If you haven’t already picked up Anderson Varejao in your fantasy basketball league, you might want to check on his availability. Now that Zydrunas Ilgauskas is out for 3-4 weeks with an ankle injury, Varejao is a must add player in almost every format. Don’t believe me? Check out his numbers as a starter when Ilgauskas is out. 15.4 pts, 8.8 reb, 1.6 stl, and 0.6 blk. Throw in a 56.6 fg%, and you have yourself a pretty good fill-in player while Ilgauskas heals.


Rodney Stuckey is another guy who has been flourishing since being inserted into the starting lineup. Here is what he has been able to do as a starter for 16 games. 17.8 pts, 3.8 reb, 6 asst, 1.6 stl, and a 50.5 fg%. This is another guy that should be owned in your league.


With Darko Milicic out 4-6 weeks with a broken knuckle, Marc Gasol should be on everybody’s radar. Gasol’s minutes will increase heavily and his numbers should benefit from the extra playing time. Memphis is a young team and if Gasol can show that he is ready to log heavy minutes and succeed at it, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him keep the starting job once Milicic returns. Over the last week, Gasol has averaged 15.5 pts, 8.8 reb, 2.3 asst, 1.3 stl and 1.3 blk per game. Who couldn’t use numbers like that on their team?