The Playlist: Week 12 fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups and start/sit advice

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Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that tells you who and what to play — when it comes to putting your lineup or music in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball.

Each week, you’ll see a collection of pickups to make and a quick look at the schedule and lineup notes (who’s in and out of rotations).

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Week 11 End

• Lakers/Spurs and Clippers/Heat games resume Monday after being postponed last week due to the wildfires in Los Angeles

• The Cavs and Thunder streak ended, but the Kings are surging and winning seven games in a row.

• Paolo Banchero returned to the Magic lineup and dropped 34 points in 27 minutes against the Bucks last Friday.

• Nikola Jokić and Russell Westbrook are the first duo to record triple-doubles in the same game multiple times in a single season.

HIM ALL THE TIME – Gunna

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Top players in week 11

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Who is in my rotation: Dropout pickups below 50% listed

Kelly Oubre – SF/PF, Philadelphia 76ers (47%)

Since returning from a sprained hand four games ago, Oubre has averaged 33.7 fantasy points per game. game and ranks 104th in 9-cat leagues. He’s also averaging 18.5/6.5/1.8 with 2 shares in that span. With the Sixers having two back-to-back sets, Paul George and Joel Embiid will likely miss a few games. Oubre will be the second option on offense in these games, so make sure he’s not on waivers in Week 12. Also look at Guerschon Yabusele.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. – SF, Miami Heat (38%)

Jimmy Butler’s absence from the team has helped Jaquez carve out a more prominent role in the offense, and it’s paying dividends in fantasy. Last week, Jaquez had a 16-12-10 triple-double (with five steals) and continued to average 16/6/3 on 56% shooting the rest of the week. He’s the guy to guard with Butler out of the picture (for now), with Nikola Jović being the other guy to target Jaquez.

Cole Anthony – PG, Orlando Magic (26%)

The Magic are off until Wednesday, but if Jalen Suggs (back) isn’t ready to play, Anthony will be in line for a significant workload. He has played more than 35 minutes in his last two outings and has produced some nice fantasy lines over the past few weeks. Not many on waivers can post 16/4/4 with 1.6 3s and 1.3 steals like Anthony does when he gets starter minutes.

Cason Wallace – PG/SG, Oklahoma City Thunder (13%)

The Thunder have no shortage of versatile guards, but Wallace is probably the most underrated member of the group. He swipes two steals per competition over the last 14 days and is putting up efficient numbers, seeing close to 30 minutes a night. He will continue to run some point, mixed with being off-ball and can generate 3s with additional counting stats. I prefer him more in 9-cat leagues, but he is ok for deeper point leagues as he will play four games this week.

Toumani Camara – SF/PF, Portland Trail Blazers (25%)

Camara is playing his best basketball in January, scoring nearly 13 points and grabbing 5 rebounds, 2 assists and over 2 steals per game. Competition. He’s been 88th in 9-cat leagues this month, and as long as Jerami Grant (face) is out, Camara will eat. He will be a nice addition at the end of the week when the Blazers play the Clippers, Rockets and Bulls Thursday through Sunday.

Ziaire Williams – SG/SF, Brooklyn Nets (9%)

Over the past six games, Williams has averaged close to top-100 numbers, averaging 12.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.3 3s and 1.5 steals per game. match. The four-year pro spent his first three seasons in Memphis, so he can play meaningful starter minutes as the Nets evaluate their younger talent. Aside from his FG percentage, he’s worth streaming if Cam Johnson continues to be out. Keon Johnson or the oft-injured Ben Simmons are alternate options for consideration.

Lonzo Ball – PG, Chicago Bulls (15%)

There is some risk that he will not play in the back-to-back set Tuesday-Wednesday. Still, Ball has provided eighth-round value over the past two weeks. He remains on the one-minute restriction and still racks up 3.2 shares per share. match. The rest of Ball’s counting stats are Alex Caruso-like, but he’s worth adding during a four-game week.

Tweaker- G3 Gelo

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Weekly game plan

Here you can see how the week breaks down in relation to the total number of NBA games played per day. Use this to identify when streaming options will be most favorable:

Prime streaming days: Monday, Thursday and Saturday

Remember, getting more games for the easier boards makes better use of your waiver moves. Outside of Wednesday, it’s a good week for streaming players.

• Teams play all three days: pistons, rockets and wizards

• Teams playing two of those days: Cavaliers, Clippers, Pacers, Suns, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers and Warriors

Teams to target:

• 14 teams will play four times this week, giving their players an advantage in volume. These teams are the 76ers, Bucks, Bulls, Clippers, Heat, Lakers, Nets, Nuggets, Rockets, Spurs, Thunder, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers and Wizards.

• The Clippers and Rockets play three games in four nights from Monday to Thursday.

• The Blazers, Thunder and Wizards play three games in four nights from Thursday to Sunday.

• Stream guys like Jalen Smith, Nikola Jović, Jaden McDaniels, Toumani Camara, Bub Carrington, Spencer Dinwiddie, Guerschon Yabusele and Noah Clowney.

Teams to avoid: The Utah Jazz and Charlotte Hornets only have two games this week. Outside of your elite options, cut your lower tier guys and hit the exemption pool. The Magic, Jazz and Hornets don’t play until Wednesday. The Grizzlies, Hornets, Jazz, Knicks, Mavericks, Pelicans and Raptors also do not play games after Friday.

Back-to-back sets:

• Tuesday-Wednesday: 76ers, Bucks, Bulls, Hawks, Mavericks, Nets, Nuggets and Pelicans

• Wednesday-Thursday: Clippers and rockets

• Thursday-Friday: Thunder

• Friday-Saturday: Celtics and Timberwolves

• Saturday-Sunday: 76ers, Trail Blazers and Wizards

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Bad news

Latest injury reporting for all NBA teams

NBA Injury Report – Monday, January 13

Chances – KAYTRANADA & Shay Lia

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Rotation watch list – weekly top 5

Lakers/Clippers: The Lakers and Clippers resume play on Monday. This week, the Lakers play all four games in Los Angeles, while the Clippers also play three of their four games in LA Under the circumstances, fantasy managers should exercise caution, but at least both teams are a trip to Monday.

Heat: Jimmy Butler is eligible to return to the lineup on Friday. But given the circumstances, he’s probably enjoying himself at home playing dominoes and smoking a cigar instead of returning to the team. It opens up more minutes and needs for Nikola Jović, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Haywood Highsmith. The Heat begin the week with two games in LA; as mentioned, while Monday’s game has been greenlit, be careful.

Pelicans: Zion Williamson was suspended just after making a memorable return to the game. Then Herb Jones re-injured his shoulder and is out indefinitely. There’s still no word on Brandon Ingram, so the Pelicans’ injury-riddled season continues. Jordan Hawkins and Jose Alvarado are a couple of players I would put on my watch list. Remember, they play on the bigger boards this week – Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

Pacers: Tyrese Haliburton left Sunday’s contest after 19 minutes with a left hamstring strain and did not return. Fantasy managers should start preparing to grab Andrew Nembhard and TJ McConnell ahead of Tuesday’s matchup against the Cavs.

Sixers: Philly has two sets of back-to-back games this week. Joel Embiid and Paul George haven’t played in a B2B this season and probably won’t — leaving two games for Guerschon Yabusele to thrive without Embiid. He’s averaging close to 10 points, 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 3s with Embiid out of the lineup this season. Since I already talked about Oubre Jr, Caleb Martin is another option with PG off the floor if you need low-end counting stats with high volume shares.

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