The Playlist: Week 1 fantasy basketball wavier wire pickups and schedules notes

Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to music or other things in my rotation — for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball.

Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make, lineup notes (who’s in and out of rotations), followed by takeaways on the schedule.

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🎧 Who’s in My Rotation: Waiver Pickups

As a general strategy note, look in the waiver pool for players with the INJ designation. Pick them up and stash them in an IL spot (if you have one). Shaedon Sharpe comes to mind because he’s just 29% rostered.

Oh and for those with IL+ spots, there’s a ton of players who are listed as GTD. Send them to IL+ if they’re not playing so you can pick up another player on waivers.

Payton Pritchard – PG, Boston Celtics (14% rostered)

The Celtics play Tuesday and Thursday, so you’ll get two quality games out of Pritchard in a three-game week. What’s better? After playing the Knicks on opening night, the Celtics face the Wizards and the Pistons. Pritchard might go for 30.

Jaylen Brown:

“A night we playing, don’t mean to disrespect them but, the Detroit Pistons who have struggled over the last year or two, we gonna play through Payton, let him go for 30. Play through Sam, let him shoot 10 threes tonight. We gonna still win the game” pic.twitter.com/t1Cgu6lgdI

— Oh No He Didn’t (@ohnohedidnt24) September 24, 2024

Trolling or not, the Celtics will be heavily favored in each contest so Pritchard’s got a good chance of increased minutes and production this week. He should be the Celtics sixth man, so stream him and see where it goes. Sam Hauser is an alternative option if you’re looking for 3s.

Taylor Hendricks – SF/PF, Utah Jazz (48% rostered)

The second-year pro didn’t have a good preseason. Still, he’s starting at PF and can hit 3s and generate stocks. He averaged six boards as a starter, too, so with more minutes, he could net some sneaky value in the back end of your team.

Kelly Oubre Jr. – SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers (31% rostered)

We don’t know when Paul George will be…

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Publish date : 2024-10-21 18:07:00

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