Fantasy Benchwarmers

It's time to get ready for week 2! Here's a look at the schedule for week 2 so you can plan your streaming. Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonApplePodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/FBWonSpotify Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fantasybenchwarmers Like and follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FantasyBenchwarmers Join our community - NBA Fantasy Locker...

A 15-point performance would've been a decent stat, but with goose eggs in a number of other categories, we're a bit worried about Tyrese Maxey. The James Harden effect has seemingly hit Maxey's fantasy value real hard. Good for Harden owners, not so good for Maxey owners. He'll probably get a few good games here and there, plus Harden might cool off from this hot start at some point, but we'll be...

Day 1 of the NBA season was nothing extraordinary. The good thing is that every top player did their job for our fantasy team. A couple of guys disappointed a bit, but we'll give them the pass, it's just the first game anyway.   Tomorrow will be much crazier as we have 12 games on the slate, so buckle up!   Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonAp...

The NBA is back! That means our daily fantasy quickies are back! It seems like I've had too much drafts this season that I can't wait for the season to begin! We start of this season's quickie with a look at the schedule for week 1! Listen in or watch to find out which teams have the best streaming schedules, and which days are best for streaming. We also look at some injury updates and who are re...

As we are now in the middle of the draft storm in fantasy basketball, commish and I talked about building the foundation of your fantasy teams. Which 1-2 combo works best when starting your fantasy team?  Having a good first two picks can help set the tone to which categories you would want to build on in your drafts. That's why it is important to pick the right players that complement each o...

We kicked off this episode with a look at rookie Jabari Smith Jr. and some pre-season action. But the real meat of this episode are the sleepers and busts based on Yahoo's latest rankings. Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonApplePodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/FBWonSpotify Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fantasybenchwarmers Like and follow us on Facebook: http...

One thing in common about these next 4 teams is that they have this seemingly one forgotten star in their lineup. The Portland Trailblazers had pretty much a forgettable season which can also be said about their star Damian Lillard, who last year surprised and frustrated owners with the announcement of an injury that derailed his season. The Sacramento Kings had De'Aaron Fox who was one of our fav...

The biggest question in this group of teams is the return of Zion Williamson. What type of Zion will we see post injury? He is one player that burned a lot of managers who took a gamble on him last season. Is he worth another shot? Where do we pick him? The Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns are pretty much on a status quo. But that could mean some players here are being overlooked and can possi...

The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the favorites to win it all this season just because they have one of the deepest rosters in the league especially now that Kawhi Leonard is set to return. For fantasy purposes though, not everyone will be as valuable as they were last season. Who among the Clippers will be fantasy relevant to start the season? On the other hand, city rivals the Los Angeles Lake...

In this episode we take a look at the Denver Nuggets, the Detroit Pistons, the Golden State Warriors and the Indiana Pacers. Can we take another chance at Michael Porter Jr.? Will Jamal Murray get back to that top 50 form this season? Is Cade Cunningham worthy of a high draft pick?  How do we treat Klay Thompson's fantasy value? Is he now limited to just being a three point specialist? Will T...

We look at four more teams in this episode - the Brooklyn Nets, the Charlotte Hornets, the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Mavericks. After all the drama of a potential Kevin Durant trade that never happened, how do we now value KD? Are we staying away from Ben Simmons? How about Kyrie? How high/low should he go? For the Hornets, what's a good value for Gordon Hayward considering he never finishes th...

Finally, the Donovan Mitchell trade happened and it was not New York. The Cleveland Cavaliers made a surprise move on former Jazz star Mitchell acquiring him while trading Colin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen and a bunch of picks. How does this bode for the fantasy value of Mitchell as he now plays alongside Darius Garland? Meanwhile for Garland, who had a great fantasy season last year, how will this im...

We continue our depth chart analysis series this time with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs. Can Anthony Edwards get his fantasy game to the next level? How will KAT and Rudy Gobert's fantasy value look like playing side by side each other? Has Tyrese Maxey moved past Tobias Harris as the 3rd best fantasy option in Philly? Who in the Spurs would be the best...

