Dereck Lively II or Jaime Jaquez Jr: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Dereck Lively II 147th and Jaime Jaquez Jr 151st for the 2026-27 season, 4 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.

Dereck Lively II wins 4 of the nine categories, Jaime Jaquez Jr wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 4 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 129 picks, with Dereck Lively II going earlier in the room.
Jaime Jaquez Jr leads in PTS, 6.9 to 14.1 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Dereck Lively II is C, Jaime Jaquez Jr is PF/SF/SG.
The board grades Dereck Lively II "fragile" for availability and Jaime Jaquez Jr "durable".
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	Jaime Jaquez Jr
Net Prophet rank	#147	#151
Consensus ADP	#117	#246

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Dereck Lively II	Jaime Jaquez Jr	Edge
PTS	6.9	14.1	Jaime Jaquez Jr wins
REB	6.4	4.6	Dereck Lively II wins
AST	2.0	4.3	Jaime Jaquez Jr wins
STL	0.5	0.8	Jaime Jaquez Jr wins
BLK	1.0	0.3	Dereck Lively II wins
3PM	0.8	0.8	too close to call
TO	1.0	1.8	Dereck Lively II wins
FG%	57.8%	46.9%	Dereck Lively II wins
FT%	66.5%	75.3%	Jaime Jaquez Jr wins

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