Matas Buzelis or Reed Sheppard: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Matas Buzelis 77th and Reed Sheppard 80th for the 2026-27 season, 3 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, Reed Sheppard wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 3 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 12 picks, with Matas Buzelis going earlier in the room.
Matas Buzelis leads in PTS, 15.5 to 13.7 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Matas Buzelis is PF/SF, Reed Sheppard is PG/SG.
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	Reed Sheppard
Net Prophet rank	#77	#80
Consensus ADP	#101	#113

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Matas Buzelis	Reed Sheppard	Edge
PTS	15.5	13.7	Matas Buzelis wins
REB	5.1	2.9	Matas Buzelis wins
AST	2.0	2.9	Reed Sheppard wins
STL	0.7	1.3	Reed Sheppard wins
BLK	1.2	0.6	Matas Buzelis wins
3PM	2.0	2.6	Reed Sheppard wins
TO	1.9	1.5	Reed Sheppard wins
FG%	46.0%	42.1%	Matas Buzelis wins
FT%	79.1%	78.9%	too close to call

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