Eric Bledsoe (PG/SG, LAC): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 59% of leagues ANALYSIS: Yes, I know we're stretching things a bit talking about a near-60% rostered player, but Eric Bledsoe is well worth the WW look just in case and much more the WW post this weekend. The Clippers' shelves are absolutely stacked these days... Read More

Alec Burks (PG/SG/SF, NYK): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS: Kemba Walker missed three weeks of play from the end of November to mid-December as he came back to Thibs' rotation on Dec. 18 to score 29 points. Not bad. He even doubled-down on that with another 21-8-5 performance three days later,... Read More

Payton Pritchard (PG, BOS): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: Just in case: Dennis Schroder has missed time of late hitting the protocols but should be back from that as soon as possible. That, along with Marcus Smart also being back after missing a week, will cut Pritchard's upside down a bit,... Read More

DeMarcus Cousins (PF/C, MIL): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Bucks have three players on the shelves exiting 2021 and that means they are legit one of the healthiest teams in the Association. Really. Khris Middleton and Semi Ojeleye are out per team reports, and Brook Lopez will most probably miss... Read More

Eric Gordon (SG/SF, HOU): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Rockets started the year thinking about stinking so they applied a Hard-Tank model not giving Gordon a single chance at starting games until Nov. 17, 12 games into the season already. Since that game, though, Eric G. has started all games... Read More

Gary Harris (SG/SF, ORL): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 33% of leagues ANALYSIS: I don't think there is a team currently being hit harder by injuries/protocols as the Magic are these days. Orlando is missing all of Ross, Bamba, RoLo, Cole Anthony, Fultz, Okeke, and rookie-sensation Jalen Suggs. It's borderline impossible to think something like... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 11

Welcome back to the waiver wire! Need to bolster your flailing team? We've got you covered. Maybe. With this current COVID situation going on, we might have you covered. IDK. Half the guy on this list might end up not playing. We'll see. These recommendations are mainly for 9-cat leagues, but if you play in another... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 11

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

Dorian Finney-Smith (SF/PF, DAL): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of leagues ANALYSIS: Has Luka & Co. been hit hard with the health-and-safety protocols bug? Sure. Is that the only thing raising Dorian Finney-Smith's upside? No, sir. DFS has been playing 33 (!!!) MPG on the year through 31 games played, has started every freaking game he's... Read More

Max Strus (SG/SF, MIA): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: Considering what Max Strus has been able to do in the last week of play (four matches from Dec. 17 until Dec. 23), the 38-percent rostership is borderline nonsensical. Strus, who the Heat have absolutely trusted recently to insane levels of confidence,... Read More

DeMarcus Cousins (PF/C, MIL): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: Early Christmas present for DeMarcus Cousins, who was good to sign with Milwaukee exactly on Dec. 1 and has already logged 11 games played for the Champs, including four starts straight with the first one taking place just a week ago on... Read More

Malik Beasley (PG/SG, MIN): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Wolves have been hit very hard by the health-and-safety-protocols department of late. That's one of the reasons for Malik Beasley's uptick in counting stats and four consecutive starts through Christmas. Had it not been for the absences of Patrick Beverley/Josh Okogie/Anthony Edwards,... Read More

Alperen Sengun (C, HOU): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of leagues ANALYSIS: The deeper we get into the season, the more appealing all of the youngsters playing for bad teams will become. Enter Alperen Segun, he of the West-trailing, 10-23 Houston Rockets. I mean, the Texas-based team is going nowhere any time soon, so what's... Read More

Facundo Campazzo (PG, DEN): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: With the three of Jamal Murray, P.J. Dozier, and now Markus Howard also injured and missing at least six weeks of playing time, it's all about Facundo Campazzo manning the point for the Denver Nuggets off the pine. No matter the fact... Read More

Otto Porter Jr. (SF/PF, GSW): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 25% of leagues ANALYSIS: Otto "Wilt Chamberlain" Porter Jr. joined the Warriors this past summer through free agency. Golden State inked him to a one-year deal and, by the look of it, OPJ has turned into a freaking steal for an already-loaded squad. Flex on them,... Read More

Duncan Robinson (SG/SF, MIA): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 54% of leagues ANALYSIS: Perennial starter? Check. Large playing-time asset? Double-check. Ruthless shooter contributing in other cats and not missing a single triple? Triple-check. That's Duncan Robinson for you, folks, a staple in Miami's first units and someone to take very seriously in fantasy leagues if... Read More

Larry Nance Jr. (PF/C, POR): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: Finally, reasonably, Chauncey Billups came to his senses and threw Larry Nance Jr. into the starting unit from Dec. 12 on. It's been two weeks since then (six matches), and Nance has logged at least 26 minutes in each of those six... Read More

Eric Gordon (SG/SF, HOU): Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: Perhaps Houston didn't have Eric Gordon featuring heavily in their 2021-22 season plans, but a combination of injuries and players going through the health and safety protocols of late opened the door of the starting unit to the veteran guard. Not that... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 10

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

P.J. Tucker (PF/C, MIA): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues ANALYSIS: You know something's popping when P.J. Tucker's rostership goes from 13% (last Sunday) to a rather high 35% as I'm writing this. What is happening is that Miami is missing Markieff Morris, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo (and Victor Oladipo, if you wish)... Read More

Garrison Matthews (SG/SF, HOU): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: I'm writing this post mere hours after Houston made it official: Danuel House is no longer a Rocket after the official NASA Franchise cut him for good to make room for Matthews on a proper, no-two-way deal to become a full-time Rock... Read More

Kevon Looney (PF/C, GSW): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: Looney wasn't available at the start of the season--he played his first game on Nov. 10--and then he went on to miss a couple of weeks at the end of November and the start of December. He's now back and in full... Read More

Facundo Campazzo (PG, DEN): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: Facu played just one game before Nov. 14, the day he finally came back to stay on the ration ROS. Since that day (included), Facu has played 15 more matches logging an average of 26 MPG always coming off the pine for... Read More

Isaiah Hartenstein (PF/C, LAC): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS:  When it comes to reliable, low-maintenance players doing it on a daily basis, the truth is that you won't find many more valuable plays than adding Isaiah Hartenstein to your roster this season. I'm not going to fool you into believing Hartenstein... Read More

Luke Kennard (SG/SF, LAC): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: Right when we were starting to have serious doubts about Luke Kennard's future in this League, he went on and put on some consecutive bangers. Sure thing, he was helped by Paul George's injured elbow and subsequent missed time, of course, but... Read More

Danilo Gallinari (SF/PF, ATL): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Italo Disco was always my father's music genre of choice. Makes sense Danilo Gallinari is my under-the-radar player of choice, then. Gallinari, who started the year on a putrid run of performances, has finally improved his game and although he's still no... Read More

Kevin Love (PF/C, CLE): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 58% of leagues ANALYSIS: Sure thing, that rostership is clearly above my self-imposed 50% threshold. But adding Kevin Love while you still can is looking like a very solid move to do these days. That's because Love is putting up numbers for the Cavs and whether Clevelands holds... Read More

Chris Duarte (SG, IND): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS:  I know Chris Duarte has not been as good as advertised of late. I know, for sure. But Duarte keeps playing more than 22 minutes per game for an Indiana Pacers franchise that--as much as they want you to fall into believing... Read More

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS:  It's been 11 straight starts for Tyus Jones at the Grizzlies point guard slot. Perks of playing for a team with an injured starter (Ja Morant) at the position that is now also hitting the COVID protocols (entered last Wednesday). Jones has... Read More