Key Players in the Home Stretch

[Yilun]

As you guys all know, fantasy leagues are often won by "no-names" who erupt during the latter half of the season. A manager's ability to recognize and capitalize on these waiver wire pickups can usually put themselves at a huge advantage. Please discuss your guys' thoughts about the players below and how high you are on them to be "rosterable" down the stretch this season:

Roddy Beaubois - any chance this guy will ever get the PT in Dallas? If so, he could be gold for playoff run

Kenneth Faried - at this point, it feels like Nene will never come back. This kid has shown he is basically a younger, faster, and more athletic version of Nene. Could be a solid source of defensive stats if Nuggets elect to be cautious with Nene

Trevor Booker - with McGee tip-toeing around Wittman's dog-house, it may be likely that Booker will continue to see solid minutes for the rest of the season

Bismack Biyombo - minor setback with shoulder injury but should return on Tuesday. He's drastically improved over the last several games and could be a huge source of rebounds and blocks if he is given the PT

Iman Shumpert - seems like with the addition of Lin, the pressure of PG duties have been lifted from Shump. Consequently, he is able to free-lance on defense and play a much more open-floor game which has resulted in a couple of back to back very decent games. Can he continue this nice run?

Steve Novak - his pure ability to put up buckets signals to me that he may be very valuable for certain teams. The guy has been averaging 3+ treys in his latest run of good games. Can single-handily win you treys for the week if he goes off

Isaiah Thomas - got off to a hot start but has cooled off recently. Is he at all at risk of losing his starting gig anytime soon? Was he simply a flash in the pan or does he have legit value for the remainder of this season?

Please feel free to discuss/add any other players you feel like may be worth mentioning down the stretch.

[jabroner]

i like your list, but with blatche coming back it's going to limit trevor bookers minutes, i would think.

maybe jerryd bayless could get going in the second half now that he's back from injury? pure speculation of course, but he did it last year.