Fantasy Basketball Week 7 Waiver Wired

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Yahoo fantasy league managers are used to the weeks surrounding All-Star Weekend being the season’s only “combined” week. They will have some adjustments to make, as Yahoo has done the same with Weeks 7 and 8 due to the Emirates NBA Cup. While schedules following the end of group play have yet to be determined (hence the combined weeks), what is known is that teams will play either five or six games during the upcoming period. That will make for some exciting times on the waiver wire, as solid value remains available in many Yahoo leagues. Let’s look at this week’s Waiver Wired.

Rankings credit: Basketball Monster

Priority Adds

1. Dalton Knecht

2. Malik Monk

3. Yves Missi

4. Shaedon Sharpe

5. Stephon Castle

6. Scotty Pippen Jr.

7. Ty Jerome

8. Naji Marshall

9. Moussa Diabate

10. Ayo Dosunmu

Shaedon Sharpe (46%), Portland Trail Blazers

Sharpe doesn’t offer much value outside of points and 3-pointers, but his place within the Blazers rotation makes him well worth the risk. And, given his youth, he should be safe from the “shutdown” that tends to happen to more established players on rebuilding teams. Over the last two weeks, Sharpe has averaged 20.3 points and 2.3 3-pointers in 32.6% minutes. Also encouraging during this stretch has been the 1.2 steals per game, a modest improvement on his season-long average (0.9) but one that has value due to the limited rebounds and assists.

Scotty Pippen Jr. (41%), Memphis Grizzlies

It appears that Wednesday’s win over the Pistons will be the only game Ja Morant misses after suffering a knee contusion in his first game back. However, that doesn’t mean Pippen can’t have fantasy value moving forward as some other backup point guards have in the past (T.J. McConnell, for example). He’s provided 11th-round value in 9-cat formats over the last two weeks and continues to hang around just outside the top 100 in season-long value.

Dalton Knecht (40%), Los Angeles Lakers

Knecht was moved back into the starting lineup for Wednesday’s game against San Antonio and got right back to business. He led seven Lakers in double figures with 20 points, shooting 8-of-15 from the field. Knecht’s stat line also…

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Publish date : 2024-11-29 17:30:00

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