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The holidays are upon us, and with plenty to do on and around Christmas, make sure you set your lineups for each day and think ahead if you plan to stream your way to victory in the last week of 2018.
There's nothing sweeter during the holiday period than warm family, cold drinks, hot food, and smoked fantasy NBA opponent.
I'm here to help you stream your team into the New Year with a W, and to do just that, here are our Fantasy Basketball Streamers for Week 11.
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NBA Schedule Guide - Week 11
With NBA players earning their well-deserved rest on Christmas, this leaves us with no games to be played on Monday. So we have a six-day week on our hands and it will be the biggest challenge to field a full team - you guessed it - on Tuesday and Thursday with just five games apiece, this time followed closely by Sunday which will have six matches played.
Furthermore, due to no-game Monday, only two teams play four games, and both play on all three of these days, so we will have some heavy favorites to stream this week. But more on that later.
Here's the low-down:
Teams with 4 games:
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers
Teams with 3 games:
Atlanta Hawks
Boston Celtics
Brooklyn Nets
Charlotte Hornets
Chicago Bulls
Cleveland Cavaliers
Dallas Mavericks
Denver Nuggets
Detroit Pistons
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Clippers
Miami Heat
Milwaukee Bucks
Minnesota Timberwolves
New Orleans Pelicans
New York Knicks
Oklahoma City Thunder
Orlando Magic
Philadelphia 76ers
Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings
San Antonio Spurs
Toronto Raptors
Utah Jazz
Washington Wizards
Teams with 2 games:
Indiana Pacers
Memphis Grizzlies
Number of teams playing each day:
Monday: 0
Tuesday: 10
Wednesday: 20
Thursday: 10
Friday: 20
Saturday: 18
Sunday: 12
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged up players who might rest):
Monday/Tuesday: -
Tuesday/Wednesday: -
Wednesday/Thursday: SAC
Thursday/Friday: LAL
Friday/Saturday: ATL, BKN, CHA, CLE, DEN, LAC, NOP, PHO, SAS, WAS
Saturday/Sunday: POR
Sunday/Monday the following: DAL, MIN, OKC, ORL
Days with seven or fewer games
Tuesday: 5 games
Thursday: 5 games
Sunday: 6 games
Teams playing on all three days:
Los Angeles Lakers
Philadelphia 76ers
Portland Trail Blazers
Teams playing on Tue/Thurs:
Boston Celtics
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Los Angeles Lakers
Milwaukee Bucks
New York Knicks
Philadelphia 76ers
Portland Trail Blazers
Utah Jazz
Teams playing on Tue/Sun:
Los Angeles Lakers
Oklahoma City Thunder
Philadelphia 76ers
Portland Trail Blazers
Team playing on Thurs/Sat:
Los Angeles Lakers
Philadelphia 76ers
Portland Trail Blazers
Sacramento Kings
Teams playing three games over the weekend (from Thursday to Sunday)
Los Angeles Lakers
Portland Trail Blazers
Baller Streaming Strategy for Week 11
With Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday having nine or ten games played, fantasy owners shouldn't have problems fielding a respectable team on those days. The trouble will most likely come on the other three days, so we will shift our focus on teams playing on those days.
With three teams playing on all of those days, and two of these three being the Lakers and the Blazers, the only teams with four games this week, it becomes obvious who will be the best streaming targets for Week 11. The third team that plays on all three days are the 76ers and we will take a look at their players as well.
After these three teams, we will give honorable mentions to players from the Thunder, the Celtics, the Warriors, the Rockets, the Bucks, the Knicks, and the Jazz, who all play on two of the three scarce days we've mentioned.
