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We have what could be considered a modest slate by Wednesday standards, as there are “only” eight games on tap. Naturally, that still gives us a very robust player pool to work with, and we fortunately have several players carrying salaries that render them very high-upside value options.
As customary, we’ll highlight multiple advantageous positional matchups to exploit at each position for your Yahoo Fantasy lineups, as well as a good trio of candidates that may be best to steer clear of due to a combination of circumstances/salary.
Guards
Tyrese Haliburton, IND at HOU ($42): Haliburton has been over 45 Yahoo points in each of his last two games, and he also has a pair of tallies north of 54 Yahoo points already this season. The talented guard has had some atypical inefficiencies with his shot in the early going, but Haliburton’s ceiling is above question, and he may have the right matchup to break him out of his funk Wednesday. The Rockets are surrendering an NBA-high 59.1 Yahoo points per contest to point guards in the last seven games, and they’re also yielding 36.8% 3-point shooting on their home floor.
Jared McCain, PHI at MEM ($19): McCain’s salary is quite the eye-opener when considering his body of work in recent games with Tyrese Maxey (hamstring) unavailable. The rookie has scored 34.8 to 54.4 Yahoo points in his last three games, and he’d generated 32.6 and 27.6 Yahoo points in the two contests prior to that stretch as well. The opposing Grizzlies play at the league’s fastest pace (108.3 possessions per game) and rank in the bottom 10 of the league in offensive efficiency rating allowed to two-guards (23.8), brightening McCain’s case at his very reasonable salary.
ALSO CONSIDER: Stephen Curry, GSW vs. ATL ($42); Paul George, PHI at MEM ($35)
Guard to Avoid
Bogdan Bogdanovic, ATL at GSW ($25): Bogdanovic made his return Monday from a multi-week absence due to a hamstring injury, posting 14.1 Yahoo points across a modest 18 minutes. Bogdanovic naturally has plenty of upside, but he carries a salary that’s in line with his usual bench role that affords him minutes in the upper 20s on average. Bogdanovic is…
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Publish date : 2024-11-20 10:01:00
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