Aleksej Pokusevski: Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: The 17-39 Oklahoma City Thunder have had to lean on creativity and optimism for the future in managing their 2021-22 roster. Without the playoffs being in the cards for OKC, many of their budding talents have spent significant time honing their game... Read More
Mason Plumlee (PF/C, CHA): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Charlotte Hornets didn't light any fireworks this past trade deadline, but they did a very solid move in acquiring super-sub Montrez Harrell to bolster the big-men rotation while not losing that much going the other way. Montrezl will go from playing... Read More
Dorian Finney-Smith (SF/PF, DAL): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: All eyes will focus on the additions of Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans in exchange for Kristaps Porzingis. That's reasonable, but only because of the New Toy Bias. As real as it gets, brothers. Dorian Finney-Smith, on the other hand, has kept... Read More
Herbert Jones (SF/PF, NO): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 56% of leagues ANALYSIS: We will see how things settle in New Orleans after their high-impact trades this past deadline, but for what it's worth and the little we've watched through Friday, things should remain the same (until Zion is back, at least) for rook Herbert... Read More
Brandon Clarke (PF, MEM): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of leagues ANALYSIS: A lot of rumblings a few weeks back talking about the Memphis Grizzlies being sellers at this deadline turned out to be pure smoke. I mean, it could have made sense given Memphis has a freaking ton of players in a rotation... Read More
Hamidou Diallo (SG/SF, DET): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: We're clearly not into 30+ minutes-per-game Hamidou Diallo anymore but after a little rough span of games from Jan. 21 to Feb. 3 in which Diallo could only average 20 MPG and even came off the pine twice in seven games, Diallo... Read More
Hassan Whiteside (C, UTA): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tons of folks out there disappointed by Utah and its deadline moves, which might be reasonable considering this franchise should be all-in while the Gobert-Mitchell pair is at the peak of its talents. Alas, no substantial moves happened other than adding Nickeil... Read More
Chuma Okeke (PF, ORL): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's hard to properly assess Chuma Okeke--or any player, for that matter--if only because of the fact he's part of a completely broken team in the Orlando Magic's. That said, though, we have to acknowledge Okeke as a bona fide above-average player... Read More
Reggie Bullock (SG/SF, DAL): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: My man Reggie has done it all for the Mavs. Point, two-guard, wing, you name it. Reggie Bullock signed with Dallas this past offseason after a nice regular season with the Knicks last year. Of course, the explosion of Jalen Brunson has... Read More
Jaxson Hayes (C, NO): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: I always believed in Jaxson Hayes making in this League, and I'm definitely not jumping off this man's train any time soon, folks. Hayes, who had played a ridiculously low 15 MPG from the start of the season to Jan. 29, has... Read More
JaVale McGee (C, PHO): Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: See, JaVale McGee is definitely not going to be the man you remember when you think of the current iteration of the Suns in five or ten years. It makes sense, considering JVMG is playing a super low 16 MPG on the... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 17: Isaac Okoro, Jaxson Hayes, Doug McDermott, Josh Richardson, Austin Rivers
The deeper a fantasy basketball league, the harder it is to hit a winner with your last few picks. It is also harder to find decent help from the waiver wire if your late-round picks don't do you justice. If you picked up a few stinkers, don't lose hope just yet. I will try to... Read More
Fantasy Basketball 9-Cat Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 17 - Reggie Bullock, Darius Bazley, Javonte Green, Taurean Prince, Damian Jones
Welcome back to the waiver wire! Need to bolster your flailing team? We've got you covered. Maybe. We'll see. These recommendations are mainly for 9-cat leagues, but if you play in another format, there's a good chance that the information here can still help you. We'll be looking at centers, forwards, and guards whose low rostership... Read More
Duncan Robinson (SG/SF, MIA): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 53% of leagues ANALYSIS: Five games. That's the count. That's the count of matches D-Rob hasn't started (while he played, I mean) for the Heat this season, and it only happened in a 10-day span in which he was coming off a week-long absence. Robinson is... Read More
