Fantasy Benchwarmers

What a day! Just yesterday, commissioner Eric and I were talking about James Harden and the best case scenario for him and his fantasy managers was for him to be traded. Today, we woke up to the news that James Harden was traded to the Brooklyn Nets! So for our quickie, we look at the Harden trade and how it impacts the players involved. Who wins and who loses fantasy-wise? What impact will this h...

In today's quickie, we discuss the dilemma of having James Harden on your fantasy team. As we all know, Harden wants to be traded and with Houston, his fantasy value seems to have dipped as he continues to play uninspired basketball. He really wants out but the whole NBA seems to be quite busy fighting COVID among its players. So what should we do if we own James Harden? If you don't have Harden,...

Since it was a late recording, we decided to just go live on our Facebook page today for our Daily Fantasy Quickie! We talked Kyrie Irving and how to deal with his "disappearance". Jusuf Nurkic's double whammy situation - not performing AND now injured! Such as disappointment. We also discussed Deandre Ayton's poor showing with some frustration from commish Eric. We also answered some of the quest...

Week 3 Judgement Day! Boston versus Miami game got postponed and I hope that did not kill your hopes of winning your week's matchup. Kristaps Porzingis could make his debut tomorrow, so at least there's that to look forward to and of course week 4! If your team lost week 3, it's time to get back on track. In our quickie, we talk about the usual buys, and feel good players from today's performances...

Happy Sunday guys! COVID once again headlined the day with one of the more high-profile pick in Jayson Tatum testing positive this morning which would now force him to miss all their games in the next 10-14 days. Bradley Beal, who has been rumored to have dined out with Tatum yesterday, also missed today's game as part of the COVID protocol. The biggest blow however was not the COVID cases today b...

News broke that the Atlanta Hawks' players are "complaining" about how Trae Young's poor playmaking/facilitating. Even his supposed partner-in-crime John Collins has been reported to have "called out" the star point guard. Two things can happen in this situation, one is the team implodes into a complete mess or two they take these things seriously and figure out what's best for them to win. So wat...

Wanna get your game to the next level? In this episode of the podcast we invited a fantasy addict who I personally consider the best kept secret expert in the fantasy basketball world. Our guest, Max Visaya, shared hard core tips on how to get your fantasy basketball game to the next level. From trading tips, to scouting your opponents' team to weekly planning we covered them all. Though Max admit...

What seemed to be just another ordinary day of NBA games, turned out to be quite an eventful one. Seth Curry, a player we just felt good about yesterday, tested positive for COVID just in time for the Philadelphia 76ers' tipoff versus the Brooklyn Nets. Curry was sidelined for this game but he was on the bench before being informed of the positive test. This then puts a lot of things in jeopardy a...

It's a very eventful day in the fantasy basketball world with 11 scheduled games in the NBA!  The good - Bradley Beal goes berserk! Steven Adams shows some tricks he may have gotten from Russell Westbrook. Another Curry takes the stage and Marvin Bagley boosts his trade value!  The bad - Markelle Fultz out for the season which I should say really made me sad. The guy just couldn't catch...

First off, apologies for the bad audio, I had some problems with my microphone after the intros. Anyway, it is high time we talk about probably the # 1 fantasy player so far...Nikola Jokic! Jokic is averaging a triple double with really good percentages and high defensive stats. Now would you trade James Harden for Jokic? We also discussed Jarrett Allen's breakout - can he sustain this or is it ju...

We hired some cuteness to do our intro for a change. Hope you liked that! Anyway, we had some Jayson Tatum, Fred Vanvleet in our quickie and more Julius Randle. Can Randle continue his impressive fantasy run? Once again, the Olynyk once a season streak has begun. Pick him up while he's hot. And is Time Lord worth your waiver priority? Finally, where is Delon Wright? Oh and of course, trade Marvin...

Kendrick Perkins last month said Damian Lillard is the best point guard in the NBA. Today, Steph Curry showed us why the best PG debate, well should still be debated. Curry shot the lights out en route to a 62 point performance. And as always with Curry, it was exciting to watch especially for his fantasy owners. Aside from Steph, commissioner Eric points out the under the radar averages of his br...

One day before week 2 judgement day and we briefly talked about commissioner Eric's double 9-0 massacre in our two leagues. The challenge of doing an auction draft. In our FBW segment we discussed the resurgence of John Wall and Clint Capela and why Chris Boucher should be a keep. Who's the better add Justin Holiday or Doug Mcdermott? We also look into the struggles of Pascal Siakam, the dilemma o...

