Who Should I Draft?
Karl-Anthony Towns or Giannis Antetokounmpo (2022)
Experts' Pick | ||
| Giannis Antetokounmpo F - MIL  | Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 19 of 19 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 19 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| ECR | # 2 | ‐ |
| Best Rank | # 2 | ‐ |
| Worst Rank | # 6 | ‐ |
| ADP | ||
| Composite | # 2 | ‐ |
| Best Rank | # 2 | ‐ |
| Worst Rank | # 6 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Minutes | 33.8 | 33.4 |
| Field Goals Made | 10.4 | 8.4 |
| Field Goals Att | 19.0 | 16.2 |
| Field Goals % | .547 | .518 |
| Three Points Made | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Three Points Att | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| Three Points % | .312 | .401 |
| Free Throws Made | 8.2 | 4.8 |
| Free Throws Att | 11.4 | 6.1 |
| Free Throws % | .721 | .789 |
| Offensive Rebound | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rebounds | 11.7 | 9.4 |
| Assists | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| Turnovers | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Steals | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Blocks | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Points | 30.1 | 23.8 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | OUT |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Dalton Del Don Yahoo! Sports | # 3 | # 6 |
| Staff NBA.com | # 2 | # 7 |
| Site Projections numberFire | # 4 | # 14 |
| Eric Moody Pro Football Network | # 4 | # 12 |
| Leszek Bialecki FB-Ninja | # 3 | # 7 |
| Mike Randle FTN | # 2 | # 9 |
| Mike Maher FantasyPros | # 2 | # 9 |
| Site Projections Hashtag Basketball | # 5 | # 8 |
| Michael Waterloo FantasyPros | # 2 | # 7 |
| Jason Klabacha Yahoo! Sports | # 3 | # 8 |
| Keith Lott Fantasy Six Pack | # 4 | # 10 |
| Jacob W. Dunne Triple Play Fantasy | # 2 | # 3 |
| Ethan Masel The Fantasy Bulletin | # 2 | # 12 |
| Alex Burns FantasyPros | # 4 | # 12 |
| Dan Titus Yahoo! Sports | # 4 | # 10 |
| Kyle Williams Fantasy Six Pack | # 2 | # 12 |
| Joel E. Ruffin Jr. FantasyPros | # 2 | # 17 |
| Luke Monaldo FantasyPros | # 6 | # 12 |
| Bradlee Kilgore Fantrax | # 2 | # 8 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo F - MIL | Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN | |
| 2021 Stats | ||
| Minutes | 2,204 | 2,476 |
| Field Goals Made | 689 | 642 |
| Field Goals Att | 1,244 | 1,213 |
| Field Goals % | .554 | .529 |
| Three Points Made | 71 | 150 |
| Three Points Att | 242 | 367 |
| Three Points % | .293 | .409 |
| Free Throws Made | 553 | 384 |
| Free Throws Att | 766 | 467 |
| Free Throws % | .722 | .822 |
| Offensive Rebound | 134 | 194 |
| Rebounds | 778 | 728 |
| Assists | 388 | 269 |
| Turnovers | 219 | 226 |
| Steals | 72 | 72 |
| Blocks | 91 | 83 |
| Points | 2,002 | 1,818 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo F - MIL | Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN | |
| 2022 Projections | ||
| Minutes | 33.8 | 33.4 |
| Field Goals Made | 10.4 | 8.4 |
| Field Goals Att | 19.0 | 16.2 |
| Field Goals % | .547 | .518 |
| Three Points Made | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Three Points Att | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| Three Points % | .312 | .401 |
| Free Throws Made | 8.2 | 4.8 |
| Free Throws Att | 11.4 | 6.1 |
| Free Throws % | .721 | .789 |
| Offensive Rebound | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rebounds | 11.7 | 9.4 |
| Assists | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| Turnovers | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Steals | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| Blocks | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Points | 30.1 | 23.8 |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo F - MIL | Karl-Anthony Towns C - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) is expected to play in Monday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Leo Sells Mon, Feb 6th | Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to miss four to six weeks of game action after suffering a right calf strain against the Wizards on Monday. Dan Tursky Tue, Nov 29th | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 54 points, 19 rebounds, and 2 assists in the Bucks’ 106-105 win over the Clippers. Garrett Ball Fri, Feb 3rd | Karl-Anthony Towns will undergo an MRI on Tuesday, but there’s some early optimism that he may have avoided a substantial injury to his lower right leg. Ari Koslow Mon, Nov 28th | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) is probable to play in Thursday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Leo Sells Thu, Feb 2nd | Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a right calf strain and was forced to leave Monday's game vs the Wizards early. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Nov 28th | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo posted a double-double for the Bucks Tuesday night, grabbing 18 rebounds and scoring 34 points (14-24 FG, 1-3 3PT, 5-6 FT) while also dishing out four assists in a 124-115 win over the Hornets. Chris Schommer Wed, Feb 1st | Karl-Anthony Towns scored 21 points (8-14 FG, 1-5 3PT, 4-4 FT) to go along with four rebounds, four assists and two steals on Sunday against the Warriors. Ari Koslow Sun, Nov 27th | |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) is expected to play in Tuesday night's game against the Charlotte Hornets. Leo Sells Tue, Jan 31st | Karl-Anthony Towns scored 19 points (6-22 FG, 1-11 3PT, 6-7 FT) to go along with four rebounds, five assists and two blocks on Friday against the Hornets. Ari Koslow Sat, Nov 26th | |
| Notes | ||
| Still somehow overlooked in real life and fantasy. Best to punt FT% if you're taking Giannis. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | He'll get fewer boards and blocks with Rudy Gobert in town, but he'll make up for that with being able to space the floor more and up his three-point efforts. Michael Waterloo - FantasyPros | |
| All Giannis Antetokounmpo did in 2012-2022 was average a career-high 29.9 PPG, with 11.6 RPG, and 5.8 APG, while shooting 55.3 percent from the field. Antetokounmpo even increased his free throw shooting for the third consecutive year to 72.2 percent. While his 29.8 percent 3P average puts him a spot below Jokic, his 2.5 combined blocks/steals per game futher solidifies his incredible nightly floor. Antetokounmpo led the league in fantasy points per game in both FanDuel and DraftKings scoring. Mike Randle - FTN | Could we be looking at an MVP season for Karl-Anthony Towns? After trading for center Rudy Gobert, the Timberwolves are a popular pick as a NBA Championship contender. Last season, Towns played the most games (74) since 2018-2019, while posting 24.6 PPG, 9.8 RPG, and 3.6 APG. Despite his 6-foot-11 fraame, Towns shot 82.2% from the free-throw line, 52.9% from the field, and a superb 41% from 3P range on almost five attempts per game. Towns even posts 2.1 steals/blocks in each contest, leaving only foul trouble (3.6 per game) as the only concern. If Towns plays 75 games next season, this ranking is his fantasy floor. Mike Randle - FTN | |
