Fantasy Benchwarmers

And so it will happen. Ironically, in the midst of this COVID outbreak in the NBA, one man who was not allowed to play part-time because he is unvaccinated will return to help the Brooklyn Nets from their COVID woes. Given that he will only play road games, is it really worth holding on to Kyrie Irving? What to do if you have him and what to do if he's available? Klay Thompson's return was moved b...

We rarely talk about him in our quickies, so today we decided to pay some respect to Lebron James. Just like Chris Paul, LBJ has so far been playing way above what many managers expected. At 36, do you think he can sustain this throughout the season? Should we buy him? We talk about some players commish will trade for LBJ. Lots of buy players discussed in this quickie - Isaac Okoro, Isaiah Hartens...

COVID strikes anew! This time the Brooklyn Nets got 7 players under the protocol. What about this for wishful thinking - with the Nets lineup very depleted, what if Kyrie Irving suddenly decides to save the Nets from this COVID outbreak and play? Well, that's just me hoping he does play. Giannis Antetokounmpo is also another big name that entered the health and safety protocols. Who to maybe add o...

Let me start by taking a poll. I strongly believe that it is difficult to sell high a player like Harrison Barnes. So commish and I kind of debated how high can Barnes be traded so we want to ask you guys to comment below if you were able to sell high Harrison Barnes and how high were you able to sell him for? I want to know what the real market is for this guy. We talked about the seemingly decli...

Another day, another set of COVID-related illness. This time Zach Lavine, RJ Barrett and Precious Achiuwa enters COVID protocols. The Chicago Bulls has definitely been the most unfortunate with almost everyone under health and safety protocols. I guess the only good news is that once endured this next 2 weeks without these players, you won't worry about them getting COVID again anytime soon or dur...

We got more updates on Zion and at this point, whatever update we get about this guy, stay away! I will be surprised if he returns before the All-Star break. Plus, it's the holidays and he won't just be dealing with the sore foot but also his diet during this season! Jerami Grant is another thumb injury casualty. He will be out indefinitely so this could mean a boost for the Detroit Pistons' young...

Fiftieth DFQ episode for the season! Thanks for following and supporting the podcast and the content we put out! Truly appreciate it! For today's quickie, we put out our prediction on SGA's over/under games played this season. Over or Under 60 games? What do you think? Two more early rounders we rarely talked about - Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokoumnpo. Both are quietly just doing their busines...

It's the rant about Anthony Davis episode! We discuss some managers' frustration with AD despite being within the top 10 fantasy players so far. Is this the best we can get from AD or can he return to that top 5 or even top 3 status? A couple of days ago we talked about the Indiana Pacers' plan to rebuild already, putting every Pacers' status within the team in jeopardy. Now we hear that Myles Tur...

Sooo, Chris Boucher got the start. Is it time to add him up again? Okay, let's face it, the Boucher of last season is probably too much to expect given the very inconsistent playing time and deeper rotation in his position so lines like today could be good enough to ride him while the Toronto Raptors' big men are recovering. We discuss and compare 2 rookies this season - Franz Wagner and Josh Gidd...

Biggest injury news today is CJ McCollum's collapsed lung, which is a bad sounding injury. He will miss significant time, but nothing concrete at this point. What's concrete is TJ McConnell will be out for the season which already gives Chris Duarte some nice fantasy value for the rest of the season. More interesting though would be the news of an Indiana rebuild. Who gets moved and who stays a Pa...

More COVID outbreak in Chicago and Charlotte as Demar Derozan and Ish Smith enters health and safety protocols. This could be a regular occurrence in the NBA this season so I guess we just have to deal with it and keep our fingers crossed that it won't strike our players. Jimmy Butler goes down again after just 25 minutes of play. Just frustrating for owners as he has been great when playing. Unfo...

So after a seemingly uneventful day in the NBA yesterday, we were greeted with a new set of injuries and COVID cases today. The Charlotte Hornets, more notably Lamelo Ball and Terry Rozier got into COVID health and safety protocols today and will be out at least for a week and a half. Then Alex Caruso suffers a hamstring injury while Jaylen Brown and OG Anunoby will be missing more time due to the...

