{"id":127911,"date":"2024-06-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swishappeal.com\/wnba\/2024\/6\/2\/24167830\/wnba-fantasy-basketball-dearica-hamby-monique-billings-temi-fagbenle-natasha-mack-tyasha-harris"},"modified":"2024-06-02T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:00:00","slug":"five-early-season-fantasy-basketball-standouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/02\/five-early-season-fantasy-basketball-standouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Five early-season fantasy basketball standouts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Monique Billings has been excellent for the Dallas Wings, and fantasy managers smart enough to pick her up off the waiver wire are reaping the rewards. | Photo by Adam Hagy\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We already know who the top WNBA players in fantasy basketball are, so let\u2019s give some credit to those who are exceeding pre-draft expectations early in 2024.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still early in the 2024 WNBA<\/a> season, but most of the league\u2019s top fantasy players have already established themselves. It\u2019s pretty simple to identify the usual suspects\u2014they\u2019re probably who you used your first three or four draft picks on when you were choosing your fantasy team\u2014but it\u2019s typically easy to see who\u2019s going to surpass their respective average draft position (ADP) early on as well. The WNBA season is relatively short and secrets can\u2019t be kept for very long, so make sure these players aren\u2019t on the waiver wire in your fantasy leagues.<\/p>\n

Dearica Hamby (Los Angeles Sparks)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n \"Dallas
\n Photo by Juan Ocampo\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/cite>
Dearica Hamby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Current position rank:<\/strong> <\/em>No. 4 (34.8 ADP)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s still far too early to declare any one player a \u201cleague-winner,\u201d but if you drafted Hamby anywhere near or after her ADP, you\u2019re probably a happy camper. The veteran forward is taking full advantage of a volatile situation in Los Angeles and has been one of the few players who Sparks head coach Curt Miller can count on. In a massive 37.2 minutes played per game, Hamby is averaging a career-high 20.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and in standard fantasy leagues, her 41 fantasy points per game rank her No. 3 among forwards. The rebuilding Sparks will want to get 2024 lottery picks Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson more reps as the season goes on, and Azur\u00e1 Stevens is projected to return from an elbow injury in late June, so Hamby won\u2019t be putting up these kinds of numbers for the whole summer, but it\u2019s good to see her playing at her best after an up-and-down first season in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Monique Billings (Dallas Wings)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n \"Dallas
\n Photo by Adam Hagy\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/cite>
Monique Billings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Current position rank:<\/strong> <\/em>No. 18 (52.6 ADP)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Wings have been dealt a bad hand with injuries at the forward position, with Satou Sabally (shoulder) not expected back until after the Olympics and Natasha Howard (foot) out for at least one more week. Dallas signed Billings to an emergency hardship contract to fill the void, and she\u2019s played some of the best basketball of her career, averaging 13 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 30 minutes played per game. The rebounding isn\u2019t a surprise as it\u2019s always been Billings\u2019 specialty, but her scoring seems to have come out of nowhere, and with the Wings\u2019 lack of depth, she\u2019s going to keep playing big minutes. Unfortunately for Billings, when Howard returns the Wings will need to let her go, but until then she should be rostered in all fantasy formats.<\/p>\n

Natasha Mack (Phoenix Mercury)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n \"Phoenix
\n Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images<\/cite>
Natasha Mack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Current position rank:<\/strong><\/em> <\/em>No. 13 (53.8 ADP)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Brittney Griner suffered a toe injury during preseason and is without a clear timeline to return, which, needless to say, has put the Mercury in a tough spot to begin the season. Phoenix didn\u2019t have much depth in its frontcourt behind Griner in the first place, but Mack has done an admirable job filling in so far, averaging 7.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts likes his small-ball lineups, so it doesn\u2019t seem likely that Mack will ever play much more than her current average of 22.1 minutes per game, and she\u2019s not going to be a focal point of Phoenix\u2019s offense, either. Considering she was probably a waiver-wire pickup in most leagues, though, it\u2019s hard to be anything but happy with what she\u2019s provided so far.<\/p>\n

Temi Fagbenle (Indiana Fever)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n \"WNBA:
Temi Fagbenle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Current position rank:<\/strong> No. 6 (53.7 ADP)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fagbenle is back in the WNBA for the first time since 2019, and for the first time in her career she\u2019s getting minutes that make her worthy of rostering in fantasy basketball<\/a>. Fagbenle is currently posting averages of 9.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.9 defensive stats per game, and she\u2019s shooting 56.1 percent from the field. She had also leapfrogged NaLyssa Smith in the Fever\u2019s rotation, though she unfortunately injured her foot shortly thereafter and will be out for two to three weeks. Fagbenle is only rostered in 27.9 percent of ESPN leagues, so don\u2019t forget about her when she returns to Indiana\u2019s lineup.<\/p>\n

Tyasha Harris (Connecticut Sun)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n \"WNBA:
\n Photo by M. Anthony Nesmith\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/cite>
Tyasha Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Current position rank: <\/strong>No. 26 (54.2 ADP)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Entering the 2024 season, it looked like the Sun might split their point guard minutes between Harris and Moriah Jefferson, but the younger Harris has gotten the lion\u2019s share of the reps at the position thus far, and it\u2019s done wonders for her fantasy value. Harris is currently posting averages of 9.9 points and 3.3 assists and knocking down 1.6 3-pointers in 29.9 minutes played per game. Because much of what Connecticut does on offense is run through Alyssa Thomas, Harris still doesn\u2019t have much of a ceiling as a playmaker, but her starting position has been secured and she\u2019s shooting the ball well enough to put her on the map in most fantasy formats.<\/p>\n\n

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