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Willie Cauley-Stein: Fantasy Basketball Update

By Dave Fuqua

Mar 27, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) dunks the ball against the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth quarter at Sleep Train Arena. The Kings won 133-111. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY.
Mar 27, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) dunks the ball against the Dallas Mavericks in the fourth quarter at Sleep Train Arena. The Kings won 133-111. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY. /
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Willie Cauley-Stein has been turning in some pretty good stats the past few games.

Willie Cauley-Stein has been on quite the mini-tear lately and is certainly worth a look off of your league’s waiver wire if you are in the championship push heading into this final week for most regular season leagues. He is seeing close to 28 minutes per game and with the numbers that he is turning in he should see those minutes rise a bit.

On the 25th against the Suns he saw 29 minutes and posted 26 points, six rebounds, two blocks, and three steals. He followed that up with another stellar outing against the Mavericks on the 27th. HE had 21 points, seven rebounds, and two assists. That is good for a 35 point fantasy effort by FanDuel scoring standards.

WCS is still not starting but as long as he can keep 28 or so minutes per game he should continue to be a nice option for all fantasy leagues. He makes for a great grab and should be a great help in categories leagues with boards, blocks and field goal percentages. I may revisit my FanDuel lineups and see about using WCS and give him a go. His FanDuel price for today is 3,900 and that makes him an excellent play.

I would also be making sure that Willie Cauley-Stein was owned in any dynasty league that I was playing in. He is probably not floating on any waiver wires there, but it would not hurt to look. I don’t necessarily think that he is quite keeper worthy in most regular sized keeper leagues, but he could be a sneaky selection in a deeper keeper league.

Ed Davis is another player that you could target if you are in need of help in your back-court or if you need some help on the boards. In his last six games he is averaging over nine rebounds a game. He has also scored in double-digits in three of those last six games. Over that six game span Davis is averaging a blocked shot per game as well. Give him a run of you are in need of help at the power forward position. At only $4,600 for FanDuel, Davis is still a solid value and another guy that I would give a run there.

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