Fantasy Benchwarmers

Not much to talk about really as we head into week 19 judgement day, so we just gave out some more playoff tips which we hope you'll find useful. Then we look into week 20 schedule - which teams have the best schedule not just based on the number of games but also based on their matchups. You can also catch the Daily Fantasy Quickie and the rest of the weekly episodes on these platforms: Apple Pod...

Slowly, teams are sending feelers about possibly shutting down their players. I guess something we kinda expect. Zion Williamson has possibly played his final fantasy game this season after suffering a broken finger. Brandon Ingram, though said to be day-to-day, could be held out until the end of the season too! Then we have the Toronto players - Fred VanVleet, Kyle Lowry, OG Anunoby. We are not s...

Lebron James could play next week and for those who will still be alive next week for their finals and you own James, is he still worth playing? Commish and I feel Lebron has more downside and the upside isn't too nice because of his injury. So with 2 back-to-backs next week, is he still worth holding on to knowing that he could just play half of those games? Staying with the Lakers, Andre Drummon...

At this point in the fantasy basketball season the known names, the top players will either be a constant performers or late scratches. So it will boil down to which supporting cast is better. Kelly Olynyk could be the gamechanger that can win you your fantasy league. Who would've thought right? With the Denver Nuggets decimated in the point guard position, it is Facundo Campazzo who is helping hi...

We kick off the quickie with some injury updates on key players in your lineups - Zach Lavine, Nikola Vucevic, Lebron James, Tyrese Haliburton, Malcolm Brogdon, etc. At this point, it will be easier to decide who to drop versus who to keep and wait for since everyone's in the semifinals pretty much. We give out some waiver pickup recommendations as always. But today, Russell Westbrook got his fant...

For this week's episode we invited our good friend and YouTuber Mark Ches to share about basketball shoes! We talked about shoes in our younger days and some of the current ones that are good value for money. To be honest, I am not big on basketball shoes since I don't play a lot of basketball, but I was very curious as well about this topic. For one, collecting shoes has been a big phenomenon ove...

Another week done and we hope you survived that exciting week of NBA fantasy playoffs. If you did, here's our week 19 discussion.  Injuries and rests are still plaguing the league and more fantasy managers got victimized this week (of all days on judgement day!). Gregg Popovic, the Father of Load Management, rested his starters Demar Derozan, Dejounte Murray and Jakob Poeltl. Toronto rested F...

The good news for Domantas Sabonis owners was that he played today and put up a stat line that could give you some separation against your opponent. The bad news, many were not able to roster him early enough for them to use him. I guess Sabonis can be considered one of the most frustrating player in this year's fantasy playoffs. On another end, there have been a number of unlikely heroes that are...

Timing is another factor in fantasy basketball that can win you a matchup. Today, Jayson Tatum hit sixty points, I'm sure to the delight of patient owners who were able to withstand his subpar start early this season. Dejounte Murray has been red hot this week and if you own him, I'm sure you are thankful that it came at a perfect time. Hopefully both players will be able win you this round and su...

So I guess that trip to the strip club did him good. Kevin Porter Jr went wild today scoring 50 points on 60% FG. He also had nine 3s and 11 assists. Not sure which side of KPJ were you on, but hopefully it is on the side where you own him. Injuries still continue to plague fantasy managers with Malcolm Brogdon and Giannis Antetokounmpo as the latest casualties. Both injuries though does not look...

We kick things off with some playoff stories and commish Eric's frustration on Domantas Sabonis. He owns him in pretty much every league that are in the playoffs at the moment and that makes us wonder. When you have multiple leagues, would you stay away from drafting the same player in every team just to spread your risk of injuries? Then we discuss some players who have picked the wrong time to s...

We did another live Daily Fantasy Quickie yesterday and we had Elijah Olivares, a follower of the podcast from Canada, joining us to take your fantasy questions. Lots of good discussions here around players from the waiver wires - Payton Pritchard, PJ Dozier, Ty Jerome just to name a few. You can also catch the Daily Fantasy Quickie and the rest of the weekly episodes on these platforms: Apple Pod...

