Week 21 has been predictable in some ways (LeBron, Wade, and Melo) and totally unpredictable in others. Who would’ve guessed that Rashard Lewis and Brandon Jennings would pick now to break out of their slumps? Or that Tim Duncan would save his worst FG% game in his entire career for the first round of the fantasy playoffs? Or that Hasheem Thabeet and Keyon Dooling would be so fantasy relevant?
Well, even if you’re down 2-7, don’t give up hope. Although the weekend is already upon us, the week is only halfway through. For those in daily leagues, there’s still a lot of upside on the wire.
First, hopefully you were able to snag some of the guys mentioned in this week’s pickups, especially Jrue Holiday, Toney Douglas, Jonas Jerebko, and Anthony Tolliver. (And hopefully you didn’t pick up Julian Wright for a Thursday spot start. I was oh-so-very wrong about Wright…) I still like them all for this weekend. As for the other mentions, here are some revised player updates, as well as some new additions. In no particular order:
Jason Maxiell
Maxiell has been a rebounding machine for nearly two weeks now, but with Ben Wallace set to return Friday, you have to expect Maxiell to lose some stats. He’ll still be useful, but the double-double streak might end pretty soon.
Reggie Williams
Williams has had one great game and one dud so far this week, and in the great game, all his 3′s came in 10-minute span. In other words, he’s still pretty unreliable. If you’re looking for 3′s, I’d take a flier on Rudy Fernandez instead.
[03/19 UPDATE: Fernandez left Friday's game early with a left quad strain that will make him an unreliable option the rest of this week. Meanwhile, Williams went on to hit 3 more treys -- again, all in the fourth quarter. He's streaky, but last time I checked, fourth quarter garbage time stats still count, and roughly one-third of Warriors games are garbage time anyway.]
Anthony Morrow
Morrow’s been dropped like a hot tampon lately (sorry, I got sick of saying “hot potato” and figured most people would be pretty quick to drop a hot tampon as well), but I don’t think his fantasy value is dead. At least not for this week. If you look at his two duds from this week, one came against the Lakers, where Morrow simply just didn’t have anyone to guard. (GSW needed Tolliver, Corey Maggette, and Chris Hunter to guard the Laker bigs.) In the other game, Reggie Williams caught fire in the fourth quarter, so Morrow never got back into the game. In other words, I wouldn’t expect any miracles from Morrow, but I think he’s still a safe bet for multiple 3′s, especially if Stephen Curry continues to miss any time.
C.J. Watson
Speaking of Curry, C.J. didn’t do much in his last game, but I’d expect nice across-the-board production if Curry misses another game.
Hasheem Thabeet
It looks like Marc Gasol might miss MEM’s game this weekend. If you’re in need of blocks, look no further than Thabeet, who has totaled 6 in two starts so far this week.
Bill Walker
He’s off to a slow start this week, but with Wilson Chandler rumored to miss extended time (and possibly the rest of the year) and Eddie House out through next week as well, Walker should get big minutes for the next several games.
Acie Law, Jannero Pargo, and Flip Murray
It looks like Derrick Rose will miss at least one more game this week, which means 1-2 of these guys should have a productive game. Good luck figuring out which 1-2 though.
Ronnie Price
Last I checked, he’s owned in 0% of Yahoo leagues. Well, that’s obviously rounded down because I just picked him up in one league. Consider him a cheap insurance policy in daily leagues in case Deron Williams is a sudden scratch and you don’t have anyone else to plug in, as all the other games will have already begun by 7 pm PST.
[03/19 UPDATE: Sundiata Gaines might have passed Price on the depth chart Friday, and if D-Will is an unexpected DNP, I might prefer Gaines if you had to pick one.]
Keep an eye on: Keyon Dooling (check Devin Harris’ status), Brandon Rush (check Danny Granger’s status), Alonzo Gee (the new James Singleton?), Ronnie Brewer (one game vs. GSW; could be a nice spot start for stls), and for next week Jose Juan Barea (nice schedule).

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