Trendon Watford (PF, POR) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: According to Shams Charania of The Athletic (reporting on Sunday morning), the Portland Trail Blazers are leaning toward shutting down Damian Lillard for the remainder of the season. The Blazers, mind you, have been without Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Lillard, and Jusuf […]

Cory Joseph (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: For someone that has been around forever, Cory Joseph is still "only" 31 years old. Earlier this season, even as recently as last month, you would have thought this man was playing at age-37 if not more. If you've only been watching […]

Kevon Looney (C, GSW) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 22% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Warriors will (probably) make the playoffs and everybody will be happy and relieved and breathe easy. One of the reasons for that to happen will be, undoubtedly and no matter what they tell you, the presence of big man and oft-forgotten […]

Austin Reaves (SG, LAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: Salute Los Angeles Lakers starting forward Austin Reaves! Yessir, that's correct. Reaves has been so good (and injuries to his teammates so bad) that he's snatched a role as a starter and he's been on the starting five for the past two games […]

Caris LeVert (SG, CLE) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of leagues ANALYSIS: Even though Caris LeVert has slowly but surely gone down of late, the rostership has been getting up and up through the week to the extent of increasing nearly 10 full percentage points in the last seven days. The last time we […]

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: Ja Morant finally returned to the Grizzlies rotation earlier this week, but he did so playing off the pine and the most probable outcome from this point through the end of the regular season is that, even if he retakes the starting […]

Andrew Nembhard (SG, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: It was very obvious that rookie guard Andrew Nembhard would eventually hit the wall. It seems to be happening this week, with the Pacers' freshman sandwiching a 44-FP between a couple of rather bad outings that yield just 12 and 17 FP […]

Jaden Hardy (SG, DAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's been a wild couple of weeks for Jaden Hardy and the Dallas Mavericks as a whole. The TX squad is looking at the playoffs from the outside looking as through games played on Friday they are in possession of the no. […]

Andrew Nembhard (SG, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: The less heralded of Indy's two rookies (the other one being Bennedict Mathurin) keeps starting games and getting better by the day. That'd be Andrew Nembhard for those of you not in the known, although you should be more than aware of […]

Cory Joseph (SG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: Veteran guard Cory Joseph has experienced two very different seasons this year in Detroit. From the start of the campaign through the end of February, he played a total of 694 minutes (16 MPG) spread over 43 games (and more than 23 […]

Caris LeVert (SG, CLE) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS: What a couple of weeks for Caris! Caris LeVert, that is, who has appeared in seven games in the last 14 days through Friday, has started two of those matchups, and has averaged a very solid 33 FPPG. In fact, barring a […]

Talen Horton-Tucker (SG, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: At this point, it is fair to assume Talen Horton-Tucker is the new-but-established point guard of the Utah Jazz, right? It’s now been 10 games in a row for THT starting at the point (all of the matches Utah has played after […]

Malik Monk (SG, SAC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: Malik Monk only played 12 minutes back on Mar. 6 against the Pelicans. That’s bad (although he still, somehow, finished that game with 11 points, a dime, and a rebound). Monk has played six more games after that and through Saturday for the […]

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Memphis Grizzlies can welcome back Ja Morant on Monday, although they are (nearly) ruled him out for that game as it’s the first day he’ll be back with the team after missing ample time, targeting instead a midweek comeback. Obviously, the […]

Austin Reaves (SG, LAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: While it is true that Austin Reaves has not started a game since he did for the last time at the start of January (he then missed more than a month, it must be said) there is no reason for the Los […]

Terrence Ross (SG, PHO) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Magic didn't play veteran guard Terrence Ross at all after January 21 and the Suns acquired him before the trade deadline, with the guy debuting in Phoenix as recently as February 16, right before the All-Star break. He's now appeared in […]

Malik Monk (SG, SAC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Kings keep winning, the playoffs are (nearly) a reality in Sacramento, and none of that is surprising at all... right? Man, how times have changed around the lesser parts of California this season and after 20 years of mighty struggles in […]

Andrew Nembhard (SG, IND) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: While Bennedict Mathurin (sixth overall pick) has been the legitimate rookie story of Indy's first true rebuilding season, the truth is that the Pacers might have actually struck gold in drafting a much less coveted player in Andrew Nembhard, the first pick […]

Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Even though the ceiling seems to be lower than the one we expected after a scorching hot start to the season, the truth is that Killian Hayes has kept on going and improving his season-long results as the campaign has advanced and […]

Devonte' Graham (PG, SAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: This add might not have much value depending on what the Spurs do going forward and their season gone trash mightily. Devonte' Graham, as the veteran player he is, doesn't make much sense for them right now in their tanking race, but […]

