Fantasy Basketball Week 17 Schedule Primer: At long last, the All-Star break is here

For default Yahoo! fantasy leagues, Week 17 consists of two actual weeks because of the All-Star break. Add in teams working new additions into their rotations on the heels of the trade deadline, and there’s a lot for fantasy managers to sift through ahead of the mad dash for the playoffs. Below is a look at the Week 17 schedule and some key storylines.

Week 17 Games Played

5 Games: ATL, BKN, CHA, CHI, CLE, DEN, IND, LAC, LAL, MIL, NYK, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHX, POR

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4 Games: DAL, DET, GSW, HOU, MEM, MIA, MIN, NOR, SAC, SAS, UTA, WAS

3 Games: BOS, TOR

Week 17 Back-to-backs

Sunday (Week 16)-Monday: MIA, MIN

Monday-Tuesday: LAL

Tuesday-Wednesday: HOU, IND, LAL, NYK, PHX, SAS

Wednesday-Thursday: MIL, OKC, POR, UTA

Thursday (February 20)-Friday: ATL, BKN, CHA, CLE, DEN, IND, LAC, WAS

Friday-Saturday: MEM, MIA

Saturday-Sunday: CHI, NYK, ORL, PHI, PHX

Sunday-Monday (Week 18): None

Week 17 Storylines of Note

– Celtics, Raptors players won’t help you much to begin Week 17.

Boston and Toronto are the only teams limited to three games during Week 17. The good news is that both play two of their games after the All-Star break, so fantasy managers are really only “sacrificing” the first half of the week. Boston’s first game of Week 17 will provide another data point on how Joe Mazzulla will handle the center position. Neemias Queta remained in the starting lineup for Friday’s win over the Heat, but he played 22 minutes while Nikola Vučević played 28 off the bench in his Celtics debut.

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As for Toronto, they’ll also go into Week 17 with questions to answer at the center position. At the time of publishing, Jakob Poeltl was questionable for the team’s final Week 16 game, as he continues to deal with a back injury that first became an issue during training camp. Collin Murray-Boyles and Sandro Mamukelashvili have helped fill the void admirably, but both stand to see their minutes decrease once Poeltl returns. Also, the Raptors acquired Trayce Jackson-Davis at the deadline, and he may also be in the mix for rotation minutes.

– Lakers, Bucks, Thunder, Trail Blazers and Jazz each play three games during the first “half” of…

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