The Playlist: Get the rotation going in week 19 with streams, pickups
Yahoo Fantasy basketball analyst Dan Titus offers waiver advice and teams to stream for managers, including lots of value around an Eastern Conference bubble team.
Video Transcript
DAN TITUS: It's Week 19. Welcome back to "The Playlist." Let's get right into the pickups. Dorian Finney-Smith, he needs to be added in all leagues because the Brooklyn Nets play five games in Week 19. That's a clear scheduling advantage. So you'll want to pick him up. He's under 20% rostered.
I'm also picking up Royce O'Neale. Devin Booker sustained an ankle injury-- don't know how long he's going to be out, but Royce O'Neale has been a stat-stuffer for the Phoenix Suns. Really like him at under 40% rostered. Also, Jabari Walker. Jerami Grant had a quad injury-- don't know when he's going to be coming back. And with Portland nowhere near in contention, Jabari Walker is the guy you want to add.
He's gotten two double-doubles in a row. So I like his prospects going into a four-game week for the Portland Trail Blazers. And lastly, I'm picking up Deuce McBride. I don't know how long Jalen Brunson is going to be out with this knee contusion, so this could be days, this could be weeks-- jump ahead of it, because Deuce had 16 points and 5 assists in relief of Jalen Brunson, but, more importantly, playing 47 minutes. All right, let's get to the schedule things you need to know.
The trade deadline for Yahoo leagues ends on Thursday, March 7. That means you only have a few more days to make those final offers to get your team to where it needs to be as you approach the playoffs, assuming your playoffs haven't started already. Now, as I talked about before, the Brooklyn Nets have a clear scheduling advantage, playing five games this week.
But if you miss out on someone like Dorian Finney-Smith, make sure you pick up Dennis Smith, Jr., Lonnie Walker, even Day'Ron Sharpe have value. The Brooklyn Nets are missing a couple of key pieces in Cam Thomas and Ben Simmons, so you can get some extra value out of these waiver wire guys that aren't heavily rostered right now in a five-game week.
Now, if you're going to the rest of the teams, 16 teams play four games, and 13 teams play three games. But if you're looking across the schedule, it's actually a pretty evenly distributed week in terms of games per day. So this is actually a great opportunity to stream. Now, the only two days that have nine games or more are Tuesday and Sunday.
So you should be streaming on those other days. The teams that I like in the beginning of the week-- the Chicago Bulls, the Orlando Magic, as well as the Sacramento Kings. And if you're looking to the end of the week for streaming, take a look at the Charlotte Hornets, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Los Angeles Clippers, because they have a really nice schedule, have some back-to-backs, and they are three teams that I think will help you get to the finish line to close out the week strong. All right, we'll see you next week on "The Playlist." Peace.