yahoo - 3/25/2026 4:44:26 PM - GMT (+2 )
We just finished celebrating the players who turned it on after the All-Star break. Now for the uncomfortable conversation — the guys who went the other direction. With Week 22 and the fantasy basketball playoffs underway, and the window closing fast, here’s who’s been dropped or still dragging down your lineup since the All-Star break.
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Mikal Bridges, New York KnicksPost All-Star ranks: 9-cat: 146th, Points: 149th
It’s been a rough stretch for Bridges and the good people holding onto him. Since the break, Bridges is averaging 10.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.9 combined stocks while shooting 42% from the field and getting to the line less than once a game.
That last part is the real killer — a guy who never draws fouls has no safety valve when the shot isn’t falling and right now the shot really isn’t falling. He’s shown signs of life in his last two games, averaging 14 points with 6.5 assists with 2.0 3s, but it's nowhere near the early-season production that had him performing as a top-50 option.
Naz Reid, Minnesota TimberwolvesPost All-Star ranks: 9-cat 187th, Points: 154th
The reigning Sixth Man of the Year has hit a wall since the break, posting 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in just 25 minutes per game while shooting 46% from the field, 69% from the line and hitting only 1.1 3s per contest. For the year, Reid’s been a seventh-round value, ranking 77th overall — so to see such a steep dropoff, fantasy managers had to move on.
One glimmer of hope is that if your playoffs continue into Week 23, the Wolves play four games and Reid’s fantasy value improves when Anthony Edwards is off the floor, averaging 16-6-3 with a 65% TS rate this season. With Minnesota playing in just two games this week, there’s a chance you can scoop him in what should be a favorable, bounce-back opportunity to end the fantasy season.
Miles Bridges, Charlotte HornetsPost All-Star ranks: 9-cat: 185th, Points: 133rd
The Hornets are one of the best late-season revelations, winning seven of their last 10 games and going 12-5 since Feb. 15. Miles Bridges isn’t exactly the reason why. Bridges' numbers are trending down because the young core around him is hoopin’.
Bridges is playing fewer minutes (28.5) and it's affecting his counting stats, which have declined in every major fantasy category since the All-Star break. Even Coby White’s emergence seems to be impacting Bridges’ offensive production. Unfortunately for fantasy managers, he’s the fourth option, becoming an afterthought relative to the top-60 player we saw prior to the All-Star break.
DeAndre Ayton, Los Angeles LakersPost All-Star ranks: 9-cat: 183rd, Points: 165th
Ayton’s fantasy value tanked when he came to the Lakers because, by his own admission, he wants to play a bigger role in their offense. The problem is, taking away any usage and touches from Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves and LeBron James is a bad idea. He hasn’t been good at any point in the season, as he’s left to pick up the pieces as a role player.
The prolonged adjustment period has left fantasy managers impatient and has long moved on from the inconsistent big man. Ayton is averaging career lows across several major statistical categories, including 12.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists, while shooting 61% from the free-throw line.
Since the break, it’s been even worse — 10 points and 7.9 rebounds in 26 minutes per game. The 66% field goal percentage is the one bright spot, but a 55% free throw rate and less than one combined steal and block per game from a starting center is simply not enough upside to justify a roster spot in most formats with two weeks left.
Post All-Star ranks: 9-cat: 215th, Points: 232nd
Rank 215th. Turner was supposed to slide into Milwaukee as the rim-protecting anchor that Brook Lopez once was, but the Bucks’ dysfunctional season doomed whatever promise there was after signing him in the offseason. Turner’s been one of the worst fantasy draft picks this year, averaging the fewest points, rebounds and blocks per game, plus the worst FG%, since his rookie season.
Blocks are usually his calling card, but to see such a stark decline across the board has been maddening. Since the All-Star break, he’s seen a substantial drop-off in minutes, which has led to a drastic decline in his stats across all categories. The Bucks are cooked and so is Turner, closing out a disappointing season outside the top 200 in 9-cat and points leagues.
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