Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wired, Week 20
We are in the home stretch of the fantasy hoops season. One month from today, the regular season will be over, which means that your fantasy playoffs will likely wrap up earlier than that. Every day, more and more injuries pile on, which has managers scrambling to find production from players that never sniffed their draft board before the season.
The format for this article will feature players who are “tired” and those who are “wired.” Tired players are those worth adding off the wire but with tempered expectations or highly rostered players who can be dropped in favor of a hot pickup. Wired players are those who are the best additions with the highest rest-of-season ceilings.
Pickups in order or priority:
-
Amen Thompson
-
Vasilije Micic
-
Jock Landale
-
Bilal Coulibaly
-
De’Andre Hunter
-
Gradey Dick
-
Brice Sensabaugh
-
Georges Niang
-
Bruno Fernando
Tired: Alperen Sengun (86%)
Wired: Amen Thompson (44%)
Sengun’s injury may not have been as severe as it appeared to be, but the odds of him playing again this season are still slim. He had a phenomenal season, and he should be drafted really early next year, but there is no reason to continue to hold on.
Look to his teammate instead. On Tuesday, Thompson got the starting nod in place of Sengun, though he didn’t provide much value in 23 minutes. Thursday went much better for him, as he contributed 20 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals in 28 minutes. Thompson should be streamed as long as he remains in the starting unit. The playmaking may not be there with Fred VanVleet running the show, but Amen should be able to do enough in other categories to make up for it.
Tired: Dalano Banton (28%)
Wired: Vasilije Micic (30%)
Banton has started four of Portland’s last six games, including the front end of their back-to-back on Wednesday and Thursday. While he was effective as a starter when Scoot Henderson was out, he only played 19 minutes when he started on Wednesday. He started that game so that they could…
