Week 15 Fantasy Basketball Drop Candidates: Luke Kennard, Cole Anthony, Guerschon Yabusele, Ty Jerome and Scotty Pippen Jr.

At the start of the 15th week of the fantasy basketball season, let’s look at the top-dropped players.

These players were all taken from the most dropped waiver trends section, which can be found on any FantasySP fantasy basketball page.

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Luke Kennard Fantasy Outlook

Kennard is down 7%, bringing his total mark to 37%. His own percentage ebbs and flows depending on how he’s scoring, and after a poor shooting performance over the weekend, Kennard is down several percent.

Kennard was 1-of-7 shooting in his last game. In 21 minutes, he had four points, three assists and one rebound, steal and block.

In the two games before that, Kennard combined for 50 points, seven rebounds, nine assists and three steals - he played 26 minutes off the bench in one game and started and tallied 27 minutes in the other game.

Kennard is simply a streaky shooter, and unless he’s shooting well, you can expect his own percentage to be falling rather than rising or remaining steady. It’s hard to predict what kind of performance he might have, and fantasy owners often prefer to look elsewhere for fantasy help after he delivers a down showing.

For the season, Kennard is averaging 9.8 points, 3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.1 blocks across 21.7 minutes in 33 games and two starts. He’s shooting 47.8% overall and is 48.7% from behind the 3-point line. 

He’s scored over 10 points in 18 contests, with two games over 20 points. Kennard also has nine games under five points scored, so some of his down games are really rough ones.

Kennard needs to be rostered in a decent amount of deeper leagues still, but there’s better options out there for those of you playing in slightly deeper than standard leagues. He can be streamed in most deeper leagues when he’s hot from the floor.

You can try to play matchups, but really, the best course of action with Kennard is to add him after a big scoring performance, as another couple are probably to follow.

Cole Anthony Fantasy Outlook

Anthony has been dropped in 6.5% of leagues and is now rostered in 31% of leagues. He saw his role diminished in his last contest, so you can understand why fantasy owners want to move off him.

After starting or playing at least 26 minutes in nine straight games, Anthony came off the bench and played just 19 minutes in the team’s past game. He missed the two games before that.

For the season, Anthony is averaging 8.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocks across 16.3 minutes in 42 games and eight starts. Those numbers aren’t special, and he boosted them while starting and getting more minutes of late.

Orlando got a bit healthier in the past week, and it seems to have knocked Anthony back into his reserve role. He’s still contributing enough at his season averages to own and start in some deeper leagues, but he probably should be owned in less leagues than his current own percentage.

I’d keep Anthony on your watch list in case his role changes again, or if the Magic shakeup their roster and it gets Anthony into a better role. Right now though, I think Anthony’s own percentage should continue to fall, and think he should only be rostered in around 20% of leagues, at most.

Guerschon Yabusele Fantasy Outlook

Yabusele is down 6.1% and sitting at 43% overall. He continues to play a big enough role because of so many injuries in Philadelphia, but some poor performances of late has him being dropped.

Over the past four games, Yabusele has scored in single figures twice. He was 3-of-10 shooting in his last game, but still had six rebounds and four rebounds to be a decent fantasy asset.

Until the Sixers get healthy, which honestly I don’t think happens consistently all season, Yabusele is worth rostering and playing in a good amount of deeper leagues. He averages 10.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks across 26.1 minutes in 42 games and 20 starts this season. That’s enough production to utilize him in a few leagues.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if the Sixers looked to sell high on Yabusele. He hasn’t played in the NBA since the 2018-19 season, but a contending team in need of another big man could definitely be intrigued by Yabusele. His role might diminish a bit on a new team, but a better team around him might also help him be more efficient and a pretty solid fantasy player still.

I’d drop him in standard leagues and any deeper leagues that are only slightly deeper than standard ones. He still has enough value to roster in 40% of leagues or so, as long as his numbers don’t fall off consistently.

Ty Jerome Fantasy Outlook

Jerome was dropped in 5.3% of leagues and now has an own mark of 30%. He’s had a wild couple of box scores of late, but a bad showing in his last game has fantasy owners ready to move on.

Jerome had just six points, four rebounds and three assists across 18 minutes in the team’s most recent game. He shot 1-of-8 in that game. Jerome was 11-of-14 shooting the night before, tallying 33 points, three rebounds and assists and two steals.

Jerome isn’t going to score 30 points a night, but he’s averaging 10.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.2 steals across 8.3 minutes in 42 games and two starts this season. The scoring and other few averages he owns are solid enough to roster him in a decent amount of deeper leagues. You could also stream Jerome when a couple regular Cavalier contributors are out for a game.

His own percentage should hover around that 30% most of the season, probably not dipping below 25% or going over 40% ever. Jerome is a player to keep tabs on in case a big-time Cleveland player were ever to go down.

Scotty Pippen Jr. Fantasy Outlook

Pippen is down 5% and sits at 33% overall now. He’s struggled to score of late, and that’s probably the biggest reason behind him being dropped.

Pippen scored 13 points on January 24, but is averaging 4.9 points over the past nine games. In 16.6 minutes over that stretch, Pippen owns other averages of 2.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 steals.

His averages in rebounds, assists and steals aren’t too shabby, but if he can’t even average five points a game, there’s no point in rostering Pippen outside really deep leagues and dynasties. There has to be some better options out there on the waiver wire.

His season averages of 9.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocks across 21.6 minutes in 46 games and 16 starts are much more respectable. I’d put Pippen on my watch list if you decide to drop him, or he gets dropped in your league.

He might heat up again later in the season, at which point he could be worth adding and playing for several weeks at a time. Right now though, there’s not many leagues I’d want to start Pippen in - if you aren’t ready to drop him, don’t be afraid to just bench him for a while.