Matas Buzelis or Onyeka Okongwu: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Matas Buzelis 77th and Onyeka Okongwu 82nd 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.

Matas Buzelis wins 4 of the nine categories, Onyeka Okongwu wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 5 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 17 picks, with Onyeka Okongwu going earlier in the room.
Matas Buzelis leads in PTS, 15.5 to 11.2 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Matas Buzelis is PF/SF, Onyeka Okongwu is C.
The board grades both "durable" 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	Matas Buzelis	Onyeka Okongwu
Net Prophet rank	#77	#82
Consensus ADP	#101	#84

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Matas Buzelis	Onyeka Okongwu	Edge
PTS	15.5	11.2	Matas Buzelis wins
REB	5.1	6.1	Onyeka Okongwu wins
AST	2.0	2.4	too close to call
STL	0.7	0.8	Onyeka Okongwu wins
BLK	1.2	0.7	Matas Buzelis wins
3PM	2.0	1.6	Matas Buzelis wins
TO	1.9	1.1	Onyeka Okongwu wins
FG%	46.0%	49.7%	Onyeka Okongwu wins
FT%	79.1%	76.5%	Matas Buzelis wins

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