Talen Horton-Tucker (SG, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: If you're surprised by Talen Horton-Tucker's recent explosion, the explanation resides (mostly) in Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton both missing time of late. Does that mean you should be scared of landing some shares of THT, though? Not at all! In fact, […]

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: Before you read this post and without the tiniest bit of hesitation: go smash that Add button next to Tyus Jones' name before it's too late. No matter the league your team is part of, you'd do good landing the best backup point […]

Quentin Grimes (SG, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: A lot of people is going to be rostering Quentin Grimes through this weekend and into next week after the news of Jalen Brunson (re)injuring his sore foot in the game against Sacramento and getting ruled out of the matchup against the […]

Austin Reaves (SG, LAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 21

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Los Angeles Lakers still believe they can win the championship. Ah, some good old Lakers Exceptionalism... Whatever the case (spoiler: it's not happening) we're happy to find gems buried in the Lake Show roster if only because of injuries hitting them […]

Immanuel Quickley (SG, NYK) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Boston Media Mafia doesn't want you to know about it and will keep drilling Brogdon's name in your brain when it comes to the most deserving 6MOY candidate... but the truth is that New York's own Immanuel Quickley should be the […]

Patrick Beverley (PG, CHI) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: Chicago's hopes of watching postseason basketball this season rely entirely on making it to the play-in portion of the playoffs, and most probably via the 10th or ninth-best seed in the East if anything. The good news for the Bulls amid the […]

Matisse Thybulle (SF, POR) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: Say hi to the new Matisse Thybulle! What a turn of events, and what lucky advice you got a few weeks ago when I told you to grab some shares of this man right when he got traded to the PDX. It's […]

Jalen Williams (SF, OKC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: What's not to love about Oklahoma City Thunder's rookie Jalen Williams? He started the season playing more guard than wing/forward minutes. He moved on to fill the power-forward spot. He established himself as a nightly starter as early as Dec. 12, and […]

Delon Wright (PG, WAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Washington Wizards have run with Monte Morris at the point for all of the season. Nothing should change that going forward barring injuries, which is the case these days and which has thrust Delon Wright into the starting lineup of the […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19 Include Malik Monk, Marvin Bagley III, Josh Richardson, Kevin Love

Welcome back to RotoBaller's weekly fantasy basketball waiver wire column and schedule breakdown. The All-Star break is behind us and the fantasy basketball regular season is winding down. If you still need to bolster your roster or turn around a downward slide, then let's find you some help before it's too late. These recommendations are […]

Josh Richardson (SG, NOP) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Pelicans went fishing before the trade deadline and they chose San Antonio's Tanking Pond, landing veteran guard Josh Richardson. Richardson had started three games for the Spurs before getting moved and he already has three starts as a member of the […]

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 19: Malaki Branham, Mark Williams, Josh Richardson

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 […]

Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 19: Daniel Gafford, Kyle Anderson, Terance Mann

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 […]

Josh Green (SF, DAL) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Mavericks moved a lot of valuable assets to land Kyrie Irving and give Luka Doncic a helping backcourt teammate once and for all. That trade opened the way for Josh Green to start games on a nightly basis, something he's done […]

Talen Horton-Tucker (SG, UTA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Jazz finally decided to sell the house, or at least some of it, before the deadline and into the home stretch of the season. Too bad (good?) for them, their starting shooting guard went down injured in their last game before […]

Malaki Branham (SG, SAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Spurs are going nowhere. Well, they are obviously headed toward Wamby Station, but that's going nowhere in the current NBA season. In other words: San Antonio has all reasons and then some to play as many kids as they can, for […]

Terance Mann (SG, LAC) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Los Angeles Clippers have entered uncharted territory and moved to a full no-point-guard rotation with no natural no. 1 in their roster. Yes, you can consider recently acquired Bones Hyland a point, or Terance Mann one himself, but there is no […]

Cam Thomas (SF, BKN) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 34% of leagues ANALYSIS: After the Nets decided it was time to move on from Kyrie Irving, Cam Thomas was shown the bright light of the Brooklynite day, started three consecutive games, and bagged 47, 43, and 20 points in those after dumping 44 in the […]

Killian Hayes (PG, DET) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 19

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: The French Gawd finally arrived in Motown. Most folks were already completely out of the Killian Hayes Believers mob, but he just came out of the blue to prove them all wrong. Ah, how good it feels to pick an island to […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 18 Include Jeremy Sochan, Josh Green, Dennis Schroder, Sam Hauser

Welcome back to RotoBaller's weekly fantasy basketball waiver wire column and schedule breakdown. We've reached the weird week that is All-Star week, which is actually two weeks long, but with a break in the middle for the All-Star Game itself. The NBA season just keeps on chugging along, and so does the fantasy basketball season. […]