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Allow me to go into Hubie Brown mode for a minute: “Your team is ravaged by injuries. Your league’s trade deadline has passed. You’re forced to steer a slipshod team in an unlikely run at a championship. What do you do?”

Look to the waiver wire, of course. (continue reading…)

Yep, this guy deserves your attention. (GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)

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

Waiver-wire watch:

• Francisco Garcia: in his first game since Jan. 15, he finished with 18 points, four three-pointers, three rebounds and two steals
• Carlos Delfino: up and down lately, but continues to put up strong overall numbers and racked up nine steals in two games last week
• Wes Johnson: in his four games before the flu derailed him, Johnson was tearing up box scores
• Matt Bonner: usually a good source of threes, has hit nine in his last two games (continue reading…)

Arenas' fantasy value is all but gone now that he's got his new duds. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

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

Waiver-wire watch:

• Francisco Garcia: has hit double-digit points in all four of his games in January
• Chris Douglas-Roberts: averaging 27 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.5 steals, 2.0 blocks and 1.5 threes in his last two
• Ersan Ilyasova: inconsistent, but will get good minutes so long as Andrew Bogut and Drew Gooden are out
• Tyler Hansbrough: averaging 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in his last two games, both of which he started (continue reading…)

Get ready to meet The Other Lopez Brother this season. (Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)

Depth chart:
PG: Steve Nash, Goran Dragic
SG: Jason Richardson, Josh Childress, Matt Janning
SF: Grant Hill, Jared Dudley
PF: Hedo Turkoglu, Hakim Warrick, Earl Clark, Gani Lawal
C: Robin Lopez, Channing Frye, Dwayne Jones

Relevant fantasy players and projected draft positions/per-game stats:
Steve Nash – PG (Rd. 2): 16 Pts, 1.5 threes, 3 Reb, 9.5 Ast
Jason Richardson – G/F (Rd. 4-5): 17 Pts, 2.5 threes, 4.5 Reb, 1 Stl
Hedo Turkoglu – F (Rd. 4-5):  14 Pts, 2 threes, 5.5 Reb, 5 Ast
Robin Lopez – F/C (Rd. 8-10):  11 Pts, 7.5 Reb, 1.5 Blk
Channing Frye – F/C (Rd. 9-11): 10 Pts, 2 threes, 5 Reb
Josh Childress – G/F (Rd. 12+): 9 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Stl
Grant Hill – G/F (Rd. 13+): 10 Pts, 5 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 1 Stl
Jared Dudley – F (Rd. 13+): 8 Pts, 1.5 threes, 3 Reb, 1 Stl
Hakim Warrick – F/C (Rd. 13+): 7 Pts, 4 Reb
Goran Dragic – G (Rd. 13+): 8 Pts, 1 three, 3.5 Ast (continue reading…)

T-Mac is proving his (lack of) worth lately. (Flickr/Keith Allison)

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

Waiver wire watch:

• Yi Jianlian: successful return so far
• Kirk Hinrich: with starting job in hand, he’ll produce well
• Jarrett Jack: continues to play well in Jose Calderon’s absence
• Devin Brown: hitting lots of threes, stealing lots of balls lately
• Keyon Dooling: back from injury, putting up solid numbers (continue reading…)