9cat

Your draft, live on a 9-cat board

Your draft site gives you a player list. 9cat shows what every pick does to your team. Draft where you always do and each pick lands on your 9cat board the moment it’s made, ranked for the team you’re building.

Your draft roomRound 3
On the clock: Team 3#27
  • Trey Murphy III SF/SGDRAFT
  • Chet Holmgren C/PFDRAFT
  • Karl-Anthony Towns CDRAFT
  • Jalen Duren CDRAFT
  • Zach Edey CDRAFT
  • Keyonte George PG/SGDRAFT
Live from your draft room9cat Draft Board
9cat clock bar: pick 27, Team 3 on the clock
9cat Draft Board: available players ranked for your team, each category shaded by strength

The real 9cat Draft Board, following a live draft pick by pick.

Try it on your next draft

Start your free 30-day trial

Regular Season Access free for 30 days: live category scores, your chance to win and waiver picks for your league, plus every draft tool. Card needed, nothing charged until day 30; then US$9.99 for the rest of 2026–27 unless you cancel.

How to use 9cat

Nine steps from setting up your league to winning your week. Viewing the board, player cards, the draft grid and Compare players is free; the tag on each step says what it needs.

Before the draft

1

Set up your league

Free

Open League Settings and paste your ESPN league link, or connect your Yahoo league. 9cat loads the teams, draft order, roster spots and keepers. No league yet? Name the teams, set the order and keepers yourself, and run a practice draft.

9cat: set up your league
2

Follow your draft room live

Pre-Season Access

From More, choose Sync draft and follow the steps for your site: a one-click bookmark for ESPN and Yahoo draft rooms, in real drafts, practice drafts and mocks. Every pick lands on your board the moment it’s made. No extension, no password to share.

9cat: follow your draft room live

During the draft

3

Read the board

Free

The clock bar shows who’s up, how many picks until you and every pick so far. Below it, the player list is ranked for the roster you’re building, not the average team, and each category is shaded green to red, so you can spot the blocks or assists you need at a glance. Pick a rank method, a projection source or a punt and the whole board follows.

9cat: read the board
4

Open any player

Free

Tap a name for his card: why he fits your team, where he ranks per game and on season totals, every projection side by side, and his last seasons.

9cat: open any player
5

Watch the whole draft

Free

Switch the board to Draft grid for every pick, team by team and round by round, with keepers and traded picks marked. Running a mock? Turn on Auto draft and 9cat drafts for the other teams, then waits for you.

9cat: watch the whole draft

After the draft

6

Size up every roster

Pre-Season Access

Rosters & Standings › Team Rosters puts every team’s categories next to yours: green where they beat you, red where you beat them, grey where it’s close, plus your head-to-head record against each.

9cat: size up every roster
7

See the projected ladder

Pre-Season Access

Standings plays out the season 2,000 times on the real NBA schedule: each team’s record, chance of making the playoffs and chance of finishing first.

9cat: see the projected ladder
8

Test a trade

Regular Season Access

Compare & Trade › Trade simulator: pick players from both sides and see each team’s categories and the whole ladder before and after. Compare players is free.

9cat: test a trade

During the season

9

Win your week

Regular Season Access

Matchups shows this week’s score category by category, the games each side has left and the best pickups on the waiver wire.

9cat: win your week

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