Thunder Dan's fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups for Week 5 of the 2025-26 NBA season. Consider these players as fantasy basketball adds, streamers, and stashes.

As the first month of the NBA season comes to a close this week, we are seeing the return of some players who have been sitting out since the season began (like Coby White ), while other troublesome injuries to superstars continue to linger ( Joel Embiid , Anthony Davis , Jalen Green ). Young players are emerging, including an impressive batch of rookies, and we have, quite easily, the most loaded set of waiver wire pickups so far this year!

Let's keep working the wire to find the most valuable long-term pickups and short-term streamers - and stay the course! It's a long season, and there's plenty of time to get your

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