RotoWire's Dan Bruno helps fantasy basketball managers master the schedule, game volume, matchup value and streaming picks to outsmart their leagues in Week 9.

The end of the Emirates NBA Cup means the back end of Week 9 will be loaded with games.

It's another wonky week in terms of the NBA schedule as the first half of Week 9 is still impacted by the NBA Cup Final on Tuesday. There's also the biggest imbalance in the schedule in terms of games played by each team as just three teams play four games,

The Mavericks were optimistic in late September when they convened in Vancouver for their first training camp practice, missing only the injured Kyrie Irving. That wasn’t the case by the end of the first practice.

The Emirates NBA Cup has thrown the Week 8 schedule for a loop, with Indiana, Minnesota and Sacramento having excellent schedules.

What channel is Thunder vs. Suns on today? Time, TV schedule, live stream to watch NBA Cup quarterfinal game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night with an opportunity to advance to the NBA Cup Semifinals.

After nearly a month sidelined by a left calf strain, Victor Wembanyama is expected to return for the San Antonio Spurs in Saturday’s NBA Cup semifinal in Las Vegas against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Wembanyama was listed as probable on Friday’s Spurs injury report.

Calf strains are up this season, but time missed to calf strains is way up as teams are being more conservative.