Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Low-rostered Raptors shine during silly season

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With the “silly season” in full throttle, players who weren’t even an afterthought in fantasy basketball during draft time are now worthy of consideration to be rostered in deep leagues, if not added without a second thought. Toronto, which is focusing on developing its young talent, is one of the teams with multiple players who have emerged recently. Three players rostered in no more than three percent of Yahoo! leagues stepped up on Wednesday, helping to lead the team to a win over the shorthanded 76ers.

Jared Rhoden, who is rostered in less than one percent of Yahoo! leagues, logged 43 minutes and finished with 25 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, four steals and four three-pointers. The points, rebounds, assists and steals were all career-highs for the third-year small forward, who matched his career-high with four three-pointers. While Rhoden wasn’t rostered anywhere before Wednesday’s game, a few fantasy managers added AJ Lawson (three percent) and Orlando Robinson (two percent).

Lawson, who went off for a career-high 32 points on Monday, finished Wednesday’s victory with 28 points, six rebounds, four assists and four three-pointers in 36 minutes off the bench. Robinson, who backed up Jakob Poeltl, tallied 25 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and two three-pointers in 32 minutes.

Under normal circumstances, these performances in Toronto (including Colin Castleton’s 14 rebounds and three blocks) could be dismissed. However, with Poeltl playing 17 minutes and Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett unavailable on Wednesday, that isn’t the case. Rhoden, Lawson and Robinson certainly aren’t “must-add” players, but this is something to be mindful of while crafting lineups for the rest of Week 19 and the remaining playoff weeks. Toronto plays two more games this week and three during Week 20.

SF/PF Tari Eason (48%), Houston Rockets

Eason, who’s still rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues, remained in the starting lineup on Wednesday while Fred VanVleet’s return pushed Jabari Smith Jr. to the bench. Eason played 26 minutes in the Rockets’ win over Phoenix, accounting for 15 points, 10…

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Publish date : 2025-03-13 07:22:00

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