Rotowire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss the In-Season Tournament and potential changes that could be coming in future seasons. The guys also talk about their hits and draft regrets at the quarter-season mark before diving into a slew of live listener questions. 0:00: Intro 1:00: In-Season Tournament preview 8:00: Waiver Wire review 16:40: Bam Adebayo injury 18:00: Orlando Robinson, Kevin Love 20:20: Looking back at auction league strategy 22:10: Wembanyama and Holmgren thus far 25:55: Trae Young 30:15: Kelly Oubre’s return (who to drop) 33:00: Conley vs. Keegan Murray 34:50: Trey Murphy vs. Malcolm Brogdon 36:20: Harrison Barnes 37:20: Al Horford ROS 38:55: Jaren Jackson Jr. buy low? 40:55: First of many Ausar Thompson questions 42:30: Coby White, Mitchell Robinson 44:15: Nesmith vs. KCP 45:35: Should you add Scoot? Who should you drop? (Poole, Keyonte George, Murray, Ausar) 52:25: Markelle Fultz 53:15: Coby White 55:55: Paul George, Julius Randle 56:15: Strus vs. Ausar 57:30: Markkanen, Adebayo, Tatum trade que

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss news before diving into waiver wire options. Then, some DFS discussion and an Old Man Rant from Shannon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rick Kamla and Steve "Dr. A" Alexander talk all things fantasy basketball, including the returns of CJ McCollum and Jamal Murray, Chris Paul's injury, Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Jaime Jaquez, Caris LeVert and much more. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Jamal Murray 3:55 CJ McCollum 7:00 Devin Booker 11:40 Chris Paul 15:05 Lauri Markkanen 17:57 Keyonte George 20:15 Kristaps Porzingis/Al Horford 23:55 Pat Williams 27:00 Underdog picks: SGA, Dejounte Murray, Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo 35:00 Jaime Jaquez 42:00 Caris LeVert 43:25 Khris Middleton vs. Tyus Jones 47:25 Jordan Clarkson, Jordan Poole, Malik Beasley, Shaedon Sharpe 49:15 Sabonis and Jalen Green for Joel Embiid? 51:50 Cade Cunningham vs. Walker Kessler 55:35 Jaden Ivey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by Brandon Kravitz to discuss the fallout from Tuesday night's NBA slate, including their thoughts on the inaugural In-Season Tournament. The guys also talk fantasy MVPs thus far, players to drop, Zach LaVine trades, CJ McCollum's return, LaMelo Ball's injury and much more. 0:00: Intro 2:00: In-Season Tournament thoughts 10:25: LaMelo Ball update 14:00: Brandon Miller 15:00: Rookie of the Year odds 17:30: Players to consider dropping 18:15: Gary Trent Jr. 21:00: Andrew Wiggins 23:45: Ben Mathurin 25:55: Dyson Daniels 30:00: Fantasy MVPs thus far 35:00: Tyus Jones, Bruce Brown, Klay Thompson 37:00: Keyonte George, Scoot Henderson, Max Strus 38:40: Malcolm Brogdon vs. Bogdan Bogdanovic 40:35: Flip Kawhi or KD? 44:40: Jeremy Sochan injury 46:50: Jerami Grant, Jordan Clarkson, John Collins, Anfernee Simons 48:55: Markelle Fultz 50:05: Drop OG or Jalen Williams? 53:30: Khris Middleton ROS 55:30: Zach LaVine trades 58:00: Trey Murphy 1:01:00: Mike Conley 1:03:40: Josh Giddey replacements 1:06:

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Noah Rubin to recap all of the top fantasy basketball news of the day and discuss takeaways from Monday night's action. The guys also talk Reggie Jackson, Luka Doncic, the Hornets' rotation, the impending return of CJ McCollum and Trey Murphy, LaMelo Ball's injury, Jerami Grant, Jordan Poole and much more. 3:00 Reggie Jackson/DeAndre Jordan 4:00 Nicolas Batum/Robert Covington 5:45 Jaden Ivey 9:40 Reggie Jackson 13:20 Luka Doncic 13:50 Porzingis/Horford 17:12 LaMelo Ball, Ish Smith, Terry Rozier, Gordon Hayward, Miles Bridges 20:05 Nikola Jokic 22:15 Dyson Daniels, Jordan Hawkins, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy, CJ McCollum 26:00 Jordan Poole 32:00 Jerami Grant 32:50 Pacers' defense 33:30 Next week's weird schedule 36:55 Trae Young/Dejounte Murray 41:45 Keyonte George, Eric Gordon, Devin Vassell 45:10 Live listeners' questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap a big weekend in the NBA and discuss all of the relevant fantasy fallout. 0:00: Intro 0:40: LaMelo Ball injury 3:50: Waiver wire hits and misses 9:30: Isaiah Joe 10:45: Jalen Johnson injury fallout 13:00: Weekly Bojan Bogdanovic check-in 16:10: CJ McCollum update 18:20: Onyeka Okongwu 20:50: Drop Andrew Wiggins? 22:30: Nick’s night at the Wizards-Bucks game 25:20: Bulls struggles + fantasy implications 30:30: Butler, Bridges, Mobley, Bane 33:00: De’Anthony Melton, OG Anunoby 34:20: Sengun/Brunson/Ball vs. Tatum/Wembanyama/Barnes 36:15: Ausar Thompson ROS 37:30: Kawhi trade targets 40:05: Malcolm Brogdon ROS 41:30: Miles Bridges, Jaren Jackson 43:25: Capela/Murray vs. PG13/Clarkson 44:40: Wendell Carter 46:00: Naz Reid 47:20: Josh Giddey discussion 51:20: Cunningham, Siakam, Trae Young, Wagner 52:10: Trey Murphy, Herb Jones 54:05: Sharpe vs. Ivey vs. Miller 56:45: Offload Paul George? 57:30: Too late to acquire Miles Bridges? 59:00: Keegan Murray vs. PJ Washington? 1:01:00: L

4:20 Celtics - Hornets Pritchard, Bridges, Williams, Tatum, LaMelo 6:55 Jokic/Reggie Jackson 8:53 Jordan Poole 10:40 Bradley Beal 11:00 Duncan Robinson & Jaime Jaquez 11:18 Clippers - PG, Harden, Kawhi 11:55 Donovan Mitchell - Strus/LeVert 14:55 Should you trade Wemby? 17:35 Should you trade Chet Holmgren? 18:20 Kristaps Porzingis 20:30 Zach LaVine 21:10 Klay Thompson 22:35 Rockets - Jalen Green 25:00 Stupid Pill Story 26:55 Draymond Green 29:30 Fred VanVleet 30:20 In-Season Tourney 33:30 Ja Morant 34:10 Harden/PG 35:10 Jalen Williams 38:30 Brandon Miller & Ausar Thompson 39:50 Kessler vs. Duren 40:25 Dario Saric 41:40 Keyonte George 43:30 Sixers-Cavs bet 44:15 DFS lineups for tonight Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss the top news of the weekend and hit on some early season trends before taking listener questions on all things fantasy basketball. 0:00: Intro 1:00: Early standings crystalizing? 2:15: Weekend waiver claims 4:00: Hornets rotation questions 6:50: Brandon Miller 8:30: Orlando’s place in the East 12:40: Claxton vs. Duren ROS 14:20: It’s Jordan Clarkson Time 17:50: Pelicans injuries + Dyson Daniels 21:20: LeBron James, Father of Three + Sell while healthy? 25:50: Week 5 streaming options 27:10: Walker Kessler outlook 28:45: James Harden trades 29:55: Hield vs. Aldama 31:00: Scoot Henderson 32:40: Skylar Mays vs. Keyonte George 34:00: Drop Amen Thompson? 35:00: Trey Murphy ROS value 37:00: Cam Thomas timeline 38:00: Onyeka Okongwu 39:55: Kessler, Carter, Murphy, Scoot Henderson 41:30: Another Harden trade 42:50: Tatum/Turner/Harris vs. Sabonis/KAT 44:20: 12-team points league streamers 46:30: Should you ever trade Jokic? 47:20: Oubre vs. Bojan Bogdanovic? 48:50: Time to worry a

Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss news before diving into waiver wire options for Week 5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

