With Ingram sidelined at least a week, Snell was getting a chance to start, and while his efforts on Wednesday and Friday (no points or assists) were quite forgettable, he did play 31 minutes on Wednesday, and that got our attention in deeper formats. Snell isn’t jacking up as many three-pointers this month, so that’s something we’d like to see more of, but when he was starting in Portland, he did manage to contribute more offensively. At this point, consider Snell a short-term flier in very deep leagues.

Before a quiet game on Friday, Hayes had scored at least 13 points in three straight games, has really been sinking more buckets the last couple of months, and has gotten a bit more of a chance to start this season — especially lately. But even when he hasn’t played a ton of minutes, he’s been capable of producing (like on Friday, when he flirted with a double-double despite playing just 17 minutes), so give him a look in both redraft and DFS formats.

Hernandez has been cleared after missing four games in Covid protocol, and while his PT had been inconsistent, he’d been putting up some solid scoring and rebounding numbers before his absence. In fact, he averaged close to a double-double last month, so if he can regularly earn 20 minutes per game, he’s capable of providing value, making him a worthwhile deep league option.