Fantasy Basketball Adds and Drops for Friday, December 12: Jock Landale, Jaylon Tyson, Cameron Johnson and More

It's time for another article discussing the day's top fantasy basketball waiver wire adds and drop candidates.

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Waiver Wire Adds

The top fantasy basketball waiver wire add today is Memphis' Jock Landale. He's been added in 11.37% of leagues, bringing his overall mark up to 28.14%.

Landale has scored in double figures in five of the past seven contests. Over that span, he's averaging 12.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.3 blocks over 19.3 minutes.

He might not be playing a ton, but he's producing enough off the bench for some deep-league fantasy value. At 10.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.4 blocks over 21.4 minutes overall this season, he seems like a decent bet to keep up his recent marks, especially if he starts playing a bit more.

His minutes per game needs to be at that 15+ mark in order to keep him as a viable option in as many leagues as he's owned in now. Landale is a streaming option in more deeper leagues until he cools off.

The injury to Zach Edey is helping Landale take on more, and Edey is supposedly out about four weeks, so you can add and utilize Landale until Edey is back in the mix again.

Washington's Justin Champagnie is another player up over 10%. He's been added in 10.29% of leagues and sits at 19.76% overall now.

He's started two of the past three games, and scored in double figures in three of the past four. Champagnie has played between 15-32 minutes in those contests, so it'd be nice if he settled into a consistent role soon.

For the season, he's averaging 4.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.4 blocks over 13.1 minutes, so he's definitely been better than that of late.

With Bilal Coulibaly and others out with injuries, Champagnie has a chance to play a bit more, so his fantasy outlook is up. Even if he's not starting, him getting 20 or more minutes could help him be a solid fantasy asset for the time being.

He's worth an add in some deep leagues, and is worth streaming in other deeper leagues. If he plays and produces enough, he can be kept until things start working against him.

Golden State's Quinten Post is up 7.78% and is owned in 17.96% of leagues overall.

Post has started two straight games, and provided 31 points, 13 rebounds, four assists and blocks and one steal in those games combined.

He is averaging 7.4 points, 4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 0.6 blocks and steals over 17.5 minutes per contest for the season. Golden State is down a couple big men, and tweaking its rotation, and Post is a big recipient, and turning into a solid fantasy asset as a result.

He's worth adding in deep leagues and streaming in other deeper leagues. Post needs to be watched nightly, as he's worth keeping in deeper setups until his numbers say not to.

Cleveland's Jaylon Tyson is owned in 67.07% of leagues after a 7.19% increase.

He's starting and playing 30+ minutes a night for the Cavs, and delivering when he's out there. Tyson has scored in double figures in 13 of his 20 games this season, and in seven of his past nine.

Tyson is averaging 13 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks over 27.7 minutes for the season, while shooting 52.9% overall and 46.7% from 3-point land.

He should be owned in all deep leagues, or at least be streamed in deeper setups. Tyson is a solid streaming option in standard leagues, and could be worth adding and holding for some of you needing some help at guard.

Tyson is a solid fantasy asset worth holding for the time being.

Chicago's Tre Jones is also up 7.19%, but is owned in just 50.9% of leagues. He's expected to return to the court on Friday.

Jones has not played since the first of this month. In 11 starts over 17 games, he's averaging 13.2 points, 4.9 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 0.2 blocks over 28.6 minutes.

Chicago has some injuries its dealing with, so Jones should slot right back into a pretty big role if he returns on Friday. He was a pretty good fantasy asset early in the season, so he's definitely worth re-adding now that he's nearing a return.

If you don't want to permanently add him, at least give him some standard league streaming consideration.

There's a few other fantasy basketball players who have been added in 5% of leagues or more today. Those players are: Utah's Kyle Filipowski, Indiana's Jay Huff, Golden State's Brandin Podziemski and Memphis' Cedric Coward and Cam Spencer.

Drop Candidates

On the drop side of things, New Orleans' Herbert Jones is the only one being dropped in over 8% of leagues today. He's down 9% to 62% overall.

Jones has been a big-time waiver add after recently returning from an injury and looking good in his first game back. Well, he produced just four points, five rebounds and one block over 14 minutes in his game on Thursday, so now he's being dropped.

He was ejected, which is why his minutes were way down. It just came at a bad time for him.

I still like the idea of adding and holding him in all deeper leagues, and some standard leagues. He has solid fantasy value when he plays enough, and that should happen going forward, so look into scooping him up.

Denver's Tim Hardaway Jr. has been dropped in 7.8% of leagues, bringing his overall mark to 19%. New Orleans' Jose Alvarado is down to 29% after being let go in 7.2% of leagues.

Los Angeles Clippers' John Collins is owned in 72% of leagues after a 7.2% drop today.

He was held to nine points and two rebounds and assists over 23 minutes on Thursday. Collins has been in double figures in seven straight games before that, but also played his least amount of minutes in about a month.

He's not worth being rostered in as many leagues as he currently is if he's only going to play half of games here and there. Don't write Collins off for good, but until his minutes and production are consistently better, I'd expect his own percentage to keep dropping.

Denver's Cameron Johnson is sitting at 65% owned after being let go in 6.6% of leagues.

He's been up and down as a fantasy performer of late. Johnson has been in single digits as a scorer in two of the past four contests, and he doesn't add a ton else to offset lower-scoring nights.

He's worth roster spots in all deeper leagues, but there's probably better options out there in standard leagues. Keep him in mind in case he finds a groove and improves his averages, but right now, he's probably not worth standard league ownership, or at least not worth starting on full NBA nights.

Edey is down 5.4% and sits at 89% overall now.

With Edey out four weeks or so, there's no point holding him in standard leagues, unless you have an IR spot to stash him in. Edey has played just 11 games this season.

He's got five double-doubles in that span, so he's a nice fantasy asset when healthy, but that's barely happened this season. Keep Edey in mind as a potential add in a couple weeks, but if you need his roster spot, feel free to move on from the big man.

Boston's Jordan Walsh is down to 53% rostered after a 4.2% dropoff today. Teammate Neemias Queta is down 4.2% as well, and sits at 75% overall now.

Denver's Peyton Watson is rostered in 59% of leagues after a 4.2% dropoff. Los Angeles Lakers' Rui Hachimura is also down 4.2%, bringing his overall mark to 40%. Boston's Anfernee Simons is another player down 4.2% - he sits at 62% owned.

Phoenix's Royce O'Neale and Houston's Aaron Holiday are each down 3.6%, while Oklahoma City's Luguentz Dort and Houston's Steven Adams are down 3% each. O'Neale is owned in 40% of leagues, while Holiday is down to 10%. Dort is rostered in 19% of leagues, while Adams is owned in 29% of leagues.