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NBA Draft: Second-Round Rooks to Watch Early
2022 NBA Draft Losers for Fantasy Basketball - NBA Draft Recap
The first depth chart shakeup event of the offseason is in the books. Free agency and trade season will of course add to the roster turnover this summer, but this past Thursday’s draft was the table-setter for a lot of teams, particularly the bottom-dwellers of the league. While most “Loser”-based draft articles can simply just... Read More
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
Quentin Grimes: Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups-Week 15
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Knicks have captivated basketball fans over the past couple of years with a unique blend of seasoned-experience and untapped youth on the roster, and through necessity, 2021 first-rounder (25th overall) Quentin Grimes has impressively capitalized on his floor-time opportunity. The 2020-21... Read More
Cody Martin (SG/SF, CHA): Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 22% of leagues ANALYSIS: While his brother Caleb is busy having himself a career-year for the Miami Heat, Cody Martin is having himself a career-year for the Hornets in what must be the first time in a while that the two have played for separate teams.... Read More
Aaron Wiggins (SG/SF, OKC): Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Oklahoma City Thunder have been forced into plenty of less-than ideal situations in 2021-22, and while this has mostly resulted in devastating defeats, it has allowed opportunity for players like Aaron Wiggins to make their name on the NBA scene a... 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
Trevor Ariza (SG/SF, POR): Week 21 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 32% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Blazers welcomed Damian Lillard back this week, and that can only mean good news for the team. Portland is also bringing Jusuf Nurkic back soon to make a final run at a postseason berth. None of those news should affect Trevor Ariza that... Read More
Shaquille Harrison (PG/SG, CHI): Week 21 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: Is Shaquille Harrison the ultimate Cinderella story of the season? Could be the case, if you ask me. I know, it's only been four games starting for the Bulls lately and another four at the end of November, but there is that.... Read More
Cam Reddish (SG/SF, ATL): Week 21 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: What if Atlanta really hit the nail in the head with Cam Reddish? What if what Reddish showed during the first two months of the season were just rookie growing pains? Atlanta drafted Reddish just a few months ago and instantly dropped him... Read More
Frank Jackson(PG/SG NO) - Week 23 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add-In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: Frank Jackson has been fabulous for the Pelicans over the last 10 days. The Pelicans have known that the athletic 6-foot-3 rookie point guard was an explosive scorer as he demonstrated during his one year at Duke (2016-17) and a stint with the G-League's... Read More
Kevin Huerter (SG, ATL) - Week 23 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: It would be easy to say that Kevin Huerter has spent the 2018-2019 season in the shadow of Atlanta teammate and Rookie of the Year candidate Trae Young. However, by putting up 9.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.9 steals, and 1.8 three-pointers... Read More
Alex Caruso (PG/SG, LAL) - Week 22 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: The unthinkable is now the inevitable: LeBron James will be absent from the 2019 NBA playoffs, and the Lakers are going to be placing restrictions on his usage for the remainder of the season as a result. The Lakers are resting their injured... Read More
Delon Wright (PG/SG, MEM) - Week 22 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's been a few weeks since I last checked in on Delon Wright down on Beale Street, and since then he has continued to put well-rounded numbers on the stat-sheet for the Memphis Grizzlies. In the four games since the March 3rd match-up... Read More
Delon Wright (PG/SG, MEM) - Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: For my 500th article as a member of the RotoBaller writing team, Delon Wright will receive the prestigious honor of having me discuss why he is an asset of upside value for fantasy basketball managers proceeding past the 2019 All-Star break. The 26-year-old... Read More
Tyler Johnson (PG/SG, PHO) - Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tyler Johnson had seen his role with the Miami Heat diminish steadily since the 2016-2017 season in which he averaged 29.8 minutes a contest, and this season through 44 games with Miami (including ten starting lineup appearances) he has been putting up 10.8... Read More
Allonzo Trier (SG, NYK) - Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: The New York Knicks are very publicly looking towards the future, and that future could now involve former Arizona Wildcat Allonzo Trier. Though he has been in the starting lineup in just three out of his first 40 NBA games and played in... Read More
Kyle Korver (SG/SF, UTA) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: To say that Kyle Korver may have the wettest jump shot out of anyone since he's been in the NBA, may be an understatement. The veteran sharp-shooter has led the league in three-point field goal percentage an astounding four times, and he has... Read More
Austin Rivers (PG/SG, HOU) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Short term add in 12-team leagues, long term add in 14-team leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: In the middle of December, no one wanted Austin Rivers. The Wizards traded him to the Suns in that weird non-trade where everyone forget which Brooks they wanted, and then the Wizards actually traded him... Read More
Dante Exum (PG/SG, UTA) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: Dante Exum had to exit the Jazz's Saturday match-up against the Detroit Pistons due to an ankle sprain, though for the moment let's discuss the 23-year old Melbourne, Australia native's progress to this point in the NBA and where he stands for the... Read More
Malik Beasley (PG/SG, DEN) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: So far through 34 games of the 2018 NBA season, Malik Beasley is averaging 9.1 points and 2.5 rebounds in 20.4 minutes per contest. While those figures seem insignificant, they are a vast step in the right direction when compared to his averages... Read More
Garrett Temple (SG/SF, MEM) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: At the age of 32 and now 35 games into his tenth NBA season, Garrett Temple has seen the most prominent on-court role of his career with the Memphis Grizzlies. His 31.8 minutes per game rank third on the roster behind Grizz-greats Mike... Read More
Reggie Bullock (SG/SF, DET) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: At the age of 27, former North Carolina Tar Heel Reggie Bullock has earned his way into the core four minute-earners for the Detroit Pistons under head coach Dwane Casey. At 29.7 minutes per game, Bullock is third on the team in floor-time... Read More
Fantasy Deep Dive Week 9: Bradley Beal
Amidst the weirdness and struggles of what has been this Washington Wizards season, it's been easy to not notice that Beal has quietly been having a really good stretch as of late. Over the last seven games, Beal is averaging 27.9 points per game to go along with 5.3 assists and 4.6 rebounds. He's shooting... Read More
Matthew Dellavedova (PG/SG, CLE) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: After being traded back to the Cavaliers from Milwaukee along with John Henson in exchange for George Hill in a three-team deal including the Wizards, it has become apparent that the Cleveland fan-favorite Matthew Dellavedova is ready to start contributing immediately. Though he... Read More
Damyean Dotson (SG, NYK) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 34% of leagues ANALYSIS: The 8-19 New York Knicks may not have done a lot of winning over the past few years, but with that comes the fact that they have served as an opportunity for some unsung players to make a name for themselves on the... Read More
Dwyane Wade (PG/SG, MIA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: As the 9-13 Miami Heat fight to grab the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference, Dwyane Wade is dropping jaws across the league as he takes his victory-lap season. Wade has taken on his most prominent role for a team since he was... Read More
