Fantasy Benchwarmers

We went live yesterday for our usual quickie and answered some questions from you guys! It was sure fun!

Something's not right with AD right? If not for the steals and blocks, he has been quite a disappointment. I hope it's just some case of championship hangover. Christian Wood got bit by the dreaded injury bug and his injury would most likely cause him to miss time, probably lots of time. This could be the opportunity Demarcus Cousins owners have been stashing him for. There could be other beneficiaries to this other than DMC, but it would be a very big disappointment if Cousins will not live up to the hype.

Tsunami Papi Kelly Oubre finally showed up, while Kyle Anderson and Seth Curry has slowly trended down.

Unlike other quickies, we answered your questions in this episode so if you missed the live session, give this a watch/listen.

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Okay, I know you are tired of talking about LMA, but hey, for a player you picked probably in the 3rd, 4th or 5th round and currently performing outside of the top 100, it is worrying. Just when we thought he was slowly picking it up, he will get shelved for a few games. So what should we do? Check the full pod to find out.

At least John Collins is slowly picking it up as he has sneaked into just outside top 30. The OKC Thunder with a string of injuries to their core players might be the sweet spot to find that diamond in the rough. Darius Bazley showed some flashes of bubble performance today while Theo Maledon as expected will have bad stat lines but could be forgivable today with those 6 steals. We also talk about a few players you might want to watch out for in the coming days/weeks if SGA and Dort sit a few games.

Finally, why is Miles Bridges still in the waiver wire?! 

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It's always a question being asked in a lot of fantasy groups - should I drop Chris Boucher? In this quickie we talk about the high upside, low playing time Raptor. What should we do with him? Another Raptor we talked about in the past quickies for poor performances and a possible buy low player played his best game in the NBA - Fred Vanvleet! Robert Covington also played his best game as a Blazer - a long time wait for his managers. Hopefully it's the start of the old RoCo we expect.

Aside from the usual player discussions, we also talked about more tips in adding players from the free agent pool.

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After that awesome Jump Through Hoops episode, it's time for Tuesday's Daily Fantasy Quickie. We kick things off with some injury updates - Aaron Gordon will be out 4-6 weeks. Who do you think comes back from injury first Gordon or Caris Levert? What to do if you have a Gordon in your lineup? PJ Washington got injured this morning and this is something his owners will be anxiously waiting for a timeline. And lastly on the injury front, Jaren Jackson Jr. is still not ready to take the court, but Memphis has had some really nice fantasy friendly players you should stream or watch out for.

John Collins and Deandre Ayton are slowly trending up and getting closer to their ADPs. While we couldn't stress enough that you should add these players for extended streaming or promote them to your regular roster. We discuss a lot more stuff in today's Daily Fantasy Quickie.

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It's the love month! And some love was given to Marcus Smart owners after reports came in that he will only miss 1-2 weeks due to calf strain. Pascal Siakam owners are also quite happy with another good performance after a string of missed games and lackluster showing. Russell Westbrook took advantage of Brooklyn's poor defense and exploded for 41 points with usual counting stats and nice percentages. Is this a time to sell Westbrook?

Anthony Edwards and Joe Ingles are balling of late, while early performers Seth Curry and Jarrett Allen are trending down. We discuss what you can do with these players and what seems to be affecting their fantasy performances. This and a bunch more in the first February quickie.

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We did not discuss much about this in the quickie, but did you guys see that game winner by Dame Lillard?! My goodness! Really good defense but much better offense there. He is currently top 4 fantasy player for 9-cat league and really giving his owners a lot to cheer about. The one guy who finally got to play and make his owners relieved and happy is Jimmy Butler. After being out due to COVID, Butler was rumored to have lost 12 pounds which got some owners worried. After today's game, we're now quite sure he'll be fine.

Zion's getting better and that will make a lot of owners quite happy. Let's see if he continues to get better and beat is ADP this season. But at least he has slowly inched his way up.

I was supposed to end this write-up with some injury updates, but hey, I didn't want to end on a sad note...definitely not on a Sunday. So just check out the video/podcast and I hope you had a great weekend!

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In today's quickie, we discussed the surprising inclusion of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to the Clippers roster after being under the COVID protocol. That got a lot of managers scrambling to get them in their rosters in time for today's game. The biggest question though for today is: Is it time to ride the Hassan Whiteside train once again? Whiteside teased us with two good games in less than 20 minutes. Today though might be mostly due to Richaun Holmes' foul woes. But the upside is just too high for Whiteside and if you are just picking him from the free agent pool, then he might just be worth the risk.

Lonzo Ball showed up and boosted his trade value after probably his best game for the season. But can he sustain it? Our worry players include some New York Knicks who are slowly trending down.

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Thank God it's Friday!!! In this quickie we talk about some of our problem players. We started off with the Lakers' Dennis Schroeder and Montrezl Harrell, then the disappointing situation Demarcus Cousins is in. Did you see how bad Kelly Oubre was this morning? He seems to be back to his struggling ways...will this be the Oubre we should expect for the rest of the year? And what about Draymond Green, what value is left with him in fantasy?

The Washington Wizards are slowly getting their players back. We are hoping the same will happen with the Miami Heat as they seem close to getting Jimmy Butler back. We've seen some post that Butler lost 12 pounds due to COVID-19, so we wonder how that would affect his game and his rest of the season value.

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There were a number of good news especially for managers who own Derrick White, Domantas Sabonis and Al Horford. Then there is Pascal Siakam who returned from a mild injury and posted another disappointing stat line. Add him to a list of disappointing all-star level players. Well, at least John Collins and Lamarcus Aldridge gave their owners something to be happy about. Derrick White is about to return so he should no longer be lurking around your free agent pool. We also talked about the post that the Cavs might buy out Andre Drummond who will then sign with the Brooklyn Nets. Do you think Drummond will be moved?

Lastly, Chris Boucher has slowly trended down. And now that Aaron Baynes is slowly trending up, what do you think will Boucher be giving his owners?

It's a longer than usual quickie, but fun as always!

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