NBA Fantasy: Week 2 waiver wire leaderboard

Duncan Robinson has been a great source of points and threes off the waiver wire so far. Play Yahoo Fantasy High Score Today! With injuries reeking havoc all over fantasy leagues, your friends from NBA Fantasy are here to help you find some replacement options.

All of these options are available in over 50% of Yahoo fantasy leagues and could provide helpful short-term bandages. These players are targeted for specific needs such as points or steals, but all could become useful in any fantasy format. Points Duncan Robinson – SG/SF, Detroit Pistons 45% rostered, 17.8 PPG Jed: Robinson is a high-volume 3-point shooter in Detroit’s starting lineup, and should receive plenty of opportunities to continue the production he created through the first few games of the season.

The sniper started hot, an average of five 3s through his first three games. Tuesday’s loss to the New York Knicks saw him hit just a pair, going 2-for-10 from beyond the arc. Even still, the floor is high for Robinson, and Cade Cunningham facilitating for the Pistons can only benefit his game.

Grayson Allen – SG/SF Charlotte Hornets 36% rostered, 16.8 PPG Steve: With Coby White (calf) and Kon Knueppel (hamstring) both still out indefinitely, it’s been Grayson Allen off the bench benefitting with an uptick in minutes and as a result points. He’s off to a scorching start from three (48.3 percent) and should definitely be added for as long as the starting backcourt remains out.

Rebounds Robert Williams III – C, Portland Trail Blazers 13% rostered, 8.7 RPG Jed: Across his first three games of the season, Williams has posted a double-double in two contests. He’s living in the paint so far, and while he’s recorded less than 20 minutes in two of the three games, Portland’s backup big man is on the floor to do one thing: protect the paint.

Williams has had seasons like this in the past, so he’s an easy selection to remain consistent. Kyle Kuzma – SF/PF, Milwaukee Bucks 32% rostered, 8.5 RPG Steve: Kuzma should be considered in leagues where you need another forward who can score and rebound. While it’s not likely he’s going to continue on with 8.5 rebounds a night like he has in his four games to start the season, he definitely can provide the 6.1 boards he’s averaged for his career.

We didn’t know entering the season how the Bucks rotation would balance out, but the early returns show Kuzma as a starter averaging over 30 minutes a game. He should be highly motivated to keep putting up fantasy relevant numbers in a contract season and should continue to start at the power forward position for at least the foreseeable future.

Assists Draymond Green – PF/C, Golden State Warriors 30% rostered, 7.0 APG Jed: If Yaxel Lendeborg can continue this stellar start to his NBA career, Green’s job will be that much easier. He’s not a scorer, but an excellent distributor, able to feed Stephen Curry coming off screens or find off-ball cutters at the rim.

This is extremely dependent on the development and usage of Lendeborg, but Green could potentially have another high-level scorer by his side. Dennis Schröder – PG/SG, Charlotte Hornets 25% rostered, 4.5 APG Steve: Like Grayson Allen, Schröder has benefitted from the increased playing time with the starting backcourt out indefinitely.

Schröder has played at least 35 minutes in three of the Hornets’ last four games. The one game in the middle of that where he only played 20 minutes was a Charlotte loss by 47 points, so let’s throw out the minutes distribution for that game. Schröder has been a strong option for points and assists throughout his career when he gets a starter’s workload.

Schröder has averaged over six assists a game three times in his career, so being a fill-in floor general isn’t a ridiculous ask for the veteran guard, for as long as the Hornets aren’t fully healthy. Steals Kris Dunn – PG/SG, LA Clippers 46% rostered, 3.3 SPG Jed: The Clippers need to keep Dunn in the starting lineup to balance out a score-first Darius Garland.

Dunn has been a menace on the defensive end to start the season, including a ridiculous 5 steals against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday. At 6-foot-3, Dunn has the intensity and instincts that so many organizations desire. He can contribute on the offensive end, but will get the toughest backcourt assignments on the other end.

Feisty guards are perfect for steals. Ja’Kobe Walter – PG/SG, Toronto Raptors 23% rostered, 2.3 SPG Steve: With Kawhi Leonard missing time with a knee injury, it’s Walter who stands to benefit the most with an uptick in minutes. Walter started for the first time in 2026-27 in the Raptors last game, a loss to the Timberwolves, where Leonard didn’t play.

In that game he received over 30 minutes for the first time this season. Walter has seven steals over his last three games and while offensively he’s still below Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley in the Raptors shot pecking order, he’s an excellent find if you specifically need steals.

Blocks Daniel Gafford – C, Dallas Mavericks 37% rostered, 2.0 BPG Jed: Dereck Lively II (foot) is still out for the Mavericks, so they’ll continue to lean on Gafford to anchor the defense inside the arc. He swatted exactly two shots in each of Dallas’ first four games. Like so many of my picks across these categories, Gafford has done this before, and he can certainly continue this production as the Mavericks aim to be even more competitive this season.

Jaxson Hayes – C, Utah Jazz 19% rostered, 2.3 BPG Steve: Another player who’s playing time might benefit from an injury, as Jaren Jackson Jr. is expected to miss around 6-8 weeks with a MCL tear. With Jusuf Nurkić also out, Hayes stands to benefit from the increased playing time. Unfortunately, he missed Utah’s last game with a shoulder injury, but if he gets back out there as expected, he’s the pickup to make in the Jazz frontcourt.

Hayes had six blocks in the first game of the season and while it’s too much to ask for that again, we know he has the potential to rack the swats up. Hayes had multiple blocks in a game 13 times last season.