Week 20 Fantasy Basketball Top Dropped Players: Killian Hayes, Ayo Dosunmu, Ziaire Williams, Brandin Podziemski, Joel Embiid and More
Looking at the top-dropped fantasy basketball players at the start of the 20th week of the season.
After looking at the top waiver wire pickups for week 20, let's look at the most-dropped fantasy basketball players.
These were pulled from the FantasySP waiver trends most dropped tab, which can be found on any fantasy basketball page on the site.
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Killian Hayes Fantasy Outlook
Hayes had a couple good games last week, but then had a dud on Friday. He wasn't signed to a second 10-day deal, so he doesn't currently have a team.
He averaged 9 points, 3 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 0.7 steals and blocks across 27 minutes in his five starts and six games with the Nets.
Unless he's picked up by another team, there's no point in holding on to Hayes. He's down to 16% rostered after being at 25% a couple days ago.
Ayo Dosunmu Fantasy Outlook
Dosunmu was recently announced as out for the season, so he's another player who can be dropped in all redraft leagues. He had shoulder surgery that ended his campaign.
In 46 games and 26 starts this season, Dosunmu had 12.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks across 30.3 minutes.
He's worth holding on to in some dynasty/keeper leagues, but there's no point in holding him in a redraft league.
Ziaire Williams Fantasy Outlook
Williams has had some streaky performances of late, so it's fair to see his own percentage down a bit. He was a waiver wire pickup over the past week, but is now at 20% rostered.
He scored 11 points in his last game across 26 minutes. He only had five points in the game before that, and played just 10 minutes in that contest.
Williams has averaged 12.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.3 blocks across 26.6 minutes over his past six games. He's played 26.6 minutes in those contests.
I think there's enough production there to keep rostering Williams in some deeper leagues. He's not going to be a very consistent performer, but his averages over time are worth keeping him.
Unless his production drops considerably from his averages over the past six games, I'd keep rostering Williams.
Brandin Podziemski Fantasy Outlook
Podziemski has seen his production fall off over the past two games, so it's easy to see why he's falling out of favor with fantasy owners. He's owned in 75% of leagues now.
Podz accumulated just 13 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and three blocks over the past two contests. He played 32 and 25 minutes in those contests.
He scored 10 points in the game before those two, and had between 17-21 points in the three contests before that. Over the past six games, he's averaged 6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks to go along with 13.2 points.
There's enough fantasy production there to keep rostering Podziemski in a lot of standard leagues, but he's probably too inconsistent to be at or over that 80% owned mark. His own percentage will probably rise and fall with his production over the rest of the season, but I'd guess he'll be between 70-85% most of the way.
Joel Embiid Fantasy Outlook
Embiid is out for the remainder of the season, so there's no point in rostering him in redraft leagues any more. He still should be kept in dynasty/keeper leagues.
He only got in 19 games this season, averaging 30.2 minutes a contest. Embiid averaged 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.9 blocks and 0.7 steals a contest.
It was a terrible season for Embiid as a fantasy player, and taking him early could have really handicapped teams this season. If you weren't able to place him on IR throughout the season, now you can safely move on.
It won't be easy to replace his production, but at least you can pick up a player who is on the court consistently now.
Other Dropped Players
Max Christie is down 4.3% as of the time of publication. Dillon Brooks was dropped in 3.7% of leagues.
Jordan Clarkson and Jalen Suggs are each down 3.5% today. Bismack Biyombo is down 3.1%.
Moses Brown was dropped in 2.9% of leagues, while Rui Hachimura and Bennedict Mathurin are down 2.8% each.
Moses Moody was dropped in 2.7% of leagues, while Keon Johnson is down 2.6%.
