Three members of the Rotoworld NBA crew (Raphielle Johnson, Noah Rubin, and Ameer Tyree) recently participated in a 12-team mock draft with other fantasy analysts across the industry. I couldn’t join them, so I did the next best thing - critiqued them. Here are my draft grades for all 12 teams.

The participants of our 8-team H2H categories mock, in order of draft position, were as follows: Eric Moody, Joe Kaiser, Jim McCormick, Andre Snellings, Steve Alexander, Matt Williams, Pierre Becquey and Eric Karabell.

Joel Bartilotta highlights players who don't have a first-round ADP but could return first-round value in fantasy basketball leagues this season.

Tier rankings are a valuable tool to help prepare for fantasy basketball drafts. Grouping similar players into tiers makes it easier for managers to make quick decisions during drafts, which never go as planned.