RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering questions, including what to do with Josh Giddey.  00:00 Intro  01:00 Previewing Final Days of NBA Regular season  10:40 Sling TV Ad 12:00 Viewer Questions  19:00 2026-27 First-Round: Tier 1 21:20 2026-27 First-Round: Tier 2 23:30 2026-27 First-Round: Tier 3 28:00 2026-27 First-Round: Tier 4 30:00 2026-27 Fir...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before handing out their season-long awards, including Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year.  00:00 Intro  01:40 Bulls Minute 06:45 Wemby/Castle  08:15 Cade Cunningham  09:25 Sling TV Ad 10:45 MVP 12:30 DPOY 17:20 ROY 20:00 Biggest Surprise 22:35 Biggest Disappointment  25:15 Fan Shoutouts 32:00 ‘What Was That?!?’ Get your h...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha wrap up the fantasy basketball season with the final Monday episode of the year. The guys answer live mailbag questions and talk late-season streaming options, schedule management and start to look ahead at some difficult players to rank for 2026-27. The guys also address the elephant in the room: how high will Cooper Flagg be drafted next season? Sling Get your hands...

Kirien and Alex discuss their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups for the final week of the NBA regular season. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Luka hamstring 03:40 SGA or Wemby for MVP 08:15 Ant ineligible for awards 09:30 Cade out another week 12:25 Listener Q&A 12:40 Huff or Lopez 14:40 Tips for final week 15:20 Shead, Brown, Konchar 16:46 Next season where to draft injured guys 19:14...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what to do with Stephen Curry.  00:00 Intro 00:50 Stephen Curry 02:45 Weekend Steamers  07:45 Washington Streamers  10:30 Franz Wagner  11:45 Gui Santos 12:55 Fears/Ausar/Duncan/Grimes 15:55 Thursday/Saturday Steamer  18:00 Sling TV Ad 19:30 Bam/Jamal Murray vs. Ayo 21:15 Pelle Lar...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players who've risen up and fallen down fantasy basketball dynasty rankings during the 2025-26 season, including Keyonte George.    00:00 Intro 01:45 Luka Doncic 03:35 Immanuel Quickley  05:45 Stephen Curry 07:50 Franz Wagner 09:35 Sling TV Ad 10:30 Keyonte George  13:20 Kawhi Leonard 15:30 Maxime Raynaud...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha are back at it recapping all of the top fantasy basketball news from the weekend and talking waiver wire adds/drops. Then, the guys turn things over to the chat to answer your questions LIVE on the show. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now ! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fanta...

Ken and Alex discuss the latest NBA news and answer listener Q&A before diving into their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire adds. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:30 Hornets win 03:20 Orlando wins 06:00 Injury Updates 11:50 Listener Q&A 12:00 Drop KPJ, Quickley, Coulibaly? 13:40 Sensabaugh or Maxey? 16:04 Plowden or Santos? 17:46 Cardwell, Tshiebwe, Harkless 19:00 Devin Carter or Killian Hayes 20:2...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King react to news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions.  00:00 Intro 00:40 Oso Ighodaro/Grayson Allen/Devin Carter  02:35 Managing IR 05:40 Jakob Poeltl  08:00 Jalen Williams  11:50 Sling TV  13:00 Tyrese Maxey  16:05 Kyle Filipowski/John Collins/Dylan Cardwell 19:15 Rank Top Warriors  21:35 Jarrett Allen/Kevin Porter 24:00 Karlo Matkovic/Cam Jo...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing must-know trends during the fantasy basketball playoffs, including Darius Garland's recent hot shooting. 00:00 Intro 01:50 Paul George 04:00 Jalen Johnson 06:00 De’Aaron Fox 06:50 OKC/BOS 09:00 Expansion  10:40 Sling Ad  11:45 Gary Payton 14:00 Darius Garland 15:00 Nic Claxton 16:20 Daniss Jenkins 17:25 M...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the top news items of the day before turning the show over to a live viewer Q&A session! 00:00 Intro + SlingTV 02:30 Waiver claims of the week 6:35 Jevon Carter 07:50 Adds/drops for playoffs 11:50 What to do with Paul George 14:30 Isaiah Collier, Davion Mitchell 16:30 Jalen Williams’ return 19:15 Coby White, Hartenstein 20:55 Gafford, Jalen Williams 22:30 Dropping...

Kirien and Alex hand out their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:40 Major Injury Updates 04:10 Luka is balling 08:30 Listener Q&A 08:45 Mitch Rob or Hendricks? 11:39 Hold JDub? 13:00 Coby White or Cam Johnson? 14:45 Hendricks or Coward? 15:58 Drop Sarr? 17:15 Adds for STL, REB, 3s, FT% 19:20 Waiver Wire Pickups 21:20 Daniss Jenkins, DET 22:40 Pelle Larsson,...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players who fantasy managers need to move on from before they cost them a shot at the championship, including Myles Turner. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Myles Turner 02:15 Marcus Sasser/Duncan Robinson/Jarace Walker/Andrew Wiggins 04:50 Daniss Jenkins/Jalen Williams/Cam Johnson/Donte 07:35 Daniss/Riley/Bones/Tobias 10...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing how fantasy managers should take advantage of scheduling to win their leagues. 00:00 Intro  00:40 Anthony Edwards 04:30 Giannis Antetokounmpo  06:40 Cade Cunningham 09:15 Jarrett Allen  11:00 Kawhi Leonard 12:30 Sling TV Ad 14:45 Portland Trail Blazers  17:30 Cleveland Cavaliers 19:30 Toronto Raptors 21:1...

