Dereck Lively II or Bez Mbeng: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Dereck Lively II 147th and Bez Mbeng 148th for the 2026-27 season, 1 pick 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.

Dereck Lively II wins 5 of the nine categories, Bez Mbeng wins 4.

Our board separates them by 1 pick. There is no market gap to compare it against: Bez Mbeng carries no consensus ADP.
Bez Mbeng leads in PTS, 6.9 to 8.7 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Dereck Lively II is C, Bez Mbeng is PG/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	Dereck Lively II	Bez Mbeng
Net Prophet rank	#147	#148
Consensus ADP	#117	not available

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Dereck Lively II	Bez Mbeng	Edge
PTS	6.9	8.7	Bez Mbeng wins
REB	6.4	3.5	Dereck Lively II wins
AST	2.0	3.9	Bez Mbeng wins
STL	0.5	1.5	Bez Mbeng wins
BLK	1.0	0.4	Dereck Lively II wins
3PM	0.8	0.5	Dereck Lively II wins
TO	1.0	1.2	Dereck Lively II wins
FG%	57.8%	49.1%	Dereck Lively II wins
FT%	66.5%	72.1%	Bez Mbeng wins

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