Week 12 Fantasy Basketball Projections and Waiver Wire Options: Christian Braun, Draymond Green, Tari Eason and More
Checking out week 12 fantasy basketball projections and identifying some possible pickups or streaming options.
A new week of fantasy basketball is here, so let's go over some weekly projections to point out some possible waiver wire/streaming options.
We will only include players rostered in less than 90% of leagues.
Weekly fantasy basketball projections can be found on FantasySP all season! Daily projections are also available!
Point Guards
New Orleans' Jordan Poole is projected for 28 fantasy points this week. He has four games lined up and is rostered in 86% of leagues right now.
Charlotte's Collin Sexton and New Orleans' Jeremiah Fears are two players projected for 25 fantasy points. Sexton has four games and is owned in 54% of leagues, while Fears has four games and sits at 45% owned.
Dallas' D'Angelo Russell, Sacramento's Dennis Schroder and Utah's Isaiah Collier are all projected for 23 fantasy points this week. Russell and Schroder have three games each, while Collier could play four. Russell is owned in 20% of leagues, while Schroder is rostered in 64% of leagues and Collier sits at 46%.
Chicago's Tre Jones, Oklahoma City's Ajay Mitchell and Indiana's T.J. McConnell are all projected for 22 points this coming week. Jones and Mitchell play four games each, while McConnell has three scheduled. Jones is rostered in 70% of leagues, Mitchell sits at 80% and McConnell is owned in just 31% of leagues.
Power Forwards
New Orleans' Saddiq Bey is owned in 69% of leagues and is projected for 28 fantasy points over four contests this week.
Milwaukee's Bobby Portis is set for 26 points over three games. He's rostered in 81% of leagues right now.
Milwaukee's Kyle Kuzma and Golden State's Draymond Green are set for 25 fantasy points over three games each. Kuzma is owned in 44% of leagues, while Green checks in at 76%.
Los Angeles Clippers' John Collins is projected for 24 fantasy points over four contests. He is rostered in 83% of leagues.
Indiana's Aaron Nesmith is set for 23 points over three games. He is owned in 58% of leagues right now.
Denver's Cameron Johnson is projected for 22 points over four games. He is currently rostered in 36% of leagues.
Small Forwards
Dallas' Naji Marshall is projected for 25 fantasy points over three contests. He is owned in 46% of fantasy leagues at the moment.
San Antonio's Keldon Johnson and Portland's Toumani Camara are each projected for 24 fantasy points over four games this week. Johnson sits at 50% owned, while Camara is at 75%.
Phoenix's Grayson Allen is projected for 23 fantasy points over four contests. He's owned in 63% of leagues.
New Orleans' Herbert Jones, Houston's Tari Eason, San Antonio's Harrison Barnes, Cleveland's De'Andre Hunter and Washington's Khris Middleton are all set for 22 fantasy points.
Only Hunter has three games of that bunch, with everyone else playing four games. Jones is rostered in 27% of leagues, while Eason is at 75%. Barnes checks in at 22%, Hunter is at 51% and Middleton sits at just 13%.
Shooting Guards
Golden State's Brandin Podziemski is projected for 26 fantasy points over four games. He's owned in 61% of leagues right now.
Philadelphia's Quentin Grimes is also set for 26 fantasy points over four contests. He's sitting at 76% owned.
Detroit's Ausar Thompson is sitting at 89% rostered. He's projected for 25 fantasy points over three contests.
Denver's Christian Braun is set for 25 points over four games this week. He's currently rostered in 67% of leagues.
Memphis' Cedric Coward, Brooklyn's Cam Thomas, San Antonio's Devin Vassell and Washington's Bilal Coulibaly are projected for 24 fantasy points each.
Thomas has three games, while everyone else in that bunch could play four. Coward is rostered in 77% of leagues, while Thomas sits at 89%. Vassell is owned in 79% of leagues, while Coulibaly is at 59%.
Centers
Utah's Jusuf Nurkic is projected for 29 fantasy points over four contests this coming week. He is currently rostered in 76% of leagues.
Orlando's Wendell Carter Jr. is set for 26 fantasy points over four games. He is owned in 76% of fantasy leagues.
Dallas' Daniel Gafford is projected for 25 fantasy points over three games. He is sitting at 36% owned.
Utah's Kyle Filipowski is owned in 32% of leagues. He has four games this week and is projected for 23 fantasy points.
Houston's Steven Adams, Golden State's Al Horford, Sacramento's Maxime Raynaud and Philadelphia's Andre Drummond are all set for 22 fantasy points over four games this week.
Adams is owned in 13% of leagues, while Horford is at just 4%. Raynaud is rostered in 59% of leagues, with Drummond at 23%.