0:00:Intro 0:55 Warriors (Draymond, Curry, Klay, Saric, Wiggins, etc.) 15:05 Keegan Murray 16:35 Miles Bridges 20:00 RJ Barrett 23:10 Bilal Coulibaly/Poole/Tyus Jones 28:30 Skylar Mays 32:45 Clippers/Harden 36:30 Pacers 37:40 Tyrese Haliburton 40:15 Chet & Wemby letdown 41:40 Brogdon for Keyonte? 43:35 Draymond for Keyonte or Coulibaly 46:15 Jabari Smith or Tari Eason 48:40 Bradley Beal 51:20 In-Season Tournament Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by Brandon Kravitz to talk all things fantasy basketball, starting with an eventful Tuesday night in the NBA that featured a pair of noteworthy scuffles. The guys discuss the Warriors (and a likely Draymond Green suspension), Steph Curry's injury, the reeling Clippers, Ausar Thompson's ongoing breakout, Jordan Poole's struggles and much more before taking live listener questions for the second half of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander and Matt Stroup discuss the top fantasy storylines of the week, including Tuesday night's Chet Holmgren vs. Victor Wembanyama showdown, the Wizards blowing a huge lead, the return of De'Aaron Fox, Damian Lillard's awful shooting, James Harden's impact on the Clippers and much more. 0:00 Intro 4:50 Wemby vs Chet 7:15 Lillard 10:15 De'Aaron Fox + Kings 12:00 Crowder/Portis 13:00 Bilal Coulibaly 15:25 Jordan Poole 16:00 Siakam, Anunoby, Schroder 19:20 Underdog $5 parlay to win $500 - Luka, Stewart, Chet, SGA, Jalen Williams 24:40 Scoot Henderson 25:35 Devin Booker 26:30 De'Andre Hunter 28:30 Markelle Fultz 29:20 James Harden 30:55 Tyus Jones 32:05 Walker Kessler 33:00 Cade Cunningham 34:55 Daniel Gafford 37:50 Jalen Suggs 38:55 Killian Hayes/Coulibaly 40:00 Dyson Daniels/Jordan Hawkins 41:40 Walker Kessler 42:50 Skylar Mays 43:20 Jaime Jaquez 44:35 Keyonte George 45:40 Reggie Jackson 46:00 Bismack Biyombo 46:25 Goga Bitadze/Moe Wagner 48:15 Kyle Lowry 49:45 Parlay Embiid, Mathurin, Halibu

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top news items of the weekend and discuss which players fantasy managers should target in buy-low deals. Then, the guys take live listener/viewer questions on a variety of teams, players and fantasy sitautions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex review recent NBA news and answer fan questions before jumping into waiver wire options for Week 4. Afterward, a quick drops discussion, DFS, and Ken's Old Man Rant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Rick Kamla to recap a huge Wednesday night in the NBA and discuss some of their favorite waiver wire targets. 1:15 Tyler Herro/Kyle Lowry/Duncan Robinson 3:38 Reggie Jackson/Jamal Murray 6:25 Skylar Mays/Malcolm Brogdon 10:35 Devin Vassell 12:45 Keyonte George 18:23 Marcus Sasser/Jaden Ivey/Detroit 22:00 Cam Thomas/Lonnie Walker Nets 24:50 Tyus Jones & Jordan Poole, Wizards 28:15 Chet Holmgren & Wemby & Paolo Banchero 31:35 Jalen Johnson 34:53 Dennis Schroder 36:15 Scoot Henderson & Jalen Green 39:00 Jordan Poole for Bradley Beal? 40:55 Julius Randle 42:00 Alperen Sengun 44:40 Josh Giddey & Jabari Smith 48:20 Giannis ejection Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by Brandon Kravitz to discuss some of their early season draft hits and misses. The guys talk Chet Holmgren, Victor Wembanyama, Pascal Siakam, Lauri Markkanen, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Duren, Shaedon Sharpe and many more before taking live viewers' questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Ken Crites to recap a huge Monday night in the NBA and discuss some of the biggest news items around the league. The guys talk Wendell Carter replacements, James Harden's debut, Rob Williams' injury, the Grizzlies' center situation, our first Anthony Davis injury of the year, Cam Thomas and much more. 0:00 Intro 5:35 Goga Bitadze, Mo Wagner 7:00 Harden/Clippers 10:40 Robert Williams, Ayton, Jerami Grant 14:00 CJ McCollum 16:47 Jamal Murray, Reggie Jackson 18:40 Biyombo/Tillman/Aldama 22:22 Bam Adebayo 22:42 Anthony Davis groin 28:00 Daniel Gafford 29:16 Andrew Wiggins 30:50 De'Andre Hunter/Jalen Johnson 31:38 Bruce Brown 32:35 DeMar DeRozan 34:30 Get off my lawn: Voting 36:58 Stocks 38:55 Cam Thomas 40:10 Marcus Sasser/Pistons 41:45 Ausar Thompson 43:48 Scottie Barnes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Whalen is joined by Alex Barutha and RotoWire's Adam King to discuss some takeaways from the weekend, as well as some players off to notably hot or cold starts. Later, the guys answer live viewers' questions on a number of key players and topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken, Shannon and Alex highlight nine players to add off the waiver wire for the upcoming week of NBA action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve "Dr. A" Alexander is joined by Rick Kamla to discuss some early injury concerns, waiver wire targets and notable performances from the last few nights in the NBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices