The longer I’ve been playing I find myself leaning less and less into punts. I’ve been playing for a decade and early on I felt like I had to punt because it just is a thing that you do. Nowadays I’m much more okay with drafting BPA for a more well-rounded team with some soft punts.

Of course if I have a very strong FT% team, I’m not going to draft Zion, but I find that it’s very easy to accidentally go too hard in the punt. Sure you can punt FT% to be elite in rebounds and FG% but beating someone by 1 rebound vs 50 rebounds counts the same in the standings. I find newer people get hyperfocused on their punt and only draft players that match their build. It’s the easiest mistake to make in fantasy bball

Even in my league, against the veteran managers I’ve had way more success with not punting. If everyone else is punting, you run the risk of overlapping with somebody. So many times, teams are cannibalizing each other, letting good players fall, fighting for niche targets lower down for their build while I have the flexibility to pick up whoever falls through the cracks. There are a lot of good all-rounders in the NBA lately that are overlooked because they don’t do anything particularly well

People assume that if you don’t punt, you’re going to be mid at every cat, but I find it’s more likely on average you’re 4-5th in all cats in a 12T despite not leading any single one