00:00 Intro + SlingTV ad 03:45 Waiver wire adds of the week 12:05 Can my team win it all? 14:00 Playoff week streamers 15:15 Justin Edwards 16:30 Eason, Small, Miller 17:20 Rasheer Fleming 18:45 Ighodaro, Vukcevic, Miller 20:00 Bey, Pritchard 21:00 Clippers sans Kawhi 22:20 Keldon Johnson, Will Riley, Justin Champagnie 23:40 How long will Kawhi be out? 25:20 Drop Kuminga? 25:50 Cody Williams… for...

Ken and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before answering listener questions and revealing their favorite waiver wire picks. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:30 Nuggets/Spurs 02:35 Luka scores 51 04:40 SGA defeats Boston 09:20 Good health news 11:10 Bad health news 13:50 Listener Q&A 14:06 Who to start/stream 14:42 Pick up Wendell Carter? 16:20 Drop Cason Wallace? 16:38 Keon Ellis? 17:30 Obligatory Krist...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions about the Fantasy Basketball playoffs, including what to do with Paul George and Dillon Brooks.    00:00 Intro 00:40 Bam Adebayo 06:20 Cam Payne 08:35 Paul George 11:25 Dillon Brooks 14:00 Sling TV Ad 15:00 How To Handle IL  17:50 Playoff Streamers 21:00 Stephen Curry  23:30 De’Anthony Melton...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss Jayson Tatum's return, the Celtics' futures odds and top waiver wire adds before diving into this week's mailbag episode. 00:00 Intro + SlingTV ad 01:45 Jayson Tatum’s return 05:35 Celtics futures odds + Coach of the Year race 10:50 Tyrese Maxey 13:05 Waiver wire adds 17:40 Jerome, Zubac, Ajay Mitchell 18:50 Cam Payne 20:40 Playoff pickup candidates 22:20 Grays...

Ken and Alex discuss their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups.  Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Cooper Flagg's return 02:05 Jayson Tatum BACK Friday 07:15 LeBron elbow injury 09:00 Trae Young Wizards debut 11:20 Good health news 13:20 Bad health news 17:10 Listener Q&A 17:35 Who to drop to add Tatum? 20:50 Drop Kuminga/Eason for Prosper/Stewart? 23:08 Kel'el Ware is BACK? 24:35 Is it fin...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what to do with Dejounte Murray. 00:00 Intro  00:30 Jayson Tatum  04:45 Dejounte Murray  06:45 Saturday Streamer   09:20 Myles Turner/Precious Achiuwa/Isaiah Hartenstein  10:35 Playoff Streamer  14:40 Wolf/Sharpe/Queta/Vucevic  15:30 GG Jackson 17:10 Anthony Black or Collin Sexton ...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss players to target ahead of the fantasy basketball playoffs, including what to do with Jarrett Allen. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Matas Buzelis + Josh Giddey 04:45 VJ Edgecombe 06:30 Jarrett Allen  07:45 Devin Booker 10:30 Aaron Gordon 12:10 Sling TV Ad 13:25 Donovan Clingan 16:00 RJ Barrett 17:30 Myles Turner 19:30 Jrue Holiday 21:00 Reed Sheppard 23:00 Ryan Rollins 2...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top news of the weekend, discuss their biggest waiver wire targets/drops and answer live mailbag questions later in the show. 00:00 Intro + SlingTV ad 01:45 Waiver wire adds 08:15 Norman Powell, Steph Curry, Zach Edey 12:50 Jaylen Brown, Giannis Antetokounmpo 17:30 Answering your fantasy hoops questions 17:45 Who to add/drop? 19:30 Eason, Watson 20:35 Jarace...

Ken and Alex discuss their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:25 Kevin Durant 03:00 Kon Knueppel 04:50 Both LA teams lose, Suns discussion 09:45 Injury Updates 16:50 Listener Q&A 17:05 Bailey, Murray or Tatum? 18:26 Is Jakob Poeltl BACK? 19:19 Drop Bagley for Potter? 20:45 Drop Jerome for Smalls? 22:09 Coby White outlook? 22:00 Diabate or NAW? 23:46 Hendrick...

Kirien Sprecher (SprecherRW) and Adam King (Adamking91) break down news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what to do with Alex Sarr.  00:00 Intro  00:35 Keyonte/Kyshawn George 03:00 Isaiah Collier  04:00 Zach Edey/Ajay Mitchell  05:45 Dejounte Murray/Ty Jerome  08:00 Jakob Poeltl  10:00 Jalen Smith 12:10 Jay Huff/Derik Queen/Wendell Carter 14:10 Tristan Vuk...

Kirien Sprecher (SprecherRW) and Mike Barner (rotomikebarner) break down news and notes from around the NBA before discussing whether to hold or drop key players ahead of the fantasy basketball playoffs, including DeMar DeRozan. 00:00 Intro  00:45 Deni Avdija + Shaedon Sharpe 03:50 Jalen Johnson  06:35 Dejounte Murray  09:25 Amen Thompson  11:20 Sling Ad  12:20 Daniel Gafford  14:00 Jaylon Tyson 1...