Caris Levert, who we just talked about as one of our worry players, keeps his value alive with a strong line against the depleted Miami Heat. His inconsistency is just annoying so hopefully this game gets him into a good streak. We also talk about Jarrett Allen and Clint Capela. Which of these two centers do you prefer to own for the rest of the season? I feel like Allen has been really good this...

In the NBA playoffs, there's a saying that a series has not begun until a road team wins. Well, in fantasy, your season has not begun until you get hit by the injury bug and today a lot of big name players got bit. Bam Adebayo could be out 4-6 weeks due to (again) a thumb injury. Christian Wood suffers a sprained ankle during the early part of the game. Dame Lillard will now be out at least 10 day...

I know Steph Curry has been really good this season. Heck he is in fact ranked 1 in fantasy, but why do games like today are annoying?! It seems like Curry's bad game always come at a time when I really need him to play well. I know the leash for Curry on bad games should be really long. Today's game though made me wonder, if you were to re-draft the top 2 or even 3 picks would Jokic, Curry and Ha...

Jonas Valanciunas had his Steph Curry moment after hitting 7 threes against the Los Angeles Clippers. We talk about Valanciunas's value moving forward and would this be a sell high moment? Who do you think would be a viable trade for Valanciunas? On the flip side, Bradley Beal is another borderline first round pick who has not lived up to the hype so far. Do you think he can turn it around? A numb...

That's a wrap for week 6! What's also over is the talks of John Wall playing. Hopefully you did not drop anyone of solid fantasy value for him. Another veteran is set to return to the NBA with the champions. Demarcus Cousins signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. Whether he contributes any fantasy value is yet to be seen, but just to remind everyone, it has been a while since Cousins have been a reliabl...

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Lots of centers in today's quickie, but first the news today about John Wall is something to monitor. Is he an add now or should we wait for further news? Nikola Vucevic and Bam Adebayo, two centers drafted pretty high this year, hasn't not been what many have hoped for. Surprisingly, Adebayo has been averaging pretty much the same as last season except for the assists and blocks, making me wonder...

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I apologize for the late upload on this episode as I had a very tiring day yesterday and I was knocked out as I waited for the rendering to finish. Good thing there are no games today. Anyway, in this episode we talk about some of the utility guys - those end of roster players that can do a little of everything. Who do you think is the best utility guy so...

Kristaps Porzingis has had a string of really good games, so the question is, can you trust him for the rest of the season? Is this the new Porzingis under the Jason Kidd system? We share our thoughts about whether or not we feel KP can sustain this. We also discuss the player who is probably the front-runner for Sixth Man of the Year - Tyler Herro. Another guy's performance we question if it can...

First of all, let me announce that I am now a proud owner of an Alperen Sengun stock in one of my fantasy teams! So now let's see what the hype will be all about with this rookie.   Speaking of rookies, Josh Giddey has been playing "not too bad" basketball these days. Other than inconsistent scoring and a below average FG, his other stats have been okay. Now in case you are thinking of selling you...

We got some not so good update about Michael Porter Jr. from The Denver Post and it's looking like MPJ is the front runner for bust of the year. Well, I hope he gets better soon. Nothing is final though as Denver Nuggets has not announced anything official yet, but it is not looking good. One player looking good is Cade Cunningham. First it was Scottie Barnes then we had Evan Mobley, now Cunningha...

One player so far struggling after coming back from injury is Brandon Ingram. I am personally not too high on Ingram, so hard for me to decide if I should buy on BI. But in this episode we throw maybe a name or two that you could try if you feel BI is a buy low opportunity. We also talk about mini-Gobert - Clint Capela. Capela as we've mentioned before tends to be a slow starter, so hopefully the...

I'm not sure about you guys, but I stayed away from Zach Lavine this season thinking that the stats will be shared among their big 3 (Lavine, Derozan and Vucevic). Lavine though has been thriving despite having Derozan next to him. As commish would say, he's always been a safe choice in the draft and despite him being a shooter, his percentages are just really good for a scorer. We also talk about...