The Playlist: Week 8 fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups and start/sit advice

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Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball.

Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, a quick look at the schedule and lineup notes (who’s in and out of rotations).

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Who should fantasy basketball managers be adding and plugging into their lineups this week?

🏀 Week 7 wrap up

🚨 Schedule note: The championship game for the Emirates NBA Cup is on Tuesday. The championship game will not count towards the Week 8 scoring period.

🥇Top players for Week 7 (Dec 2- 15)

▶️ “Iced Down Medallions” – Royal Flush

🎧 Who’s in My Rotation: Waiver Pickups

Players who should be rostered in all leagues under 50%:

Tari Eason, Gradey Dick, Alex Sarr, Ayo Dosunmu, Goga Bitadze, TJ McConnell and De’Andre Hunter.

Players who should be rostered under 40%:

Yves Missi – C, New Orleans Pelicans (37% rostered)

With such a low rostership in fantasy, the starting center for the Pelicans is a little disrespected. Those in leagues with 10 or fewer teams need to pick him up. In his last 10 games, the Baylor alum is averaging 13 points with 11 rebounds and 2.3 stocks per game. He’s atop my rookie board and given his minutes and production, he needs to be rostered in all leagues.

▶️ “A Little Soul” – Pete Rock

Kelly Oubre Jr. – SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers (35% rostered)

The Sixers play two of their three games against the fantasy-friendly Hornets this week. Oubre started the last nine games for the Sixers and he’s provided sixth-round value in 9-cat leagues while gathering 1.7 steals per contest over that span. The Sixers won’t have Joel Embiid or Jared McCain for a while, so Oubre’s scoring, rebounding and defense are much-needed for a team struggling to get out of the bottom third of the Eastern Conference.

Lugentz Dort – SG/SF, Oklahoma City Thunder (25% rostered)

Dort averaged 33 fantasy points over his previous three games, posting a solid 14.7 points with 6.7 rebounds, 4.0 3s and 2.7 stocks. He…

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Publish date : 2024-12-16 17:01:00

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