I have grown to become quite tired of the All star break and frankly this year I saw the least amount of it since I remember myself, so the only content I can give you is this awesome interaction between Jokic and Wemby, during the all star pregame and a mix of other Jokic related incidents around the All star weekend.
Besides that, the major news for fantasy, but for next season, came from reports that the NBA will try to further combat tanking by implementing some major changes that will be announced later on. I say anything that helps is appreciated, as we have seen tanking start from December this season and this is a n obvious bad look for the association.
Regarding last week’s suggestions, Isaiah Collier has been awesome and will continue to be must own as long as Keyonte George is sidelined, while Maxime Reynaud has also become a must as he is the last big man standing in Sacramento because of Dylan Cardwell’s untimely injury. Furthermore, Tristan Vukcevic continues to start for the Wizards, albeit with a bit reduced minutes than we would have liked. Finally, on the Sell front, DeMar Derozan proved me wrong by having a good week, while Jusuf Nurkic proved me right by getting shut down for the season due to a nose surgery.
Buy
Moussa Diabate: The mini brawl that broke out in the Hornets – Pistons game resulted in a 4 game suspension for Diabate, but he returned yesterday and immediately reclaimed his starting spot. Charlotte is a much better team with him on the floor and if you are ok with his nonexistent points, he can be a great rebounding source, with some blocks added on top (23% owned).
Kyle Filipowski: I have been preaching this for weeks and in a lot of comments but Jusuf Nurkic being out for the season is the last domino to fall and make Filipowski a clear must own player. If Isaiah Collier is the tank commander this year for the Jazz, Filipowski is at least the tank lieutenant and he is already a top100 player for the last month, so go get him (37% owned)!
Jonathan Kuminga: Do I trust his 27 point explosion last game, mainly because Jalen Johnson left the game with a hip injury ? Not at all. But if you look at Atlanta’s roster, there is a path for Kuminga to carve a 28 minute role and have back-end value in standard leagues. The only red flag is that Atlanta’s schedule is bad for the next 2 weeks so if you are fighting for a playoff spot, you can safely skip him (28% owned).
Sell
Kristaps Porzingis: He is owned in 91% of yahoo fantasy leagues. Don’t care. When he plays he can be a real fantasy unicorn. Don’t care. What I and we should care about as we come closer to the fantasy playoffs is actual and not potential value and it is becoming increasingly obvious that the Unicorn can not get through a full week of basketball, even coming from the bench. The last time he played a full week of basketball without sitting any games was between 27/10 and 7/11. Yes that was last year. I know you might used a high draft pick to get him, but the drop is the right move here (91% owned).
Streaming points and decent FG % today. Please rank top two:
Strawther vs Celts
B Brown vs Celts
Tyson at Bucks
Keldon at Raptors
Cam Thomas vs Cavs
If fg% are not super critical to the decimal, I would take Cam’s points upside followed by Tyson.
Keldon is a more secure fg% option but the Raptors are not a good match up usually for opponent forwards.
Donovan Mitchell out today and Harden questionable so Tyson jumps first I think.