2021-2022 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Centers
Boom! Just like that, we are only three weeks away from the NBA Regular season. That can only mean one thing: Fantasy Hoops is back! With tip-off fast approaching, you will need to begin preparing for your fantasy draft, and what better way to do that than with draft rankings! In case you missed it,... Read More
Fantasy Basketball UDFA Rookie Sleepers
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Second Round Rookie Sleepers
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily... Read More
Shop the Sales: UDFA Who Could Find Quick Success
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily... Read More
Shop the Sales: 2nd Rounders Who Could Find Quick Success
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily... Read More
Mike Muscala (PF/C, OKC) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: From the surface, it would seem like you would be best advised to steer clear of Mike Muscala: he has largely shot poorly from long-distance this season, he is seeing his lowest volume of floor-time since 2015, and he appears to be securely... Read More
Alex Len (PF/C, ATL) - Week 22 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: Though his 19.4 minutes per game this year for the Atlanta Hawks is his lowest volume of playing time since the 2013-2014 season with the Phoenix Suns, the 2018-2019 NBA campaign has been, in many ways, a year of substantial growth for former... Read More
Joakim Noah (PF/C, MEM) - Week 21 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: Joakim Noah has served in a sparing role for the Memphis Grizzlies for the majority of his 34-game run with the team this season in which he has averaged 6.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 0.8 blocks in 15.6 minutes per contest.... Read More
Cheick Diallo (PF/C, NOP) - Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: As hard as it may be to believe as he is in the midst of his third professional basketball campaign for the New Orleans Pelicans, but 6-9 former Kansas Jayhawk Cheick Diallo is still only 22 years old. Though the native of Kayes,... Read More
Ante Zizic (C, CLE) - Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: In just 32 games played at a clip of 6.7 minutes per appearance, Ante Zizic didn't generate a whole lot of clout last season in his rookie campaign with the Cavaliers. This time around, while he's only been averaging 6.6 points and 4.5... Read More
Thomas Bryant (C, WAS) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 54% of leagues ANALYSIS: Thomas Bryant hasn't seen the lion's share of floor-time out of the Washington Wizards front court this season, in fact, the 6-11 former Indiana Hoosier currently ranks just eleventh on the roster in terms of minutes per contest with 17.8 (though he technically... Read More
Alex Len (PF/C, ATL) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: After five seasons with the Phoenix Suns, Alex Len has begun his career anew as a member of the rebuilding Atlanta Hawks, and has gotten off to an excellent start despite his reduction in floor-time. Although Len ranks just eighth on the 11-27... Read More
Luke Kornet (PF/C, NYK) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The New York Knicks have not been very good over the past few seasons, and while this means that they have been able to acquire players like Kristaps Porzingis and Kevin Knox through high draft picks, it also means that they have been... Read More
Ivica Zubac (C, LAL) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 34% of leagues ANALYSIS: Behind a burgeoning group of talented young players and a time-tested couple of veteran centers, there hasn't appeared to be much room on the Los Angeles Lakers for 21-year old Bosnian native Ivica Zubac to contribute on the floor. However, due to a... Read More
Robert Williams (PF/C, BOS) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: Unfortunately for Brad Stevens' Boston Celtics squad, Aron Baynes will be out for four to six weeks (retroactive to December 21st) due to having surgery on his hand. On the bright side, this has presented an opportunity to 6-10 rookie Robert Williams to... Read More
Greg Monroe (PF/C, TOR) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: At 28 years old and in the midst of his ninth season in the NBA, Greg Monroe has seen his role minimized to the lowest level of his career while coming off the bench for the Toronto Raptors. His 7.6 minutes per game... Read More
Kevon Looney (PF/C, GS) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: Through the first 124 games of his NBA career, Kevon Looney had occupied a very limited roll (understandably so) for the star-studded Golden State Warriors, and last year he was called on for just 13.8 minutes per game. With DeMarcus Cousins having been... Read More
Mason Plumlee (PF/C, DEN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: Now in his third season as a Denver Nugget, Mason Plumlee has seen his role in the front court reduced to the lowest level of his career. In a career-low 17.0 minutes, Plumlee is averaging a rather uninspiring 6.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.0... Read More
Mike Muscala (C, ATL) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 1% of Yahoo! Fantasy basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Mike Budenholzer has given the big man from Bucknell an increase in minutes during the last few games and Muscala has been doing everything he can to make a mark on his coach. Considering he has hit double digit scoring... Read More
Andrea Bargnani (PF/C, NYK) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 34% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The former number 1 overall pick out of Italy was been quite the laughing stock during his time in the NBA and it almost pained me to write this but the fact of the matter is clear: Andrea Bargnani is the most talented player... Read More
Tyler Zeller (PF/C, BOS) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 30% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: With Jared Sullinger out for the season and Kelly Olynyk hobbled, there are plenty of frontcourt minutes to go around for Zeller to snag. A solid scorer, Zeller doesn't provide numbers in rebounding or blocks that you'd expect in your big men but... Read More
Mitch McGary (C/PF, OKC) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in other leagues OWNED: 3% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: Anyone watching the Thunder game against the Clippers on Sunday saw two things. First, Mitch McGary showed why he was considered a lottery pick before a back injury/failed marijuana test changed that with 19 points and 10 boards (5... Read More
Jason Smith (PF/C, NYK) - Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues and as injury plug in OWNED: 8% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball league ANALYSIS: The tank job in New York is in full effect still and Jason Smith has been one of the biggest benefactors because of it. With a potential buyout on the horizon for Amar'e Stoudemire (one that the Knicks would... Read More
Spencer Hawes (C/PF, LAC) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 30% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The rocky relationship between Spencer Hawes and the Los Angeles Clippers is about to be thrown into the fire. Following the news that Blake Griffin would need surgery to clean up a staph infection, Doc Rivers and management came to the realization that Hawes... Read More
Cody Zeller (PF/C, CHA) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; consider in all leagues OWNED: 14% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Cody Zeller finished January with a career game against the Nuggets with as well rounded a fantasy game you can expect (21 points on 10/11 shooting, eight boards, three assists, three steals, two blocks). His reward? A string of 30+ minute games... Read More
Patrick Patterson (PF/C) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; consider as a plug-in/injury replacement in other leagues OWNED: 28% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: The injury to Jonas Valanciunas catapults Patterson up at least one spot in the Toronto rotation. He should see an increase in minutes even if he is not slated as the starter for the night. Over the... Read More
Donatas Motiejunas (SF/PF/C, HOU) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 38% owned in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: D-Mo makes another appearance on this list. When Terrance Jones made his season debut earlier this month, owners everywhere worried that the young Lithuanian would watch his minutes and production drop to untouchable levels. Instead, we watched as Dwight Howard went... Read More
Zaza Pachulia (C, MIL) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add if need of a center; monitor otherwise OWNED: 17% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Big men out in Milwaukee have been dropping like flies, with Larry Sanders probably out for the rest of the season with his issues and John Henson turning his ankle against the Spurs on Sunday. If John Henson's injury proves... Read More
Jusuf Nurkic (C, DEN) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 41% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues ANALYSIS: As most of us already know, the Denver Nuggets recently dealt starting center Timofey Mozgov and one man that has undoubtedly benefited from this deal is rookie center Jusuf Nurkic. The Bosnian giant has been given a great opportunity to prove himself now that Mozgov... Read More