Tari Eason and Reed Sheppard are hard to justify in 12-team leagues if the Houston Rockets’ rotation leaves them at 20 and 15 minutes. The extra playing time has to come from someone.

Ayo Dosunmu is a more interesting late pick at 28 projected minutes with a closing role, but I’m not taking him in rounds nine or ten. Precious Achiuwa is projected for 24 minutes as the backup centre while Maxime Raynaud and Dylan Cardwell are out. That is an early-season role, not a guaranteed season-long workload.

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