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Week 4 of the NBA season includes the start of group play in the Emirates NBA Cup, with games for that in-season competition scheduled for Tuesdays and Fridays. In addition to this scheduling wrinkle, there are more injuries for fantasy managers to take into consideration as they scour their waiver wires for potential value additions. Let’s dive into this week’s Waiver Wired, which is guard-heavy, beginning with a Grizzlies reserve who has been one of the league’s pleasant surprises.
Fantasy ranks source: Basketball Monster
Priority Adds
1. Scotty Pippen Jr.
2. Jose Alvarado
3. Luguentz Dort
4. Payton Pritchard
5. Peyton Watson
6. Davion Mitchell
7. Tari Eason
8. Caris LeVert
9. Bub Carrington
10. Goga Bitadze
Payton Pritchard (43%), Boston Celtics
This one is pretty obvious for standard league managers looking for points, assists, and 3-pointers on solid percentages. While it would be easy to cite Jaylen Brown’s absence as a reason for Pritchard’s added fantasy value, he was playing well when the Celtics were healthy (outside of Kristaps Porzingis, of course). Pritchard may not hover around the top 50 in per-game value for the entire season, but his start is legit.
Scotty Pippen Jr. (42%), Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizzlies lost Ja Morant to a hip injury, and at a minimum he will miss Friday’s game against the Wizards. But even if this is only a one-game issue for the Grizzlies star, there’s value to be had in adding Pippen. He sits just outside the top 100 in per-game value and has recorded three points/assists double-doubles despite coming off the bench. Also, Pippen has hit double figures in points in seven of nine games this season.
Jose Alvarado (32%), New Orleans Pelicans
Alvarado will be valuable to fantasy managers as long as the Pelicans remain severely shorthanded on the perimeter. Dejounte Murray and CJ McCollum still have return timelines that are measured in weeks rather than days, leaving Alvarado as the lone point guard in the rotation. Production-wise, he’s been a top 25 player over the last week, and top 75 over the last two weeks.
Tari Eason (28%), Houston Rockets
Despite playing 22.4 minutes per game, Eason has…
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Publish date : 2024-11-08 17:00:00
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