Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups + All I Want for Christmas (FSFP #024‪)‬ Flashy Stats Fantasy Podcast

It's finally here! The NBA season tipped off this week, and with it, so does a new weekly installment on the Flashy Stats Fantasy Podcast (I know, I know, you're more excited about the latter). Though we recorded this episode before the opening night matchups, we didn't need to see Nets vs. Warriors (sorry for doubting you Kevin Durant) or Lakers vs. Clippers (not sorry for doubting you Luke Kennard) to pick out some of the most over and under owned players in fantasy basketball right now. To us, there is a huge disparity for some players between their actual value and their percentage owned in fantasy, and we point out some of those players in this episode (full list below). After going through some of the most underrated and over owned fantasy basketball players to pick up off the waiver wire week 1 - or as we like to call them, our gifts under the tree and coal for Christmas players - we share our Christmas wishes with you all. Ranging from as big as the Detroit Pistons winning an NBA championship to a healthy season for Kristaps Porzingis, we share all that we want for Christmas to wrap up this episode! The full list of players that we noted for this list (don't worry, we didn't have time to cover them all in this episode) are listed below:

Players under the tree (potential waiver wire pickups for your team):
Duncan Robinson - Miami Heat, Seth Curry - Philadelphia 76ers, Davis Bertans - Washington Wizards, Elfrid Payton - New York Knicks, Wendell Carter Jr. - Chicago Bulls, Goran Dragic - Miami Heat, PJ Washington - Charlotte Hornets, Dillon Brooks - Memphis Grizzlies, Killian Hayes - Detroit Pistons, OG Anunoby - Toronto Raptors, Harrison Barnes - Sacramento Kings, Mikal Bridges - Phoenix Suns

Stocking stuffers (our deep sleepers - under 20% owned - guys to not pick up, but look out for on waivers if they get hot):

Darius Bazley - OKC Thunder, Gary Harris - Denver Nuggets, Joe Harris - Brooklyn Nets, Jae Crowder - Phoenix Suns, Patrick Williams - Chicago Bulls, Aron Baynes and Norman Powell - Toronto Raptors, Kevin Knox - New York Knicks, Gary Trent Jr. - Portland Trail Blazers, Dorian Finney-Smith - Dallas Mavericks, Nemanja Bjelica - Sacramento Kings, De'Andre Hunter - Atlanta Hawks, Shake Milton - Philadelphia 76ers, Chris Boucher - Toronto Raptors, Devin Vassell - San Antonio Spurs, Mo Bamba - Orlando Magic

Over-owned players/Coal for Christmas/Socks for Christmas:

Marc Gasol - Los Angeles Lakers, LaMelo Ball - Charlotte Hornets, Tyler Herro - Miami Heat, Michael Porter Jr. - Denver Nuggets, Gordon Hayward - Charlotte Hornets, Myles Turner - Indiana Pacers, DeMarcus Cousins - Houston Rockets, RJ Barrett - New York Knicks, Anthony Edwards - Minnesota Timberwolves, Bol Bol - Denver Nuggets

If you're curious about any of our picks above, make sure to listen to the episode to understand our rationale behind the selection! We wish we had time to go through all of these players and teams, but we hope that you got enough from this episode to succeed in your fantasy basketball league through your waiver wire pickups!

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Have a safe and Happy Holidays, and we'll see you guys again in the New Year.


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