Point Guard13% rostered
Dru Smith
Miami Heat • PG
MonThuFriSun
Four-game Heat week with three light nights gives Smith a clean streaming runway for assists and steals.
Fantasy basketball streamers
Best Fantasy Basketball Streamers for Week 9
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Light nights to target: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
Quick list
Guards for assists/steals, wings for threes and boards—everything pulled directly from this week’s hoops streamer board.
Small Forward19% rostered
Simone Fontecchio
Miami Heat • SF
MonThuFriSun
Fontecchio keeps seeing 30-minute workloads whenever the Heat downsize, and the slate is laced with pace-up opponents.
Power Forward32% rostered
Sandro Mamukelashvili
Toronto Raptors • PF
MonThuSatSun
Back-to-back weekend games make Sandro perfect for padding rebounds and dimes out of the PF slot.
Small Forward48% rostered
Julian Champagnie
San Antonio Spurs • SF
ThuFriSun
Shorter week but every game lands on a streaming-friendly night, and Champagnie is locked into 28+ minutes with Vassell banged up.
Point Guard25% rostered
Jamal Shead
Toronto Raptors • PG
MonThuSatSun
Raptors play four times with only one heavy night, so Shead is a plug-and-play stream for dimes and steals.
Shooting Guard / Small Forward34% rostered
Kevin Huerter
Chicago Bulls • SG/SF
WedFriSun
Only three games, but all on light nights and all against bottom-half defenses, so you can drop him in without bench squeezes.
Point Guard11% rostered
Aaron Holiday
Houston Rockets • PG
MonThuSatSun
Four Rockets games with two weekend slots equals easy assist volume plus bonus threes when the jumper falls.
Center34% rostered
Steven Adams
Houston Rockets • C
MonThuSatSun
If you need boards and FG%, Adams is the low-usage cheat code—four games, three of them on streamable nights.
Why they work this week
Dru Smith
Miami Heat • PG
Games: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun • 13% rostered
Miami lets him run the second unit whenever Rozier rests, so you can bank 24 minutes of ball-handling plus sneaky defensive stats.
Best for
9-cat squads chasing assists/steals, or deeper points leagues that reward out-of-position dimes.
Simone Fontecchio
Miami Heat • SF
Games: Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun • 19% rostered
He gives you threes with great percentages, plus a couple boards and a steal when the shot's falling.
Best for
3PM-heavy category leagues, roto managers trying to protect FG% while chasing volume.
Sandro Mamukelashvili
Toronto Raptors • PF
Games: Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun • 32% rostered
He racks up stocks and assists whenever Toronto lets him initiate from the elbow—ideal for roto linesheets.
Best for
Points leagues that reward all-around production, plus 9-cat builds needing out-of-position assists.
Julian Champagnie
San Antonio Spurs • SF
Games: Thu, Fri, Sun • 48% rostered
Expect two or three threes per outing plus opportunistic boards, making him a nice glue guy to close the week.
Best for
8/9-cat squads chasing 3PM and low turnovers; deeper points leagues for late-week scoring.
Jamal Shead
Toronto Raptors • PG
Games: Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun • 25% rostered
He pushes in transition and racks up deflections, giving you sneaky points for leagues that score defensive metrics.
Best for
9-cat steals builds, or H2H managers who need assists without tanking FG%.
Kevin Huerter
Chicago Bulls • SG/SF
Games: Wed, Fri, Sun • 34% rostered
You know the drill: threes, a handful of assists, and tidy FT%. Ride the wave while the Bulls need spacing.
Best for
3PM-focused punt turnovers builds, or any points league needing floor spacing.
Aaron Holiday
Houston Rockets • PG
Games: Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun • 11% rostered
Holiday plays next to Amen Thompson and acts as the safety-valve shooter, so turnovers stay low while the counting stats trickle in.
Best for
Deep 12+ team points leagues, or 9-cat squads that just need light touches of assists and 3s without hurting percentages.
Steven Adams
Houston Rockets • C
Games: Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun • 34% rostered
Expect double-digit rebounds and a block or two, plus elite screen assists for leagues that track them.
Best for
Punt-FT category builds, traditional 8-cat teams craving rebounds and field-goal percentage.
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