RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Kirien Sprecher (SprecherRW) and Adam King (@AdamKing91) discuss news from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including whether or not it's time to move on from Trae Young.    00:00 Intro  00:00 Trae Young 03:30 Bennedict Mathurin or Christian Braun 04:30 Giannis/SGA Trade  07:00 Jaren Jackson/LaMelo Ball Trade  10:20 Sling TV Ad  11:20 Myles Turner or Andrew Wiggins  12:20 Kyle Fil...

Kirien Sprecher (SprecherRW) and Mike Barner (rotomikebarner) discuss news and notes from around the NBA before listing players to stash in fantasy basketball as managers gear up for a championship title run, including Kyle Filipowski. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Victor Wembanyama 02:35 Trae Young 07:20 Jalen Suggs 10:25 Keegan Murray 13:35 Dabble Ad 14:30 Jarace Walker 18:00 Kyle Filipowski 19:40 Tre Johns...

00:00 Intro 01:00 Weekend injury roundup 01:10 Nuggets 04:00 Trae Young + Hawks 05:50 Kon Knueppel 08:45 Josh Giddey, Jalen Duren 12:10 Ben Mathurin, Jay Huff saga 15:30 Tyler Herro 16:45 Jalen Suggs 18:35 Sling, Dabble ads 20:00 Waiver wire adds 23:10 Matas Buzelis 25:00 Alex’s trade in the RotoWire Staff League 25:50 Mathurin, Braun 26:50 Wallace, Portis, Coulibaly, Holmes 28:15 Sabonis vs. Herr...

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before highlighting their favorite waiver wire pickups. To close the show, Shannon and Alex discuss their favorite pick'em plays and DFS picks. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Nuggets injuries 02:35 Wemby injury update 03:15 More injury updates 05:10 Listener Q&A 05:20 Tatum or Haliburton in dynasty? 06:40 Hold or trade Sarr? 07:55 Hold Lopez? 08:50 D...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players worth targeting in fantasy basketball, including Franz Wagner. 00:00 Intro  02:00 Franz Wagner  04:00 Jonas Valanciunas 08:30 Isaiah Livers  09:20 DaRon Holmes or Jalen Smith 11:50 Sling TV Ad 13:00 Onyeka Okongwu 14:50 Jrue Holiday and Zach LaVine ROS 20:00 Myles Turner  22:00 Jordan Poole  24:30 De...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before listing players it's time to move on from in fantasy basketball.    00:00 Intro  01:20 Nikola Jokic 05:05 Josh Giddey + Coby White 09:00 Miles Bridges 11:15 Jakob Poeltl 13:35 Dabble Ad 14:20 More IL Spots 19:10 Khaman Maluach 21:20 Jaden Ivey  23:35 Pacers Tank? 25:55 Jonathan Kuminga 28:15 Nikola Jokic Breaking New...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the biggest fantasy basketball news items of the week before talking trade strategy and players to offload, all while answering live mailbag questions throughout the show. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Trae Young + Hawks 06:55 Paolo Banchero 10:45 Sling TV, Dabble ads 12:15 Surging Clippers + Kawhi, Lopez 15:20 Trade strategies in category leagues 18:10 Tyler Herro 19:20 Kon K...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner celebrate Festivus by airing their top fantasy basketball grievances, including the struggling Warriors. 00:00 Intro  01:00 Ivica Zubac  02:55 Lakers Injuries 04:20 Chet Holmgren 06:45 Jalen Brunson/OG Anunoby 08:30 Dabble Ad 09:00 New Injury Reporting Rules 13:20 Timberwolves PG? 15:40 Warriors Lack of Championship Resolve 20:45 Sling TV ad 21:50 Kings Roster Const...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King answer viewer questions ahead of the NBA's Christmas Day slate, including why it's time to move on from Jonathan Kuminga. 00:00 Intro  00:25 Jonathan Kuminga 01:30 Dillon Brooks or Brook Lopez 03:15 Devin Booker or Amen Thompson 04:40 Kevin Porter or Shaedon Sharpe   08:40 Sling TV Ad  09:40 Morant or Fox 11:00 Championship Roster?!? 12:30 Hold Ryan Kalkbrenner? 14:45...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top injury news and waiver wire pickups of the weekend, answer live mailbag questions and discuss the best values of the fantasy basketball season thus far. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Sling TV ad 02:00 Ivica Zubac injury 04:00 Waiver wire targets 06:50 Dylan Cardwell + What are the Kings? 09:30 Trae Young’s return 13:40 RJ Barrett update 14:20 Daniels + Turner for Mur...

Ken and Shannon highlight their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire selections for the upcoming Week 10.    00:00 Intro 01:10 Hawks/Hornets 02:45 Mavs/Jazz 04:05 Blazers/Kings 05:50 Injury Updates  07:25 Chalkboard Ad 08:30 Viewer Questions 17:00 Sling TV Ad 18:15 Waiver Wire Targets 29:40 DraftKings DFS Picks 34:15 Old Man Rant Claim your DraftKings bonus here ! Download Chalkboard today and...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including whether trading high on Kon Knueppel is worth the risk.  00:00 Intro 00:50 KAT/Lauri/DeRozan vs. Luka/Naji/Cam Johnson 01:45 Bud Carrington vs. Brice Sensabaugh 03:40 Zion vs. Ayton 05:30 Matas Buzelis 06:50 Kuminga/Wolf/Collier 08:20 Sling TV Ad 09:15 De’Andre Hunter vs. Jaylon Ty...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner decide on which players they'd rather keep for the rest of the season, including questions like Zach LaVine or Keyonte George. 00:00 Intro  00:30 NBA Cup Final 06:00 Ja Morant 08:00 Trae Young 09:50 Utah Jazz  14:00 Dabble Ad  14:45 Derrick White vs. Kon Knueppel 17:40 Zach LaVine vs. Keyonte George  20:45 Sling TV 22:00 Nikola Vucevic vs. Onyeka Okongwu 24:30 OG An...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top stories, including a look at their top waiver wire adds. The guys discuss the players they're most concerned about in fantasy basketball right now, like Jaren Jackson Jr., Myles Turner, Coby White and Ben Mathurin. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Spurs take down OKC 04:15 Sling TV ad 05:25 Key injury news 08:55 Evan Mobley + struggling Cavs 11:15 Waiver wire reactions...

