Biggest Fantasy Basketball Breakouts: Who Surprised Us Last Season?

Josh Lloyd from Locked On Fantasy Basketball breaks down the biggest fantasy breakouts from the past NBA season. Who emerged as unexpected stars and jumped into the first round, top 50, and top 100? From Scottie Barnes to Tyrese Maxey, we analyze their performances and predict what it means for next season. Don’t miss this deep dive into the stats and trends that could shape your fantasy basketball strategy!

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[LockedOnFantasyBasketball]

Who do you think will be the next big breakout player?

[rajveergrewal]

enjoy your days off Josh! you work so hard with this show, appreciate you!

[ytKyleNolan]

Graphics look great Josh, keep up the good work!

[seanprice]

Going off the past few years there's going to be a wild jump by one player per season. Jumps in percentages and usage and counting stats and bleals.

[williamchui]

I think the new player graphic is fine, just the font in regards to stats of the players can be larger to make it more clear to see, thanks!

[WearyCat]

Thanks Josh, starting to get excited for fantasy again

[ApplePi]

Does the Jones move mean that we might actually see the Poole we've been waiting for?

[DJMKS]

Is Deni potentially one of the most talented on the blazers roster? The breakout could continue if he proves that he’s better than the others

[cameronbenedict]

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Canada dismantling the Aussie team😂

[timtannahill]

Please consider a show or a short telling people where to go to compete in fun/strong fantasy leagues before the season creeps up on us all

[Afakasi_Az]

Won both of my leagues and alot of the guys on my squads in this list 🙌🏽

[magnificentmurker]

Scooter B Segoony maxey and Jalen Johnson carried my squad last year

[NeoDragonKnight]

3rd year breakouts are a thing! Who are the next 3rd year guys to lookout for next year?

[brockarmstrong]

i still yell out the sound bites for the ones who stuck in my head!!!

[SP.]

8:05 - it's going to happen again with Scottie. Lol

9:20 - My suggestion is you provide a "Scottie bump", to anyone that you see getting a bigger role.
When you reveal your preseason ranking, you put the Scottie bump rank in brackets, maybe have a caution symbol.
That would also probably mean a drop in his teammates projections, all in brackets.

8:46 - the shooting took a hit right after OG was traded, he had 7 threes on OG last game.
Scottie took the responsibility of guarding the point of attack, and it hurt him on.

[starzky]

My guy, why do you even waste your time arguing with bums in the comment section when you yourself know they don't know what they're talking about.

[YourWorstNightmare]

Yup he will make a leap on fantasy because he is a natural stat padder that doesn’t care about wins as long as he gets his stats. Real ball knowers know Scottie ain’t leading a team to the promised land

[timboslice]

Barnes started to regress after he came back from injury during the middle of the season

[GustavoLopez-wgtd]

I wasn’t surprised when Barnes broke out

[Gxbbby]

Can we please redefine “new top x guys.” I don’t really understand how you can call Tobias Harris a “new top 100 guy” when he’s already been that multiple times in his career. This is just year to year variance of a known guy. We should be talking about guys that are actually “newly” in a rank they’ve never been before in their career. Like Donte Divincenzo and White. Instead a guy like Franz gets skipped over to hear about Tobias. Awesome job.