Week 18 is quickly coming to a close, which means it's time to prep for your Week 19 Fantasy Basketball Dynasty Points matchup! We have everything you need in this article including: Games Played, Back-to-Back Games, Headline News, Top Fantasy Basketball Streamers, and Waiver Wire Pickups. We advise you to BOOKMARK this article and refer back to it whenever you need to stream a player OR to see which teams play on back-to-back days. This article is an INCREDIBLE tool for all your fantasy basketball needs in Week 19.
Week 19 Schedule: Games Played
4 Games: ATL, BKN, CHA, CLE, DAL, GSW, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NYK, ORL, PHI, PHX, SAC WAS
3 Games: BOS, DEN, DET, HOU, IND, NOP, OKC, POR, TOR, UTA
2 Games: CHI, SAS
Week 19 Schedule: Back-to-Back Games
Mon-Tues: MIL
Tues-Wed: BOS, CHA
Wed-Thurs: NYK, PHI
Thurs-Fri: OKC, SAC
Fri-Sat: ATL, BKN, CLE, MEM, MIA, ORL, PHX
Sat-Sun: GSW, LAL
Sun-Mon (Week 20): DAL, MIL
Before we dive into the streaming chart, let's take a look at notable headlines from Week 18:
KAT is expected to be OUT for at least the next two weeks with a left wrist fracture
Kyrie Irving will have arthroscopic surgery and will miss the rest of the season
Damian Lillard will miss "at least the next three or four games" with a right groin strain
Clint Capela will be out for "weeks" with plantar fasciitis
Victor Oladipo is no longer on a minutes restriction, but will still sit out back-to-backs
The following list of players are ALL owned in UNDER 50% of Yahoo, ESPN, and Fantrax leagues.
Please Note: We have a column labeled "Th", which highlights players who play on a slow game day this week.
Top 10 Widely Available
Points League Streamers
1. Damion Lee
2. PJ Washington
3. Taurean Prince
4. Darius Garland
5. Ish Smith
6. Malik Monk
7. Donte DiVincenzo
8. Tim Hardaway Jr.
9. De'Andre Hunter
10. Daniel Theis
Waiver Wire Pickups
Let's get to the players you should consider picking up if they are available in your league:
Bruce Brown and Svi Mykhailiuk are set to take on bigger workloads following the buyout of Reggie Jackson. With Detroit short on true point guards, Brown should slide into playmaking duties, which makes him a speculative add in all leagues. Coach Dwane Casey has stated that Mykailiuk will play some point guard, which makes him worth a pickup in 12-team leagues. With KAT set to miss at least the next two weeks, Juancho Hernangomez, James Johnson, and Naz Reid are all worth an add respectively in 12-team leagues. Since being traded to the Timberwolves, Hernangomez is averaging 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and low-end stock stats while playing 30 minutes per game. In the last game before the All-Star Break, Johnson had 5 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks in 32 minutes. Johnson can be relied on for elite 3-and-D stats. Reid has been averaging 11.3 points, 6 rebounds, and 1.7 3-pointers over the last two weeks. He offers very little stats outside of those three categories, but the fact that he started last Friday night makes him worth a speculative add in ALL leagues. With the uncertain futures of Marvin Bagley and Richaun Holmes, Jabari Parker becomes very interesting. Parker was traded to the Sacramento Kings before the trade deadline and he should step into big minutes after the All-Star Break. At the very least, he should have solid value in points leagues. Malik Monk has been ON FIRE over the last two weeks. Before the All-Star break, Monk was averaging 15.6 points, 4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and low-end stocks stats while playing 29 minutes per game. He is worth owning and starting in all leagues while he's hot. Over the past two weeks, Coby White has averaged 11.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists, and 1.3 steals while playing 31 minutes per game. The Chicago Bulls have every incentive to play him big minutes down the stretch. Since the trade deadline passed, Thon Maker is averaging 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.8 steals, and 1.5 blocks while playing 28 minutes. With Drummond out of Detroit, Maker is in line for big minutes and can help your fantasy team in points, rebounds, and blocks. With reports of the Cleveland Cavaliers wanting Kevin Porter Jr. to be both a scorer and facilitator, he deserves a speculative pickup in ALL leagues. The Cavaliers seem destined to fully unleash him as they build towards the future. Lastly, with Damian Lillard set to miss "at least the next three or four games", Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr. are both worth a look in DEEP leagues.
Top 100
The following players are producing Top 100 value over the past month. Consider adding these players while they're hot!
Jerami Grant (Top 10)
Danuel House Jr. (Top 25)
Josh Hart (Top 50)
Trevor Ariza (Top 50)
Seth Curry (Top 75)
Landry Shamet (Top 75)
Dorian Finney-Smith (Top 75)
Maxi Kleber (Top 75)
Tim Hardaway Jr. (Top 75)
Monte Morris (Top 75)
BONUS
Deep League Waiver Wire Adds
(Players owned in UNDER 20% of Yahoo Leagues)
Damion Lee (20%), Donte DiVincenzo (17%), De'Anthony Melton (10%), Dorian Finney-Smith (19%), Kyle Anderson (18%), Andre Iguodala (7%), Josh Okogie (6%), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (8%), Jordan Poole (3%), Justin Holiday (9%), Matisse Thybulle (8%), Gary Trent Jr. (11%), Moe Harkless (3%), Furkan Korkmaz (9%), Derrick Jones Jr. (8%), Landry Shamet (19%), Cody Martin (1%), Royce O'Neale (4%), Garrett Temple (3%), George Hill (8%)
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God bless you and let's win Week 19 together!
Jacob W. Dunne
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