Kevin Huerter (SG, ATL): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: Kevin Huerter missed ample time from Dec. 17 to Jan. 3 but once he was back for good he's not surrendered the starting gig more than two games in a row--and that happened all the way back before mid-January. It's now been... Read More
Nicolas Batum (SG/SF, LAC): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: For someone past his peak, Nicolas Batum keeps racking up starts on a nightly basis in this barren Clips squad. The Clippers might opt to make some moves and sell the house come trade-deadline day, and we'll see how that goes, but... Read More
Chuma Okeke (PF, ORL): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: After a month of play in which Chuma Okeke started 10 of 12 games (from mid-December to mid-January), the Magic sent Okeke back to the pine and trusted him to man a second-unit leading role. So far, so good for the second-year... Read More
Gary Harris (SG/SF, ORL): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: If you go check Gary Harris' fantasy profile you're going to think he's been a rather putrid option all season long. Makes sense on an FP/min basis considering Harris started every game (29 of them) from Nov. 20 to Jan. 26 while... Read More
Luke Kennard (SG, LAC): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: Luke Kennard's last couple of games through Friday were not his best of the year, that's for sure. He could only play 16 minutes to close January in a game in which he finished 2-1-2 shooting 14% from the floor, and although... Read More
Kevon Looney (PF/C, GSW): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: Another week, another set of starts for the Warriors center given the inexistent depth of the team at the big-man position. Seriously. With Draymond Green expected to miss three or four more weeks and James Wiseman not even on the radar, it's... Read More
Javonte Green (PG/SG/SF, CHI): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: Coby White and Zach LaVine are day-to-day casualties as I'm writing this on Saturday. Not that this is the main reason for Javonte Green to become an important part of the Bulls lineup, though, as Green has started the last 18 games... Read More
P.J. Tucker (SF/PF, MIA): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: I don't even know how I landed on P.J. Tucker, but here we are now I guess... Tuck Tuck is most definitively a winning asset to have around in an NBA squad. Now, in a fantasy team? That's more of a question... Read More
Ayo Dosunmu (PG, CHI): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 56% of leagues ANALYSIS: Ayo! It's now been 12 starts in a row for the Rookie of the Year! Let's go! Ayo Dosunmu came absolutely out of left field just by virtue of pure necessity, and oh boy is he thriving while manning the point for... Read More
Corey Kispert: Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: The 15th overall selection in the 2021 NBA Draft, Corey Kispert entered the professional ranks as a 2x First-Team All-WCC pick with hardware for Academic All-American of the Year, WCC Player of the Year, the Julius Erving Award (best SF in college... Read More
Duane Washington Jr.: Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: Duane Washington Jr. landed with the Indiana Pacers (and Fort Wayne Mad Ants) via two-way contract after going undrafted out of Ohio State in 2021. The Frankfurt, Germany-native spent most of 2021 in Fort Wayne, seeing only 47 minutes of NBA action... Read More
Isaiah Jackson: Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: Desperate times call for desperate measures, and with so many key contributors sidelined by injury, the Indiana Pacers chose to deploy some of their top prospects a bit sooner than expected, one of whom being Isaiah Jackson (22nd overall pick in the... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16 - Bismack Biyombo, Luke Kennard, Otto Porter Jr., Davion Mitchell
Welcome back to the waiver wire! Need to bolster your flailing team? We've got you covered. Maybe. We'll see. These recommendations are mainly for 9-cat leagues, but if you play in another format, there's a good chance that the information here can still help you. We'll be looking at centers, forwards, and guards whose low rostership... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 16: Garrison Mathews, Corey Joseph, Reggie Bullock, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Austin Rivers
The deeper a fantasy basketball league, the harder it is to hit a winner with your last few picks. It is also harder to find decent help from the waiver wire if your late-round picks don't do you justice. If you picked up a few stinkers, don't lose hope just yet. I will try to... Read More
Brandon Clarke (PF, MEM): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues ANALYSIS: Believe it or not, Memphis keeps on doing it, folks. The Griz are already third in the West and are just hours removed from defeating Utah on Friday night as I'm writing this on Saturday morning. Memphis is 3.5 games ahead of... Read More