Welcome to 2025! Sure, we’ve been at it for a bit, but this is my first Sorare NBA article of the year. The NBA season continues apace, and I have another upgrade, hold, and downgrade for your Sorare lineups.

This article is part of a series with RotoWire. Each week their fantasy experts will be posting Sorare NBA scouting reports, helping Managers make informed decisions in every aspect of the game. Card prices shown reflect the most recent sale price for each player on the Sorare Marketplace as of January 7 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

UPGRADE

Brandon Miller, CHA ($12.91): Miller was my first upgrade of the season, and I am kicking off 2025 by revisiting him. My concern at the time was that Miller’s sophomore leap would be complicated by LaMelo Ball‘s health. Instead, it’s Miller who has been in and out of the lineup. He just returned Sunday against Cleveland, though, and scored 24 points while tallying 36.4 Sorare points. Miller has averaged 21.5 points per game and has been exactly what I thought he would be when healthy. As a rookie he played in 74 games. Hopefully the injuries are behind him this season.

HOLD

Alperen Sengun, HOU ($31.18): After all those high draft picks and big-money free-agent signings, and it’s pretty definitive now that Sengun is the best player on the Rockets. He’s got the makings of a perennial all-star. There may not be a “leap” left, though. Last year he (roughly) averaged 21/9/5, and this year he’s averaged 19/10/5. He just had a couple “down” games but still had over 23.0 Sorare points both times, and he has had plenty of 50-point games on the Sorare front. It feels like we know who Sengun is as a player, and that’s a good thing.

DOWNGRADE

CJ McCollum, NOP ($9.17): McCollum’s just hit his peak of the season, dropping over 50 points against the woeful Wizards. He had over 60.0 Sorare points, but this is not the wave of the future for him. McCollum’s rebounds and assists are slightly down in total, as are his free-throw and three-point percentages. This is also a reflection of the Pelicans. Guys are injured. Anybody is primed to be traded. Before February is over, McCollum could either be elsewhere in a smaller role, or checked out playing for a torn-down team hopping to win the Cooper Flagg lottery.