Monday Recap

 Gents,

At long last we had ourselves a competitive week of fantasy basketball! Every matchup was decided by fewer than 100 points, with two matchups decided by 40 and one by 20(!) Congrats to everyone for putting your best foot forward. Onward.

We have some injury updates

• Jalen Johnson - set to miss 4-6 weeks. Looks like Saddiq Bey has stepped into the starting lineup. Atlanta's rotation's pretty tight, but if you're incredibly desperate, Wes Matthews saw a slight uptick in minutes filling in
• Kristaps Porzingis - out at least 1 week, and with Tingis Pingis' history, size, and Boston's lack of depth, I expect them to take it pretty slow. Horford will start in his stead, which opens the door for Luke Kornet (wink, nudge, Michael)
• Jeremy Sochan left last night's game. No update on him so far, but something to keep an eye on. Justin Champagnie's been playing well. Although Devin Vassell has been coming off the bench for the Spurs, so they're impossible to pin down
• In the continued fallout from Timelord's injury, Jabari Walker keeps playing well, and a man named Duop Reath is getting serious minutes at backup center

We have some eligibility updates, and by some I mean a lot

• Santi Aldama's lost eligibility so I dropped him
• Aaron Nesmith has two weeks
• Eric Gordon lost it so I dropped him
• Saddiq Bey has two weeks
• Terance Mann's been starting so he's got the rest of this week
• Malcolm Brogdon's starting even with Scoot back so I hate to say it but he's gotta go to the bench
• Miles Bridges has the rest of this week and then he's gone
• Jaden Ivey has secretly started four games in a row, so he has til the end of the week
• Patrick Williams popped back into the starting lineup, but we're just monitoring him for now
• Duren's supposed to come back so Marvin Bagley should be fine
• Toumani Camara has been starting for a while, apparently. Can't say anyone saw that coming. He's got til the end of the week
• Josh Richardson is on the clock, but he's got the full two weeks
• Nic Batum has til the end of this week

As a pairing, here are some quality Free Agents

• Lonnie Walker IV
• David Roddy
• Max Christie
• Larry Nance Jr
• Jaylin Williams (the center)
• Luke Kornet
• Duop Reath

And now, to wrap it up, Bonus Stars

The My God He's Not Even Getting Loophole Starts and He's Leading the League in Points This Week Bonus Star goes to Cole Anthony, for putting up 167

The Toby Keith "Justice Will Be Served and the Battle Will Rage" Bonus Star goes to Steven for beating Isaac and his deplorable team of degens

The How the Hell Did You Pull This One Off Bonus Star goes to Cody for scoring the second fewest points this week, but going up against the guy who scored the fewest