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest and best players to add off the fantasy basketball waiver wire. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:40 Wemby back soon 03:40 Zach Edey out 05:20 Other injury updates 07:30 Listener Q&A 07:45 Aldama or Washington 08:18 Drop Herb Jones, Landale or Portis 09:20 Is Grimes a hold? 09:56 Keep KP on IR? Hold Sheppard? 11:21 Steven Adams or JJJ (?) 12:48 KPJ sell high? 14:00...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King answer viewer questions, discuss news from around the NBA and list 10 players to add in Fantasy Basketball.  00:00 Intro 01:10 Naz, Dray, Huff or Mark Williams 02:20 Aaron Gordon or Tari Eason 04:50 Sling TV Ad 05:50 Ingram for Keegan + BMiller 08:15 Cam Thomas/Kyrie/Dejounte/Eason/Oubre 10:30 Eason/Braun/Gafford/Kyrie 13:45 Buzelis or Bey + Coulibaly 18:00 Jayson Tat...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before talking about players to be worried about in Fantasy Basketball, including James Harden and Pascal Siakam.  00:00 Intro 01:20 Knicks/Raptors 03:05 Heat/Magic 06:35 Trae Young 09:00 Devin Booker 11:05 Jarrett Allen  15:00 Dabble Ad 16:05 Kings 23:10 Pacers  27:10 Sling TV 28:10 Clippers 30:55 Pelicans 33:45 Chalkboard...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top injury and waiver wire news from the weekend, answer live listener questions and discuss the players they're looking to buy right now in fantasy basketball leagues. 00:00: Intro 01:05 Injury roundup + Franz Wagner 02:00 Stephon Castle returning Monday night 04:00 Steph Curry (maybe) returning this week 04:50 Pat and Cam Spencer 06:25 Maxime Raynaud 09:00...

RotoWire's Ken Crites, Shannon McKeown and Alex Barutha discuss their favorite waiver wire adds for the upcoming week. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:20 News Starts, LeBron's scoring streak ends 03:00 76ers vs. Warriors game 04:20 Giannis injured 07:00 Other injury updates 09:40 Listener Q&A starts, Cam Johnson or Bobby Portis 10:45 Edey and Kyshawn for Amen 12:00 Add Ivey in 14-teamers? 13:40 Cade or...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King break down news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewers' questions and discussing players to drop in fantasy basketball.  00:00 Intro  00:50 Ryan Nembhard FAAB? 04:55 Kalkbrenner/Reed Sheppard 07:20 Maxime Raynaud  09:45 Drop Candidates  14:00 Booker/Queen or Sarr/Trey Murphy 15:20 Keegan Murray or Dyson Daniels  17:45 Too Many Centers??? 20:15 Ryan Nem...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner break down news and notes from around the NBA before discussing whether to buy, sell or hold certain players, including VJ Edgecombe.    00:00 Intro  00:55 Zion Williamson  04:20 Jimmy Butler 07:20 Devin Booker  10:00 Jamal Murray  11:20 Bulls Injury Report 13:00 CP3 15:10 Dabble Ad 16:00 Darius Garland 20:15 Naz Reid  22:25 Mikal Bridges 24:15 Sling TV Ad 25:00 LeB...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss the biggest fantasy basketball stories injury updates, waiver wire targets, risers/fallers and chatter around Zach Edey, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dillon Brooks and more. They also take live viewer questions throughout the stream.  00:00 Intro 00:45 Waiver Wire targets 01:20: Jared McCain 02:55 Jay Huff 05:30 Jaylen Wells 06:55 Zach Edey’s big night 08:15 Vivid...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner break down news and notes from around the NBA before discussing 10 players that carry their fantasy basketball team in 2025-26, including Kon Knueppel.    00:00 Intro  00:50 Giannis 02:00 Anthony Davis 03:45 Ayton 06:30 Barrett  08:25 Norman Powell 10:35 Dylan Harper  13:20 Dabble Ad 14:00 Kon Knueppel  16:10 Jalen Johnson  17:20 Jokic  18:05 Sling TV Ad 19:05 Coby...

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King break down news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions and discussing players to drop. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Queen/Buzelis/Fears benched?? 04:45 Jaren Jackson 08:00 Nurkic or Drummond  09:30 Sling TV Ad 10:25 Lively/Coulibaly/Collins/Keldon 11:45 Mathurin or Poeltl 14:15 Harden + Kalk or JJ + Gobert  16:00 Isaiah Jackson or Kyle Filipowski  16:30...

Nick Whalen (@wha1en) and Alex Barutha (@BaruthaAlex) recap the NBA and discuss the top waiver wire targets in their most important leagues. The guys also dig in on the biggest surprises so far, including Julius Randle, Alex Sarr, Keyonte George, Ryan Rollins, and more. Throughout the show, the guys also answer live viewer questions! 00:00 Intro 01:15 Notable injuries recap 06:00 Vince Williams up...