Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: The Playlist for your Week 3 lineup

As we head into Week 3 of the fantasy basketball season, one early-season narrative continues. The injury list keeps getting longer. Ja Morant has a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss at least four weeks; Anthony Edwards had knee surgery Thursday and could be out two months or more. Jaren Jackson Jr. tore his MCL and has a timeline of 6-8 weeks. Chet Holmgren has a small patellar tendon tear in his right knee, costing him 8-10 weeks. Kawhi Leonard (knee) is out 3-4 weeks and Tyrese Haliburton will miss at least two weeks with a hamstring injury too — all bad. Check out my injury roundup for more details.

Moving on to some good news: Coby White (calf) is off the injury report for Monday, and Brandon Ingram (Achilles) was assigned to the Clippers’ G League affiliate Saturday. Let’s get to the pickups!

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Every league is different, so I’m focusing on players under 50% rostered on Yahoo.

One piece of general advice for this week: don’t rush to make a streaming move before Wednesday. Tuesday has no games (Election Day in the United States), so you’re unlikely to fit streamers into your lineup on Monday, and the best streaming nights come later in the week.

🎧 Who’s in My Rotation

Shallow leagues (about 50% to 30% rostered)

Larsson is a good pickup for anyone in 9-cat leagues. He ranks 86th coming into Monday, averaging 11.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.2 steals with just 1.0 turnover in 29.5 minutes. His current shooting splits are a robust 49/40/89 with a TS% of 67. We’ll see how long the Heat continue to start Klay Thompson. It’s clear to anyone that Larsson is the better player currently. He should be rostered in far more leagues, especially with Miami playing four games this week, with two on lighter slates (Thursday and Sunday).  Miami also has a Wednesday-Thursday back-to-back where vets could rest.

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Zaccharie Risacher – SF, Dallas Mavericks – (36% rostered)

The former No. 1 overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft looks like a completely different player in Dallas. Shoutout to Dusty May for giving him the minutes and role to prove what he can do. Risacher ranks sixth in total…

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Author : Dan Titus

Publish date : 2026-11-02 16:06:00

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