It’s Thursday. You know what that means.
It’s time for another look at the waiver wire to find players that you can add for short-term and long-term success.
We’ll look at players that you should consider picking up who are rostered in four different rostership tiers:
- 50-60%
- 30-49%
- 15-29%
- 0-14%
What’s more, we’ll give you a breakdown of how many games each team has for the upcoming week so that you can maximize the minutes of your streamers.
Without further delay, let’s get to it, starting with the schedule of games being played for next week.
Five games:
N/A
Four games:
ATL, BKN, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DET, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MIA, MIN, NOP, OKC, PHI, PHX, POR, SAS, TOR, UTA
Three games:
BOS, DEN, GSW, MEM, MIL, NYK, ORL, SAC
Two games:
WAS
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Rostered in 50-60% of leagues:
Hello, it’s me again. The world’s most online Okongwu fan. But when we limit it to 50-60 percent rostered players, we have like 11 players we can possibly talk about. Do the job and pick him up so I can stop writing about him! He’s coming off an 18-point, 13-rebound, 3-block performance his last time out, as he continues to show his potential when he’s finally handed a full-time starting gig.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (SG/SF – DEN)
I decided to switch it up and put KCP here over Walker Kessler since the latter has been in this spot for the last two weeks. For KCP, he continues to do KCP things despite dealing with a wrist injury. He’s producing scoring in buckets while playing 30-plus minutes per night and offering little else outside of scoring and three-pointers. Know your needs, but he’s a viable option if it’s scoring.
Rostered in 30-49% of leagues:
Staying in Denver, Hyland put together a fantastic outing Wednesday night, dropping 11 dimes, which is a career-high. With that, he bounced back in the scoring department, too, scoring 20 points after being on a single-digit scoring run in five of his last six games.
It’s turn-back-the-clock night, apparently. But it’s great seeing Warren not only play well but play at all, given the run of injuries he’s had. He was bad against Atlanta, yes, but prior to that, he was averaging 15.6 points per game over his previous three outings. The minutes are creeping up for him, and he’s found a nice role on a red-hot Nets team.
Rostered in 15-29% of leagues:
Well, Killian Hayes is going to miss some time after punching Mo Wagner Wednesday night. The already anemic Detroit backcourt will count on Burks and Cory Joseph to get some run during the Hayes suspension. Burks had 32 points on 10 of 11 shooting – including six three-pointers – during the game against the Magic. He won’t do that nightly, but he’ll be heavily involved in the offense.
Of course, you’re not grabbing Shamet to start now, as he’s injured, but over the next four weeks that Devin Booker is out, Shamet should be the priority pickup in Phoenix. He’s scored 31 points in two of his previous three games, and with the injuries continuing to pile up, the Suns will be forced to rely on Shamet more than they want to.
Rostered in 0-14% of leagues:
Not all the minutes will go to Shamet, though, as Lee has some deeper-league value during Booker’s absence. He’s played mid-20s minutes over his last three games, averaging 12.6 points and two assists in that stretch.
Is Robinson this year’s Max Strus? They always have a guy, don’t they? Robinson is only for the deepest of deep leagues, but he did put together a 15-point, 9-rebound, 4-assist, 2-STOCK performance two games ago in 27 minutes.
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