Pickups of the Night

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    Pickups of the Night for Wednesday, November 16

    In head-to-head leagues, we’re getting to the point in the season when undefeated teams should start shifting their focus to some long-term stashes and winless teams need to cut bait on their player projects. In week 5, you can’t just chalk up your team’s lack of success to a “slow start” and high-impact, short-term rental […]

    Pickups of the Night for Tuesday, November 15

    Larry Nance Jr., F/C, New Orleans Pelicans (32%) Tonight: 31 minutes, 19 points (8-of-10 FG, 2-of-2 FT), seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks, one 3-pointer, zero turnovers. Nance has been playing more minutes than Valanciunas for a few games now and got some extra run today with Zion taking the night off with a foot […]

    Pickups of the Night for Sunday, November 13

    Let’s see how the fourth week of the 2022-23 NBA season wrapped up. We shall be looking at players who are worth scouring your waiver wire for to increase your chances of winning your matchups and your leagues. *Rostered percentages and player positions are taken from Yahoo Fantasy leagues. We are only considering players rostered […]

    Pickups of the Night for Saturday, November 12

    After four weeks of jostling and tinkering, our lineups and leagues are probably settling down and taking form. We have to admit though that working the wire will forever remain our regular guilty pleasure so we bring back Ethan to tackle the top pickups from Saturday’s eight-game slate.

    Pickups of the Night for Friday, November 11

    We had a fun 8-game slate on Friday night with a lot to cover for fantasy basketball. Let’s see how everything shaped up and which lowly owned players gave themselves a reason to be on our radar. *Rostered percentages and player positions are taken from Yahoo Fantasy leagues. We are only considering players rostered in […]

    Pickups of the Night for Thursday, November 10th

      There were actually four games on the slate on Thursday and a lot of stars were missing in action.  When stars go down, that’s when the fantasy roulette starts.  You can usually predict who will step in and step-up when a usage monster doesn’t suit up for a game, but sometimes the results can […]

    Pickups of the Night for Wednesday, November 9

    On Monday, every team in the NBA played, leaving us all with bench stats that always feels bad man. Then on Tuesday, many of us put basketball aside – mainly because we were forced to – and did our civic duty in helping decide the direction of our country. It’s been a momentous and weird […]

    Pickups of the Night for Sunday, November 6

    Let’s see how the third week of the 2022-2023 NBA season wrapped up. We shall be looking at players who are worth scouring your waiver wire for to increase your chances of winning your matchups and your leagues. *Roster percentages and player positions are taken from Yahoo Fantasy leagues. We are only considering players rostered […]

    Pickups of the Night for Saturday, November 5

    We know how working the wire can be quite exhaustive especially when you’re supposed to be chilling on the weekend. Fear not as Ethan is back to do the dirty work for you in tonight’s top pickups from Saturday’s eight game slate.

    Pickups of the Night for Wednesday, November 2

    In just week three, Nets head coach Steve Nash has been fired and former Celtics head coach, Ime Udoka, who was suspended just months ago for an improper relationship in the Celtics organization, is likely to take his place. But that’s not even the biggest headline for the Nets because Kyrie Irving is in town, […]

    Pickups of the Night for Tuesday, November 1

    Royce O’Neale, F, Brooklyn Nets (50% Yahoo)
 Tonight: 34 minutes, 20 points (8-of-12 FG), five rebounds, three assists, one steal, four 3-pointers, one turnover The man is putting up top-70 standard league value and somehow, still rostered in only 50% of leagues. The Nets are playing him heavy minutes this season at 36.9 per game […]