With no games on the schedule this Monday, perhaps it’s productive to take this time to analyze your fantasy roster and prepare for the week ahead. There is just a single game on the schedule for Tuesday, but Wednesday affords us a unique matinee marathon with five early tip-offs. You’ll want to have your roster decisions made prior to those games, which is what this weekly column is designed to do.
There are three teams proving ideal for opponents’ fantasy upside; the Dallas Wings, Los Angeles Sparks, and Washington Mystics. Over the past five games, each ranks in the bottom three in defensive rating.
When it comes to selecting a winning waiver move, matchup trends such as defensive rating, pace, and point totals can prove revealing; Dallas becomes even more fantasy-friendly with the league’s top pace over this recent sample, suggesting porous defense and added possessions for their opponents this week, the Phoenix Mercury and the…