While some other lottery-bound teams have not been transparent about how they’ll handle their rosters the rest of the season, there have been few secrets in the nation’s capital. It’s been established that the team’s younger players will get all the minutes they can handle, give or take a few if some of the Wizards’ vets are available. But fantasy managers know they’ll see the youngster playing rotation minutes. As a result, some players have begun to provide tangible fantasy value during the stretch run.
Washington’s win over Sacramento was spearheaded by some of the team’s younger options, including PG/SG Bub Carrington (14%), C Tristan Vukcevic (9%) and SG AJ Johnson (2%). Carrington and Johnson scored 19 points apiece and provided solid overall stat lines, while Vukcevic chipped in with 17 points, eight rebounds, three assists, one block and two three-pointers off the bench.
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Carrington, who has been close to a top-75 player over the past week, supplemented his 19 points with two rebounds, seven assists and five three-pointers, with the five triples matching his season-high. Johnson added two rebounds, six asists, one steal and two three-pointers to his 19 points before fouling out. Carrington has been the most valuable of the three, and one can also throw Justin Champagnie (13 percent rostered, Yahoo!) into the mix. But all will continue to have their chances to produce, and the Wizards play games on Thursday and Sunday to end Week 22.
Let’s look at a few other low-rostered standouts from Wednesday’s slate:
SF/PF Tari Eason (47%), Houston Rockets
The Rockets played Wednesday’s game against the Jazz without Fred VanVleet, who sat out due to soreness in the same ankle he injured earlier this season. That opened up a spot in the lineup for Eason, who finished the blowout win over Utah with a solid line of 15 points, nine rebounds, three assists, two steals, two blocks and one three-pointer in 24 minutes. Also of note was Dillon Brooks picking up his 16th technical foul of the season, which triggers an automatic one-game suspension. Even if VanVleet can play in Friday’s game against the Thunder, Eason…
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