Many successful 8-category fantasy basketball players use the strategy of punting a category. Punting a category is the process of drafting to intentionally losing, or punt, one category to try to win others. This often works because you only have to win more than half of the statistical categories to win a head-to-head (H2H) matchup. Punting one category to bolster the others is often a winning strategy.
When you punt, you're not looking for the best overall players. You're building a team to a structure, not just drafting whoever's highest on the draft board. . .
