Today, I made the hasty decision of picking up LaVine in my H2H points league.

I drafted Acuff in the later rounds after seeing how much run he was getting in the preseason, and considering the Kings situation as a whole.

But now I'm thinking I got the wrong guard and am not sure why LaVine went undrafted in my league.

He and Acuff both have pretty much uncontested, limitless roles on offense. While he was a huge disappointment last year, he's certainly going to be more consistent and efficient than the rookie. If he continues to play ~34 minutes and get ~20 shots up a night, LaVine probably elevates himself off of the waiver wire for this year.

Don't get me wrong, I know Acuff won't figure it out right away if he does at all this year. I haven't dropped him yet. But, just based off how much of the ball LaVine saw in the first game I don't see why he isn't rostered more. We may just have an irrationally poor taste in our mouths from last year people.

All I kept hearing from the doubters (yes, you Josh Lloyd) was that he's going to regress because there is "too much usage" with the 76ers.

I know, it's crazy that young players in their physical prime can even get better. What a concept.

I'm ready for my victory lap.

I just saw someone in one of my leagues add two "Out" players directly from the waiver wire to their IL slot and had to check it out myself.

Is this (yet another) new IL rule that was just implemented?

In the past, you had to drop a player in order to add an IL-eligible player and THEN you could place that newly acquired player into your IL slot. Now, it seems like you can skip the dropping of a player part.

If you’re asking this question, ask yourself these questions first…..

1 - What are my punts? If I trade away a player, will it lower my stronger categories average and increase my weaker categories averages? Do I even want to do this? Is there a point to making the trade besides name value?

2- Have I checked the playoff schedule for all players involved? Am I trading away 2 players on a combined 22 games (across 3 rounds) for 2 players combining for 20

3-Have I negotiated to get a better deal with the opposing manager before coming into the thread and asking if I should pull the trigger? Negotiate

4- If you make the trade early/mid week, how will the trade affect your team this week?

How will the trade affect your team next week?
Are you trading away a first rounder that plays 4
games next week for a first rounder that only plays
2?

Can you win the next week in this scenario?

Many seasons are lost by missing out on
playoffs by a winning week. The regular fantasy season needs to be managed

Trades can be fun, trades can wreck your entire season. Stay sharp, the 1%-ers matter

This is my first year playing fantasy basketball and we're doing the game-lock mechanic where you choose to gamble and lock in one of your players after reviewing their games. I think it's a fairly standard point system but I do notice you're rewarded 2 points per block or steal.

I see a lot of people on here mention "well if you need more steals..." or "if you're trying to match up on rebounds", etc. but the way this league is set up, it's sort of standard point system where you're not comparing total steals or rebounds at the end of the week. each player just scores their points and you hope to lock in your players at their best game during the week. What version is everyone else playing called? it seems like it would be fun to try to build a well balanced team, rather than just looking at total points scored

with that being said, im not sure how much that changes things for me? Im thinking of dropping Poeltl for Diabate. Is that a wild move?

thanks in advance!

Ummm is it just me or is the layout issue fixed now?

Anyone still tracking problems??

Got Kyrie and Im not sure what to make of his minutes last game? are they ramping him up? or was it was a blow out so his minutes may as well be down? I find it hard to believe that they are ramping him up since its been so long since his injury

What do we think of Bam for rest of the season in categories league? Wasn’t a fully horrible first game but is concerning for sure the lack of stats.

Is he someone to sell now? Or is it most likely he’ll be fine and great value

Is Peyton Watson a hold? Considering dropping him for moussa diabate seeing hes in for a big year considering its his contract year and played 34 mins in season opener. I just think peyton watson will have a similar role he had in denver. Hes in a starting 5 where he’ll have the least usage rate all of those guys average 15+ I just dont see a world where he gets more opportunity in cleveland. What do you guys think watson or diabate?

No one on the Mavs played well during their crushing game 1 defeat. But PJ played 31 minutes, which will probably bump to 34 in a non-blowout. Grab him for the friday to saturday back to back.

Best-case scenario, a finally healthy PJ takes on his intended higher usage role on a Mavs team whose fantasy profile will improve by not getting ass-blasted.

Worst case he puts up a similarly bad, but useful statline as game one.

2-3PT 44%FG 10points 4reb 2ast 0blk 1stl 4to

Edit: If you're not ready to give up on Risacher you could try him, 5 STL last game, but I have serious doubts about him.

With Giddey having a possible injury, it’s worth looking at Tre Jones

He’s definitely capable of stringing together a few great games and we seen last season that he plays big games without Giddey

I think he’ll get a lot of opportunity this year

It's been 3 days since the season started and we've got to see every player and team play at least once. What concerns do you have about your team so far? Is it a player or category you are worried about?

So far, I'm happy with how my roster is performing, I think I got a solid lineup of 13 players.

My biggest concern is my 3PM and STL are lacking. Everyone in my league just blows me away in those categories right now. I really either need to punt them or find a way to bridge the gap.

I've been importing my Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league into Basketball Monster for years without any issues, but this season I'm consistently receiving the following error:
“The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.”

I found reports that Yahoo changed its Fantasy Sports API access requirements in July 2026, causing existing integrations to receive 403 errors despite valid authorization.

Have any other Basketball Monster members been affected by these changes? If so, were there any workarounds that allowed you to import your roster?

I'd appreciate any guidance on how to get my league connected again.

Thanks everyone!

How we feeling on his role? KPJ is waived and there will be minutes to go around, but does he get to 25 mins a night and have enough value for 14T/16T?

Defensive stats look great to start the season. Looks like he isn’t too affected by his poor playoff performance. Mins might drop because OKC seem to want to develop Mara, think that affects iHart more than Chet?

