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Is the risk worth the reward? Jason Bernard examines three high-risk players who could pay off big in 2019-20 fantasy basketball leagues.

It's been a long fantasy basketball season, but we're almost to the finish line. This season has been littered with countless injuries to star players and it's certainly taken its toll on fantasy squads. While the waiver wire is always important, it's been of even more importance this season. This week is no different either with several big names nursing nagging injuries.Games Played by Team This Week4 Games: HOU, LAC, NOR, OKC, POR, SAC, SAS, TOR.3 Games: ATL, BKN, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, DET, GSW, IND,…

Isn't San Antonio supposed to be one of the least dramatic teams in the NBA? That's been the status quo over the last two decades or so until this crazy Kawhi Leonard situation this season. The way this is going, Kawhi and the Spurs will win an Emmy award for best sports drama. Leonard has been cleared to return to action but has decided against it. Maybe it's all mental or maybe there actually is a rift between him and the organization. Who knows. But it's not helping Leonard's fantasy owners one damn bit, that's for sure.…

The all-star break is over and we've entered the stretch run of the fantasy basketball season. With the exception of one big injury for a top-20 fantasy asset, the injury report is light this week, as it should be coming off a week-long break for NBA players.This is a great week for streaming players if you're into that sort of thing. Half the NBA plays 4+ games this week including a five-game slate for the Sacramento Kings.Games Played by Team This Week5 Games: SAC.4 Games: ATL, BKN, CHA, DAL, DET, IND, LAC,…

We've reached the NBA All-Star break, so everyone can take a deep breath and relax for a bit. It's been a long, grueling four months already, and we still got almost two months to go. We all could use a mental break right about now. This break gives us some time to get our fantasy lineups ready for the stretch run.Luckily, there are plenty of intriguing options on the waiver wire this week as teams continue to figure out their rotations following the trading deadline last week. On the flip side, streaming will be a…