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Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters.
A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster can prove rewarding. When curating this fluid collective of statistical contributors, it helps to consider your end-of-bench players in direct competition with the talent floating in free agency.
The goal of this weekly series is to identify players at each position available in free agency in around a quarter of ESPN leagues. Some nominations are specialists capable of helping in one or two categories, while others deliver more diverse and important statistical offerings. In the breakdowns below, I’ve ordered players at each position with the priority of acquisition in mind, rather than roster percentage in ESPN leagues.
Point Guard
Davion Mitchell, Sacramento Kings (Rostered in 18.3% of ESPN leagues): Gaining traction as one of the most-added players of the past week, Mitchell has surged statistically in the wake of injuries to Domantas Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox. With at least 22 points and seven dimes in three straight outings, Mitchell has league-winning upside for the final weeks of the season.
Kevin Porter Jr., Houston Rockets (70.3%): If “KPJ” is still floating in free agency in your format, it’s time to acquire the versatile playmaker for the stretch run. While his scoring has dipped recently, a stellar assist rate supports immense fantasy impact for the USC product.
Alex Caruso, Chicago Bulls (26.0%): Sometimes we need to look at the sum of statistical contributions and not get stuck on modest scoring results. As with Porter, you’ll need to accept modest scoring form Caruso to net his strong assist, rebounding and defensive rates.
Shooting Guard
Bruce Brown, Brooklyn Nets (32.6%): As the resident “glue guy” for the Nets, Brown…
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Source : espn
