Justin Holiday (SG/SF, IND): Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 36% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Victor Oladipo, now a Rocket, played his last game for Indiana back on Jan. 11. That same day, Justin Holiday started at the SF position for the first time this season... and he hasn't left the starting five ever since, either as a guard or a forward. Will that change going forward? Hard to see it happening, as Caris Levert will probably be out for the season (no set timeline) with health problems and Indiana will have to rely on Justin at least until T.J. Warren comes back and gets a starting position himself.

Holiday was already playing monster minutes coming off the pine, averaging 29 MPG in the first nine games of the season. Since starting, though, he's ramped that up to 32+ MPG and he has dropped below 30 minutes just three times in the past nine games. But that's not very important, and could actually fool some fantasy GMs that only look at his per-minute production, which has obviously been below-average given the super-long runs he's getting nightly.

The truth is that Holiday, while not the most efficient player (I mean, he plays next to much-better offensive options such as Malcolm Brogdon, Domantas Sabonis, and Myles Turner), he still puts up numbers just on sheer volume. Holiday is shooting an average of 9+ FGA in the past 10 days while hitting 46% of them. He's scored at least a triple in all games he's played this year going back to Dec. 29 (!) and he's actually averaging 3.3 3PG in the last week of games. Can't get much better than his current 11-5-1-1 line when talking about a starting player and fourth-option on his team's offense.

More Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 24: Isaac Okoro, Kris Dunn, Josh Richardson, Corey Kispert, Delon Wright

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

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

Onyeka Okongwu (SF/PF, ATL): Week 24 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Hawks are currently the 10th seed in the East but are also tied for 8th and 9th with Brooklyn and Charlotte respectively. There's even a chance (albeit small) that Atlanta could rise as high as to reach the 7th seed if... Read More

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

Immanuel Quickley (PG, NYK): Week 24 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: If we use common basketball sense, then the New York Knicks and Coach Thibs should try and see what the young guys such as Immanuel Quickley have in them and what they can provide the franchise with ROS, as the NYK are... Read More

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

Deni Avdija (SG/SF, WAS): Week 24 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: One would reasonably think that a player seeing a playing-time boost such as that of Deni Avdija's this month would make said player drop his efficiency numbers. Well, not the case for the Wiz Wing by the looks of it. Avdija has... Read More

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

Nicolas Claxton (PF/C, BRK): Week 24 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Nets can finally rest assured they'll make the play-in portion of the season. Not quite what you expected when the season got rolling back in October, but at least more than what the Lakers would have accomplished a week from now.... Read More

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App