Rotowire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the biggest news of the weekend, including injury updates on Joel Embiid and Zach LaVine, in addition to yet another concerning loss for the Bucks. The guys also debate Paul Reed's upside, add/drop decisions and their top players to stash ahead of Thursday's trade deadline. 0:00: Intro 3:55: Joel Embiid injury update 7:45: Zach LaVine done for season 11:10: Andre Drummond as a deadline stash 14:25: Ayo Dosunmu ROS upside 16:30: Onyeka Okongwu + Capela injury 18:45: Bucks collapse in Utah + Lillard struggles 22:10: Bobby Portis, Grant Williams trade rumor 24:55: Thoughts on NBA using LED courts for All-Star 28:00: Stash candidates: Scoot, Kennard, George, Sharpe, Melton, Gilyard, Ausar, Amen 29:50: Drop Hart or Brogdon for Paul Reed? 34:25: Drop Barnes, Suggs or Grayson Allen? 36:10: Importance of streaming in fantasy playoffs? 37:25: “Crazy trade question” 39:40: Chances Giddey gets traded + possible landing spots 45:50: Dosunmu vs. Ivey 48:00: Do we respect Aaron Nesmith? 4

Ken, Shannon and Alex get up to their usual antics, discussing news before diving into waiver wire suggestions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Rick Kamla to discuss all of the biggest fantasy basketball news items of the day, including Joel Embiid's knee injury, shifting MVP odds, the Knicks' rotation, Jonathan Kuminga's breakout, Jalen Green and much more. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Kamla Dynasty trade Jaquez for Jamal Murray 4:45 Embiid injury - Paul Reed 10:00 MVP odds/race - Jokic, SGA, Luka, Giannis, Embiid, Tatum 18:00 65-games played rule 26:40 Julius Randle, OG Anunoby, Brunson, Donte DiVincenzo, Josh Hart, Hartenstein, Precious 31:25 LaVine for DiVincenzo 33:40 Kuminga SZN 37:50 Cam Whitmore, Tari Eason 41:50 Aaron Nesmith 43:35 Drop WCJ or Hartenstein 44:50 Add Paul Reed, Nesmith or Wiggins 47:30 Jalen Green 49:00 Drop Sochan, Nick Richards, Paul Reed 51:00 Embiid injury part 2 54:30 LaMelo Ball for Evan Mobley? 56:00 Fantasy Playoff schedule  ----- Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdog users receive a first-time depos

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz discuss the top news items of the day, headlined by Joel Embiid's knee injury (and pending MRI) in Tuesday's loss to the Warriors. The guys also make their All-Star reserve picks before answering live viewer questions. 0:00: Intro + golf talk 8:00: Joel Embiid injury + Is the 65-game minimum working? 18:30: Knicks' rotation post-Randle injury 21:10: West All-Star reserves discussion 29:00: East All-Star reserves discussion 32:15: Trade Kevin Durant? 34:55: Is Paul Reed a must-add? 36:55: How much time will Julius Randle miss? 38:40: Trade LeBron for Murray/Cade (points league)? 40:40: Maxey vs. Jalen Johnson 41:30: Ben Simmons vs. Kuminga 43:20: Andrew Wiggins... back? 44:20: Giddey vs. Tre Jones 45:15: Expecting a Clarkson or Sexton trade? 46:40: Fox + Lively for Maxey? 47:45: Hold Trey Murphy? 49:15: Top-3 trade deadline stash players ----- Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdog us

