Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 20

While the NBA playoffs are still more than a month away, the fantasy playoffs, believe it or not, are right around the corner. For some, they start as early as next week. It's a time that's both exciting and nerve-wracking, especially with a potential prize on the line. You could have the most potent roster […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 19

Technically, it's not the halfway point of the season. That came for most teams around January. But with the All-Star break behind us, the NBA enters the latter half of the regular season, where the quality of play should pick up considerably. Teams on the bubble will continue to make a push for the playoffs […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 17-18

All-Star Weekend is fast approaching, which has always provided worthwhile entertainment to NBA fans and a much-needed break for the players at what is -- wrongly -- considered the halfway mark of the season. For fantasy players, however, the All-Star break is a different story. It combines two shortened weeks of games into one, potentially […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 16

The product on the NBA court this week is not as important as the drama taking place off it. By the time you read this, it's possible that the Feb. 6 trade deadline has come and gone, and perhaps the landscape of the league is noticeably different. We got an advanced taste of this frenzied […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 15

Let's be honest. Few if anyone around the NBA is heavily invested in the game of basketball right now, not after the events of this past Sunday, when a helicopter carrying nine people, including Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, crashed, killing everyone on board. We know what Kobe accomplished on the basketball court: Five […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 14

Every team has passed the midway point of the 2019-20 season, resulting in several sure-fire pieces of knowledge that will likely shape its latter half, including the playoffs. For starters, the battle for Los Angeles is real, with both the Lakers and Clippers asserting their dominance out west in a way that's left the NBA […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 13

As we draw closer to All-Star Weekend, fan voting for the main event in Chicago continues to dominate the national headlines with, shall we say, less than deserving players making their mark on the ballot. The skewed fan vote doesn't have as large an impact as it did in previous years, but the bias towards […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 12

Despite the multitude of injuries to big-time players that have spread out across the NBA landscape, the league is on its way to seeing that frustrating trend head in the opposite direction. Victor Oladipo, the All-Star guard for the Indiana Pacers, is set to make his season debut on Jan. 29 against the Chicago Bulls […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 11

2020 is finally upon us. It's a new year, a new decade and the time we'll see a new team crowned as champions of the NBA. Which team that will be is anyone's guess -- finally -- but it's certainly been a refreshing change of pace to have a level of unpredictability the league hasn't […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 10

Christmas Day in the NBA has come and gone, providing its traditional blend of star power and entertaining basketball -- even in ways more unique than what we've grown accustomed to. With the passing of Dec. 25, the 2019-20 season is unofficially underway! Outliers no longer exist and the greater identity of each of the […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 9

Despite the NBA's best attempt to minimize the wear and tear players accrue over a long 82-game season, injuries have continued to flare up at every turn in 2019-20, affecting some of the game's best talents. We know of the injuries suffered to Stephen Curry and Zion Williamson, but Kyrie Irving hasn't played in over a […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 8

Fantasy football playoffs may have begun, but the NBA's fantasy season is in full gear with no signs of slowing down. The Bucks and Lakers are dominating the league as the only two teams to cross the 20-win threshold, starting a conversation about the possibility of a 70-win campaign. Elsewhere in recent days, we've seen […]

Garrett Temple (SG/SF, BKN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: Garrett Temple hasn't exactly been the model of consistency over the last few weeks. Sure, Yahoo Sports has him ranked as the 99th individual fantasy production, but the 10-year veteran also has four single-digit outings since Nov. 19. Across that same time, though, […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 7

While fans and analysts work hard to discover the reason behind the decreased ratings for the NBA, it's important to remember all that still makes the league so great. For the first time in league history, two international players took home the respective Player of the Month awards in Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic. The […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 6

There's so much to be thankful for in the NBA this Thanksgiving season. LeBron James and Anthony Davis have the Los Angeles Lakers back on their accustomed perch atop the NBA standings. Young studs like Luka Doncic, Brandon Ingram, and Pascal Siakam have continued their accelerated improvement to produce some incredible numbers. Giannis Antetokounmpo has somehow […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 5

Week 5 is an interesting turning point in the fantasy season. No, it's not time to start fretting about the playoff picture, but the NBA season has given us a big enough sample size -- roughly a month -- where skeptics begin to slowly pivot into believers and outlier starts to the season -- both […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 4

In a season that was supposed to be defined by its unpredictability, the main storyline early in the 2019-20 season has been injuries. From star point guards like Kyle Lowry and Stephen Curry to valued wings Gordon Hayward and Khris Middleton, fantasy squads everywhere have been forced to make rapid adjustments to lineups that have […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 3

The NBA season hasn’t been open for even a month, and already fantasy seasons are being decimated left and right. Injuries to seemingly everyone on the Golden State Warriors have taken its tole as have the suspensions of Deandre Ayton and more recently John Collins. All this sudden fluctuation makes it all the more important […]

Rodney Hood (SG/SF, HOU) - Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: With athleticism and a smooth lefty stroke, Rodney Hood has always been a tantalizing option for fantasy owners. Now fully ingratiated into the Portland Trail Blazers organization, the five-year veteran has gotten off to an impressive start.Featured Promo: New Novig users get a […]

Eric Paschall (SF/PF, GSW) - Week 3 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: Drastic changes to Golden State's roster have opened up opportunities for players like Eric Paschall that haven’t ordinarily been present during the team’s five-year run. Featured Promo: New Novig users get a $25 purchase match (50% discount up to $25) on your first Novig deposit, […]

Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 2

The 2019-20 NBA season is underway, and it has been nothing short of must-see tv on a nightly basis. Box scores have been filled to the brim and games have gone down to the wire. All the pent-up excitement built up over the offseason seems to have been well justified, and there's little reason not […]

Cedi Osman: 2019-20 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper

In just two short seasons, Cedi Osman has certainly experienced the highs and lows of NBA basketball. His rookie campaign was spent mostly on the bench as LeBron James dragged the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Finals. Year 2 saw Osman replace James in the starting lineup, affording him ample opportunity to show off his game. […]