Fantasy Basketball: Should You Buy Low On Gorgui Dieng?

Should You Buy Low On Gorgui Dieng?

Now that the fantasy basketball season is in full swing and you either have a fantasy football team in the running or you are likely giving up, it is time to start focusing on getting your NBA team up to par. Making a trade for a guy who will have more value than he is currently perceived to have will help your team in ways you can’t begin to imagine.

Gorgui Dieng is one of those guys who fantasy owners have drafted and if they still own him they are likely extremely frustrated with by now. He has put together several good games as of late and is on the bubble of crashing the buy-low window, but I believe that if you act quickly you can cash in and get Dieng at a decent price.

Dieng has always been a player that has had excellent per-minute production rates and made the most of his minutes. Despite his increased production his minutes are still at a mildly undesirable 26.8 per game. If he can get those minutes up to around 30 or more than he will become a guy that you will wish you would have acted upon added to your roster despite the cost.

Jabari Parker is another guy who I would consider attempting to buy low on, particularly in dynasty or keeper leagues. He was recently moved to the bench along with Michael Carter-Williams. Both of these guys probably make for decent buy-low options as they should easily be able to get things together and get their selves back into the starting lineup.

Kyrie Irving is supposedly going to play on Christmas Day. If you are a savvy owner you could consider sending out a few buy-low offers to his owners and see just how impatient they are getting. Irving is one of the league’s better point guards and the Cavaliers seem to be playing pretty well with LeBron James and Kevin Love both playing extremely well.

Tyreke Evans is likely to play a lot sooner than Irving will and with an early minutes limit he could wind up being a guy you can buy low on and get on your roster. It is very normal to see owners getting tired of waiting on guys like Evans and taking offers that are way less than what you would pay for a guy when he is healthy and playing well.

Making trades when you buy low and sell high is easily the best way to build your fantasy basketball team. It is a lot like building a real estate powerhouse or playing monopoly but it really is this simple. Of course you have to be willing to be realistic and pay reasonable prices or else you will be the joke of your league and no one will want to look at your offers.