Jeremiah Fears or Max Strus: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball

Net Prophet ranks Jeremiah Fears 143rd and Max Strus 145th for the 2026-27 season, 2 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.

Jeremiah Fears wins 4 of the nine categories, Max Strus wins 4, and 1 is too close to call.

Our board separates them by 2 picks. There is no market gap to compare it against: neither carries a consensus ADP.
Jeremiah Fears leads in PTS, 16.1 to 9.9 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Jeremiah Fears is PG, Max Strus is SF/PF.
The board grades Jeremiah Fears "durable" for availability and Max Strus "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	Jeremiah Fears	Max Strus
Net Prophet rank	#143	#145
Consensus ADP	not available	not available

Category by category

Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category	Jeremiah Fears	Max Strus	Edge
PTS	16.1	9.9	Jeremiah Fears wins
REB	4.2	4.9	Max Strus wins
AST	3.6	2.7	Jeremiah Fears wins
STL	1.0	0.4	Jeremiah Fears wins
BLK	0.4	0.1	Jeremiah Fears wins
3PM	1.2	2.2	Max Strus wins
TO	2.2	0.8	Max Strus wins
FG%	43.4%	43.3%	too close to call
FT%	77.6%	82.5%	Max Strus wins

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