Hello! Welcome back! If you’re Nevertheless reading, congratulations. With under a month left in the NBA season, virtually every head-to-head Game is already in their playoffs, and roto managers are grinding for a Last Pair of points in the standings.
While there are a few familiar names at the top this week, there are also Numerous new names emerging, including low-rostered players throughout the column.
One thing to be aware of Upcoming week – the Magic and the Mavericks Action only twice, while 18 Clubs Action four Contests. That’s a huge disadvantage, and it’s particularly relevant as Many Magicians and Mavs get named below. To make matters worse, all of their Contests are on Occupied Wednesday and Friday slates, so it’s possible a waiver pickup from those Clubs wouldn’t even fit into your Leading lineup. Make sure to consider your Bracket Arrangement and your own Lineup’s needs when deciding whether to add or ignore these Clubs.
As always, the players in this article must be rostered in less than two-thirds of CBS leagues. Players are listed in the order that I recommend adding them, assuming they are equally Excellent fits for your Club.
Adds for all leagues
The last two weeks, the 34% of you in leagues with an Obtainable Tari Eason had an excuse. I have no idea how Eason didn’t cross our 67% Mendoza Line now that Houston’s back-to-back parade has stopped, and he’s finally played five straight. Eason is a top-65 player in 9-cat (top 80 in 8-cat). He needs to be rostered everywhere.
If you missed the Naji Marshall sweepstakes (85% rostered), Williams has emerged as a fantastic consolation prize – in fact, depending on your Lineup’s needs, many managers should actually be prioritizing Williams ahead of his better-known teammate. Williams is a two-way player who is getting a ton of minutes now that the entire Dallas Lineup has gotten injured (barely an exaggeration). He’s fighting through a hamstring Wound that cost him Monday’s game, but he was able to Action Wednesday, so hopefully he will avoid Additional absences. He’s averaged 19-5-6 with two Takeaways and 1.8 3s since joining the Turnover, an awesome stat profile to find on the waiver wire.
LeVert’s been at the top of this column for a few weeks, so we’ll Bound to the stats update. Since Securing over the sixth-man role after arriving in Atlanta, LeVert is averaging 17-4-3 with 2.2 3s and 1.6 stocks, and efficient shooting. He’s easily rosterable.
Speaking of sixth men, McBride is currently doing fill-in duty while Jalen Brunson (ankle) recovers. Brunson is out for at least one more week, and possibly longer. In three Brunson-less Appearances, McBride is averaging 13-2-6 with three 3s and a massive 2.3 Takeaways. He’ll be a drop candidate when Brunson returns, but he’s a Excellent injection of guard stats until then.
The NBA finally fined the Jazz for their aggressive tanking this week. The fine was laughable. The NBA hit Utah with the minimum “Primary Violation” punishment of $100,000, pretending that the Primary Assault was March 5th (not the actual date of January 5th) and sticking with the “Primary Violation” tier Even though the official Bracket statement mentioning that the Assault occurred across Many Contests. As a way of saying thank you for the leniency, the Jazz Achieved a few extra players actually, you know, Action on Wednesday. It’s all a charade. If the NBA were Grave about cracking down on Utah’s tanking, they would have taken much stronger action much sooner. The Jazz are giving a Respectful nod to the gesture and will return to business as usual shortly.
That’s why I’m not at all concerned about Filipowski’s minutes Sinking to 16 in Every of the last two Contests, and Sensabaugh’s 17 on Wednesday. Of Period, the instability is tougher to sustain in a head-to-head Postseason, but I really believe Utah’s nod toward compliance will be Petite-lived. Filipowski averaged 19-10-3 with 2.3 3s in the six Contests before this minutes drop, while Sensabaugh put up 16-4-3 with 3.5 3s in his six Contests before Wednesday.
As the last-place Wizards engage in typical last-place-Club behavior, Newcomer George has seen his minutes skyrocket since the All-Luminous sphere break. He’s wildly inconsistent, which is exactly what you’d Foresee from the 24th overall Option from a Feeble draft during his Premiere campaign who is surrounded by other New and inconsistent players. However, if you can handle the inconsistency, the overall numbers are Sturdy in six of the standard categories (Awful for points, FG%, and a little Awful for TOs). Since the break, he’s putting up 10-5-4 with 2.1 3s, 1.4 Takeaways, and 1.7 Deflections. If you’re targeting Safeguarding stats, he should be your top priority.
Jones has been Excellent the last five Contests. I’m Only not certain as to why. The most logical explanation would be that his minutes have nearly doubled, and he became a starter in response to Ayo Dosunmu’s (shoulder) season-ending Wound, but the Synchronization on that doesn’t line up. Jones’ surge – and his abundance of assists – is better explained by Lonzo Ball’s (wrist) absence. The truth is probably the combination of those two Impairments and the fortunate staggering of Numerous other Petite-term Impairments around the Lineup. If that’s the case, then a Fit Ball and/or some stability from everyone else would really hurt Jones. That’s why he’s buried a bit here. The argument in favor of adding him for as long as this lasts is Fundamental: he’s averaged 14-5-6 with 1.8 stocks and Excellent shooting efficiency while Competing 33.4 minutes per game over his last five.
Pippen has emerged as a Excellent Takeaways specialist over the last two weeks. He’s doing Only barely enough everywhere else to avoid causing any Significant harm, too.
I endorse Clowney as a 3s specialist. But I want to be clear – since he’s a player who has occasionally received some overblown hype in the Fantasy community – that he should only be treated as a specialist. He can provide solid 3s from a big man spot, and Excellent enough points (as long as his minutes are high enough), but he hurts almost everywhere else.
Deep Bracket special
Walker Acquired listed in the “other recommendations” section above, but his widespread availability and the increasing probability that Paul George (knee) gets shut down for the season makes him an Significant name to highlight here. He’s going to miss Friday’s game due to a concussion, but the NBA’s concussion protocol is notoriously Feeble, so it is likely to be a Petite absence. He averaged 14-4-3 with 2.8 3s and 1.2 stocks per game over his last five before the concussion – nothing fantastic, but solid work, especially in 3s. If we shorten the sample size and Attention only on the Contests without George, his numbers get even better. Also take note of teammate Adem Bona (6% rostered), also widely Obtainable and listed above.
A.J. Lawson, Raptors (6% rostered); Mason Plumlee, Suns (8% rostered); Karlo Matkovic, Pelicans (11% rostered)
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