Malik Beasley (SG, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: The lovely Jordan Clarkson's legacy as Salt Lake City's very own Microwave Player is still alive and well, folks. Not until the Utah Jazz decide it is time for (finally and once and for all) tanking their way toward landing Wemby, Malik... Read More

Tim Hardaway Jr. (SG, DAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tim Hardaway Jr. started the season on the bench for the Dallas Mavericks but he's finally been thrust into a starting gig by coach Jason Kidd. It's been seven games in a row starting for Hardaway through Friday and the numbers have... Read More

Kelly Olynyk (C, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 50% of leagues ANALYSIS: There are only two types of fantasy GMs and they are perfectly evenly split in ESPN leagues: those who like Kelly Olynyk (50 percent of them) and those who don't (the other half). Can't be more perfect than that, folks. Olynyk well... Read More

Bennedict Mathurin (SF, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of leagues ANALYSIS: I guess I will just assume Bennedict Mathurin's rostership will never break the 60-percent barrier in his rookie season. If it hasn't at this point, it just never will ROS even if that doesn't make sense at all. Mathurin keeps playing off-the-pine minutes... Read More

Jabari Smith Jr. (PF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: It might take them more, or it might take them less, but at some point virtually, every top-three draft pick is going to explode and see the light of day. Jabari Smith Jr. was starting to get canceled by some smarties (as... Read More

Mason Plumlee (C, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: The last survivor of the Plumlee Family keeps doing his thing and with the Hornets not really knowing whether they should attempt a play-in run or just straight tank, nothing should change for Mason Plumlee at least for the next few weeks... Read More

Mitchell Robinson (C, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 58% of leagues ANALYSIS: The most recent news coming from Broadway (other than Trae Young sucking in MSG, just in case) are the ones concerning young Knicks forward Obi Toppin, who will miss the next two-to-three weeks before making a comeback. While that injury won't impact... Read More

Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: The rostership is starting to rise as fantasy GMs have finally realized Killian Hayes is worth the dough. About time, folks. Cade Cunningham isn't even close to returning (even if he decides to do so at all, which would make little to... Read More

Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: Shouts out to the haters! Killian Hayes might not be Kylian Mbappe but one thing is real and it is that the breakout is finally happening for the French youngster. That has been aided by the absence of Cade Cunningham, but the... Read More

Jalen McDaniels (PF, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's been four starts in a row for Jalen McDaniels through Saturday's second leg of Charlotte's back-to-back against Washington and Milwaukee. The young forward and Kelly Oubre have been used as a downsized solution to make up for the absence of oft-injured... Read More

Malik Monk (SG, SAC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Kevin Huerter is stealing most headlines but Malik Monk has kept working on his game, producing results, and giving the Kings all they asked for when they signed Monk this summer before trading for the Red Velvet. In fact, the main difference... Read More

Joe Harris (SG, BKN) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: It was all good vibes in the Nets' Friday game against the Raptors with Brooklyn getting to a ridiculously large lead at some point... but most of all because of the return to the basketball court of long-time absentee T.J. Warren (out... Read More

Kenyon Martin Jr. (SF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: While not quite there, Kenyon Martin Jr. can't be closer to his pops career averages with the numbers he's putting up this season. KJ Martin is averaging a 11-5-1 line to his pops' 12-7-2. Again, still not there but slowly but surely... Read More

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 8: Malik Monk, Killian Hayes, Joe Harris

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 for Week 8 Include Tim Hardaway Jr., Joe Harris, Kevin Love, Jaylen Nowell

Welcome back to RotoBaller's weekly fantasy basketball waiver wire column and schedule breakdown. How's this season going for you? Need some help with your team? Let's get you some! It's hard to believe we're already as far into the NBA season as we are. These two months have flown by, and this season almost still... Read More

Royce O'Neale (SF, BKN) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: Gotta be happy about T.J. Warren making it back to a basketball court after virtually two years out of the pro circuit recovering from injuries. I mean, the last time this man graced a basketball court we were watching Bubble Hoops. This... Read More

Bennedict Mathurin (SF, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 58% of leagues ANALYSIS: I have a very serious idea I'd like to pitch to NBA commish Adam Silver. Considering most years there is a clear-cut Rookie of the Year winner, what about creating a Runner-up Silver Rookie award (no pun intended)? I haven't checked past seasons,... Read More

Derrick White (PG, BOS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 49% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Celtics, as stupid as this sounds, are currently playing the best offensive basketball in the history of the Association. Seriously. It's only been 23 games through Saturday for the Celtics in the 2022-23 campaign but they're putting up a 121.3 ORtg,... Read More

Steven Adams (C, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: See, this is very simple: 21 games played, 21 games started, 27 MPG on average. That is a reason good enough to have Adams rostered in any and every ESPN league out there, but for some reason, fantasy GMs have yet to... Read More

Caris LeVert (SG, CLE) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: Two players are averaging at least 11.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, and 4.5 APG while turning the ball over fewer than two times per game. Those are, of course, Jimmy Butler and Caris LeVert. The Cavaliers are using LeVert in all possible ways... Read More

De'Anthony Melton (SG, PHI) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Sixers keep riding the Milton & Melton wave while waiting for James Harden and Tyrese Maxey to return from injury. That should still be a few days away from happening, so it makes sense to keep adding and starting the former... Read More

Jabari Smith Jr. (PF, HOU) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: Not even one month into the season there were already passionate folks out there trying to set Houston on fire and bury the career of Jabari Smith Jr... Again, not even a month into the season, and all of that related to... Read More

Al Horford (C, BOS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of leagues ANALYSIS: Shout out Big Al for his contract extension! Al Horford entered the league as a third-overall draftee all the way back in the 2007 draft. 15 seasons and still running for the man hailing from the Dominican Republic. Not bad, if you... Read More

Cam Payne (PG, PHO) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 22% of leagues ANALYSIS: With Chris Paul still nurturing a knee injury, Cam Payne keeps eating minutes as the Phoenix Suns starting point guard. And judging by the Suns league-leading 15-7 record it's not that they are probably mad at Payne's production. CP3 missed Friday's game... Read More

Isaiah Stewart (C, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Pistons are decidedly going nowhere this season unless you consider drafting Wemby as some sort of destination. That's because they have already lost Cade for a good chunk of games (and most probably for the season), are struggling on both offense... Read More

TJ McConnell (PG, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: After going undrafted in 2015, 6'1, 190-lb. point guard TJ McConnell has carved out a phenomenal backup role for eight years in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and, since 2019, the Indiana Pacers. He has never averaged more than 26.3 MP... Read More

Deni Avdija (SF/PF, WAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: Deni Avdija has had a frustrating, yet promising first couple of seasons in the NBA, struggling to break through to the level expected of him when the Washington Wizards took him with the ninth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. In... Read More

AJ Griffin (SF, ATL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: AJ Griffin was an All-ACC Freshman Team selection in his lone season as a Duke Blue Devil last year, and averaged 10.4 points shooting 44.7% from three and 79.2% from the FT line. The 6'6, 225-lb. prospect of New York state was... Read More

Shake Milton (PG, PHI) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tyrese Maxey and James Harden are expected to remain off the hardwood until at least Dec. 11 and Dec. 5 respectively nurturing foot injuries. The Sixers' guard rotation outside of those two comes down to Shake Milton, De'Anthony Melton, and a bunch... Read More