Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to the Week 5 Fantasy Basketball Schedule Preview!
The Los Angeles Clippers have the best schedule this week with four games, 2 home and two away. Opposite, the Oklahoma City Thunder have the worst schedule, with two games this week. The NBA will cede the Holiday on Thursday to the NFL and will not have any games, but instead, the majority of the league is playing both Wednesday and Friday. For streaming purposes, Tuesday (five games) and Saturday (6 games) are the days to target. Four teams offer options for both Tuesday and Saturday slates. Check out the schedule below and streaming options for this week.
Fantasy Basketball Schedule Preview
This week’s NBA schedule
- Monday (11/20): 8 games
- Tuesday (10/21): 5 games
- Wednesday (10/22): 14 games
- Thursday (10/23): 0 games
- Friday (10/24): 10 games
- Saturday (10/25): 6 games
- Sunday (10/26): 8 games
Teams with four games this week:
LAC, MIL, WAS, BOS, ATL, NOR, PHO, CHI, MIN, CLE, DEN, ORL, MIA, TOR, SAS
Teams with three games this week:
LAL, POR,UTA, IND, BKN, HOU, GSW, CHA, SAC, NYK, PHI, MEM
Teams with two games this week:
DAL, DET, OKC
Waiver-wire Targets
ATLANTA HAWKS (TUES/WED/SAT/SUN)
- Saddiq Bey (SF/PF): Bey is a great streamer, providing points, threes, and rebounds off the bench in a reliable role for the Hawks. His production increases if either Hunter or Jalen Johnson has to sit for an extended time.
- De’Andre Hunter (SF/PF): Hunter has cooled off recently, resulting in a demotion to the waiver wire in many leagues. Despite this, Hunter offers scoring, threes, and rebounds each night in a 25-plus minute role.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS (TUES/WED/SAT)
- Cam Reddish (SG/SF): Reddish is getting massive minutes and has ample opportunity to provide value as a streamer. Reddish can offer points and threes, but you are targeting him for elite steals.
UTAH JAZZ (TUES/WED/SAT)
- Kelly Olynk (PF/C): Olynk is in a modest role but provides all-around value with upside in rebounds and assists from the center position.
- Talen Horton-Tucker (SG/SF): THT has taken a back seat for Utah’s backcourt but is still a helpful streamer in 20 minutes per game. THT can provide points and assists from the forward position.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS (TUES/WED/SAT)
- Nicolas Batum (SF): Batum has fallen into Oubre’s minutes and sprinkles in production across all categories. He isn’t a world-beater but offers streaming value in deeper leagues.