Quentin Grimes or Dereck Lively II: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Quentin Grimes 142nd and Dereck Lively II 147th 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.

Quentin Grimes wins 5 of the nine categories, Dereck Lively II wins 4.

Our board separates them by 5 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 53 picks, with Dereck Lively II going earlier in the room.
Quentin Grimes leads in PTS, 12.4 to 6.9 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Quentin Grimes is SG, Dereck Lively II is C.
The board grades Quentin Grimes "durable" for availability and Dereck Lively II "fragile".
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	Quentin Grimes	Dereck Lively II
Net Prophet rank	#142	#147
Consensus ADP	#170	#117

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Quentin Grimes	Dereck Lively II	Edge
PTS	12.4	6.9	Quentin Grimes wins
REB	3.5	6.4	Dereck Lively II wins
AST	3.2	2.0	Quentin Grimes wins
STL	0.9	0.5	Quentin Grimes wins
BLK	0.3	1.0	Dereck Lively II wins
3PM	1.8	0.8	Quentin Grimes wins
TO	1.7	1.0	Dereck Lively II wins
FG%	44.9%	57.8%	Dereck Lively II wins
FT%	80.7%	66.5%	Quentin Grimes wins

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