2024 Paris Olympics: How games could impact fantasy basketball landscape WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

The Olympics, a prestigious international sporting event, serves as a platform for athletes to showcase their skills on a global stage. For fantasy basketball enthusiasts, the impact of the Olympics can be multifaceted:

Evaluation of player performance

Monitoring the workload of aging veterans

Assessment of the lesser-known players who can raise their fantasy stock

Let’s delve into how the Olympics might shape the fantasy basketball landscape, focusing on key players and emerging talents.

NOTE: You won’t see LeBron James here because Father Time is nowhere in sight.

🇺🇲 Joel Embiid

The former MVP played in just 39 regular season games last season. Hard to believe that playing in the Paris Olympics isn’t the ideal rest and recovery strategy when considering his postseason injuries. Embiid averaged over 59 fantasy points per game last year and is unquestionably one of the best players when healthy; however, the injury concerns are real, and fantasy managers must consider whether it’ll be worth spending a …