The action-packed NBA trade deadline created huge changes around the league. While most of the big names are expected to maintain similar fantasy value, there are a number of players who suddenly see their fantasy stock rising.
Which players were our fantasy experts most excited to add after the dust settled last week?
Here are André Snellings, Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander to explain.
One player I quickly added for pure lottery ticket upside is Reddish. I had my eye on him from the time he fell out of Tom Thibodeau’s rotation in New York, waiting to see where he would end up. When I saw he was traded to the Trail Blazers, I added him immediately. Reddish has drawn a cult following of sorts because of his outstanding high school YouTube mixes, and also because Anthony Edwards (and a room full of other young soon-to-be NBA players, including Tyrese Maxey) famously called him the hardest player he’d ever faced. In the NBA, he’s shown flashes of brilliance followed by long periods of not much. But when he’s been on, it’s been noteworthy. Take last season, in seven starts for the Hawks he…
