Fantasy Benchwarmers

Since my Internet is still non-existent, we decided to just do an audio only episode because we don't want to miss a day without a quickie! So for today's episode we talked about KD's hamstring injury and what to expect from him moving forward. Nick Nurse and his coaching staff missed a game due to COVID protocols and Toronto's acting coach sneakily inserted Chris Boucher in the starting lineup -...

We did a live DFQ yesterday (Friday) and it was really fun to be able to interact with you guys! I think we should do more live sessions in the future. Anyway, in our usual quickie, we discussed the Malik Beasley suspension, the Tobias Harris injury and more analysis by Commish Eric on the 2nd half NBA schedule. And of course what will be a live session without Q&As? We answer as much as we ca...

It's the weekly episode of FBW and that means we take a quick break from fantasy basketball discussion to talk real basketball! In this episode we invited Reuben Terrado, lead correspondent of SPIN.PH, to join us as we discuss the latest news in basketball! We kick things off with Vic Manuel's trade from Alaska to Phoenix Fuel Masters and then go through some of the PBA prospects to watch out for...

Second half schedule of the NBA was released today and commish Eric went the extra mile to analyze the schedule against the fantasy playoffs. We discuss some teams that may be at a disadvantage with fewer games come fantasy playoffs. Commish also wrote a more in depth analysis of the schedule in the NBA Fantasy Locker Room Facebook group. Jarrett Allen bullied the small ball Houston Rockets today...

We kick off today's DFQ with the rumors surrounding a number of centers - Demarcus Cousins, Kristaps Porzingis and Andre Drummond. It seems like there are no clear destination yet for DMC as the Lakers have said that they are not very interested in signing the former Rockets center. The Dallas Mavericks have been rumored to be testing the trade market for Kristaps Porzingis, though owner Mark Cuba...

Quinn Cook was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers today. This might not seem to be an exciting news from the fantasy front but this move has many speculating that Demarcus Cousins will join the Lakers soon. We still don’t know if that will happen so those DMC owners should wait and see as it seems like a change of team for Cousins will happen any day now. The Washington Wizards are on a 5-game winni...

Finally, Ryan Saunders was let go by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Is this good? We discuss what will be the fantasy implications of this coaching change to their players. We also talk about their new coach Chris Finch and how his system can benefit players like Karl Anthony-Town, Ricky Rubio, etc. Will young players like Jared Vanderbilt, Jaden McDaniels and Jordan Maclaughlin benefit? A new rookie...

So the biggest news today was probably about Demarcus Cousins and the Houston Rockets plan to part ways. What's weird in this story is that Cousins will still play tomorrow's game and there have been reports that he will continue to play for the Rockets until he either gets waived or traded. From the Houston front, there really aren't many who will benefit from this though except for maybe Christi...

It's a Saturday quickie and Joel Embiid just put out another gem of a line scoring 50 points with a full stat line. He scored an insane 93 fantasy points in DFS play. Not to be outdone, Jamal Murray also scored 50 and has been on fire for the past week! Can he sustain this? Maybe, maybe not. But the Denver Nuggets have been depleted with injuries and Murray took it upon himself to carry the scorin...

Since we've been talking about fantasy basketball daily, Eric and I decided to put fantasy basketball talk in the backseat for this weekly episode and talk about real basketball news and updates. And what better way to do this than invite our friends from The South Boys Podcast, Angelo and Tristan, to join us to discuss some hard core basketball stuff. In this episode we dive into the recent PBA t...

Since Anthony Davis re-aggravated his achilles injury, there have been a lot of managers selling their ADs. I've seen some really low ball trades and some seemingly good ones as well. In all those trade, one thing is certain, AD's value has dropped significantly. What do you think is a fair return for Davis?  Dennis Schroeder is under COVID protocol, making the Los Angeles Lakers a very deple...

Let me just say, I loved this discussion we had for today’s quickie. We started off the episode discussing the new IL+ slot provided by Yahoo Fantasy for players who are under the O, GTD, OFS status. How can leagues utilize this slot and what are the limitations with this new change made in the middle of the season. To be honest, we feel this change came a little too late. A couple of players retu...

You might be surprised we did an all-English episode of the quickie. We had some friends from the NBA Fantasy Locker Room group message us asking if we have an English podcast. So we thought we'd try doing one quickie on English only mode. I hope the episode turned out well. Anyway, regardless if it's in English or Filipino, one thing is certain, we will do our best to talk about the latest fantas...

