Welcome to your waiver wire fix for week three. Be sure to check back here every weekend for the duration of the fantasy season for more wire targets. Doing things a little differently this week. I am breaking it down by player types. This should help you find the player that fits your teams specific needs best. There will be different categories every week, so I hope you enjoy the new format. If you’re not sure if you should drop a certain player from your team for one of these targets then shoot me a tweet and I’ll give my two cents.

I only list players that are owned in less that 51% of ESPN leagues. I also won’t repeat players that I’ve mentioned in a previous column unless it’s absolutely needed because they’ve leaped into an even better opportunity. This all said, if any of these players are available in your league you should grab/consider them: Kelly Olynyk (owned in 84% of ESPN leagues), Jose Calderon (49%), Anthony Morrow (30%) and Solomon Hill (25%).

Now, let’s get to this week’s targets.

Chairmen of the boards (rebounders):

Miles Plumlee (6.9%) – If your team is hurting in the big man categories, an option that is available in most leagues is Miles Plumlee. Plums started the season slowly, but Suns’ Coach Jeff Hornacek has given him a nice minutes boost of late and Plumlee has done well with it. Over the past four games Miles has averaged 35.3 minutes, 10.3 points and 10.3 rebounds. Plums is also good for right about one steal and block a game. If you can bare with his lack of scoring to bring in the boards, defensive stats and good percentages then this may be a nice fit for you.

Snipers (long range shooters):

Channing Frye (33%) – It had to be tough for Frye to join a new team in the offseason and suffer an injury costing him to miss the whole preseason where he could’ve built chemistry with the youthful Magic team. The Magic sought him out as the 3-point threat their team desperately needed, and that’s a role he will happily play. In the month of November Frye has played 34.5 minutes a night and shooting .446 from the field and .419 from behind the arc on over five attempts from deep. If your team needs a nice boost in treys, this is a guy you can count on. He’s only putting up 10.8 points, 1.9 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks but he chips in fairly with 6.1 boards and a big 2.3 treys.

Ben McLemore (12%) – I always compare three-point shooters in fantasy hoops to closers in fantasy baseball. Yes, they provide stats you need but you don’t have to reach for them early because you can get them in later rounds. Plus, over the season plenty of suitors will come available off the waiver wire. McLemore went undrafted in most standard leagues after a subpar rookie season and the team drafting another wing, Nik Stauskas this offseason. At the start of the season it appeared nothing had changed, but over the past five games Benny has caught fire. Over that span he’s went off for 15 points, four boards and 2.8 trifectas. He’s shot a spicy 53% from the field and 48% from deep while playing 34 minutes. While he doesn’t do much else for you, the points and treys are there if they fill a need.

Brick walls (defensive stoppers):

K.J. McDaniels (21%) – This is a guy I was touting most of the offseason as a rookie that could make a legit fantasy impact right away. I knew KJ was raw offensively, so the points wouldn’t come easy but on a pathetic team like the 76ers the minutes and opportunity would be there. The real value comes from his ability on the defensive end, where he is able to rack up solid steals and better yet, big time blocks from a wing. Here we sit eight games in and KJ already has 13 blocks on the season. That has him tied with Josh Smith for blocks from a wing on the year. Also, after starting off slow in takeaways, he’s ripped lose five steals in the past three games.

All of that was with McDaniels coming off of the bench. On Thursday, KJ made his first start of his career against the Dallas Mavericks but the team as a whole no-showed, only scoring an embarrassing 29 points in the first half, 70 for the game, so he only played 25 minutes. Whether he starts or not you know you’re going to get more than 25 minutes from the young defender. Fellow Fix hoops writer, Sam went into detail about KJ in his latest edition of Box Score Browsing. The nine points and lack of boards/dishes leaves you wishing for more but he helps in bunches at steals, blocks and hits more than one three ball a game. If you have the need or want to stash someone who could become greatly valuable later, this is one to lock in on.

James Johnson (3.9%) – Another guy who isn’t a big scorer and doesn’t get big minutes (yet) but is making the most of his court time is Johnson. James knows his role and when he gets put in the game he is high intensity every moment until he’s pulled. Over the past five games he’s been an awesome +44 for the Raptors. Only 15 players have played more than five games and average at least one steal and block on the season and Johnson is one of them. He and Larry Sanders are the only two to do it playing less than 25 minutes a game. Johnson only trails Dwight Howard (of players playing in > 5 games and 20mpg) in defensive rating (points a team allows per 100 possessions while said player is on the court) on the season at a stellar 89.1. Johnson is more of a stream play in standard leagues until he gets a bigger minutes boost or if you’re in dire straights for blocks and steals.

Keep an eye on:

Bojan Bogdanovic (1.8%) – How the Nets rotation would work was tough to predict before the season. Bogdanovic has started all eight games for them and has seen his minutes shoot up from around 25mpg the first four games to 33.5 the most recent four games. The offense just seems to run better with Bojan on the floor even though his stats don’t look from the outside like he’s doing much beyond scoring. Over the past four games with the additional minutes, Bojan is averaging 13.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.8 steal and 1.8 treys while shooting 54% from the field and 46.7% from three-point land. Nothing there is so great that you need to run add him in standard leagues but as he gets more experience and confidence in the offense, he could up his overall stats to a fantasy relevant level. Just monitor it and those in deeper leagues may want to grab him just based on his minutes and opportunity.

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