Jeff Green (OKC - SF,PF)
8. Wilson Chandler (NY - SG,SF)
9. Ramon Sessions (Min - PG,SG)
10. Chris Andersen (Den - PF,C)
11. Aaron Brooks (Hou - PG)
12. Nate Robinson (NY - PG,SG)
13. Drew Gooden (Dal - PF,C)

When mock drafting you will end up with some interesting and even strange companions at the draft table. This following mock was quite aberrant considering Danny Granger fell to me at 10^th pick, which was the farthest I have ever seen him drop in the mocks I've participated in. Out of the 40+ times I've mock drafted, this has happened twice. Anyway, I really wanted to do a Roto draft in league deeper than 12-man, so here is a 14-man draft and a Roto team built around Danny Granger.

Roto C

1. Danny Granger (Ind - SG,SF,PF)
2. Steve Nash (Pho - PG)
3. Brook Lopez (NJ - PF,C)
4. Nene Hilario (Den - PF,C)
5. Al Horford (Atl - PF,C)
6. Jason Terry (Dal - PG,SG)
7. Boris Diaw (Cha - SF,PF)
8. Ramon Sessions (Min - PG,SG)
9. Mario Chalmers (Mia - PG)
10. Greg Oden (Por - C)
11. Kelenna Azubuike (GS - SG,SF)
12. Rudy Fernandez (Por - PG,SG)
13. Danilo Gallinari (NY - SF)

As you can see, drafting a roto team is about juggling your strengths in the counting stats, while making sure you do not completely ignore your shooting percentages and your turnovers.

Stay tuned. I will be posting some of my head-to-head mock drafts soon!

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Wowzers
written by Jason Hahn, October 14, 2009

Granger going down to 10? Very surprising. I'm definitely looking forward to your head-to-head mock draft results.

Thanks for the comment! It's an unpaid opportunity, if that makes you feel better. But yes, I'm very grateful for it and it's quite fun.

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Re: Wowzers
written by Points in the Paint, October 14, 2009

Parts 2 (H2H) and 3 (Misc) of the Draft Clinic should be up over the weekend or early next week. I have some guest posts to polish off first. Besides, a little bit of anticipation never hurt, right?

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