So the biggest news for today isn't about injuries (Thank God!). The Cleveland Cavaliers are now shopping Andre Drummond around and they will no longer let him play until they find a trade partner. How long would that be? We really don't know. What we do know is that Jarrett Allen is back to being the beast he was early in the season. As for Blake Griffin, well, he is not very fantasy-relevant the...

That escalated quickly. Four days ago we were just talking about Anthony Davis and his injury. Being an AD owner I was torn between him playing now to save my fantasy team or him taking a bit more time to rest so as not to aggravate his injury. Today, AD played. I was quite happy as he started really well, then after playing 14 minutes, the moment we AD owners dreaded happened. He re-aggravated hi...

It’s Valentine’s Day! We are back to spread more love to you guys with our usual fantasy quickie! The timetable for Mitch Robinson’s recovery from fractured hand was set to 4-6 weeks. This is a few weeks before fantasy playoffs, so we expect managers to hold on to him. Nerlens Noel surprisingly played 32 minutes and gave modest numbers which did not excite owners. But at least the minutes are ther...

Just when Mitch Robinson was having a great game, the injury gods had to throw some curveball. Robinson suffered a fractured hand and will definitely miss time. We’re just not sure for how long. This means Nerlens Noel gets another opportunity to produce. How much time Thibs gives him, we are not sure, but hopefully he’ll get at least 20 minutes and that’s enough time for Noel to be fantasy releva...

We've had a lot of questions about adding/dropping players so we thought of inviting our group's "Pick-up Artist" in fantasy basketball. Our friend Reagan does not like trading in fantasy basketball (ironically, he is a full-time stock market trader in real life), so he thrives with just adding/dropping players from the waiver while maximizing the moves in his league. In this episode we talked str...

Steph Curry was in his element once again giving his fantasy owners another game to be happy about. Curry is shooting 49% FG and 93% FT. These are insane percentages! Looks like he is on his way back to fantasy dominance. Another almost forgotten fantasy stud, Jimmy Butler, did not need any acting today to get those triple double numbers (I'm disappointed though - 0 steals!). Butler is proving why...

The KAT is out! Well, out on the court! Finally! KAT played well and he looked good so if you were able to survive the weeks waiting for this moment, congratulations. It’s now time to get KAT going and hopefully give us the fantasy stat line we are all expecting from him. One top tiered player who is out again is Anthony Davis. We talk about AD’s nagging achilles injury. We are a bit worried, but...

It’s a chill quickie for today, it was so chill that we did not notice we reached 40 minutes of fantasy basketball discussion. We hope you won’t find the discussion too long. In this quickie, we talk about Derrick Rose’s first game in his return to the Knicks, the sentencing of Malik Beasley, fantasy season ending injury of Deandre Hunter and a Jaylen Brown trade that I recently had to decide on....

Well, the injuries keep piling up as Chris Paul (hamstring), Kyle Lowry (back), Jrue Holiday (health protocol) and D'Angelo Russell (leg) were either out or played very little minutes due to injuries. This presents a bunch of opportunities for players filling up for the injured players and it is important to always be ready to add streamers that could benefit from their absence. Dejounte Murray ne...

Derrick Rose reunites with Tom Thibodeau, could we see Rose get back to fantasy relevance? Who benefits and who loses fantasy value? A number of injuries were reported today, and most of these will probably not make their managers happy. Paul George has a foot injury that could sideline him for some time. Deandre Hunter underwent knee surgery and could be out for 3-4 weeks. Larry Nance is also out...

So much to talk about in this Sunday quickie! We started off with our FBW Idol Statline Players of the Day - Nikola Jokic and Steph Curry. But we couldn’t help but marvel at the gem Draymond Green put up today. A couple of weeks ago we were quite on the fence with Green, but since the James Wiseman injury, he has been proving us wrong. Green is definitely a keeper. Derrick Rose is sure to traded,...

Another weird COVID-related thing happened today that frustrated some KD managers. Prior to their game, KD was iffy to play due to COVID protocols. He was then allowed to play, but was pulled out in the middle of the third quarter again due to health protocols. Not only did this frustrate KD managers, but also KD himself. Let's see what happens next. Hopefully he won't need to miss more games. The...