The fantasy women’s basketball playoffs are here and for teams battling for the league championship, it’s all about choosing the most productive players — even if it means moving on from a star who is missing games or having their minutes reduced.
Our experts André Snellings, Eric Moody and Liz Loza explain which players it’s time to move away from in the ever-important fantasy playoffs.
Elena Delle Donne, F, Washington Mystics
This may be controversial, because if you have this player you used an early round draft pick to draft her, but it may be time to move on from Delle Donne. Delle Donne has missed 16 of the last 18 games with a hip injury, including the last two in a row going into Wednesday. In the two games she has played since June, she has only played 11 and 13 minutes. She only has one more game during this week, on Saturday, and there is no guarantee she plays at all… and if she does, it would likely be very limited minutes.
We are in the second week of the 2-week first round of the fantasy playoffs, and in most leagues there are streaming options with multiple games left this week that are likely to outproduce what you could get from Delle Donne. She is a real-life superstar, but for fantasy teams struggling to win…
