The Playlist: Week 21 fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups and lineup advice

It’s officially playoff season for Yahoo Fantasy basketball if you play in a public league or your commish is content on doing things by the book. All good either way, because hopefully you made it to the dance and have a chance to keep moving towards a fantasy basketball championship.

It’ll be a decent week for streaming, with only Saturday being a double-digit slate. Most of my waiver targets are guys who play on lighter slates, but play the wire as best you can. If any notable players were dropped that can help you in your matchup, make that move!

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Fantasy basketball pickups and advice.

How to play the Wizards, Suns

Usually, you can just blindly play the volume game. However, this isn’t a week when I’d feel extra confident just picking anyone up. Let’s start with Washington.

The rotation is a mess, and Will Riley is the only player averaging 30+ minutes over the past 10 games. I’d add him. Also, Bilal Coulibaly is playing well enough to deserve a roster spot in shallow leagues. Tre Johnson and Bub Carrington are the only guys I’d consider for deep leagues because all of the other Wizards have been so hit-or-miss. I’m holding Trae Young for now, but I fully expect to have to drop him at some point because of the back-to-backs. Start by picking up one of the Wizards (or Suns) on Monday and Tuesday, and then pivot (if necessary) thereafter.

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Phoenix has some tough sledding ahead, facing the Celtics and the Timberwolves on Monday and Tuesday. Then the Spurs on Thursday. Things will lighten up over the weekend against the Raptors and Bucks. That said, I’d stream Grayson Allen in shallow leagues with Royce O’Neale, Oso Ighodaro and even ascending Rasheer Fleming if you need stocks for 12+ team leagues.

Tristan da Silva – SF/PF, Orlando Magic (26%)

Da Silva should be added to all leagues. Over his past 10 games, he’s averaging 14.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.2 stocks per game. Orlando begins the week with a Monday-Tuesday back-to-back, which should set…

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Author : Dan Titus

Publish date : 2026-03-16 14:31:00

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