Old Man Squad Fantasy Basketball

We even have a graduate of the injury board. That's fun. Maybe we can have Kyle Filipowski wear a cap and gown? In any case, we have 22 other players ranging from top-125 types all the way up to some potential 4th round values! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patre...

Jusuf Nurkic needs nose surgery and that simplifies the situation in Utah, but the Grizzlies have decided to do the worst kind of tank, and Dan has rage on the brain. The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad Follow Dan Besbris on Twitter: https://...

Minutes Over Names: The Waiver Wire Strategy Winning Fantasy Playoffs In this episode of On Fire Fantasy, Jacob Dunne breaks down the new tanking strategy impacting fantasy basketball — and why name value no longer matters in points leagues. With most fantasy playoffs just three weeks away, teams aren’t blatantly shutting players down. Instead, they’re limiting starters to 15–20 minutes while quie...

The tankiest tank teams are messing with us in a big way. Is it worth trying to figure them out or should we just go find values elsewhere? Here, come join us for a 30-team mega weekend review and we'll go through every dang player, one by freaking one, to find the winners. The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but...

Week 18? I dunno. It's actually week 19, but period 18 is fine. In any case, it's the final regular season week before most playoffs begin and it's time to figure out just how cut-throat we need to be to wrap things up! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/c...

The waiver wire is all abuzz coming out of the All Star Break, and these are the 10 players the entire universe is adding. But, should we? PLAYERS COVERED: Ousmane Dieng, Jeremiah Fears, Jarace Walker, Precious Achiuwa, Danny Wolf, Dejounte Murray, Tristan Vukcevic, Maxime Raynaud, Bilal Coulibaly, Cam Spencer The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is ent...

3 Must-Add Week 17 Volume Plays with ROS Upside! (Points Leagues) In this episode of On Fire Fantasy, Jacob Dunne breaks down Week 17 fantasy basketball streamers — players rostered in under 30% of Yahoo leagues who have three games remaining and real opportunity in points leagues. Week 17 has been stretched across the All-Star break, and this extended scoring period is where fantasy basketball ma...

The NBA came roaring back with a big Thursday card, but left us with more questions than answers. With this many tanking teams being watched by the league, how will players minutes get distributed? We may need more data, but let's see if anyone jumped out in Resumption Night in the association. The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support...

The NBA dropped a TON of news on Wednesday, and we've got amazing adds as a result of it! Sabonis is done; Kyrie won't be playing; various Kings and Nets are in or out, and Dan has thoughts on how to attack the 4 days after the All Star Break for head-to-head players! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't...

The silly season starts at a different time for each team, each year. On today's show we'll try to isolate a handful of add-now, add-soon and maybe later names that could post mondo numbers after the NBA comes back from the break! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.pa...

First off... All Star Sunday was amazing! Can we fix the rest? I suggest we shoot hot dogs into the stands. But then, with nothing going on this week, let's get into how to attack the final 6-8 weeks of your Roto or H2H leagues from a pure strategic standpoint! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change...

This is PURELY for fun, but here's what Dan is thinking about making a small play on for All Star Weekend! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad Follow Dan Besbris on Twitter: https://x.com/danbesbris Find Dan on the brand new BlueSky social ne...

We've been wondering when we'd have a better idea what the Jazz were doing with their roster, and after the NBA issued a punishment, Utah may have no choice but to play our favorite stash targets! Plus, the Mavs without Flagg, LeBron gets an old man triple double, and more from Thursday! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mi...

We got news breaks on JJJ and Alex Sarr, but the MASSIVE Wednesday NBA game list brought plenty on its own. Let's talk about both! The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad Follow Dan Besbris on Twitter: https://x.com/danbesbris Find Dan on the bra...

It's everyone's favorite Twitter game, so let's take it to the pod! Add, Drop or Hold LIVE puts YOU in the story, with Dan taking names from the chat room and breaking them down until his voice is tired. The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad Fo...

At last! We saw some new Clippers, we got some news about what Pacers are actually going to play, and we got some suspension news! Let's recap a short Tuesday and spend some time on the stuff that matters. TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?feature=share The Old Man Squad has a PATREON no...

The injury board is now also a bit of a tank board! That's okay - we can combine the two into a massive mecha-board of replacement monsters we love to roster! TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?feature=share The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It...

We had BEEF on Monday! Two different games had fights, ejections, possible suspensions, and that overshadowed some egregious tanking by the Jazz and Grizzlies! Let's figure out who the adds and, more importantly, the HOLDS need to be from all this weirdness. TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI...

Is it time to panic? Time to stash? This week's "10" is filled with an assortment of different names that are the most-discussed across fantasy basketball! TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?feature=share The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single bene...

5 Must-Add Fantasy Basketball Players After the Trade Deadline (Points Leagues) In this episode of On Fire Fantasy, Jacob Dunne breaks down post–NBA trade deadline fantasy basketball winners — players rostered in under 30% of Yahoo leagues who are gaining real value in points leagues. The trade deadline has passed, rotations are shifting, and this is where fantasy basketball leagues are won. Minut...

The league was upended on Thursday of last week, so finally we took our time and went through ALL 30 teams in one podcast, covering every move, every new name popping up, every add, every hold, and getting us all reset for the stretch run! TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?feature=share...

It's a 14-day PERIOD. It's not a week. Yeah, I'm a stickler and a jerk about it. But also, while you think holding onto moves for the long week is the best route, it's not! We need to maximize games played during the quieter parts of the period -- early! -- before almost every team plays a ton later on. TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on...

We're trying to make this easy... or as easy as possible. So today, we'll list the best trade deadline ADDS and WATCH LIST names, ranked in four tiers, by priority! TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?feature=share The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benef...

Thursday is, frankly, an idiotic day to try to figure out anything, but we're going to do our level best. Let's take a look at all 8 games, including the teams that made the most trades, and make some educated gambles on who is about to be a big winner. TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?...

We did 6 hours of broadcasting, but over the final 25 minutes we recap EVERY trade of this season and give you the quick-hitter version of our favorite winners, losers, adds and drops! TRADE DEADLINE LIVE SHOW PAGE - Bookmark/Like it today and don't miss our 6 hours of mayhem on February 5th! https://youtube.com/live/ldtMbcI9EMQ?feature=share The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn'...