The WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship is Tuesday, featuring the Aces and the Liberty as the only game of the night. There are no games on Monday or Wednesday, so for fantasy hoops purposes this is a very short week with most teams only playing from Thursday to Sunday. This does give some injured players the opportunity to get healthy and practice to potentially return sooner, but it also gives players with two or three games the chance to make big contributions to your fantasy teams.
As always, let’s look into some players that have been producing unexpectedly well and are rostered in fewer than half of ESPN fantasy leagues.
Moriah Jefferson, Phoenix Mercury (Rostered in 46.1% of ESPN leagues): Jefferson is in the midst of her best scoring spree of the season, scoring at least 14 points in three straight games for the first time during this campaign. She stepped up her play with extra minutes with Shey Peddy injured, but Jefferson had several strong streaks of play last season as well. If she maintains this level she could…
