Al Horford (C, BOS) - Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues

ANALYSIS: Will Big Al ever run out of energy? I doubt it if you ask me. Horford, playing in his age-36 season and 16th as a pro and keeps starting games nightly going 13-for-13 this season after starting all of those in which he played over the last two seasons (97). And it is not just starting games, but playing monster minutes including the 32 MPG he's spending on the court this season.

After a rough start to the 2023 campaign in which Horford only averaged a putrid 0.70 FP/min (league average at 0.90), the veteran seems to finally have found his real pace averaging 1.02 FP/min from Nov. 7 on and over a span of six games since then.

Horford has played even more minutes in that second stint than in the underperforming first, so the outcomes should be sustainable over time. Horford has hit at least one trey in each of his 13 games and is hitting 2+ 3PM a pop. He's shooting above 60% from the field in November (on low volume, though) and has scored 11+ points in all but one game (7) this month.

The center has already bagged three double-doubles this season while pulling down 6+ boards in six consecutive games through Saturday. Horford and Brook Lopez are the only two "true" centers in the NBA currently averaging 2+ 3PM.

Horford, though, is the only player averaging 2+ 3PM per game to go with 6+ RPG and shooting above 55% from the floor. Lauri Markkanen, Stephen Curry, and Karl-Anthony Towns are the only other three players with those 3PM and RPG averages shooting above 50% to date. The three of them are rostered in at least 94% of all ESPN leagues.

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 […]

Dan Palyo 9 months ago

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 […]

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

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 […]

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

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 […]

Antonio Losada 2 years ago

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 […]

Antonio Losada 2 years ago