Here we are in the last month of fantasy basketball. Half the teams are injured and the other half are pretending to be. Only the third half of the teams are healthy. This is great news for the fantasy basketball sleuths sifting through the waiver wire. If you need a second opinion on things, scroll down below.
Fantasy Basketball Schedule Overview
- Monday (3/10): 12 games
- Tuesday (3/11): 4 games
- Wednesday (3/12): 9 games
- Thursday (3/13): 5 games
- Friday (3/14): 10 games
- Saturday (3/15): 8 games
- Sunday (3/16): 8 games
Teams with 5 games:
BKN
Teams with 4 games:
ATL, BOS, CHA, DAL, DEN, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHX, SAS, TOR, UTA, WAS
Teams with 3 games:
CHI, CLE, DET, GSW, MIN, NOP, NYK, POR, SAC
Teams with 2 back to backs:
BKN, DEN, IND, LAL, MEM, OKC, PHI, PHX, POR, SAC, SAS, UTA
Teams with 1 back to back:
BOS, DAL, HOU, LAC, MIA, MIL, MIN, ORL, TOR, WAS
Teams with 0 back to backs:
ATL, CHA, CHI, CLE, DET, GSW, NOP, NYK
Most Favorable Schedules
Brooklyn Nets – LAL @CLE @CHI BOS ATL
The Nets being the only team to play five games this week puts them atop the best schedules ranking. Keon Johnson and Ziaire Williams might be worth a look, particularly if Cam Thomas is out with a hamstring injury. In deeper leagues, Noah Clowney and Day’Ron Sharpe are decent big-man options.
Toronto Raptors – WAS PHI @UTA @POR
Despite the Raptors having a pretty nice schedule, there aren’t really many non-obvious players to look at here. After accounting for everyone injured and resting, perhaps guys like Jamal Shead at point guard or Orlando Robinson and Chris Boucher at center might deserve a second look. Jamison Battle is another player to check out for deeper leagues.
Los Angeles Clippers – @NOP @MIA @ATL CHA
With Norman Powell out since last week, Bogdan Bogdanovic is back to putting up reasonable enough stat lines. Powell is due to be re-evaluated later this week and he will move Bogdanovic down a peg in the team hierarchy once returned.
Memphis Grizzlies – PHX UTA CLE MIA
Brandon Clarke is a must-roster until Jaren Jackson Jr. returns from his ankle injury. There is no specific timetable for it yet, expect it to be another couple of weeks.
Washington Wizards – @TOR @DET @DET @DEN
Kyshawn George is, perhaps, the best rookie on the Wizards team right now. Or is it Bub Carrington?
Usage Watch
Collin Sexton of the Utah Jazz is the player with the highest increase in his usage over the past week. Followed by Aaron Holiday, Ja’Kobe Walter, Naji Marshall, and Kyle Filipowski.
That concludes this week’s Usage Watch.