Finally, AD and Dame shows up! Oh and Deandre Ayton plays his best game so far, hopefully that becomes a trend. Jaylen Brown and CJ Mccollum are still on fire while Terry Rozier and Devonte Graham threw bricks all night. Jusuf Nurkic is still not close to 2nd round or even 3rd round value, and Devin Booker and Jimmy Butler adds to the list of our worries. Injuries are still plenty, with rookies Ty...

Happy 2021! First quickie of the year and definitely no LMA talk. As always we discuss our FBW (Feel good, Buy and Worry) players of the day. One of our biggest worry for the day is Deandre Ayton who is definitely not worthy of that 2nd round pick. We notice though that a number of players we "called out" on our quickies have somehow turned it around so we're hoping this happens for Ayton as well....

Another day another disappointment for Lamarcus Aldridge owners. Despite playing an average of just 29 minutes in three games and having not much to show stat-wise, LMA missed the Spurs' fourth game with a sore left knee. In today's quickie, comm Eric and I vent our frustrations with LMA and suggest ways to maybe get rid of him without getting low-balled. Aside from LMA, Jusuf Nurkic has been anot...

It's the last day of 2020 and we wanted to squeeze in one last episode and end the year with a bang. We were introduced to Pinoyliga.com after being invited to talk some fantasy basketball during the webcast of Jump Through Hoops. We got curious about Pinoyliga.com and decided to invite its founder Benny Benitez to join us to talk basketball. Benny is also the host of the Bull By the Horn webcast....

It's the start of week 2 and for Ja Morant owners, the week did not seem to start off well after Morant landed badly while attempting to block a shot. He was wheeled off the floor and that alone is concerning. In a few hours, we'll get to know the severity of his injury, but there's a big chance he misses some time.   So in this quickie, we talk about beneficiaries to Morant's possible a...

It's week 1 judgement day and for KAT and AD owners, their injuries couldn't have come at the worst time. Hopefully, you were able to secure your matchups. The good news though at least for Davis, he most likely would be back tomorrow. As for Towns, let's just hope he won't be out too long.   Today's notable performances was led by Steph Curry and Luka Doncic. While some players trending up i...

Whatever James Harden does off the court doesn't really mean much in NBA Fantasy, and today, he reminded us why he is the number 1 fantasy basketball player. In today's quickie, we marvel at Harden's stat line, and talk about other notable performances (Chris Boucher, Andre Drummond, Blake Griffin, etc). We also take a look at who's trending up and which OKC player/s you must own.  Finally, w...

The Christmas Day games turned out to be a snooze fest with pretty much all of the games being blowouts. But in fantasy basketball, we could care less about the results as long as our players performed. In our quickie, we talk about the injuries to key stars Jimmy Butler and Kawhi Leonard and who could step up to take their roles in case they miss time. We also talked about Kevin Durant and Kyrie...

What is great about joining fantasy leagues outside of your own circle of friends is that we meet new friends who share the same enthusiasm in fantasy basketball and the NBA. In this episode, I invited a fellow manager who I only met this season after joining a league organized by a common friend. He is considered by his fellow managers the Lavar Ball of the group, so I got curious and we were gla...

Whew! What a day in the NBA. Started with Harden's trip to the strip club and ended with buzzer beaters, blowouts and crazy stat lines. Here are some instant reactions for the day: Boring Picks Rule - sometimes old boring friends are just better Kyle Lowry - 18p/10a/4 3s // Eric Bledsoe - 18p/2r/6a/4 3s// Larry Nance -13p/13r/8a/3s/2b!!// Khris Middleton -27p/14r/8a // Terrence Ross - 19p/ 3 3s an...

Part 2 of a solid episode with Papi Roi of Fantasy Basketball PH! We know that there are still a lot of leagues drafting in the next 2-3 days so for sure, this would help. Papi Roi goes through his middle rounds and some interesting picks he made. What I love about this episode is that Papi Roi gave great insights and shared the rationale behind his picks not just from the value perspective but ho...

Three more days before the 2020-2021 NBA season starts and we know that some of you will still have a few drafts this weekend so we thought of sharing more tips on building a solid team through the draft. We invited fellow podcaster Papi Roi Ciruela of Fantasy Basketball PH to share his thought process during our FBW Superstars League draft. Papi Roi gave a lot of great insights about drafting and...