Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wired, Week 7 (Part 2)

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We’re back for another edition of the Waiver Wired column, but we’re still in Week 7. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the schedule for next week, which was not finalized until Emirates NBA Cup group play concluded on Tuesday, Yahoo combined the two weeks to make “one” for fantasy purposes. This week’s list is headlined by three players rostered in over 50% of Yahoo leagues, and their percentages should be higher, given how they’ve performed.

Priority Adds

1. Malik Monk

2. Payton Pritchard

3. Ayo Dosunmu

4. Nick Richards

5. Yves Missi

6. De’Andre Hunter

7. Santi Aldama

8. Royce O’Neale

9. Malik Beasley

10. Cason Wallace

Malik Monk (59%), Sacramento Kings

While Monk’s move into the starting lineup has been a positive for his fantasy potential, he played starters’ minutes in the two games before the change. Over his last five games, Monk is averaging 23.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.6 blocks, and 4.8 3-pointers, shooting 51.9% from the field and 91.7% from the foul line. And in the three games Sacramento has played since DeMar DeRozan returned from his back injury, Monk has scored 17 points or more in each.

Santi Aldama (56%), Memphis Grizzlies

The Grizzlies had some bad news on Thursday, as Taylor Jenkins revealed during his pregame press conference that Zach Edey will need more time to recover from his sprained ankle. We may not see the rookie in game action until shortly before Christmas, which boosts Aldama’s already-solid fantasy value. Over his last nine games, he’s averaged 15.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.0 steals, and 2.1 3-pointers, with 62.6/61.3/44.4 shooting splits. The free-throw percentage isn’t good, but there’s little margin for error when a player averages 1.0 attempts per game.

Payton Pritchard (53%), Boston Celtics

Pritchard is rostered in more than half of all Yahoo leagues, and that still isn’t enough, especially with Boston’s schedule for the remainder of Week 7. They’ve got a Friday/Saturday back-to-back against the Bucks and Grizzlies (we all understand that some of their key cogs will get a rest day), followed by games against the Pistons (Thursday) and Wizards (Sunday)…

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Publish date : 2024-12-06 15:30:00

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