Thursday Fantasy Basketball Adds: Pelicans, Timberwolves & More

Let's go over our fourth round of fantasy basketball waiver wire options of the week.

Here are our stories from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I'll discuss a player from one of those stories again if they are trending again today.

Waiver wire options can be found all season on FantasySP!

Ayo Dosunmu and Donte DiVincenzo - Minnesota Timberwolves

Dosunmu is rostered in 78% of leagues right now, while DiVincenzo sits at 86% owned.

Dosunmu has been really good over the past few weeks. Minnesota hasn't played since March 30, so some might have forgotten what Dosumu did last time he played.

Dosunmu played 33 minutes, tallying 18 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists and three steals. The triple-double was his first of the season, and he only has one other double-double on the year.

As I already said though, Dosunmu has been stellar over the past few weeks. In his past eight contests, he's averaging 17.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.3 blocks over 31 minutes a night.

Jaden McDaniels is out, which helps the fantasy outlook for Dosunmu, and DiVincenzo. Get Dosunmu added in more leagues, at least as a streaming asset - he's producing too much to be available in that many leagues yet.

As for DiVincenzo, he's been good over his past three contests, scoring 15 or more points in each contest - he had 17 and 22 points in the other contests. He has nine rebounds, six assists and three steals and blocks combined in those contests, so he's adding a bit more to the table.

DiVincenzo is another good streaming option today, and he should stick as one the rest of the season. However, he might not be doing quite enough to roster him permanently, like I would Dosunmu. So add/drop DiVicenzo as the T-Wolves play/don't the rest of the season. 

Yves Missi, Derik Queen and Jeremiah Fears - New Orleans Pelicans

Missi is owned in about 21% of fantasy leagues right now. Queen checks in at 54%. Fears is rostered in 46% of leagues at the moment.

Only Bryce McGowens and Trey Murphy III are on the injury report for New Orleans. There's also a handful of games tonight, so it's surprising to see three players from the same team on the rise.

Anyways, Missi has started the past two games, combining for 50 minutes between the contests. He's tallied 15 points, seven rebounds, two assists and five blocks in those contests.

It's not much production, but there's enough there to try him in some deeper leagues. His minutes and starts of late is what fantasy owners really like, so take advantage of that, especially if you have a need for a big man.

Queen has scored in double figures in three straight games, tallying 13 points twice and 11 points in the other game. He has combined for 22 rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks in those contests.

He's been a decent fantasy asset on and off all season. Queen is trending up at a critical time, so that works in his favor.

He's a better deep-league asset, but could be a standard league option in a pinch. If Queen is added in standard leagues and doesn't erupt, then I'd drop him until he plays again. He's a streaming asset in standard leagues, unless he takes off, down the stretch.

Fears has scored in double figures in four straight. He tallied 10, 12 and 13 points in the past three contests, and opened that stretch with a 21-point outing. He's combined for nine rebounds, 17 assists, five steals and two blocks over those contests.

He's doing enough for some deep-league fantasy usage, but again, he's just a standard league option in a pinch. I think there's better options out there, but if you do add him in standard leagues, treat him as a streamer.

Brook Lopez - Los Angeles Clippers

Lopez has risen to 64% owned as of the time this article was published.

Lopez got back on track in his last contest when he tallied 18 points, seven rebounds, two assists and three blocks over 36 minutes. He's been a pretty solid fantasy asset in the latter portion of the season, and he's a streaming option because of what he's done of late.

He should be owned in all deeper leagues by now, but he's a standard league streamer, especially if you need big man help. Consider streaming him until the end of the season, or his production falls off consistently.

Ousmane Dieng - Milwaukee Bucks

Dieng is rostered in 33% of leagues at the moment.

Dieng is coming off a monster showing on Wednesday, so that's the biggest reason why he's on the rise today. He had 36 points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and one steal over 45 minutes.

Milwaukee is missing a ton of players, so Dieng has a chance to shine the rest of the way. I wouldn't be expecting those performances the rest of the way, but he's worth streaming in more leagues for the team's next game on Friday.

Definitely stream him in some deeper leagues, and consider him in standard leagues in a pinch, or if Milwaukee's injury list is super long again.