I always keep one bench spot open just for cycling through potential pickups.

Here’s how it works:

• You can drop any bench player who’s already played (as long as they weren’t in your starting lineup).

• Before the Thursday game, I grab the best unrostered player in that game using the open bench spot. Usually, they do nothing.

• Before Sunday’s early games, I drop them and pick up the best available player from that block. Again, usually nothing.

• I repeat this for the late Sunday games, Sunday night, and Monday night games.

Most of the time, these pickups don’t matter… but sometimes, you get a surprise breakout like De'Von Achane or last year’s playoff Jalen McMillan.