Nothing about the John Wall shut down news was surprising. We knew it would happen at some point this season this only means that Kevin Porter Jr will now get the usage we fantasy owners would love for him to have. Luckily for KPJ owners, he will be back tomorrow, so fire up those KPJs this week and it should be fun watching him pile up those stats. Bunch of injuries today but the headliners would...

Playoff story for today was all about my opponent pulling off a great fantasy veteran move in their semifinal matchup. I have to say, it was a great move and a very smart move at that. So I got booted out of that one, but not too bad of a showing considering Kawhi Leonard only played 1 game in 2 weeks then I had to drop Richaun Holmes. Been getting a bunch of really good stories about their playof...

I know there's still one day left before the end of week 17, but really at this point there's not much to do than just wait for tomorrow's game and hope that everything or at least most of the things that needs to happen, will be favorable to you. So, with that, we take a look into week 18. In this quickie we give out some reminders about the schedule and some players worth picking up. Plus more p...

I have to admit, I am not really into video games, but the boom of e-sports is quite fascinating. Imagine playing games the whole day?! I mean that's what we probably dreamt of when we were kids right? In this week's episode we invited e-Gilas member Rial Polog Jr. and e-Gilas coach Nite Alparas, who recently won the FIBA eSports Open, to share their journey to becoming full-time professional NBA...

Just when we were talking about possibly dropping Tyrese Haliburton because of his poor play recently, another "injury" gives him life. I hope some were able to be more patient and held on to him. So yes, De'Aaron Fox now enters COVID protocol. Definitely frustrating for a lot of fantasy managers! Imagine almost the whole second half of the season, there hasn't been many players who got into COVID...

So the diagnosis on Trae Young is that he has grade 2 ankle sprain and though that may sound better than how it looked when he injured it yesterday, from the fantasy perspective it does not look good. He looks to be a drop now as that injury could mean 2-3 weeks. I do have a Trae in one of my lineup and right now I haven't dropped him just because I still have yet to find a nice add, but our playo...

Oh boy, the list goes on. Today, four casualties - rookie Deni Avdija (out for the season), Clint Capela (back), Chris Boucher (knee) and Trae Young (ankle), give fantasy managers more anxiety and frustration. Capela could miss a game or two (hopefully), Boucher could be out longer, while Young said his injury isn't as bad as it looked. So now, if you have these players, how do you cope and win yo...

We were live yesterday to answer some questions with you guys! But aside from that, lots of injuries going around the league and it could not have come a bad time. James Harden is out indefinitely so if you are battling in the playoffs, looks like he won't be helping any longer. Kawhi Leonard will also be out for a week or so definitely a big blow to his owners as he has been producing top 5 value...

Another 10 threes! It might be an understatement to say that Steph Curry is on fire! I watched the game this morning and really in front of the screen it seemed easy to stop Curry, but he is just too good of a shooter. Surprisingly, Curry is just the number 3 fantasy player behind Nikola Jokic and Nikola Vucevic. As good as Curry is, I guess his stat set is just 3-deep (points, FG% and threes), th...

What an exciting week 16! Playoffs frenzy at its finest! One thing I can say, there are no guarantees this season, no matter how good your team was in the regular season, it's back to zero when it comes to the playoffs. We've received a lot of messages about top seeded teams booted out after week 16 quarterfinals. And we're not just talking about one upset, there are leagues where all top seeded t...

Thirty six three pointers! That's what Steph Curry made just this week! He is just in the zone right now. Unfortunately, he had an ankle tweak after hitting another 11 three pointers today. It does not seem too worrying, but he could be due for a short break so watch how Golden State handles this. I give an update on my current playoff matches and what I did to just stay close when I didn't have m...

Unknown to many Isaac Go is also a fantasy basketball enthusiasts, it is just unfortunate that his team was hit by lots of injuries at different points of the season that he ended up not making it to the playoffs. Still, we had some great discussions about the NBA and fantasy basketball. We also talked about Isaac's basketball journey from where and when he started to his Xavier days and then Aten...

We should stop mentioning "durable" players from here on. Okay, we did mention another one in this quickie. But today another durable player went down with an injury. Donovan Mitchell sprained his ankle and was carried off the floor. The injury is not season ending, but he could miss some time and that time could also be the crucial time in your fantasy week. With all these injuries and rests thou...