RADIO
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues
ANALYSIS: You won't believe this, but Gorgui Dieng is one of only 30 players earning the top-salary of their respective franchises in the NBA. Dieng is far from being the highest-paid player, sure, but he's got the max. salary among Grizzlies at $17.2M and is entering free agency this summer. All of that for a bench player, even with JJJ on the shelf injured and with Tillman and Clarke starting above him.
That doesn't mean Dieng is not valuable at all. I fact, Dieng is one fot he most efficient players in Memphis. Since the Grizzlies came back from their COVID-related hiatus they have played four games. Dieng has come off the bench in all games he's played this season, but in those last four his minutes have gone up to a minimum of 23 and an average of 25 per game. Dieng is putting up an average 12-7-1-1-2 line, which is basically nuts for someone playing just one half of every game.
Dieng is currently producing 1.10 FP/min, which ranks above average in the whole NBA, yet he's available in six of each seven Yahoo fantasy leagues. Dieng has scored 15+ points in two of his last four games, pulled down 6+ boards in all four, and blocked 1+ shot in all of them too. He stretches the floor, has scored at least one triple in 12 of his 14 total games, and he's shooting 48.3% from the floor with a great 61.9 TS%. Can't pass on such a bench-bargain.
More Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups
League Winners: Players To Stash For the Stretch Run - 2024 Fantasy Basketball
The All-Star Break is upon us and while it's nice to have some time off from setting lineups, making DFS lineups, and placing bets. It's also a nice time to look ahead and what moves you can make to put your team in the best position possible to win a fantasy basketball title. Remember, the […]
Trendon Watford (PF, POR) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: According to Shams Charania of The Athletic (reporting on Sunday morning), the Portland Trail Blazers are leaning toward shutting down Damian Lillard for the remainder of the season. The Blazers, mind you, have been without Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons, Lillard, and Jusuf […]
Xavier Tillman Sr. (PF, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: With just a week and a half remaining in the regular season and Memphis sitting pretty in the no. 2 seed in the Western Conference, it's hard to envision Steven Adams returning before the playoffs and risking any sort of setback in […]
Deni Avdija (SF, WAS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The surge of Deni Avdija in all fantasy leaderboards has a very easy-to-grasp reason and that's Kyle Kuzma missing time with an injury. Ruled out Sunday, that made it four consecutive outings missed by the Kuz, which has clearly opened the door […]
Nick Richards (C, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: Rookie Mark Williams returned to the Charlotte Hornets' rotation on Friday and logged 21 minutes coming off the pine. Nick Richards started at center for the seventh consecutive time, but keep in mind Williams had done so for 12 straight games before […]
Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App
Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy basketball mobile app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, lineup notifications & DFS articles. All free!
By popular demand, RotoBaller has aggregated all of our fantasy basketball NBA waiver wire pickups into a running list of NBA waiver options, so bookmark the page and check back often for updates.
