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🚨 Fantasy Basketball Schedule/Streaming Guide πŸ“… Mon Oct 26 – Sun Nov 1 πŸ”– Bookmark this thread. πŸ† Best teams to stream: ATL, CLE, BOS, LAL βœ… Best days to stream: Thu (3 games), Tue (4), Sun (4) ❌ Skip: PHX (only 2 games) πŸ€ 49 games this week, and 5 of 7 nights are low-volume (fewer than 10 games).
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Nolan Traore is having a good game. Not sure how much I buy it, but both he and Mikel Brown are potential adds into streaming spots in case Demin misses time.
Egor Demin won't return to Tuesday's game against the Celtics due to a right leg contusion. Via @BrettSiegelNBA
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Mikel Brown is the one closing the game
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Not really sure what the situation is here
Here's the full sequence leading up to Egor Demin's exit. From what I can see, he may have bumped knees with Paul George while guarding his drive. Egor is out for the rest of the game. The Nets are calling it a right-leg contusion.
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Make it stop. Fantasy basketball wise.. Dosunmu and Kuminga are the priority adds if anyone dropped them (10+ teamers) Terrence Shannon also worth putting into a streaming spot in standard leagues. He's seen the most minutes with Ant off the floor this season. 28% usage in those minutes, 25/5/5 per 36. Other considerations: Trey Lyles, Bones Hyland, Jaylen Clark, Cody Williams
Anthony Edwards will undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee and is expected to miss up to two months. Via @ShamsCharania
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Not sure what this will actually amount to but make sure to watchlist Kobe Sanders
Kobe Sanders will start in place of Rui Hachimura (quadriceps) in Wednesday's game against the Lakers. Via @FlyByKnite
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You have to pick up Ace Bailey Deep leagues should consider Filipowski, Mykhailiuk, Sensabaugh, Collier Those guys are a bit more dependent on what happens with Markkanen's injury
Jaren Jackson (torn right MCL) will be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks but won't require surgery. Via @ShamsCharania
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Lauri will be back soon
Lauri Markkanen sustained a right wrist sprain in Monday's loss to Memphis and is considered day-to-day. Via @shre98
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This is a good question, and the answer is that a disproportianate amount of drops happen when a player scores single-digit points And a disproportionate amount of adds occur when a player scores 20 points. However, there have been A LOT of good, higher upside adds lately, so that could be driving some of it. There's no reason to actually be worried about Jalen Smith outside of the Bulls' general struggles.
Replying to @BaruthaAlex
Any reason why Jalen smith being dropped a lot in the past 25 hours ?
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πŸ“ˆ Fantasy Basketball Breakouts and Risers πŸ“Š Percent rostered on Yahoo and 8-cat rank πŸ€” Who do you have? Who's missing? Cooper Flagg: 100% (rank 2) Ty Jerome: 93% (rank 13) Kris Dunn: 37% (rank 16) Zach LaVine: 87% (rank 19) Yaxel Lendeborg: 85% (rank 35) Moussa Diabate: 46% (rank 47) Davion Mitchell: 75% (rank 56) Ace Bailey: 51% (rank 60) Caleb Wilson: 92% (rank 65) Kyshawn George: 70% (rank 69) Ajay Mitchell: 71% (rank 71) Ja’Kobe Walter: 11% (rank 80) Grayson Allen: 36% (rank 82) Matisse Thybulle: 13% (rank 108) Zaccharie Risacher: 28% (rank 110) Kasparas Jakucionis: 8% (rank 119) Keon Ellis: 12% (rank 121) Tristan da Silva: 21% (rank 136) Pelle Larsson: 16% (rank 141) Precious Achiuwa: 41% (rank 150) Brandon Williams: 3% (rank 154)
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It's never the ones you expect
Toronto's Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss a period of weeks due to swelling in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. MRI on Leonard's knee showed no structural damage, but sides will use the shorter term to ramp him back up after the stoppages during the offseason.
