Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 9

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

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (PG/SG, WAS): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Our favorite shooting forward with guard-only eligibility, that's KCP for you. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, with Bradley Beal and Spencer Dinwiddie manning the Wizards backcourt, was either going to hit the pine nightly or downsize Washington's lineup mightily starting on the wing. And it... Read More

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS:  With Ja Morant banged up and on the shelf, all Memphis could do was trust oft-reserve Tyus Jones and throw him into the starting lineup if only until Ja is back. That's yet to happen, though, so Jones should keep manning the... Read More

Kevin Love (PF/C, CLE): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The minute we stopped thinking about Love as a washed-up vet with slim-to-no-chances of helping Cleveland in finding him a new home, the minute he started to deliver good performances. Of course, Love is already on the downside of his career. He's... Read More

Eric Gordon (SG/SF, HOU): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Rockets don't want to have anything to do with Starter John Wall. At the same time, the Rockets have been playing 32-year-old Eric Gordon as a starter for 11 games straight and counting starting almost a month to this day on... Read More

Monte Morris (PG/SG, DEN): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 53% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Nuggets, if you live under a rock, are currently treating as many as five players (two bonafide starters) that are nursing all varieties of injuries/problems ranging from a season-ending back surgery to a stint in the Protocols shelf due to COVID... Read More

Pat Connaughton (SG/SF, MIL): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of leagues ANALYSIS:  With free-agency addition Grayson Allen putting on nightly shows for the Bucks, and Khris Middleton healthy once for all, Pat Connaughton is now mostly back to the pine and the second unit. Not that he's suffering from that change in his role... Read More

Patty Mills (PG/SG, BKN): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 50% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Whatever it is that is wrong, it is very wrong. I'm talking about fantasy GMs and Patty Mills, yes. Somehow, Mills is rostered in just half of all Yahoo leagues, which let's be honest for a minute, makes no sense at all. That's because... Read More

Kevin Huerter (SG/SF, ATL): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Red Mamba keeps doing it, folks. Kevin Huerter has been forced into a do-or-die role with multiple Hawks banged up to start the year, and he's delivering spicy stuff with gusto so far this season. It's already been a full month... Read More

Garrison Mathews (SG/SF, HOU): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: Garrison Mathews career has been so wild that it's still hard to believe. Without getting too deep into the details, let's say G-Mat hold onto his last shot at an NBA stint this past October signing with his lone option--the lowly rebuilding... Read More

Chris Duarte (SG, IND): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 54% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Old rookie Chris Duarte got drafted by Indy and kicked his freshman season off with a bunch of bangs. In fact, Duarte was good for a season-high 27 pops in his debut all the way back on Oct. 20, a mark he's never... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 8

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

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 8

Welcome back to the waiver wire! Need to bolster your flailing team? We've got you covered. 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. We'll be looking at centers, forwards, and guards whose low rostership and upside... Read More

Malik Beasley (PG/SG, MIN): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: Malik Beasley hasn't stopped growing his playing time since the start of the season, and through 24 games he's gone from 26 MPG in the first eight, to 24 MPG in the next eight, and ultimately to a season-high 28 MPG in... Read More

Matisse Thybulle (SG/SF, PHI): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 49% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Sixers are healthy once for all. All of Embiid, Tobi, Danny Green, and the very own Matisse Thybulle are back playing after bouts with COVID and whatnot. Thybs sandwiched his two-week absence with two starts prior to it and three more... Read More

Patty Mills (PG/SG, BKN): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS:  I have built a list of 25 players to potentially write about as WW targets this week, as I do every Saturday. Only one player in that list is recommended as an addition for fantasy GMs doing it in whatever the league is. That's correct.... Read More

Kevin Huerter (SG/SF, ATL): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Can somebody please tell me how Kevin Huerter aka the Red Mamba aka White Sniper is rostered just in a little bit more than one of every Yahoo fantasy leagues!? I get it. Kev is logging low usage rates, plays in a... Read More

Herb Jones (SF, NOP): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 10% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Pelicans stink. There is no way to sugarcoat that reality. Zion Williams remains out and all the Pels have to make up for that absence is a middling Brandon Ingram and some explosions from Jonas Valanciunas here and there. Oh, and... Read More

Otto Porter Jr. (SF/PF, GSW): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues ANALYSIS:  At this point in the regular season and I don't think it makes much sense to keep doubting the Warriors. Golden State is as strong as ever, is coming off breaking the Suns' 18-game winning streak after defeating them on Friday, and... Read More

Malik Monk (PG/SG, LAL): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS:  As much as haters would love to see LeBron James and the Lakers miss on making the playoffs, I'm afraid they'll have to eat an L on that front when all is said and done. It's not that the Lake Show is... Read More

Immanuel Quickley (PG/SG, NYK): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Knicks have finally taken the step and labeled Kemba Walker as a Certified Cooked-man. Cold world. It's now Alec Burks starting at the point, with both Immanuel Quickley and Derrick Rose manning the second unit as Coach Thibs prefer the vet... Read More

Jarred Vanderbilt (PF/C, MIN): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 56% of leagues ANALYSIS:  There is no point in arguing that Jarred Vanderbilt is the bonafide starting PF of the 2022 Minnesota Timberwolves. With a healthy rotation available, he's kept hold of the starting nod and that has been the case for all last 12 games... Read More

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (PG/SG, WAS): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of leagues ANALYSIS:  We're getting closer to losing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope forever in the WW-target realm. Keep calm, though, as he's still available in almost half of Yahoo leagues and that means you can find your way to adding him to some of your roster in... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 7: Malik Monk, Anfernee Simons, Rudy Gay

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

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 7

Welcome back to the waiver wire! Need to bolster your flailing team? We've got you covered. 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. We'll be looking at centers, forwards, and guards whose low rostership and upside... Read More

Kevin Huerter (SG/SF, ATL): Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Redhead Mamba started the season slowly and came off the pine as part of Atlanta's second unit nightly. No bueno. The Hawks had a rough start to the year on top of that, and with Huerter limited to just 23 MPG... Read More

Matisse Thybulle (SG/SF, PHI): Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of leagues ANALYSIS: Saying Matisse Thybulle is a one-of-a-kind type of player isn't too far-fetched, folks. And I'm just not talking about cherry-picking stats here and there to elevate the Sixer, no sir. Thybs has definitely benefited from the absence of the likes of Joel... Read More

Malik Beasley (PG/SG, MIN): Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 32% of leagues ANALYSIS: Rollercoaster of a season for Malik Beasley, this one. He started the year with four consecutive stinkers, improved to a very tasty number to kick November off, then came back to hell for a week, and in the past five games he's played... Read More

Pat Connaughton (SG/SF, MIL): Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Bucks are still missing Donte DiVincenzo and although Khris Middleton is back on the court after missing a few games--of which Pat Connaughton took great care starting at both forward positions--Patty keeps playing ample time nightly while delivering sound performances for... Read More