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Buy #1: PJ Washington

Season stats:

GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	3PM	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
38	38.7	.452	.747	1.9	13.4	5.1	2.3	0.9	0.8	1.5

Fresh off of one of the better games of his career dropping 43 points, PJ Washington is somebody I’m buying. Similar to why I had Brandon Miller as my top buy last week, the Miles Bridges trade rumors are picking up steam. Something I find particularly interesting, however, is that Nick Richards seems to be coming up as well in those same talks. Leaving PJ as the last man standing at Center in front of Nathan Mensah and whoever comes back in a trade.

Another reason I’m a fan of PJ is his ability to contribute in just about every category, albeit a little bit underwhelming in the percentages. Almost 2 3s a game, almost one steal, one block, and a dash of assists? Sign me up. His 9cat rank has yet to catch up with him, but he’s a perfect fit in guard heavy builds or punt FG% builds.

Somebody is going to have to score points with the departure of Terry Rozier and the seemingly imminent Miles Bridges trade. I think he gets a massive bump down the stretch, and has shown the ability to be able to put up some awesome stat lines previously.

Relevancy: Must own in 12+ team, good pickup in 10t. If he’s available in your dynasty league, I’d buy.

Buy #2: Cam Whitmore

Season stats:

GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	3PM	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
22	16.3	.475	.659	1.5	10.5	3.8	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.6

Cam Whitmore has been on a nice stretch over his last few games sans-Tari Eason and Jabari Smith.

Since Jan 20:

The complete lack of defensive stats in the minutes he’s played this season has him off the redraft radar in most leagues outside of a stream, but dynasty managers should definitely take note. He is showing the ability to contribute on a competitive team and will put up the numbers when given the opportunity. Something that’s also standing out to me here is just how many shots he’s taking in some of these games next to some high usage players. His movement off the ball has been excellent, and he’s firmly a buy in dynasty leagues with a Trey Murphy type ceiling.

It’s possible that he fully overtakes Jeff Green in the rotation moving forward, so if he’s playing on nightly basis, he could be a pickup in deeper redraft leagues as well, or at the very least a 3PT streamer.

Jabari Smith returning from injury isn’t the best for his short term outlook, but he’s definitely somebody to stick on your watchlist moving forward.

Relevancy: Decent streamer in redraft leagues. Probably a pickup in 14t+. Strong buy in dynasty leagues.

Buy #3 & #4: Josh Hart & Donte DiVincenzo

Josh Hart season stats:

GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	3PM	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
45	28.2	.442	.816	0.9	7.3	6.5	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.2

Donte DiVincenzo season stats:

GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	3PM	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
32	22.3	.457	.722	2.7	11.4	3.1	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.1

The Julius Randle injury is going to open up a LOT of usage. I don’t think it’s possible for Brunson to see much more of an increase in stats, and outside of a possible small scoring uptick for OG & Hartenstein, these two should be the biggest winners. This is the Duo’s 2nd appearance together on this list, and with good reason, Donte has already shown the ability to be able to put up some fantastic stats in any kind of increase of role, with an emphasis on 3s and steals.

For Josh Hart, as I’ve mentioned previously, so far the idea of Josh Hart has been a little better than his actual production.

Not that he’ll get the same usage, but Julius Randle owners who are going to have a big rebounding hole in their lineup should look to acquire Josh Hart. He’s got that mini-Sabonis archetype and the rebounds out of the guard spot are phenomenal. He’s currently averaging a career low in scoring, due to probably being on the deepest teams he’s ever played on, but after the Knicks traded away some depth in the OG trade, and now with a significant amount of usage that needs to be accounted for, do not be surprised if his scoring stays in the double digits moving forward. It’s also more than reasonable to anticipate his assists to creep up towards the 4 per game we’ve seen in previous seasons with the ball potentially in his hands more.

Out of the two, I probably like Josh Hart more, especially for Julius Randle owners. Hart is likely more widely available with DiVincenzo owned in 56% of yahoo leagues.

Sell #1: Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Season stats:

GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	3PM	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
40	30.1	.512	.833	1.1	13.8	3.8	2.7	1.1	0.3	1.7

The big loser from the Rozier trade is likely Jaquez. His value has been propped up this season by just how injured Miami has been this season, with Jimmy missing a ton of games, in addition to Herro missing an extended period of time to begin the year.

Terry Rozier being added to the mix is no good, as Kyle Lowry, who he’s replacing only had a 13% usage rate on the season, compared to Terry’s 26% in Charlotte. Terry won’t get nearly as many shots in Miami as he had in Charlotte, but it will be most definitely be enough to knock down Jaime’s 19.4%, which is a death sentence for someone who’s fantasy value is largely propped up by scoring.

He may trend towards a drop in redraft leagues very soon, so if possible, I would try and sell him to salvage any value.

HOWEVER, in Dynasty Leagues, this would be a perfect time to buy.

I am not downplaying Jaquez’s talent, as he should be a big contributor for this Miami team for years to come. His short term outlook though, is not great.

It would be very wise to take advantage of a soon to be frustrated owner and buy him at a discount.

So to recap: Sell for redrafts. BUY BUY BUY for dynasty leagues if he has an impatient owner.