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CMB is the priority add Walter and Graves are close based on if you need threes and steals (Walter) or box score stats (Graves). But neither of those guys are 12-team must adds to me
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πŸ”₯ MOST ADDED Players on Yahoo Today (Oct. 27) #FantasyBasketball πŸ€ πŸ”΅ Daniss Jenkins, DET πŸ”΅ βœ… Must Add: 20+ team leagues 🌊 Stream/Soft Add: 10-12 teamers (for today/tmrw) πŸ“… Schedule: TUES/WED/FRI/MON πŸ“Š Similar in points leagues ✍️ Jenkins is coming off a great performance against the 76ers, playing 38 minutes and posting 18/8/6 with a block. He played 22 minutes in the game before that (15/5/5) but just 15 minutes in the opener. Jenkins' minutes and usage increase is a direct result of Ausar Thompson being sidelined, not to mention Isaiah Joe also leaving Sunday's game after four minutes. Maybe Jenkins has some extra upside due to Duren's absence, but that could be matchup-based, like if an opposing team is going small. As of right now, Thompson and Joe are questionable for tonight's game against the Knicks. Jenkins makes sense as a stream for tonight, plus the Pistons are on the front end of a back-to-back. But I don't expect him to be worth rostering past these two games outside of deep leagues and if there are more injuries. 🟣 Precious Achiuwa, SAC 🟣 βœ… Must Add: 14-team (cat), 12-team (points) 🌊 Stream/Soft Add: 10-12 team (cat), 8-10 team (points) πŸ“… Schedule: TUE/THU/SAT/MON πŸ“Š Significantly better in points leagues ✍️ Achiuwa got the start and played 39 minutes in Keegan Murray's absence, posting 12/10/0/2/3. Murray will be re-evaluated in 10-14 days, so don't be shocked if he's out 2+ weeks. Based on what Achiuwa has done in his time in Sacramento, a 30-minute role would have him around rank 140 in category leagues and rank 100 in points leagues. In a 35-minute role, it'd be around rank 90 in cat and 50 in points leagues. I think he's still a good add in category leagues, just understand he's a strengths/weaknesses consideration. 🟣 Ace Bailey, UTA 🟣 βœ… Must Add: 12 teamers 🌊 Stream/Soft Add: 8-10 teamers πŸ“… Schedule: WED/SAT/MON πŸ“Š Similar in Points Leagues ✍️ Jaren Jackson injured his knee and Lauri Markkanen injured his wrist yesterday and neither returned to the game. JJJ's injury seems worse but we don't have updates yet. Bailey had been playing well before, but he got extra usage yesterday and posted 17/10/3 with 3 blocks in 34 minutes. So far, it seems he's made improvements as a rebounder and passer, and his shot-blocking numbers have been great (but no steals). There's a lot that's tough to gauge about Bailey's value, but I'd say he has top-50 upside if he got 35 MPG. Maybe more like 75-100 if he's 30 MPG. Undoubtedly you should put him in a streaming spot and see what happens. πŸ€ Rest of Top 10 4. Jared McCain 5. Matisse Thybulle 6. Ajay Mitchell 7. Kris Dunn 8. Julian Champagnie 9. Duncan Robinson 10. Anthony Black
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What were your biggest fantasy basketball wins and losses from tonight's 9 games? Who's got you panicking? Who's got you hyped?
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Caruso got hurt today as well. TBD on that but McCain, Stirtz, Kenrich Williams become more interesting I still think OKC might try to (or have to) go big so consider Mara, J Will and Hartenstein a bit more
Markkanen and JJJ both injured during today's game and won't return. Worth putting Ace Bailey in a streaming spot if you can
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Markkanen and JJJ both injured during today's game and won't return. Worth putting Ace Bailey in a streaming spot if you can
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Also Filipowski, Sensabaugh and Mykhailiuk are options
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Alex Barutha πŸ€ retweeted
I'm not scared to say if you dropped Brandon Miller in fantasy you made a mistake
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Both J-Dub and Cason Wallace expected out most if not all of the year Ajay Mitchell remains the obvious add in fantasy. Alex Caruso also a good add but only crossed 30 minutes in 5 games with OKC the past 2 seasons. He can easily be a top-100 player in 25 MPG though. If he pushed to 28 MPG could be more like top 75. Much worse in points leagues (like rank 150 in 25MPG). Just keep in mind he has a history of injury and rest himself. Jared McCain will probably take on more minutes and usage but his game doesn't translate that well to fantasy. He might barely crack top 150 in 30 MPG and is extremely reliant on the 3-ball. Fine add in 16-teamers. I also wonder if OKC will experiment with going big. Playing more Chet/J-Will/Hartenstein/Mara in some combination together more often. I think all 4 of those guys could see minor but notable boosts. In very deep leagues (20+ team), I'd consider at least watchlisting Bennett Stirtz, Kenrich Williams, Jaylin Williams.
Cason Wallace needs surgery for a left labral tear, and a timeline will be established after the procedure, Thunder general manager Sam Presti said Monday. Via @Rylan_Stiles
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