Fantasy Benchwarmers

It’s Valentine’s Day! We are back to spread more love to you guys with our usual fantasy quickie!

The timetable for Mitch Robinson’s recovery from fractured hand was set to 4-6 weeks. This is a few weeks before fantasy playoffs, so we expect managers to hold on to him. Nerlens Noel surprisingly played 32 minutes and gave modest numbers which did not excite owners. But at least the minutes are there.

One Knick who has slowly trended down is RJ Barrett. Personally, I really don’t like Barrett for fantasy basketball, but his inconsistency, poor percentages are just a fantasy nightmare for many managers. Add the fact that the Knicks are stacked in the guard and small forward positions. So how do we deal with RJ Barrett?

Eric Gordon and TJ Mcconnell are underrated fantasy players which should be rostered. Mcconnell even carried commish Eric’s team that won him his DFS leagues!

Lastly, let’s talk about Danilo Gallinari. Many felt Gallinari would not be fantasy relevant after seeing the Hawks’ depth and after suffering an injury early in the season. But his minutes have trended up and it looks like he will still be someone managers can rely on in their fantasy teams.

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Just when Mitch Robinson was having a great game, the injury gods had to throw some curveball. Robinson suffered a fractured hand and will definitely miss time. We’re just not sure for how long. This means Nerlens Noel gets another opportunity to produce. How much time Thibs gives him, we are not sure, but hopefully he’ll get at least 20 minutes and that’s enough time for Noel to be fantasy relevant.

Kevin Love. Well, what’s to say about this guy. There is some chance he plays next week, but meh. For some reason, Love is no longer the player fantasy managers would go gaga for. We talk about our lack of excitement for his return.

I still can’t believe 3 is to 1 fantasy manager believes Luka is the better fantasy player for the rest of the season than James Harden. Why? Commish Eric though throws an argument that may just give Luka believers something to think about. But still, tell me why, why Luka?

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Steph Curry was in his element once again giving his fantasy owners another game to be happy about. Curry is shooting 49% FG and 93% FT. These are insane percentages! Looks like he is on his way back to fantasy dominance. Another almost forgotten fantasy stud, Jimmy Butler, did not need any acting today to get those triple double numbers (I'm disappointed though - 0 steals!). Butler is proving why he still is one of the top fantasy players in the league as he slowly rises in the rankings after a slow start to the season.

Victor Oladipo left the game early today leaving the Rockets very depleted (but not as depleted as Orlando Magic, more on that later). The Rockets will now be carried by some oft-injured veterans - Demarcus Cousins, John Wall and Eric Gordon with Jaesean Tate and possibly Danuel House rounding up the starting 5. Now back to the Magic, the good news for Terrence Ross owners, looks like he will be a focal point in the Magic's lineup. The bad news - well he might be playing point guard (not his natural position) after their last back-up Frank Mason III also got injured.

Robert Covington is back to trending down, commish promised this will be the last he will speak of him, but let's see. With the Magic's injury woes, will they be taking Nikola Vucevic's fantasy value down with them?

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The KAT is out! Well, out on the court! Finally! KAT played well and he looked good so if you were able to survive the weeks waiting for this moment, congratulations. It’s now time to get KAT going and hopefully give us the fantasy stat line we are all expecting from him. One top tiered player who is out again is Anthony Davis. We talk about AD’s nagging achilles injury. We are a bit worried, but still hopeful he can get back healthy and produce. Are you also worried about AD? We’re worried to a point that we talked about trade possibilities for him in case your team is struggling and AD isn’t helping.

Commish Eric recommended a couple of potential buy-low players. And as a bonus he gave another trading tip to get higher returns on the player you are giving up. Eric also gives a trade rumor that according to him makes sense and could happen soon - a trade that involves Kyle Lowry. As a disclaimer, the mentioned trade is just a rumor…for now.

On a lighter note, we figure which Washington Wizards center is a better fantasy player to own - Robin Lopez or "I will never get this player" Alex Len?

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It’s a chill quickie for today, it was so chill that we did not notice we reached 40 minutes of fantasy basketball discussion. We hope you won’t find the discussion too long.

In this quickie, we talk about Derrick Rose’s first game in his return to the Knicks, the sentencing of Malik Beasley, fantasy season ending injury of Deandre Hunter and a Jaylen Brown trade that I recently had to decide on.

Are you still holding on to Hassan Whiteside? Should we still be holding Whiteside? We’re worried about him as well as RJ Barrett’s non-fantasy friendly stat line. And with the Orlando Magic really depleted, can Terrence Ross live up to his fantasy potential?

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Well, the injuries keep piling up as Chris Paul (hamstring), Kyle Lowry (back), Jrue Holiday (health protocol) and D'Angelo Russell (leg) were either out or played very little minutes due to injuries. This presents a bunch of opportunities for players filling up for the injured players and it is important to always be ready to add streamers that could benefit from their absence.

Dejounte Murray nearly got a triple double as he swiped his way to 8 steals! Commish and I also discussed the hierarchy of fantasy relevance in the Spurs lineup. With Lowry possibly out a game or two, how high would you sell Norman Powell? And as part of our worry players, how do you deal with Coby White and PJ Washington who has been trending down of late?

These and a bunch more on today's quickie!

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Derrick Rose reunites with Tom Thibodeau, could we see Rose get back to fantasy relevance? Who benefits and who loses fantasy value?

A number of injuries were reported today, and most of these will probably not make their managers happy. Paul George has a foot injury that could sideline him for some time. Deandre Hunter underwent knee surgery and could be out for 3-4 weeks. Larry Nance is also out for 4 weeks. Mike Conley is out for maybe a few games, though his injury does not seem as serious as the previous 3. Who will benefit from these injuries? Listen in to find out!

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So much to talk about in this Sunday quickie! We started off with our FBW Idol Statline Players of the Day - Nikola Jokic and Steph Curry. But we couldn’t help but marvel at the gem Draymond Green put up today. A couple of weeks ago we were quite on the fence with Green, but since the James Wiseman injury, he has been proving us wrong. Green is definitely a keeper.

Derrick Rose is sure to traded, and New York is the front-runner. For now we’ll wait and see what happens with that. We had a bunch of trending down players slowly picking it up again. Plus, we do a rookie watch as a number of rookies making noise in the fantasy world.

I can write here everything we talked about, but the experience is much better when you watch and listen. Anyway, hope you had a great Sunday!

Good luck on Week 7 judgement day!

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Another weird COVID-related thing happened today that frustrated some KD managers. Prior to their game, KD was iffy to play due to COVID protocols. He was then allowed to play, but was pulled out in the middle of the third quarter again due to health protocols. Not only did this frustrate KD managers, but also KD himself. Let's see what happens next. Hopefully he won't need to miss more games. Theo Maledon, one of our favorite short term streaming option out of OKC also got into COVID protocol, so now the Thunders fell more short-handed which could mean more opportunities and new streaming options.

Lauri Markkanen got hurt which made Chicago really thin on the frontcourt. That's another opportunity managers should take advantage of. Commish Eric also vent out some of his frustration to a couple of players. Should they be dropped? 

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