Last Updated on October 30, 2025 11:38 am by Keston Paul | Published: October 30, 2025

The fantasy season is settling in, and early trends are separating short-term hype from sustainable value. Today’s cheat sheet highlights upside stashes earning steady minutes, injury fill-ins taking advantage of expanded roles and multi-category glue guys, defensive stat stuffers, and breakout scorers to help you stream effectively.

Top Pickups

This is the “general must-add” section regardless of the slate. If these players were overlooked in your draft or remain chilling on the waiver wire, consider adding them to your squad.

Josh Minott

Minott has started to turn flashes into consistent production. Over his last three games in 25.1 minutes, he’s averaged 12.0 points, 1.3 3-pointers, 8.0 rebounds, 2.3 steals, 1.3 assists, and 0.7 blocks, showing his ability to fill up the box score in true multi-category fashion. The key development: he logged 28 and 33 minutes in two of those contests, signaling growing trust from Joe Mazzulla.

In Tuesday’s Cheat Sheet, we noted that if Minott earned that trust, his mix of rebounding, defense, and transition scoring could make him one of the most intriguing upside stashes on the wire and that prediction seems to be coming true. He’s playing his way into a steady role and potentially the starting lineup. It’s no coincidence he was a Bruski 150 guy this season, Minott is well worth an add while his momentum is building.

Ryan Rollins

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