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Let's kick it off with a classic Dingo Ranking. It's almost fantasy basketball playoff time, and with a lot of league trade deadlines already come and gone, it's time to milk that waiver wire for all it's got. So let's countdown the unexpected NBA talents who are going to fly high in Fantasy Playoffs, but are currently cruising loooooooooooooow below the radar.
Below are #20 - #11: Top 10 coming over the weekend.
#20: Tony Wroten - Philadelphia 76ers
Yahoo Rank: 373
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Water Tank With Patched Hole in Bottom
Wroten is a not-great-but-slightly-rising player on a fully shitty team. He balls hard, he's averaging over 20 minutes the last eight games, and there is literally no one else to play ball in Philly.
#19: Glen Davis - Los Angeles Clippers
Yahoo Rank: 147
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Blue Cheese at High Noon
When Big Baby got Bought Out, I thought he was done jacking rimmed-out 20-foot jumpers for the year. But the Clips need Big Boys, and when Baby landed in the O.C., I thought, damn, they're gonna play him for minutes AND he will inevitably get the ball in his hands on offense every now and then AND he's gonna start jacking up some 20-foot jumpers again. And who knows, he may get hot! Cautionary note: due to the air quality of L.A. means he may have even more trouble jumping in his new digs than he did in Disneyworld.
#18: Steven Adams - Oklahoma City Thunder
Yahoo Rank: 313
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Cold Night on a Cliff with Only a Flock of Sheep for Warmth
Normally the Dingo cannot abide a Kiwi. But the injury to Kendrick Perkins means that you have to shove aside all previous prejudices and consider this giant immediately. He is almost as dirty as Ultimate Boomer Bogut, so could get in some foul trouble. But if he keeps his nose clean, this feisty shepherd has points in him.
#17: Drew Gooden - Washington Wizards
Yahoo Rank: 337
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Eyes Wide Shut
WHO?? Hear me out, friend, there's some vague logic here. Nene's hurt his knee-knee (ED: YIKES that is awful). Booker is looking just plain bad, and Kev Seraphin, who I am SUPER high on (have you seen that guy shoot??) has also missed the last five games with knee problems. And it's STILL swollen. So KU legend Drew Gooden's minutes are on the rise, and he could soon be seeing 20+ minutes regularly as the Wizards make a play-off push.
#16: Andray Blatche - Brooklyn Nets
Yahoo Rank: 122
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Timberrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Dingo had Blatche earlier in the season but, when scouted in person (home to the Mavs in January) the banger looked as if he'd been eating TOO MANY OF CARL'S CHEESECAKES FROM THE BARCLAY'S CENTER WTF ANDRAY. A couple of months later though? It looks like Kidd has clamped closed the sweets tray and said SHAPE UP AND SHIP OUT. And with KG injured and 80 years of age, it looks like he could get a run together as the Nets move towards the playoffs.
#15: Giannis A. - Milwaukee Bucks
Yahoo Rank: 221
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Zesty Marinated Feta
Another former Dingo alum, the Greek Freak has been the second-hottest member of the Bucks rotation this season (behind the super underrated Brandon Knight - someone's gotta score points on that roster!). But his suave style hasn't quite translated to the fantasy scoresheet. As the Bucks head deep into Tank Town this next month, will Larry Drew start trying to give his young stud even more time on the floor? Beats me no one can get inside that guy's head.
#14: Kent Bazemore - LA Lakers
Yahoo Rank: 399
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: South-West Chili Cook-Off
He's averaged 30 minutes a game for the last seven starts. He's shooting the lights out. The Lakers are good awful and have no one else on their team. So why not put him in your lineup for the playoffs? OH HERE'S WHY. Tell the Dingo what this list of names means to you: Kendall Marshall; Wesley Johnson; Swaggy Young; Chris Kaman; Jordan Farmar; Jodie Meeks. What's that? Oh yeah they all looked good then you picked them up then D'Antoni EFFED you and never started them again. Proceed with caution. Upside could be huge with this guy, but it could also be STINKY.
#13: Patty Mills - San Antonio Spurs
Yahoo Rank: 110
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Ol' Fashioned Roo Jerky
Tony Parker will be nursed through to the playoffs: Fact. Patty Mills has the potential to be a starter who can slam treys OR an explosive player off the bench: Fact. He is also the True Boomer/The Great Australian Hero/The T'ROO'TH so I do not understand why he still sits chillin' on so many waiver wires! You can always count on a true blue mate to get you through a tough time. Just sayin.
#12: Tobias Harris
Yahoo Rank: 99
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Young Guy on a Heater in Reno
I've already mentioned Big Baby, but this guy is the direct beneficiary of his absence. And sure, he's Yahoo rank 99 right now, but what the hell do those guys know anyway/you're not the boss of me. Harris was on the floor for 41 minutes the other night! 41! He can stroke it, he can bang, he got hot towards the end of last season, and there's no saying he isn't gonna heat up again this year.
#11: Courtney Lee
Yahoo Rank: 104
Dingo Darkhorse Rating: Soup to Nuts
If you've been playing 2k14 as much as I have these last few weeks, you'll know you can pick up this guy for 20c on the dollar in any trade, any trade at all, for a 2nd round pick in 2kNever, and put him on your team and he will just hit three after three after three. True in real life? Absolutely not. But if you're looking for treys, he could be worth a sniff as the Grizzlies make One More Push.
