Fantasy Benchwarmers

Ben Simmons needs more time before he can make his Brooklyn Nets debut. Is he dodging the match against the Philadelphia 76ers? Markell Fultz is set to return this week, is he an add? Can he make a fantasy impact given the Orlando Magic's depth? Plus, we talk about week 19 schedule and some tips if your playoffs start next week! Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bi...

Finally! We got to see Isaiah Jackson in full game action as he finished the game unscathed with 17 points 6 rebounds and 5 blocks! We should say that he deserved that long stash at least based on this one nice game. Hopefully he gives us more of this and keeps himself healthy towards the fantasy playoffs. The disappointing fantasy season of OG Anunoby hit another roadblock. He just could not get...

Damian Lillard recently guested on Draymond Green's podcast (The Draymond Green Show) and was asked about his status for the rest of the season and it looks like Dame kind of gave a confirmation on what we all believed would happen after he underwent surgery. Check that out and decide for yourself on what he meant. Players discussed: Anthony Edwards, DeAndre Ayton, Danillo Gallinari, Clint Capela,...

Here we go, final stretch of our fantasy season and Kyrie Irving owners might be getting their wish as Brooklyn seems to be more open to lifting any vaccine mandate and that would allow Irving to play a lot more games than just 8 road games. This could be a game changer especially in the fantasy playoff weeks. Jusuf Nurkic will be out for 4 weeks and that pretty much ends his season. Is he still a...

Just a quick update episode to get us warmed up as we approach the final stretch of the season. In this episode we talk about Anthony Davis, Chris Paul, Draymond Green, Zach Lavine and a bunch more. Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonApplePodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/FBWonSpotify Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fantasybenchwarmers Like and follow us on Face...

I know, it's not like Anthony Davis is the most durable guy in the NBA. At some point every fantasy manager who owns AD, felt like he will eventually get hurt. There you go. AD sprained his ankle and it did not look good. With the fantasy playoffs closing in, I think every AD owner is now expecting the worst - no AD for the rest of the fantasy season. Still, we'll have to wait for official word fr...

Let's skip the big name stars and kick things off with Omer Yurtseven, who saw the floor today and contribute well enough to turn heads of fantasy managers. Could this be the resurgence of Omer? Or just a one off thing? Buddy Hield has had his own resurgence since he got traded out of Sacramento. We are now loving what Hield has become in Indiana with consistent scoring and nice peripheral stats....

There is probably no one who comes close to being the biggest loser post trade deadline than Richaun Holmes. Holmes's value went from top 50 to suffering an eye injury, to struggling starting center and now a backup center to Domantas Sabonis. It seems hard to hold on to Holmes at this point but what value does he still have in the trade market? We also look at new Nets players Seth Curry and Andr...

The hottest waiver add now is Oshae Brissett. He figures to be the Indiana Pacers top power forward since Domantas Sabonis was traded. Is he a better hold than more hyped players like Goga Bitadze, Isaiah Jackson? How about Jalen Smith? We also look into the week 18 All-Star schedule and what strategies we can do to optimize the use of our moves. Lastly, some injury concerns on Norm Powell and Zac...

Week 17 Live Q & A with Coach Sandy Arespacochaga Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonApplePodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/FBWonSpotify Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fantasybenchwarmers Like and follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FantasyBenchwarmers Join our community - NBA Fantasy Locker Room by FBW (Facebook Group): https://www.facebook.com...

The surprise of the trade deadline is probably Kristaps Porzingis to the Washington Wizards. It seems like no one saw it coming. Porzingis, who has been declared injured during his last few games in Dallas, coincidentally is already about to return to play with his new team. So that's gonna be good news for his owners. Of course, KP's value is safe, but how does this affect the 2 Wizards center? W...

Not much here, just waiting for some Woj bomb as we approach the trade deadline. A few chatter about the rumors and reports of possible trades plus we discuss the first game of Domantas Sabonis and Caris Levert. Do their fantasy value go up or down? Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonApplePodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/FBWonSpotify Anchor: https://ancho...

