Fantasy week 12 preview

Game watch:

4 games: DET, IND, LAC, MIA, MIL, NO, NY, OKC, PHO, SA, UTA, WAS

3 games: ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, GS, HOU, LAL, MEM, MIN, ORL, PHI, SAC, TOR

2 games: NJ, POR

Waiver wire watch:

• Mike Miller: played heavy minutes in return, should be important part of Wizards’ offense going forward
• Martell Webster: scoring, hitting threes well lately
• Flip Murray: scoring doing his best Jamal Crawford impersonation
• Kirk Hinrich: putting up solid all-around numbers
• Erick Dampier: back from injury, has injured competition for minutes (see below)
• Randy Foye: maybe the hottest pickup this week thanks to someone’s suspension
• Earl Boykins: also a decent pickup for the same player’s suspension
• J.J. Redick: should see enough minutes to be productive while VC heals

Injury watch:

• Josh Howard (thigh): day-to-day
• Drew Gooden (finger): could return this week
• Tayshaun Prince (back/knee): soreness, could play through it
• Rodney Stuckey (knee): monitor his status
• Pau Gasol (hamstring): game-time decision today
• Mike Conley (back): missed last night’s game, day-to-day
• Al Harrington (calf): should return Monday
• Vince Carter (shoulder): day-to-day
• Steve Blake (pneumonia): should return tonight

Stock watch:

↑ Corey Maggette: scoring well lately, tossing in decent all-around help

↑ Aaron Brooks: on a roll

↑ Kenyon Martin: monstrous, especially with ‘Melo out

↑ Wilson Chandler: finally in his element

↑ Charlie Villanueva: relevant again

↓ Gilbert Arenas: need more be said?

↓ Joe Johnson: struggling mightily

↓ Josh Smith: another Hawk who has been off lately

↓ Eric Gordon: scoring OK, but other numbers aren’t there

↓ Luol Deng: down, down, down, down, down