Fantasy Benchwarmers

We kick things off with some playoff stories and commish Eric's frustration on Domantas Sabonis. He owns him in pretty much every league that are in the playoffs at the moment and that makes us wonder. When you have multiple leagues, would you stay away from drafting the same player in every team just to spread your risk of injuries?

Then we discuss some players who have picked the wrong time to slump. And then there's Tyler Herro. I'm not sure about you but I feel Herro as a fantasy player is way overrated. At best I think he is just a streamer at this point. He hasn't been good throughout the season and he's had too many missed games as well. Personally, I'm staying away from this guy in fantasy next season for sure.

We've got some waiver wire players you can choose from. Some of these players may no longer be available in your leagues, but hey, there's nothing wrong finishing up on the podcast. Haha. Anyway, we're getting closer to the end of NBA fantasy, so let's enjoy the last two and a half weeks, win or lose.

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We did another live Daily Fantasy Quickie yesterday and we had Elijah Olivares, a follower of the podcast from Canada, joining us to take your fantasy questions. Lots of good discussions here around players from the waiver wires - Payton Pritchard, PJ Dozier, Ty Jerome just to name a few.

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Nothing about the John Wall shut down news was surprising. We knew it would happen at some point this season this only means that Kevin Porter Jr will now get the usage we fantasy owners would love for him to have. Luckily for KPJ owners, he will be back tomorrow, so fire up those KPJs this week and it should be fun watching him pile up those stats.

Bunch of injuries today but the headliners would be Derrick White, Kevin Huerter and Harrison Barnes. Of the three, it seems like White's injury is the most serious. I am in the finals in a league where I own him and it seems like I made a mistake of not dropping him this afternoon. If you're in your quarters or semifinals, I don't mind waiting a couple of days to see how bad it really is. As for Huerter and Barnes, waiting should be ok as well except if you are in the finals.

We've got lots of questions about the outlook of certain players for the week, so we discussed PJ Dozier, Malachi Flynn, Jaden McDaniels and a few more waiver wire pickups you can get.

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Playoff story for today was all about my opponent pulling off a great fantasy veteran move in their semifinal matchup. I have to say, it was a great move and a very smart move at that. So I got booted out of that one, but not too bad of a showing considering Kawhi Leonard only played 1 game in 2 weeks then I had to drop Richaun Holmes. Been getting a bunch of really good stories about their playoff matches some were happy they won, while others were just unlucky. But hey, whatever the result, I hope it was still fun, because that's what we want.

Daniel Gafford won a lot of matchups today. That 4 steals and 4 blocks stat line was just amazing! Even if you lost with Gafford, you'll feel good about those stats. We also discuss the dilemma of owning injured players Kevin Porter Jr., Christian Wood, Trae Young and backups Delon Wright and Enes Kanter. Are they worth the roster spot/stashing or dropping?

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I know there's still one day left before the end of week 17, but really at this point there's not much to do than just wait for tomorrow's game and hope that everything or at least most of the things that needs to happen, will be favorable to you. So, with that, we take a look into week 18. In this quickie we give out some reminders about the schedule and some players worth picking up. Plus more playoff tips that could help you when utilizing your moves and chasing stats you need.

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I have to admit, I am not really into video games, but the boom of e-sports is quite fascinating. Imagine playing games the whole day?! I mean that's what we probably dreamt of when we were kids right? In this week's episode we invited e-Gilas member Rial Polog Jr. and e-Gilas coach Nite Alparas, who recently won the FIBA eSports Open, to share their journey to becoming full-time professional NBA 2K players.

Rial and coach Nite shared the hard work one has to put in to become a good pro player and just like real basketball, individual skills are not enough to win you competitions or tournaments. Is there money in e-Sports? Well, I guess turning down good jobs to become a full time NBA2K player says a lot.

This is probably one of the most fun chit chats we had in the podcast.

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Just when we were talking about possibly dropping Tyrese Haliburton because of his poor play recently, another "injury" gives him life. I hope some were able to be more patient and held on to him. So yes, De'Aaron Fox now enters COVID protocol. Definitely frustrating for a lot of fantasy managers! Imagine almost the whole second half of the season, there hasn't been many players who got into COVID protocols and then fantasy playoff comes and players like Fox, Zach Lavine (for early playoff leagues), gets into protocols at possibly the worst time! Well, it's been the story of the season for fantasy managers and really, not much to do now than to just cope, survive and move on.

In this episode we also share some interesting playoff stories on our own playoff battles and matchup dilemmas some of you guys shared with us (no names were mentioned, so don't worry). Then we go through each game and talk about the studs, duds and possible adds for the coming week. 

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So the diagnosis on Trae Young is that he has grade 2 ankle sprain and though that may sound better than how it looked when he injured it yesterday, from the fantasy perspective it does not look good. He looks to be a drop now as that injury could mean 2-3 weeks. I do have a Trae in one of my lineup and right now I haven't dropped him just because I still have yet to find a nice add, but our playoffs start next week and most likely I will be dropping him before the week ends.

Kristaps Porzingis got injured, and he could miss a few games, but at least it is not as bad as Trae's. Anthony Davis is back! Well, as expected he played in limited minutes and it seems like his timing is still off. But he should be better in the coming weeks. If you held on to him or traded for him and your playoffs start next week, you should be feeling good with Anthony Davis back.

Anyway, it was a chill day in the NBA fantasy world and it was not as intense as the past weeks. Hopefully you were are in good position to advance or make the playoffs this week.

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Oh boy, the list goes on. Today, four casualties - rookie Deni Avdija (out for the season), Clint Capela (back), Chris Boucher (knee) and Trae Young (ankle), give fantasy managers more anxiety and frustration. Capela could miss a game or two (hopefully), Boucher could be out longer, while Young said his injury isn't as bad as it looked. So now, if you have these players, how do you cope and win your matchups? Should you drop?

At least in the midst of these bad news, Jaren Jackson Jr. finally played after being "close to return" for months. He looked rusty but still gave his fantasy managers something to be excited about. After recommending him as a drop yesterday, Tyrese Haliburton showed some promise today. But Sacramento Kings' schedule this week could force you to really drop him if you need the bodies to win your matchup.

Despite these injuries, there could still be hope as the waiver wire will be very busy in the next few weeks as for sure there will be quality finds there that can help your team.

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We were live yesterday to answer some questions with you guys! But aside from that, lots of injuries going around the league and it could not have come a bad time. James Harden is out indefinitely so if you are battling in the playoffs, looks like he won't be helping any longer. Kawhi Leonard will also be out for a week or so definitely a big blow to his owners as he has been producing top 5 value this season. Anyway, bunch of questions as well to help our fellow managers.

Oh and we were joined by manager Christian Andrea Yap from CDO! Definitely a pleasure to meet another NBA fantasy addict like us!

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