Damian Lillard or Jimmy Butler III: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Damian Lillard 76th and Jimmy Butler III 81st for the 2026-27 season, 5 picks apart. A category counts as won only when the projected gap clears 0.25 standard deviations of that category across the 177 ranked players this comparison is drawn from.

Damian Lillard wins 4 of the nine categories, Jimmy Butler III wins 5.

Our board separates them by 5 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 92 picks, with Jimmy Butler III going earlier in the room.
Damian Lillard leads in PTS, 19.6 to 17.4 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Damian Lillard is PG, Jimmy Butler III is SF/PF/SG.
The board grades both "fragile" for availability.
Both rank inside the 177 players this comparison set is drawn from.

Draft position

Where each is ranked and where the room is taking them (2026-27).
Measure	Damian Lillard	Jimmy Butler III
Net Prophet rank	#76	#81
Consensus ADP	#139	#47

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Damian Lillard	Jimmy Butler III	Edge
PTS	19.6	17.4	Damian Lillard wins
REB	3.7	4.9	Jimmy Butler III wins
AST	5.5	4.3	Damian Lillard wins
STL	0.9	1.1	Jimmy Butler III wins
BLK	0.1	0.3	Jimmy Butler III wins
3PM	2.7	0.9	Damian Lillard wins
TO	2.2	1.4	Jimmy Butler III wins
FG%	44.8%	51.5%	Jimmy Butler III wins
FT%	92.0%	86.0%	Damian Lillard wins

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