Last Updated on December 23, 2025 2:44 pm by Mike Passador | Published: December 23, 2025

Sell: Markkanen, Michael Porter Jr., Keegan Murray, Donovan Clingan, Jusuf Nurkic

Although there’s no longer the rush of early season trading, now is a great time for shrew managers to strike. You lose the easy money on the table from Overreaction Season, but we’re pretty deep into the fantasy campaign. In general, that means most managers have solid opinions about the players on their roster and what their value might be. Perhaps they’re anchored to early performance and either let down or overenthusiastic about the production they’ve seen. Maybe they have identified clear strengths and weaknesses on their rosters and are ready to make needs-based changes. Whatever the case, the sample size is now large enough that most players have the lay of the land.

And yet, there’s still lots of deals to make. It’s all about extracting value in your trades, and there is still a collection of guys whose present play doesn’t seem all that indicative of their future. That’s why we’re here, after all.

For the uninitiated, buying low refers to the act of acquiring a player at a discount because their recent performance — which is below their standards/expectations — has changed their perceived value for the player’s current manager. Essentially, it’s trying to trade for a player that you know is going to be a lot better than he has been lately, and capitalizing on his current manager’s anxieties to do so at a lower cost than you would normally anticipate.

On the flip side, selling high is the opposite; trading away a player at the height of their perceived value thanks to a recent run of good fortune. That could be the result of several things, but at the end of the day you’re trying to get off at the top and extract more value than you would normally anticipate from your trade partner. It’s a simple concept but hard to do, especially if you’re playing with seasoned competition who know the tricks of the trade.

Please note that the stats and values here are accurate as of December 23 , prior to games starting.

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