Lugentz Dort (SG, OKC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: The official linebacker of the NBA happens to play in Oklahoma City--and he's far from bad at doing this thing they call Thunder Basketball. Dort has started all 16 games he's played, is averaging 31 MPG on the court, and barring a... Read More

Chris Boucher (PF, TOR) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's going to be impossible for Chris Boucher to sustain his most recent week-and-change of games. If he can produce at just a remotely close level then we might be witnessing greatness from a player still available in more than half of... Read More

Isaiah Hartenstein (C, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Knicks are your favorite mediocre team, which probably isn't that bad considering the franchise's recent past during the last decade. Everything is pretty much average, but that doesn't mean we can't still find some gems buried in MSG. For example, the freshest-inked... Read More

Cameron Payne (PG, PHO) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The injury suffered by Chris Paul on Nov. 7 definitely has to do with Cameron Payne's appeal and recent surge, but it's not that he wasn't useful before Paul went down in the game against Philly. Paul, mind you, was getting 30+... Read More

Aleksej Pokusevski (PF/C, OKC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: When it comes to lowly-rostered players, Aleksej Pokusevski is one of the most efficient and better performers of the bunch. Just looking at guys rostered in fewer than 10% of all ESPN leagues, Poku is one of only four men with 229+... Read More

Kenyon Martin Jr. (SF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: After getting so close to leaving the Houston Rockets franchise this past summer, Kenyon Martin Jr. and the Rockets decided to keep it going for a while and the truth is that the decision seems to be truly paying off for both... Read More

Jalen McDaniels (PF, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The NBA keeps going, the Charlotte Hornets keep playing games, and Jalen McDaniels seems to be going nowhere. The absence of Gordon Hayward might be helping his playing time a bit, yes, but even then the forward is doing enough to merit... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 5

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

Kenyon Martin Jr. (SF/PF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: On a team like the Houston Rockets, there are going to be plenty of experimental minutes to go around. Outside of Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr., the rest of the minutes are all up for experimental and growth purposes. With that... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 Include Malik Beasley, Cameron Payne, Aleksej Pokusevski, Jevon Carter

Welcome back to RotoBaller's weekly fantasy basketball waiver wire column and schedule breakdown. How's the start of this season treating your fantasy rosters? Do you already need some help? 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.... Read More

Bones Hyland (PG, DEN) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Nuggets have Jamal Murray back, and that's great no matter how you look at it or how much of a fantasy-head you are. It is what it is, and it benefits the league. Of course, having your starting PG back, available,... Read More

Bol Bol (PF/C, ORL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: I remember when Denver drafted Bol Bol with a late second-round pick. Actually, Miami did but instantly traded him to the Rockies so it's the Nuggets who actually bet on Bol. It looked like an absolute steal considering the giant had been... Read More

Dennis Smith Jr. (PG, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Dennis Smith Jr. Lightspeed Train might have left the fantasy station now that LaMelo Ball and Terry Rozier are both back, fit, available, and playing nightly. That said, even with Smith missing last Saturday's game and expected to hit the second... Read More

Bennedict Mathurin (SF, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 57% of leagues ANALYSIS: It is normal to find rookies a little bit over-rostered early in the season because of what we know as the Novelty Bias: a 19-year-old fresh off averaging a double-double in college!? Give me two! Who wants a 34-year-old veteran when you... Read More

Kevin Huerter (SG, SAC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 57% of leagues ANALYSIS: Singing Malik Monk at a reasonable price has definitely turned into a great deal for Sacramento. Acquiring Kevin Huerter in a trade with Atlanta in exchange for only a lottery-protected first-round pick, though, can now be considered an outright steal pulled off... Read More

Steven Adams (C, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: There are 14 pure centers (only C-eligible) currently rostered in more leagues than Steven Adams is. Some of those players: Mitchell Robinson, Alperen Sengun, and Jufuf Nurkic just to name a few. Adams, though, has produced fantasy points at a top-20 pace... Read More

Isaiah Stewart (C, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS: Another week, another post about Beef Stew. I'm starting to lose all hope and die suffering a terrible depression knowing 70% of all ESPN leagues out there still have Isaiah Stewart sitting on their shelves... Stewart, as I'm writing this, is coming off... Read More

Kevin Love (PF, CLE) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 22% of leagues ANALYSIS: Things have calmed down a bit in The Land with Kevin Love coming back down to Earth a bit, but even then the über-veteran is still quite an appealing fantasy option available for free in nearly four of every five ESPN leagues... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4 Include Bones Hyland, Cam Thomas, Larry Nance Jr., Max Strus

Welcome back to RotoBaller's weekly fantasy basketball waiver wire column and schedule breakdown. How's the start of this season treating your fantasy rosters? Do you already need some help? We have a bit of an odd week ahead, with no games on Tuesday, as it's Election Day. These recommendations are mainly for 9-cat leagues, but... Read More

Jevon Carter (SG, MIL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: Khris Middleton keeps missing games and Jevon Carter keeps eating them. Nothing surprising here knowing that the Bucks thrive on offense thanks to boasting the likes of Jrue Holiday and Giannis Antetokounmpo, so adding a defensive dog like Carter would never hurt... Read More

Patrick Williams (PF, CHI) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Bulls have started Patrick Williams at the PF position in all of their games this season. He had to go through the "rehab" process during the start of the year (read: October) but he's now finally logging 30+ MPG on a... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 4

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

Bones Hyland (PG, DEN) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Nuggets had to do without backup-point guard Bones Hyland for a couple of games at the start of November but the sophomore returned to the team last Saturday in the game against the Spurt without having missed a single beat. After... Read More

Kevin Love (PF, CLE) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: Kevin Love might not be Kevin Love anymore, but he still is way more than an impactless-glue-guy a la Udonis Haslem in Miami. Love is the only remnant of Cleveland from the LBJ days of yore, pretty much like Chris Bosh was in... Read More

Luguentz Dort (SG, OKC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Rostering Lu Dort in your fantasy team is the closest thing to rostering a linebacker--even if we're talking about basketball here. Dort is a goddam unit but that doesn't mean he can dance on the hardwood. He's definitely not one to target... Read More

Bol Bol (PF, ORL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: It was all jokes about Bol Bol until it was not anymore. Or shouldn't be, as we're witnessing this man grow (well, maybe not literally because that'd make no sense...) into more than a huge hooping Slenderman. And the best thing of... Read More

Isaiah Hartenstein (C, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: The New York Knicks, as is customary in Manhattan, live in perennial mediocrity. They started the season with a 3-1 record, then put up a 1-3 run, and they are coming off a sound loss to Boston last Saturday in which the... Read More

Jalen Suggs (PG, ORL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 62% of leagues ANALYSIS: Moment of silence for the haters. (...) Alright, that's it. The Orlando Magic might have taken a couple of huge swings when it comes to drafting prospects in the past two editions of the Draft. In reverse order, it was kinda surprising to... Read More

Kelly Olynyk (C, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: What if we were all wrong and the Utah Jazz made the Mitchell trade on purpose to bolster the roster on all fronts and make a play-in/postseason run? Uh!? I don't know about that, but I know one little thing: Kelly Olynyk... Read More