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Jonas Nader to discuss the latest fantasy basketball news coming out of a huge, 12-game Monday night. The guys talk Ben Simmons, the Nets' impressive win over Utah, Jonathan Isaac, Julius Randle, Brandon Miller, Harrison Barnes, Victor Wembanyama and much more. 1:10 Ben Simmons 4:45 Dinwiddie, DSJ, Lonnie Walker, Cam Thomas 6:15 Jonathan Isaac 8:10 Jalen Williams, Cason Wallace, Lu Dort, Isaiah Joe 11:45 Grant Williams, THJ, Dereck Lively, Luka/Trae, Jaden Hardy 15:00 Julius Randle, Josh Hart, Donte DiVincenzo 17:10 Hornets, Brandon Miller 20:00 Sam Merrill 21:00 Zion Williamson 24:20 Grayson Allen, Eric Gordon 26:20 Jaime Jaquez 27:55 Alperen Sengun, Cam Whitmore, Jalen Green 31:00 Pick a Grizzly, any Grizzly 34:15 Harrison Barnes 36:00 Josh Giddey, Isaiah Joe, Cason Wallace, Lu Dort 38:20 Wemby, Devin Vassell, Cedi Osman 41:20 Viewer Questions - rapid fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:00: Intro 3:30: Waiver wire adds/drops 4:00: Harrison Barnes 5:20: Weekly drops in 16-team league 5:40: Precious Achiuwa, Jarred Vanderbilt 9:15: Notable adds in RotoWire League: Larry Nance, Obi Toppin, Georges Niang, Amen Thompson 11:35: Cam Whitmore, Kevin Huerter 14:10: Desmond Bane 15:30: John Konchar 18:00: Vince Williams 20:45: Hartenstein, Achiuwa 21:55: Trey Murphy, Malcolm Brogdon 24:40: Jaden Ivey, Josh Hart 28:40: Ben Simmons, Evan Mobley returning 30:10: Jacob Toppin 31:10: Crazy to drop Caris LeVert? 32:45: Murray/DLo for MPJ/Curry? 34:45: Ivey, Konchar, Achiuwa 37:05: Paul Reed 38:40: Cam Johnson, Shaedon Sharpe 40:50: Luke Kennard 42:55: Trade deadline stash candidates 45:45: What constitutes "elite" fantasy production? 49:40: Jonathan Isaac 51:20: Luka Doncic 52:55: Bilal Coulibaly 54:10: Kuminga or Draymond? 54:50: Would you trade Maxey for Edwards? 56:15: Worried about Simons, Sengun or Coby White being shut down? 58:35: Drop Wiggins, Draymond or Carter? 1:00:05: Onyeka Okongwu + could Ca

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss news and notes before answering listener questions to start the show. Then, the trio discuss waiver wire options for the upcoming Week 15. To conclude, Shannon and Alex talk Friday daily fantasy before Ken's Old Man Rant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz discuss the Terry Rozier trade, the Bucks moving on from Adrian Griffin and the top fantasy news of the day before taking live viewer questions. 0:00: Intro + Rasheed Wallace beanie baby talk 9:00: Terry Rozier trade reaction + fantasy fallout 20:10: Bucks fire Adrian Griffin, set to hire Doc Rivers 32:10: Scoot vs. Grayson Allen ROS 34:35: Pick up Josh Giddey (drop McConnell)? 36:10: Trae Young, James Harden, Chet Holmgren, Lauri Markkanen blockbuster trade question 38:00: Fox/Collins/Ayton for Maxey/Grant? 39:40: Evan Mobley trade question 41:10: Scoot vs. Ausar vs. De'Andre Hunter as a stash 42:40: Brook Lopez for Terry Rozier? 44:15: Jazz fantasy outlook + Collin Sexton 45:30: Curry/Sabonis trade 46:40: Miles Bridges ROS + Finals week schedule 48:45: Jaren Jackson + Cam Johnson for Anthony Edwards? 50:10: Donovan Mitchell trade question ----- Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdo

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Raphielle Johnson to break down the Terry Rozier trade, Joel Embiid's monster night, KAT's 62-point outburst, the Spurs' rotation, the surging Cavs and much more. 1:30 Rozier/Lowry Trade breakdown 4:45 Joel Embiid's 70 9:15 All things Spurs - Wemby, Pop, Tre Jones injury, Keldon Johnson 14:55 Pistons - Ausar, Burks, Sasser 18:15 Sam Merrill/Caris LeVert 20:00 Wendell Carter Jr, Fultz, point guards 21:50 Grizzlies Pickups 24:50 PJ Washington & Brandon Miller 28:20 Wolves - KAT, Ant Edwards, Mike Conley 31:05 Luka Doncic and Tim Hardaway 32:55 Coby White, Alex Caruso, Ayo Dosunmu 35:10 Grayson Allen 36:20 West Champ? East Champ? 38:30 Derrick White 39:15 Harrison Barnes 40:30 30 Deep Matchup 41:50 Marvin Bagley, Dan Gafford 42:55 Cam Whitmore, Tari Eason 44:15 LeBron out tonight - Prince, Rui, Vando 45:30 Haliburton update, TJ McConnell 46:45 Fox for Mitchell? 48:00 Jordan Hawkins 48:50 JJJ and Booker for Mitchell and Siakam? 50:15 Bam or Scottie Barnes? ----- Underdog Fanta

