Joe Kaiser, ESPN Staff Writer 5y

Fantasy hoops roto rankings: Luka Doncic is tops among rookies

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A month into his NBA career, it's safe to say that 19-year-old old Luka Doncic has a tremendously bright future in this league. We know that because the present already looks pretty darn good.

Doncic, the No. 3 overall pick this past summer after Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley III, leads the Dallas Mavericks with 19.5 points per game. The next closest is Harrison Barnes with 16.5 PPG. That tells only a small part of the story, though. In Doncic, the Mavericks have a floor general with a high basketball IQ. He ranks second on the team in rebounds (6.6 RPG), assists (4.2 APG) and 3-pointers (2.4 3PM).

I have bumped him up to No. 30 this week, ahead of both Eric Bledsoe and Kyrie Irving, and quite frankly I can't wait to see what else this guy has to offer. Another stat worth noting: He leads the Mavs in minutes, logging 33.7 per game.

Joining Doncic this week in the rising-up-the-charts crowd are Jrue Holiday (21), Robert Covington (51), John Collins (71) and Jeff Teague (72), Brook Lopez (78), Montrezl Harrell (82) and E'Twaun Moore (96).

Holiday is playing as well as he ever has, and he is comfortable leading the team whenever the ball isn't in the hands of Anthony Davis or one of the secondary options such as Nikola Mirotic.

Covington is not only doing his scoring and rebounding thing on his new team in Minnesota, he's adding the 3s and steals that make him special in roto leagues.

Collins is back after missing the first month of the season with an ankle injury. It will take him some time to ramp back up, but he has top-50 potential based on what we saw out of him last season as a rookie.

Teague is also back after a lengthy layoff, and assists are his biggest draw. Meanwhile, Lopez continues to rain down 3s from the center position, even if it's at the expense of rebounds, while Harrell and Moore have elevated their games to entirely new levels this season. Harrell has averaged 19.6 PPG, 7.8 RPG and 2.0 BPG during his past five games, shooting 73.1 percent along the way, while Moore reached 30 points in back-to-back games last week and is a constant threat from 3-point range.

On the flip side, there are some big-name guys sliding in the rankings.

Lonzo Ball (85) hasn't capitalized on the additional minutes since Rajon Rondo went down, scoring a total of two points during the past two games with Rondo out of the lineup. Not pretty.

Nicolas Batum (101) has scored five points or fewer during three of his past five games and seen declines in all areas of his game. Unless things improve soon, his days as a top-100 option may be over.

Here is a look at the rest of my top 150 roto rankings:

Note: These rankings reflect the expected player value for the remainder of this season.

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