Last Updated on November 17, 2025 1:57 am by Keston Paul | Published: November 17, 2025

Welcome to Week 5 of fantasy basketball in 2025-26.

I hope you read The Fantasy Basketball Week Ahead as the streaming plans detailed in there are awesome for a week that doesn’t have more than nine games on any day. Streaming properly can definitely win you this week.

Top Pickups

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

Collin Gillespie (14%)

Hopefully you have been following us saying that a back issue limited Gillespie through the past week. With the Suns off since Thursday, it seems the extra days of rest did the trick, plus Grayson Allen (who is viewed as day-to-day) being out helped.

Gilliespie put up 15-9-8, two steals and a triple in 32 minutes. The FG% still wasn’t ideal, but he looked better. Gillespie should remain in the 12-team mix.

Moses Moody (12%)

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