Fantasy Benchwarmers

No one beats Fathertime in the NBA. But of course that time is different for every player, and for Lebron James that time could still be far from now. Still playing at an elite level at age 37 (just turned 37 today), it seems like managers who picked him had a steal! James is carrying the Lakers without AD and that means more counting stats for him and his owners. Can he keep this up throughout the season? Commish thinks so...as long as he keeps himself healthy. Commish though is also having some flashbacks to the time Kobe Bryant carried the Lakers...that season did not end well for Bryant. Let's keep our fingers crossed that this one will have a different ending.

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WARNING: This is a Steph Curry rant episode AGAIN! As good as Curry is both in fantasy and real life, stinkers like this makes it really annoying and if you listen to the pod regularly, you know how frustrated I am on the timing of Curry's bad games. So yeah, this is the regular Curry rant by yours truly.

Anyway, Ricky Rubio on a game where he is playing his best, he ended the game in one of the worst case scenario possible - potential season ending injury. We will wait for official confirmation, but it does not look good. Jimmy Butler returned and he looked really good...and then...he rolled his ankle. Butler and his owners just could not catch a break this season. I won't be surprised if he misses time again, but keeping my fingers crossed that it's minor that he can play through it.

More discussions including: Chris Boucher, DeAaron Fox and a few roto tips from commish.

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Now this gets interesting. The NBA followed the NFL's path and shortened their health and safety protocols to just 6 days (assuming the player meets all the necessary requirements to get out of protocol). Commish and I discuss some fantasy implications of this change and how it can impact selecting players to stream. This also helps some players who are in the protocols and allow them to return sooner than later. So is this good or bad?

Devin Booker has been quietly going about his business since returning from injury. Other than 13-point dud against the Warriors, he's had a pretty good season so far without too much fanfare. Commish predicts that Booker is about to get into his hot streak, so let's see. One player that has probably been one of the best, if not the best, pickup of the season is Desmond Bane. We discuss how good he has been this season with the Grizzlies. Hope you were able to catch that Bane train.

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At this point, there's really no certainty about any of our buy players. As soon as you add them, they'll get into protocols. Safe to assume at the end of this season, it's looking like everyone in the NBA will be entering health and safety protocols at least once. So who's next? Well, commish and I had some fun and just threw out some names who we feel will be next in line in the health and safety protocols list. Maybe the best shooter of all time or that guy in Miami who just got back from roughly 3 weeks of injury? We would not be surprised if their name pops up in the coming days.

More names today added to the list. On the bright side, some guys who entered the protocols earlier are about to return and those guys could be good add targets towards the end of the week. 

We also look into Richaun Holmes who is struggling since returning from a couple of injuries. Is he a buy low target?

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Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you guys had a good holiday weekend! We're back to our daily quickies after a couple of days off spending time with family and friends.

We kick off this Christmas quickie with some bad news as Paul George will be out due to an elbow injury making the Los Angeles Clippers a very intriguing team to find some interesting fantasy gems. Luke Kennard, Terance Mann will definitely be very popular adds in the coming days. As for PG13, I own one stock of him and it's not looking good, let's hope it won't require surgery. Otherwise, season's over for him.

Kembasanity! How long can Kemba Walker stay in the rotation after being in Thibs's doghouse? Well, if he plays this well and the Knicks keep on winning, he might have to force Thibodeau to play him more. I'm sure the Knicks' fans would love to see more performances like this. And if you grabbed him from the wires ride him while he's hot.

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I get it, it's frustrating! But since it's the holiday season, there's no reason to be sad or annoyed. So let's have a bit more fun. Lots of laugh in this episode just because that's all we can do at this point, laugh it off! Instead of calling it our Buy List, let's now call it the "who's next on the COVID list" since every time we do talk about some players we can add, they get into the health and safety protocol. Now we end up asking who's the better add - Tacko Fall, Gorgui Dieng or Onyeka Okongwu?

This was fun though! Hope you listen and enjoy!

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After a very rocky start to the season, Damian Lillard seems to have found a nice groove since CJ McCollum got injured. Is it safe to say that Dame is back to his first round ways? Are you still worried and looking to trade him or will you just keep him? I don't own any Lillard in any of my teams but commish weighs in on Dame.

Just when we thought the outbreak of COVID slowed down, well today it was back! Toronto got severely depleted with only Chris Boucher left from their rotation players. Now if Boucher still does not get good minutes from Nick Nurse, I don't know man!

Nickeil Alexander-Walker had himself a good game today. He has actually been one of the more disappointing players this season. Can he still turn it around?

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A little quieter on the COVID front today and let's hope it stays this way moving forward so we can talk more fantasy and worry less about injuries and health and safety protocols. 

Do you still hold Kyrie Irving? What do you think is his value in the trade market? 

We all know Joel Embiid is a fantasy stud and he put on his best performance of the season today. The only thing that stops some managers from drafting him is his always fragile body. So we pit him against another big man with similar reputation - Anthony Davis. Who do you think is a better fantasy option when healthy?

We also look into DeAnthony Melton, Jaylen Brown, Chimezie Metu, Garrison Matthews, the return of Ja Morant and a lot more.

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The COVID woes of fantasy managers continue. This time 3 games were postponed on judgement day! This frustration has brought up some discussions in some leagues on whether to add another IL+ slot. We discuss this anew and the COVID situations of some teams. There were more COVID cases today and the biggest fish was Trae Young. It looks like this will go on until pretty much everyone gets it. Hopefully no player will experience major symptoms that will prolong their absence.

We got a vague Ja Morant update plus our feel good player Dillon Brooks's crazy usage. Tyrese Haliburton shines without De'Aaron Fox and some streaming tips during these uncertain times.

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Well, Thibs seem to have no choice as he finally got Kemba Walker back in the rotation after Miles Mcbride got himself into health and safety protocols. Walker played probably his best game as a Knick, so will he keep his spot for good? Or is this just temporary?

Anthony Davis owners got a not so good news as Davis will miss at least 4 weeks with an MCL sprain. I have a couple of Davis stocks and I am hoping I can survive this loss. Things like this happen and it could've been worse. Hard to see anyone being an exciting fantasy add here though.

We also discuss Josh Giddey, Wendell Carter Jr., Kyrie Irving (didn't even get a game in before entering the protocols), Kevin Durant.

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