Each Monday throughout the fantasy basketball season, we will take a closer look at the players who are over-owned (rostered in at least 70 percent of ESPN leagues) and under-owned (rostered in under 30 percent of ESPN leagues).
Here's a look at the players that stand out this week, with their ownership percentage listed.
Under-owned
Omri Casspi, SF, Sacramento Kings (26.1)
Casspi has played over 40 minutes in back-to-back games, and it wasn't by accident. It's clear a month-and-a-half into the season that Casspi has carved out a big role on this team, helping provide some glue as a passer, shooter and rebounder on a Kings squad that likes to play fast under George Karl. The 6-foot-9 forward is an underrated source of points, rebounds, steals and 3s who can be counted on for 30-40 minutes a night.
O.J. Mayo, SG, Milwaukee Bucks (20.5)
Mayo didn't begin playing until mid-November, and initially came off the bench in Milwaukee. That seems to have kept him under the radar in fantasy, because he remains low-owned despite moving into the starting lineup and averaging just under 33 minutes over the last 10 games. During that span, he has averaged 10.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.4 steals and also made 1.4 3-pointers per game, stuffing the stat sheet as well as many highly-owned guards.
Raymond Felton, SG, Dallas Mavericks (18.8)
Felton recorded a triple-double (10 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) while Deron Williams missed the Mavericks' last game due to an illness, but the 31-year-old veteran has played well lately even with Williams in the lineup. Quietly, Felton has dished out at least five assists in seven-straight games and has averaged 10.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals over the last 10 games. Few could have predicted this type of production out of Felton, who played under 10 minutes a game in Dallas last season, but he has really played well and has averaged 35.7 minutes in six games in December.
Over-owned
Enes Kanter, PF/C, Oklahoma City Thunder (78.4)
Kanter's high ownership has to be based mostly on his name recognition at this point. He has averaged less than 18 minutes a game over the last 10 contests, and for a big man who doesn't contribute in terms of blocks, steals or assists it is very hard to explain any other reason why he could be owned in nearly 4/5ths of ESPN. By comparison, Toronto's Luis Scola is a similar player in fantasy who plays more (24.3 MPG over last 10 games) and shoots 3-pointers, yet is owned in only 17.8 percent of ESPN leagues.