Rotowire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Nick Whalen is joined by Alex Barutha to go around the league and discuss a handful of fantasy and gambling-related NBA topics. The guys break down the early MVP race and potential dark horse candidates before digging into their favorite Coach of the Year bets. Then, they reluctantly talk about the Lakers' lack of options, potential Karl-Anthony Towns trades, buy-low fantasy players, Lauri Markkanen's MIP case, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With the NBA taking the night off, Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha do an early-season reset and examine hot starts from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic before discussing a (relative) downturn in Nikola Jokic's numbers. The guys also talk Timberwolves, Jazz, Heat and Warriors before finishing out by debating the best value bets to win the Western Conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss news before talking waiver wire adds and DFS options for Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by James Anderson to discuss the Nets firing Steve Nash and hiring Ime Udoka as his replacement. Then, the guys re-assess the NBA futures market and lay out an updated version of their five favorite bets to make right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Barutha is joined by a former RotoWire Senior Soccer Editor and Head of DFS Content, Andrew Laird to discuss the new Sorare NBA Fantasy game. Andrew is now the head of content at SorareData, which provides real-time player analytics and market data. The two provide an overview of the game, why it's fun to play, and more advanced details on the market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss news before hitting waiver wire options and DFS plays for Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha cover the top fantasy news items of the day, including Damian Lillard's injury as well as updates on Brandon Ingram, Darius Garland and LaMelo Ball. Then, the guys run through Nick's list of players to drop in most fantasy leagues now that we're over a week into the NBA season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha take stock of their fantasy basketball teams and discuss all of the biggest fantasy storylines from the first week of the NBA season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex bring you the first Friday podcast of the regular season. The guys discuss news before jumping into waiver wire adds. They close the show out with DFS suggestions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by Alex Barutha to break down every game from Tuesday and Wednesday night in the NBA. From Zion to Cam Reddish to Paolo Banchero to the Lakers' G League bench, the guys discuss the major storylines, early injuries and fantasy (over)reactions from the first two days of the 2022-23 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss more sleepers ahead of the 2022-23 NBA season. They also get into the competitive and interesting Atlantic division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by Alex Barutha to talk about the early season impact of LaMelo Ball's ankle injury, Draymond's future with (or without) the Warriors and players who've stood out thus far in the preseason. Then, the guys recap the RotoWire Steak League auction, as well as the Sirius XM Experts League draft. They talk best values, biggest reaches, late-round targets and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James Anderson joins Nick Whalen for Part 2 of their annual win total over/unders podcast. After tackling the East last week, the guys dive into the win totals for all 15 Western Conference teams. They also discuss Victor Wembanyama and player comparisons for Scoot Henderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the first point guards off draft boards, sleepers and overrated PGs. After that, they ask questions about each team in the Southeast division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and James Anderson go team-by-team through the Eastern Conference and pick the win total over/unders. All odds via the DraftKings Sportsbook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss potential sleepers and busts for the center position before previewing the southwest division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shannon and Alex discuss 10 players being selected too early in drafts before going over the central division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha go team-by-team through the Western Conference to talk fantasy news, players to target, players to avoid and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss their Top 10 sleepers early in draft season before previewing the Northwest Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss the results of their recent 200-player draft, which concluded earlier in the week. Featuring only five managers -- Alex, Nick, Ken Crites, James Anderson and Shannon McKeown -- each team drafted 40 players in an effort to gain somewhat of a "consensus top-200" with the season just over a month away. Alex and Nick recap the top of the draft, run through the biggest steals and reaches, discuss which rookies are worth targeting inside the top 150 and much more. Find the full draft results here: https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/article/nba-fantasy-mock-draft-expert-league-top-200-results-65821 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices