In today’s episode of the Flashy Stats Fantasy Podcast, we discuss and debate the latest news and trends in the world of fantasy basketball and the NBA.
We have created a template, splitting the episode into four unique segments, that will remain relatively similar for each week of the rest of the fantasy season – let us know if you have any ideas or criticism for how we can improve this format going forward!
Current news events:
- Derrick Rose was traded to the Knicks from the Pistons for Dennis Smith Jr. and a pick – whose value will this affect? (Immanuel Quickley, Elfrid Payton)
- Free KD! – Kevin Durant under COVID protocol while the rest of the Nets team continues to play + potential fantasy replacements for KD
- Injuries to: Christian Wood, Larry Nance Jr., Marcus Smart, Lamarcus Aldridge, OG Anunoby, Deandre Hunter – Players whose value will be impacted by these injuries + who to keep on your team and who you can drop
Re-cap of last week’s games:
- Tyrese Haliburton and LaMelo Ball (now a starter) headline the Rookie of the Year conversation with great weeks
- Ridiculous performances by Steph Curry, both Nikola’s (Vucevic and Jokic), Fred Vanvleet, and… Kelly Oubre? Am I reading this thing right?
- Pascal Siakam aka Spicy P becomes Jalapeño P with a great week
- Stormin’ Norman Powell keeps rollin’
- “PWilly” Patrick Williams is the love of Giuseppe’s life (can he get Mike on board the PWilly train? Coming after this commercial break)
- Gary Trent Jr. and Thaddeus Young enter fantasy relevance due to key injuries on the Trail Blazers and Bulls
- Draymond Green continues to make his last name ironic by getting every fantasy stat but points + the weirdest stat line of all time?
Predictions for next week and beyond:
- That’s why they call him Chris Boucher (he’s back)
- Someone’s gotta step up on the Orlando Magic – 4/5 starters injured (Free Vuc) – Chuma Okeke, Dwayne Bacon, Mo Bamba?
- All those players people have been picking up in Memphis are going to lose their value as the team gets healthier
- Vince triples down on his take that Michael Porter Jr. is overrated for fantasy
- Buy low on Seth Curry
- Joe Harris stock is going to the moon
- It may be time to drop Immanuel Quickley soon
Potential pick-ups and advice to win your week:
- Jakob Poeltl
- Patrick Williams
- Stash Caris Levert, pair with Jeremy Lamb
- Ride the wave of Anthony Edwards and Eric Gordon
- Pick up Kyle Anderson, drop Dillon Brooks (unless you don’t care about FG%)
- Leave Justin Holiday and Cody Zeller on the waivers
- T.J. McConnell is an excellent steals and assists streamer
- Hamidou it – with SGA and Maledon out, it’s Diallo’s backcourt now!
