Kevin Durant or Amen Thompson: who to draft in 2026-27 fantasy basketball
Net Prophet ranks Kevin Durant 8th and Amen Thompson 10th 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.
Kevin Durant wins 4 of the nine categories, Amen Thompson wins 5.
Our board separates them by 2 picks; consensus ADP separates them by 4 picks, with Kevin Durant going earlier in the room.
Kevin Durant leads in PTS, 25.3 to 19.7 per game as the board projects them.
They do not fill the same slot: Kevin Durant is SF/PF, Amen Thompson is SG/PG.
The board grades Kevin Durant "moderate" for availability and Amen Thompson "durable".
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
Kevin Durant
Amen Thompson
Net Prophet rank
#8
#10
Consensus ADP
#16
#20
Category by category
Projected per game for 2026-27, nine-category scoring. Turnovers count fewest-first.
Category
Kevin Durant
Amen Thompson
Edge
PTS
25.3
19.7
Kevin Durant wins
REB
5.1
7.7
Amen Thompson wins
AST
4.9
5.6
Amen Thompson wins
STL
0.7
1.3
Amen Thompson wins
BLK
1.0
0.8
Kevin Durant wins
3PM
2.0
0.7
Kevin Durant wins
TO
2.9
2.5
Amen Thompson wins
FG%
51.4%
53.0%
Amen Thompson wins
FT%
85.3%
77.2%
Kevin Durant wins
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