It’s the final weekend before the NBA regular season begins, which means you’re coming here for your fantasy basketball drafts.
Should you draft Jalen Suggs this season? Here’s the latest outlook, projections, and rankings for the Orlando Magic Shooting Guard.
Should You Draft Jalen Suggs in Fantasy Basketball?
A knee injury ended Jalen Suggs’ 2025 season early and required surgery in March, but it appears to be all systems go as he enters his fifth NBA season as a starter on the best team he’s played for up to this point.
It was only 35 games and the Desmond Bane addition this offseason makes this a different situation, but it’s difficult to not be encouraged by what we saw from the former fifth overall pick. For the season, 64.4% of his shots either came at the rim or from distance, an analytically sound scoring profile to complement a nice spike in assist rate.
His shot attempt count could decline (one shot every 2.1 minutes last season), but the quality of looks should improve and asking him to clear five assists per game is reasonable as this offense grows.
Suggs is a fringe top 100 player right now and I’m more intrigued by what he has to offer than players like D’Angelo Russell and Draymond Green, more veteran players who have less room for statistical growth.
In the middle rounds, profit potential is the name of the game and Suggs is being a bit overlooked due to the attention that is being paid to his teammates.
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What Are Suggs’s Fantasy Basketball Projections This Season?
Based on our proprietary metrics here at PFSN, we project Suggs to score 1,842.3 fantasy points this season, with him averaging 14.4 points per game.
This includes 4.9 field goals per game, 2.1 three-pointers per game, 2.4 free throws per game, 3.4 rebounds per game, 3.8 assists per game, 1.3 steals per game, and 0.7 blocks per game.
Where Does Jalen Suggs Rank in the Upcoming Fantasy Basketball Season?
Suggs is ranked 109th overall and 26th at his position. The five players ranked ahead of him overall include Santi Aldama, Toumani Camara, Scoot Henderson, De’Andre Hunter, and Kelly Oubre Jr..
The five players ranked behind him overall include Wendell Carter Jr., Cam Whitmore, Zaccharie Risacher, P.J. Washington, and Collin Sexton.
The five players ranked ahead of him at his position include Bilal Coulibaly, Jaden Ivey, Ausar Thompson, Bradley Beal, and Keyonte George.
The five players ranked behind him at his position include Brandon Miller, Kon Knueppel, Gradey Dick, VJ Edgecombe, and Kevin Huerter.