It's that time of the year once again when we look into each team's depth chart and assess who would be every team's best fantasy option plus some players we should be looking out for that could turn out to be a surprise this season. In this episode, we look into three teams which we feel would not really make any major moves heading into the season - the OKC Thunder, the Houston Rockets and the O...

A quick disclaimer, we recorded this a few hours before the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant decided to "move forward with the partnership".  This episode kicked off with some KD talk and what his value could look like this season. Would you trust him still as a Net knowing that he wanted out of Brooklyn? We also looked into another star - Donovan Mitchell and his value to the Utah Jazz if they...

Yahoo! Just threw out its NBA Fantasy rankings a couple of weeks back. It's still a messed up rankings but we decided to talk about it anyway. One thing we discovered here during our discussion - man, I don't want to get into that 12-14 picks this season!  Anyway, it's still a bit early, in case you guys are drafting in a few days, this might be something that can help. Catch us in any of the...

Every year, there are a bunch of players who are notorious for frustrating fantasy owners because of their constant injuries throughout the season. Some of these guys are high potential yet very high risk players. Malcolm Brogdon, Myles Turner, Anthony Davis, Zion Williamson, just to name a few. In this episode we briefly look into them to see how should we strategize picking these players and whe...

It's still early, but there has been a lot of excitement on some of the rookies this season particularly Chet Holmgren of the OKC Thunder. So in today's episode we looked into the rookie class and some very early impressions on the top picks among the rookies - Holmgren, Paolo Banchero, Jabari Smith, Keegan Murray and Jaden Ivey. Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://b...

The biggest trade of the year thus far - Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves!   Fantasy-wise, can Rudy Gobert and Karl Anthony-Towns thrive together? Will Gobert's arrival limit the fantasy capabilities of KAT? Who will benefit from this trade fantasy wise? Last season, the Indiana Pacers big men became very attractive options during the fantasy playoffs. With the re-signing of Jalen Sm...

We are back for our fourth season! And we kick things off by looking back to the playoffs and discussing which players could carry their great performances to the next fantasy season, which players had fluky performances and who are those players that might go under the radar just because of their poor showing in the playoffs. Then we look into the early moves in free agency as well as some trades...

We expect nothing less really. This year's silly season hero could just be Jaylen Hoard who again gave fantasy managers some KAT-like numbers. If you picked him up for the final week, chances are you are on your way to a title. The OKC Thunder played only 6 guys today with Isaiah Roby playing less than 20 minutes, so technically they played 5 guys for pretty much the whole game. Crazy! On judgemen...

At this point a new guy can come along and play for some tanking team and just win you your fantasy league. The past few days names like Jaylen Hoard, Braxton Key, Isaiah Livers, Keon Johnson are the guys you'd want to have represent your fantasy teams. And these guys could be cut anytime (see Olivier Sarr) so just ride them out while they are hot. What also made this time of the season sillier is...

We're at the final week of fantasy basketball and this is where streaming gets exciting and annoying. There will be players who we will hear for the first time but will be very fantasy relevant this week. And if you think rests were annoying the past weeks, wait till this week when the playoff picture starts to take shape and get finalized. In this episode, we take a look into the schedule for wee...

And so it begins. This is the time of the season when unknowns become fantasy heroes. Players like Robert Covington, not really an unknown, become stars just because the real superstars take the day off. Never heard of names like Isaiah Livers, Lindy Waters or Jaylen Hoard transform from "bench player that seldom gets off the bench" to major pickup that can win you your fantasy matchup. We call it...

With the fantasy season nearing its end, there's not much as much to talk about now other than our usual waiver pickups and playoff strategies. In this episode though we look into the season's rookie class and discuss which among them do we prefer to have in dynasty format. Catch us in any of these podcast platforms! Apple Podcast: https://bit.ly/FBWonApplePodcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/FBWonSpot...