Max Strus (SF, MIA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: With the Miami Heat struggling all season long in terms of finding results and, perhaps more worryingly, finding a proper rotation given the multiple injuries issues of their players, the types like Max Strus keep putting on bulky reps and logging starts […]

Josh Richardson (SG, SAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: Josh Richardson's season has been split into two similarly long parts to date. He appeared in 17 games before November 21 and then missed time until re-appearing on December 8. He started two games in the first half, and one in the […]

Jalen Williams (SG, OKC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 23% of leagues ANALYSIS: A few weeks before the start of the season, before Chet Holmgren got injured and ruled out for his rookie year, Jalen Williams didn't feature on anybody's radar. That changed the minute Chet went down, and it became an absolute reality just […]

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tyus Jones decided to re-ink his deal with the Grizzlies last offseason when he could have tested the FA waters and moved elsewhere while knowing about the presence of a certain Ja Morant in Memphis. Can't blame him, though, considering he fits […]

Alec Burks (SG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: Alec Burks does what Alec Burks does, no matter what. Of course, that wasn't entirely the case last year because 1) he played for the Knicks and you never know what's around the corner in New York, and 2) his coach was […]

Immanuel Quickley (PG, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: A week ago, I told you to be cautious about rostering and starting Immanuel Quickley. I told you not to get overly excited about his recent run of supremely great outcomes. It made sense, mostly because he clearly took advantage of RJ […]

Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 33% of leagues ANALYSIS: Now that we're past the halfway mark, we can safely say it: the renaissance of Killian Hayes has been consummated. Yes, not having Cade Cunningham as a rival for the starting point guard role helps. Not playing for a high-stakes team helps. […]

NextGen Stats 2022 Season Review: Quarterbacks

Time's up! The 2022 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

Max Strus (SF, MIA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Miami Heat found themselves lacking warm bodies in November and that helped Max Strus rack up as many as 12 consecutive starts back then, only missing on doing so on Nov. 1 (though he still had himself a day playing off […]

Zach Collins (C, SAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: Zach Collins started his first game in nearly a month (Dec. 12) for the Spurs and did so in fantastic fashion: 18 points and 12 rebounds in a 35-minute dub-dub to go with five dimes on the spot. Collins had not grabbed […]

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 13: Kevon Looney, Daniel Gafford, Alec Burks

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 […]

Mason Plumlee (C, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 45% of leagues ANALYSIS: We had a scare to close the 2022 calendar year in fear of losing Mason Plumlee, but it was all just a mirage. I'm talking, of course, about the lack of double-double outings put up by Plumlee between Dec. 16 and Dec. 26 […]

Herb Jones (SF, NOP) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: Herb Jones was forced out of a few games at the end of December going through health and safety protocols but he returned in time for the New Year's Eve matchup against the Grizzlies, having a nice 4-11-3-3 performance facing Memphis to […]

Daniel Gafford (C, WAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: While Daniel Gafford scared every living (Wizards) soul last Tuesday by leaving the game against the Bucks early with an apparent shoulder injury, he returned without any visible issue on Friday against OKC and had the game you would have expected from […]

Bones Hyland (PG, DEN) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: Are Bones Hyland's stupidly ridiculous numbers from Dec. 28 sustainable or not? I'd err on the safe side and say they've been absolutely bonkers, ludicrous, and totally bound to drop massively sooner rather than later, but only time will tell. Just take […]

Onyeka Okongwu (C, ATL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: If only for next week, Onyeka Okongwu should be prioritized in nearly all leagues. I'm knocking him down to just 12-teamers for the simple fact that Atlanta's starting C Clint Capela is expected back midweek, cutting down OO's upside a bit. Okongwu […]

Kevon Looney (C, GSW) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: I have been fading Kevon Looney for a while now. Not anymore, though. Looney might be one of those super-particular, special types of players in the NBA and the fantasy realm, but he's doing more than enough to consider adding and playing […]

Caris LeVert (SG, CLE) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: If you limit your fantasy analysis to the last couple of weeks, then you'll find Caris LeVert at the top of multiple leaderboards. That makes sense, of course, as Darius Garland has missed all games played between Dec. 29 and Jan. 5, […]

Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: The jury is still out on which type of career Killian Hayes will end up having. Will he fulfill the huge expectations and earn All-Star accolades? Will he completely bust out of the league in two or three years? Will he have […]

Immanuel Quickley (PG, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: The viability of rostering, let alone playing Immanuel Quickley in any fantasy league is entirely linked to RJ Barrett's availability and return to the basketball court after suffering a lacerated finger a few days ago. He should be back as soon as […]

Thomas Bryant (C, LAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Lakers won't have Anthony Davis back and playing for at least two more weeks, judging by the latest updates on his recovery. They might not really need him, or at least not in the role he freed upon getting injured. The main […]

Alec Burks (SG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 13

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: Alec Burks isn't getting even remotely close to starting games for Detroit, which is completely reasonable. Burks is a veteran with murderous off-the-pine scoring tendencies, so his role with the Pistons was always expected to be the one he has precisely taken […]

NextGen Stats - Week 17: RB Breakdowns and Takeaways

Most fantasy GMs are already celebrating or lamenting their success or failure at fantasy football for the 2022 season. With the average, now-usual 17-week leagues already over, there are folks out there (most probably you're one if you're reading this) still fighting for the chip in the mighty, unpredictable, crazy Week 18 slate of games […]

Rashid Shaheed (WR, NO) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Jarvis Landry was on the Injured Reserve. Marquez Callaway was a healthy scratch on Sunday. Rashid Shaheed led the team in snaps and only Chris Olave ran more routes (one more, though) than Shaheed against the Eagles in the Saints' second-to-last game […]

Robert Woods (WR, TEN) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Titans welcomed Treylon Burks back in Week 16 and he put on a stinker scoring 1.5 PPR points. He regained some of his mojo this past Sunday hitting 12.6 PPR points (4-of-8 for 66 yards) but it was veteran Robert Woods […]

Isaiah Hodgins (WR, NYG) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of Leagues ANALYSIS: If I just copy-pasted whatever thing I have to say about Richie James in this space, it might probably make 90% of sense when instead referring to Isaiah Hodgins. That's because both wideouts have been absolutely sublime through the second half of […]

Richie James (WR, NYG) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of Leagues ANALYSIS: What a turn of events for Richie James, isn't it? James scored 33.7 PPR points through the first eight games of the season for an average of 4.2 FPPG. In fact, he only scored more than 4 PPR points in the first […]

Jaylen Warren (RB, PIT) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of Leagues ANALYSIS: It had been five games in a row for Pittsburgh Steelers' RB1 Najee Harris failing to score RB1-level fantasy points. He broke for that last Sunday, though, hitting 20+ PPR points for the first time since W11 when he finished as the […]

Tyler Conklin (TE, NYJ) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The New York Jets suffered a loss at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks and got eliminated from postseason contention even with QB Mike White back leading the team on Sunday. That overshadowed everything else, obviously, but Tyler Conklin shined in his […]

Taysom Hill (TE, NO) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 53% of Leagues ANALYSIS: You never know what is around the Taysom Hill corner and it's impossible to make any sort of solid prediction when it comes to his future outcomes. That said, Hill has been steady as hell for the past four weeks so it […]