RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher hit the top injury news of the day and recap a five-game Tuesday night in the NBA. Later, the guys discuss the players they're most thankful to have on their fantasy teams and take live listener questions. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Giannis Antetokounmpo 02:05 Ja Morant 03:45 Lauri Markkanen 05:10 Joel Embiid and Paul George 06:20 DeMar DeRozan 07:55 Cade Cunningham 08:45 Do...

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz recap all of the top performances from Monday night, talk futures bets and answer live mailbag questions. 00:00 Intro 01:30 Mo Wagner, LaMelo + Magic/Hornets 08:30 Scottie Barnes 10:20 Pelicans + Elfrid Payton 12:10 Kyrie + Mavs beat Hawks 16:00 Isaiah Hartenstein 18:30 Big nights for OG Anunoby, Jalen Brunson 23:45 76ers playoff chances 26:30 Most Improved, Coach o...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha talk about the biggest fantasy basketball news of the weekend and hit their most-notable adds/drops. The guys also discuss a handful of players trending up -- or down -- over the last few weeks, including Jalen Green, Cam Johnson, Jonathan Kuminga, Jakob Poeltl and more. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Nick Richards, Rob Williams, Mark Williams 04:00 Players we added 08:20 Ty Jerome...

Shannon, Alex and K-Train debate must-add players from the fantasy basketball waiver wire for week November 25 to December 1. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:30 Luka Doncic injury 02:35 Hartenstein returns 05:00 Is Jokic back? 06:05 Trade Poole for Paul? 07:10 Hold Brandon Boston? 07:50 McCain's breakout 09:07 Too many players from one team? 12:15 Waiver Wire begins 12:45 Jake LaRavia, MEM 14:00 Malik B...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner recap a big night of NBA Cup group play, talk injury news and play a game of Who Would You Rather Roster? 00:00 Intro 00:35 BOS/CLE Recap 02:10 Nikola Jokic 03:30 Victor Wembanyama and Devin Vassell 06:00 Tyrese Maxey 07:45 Cam Thomas 09:45 Norman Powell 12:10 CJ McCollum 13:30 Deandre Ayton 14:55 Bogdan Bogdanovic and Jalen Johnson 16:35 Zach Edey 18:25 DraftKings...

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz recap the biggest news from Monday night's slate and discuss players to consider buying, selling or holding going forward. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Highlights on Tuesday's NBA Cup slate 03:00 Cavs-Celtics showdown 06:20 Vucevic, LaVine 08:00 Pistons 09:10 Anthony Black 12:20 Franz Wagner 15:00 Sixers struggling, Jared McCain, Joel Embiid 18:35 RJ Barrett 20:00 Wendell Cart...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss the biggest surprise players of the fantasy season thus far, talk waiver wire and answer live mailbag questions. ----- 00:00 Intro 00:45 Waiver Wire recap + Moussa Diabate 04:45 Jared McCain sweepstakes 07:00 Dyson Daniels 09:45 Jordan Poole 11:50 Norman Powell, Ivica Zubac 14:08 Josh Hart 15:40 John Collins, Isaiah Collier 19:50 Franz Wagner 21:20: Mathurin, E...

Shannon, Alex and K-Train discuss must-add players off of the fantasy basketball waiver wire for Nov 17-23. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:20 News Begins 00:25 Jazz/Mavericks Talk 03:00 Wembanyama drops 50 04:15 De'Anthony Melton injury 06:55 What to do with Markkanen 08:45 Keep Keyonte George? 10:30 ROS outlook for Clingan 14:00 Waiver Wire Begins 14:40 Kevin Huerter, SAC 15:45 Jared McCain, PHI 17:0...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner recap a big Tuesday night in the NBA, headlined by Joel Embiid's debut, Klay's return to Golden State, Atlanta upsetting the Celtics and more unfortunate injury news. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Joel Embiid's Debut 01:45 Klay's Return 03:05 Damian Lillard 05:05 Trae Young 06:35 Jimmy Butler 08:45 Anfernee Simons 10:30 Bradley Beal 11:45 Immanuel Quickley 14:00 Walker Kessler...

Brandon Kravitz and Nick Whalen hit the top news items oft he day before discussing sell-high candidates, good fantasy players on bad teams, the NBA Cup, Chet Holmgren and much more. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Excited for the NBA Cup? 07:40 Cavs extend winning streak to open season 11:30 Big night for Sengun, Amen Thompson 12:25 SGA goes for 45; OKC post-Chet 15:30 Joel Embiid expectations 19:40 NBA Cup be...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit all of the top fantasy basketball news items of the day while answering live mailbag questions. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Chet Holmgren injury fallout 04:20 Kevin Durant injury fallout 07:20 Pelicans injuries continue to mount 10:54 Grizzlies injury updates 12:30 Jaylen Wells 14:20 Zach Edey 16:55 Brandon Boston, Kyshawn George, Trey Murphy 18:50 Deni Avdija 20:50 Jalen Su...

Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:40 Tyrese Maxey injury 02:55 Giannis returns, Andre Jackson Jr 05:25 Devin Vassell's return imminent 08:14 Trey Murphy or Bilal Coulibaly? 10:42 Gradey Dick rest of season outlook 12:05 Tyler Herro or Jalen Duren? 14:45 Start of Waiver Wire 15:10 Bennedict Mathurin, IND 16:10 Caris LeVert, CLE 17:15 Brandon Boston, NOP 18:58 Peyton Watson, DEN 20:00 Tari Eason, HOU 20:55...

Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher discuss all of the biggest injury news of the week, including notes on Giannis, Embiid, Anthony Davis, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon. Later, the guys dig in on six players who fantasy managers should consider selling high on already. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Injury Updates 00:40 Joel Embiid 02:05 Paul George 03:50 Giannis Antetokounmpo 05:28 Anthony Davis 06:25 Jamal Murra...

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz recap a monster Monday night in the NBA, including notes on the Bucks, Cavs, Warriors, Thunder, Lakers, Paul George, Trae Young, Zion Williamson, Cam Thomas and more. Later, the guys perform a stock check on a number of key players, including Karl-Anthony Towns and Victor Wembanyama, before taking live mailbag questions. ----- 00:00 Intro 03:30 Bucks-Cavs 5:30 Warri...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap a busy weekend in the NBA and talk waiver wire, players to drop, injuries to monitor and much more before turning it over to answering listener mailbag questions. ----- 00:00 Intro 00:45 Early injuries piling up 01:20 Paolo Banchero 02:30 Immanuel Quickley, Gradey Dick 05:05 Joel Embiid, Paul George 07:00 Weekend waiver wire targets 08:00 Alex Sarr 10:25 Pelicans...

Shannon and Alex discuss must-add players off of the fantasy basketball waiver wire. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:55 Paolo Banchero injury 03:20 Big Wemby game 04:09 Big Ja Morant game 05:38 Listener questions 12:35 Waiver Wire starts 12:55 Payton Pritchard 14:20 Bilal Coulibaly 16:35 Alex Sarr 18:14 Nick Richards 20:20 Jordan Hawkins 21:25 Anthony Black 24:00 Jamal Shead 25:05 Jonathan Mogbo 29:00...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner hit all of the major news items of the day, discuss the results of Tuesday's slate and dig in on a big NBA Wednesday. The guys also discuss players they're hitting the "panic button" on already this season before answering live viewer questions later in the show. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Injury Updates 01:10 Stephen Curry 04:30 Scottie Barnes 05:50 Kyle Kuzma 07:20 Taylor...

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz recap all of the big fantasy takeaways from Monday night's 11-game slate, headlined by a huge night from Paolo Banchero. The guys also talk Steph Curry, Taylor Hendricks, Zach Edey, Cam Thomas and more. 00:00 Intro 01:45 Monday night recap + Paolo Banchero’s big night 09:45 Taylor Hendricks injury 13:50 Early season fantasy hits/misses 17:25 Draymond Green + Warrior...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss all of their biggest fantasy takeaways from the first week of the NBA season. They also talk early season adds/drops and players they already regret either targeting or not targeting during drafts. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Warriors + Curry’s ankle injury 04:00 Players we’re adding 07:15 Ivica Zubac 08:30 Zach Edey’s slow start 10:10 Dyson Daniels 11:30 Jonathan Kuming...

Alex, Shannon & K-Train give their Waiver Wire picks for the week of Oct 28-Nov. Hello Dyson Daniels! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:45 Paul George injury update 02:15 Alex Sarr debuts 04:35 Klay Thompson's big debut 06:30 Listener Questions 06:40 Drop Tre Jones? 08:08 Boucher, Hunter, NAW, Hayes 10:45 Waiver Wire suggestions 11:11 Jordan Clarkson, UTA 12:08 Dyson Daniels, ATL 13:20 Gradey Dick, TOR 15...

Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher recap all of the fantasy takeaways from Knicks/Celtics and Lakers/Timberwolves before diving into their MVP picks, breakout players and biggest potential busts. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Knicks/Celtics Recap 08:10 Lakers/Timberwolves Recap 14:25 DraftKings Pick6 15:50 MVP Picks 21:15 Breakout Picks 26:15 Bust Picks 31:30 Vivid Seats 32:45 'What Was That!'  ----- DraftKings...

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz preview Opening Night, take live viewer questions and get you set for Week 1 of the fantasy basketball season. 00:00 Intro 02:30 Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic 07:00 Rookie extensions, Jalen Green 11:00 Auction strategy 13:30 Domantas Sabonis 19:40 Zach Edey, fantasy team names 20:55 Opening night preview 21:30 Knicks-Celtics 28:45 Lakers-Timberwolves + LeBron’s role 33:...

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha take live viewer questions, give their final preseason thoughts and begin to look ahead to Opening Week in the NBA. 00:00: Intro 01:30: Reviewing our final drafts 07:00: Kawhi Leonard 07:45: Brandon Miller vs. Miles Bridges 12:25: Herb Jones, Ausar Thompson, Jeremy Sochan 14:35: Bulls’ usage breakdown 20:00: Zach Edey 25:05: Kevin Porter, Brandin Podziemski 28:05: Kell...

Alex, Shannon and K-Train reveal 6 BOLD predictions for the 2024-25 fantasy basketball season.  Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Kawhi out indefinitely 02:35 Hartenstein out 5-6 weeks 05:25 Lonzo returns 07:10 Two Listener Questions 07:15 Trade Maxey for Poole + Quickley? 09:33 Pick up Derrick Jones Jr? 12:20 Bold Predictions Begin - KAT 1st Round 14:13 Cam Thomas Top 30 15:50 Best Cam on Nets? 18:25...

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner reveal their 'Do Not Draft' lists for the 2024-25 fantasy basketball season. Later, the guys flip the script and discuss players they've found themselves targeting in most drafts. 00:00 Intro 0:40 Do-Not Draft Lists 01:05 Kawhi Leonard 03:25 Joel Embiid 06:15 Jaren Jackson 07:45 CJ McCollum 09:20 Tyler Herro 12:10 Jerami Grant 17:15 DraftKings Pick6 18:40 Must-Draft...