Nick Whalen is joined by Alex Barutha to recap the biggest news of the weekend, talk waiver wire adds/drops and answer a bevy of listener questions on all things fantasy basketball. 0:00: Intro + complaining about the Packers 5:00: Tales from the waiver wire 7:20: Mark Williams, Desmond Bane dropped 11:05: GG Jackson + Grizzlies rotation observations 15:30: Early Siakam-in-Indy returns 20:00: Ben Mathurin 21:40: Trae Young in concussion protocol 24:00: Caruso vs. Coulibaly ROS 26:00 Cam Johnson concerns 28:05: More Packers complaints 29:40: Porzingis/Murray vs. Durant/Valanciunas 31:00: Sochan vs. Caruso long-term 33:05: Jrue/Miller vs. Wiggins/Russell 35:00: Jayson Tatum 36:30: Wemby shutdown coming? 38:20: Suggs, McDaniels, Kennard as streamers 39:35: Scoot vs. Nesmith 41:00: Barrett vs. Suggs vs. Ivey 42:20: Haliburton/Booker trade 43:50: White vs. Tyus Jones 44:20: Reid, DiVincenzo, Miller as possible drops 46:50: Walker Kessler 48:20: Vassell for Butler; Tyus Jones for Duren trades 49:10: Tre Jones vs. J

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before diving into waiver wire options for the upcoming Week 14. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Rick Kamla to discuss the Pascal Siakam trade and other top news around the league, as well as answer listener questions. 3:15 Siakam Trade - Raptors 6:40 Pacers Siakam impacts 11:40 GG Jackson, Vince Williams, JJJ, Jacob Gilyard 20:15 Dejounte Murray, Hawks, Trae Young rant 28:25 Malcolm Brogdon, Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe 30:30 Deandre Ayton 35:00 Jaden Ivey, Alec Burks 38:40 OG Anunoby 39:30 Jordan Hawkins 42:35 Ausar Thompson 44:50 Jimmy Butler or Jaren Jackson Jr.  46:15 Terry Rozier and Cam Johnson for Pascal Siakam 48:25 Lamelo Ball and Alperen Sengun for Nikola Jokic 53:45 Derrick White or Jimmy Butler 55:55 Xavier Tillman, Wendell Carter Jr., Mason Plumlee or Marvin Bagley 58:50 Jalen Williams or Mikal Bridges? ----- Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdog users receive a first-time deposit bonus up to $100 AND a free 6-month subscription to RotoWire with promo code

Nick Whalen is joined by Brandon Kravitz to discuss the top fantasy news items of the day, as well as answer live listener/viewer questions. 0:00: Intro 0:45: Tuesday night recap 5:30: Pascal Siakam trade rumors + fantasy value changes 20:00: Grizzlies injury luck + Vince Williams, Luke Kennard, GG Jackson 28:00: Utah still rolling 30:15: Trading away Simons 33:55: Keegan Murray, D’Angelo Russell 35:45: Drop Suggs, Herb Jones, Grayson Allen or Tyus Jones? 37:25: Miles Bridges vs. Siakam 37:50: Derek Lively 40:30: Suggs vs. Murphy vs. Lively 42:10: Jalen Williams 43:35: JJJ + OG for Paul George? 44:45: Quickley vs. Brown 45:20: De’Anthony Melton 46:25: Trade LeBron? 47:45: Jrue + Rozier for Trae? 48:45: Jalen Johnson trade question 50:15: Drop Desmond Bane? 52:00: Tillman, Plumlee, Wendell Carter 53:00: Larry Nance 54:10: Trade Haliburton for Trae + Dinwiddie? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Yuri Ono to break down all of the biggest news of the weekn. 5:03 Embiid, Maxey, Melton, Oubre, Batum; Rockets, Tari Eason 9:00 Celtics - Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Porzingis 11:00 Jae Crowder 11:15 Pistons win - Alec Burks, Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren, Isaiah Stewart, Ausar Thompson 13:35 Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum 14:30 Dallas - Luka, Tim Hardaway Jr, Kyrie Irving 18:45 Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez, Duncan Robinson 20:25 Nets - Mikal Bridges, Cam Thomas, Dennis Smith Jr.  23:50 Magic - Knicks - Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, Miles McBride, Isaiah Hartenstein 26:10 Dennis Smith Jr. 28:10 Hawks - Trae Young, Dejounte, Jalen Johnson 30:55 Victor Wembanyama, Jeremy Sochan, Tre Jones 33:00 Memphis/GSW - GG Jackson, Vince Williams, Jaren Jackson Jr, Steph Curry, Draymond, Kuminga, Trace Jackson-Davis, Podziemski; Ranking Memphis pickups 47:25 Siakam for Miles Bridges? Huerter for Vince Williams? 52:20 Grizzlies pickups 54:20 Keegan Murray 56:15 De'Anthony Melton,

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before diving into some fan feedback. After that, the trio suggest waiver wire options for the upcoming week. The show closes out with Daily Fantasy advice for Friday, plus Ken's Old Man Rant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander -- now an FSWA Hall of Famer! -- is joined by Rick Kamla to break down all of the biggest fantasy storylines of the day. ------------- Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdog users receive a first-time deposit bonus up to $100 AND a free 6-month subscription to RotoWire with promo code R-W-N-B-A. Visit Underdog Fantasy.com or download the Underdog app today and use promo code R-W-N-B-A to claim your free RotoWire subscription and deposit bonus.  -------------- Tackle millions in prizes all playoffs long in FanDuel Fantasy contests! If you’re new to Fantasy, there’s no better time to get in on the action, because right now, new customers get a ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DEPOSIT MATCH UP TO ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS! Playing Fantasy for huge cash prizes on FanDuel is fun and exciting. Just draft your lineup and watch your team move up the leaderboard! Plus, on FanDuel, you can choose from full slate contest

Nick Whalen is joined by Brandon Kravitz to recap the big fantasy takeaways from Tuesday night's slate, including the Pistons' rotation without Cade Cunningham, the post-Ja Grizzlies, Minnesota's dominant win over Orlando and more. The guys also discuss Markelle Fultz and Wendell Carter, Nick's longtime affection for Tracy McGrady, Mikal Bridges' slump, Pascal Siakam's value, Andre Drummond, Nikola Vucevic, LaMelo Ball, Desmond Bane and many other key fantasy players. Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdog users receive a first-time deposit bonus up to $100 AND a free 6-month subscription to RotoWire with promo code R-W-N-B-A. Visit Underdog Fantasy.com or download the Underdog app today and use promo code R-W-N-B-A to claim your free RotoWire subscription and deposit bonus.  0:00: Intro 1:30: Tuesday night fantasy takeaways 1:45: Kings-Pistons — Ivey, Hayes, Thompson 10:00: Magic-Timberwolves — KAT, Gobert, Bitadz

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Noah Rubin to discuss all of the biggest fantasy basketball news and notes of the day, headlined by injuries to Cade Cunningham and Tyrese Haliburton, as well as Ja Morant's season-ending shoulder surgery. 1:10 Cade Cunningham - Ivey, Burks, Hayes, Sasser 5:00 Ja Morant - Vince Williams, Kennard, Ziaire (Chris Boucher) 9:10 Tyrese Haliburton - TJ McConnell, Nembhard, Nesmith, Ben Mathurin 14:20 Suns Big 3 16:35 LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier 21:00 Mark Williams, Nick Richards 22:20 Vucevic, Drummond, Coby White, Zach LaVine 28:40 Ja Trade in dynasty, picks, Ivey and Jalen Green 30:15 Chet, SGA, Jalen Williams, Thunder 33:00 Deni Avdija, Tyus Jones, Jordan Poole 36:54 Tari Eason 37:45 Jaime Jaquez, Jimmy Butler 39:30 Lauri Markkanen, Sal Fontechhio 44:00 Lillard and Bucks, Malik Beasley 46:50 West odds 49:15 Chet for Jrue and Valanciunas? 49:50 Haliburton update 51:05 Monk for TJ McConnell? 52:40 DiVincenzo for TJ McConnell? 53:40 Gafford for Nesmith? 55:00 Jalen Johnson and Jar

Nick Whalen is joined by Alex Barutha to recap all of the relevant fantasy basketball news and injuries from the weekend, as well as preview the week ahead. The guys talk Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, Draymond Green, LaMelo Ball, Mark Williams, Dennis Smith, Goga Bitadze and much more before answering live listener/viewer questions later in the episode. Underdog Fantasy is the #1 platform for NBA Best Ball and DFS Player Pick'em contests. If you haven't tried Underdog yet, new Underdog users receive a first-time deposit bonus up to $100 AND a free 6-month subscription to RotoWire with promo code R-W-N-B-A. Visit UnderdogFantasy.com or download the Underdog app today and use promo code R-W-N-B-A to claim your free RotoWire subscription and deposit bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex dive into the latest NBA news before handing out waiver wire suggestions. They end the show with Friday DFS advice and Ken's Old Man Rant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices