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Kyrie Irving is about to shake up the list of truly elite fantasy basketball players.

Depth chart:

Relevant fantasy players and their projected draft round (PDR) and per-game stats:

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Favors is stuck in an unfavorable frontcourt -- for now. (Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)

Depth chart:
PG: Devin Harris, Earl Watson*, Ronnie Price*
SG: Gordon Hayward, Alec Burks, Raja Bell
SF: C.J. Miles, Andrei Kirilenko*
PF: Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors, Jeremy Evans
C: Al Jefferson, Enes Kanter, Mehmet Okur, Kyrylo Fesenko*, Francisco Elson*

* unrestricted free agent (continue reading…)

You'd be psycho not to go and grab Hansbrough off the waiver wire. (NBA.com)

Game watch:
4 games: BOS, DAL, DEN, GS, HOU, IND, LAC, MIA, NJ, NY, OKC, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, WAS
3 games: ATL, CHA, CHI, CLE, DET, LAL, MEM, MIL, MIN, NO, ORL, SA, TOR, UTA

Waiver-wire watch:

• Tyler Hansbrough: starting gig appears secure, averaging 17.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals so far this month
• Chase Budinger: doing good things with his starting job, putting up 14.7 points, four rebounds, 2.2 assists, one steal and 1.3 threes per game this month
• Nenad Krstic: averaging 15.4 points and 7.4 rebounds in March, making him worth a definite look if you need a big man (continue reading…)

Yep, you should've sold high on Manu. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Game watch:
2 games: ATL, CHA, CHI, DAL, DEN, DET, GS, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MIA, MIL, MIN, NJ, NO, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, SA, UTA
1 game: BOS, CLE, MEM, NY, OKC, ORL, TOR, WAS

Waiver-wire watch:

• Rudy Fernandez: averaging 19.3 points, three three-pointers made, two rebounds, 3.3 assists and two steals in his last four games
• Chuck Hayes: he should really be owned in more leagues by now; good source of rebounds, steals and field-goal percentage
• Tony Allen: good for steals in deeper leagues
• Sasha Vujacic: averaging 16.7 points, 2.7 threes, 2.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals in his last three games (continue reading…)

Cousins was hot in his last two games. (Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

Game watch:
4 games: CHA, CLE, DAL, DEN, IND, LAC, MEM, MIA, MIL, NJ, ORL, POR, UTA, WAS
3 games: ATL, BOS, DET, HOU, LAL, MIN, NO, NY, OKC, PHI, SA, TOR
2 games: CHI, GS, PHO, SAC

Waiver-wire watch:

• C.J. Miles: averaged 16.3 points, four rebounds, 2.3 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.7 threes last week
• Randy Foye: in three games as a starter in place of Eric Gordon, averaging 18.7 points, three assists, 1.7 steals and 2.7 threes
• Josh McRoberts: has started the last two games, notched 20 points, eight rebounds, one steal and two blocks on Saturday
• Chuck Hayes: continues to be a good source of rebounds, steals and blocks
• Kurt Thomas: decent source of rebounds and blocks in deeper leagues (continue reading…)