Streaming Options for the Week
Shallower League Streaming Adds for the Week:
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, SG/SF, LAL, (41% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS, STL, FT%
Josh Hart, SG/SF, LAL, (42% Owned) -Strong Cats: 3PM, STL/BLK
Rajon Rondo, PG, LAL, (40% Owned) - Strong Cats: AST, STL, REB - buyer beware: has just recovered from injury - may be eased into the rotation
Al-Farouq Aminu, SF/PF, POR, (34% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, REB, STL/BLK - buyer beware: can go on a shooting slump
Marcus Morris, SF/PF, BOS, (69% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, 3PM, PTS, a bit of everything
Marcus Smart, PG/SG, BOS, (39% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, STL, AST
Terry Rozier, PG/SG, BOS, (46% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, STL, REB, AST
Jaylen Brown, PG/SG, BOS, (52% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS, REB, a bit of everything
Eric Gordon, SG, HOU, (71% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS, FT%
P.J. Tucker, SG/SF, HOU, (38% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, REB, STL
Malcolm Brogdon, PG/SG, MIL, (78% Owned) - Strong Cats: FT%, FG%, REB, AST, 3PM, PTS
Noah Vonleh, PF, NYK, (44% Owned) - Strong Cats: STL/BLK, REB, AST
Kevin Knox, PF, NYK, (58% Owned) - Strong Cats: PTS, 3PM, REB
Emmanuel Mudiay, PG, NYK, (55% Owned) - Strong Cats: PTS, AST, 3PM
Jerami Grant, SF/PF, OKC, (63% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, STL/BLK, FG%
Dennis Schroder, PG, OKC, (77% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS, AST
Jae Crowder, SF/PF, UTA, (45% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS, REB, TO
Derrick Favors, PF/C, UTA, (59% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, FG%, BLK
Other Deep League Options for the Week
Tyson Chandler, C, LAL, (6% Owned) - Strong Cats: FG%, REB, BLK
Lance Stephenson, SG/SF, LAL, (8% Owned) - Strong Cats: a bit of everything
Zach Collins, PF/C, POR, (10% Owned) -Strong Cats: REB, BLK, FG%
Evan Turner, SG/SF, POR, (7% Owned) -Strong Cats: STL, REB, AST
Maurice Harkless, SF, POR, (2% Owned) -Strong Cats: STL/BLK, a bit of everything
Seth Curry, PG/SG, POR (2% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, AST
Nik Stauskas, SG/SF, POR (1% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, FT%
Wilson Chandler, SG/SF/PF, PHI, (4% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, STL, a bit of everything
T.J. McConnell, PG, PHI, (4% Owned) - Strong Cats: AST, STL, FG%
Mike Muscala, PF/C, PHI, (5% Owned)- Strong Cats: FT%, REB, 3PM, BLK
Landry Shamet, PG, PHI (1% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS
Furkan Korkmaz, SG, PHI, (1% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, 3PM
Robert Williams, PF/C, BOS, (14% Owned) - Strong Cats: BLK, REB, FG%, increased opportunity with Al Horford and Aron Baynes injured
Daniel Theis, PF/C, BOS, (3% Owned) - Strong Cats: BLK, REB, FG%, increased opportunity with Al Horford and Aron Baynes injured
Andre Iguodala, SG/SF, GSW, (5% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, AST, STL/BLK
Jonas Jerebko, SG/SF, GSW, (3% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, 3PM, PTS, a bit of everything
Kevon Looney, PF/C, GSW, (5% Owned) - Strong Cats: BLK, REB, FG%
Danuel House, SG, HOU, (1% Owned) - Strong Cats: a bit of everything
Gerald Green, SG/SF, HOU, (3% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, FT%
Nene Hilario, SG/SF, HOU, (0% Owned) - Strong Cats: FG%, STL/BLK, REB
George Hill, PG/SG, MIL, (5% Owned) - Strong Cats: FT%, AST, 3PM
Sterling Brown, SG/SF, MIL, (0% Owned) - Strong Cats: FT%, REB, 3PM
D.J. Wilson, PF, MIL, (0% Owned) - Strong Cats: BLK, REB
Tony Snell, SG/SF, MIL, (1% Owned) - Strong Cats: FT%, 3PM
Damyean Dotson, SG, NYK, (6% Owned) - Strong Cats: PTS, 3PM
Frank Ntilikina, PG/SG, NYK, (4% Owned) - Strong Cats: AST, 3PM, PTS
Nerlens Noel, PF/C, OKC, (14% Owned) - Strong Cats: REB, BLK/STL
Royce O'Neale, SF, UTA, (0% Owned) - Strong Cats: a bit of everything
Kyle Korver, SG/SF, UTA, (5% Owned) - Strong Cats: 3PM, PTS
Dante Exum, PG/SG, UTA, (1% Owned) - Strong Cats: AST, PTS
Hope you guys enjoyed the article and the advice, and I hope that this will help you win your matchups next week and bragging rights for the week after.
