Fantasy basketball waiver wire finds

Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters.

A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster can prove rewarding. When curating this fluid collective of statistical contributors, it helps to consider your end-of-bench players in direct competition with the talent floating in free agency.

The goal of this weekly series is to identify players at each position available in free agency in at least a third of ESPN leagues. Some nominations are specialists capable of helping in one or two categories, while others deliver more diverse and important statistical offerings. In the breakdowns below, I’ve ordered players at each position with the priority of acquisition in mind, rather than roster percentage in ESPN leagues.

Point Guard

Kevin Porter Jr., Houston Rockets (Rostered in 52.3% of ESPN leagues): The Rockets have been patient with their young playmaker as he heals from a thigh injury, but the fact that he’s listed as questionable to play to begin the week is a good sign that a return looms. Given how long he’s been sidelined, it’s easy to forget how productive Porter can be when he’s at his best. As the rare high-usage creator found widely available in fantasy leagues, it’s worth seeing if “KPJ” can thrive upon return Houston’s rotation this week.

Jalen Brunson, Dallas Mavericks (51.6%): Awesomely productive in place of Luke Doncic in recent games, Brunson should sustain enough statistical value as a copilot in the Dallas offense once the heliocentric Slovenian returns. With Doncic recently placed in health and safety protocols, there’s still some runway left for Brunson as an interim fantasy star. In this same tier in free…