We dig deeper into the trades that happened the other night and see who won or lost and if there's anything to watch out for. The biggest lost though from yesterday was Bradley Beal being out for the remainder of the season. Big blow to his fantasy managers who have been disappointed already with his performance. Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonAppleP...

Well, by the time you listen to this some parts would be outdated as CJ McCollum just got traded as of this writing. Who wins that we'll talk about tomorrow, for now you can check out our FB page for commish's analysis. In this quickie, we talk Gordon Hayward's injury, Klay Thompson's rising fantasy value, Mitchell Robinson's domination today and a few trade rumors (including an old CJ McCollum ru...

Are we ready for Alperen Sengun? Probably the rookie that is most hyped in fantasy without much to show for just yet, Sengun started alongside Christian Wood today and I'm pretty sure a lot of his owners will be happy with that situation even if Sengun did not play well. Is this a sign of things to come? Is Sengun ready to be unleashed? The Indiana Pacers started their fire sale today sending Cari...

Apparently, the Los Angeles Lakers has found their Big 3! Just not the third person everyone expected (who by the way was benched and booed). Malik Monk has been the Lakers' third "star" as he has been having a banner year and helping out Lebron James and Anthony Davis on offense. Is his fantasy safe moving forward? Or is he that fantasy player you kinda should sell high? Tyrese Haliburton has bee...

First major trade happened today with the LA Clippers getting Norm Powell and Robert Covington and the Portland Trailblazers receiving Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow and Keon Johnson. We talk about which player's fantasy value goes up and who loses. The biggest tell in this trade though is the fate of Damian Lillard. With the Trailblazers making a move to seemingly give up this season, what happens...

One of the hotter pickups over the past few days have been Isaiah Jackson. Without Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner and Goga Bitadze, he was next in line. Little did we know that the line he'll be called to is the injury list of the Indiana Pacers. Today, Jackson played just 22 seconds, before suffering an ankle injury. He did not return. With the trade deadline looming, and a shake-up in Indiana a...

Steph Curry rested today, well pretty much Golden State Warriors' starting 5 did. But commish and I discussed if this should be a cause of concern for us Curry owners, especially when the fantasy playoffs come. The Warriors are sitting at second place in the West at the moment and if they continue to keep that top 2 spot, we're just wondering if Steve Kerr will give his starting 5 more rests to ge...

As if the messy rotation is not enough, the Washington Wizards are facing more trouble as rumors leaked out that some players are not happy with their teammate Spencer Dinwiddie. It's looking like in fantasy perspective, the Wizards has become one of the most annoying teams to own a player (maybe next to the Knicks). Their best player is way below what we expected (and now Bradley Beal could be ou...

Next to Lebron James, it's Chris Paul who remains elite in fantasy production. We've always said that at this point in his career, it seems like CP3 is playing smarter and in cruise control. Today he showed everyone he still has it, he still can provide elite number when he wants to. So until when do we trust CP3's fantasy production? It seems like every year managers have played the "old" card on...

To those saying that Andrew Wiggins should not be an all-star, he showed up today with all-star-like numbers. Well, I still think he doesn't deserve to be in the all-star starters, but if he can perform like this every night, at least fantasy-wise, his managers will be happy. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is out until the All-Star game, then who knows how much he will still play after that. Not good for...

Twelve blocks in 2 games! TWELVE! My goodness! I do not own any Jaren Jackson Jr. in any of my teams, but this guy's block numbers are just jaw-dropping. From the outside looking in, he seems like a fun guy to own, but Commish gives his take on some flaws to his game that might be hurting your team more than helping. I guess the same can be said with Jusuf Nurkic, who has had a boost in usage sinc...

This isn't Anthony Davis's first game back from injury, but this is the first game where we saw AD contribute elite fantasy numbers since returning. Is AD now a sell high candidate? Or are managers willing to take the risk on AD? Matisse Thybulle was a favorite of ours early this season because of his elite "stocks". But we realized how bad he can be when those defensive stats are not there as he...

In this episode we answer a question from our inbox about Kevin Durant and what's a fair offer to get him? Trading an injured player can be quite tricky because his value sways in various directions depending on how managers see him. What trade is fair though? We still go through our usual list performers and non-performers for the day, but we also looked into some replacement players and whether...