Full-court 9-cat rankings
AI-built Model Zero rankings. Tested against completed NBA seasons. 2026-27 projections, punt boards, player trends, and a fantasy-aware BallChat—before your league sees any of it coming.
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Model Zero is free, battle-tested, and already excellent. Frontier AI models keep trying to beat it across real NBA history; only improvements that hold up make the board.
15
Seasons tested
1,438
Player comparisons
7 of 8
ESPN & Yahoo tests won
How much we beat each board by
Bigger orange bars mean a bigger Ball Ranks win. The lone teal bar shows just how narrow the one loss was.
7/8
Boards won
| Board | Winner | Ball Ranks miss | External miss | Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESPN 21-22 | Ball Ranks | 25.33 | 28.16 | 182 |
| ESPN 22-23 | Ball Ranks | 27.58 | 28.47 | 188 |
| ESPN 23-24 | Ball Ranks | 18.58 | 19.63 | 143 |
| Yahoo 23-24 | Ball Ranks | 32.02 | 34.75 | 244 |
| ESPN 24-25 | Ball Ranks | 21.26 | 28.25 | 140 |
| Yahoo 24-25 | Ball Ranks | 32.59 | 34.10 | 233 |
| ESPN 25-26 | Ball Ranks | 20.96 | 25.82 | 131 |
| Yahoo 25-26 | ESPN or Yahoo | 29.81 | 28.82 | 177 |
Lower miss values are better. Each row compares the same matched players from one archived preseason board.
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Intelligent chat
ChatGPT and other AIs have a massive fantasy blind spot. Training cutoffs miss the latest news, broad web searches miss what matters, and they don't know your roster. Ball Ranks starts with a daily trusted-news brief, our player data, and your team, with direct insider updates and deeper league activity rolling out next—so its advice can fit your situation.
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A massive fantasy blind spot.
A training cutoff, a broad web search, and no idea what is happening inside your league.
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Starts with the whole picture.
Trusted reporting, Ball Ranks data, your roster, plus richer league and insider context as it rolls out.
Daily basketball brief
ESPN, Yahoo, and other trusted sources—distilled before you ask.
Direct insider updates
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Stats, projections, trends, ranks, and category value.
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