It's Week 8 of phantasy hoops and the NBA play continues to beryllium amusive and interesting, arsenic it ever is.
So which subordinate has been the champion waiver ligament pickup of the play truthful far?
Here are André Snellings, Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and John Cregan to supply their perspective.
Kelly Olynyk, PF/C, Utah Jazz: Fantasy managers had astir apt seen capable of Olynyk implicit the years to support expectations low, adjacent arsenic Utah touted him arsenic their starting center. It's going exceedingly well, arsenic Olynyk is, successful my eyes, the Western Conference mentation of Milwaukee's Brook Lopez. Nobody wanted them, but conscionable look astatine these numbers! Lopez piles connected the blocks and 3-pointers. Olynyk delivers steals and 3-pointers. They sprout good and lend capable points and rebounds. These are top-20 options connected the Player Rater and reminders that it's not each astir scoring accepted points, but it's astir phantasy points for us. -- Karabell
Bol Bol, PF/C, Orlando Magic: It has to beryllium Bol Bol. While I've enjoyed rostering Trey Murphy III and De'Anthony Melton fixed interim bursts of worth recently, it's Bol who is an enduring interaction contributor and league-altering force. After all, he's 4th successful the league successful artifact percent and 15th successful antiaircraft rebounding percent each portion inactive disposable successful escaped bureau successful 37% of ESPN leagues. Landing a unsocial subordinate similar Bol backmost successful precocious October is 1 of the joys of playing phantasy hoops. -- McCormick
Cameron Payne, PG, Phoenix Suns and Malik Monk, SG/SF, Sacramento Kings: I'd been eyeing Payne since the preseason, adjacent drafting him successful 1 of my deeper leagues, due to the fact that I had superior questions astir Chris Paul's durability this season. Because I was keeping specified a adjacent oculus connected the situation, I was capable to prime up Payne instantly aft Paul's wounded was announced and frankincense reap the benefits of his presently month-long stint arsenic a starter. His worth drops erstwhile Paul returns, but Payne could beryllium worthy holding onto successful lawsuit this concern arises again. Another pickup that I like, from that aforesaid league, was Monk. I liked what helium showed with the Lakers past season, and helium flashed successful constricted minutes successful the Kings games I watched aboriginal successful the season. I picked him up to commencement November, and he's averaged 17 PPG, 4.4 APG, 2.1 3PG and 1.9 RPG successful lone 23.7 MPG. I could spot his relation expanding adjacent much arsenic the play goes along, making him a bully stake to beryllium an adjacent amended pickup earlier each is said and done. -- Snellings
Lonnie Walker IV, SG/SF, Los Angeles Lakers: Walker is simply a large AAAA-type (in shot terms) player. Someone who tends to beryllium available. Who has a accomplishment acceptable that runs blistery and acold (his 3-point shooting.) Who I tin telephone up to the large nine erstwhile needed... provided his 3-point changeable is clicking. The minutes are there. There is simply a relation sitting for the taking that Walker could leverage into a reliable top-100 Points league player. What I'm looking for is the accomplishment of a secondary stat. Something beyond points and 3s that tin prolong Walker done his unsmooth shooting patches. -- Cregan
Jalen McDaniels, PF, Charlotte Hornets: The Hornets person had to woody with Miles Bridges' off-the-court ineligible concern and LaMelo Ball's ankle wounded which has fixed Jalen McDaniels an accidental to morph into 1 of my favourite waiver ligament pickups truthful acold this play successful deeper formats. Three of the past 4 games person seen him people 33 oregon much phantasy points. McDaniels is lone rostered successful 6.5% of ESPN leagues. -- Moody
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