Thunder Dan's fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups for Week 8 of the 2025-26 NBA season. Consider these players as fantasy basketball adds, streamers, and stashes.

Welcome to Week 8 of the fantasy basketball schedule - also known as "that super weird week that is all jacked up because of the in-season tournament."

Yes, the NBA Emirates Cup quarterfinals and semifinals will be played on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, so we have quite the strange schedule and a very small number of total games this week. That is going to magnify the importance of every game, and if you can stream some roster spots to maximize games played, you could have a major advantage over your opponent.

Most of the league is only going to end up playing one game this week, while a handful of teams will play twic

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