Jakob Poeltl (C, TOR) - 2016 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper

BALLER MOVE: Monitor as a late season waiver wire add

CURRENT ADP: NA

ANALYSIS: Jakob Poeltl was the only true center to go in the top ten of this year’s draft. He’s playing on a Toronto team that has a pretty set starting rotation, including a potential All-Star center in Jonas Valanciunas. However, the role of backup to Valanciunas is wide open and a pretty decent short term opportunity for a rookie to find himself in.

Valanciunas has never been the type to play massive minutes for the Raptors, and that may not yet change, giving plenty of action to whoever his backup is.  Jonas has also been a frequent name on injury reports, so his backup holds upside as someone likely to start a few games here and there.

There’s a chance Poeltl completely disappears into the back end of the rotation behind guys like Lucas Nogueira and Yanick Moreira. However, the Raptors invested a top 10 pick in Poeltl with the clear goal of finding back-up center to replace Bismack Biyombo, so they will give him every opportunity to fill that role.