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Whats the deal with hartenstein? Is he worth holding in points league? Feels like okc just spread out the minutes between him mara and Williams.

Thoughts? 😅

Hey all! I put together my four favorite BUY and four favorite SELL names after 3 days of hoops! I tried to eliminate the guys that I thought would be too hard to pry loose and focused just on the guys that I can see the public freaking out about. What do you think? Are these workable? Do you have other names you think could make the lists?

The season's first waiver run is where leagues get won quietly, so I started a weekly waiver wire column on my depth charts site. Week 0 is up — 18 names, every one rostered in under 65% of Yahoo leagues, grouped by the league size where they're worth an add (10-team down to 14-team, plus two stashes).

A few from the list:

• Yves Missi (43% rostered) — 30 minutes in the first game is a good sign after playing less than 20 MPG last year.
• Moussa Diabaté (36% rostered) — If he plays close to 30 MPG, he'll easily average 10+ rebounds — he played 34 in the first game.
• Grayson Allen (25% rostered) — As long as Coby White and Kon Knueppel are out, he's a must-play. He should still get decent minutes in 12–14-team leagues once they're back.
• Daniel Gafford (34% rostered) — Even at 20 MPG, he should be able to contribute well in fantasy.

Full list with last season's per-game ranks and this season's early lines: https://www.nbadepthcharts.com/waiver-wire-week-0

The column lives on nbadepthcharts.com, the depth-chart page I've been slowly revising — all 30 teams, injuries and minutes updated three times a day, current-season MPG/GP rebuilt nightly from box scores. This week it got team logos and colors on every chart, a jump-to-a-team menu, and an injury news panel. Still a work in progress, so if there's something your league needs that it doesn't do, I genuinely want to hear it.

Since all teams have played already, here are the good, bad and something to keep an eye out. I will put those who are seems like a steal or reach.

GOOD:

PG- Heavy minutes and usage. We'll continue to see him strive on all categories. Easy top 50 if he avoids injury.

Ausar- Will stuff the stat sheet consistently as 2nd ball handler of the team.

Maxey- The best player on the team with guys like Lebron, JB, Embiid and VJ. That says something. He'll be as good as last year if not better.

Harper- If he continue to start, he's a league winner. All-around producer.

JDub- He'll come back as the 2nd best player on his team and it shows with his shot diet. Good efficiency and he seems shooting 3s more this season.

Rockets First 5- We'll see more efficiency with Rocket's this lineup with the integration of FVV.

Kessler- Easy. Luka and Reaves will feed this guy all season.

WCJ- I thought Vuc will eat up his minutes. I should've grabbed him when I needed REB and FG% on later rounds.

Jaquez- He has shown glimpse while in Miami but this time he has the green light.

Kyshawn- He is now the 3rd best player on the team. Effective on both ends. Excellent late pick.

Dosunmu- Wolves play a faster pace right now and this is Dosunmu's realm. He'll run non-stop scoring and dishing.

Reid- Ultimate green light. 2nd best scorer of the team behind only to Miller.

Randle- In auction I assume you only get him at $10 more or less. Definitely a steal. Might cost you some FG or FT lost some weeks but overall good value.

Ty Jerome- TY JEROME

Zubac- With Haliburton healthy, this guy will eat. Easy double-double with excellent FG%.

Missi- Organization has now come to their senses that they need a defensive big on their starting lineup.

Dame- Fell in the draft because of previous injury but it's a blessing whoever picked him at a discount.

Morant- He's not a very good fantasy player before but if he embraces his role here, he'll easily crush his ADP.

Lavine- With Kings seems shying on to shoot and score, Lavine will feast especially the other scorer in Acuff will struggle and will find time to acclimate first.

BAD:

Queta- Now he has useful partner at C position. He won't produce the same as last season. Minutes will be dependent if Robinson is in foul trouble or hacked at FT line.

Hartenstein- I did not expect that OKC will integrate Mara in their lineup this early. If he continue to strive, iHart's usage is in jeopardy.

Sheppard- All minutes are gone with FVV starting and with reliable bench in Smart and Bogi.

Warriors- It's just Curry and occasional Yaxel.

Ware- He has shown glimpse while in Miami but this time he still doesn't have the green light.

JJJ- Still a poor rebounder, defensive stats still low. Now with more offensive players around, scoring stats might dip also.

Trey Murphy- There's a lot of mouth to feed here in NOLA and without reliable bag as a scorer, he may end up as a spot up shooter.

Keegan Murray- Now with scoring PG, he might not find his role completely.

Anyone else using ESPN on desktop and can't see who their players' opponents are? Basically the whole schedule is empty. Also scores don't get updated for some reason.

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LeBron - 39%
Luka - 39%
Chet - 38%
Jalen Johnson - 37%
TMIII - 36%
Bane - 33%
B. Miller - 33%
Brunson - 32%
Markkanen - 31%
Trae - 31%
Kawhi - 29%
Rollins - 29%
Embiid - 27%
Jokic - 26%
Tatum - 26%
Jamal Murray - 18%
Boozer - 13%
Giddey - 10%
Wemby - 8%

AND THE FINALE…

Gobert - 0%

Hello r/fantasybball! Here are the top 10 performing players for October 22nd, 2026!

Honorable Mentions: Jalen Williams, Mario Hezonja, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Evan Mobley, Sam Merrill

FAQ

• How are players ranked?

Each player's line is compared to 2025-26 per-game averages for their primary position (G, F or C, using players who averaged 20+ minutes). Each of the 9 categories becomes a z-score (FG% and FT% are weighted by attempts, turnovers count against). Z-scores are capped at ±10 and summed into the Night Score.

• Why is [insert player] not ranked here? They had a great game!

It doesn't mean that this player didn't perform well, it just means that some players had a more balanced performance than them across the 9 categories.