Week’s Second Waiver Wire Look: Best Fantasy Basketball Adds

It's time to dive into our second round of fantasy basketball waiver wire options for the week.

Here was the first story we did - we won't cover any of those players in today's article. Also be sure to check out Tuesday's streaming article.

Waiver wire options can be found all season on FantasySP!

Scotty Pippen Jr.: Trending Up After Return

Pippen is up 14.27% today, which is only below Olivier-Maxence Prosper, who we covered yesterday. Pippen is rostered in 55.59% of leagues right now.

He missed a large portion of the season, finally taking the court earlier this month. Pippen has played in five games so far, and has started two of those.

Pippen is averaging 11.2 points, 5.4 assists, 2.6 steals, 1.6 rebounds and 0.6 blocks over 20.6 minutes a night. He is shooting 40.4% overall and 33.3% from 3-point land.

He's not playing a ton, but he's producing enough in his time on the court to deliver some decent fantasy marks. Take his last game for example: he didn't make a single field goal across eight attempts, but still finished with six points, eight assists, five steals and two rebounds for a decent fantasy showing.

There's no reason to expect him to suddenly fall way off, so he's worth adding in some standard leagues - he should be owned in nearly all deeper leagues already. Several Grizzlies' players are out, helping Pippen play and produce plenty while on the court.

Maybe in time, his playing time could improve, and that's when he'd be an even better standard league option. He's already maybe worth adding, so definitely consider Pippen.

Kyle Filipowski: Last Big Man Standing

Filipowski is rostered in 81.28% of leagues after a 12.41% increase today.

Filipowski's role has already improved because of injuries to Walker Kessler and Jaren Jackson Jr., and now Jusuf Nurkic is out for the remainder of the season, so Filipowski is one of the lone big men left in Utah.

Filipowski is averaging 9.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks over 22.2 minutes a night in his 57 games played this season (21 starts). He's shooting 49.1% overall and he's 33.8% from 3-point land.

He has scored in double figures in three straight games, and in eight of the past 11, which just shows what a bigger role can do for him. Filipowski is going to be a heavily-used big man down the stretch, so he's worth more fantasy attention.

He's someone who should already be owned in all deeper leagues, and now he's a really good standard league option too. If you aren't ready to add him today, don't wait much longer, because Filipowski could be at 100% in short order, especially if he keeps trending up.

Khris Middleton: Delivering for New Team

Middleton is up 11.43% today, which brings his overall mark to 29.61%.

Middleton was dealt to the Mavericks at the trade deadline. There was (and still is) speculation that he'd be bought out, but in the meantime, he's delivered some nice showing for the Mavericks.

He scored 25 points in his last game, and has eight or more points in all four of his games with the Mavericks. Middleton started the last two contests, and combined for 43 points, 13 rebounds, nine assists and three steals over about 30 minutes a game.

He's on the back nine of his career, and misses a lot of games, but when active, he can still be a very good fantasy asset. Middleton is worth streaming, and that's part of the reason why he's being added today, as the team plays tonight.

Middleton is a good deep-league streamer, and I don't think it's crazy to want to stream him in standard leagues either. 

Guerschon Yabusele: Better Production in Chicago

Yabusele has been added in 9.34% of fantasy leagues - he's owned in 17.88% of leagues overall.

Yabusele is another guy who was moved near the trade deadline, going from the Knicks to the Bulls. He's played in seven games with Chicago, and started five of them.

Yabusele is averaging 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.4 steals over 25.4 minutes a night with his new squad. He's shooting 42.4% overall and is 43.2% from deep.

If he's starting and playing that many minutes, Yabusele absolutely can be a fantasy asset to utilize. He is a better deep-league option right now, but a couple recent big showings could get him into some standard leagues as a streamer too.