2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Draft Strategy for playing Yahoo High Score

I go deeper in my High Score 101 , but the rules are simple: your weekly score counts only the single best fantasy performance from each of your six starters. That's it. A player can have three duds with one monster game, and the monster game is the only one that counts.

I ran every box score from 2025-26 through High Score scoring, and a few draft lessons stood out. Here's how I'd attack draft day.

High Score keeps it simple: two guard spots, three frontcourt spots and one flex/utility spot. You don't have to fill every position (PG, SG, SF, PF, C) like traditional formats. That gives you a ton of freedom to build your team your way. Stack guards, load up on versatile forwards or mix and match. Or, better yet…