RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

RotoWire.com, Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, James Anderson, Ken Crites, Shannon McKeown
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Listen to Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, Shannon McKeown, Ken Crites, Kirien Sprecher, Brandon Kravitz, Mike Barner and NBA guests from around the league talk fantasy basketball throughout the season.

  1. 4H AGO

    Fantasy Basketball: Must-Know Trends During Championship

    Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what to do with Stephen Curry.  00:00 Intro 00:50 Stephen Curry 02:45 Weekend Steamers  07:45 Washington Streamers  10:30 Franz Wagner  11:45 Gui Santos 12:55 Fears/Ausar/Duncan/Grimes 15:55 Thursday/Saturday Steamer  18:00 Sling TV Ad 19:30 Bam/Jamal Murray vs. Ayo 21:15 Pelle Larsson  23:45 Cam Johnson  24:40 Embiid/Dejounte/Siakam/Giddey  26:50 Sam Merrill or Paul Reed  28:45 Larsson/Filipowski/Eason/Riley 33:25 Keldon/Barnes/Melton  34:20 Fears/Gordon Get your hands on a Sling 1-day, 3-day, or 7-day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now!    Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    41 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Fantasy Basketball: Dynasty Risers and Fallers

    Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players who've risen up and fallen down fantasy basketball dynasty rankings during the 2025-26 season, including Keyonte George.    00:00 Intro 01:45 Luka Doncic 03:35 Immanuel Quickley  05:45 Stephen Curry 07:50 Franz Wagner 09:35 Sling TV Ad 10:30 Keyonte George  13:20 Kawhi Leonard 15:30 Maxime Raynaud 17:00 Ajay Mitchell 18:10 Myles Turner 19:50 Ja Morant  21:25 Viewer Questions 34:10 ‘What Was That?!?’ Get your hands on a Sling 1-day, 3-day, or 7-day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now!    Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    38 min

  3. 3D AGO

    Monday Mailbag: Answering Your Fantasy Basketball Playoffs Questions

    Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha are back at it recapping all of the top fantasy basketball news from the weekend and talking waiver wire adds/drops. Then, the guys turn things over to the chat to answer your questions LIVE on the show. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    43 min

  4. 6D AGO

    8 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22

    Ken and Alex discuss the latest NBA news and answer listener Q&A before diving into their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire adds. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:30 Hornets win 03:20 Orlando wins 06:00 Injury Updates 11:50 Listener Q&A 12:00 Drop KPJ, Quickley, Coulibaly? 13:40 Sensabaugh or Maxey? 16:04 Plowden or Santos? 17:46 Cardwell, Tshiebwe, Harkless 19:00 Devin Carter or Killian Hayes 20:28 Watkins or Huff? 22:41 Jarrett Allen return 24:30 Isaiah Jackson? 25:07 Donte DiVincenzo or Naz Reid? 25:35 Waiver Wire Begins 26:20 GG Jackson, MEM 27:50 Will Riley, WAS 29:05 Kennedy Chandler, UTA 31:00 Naji Marshall, DAL 32:40 Dylan Harper, SAS 34:55 Grayson Allen, PHX 35:50 Leonard Miller, CHI 37:30 Daeqwon Plowden, SAC 42:35 Old Man Rant 45:00 Promo Code YouTube15 for RotoWire Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    49 min

  5. MAR 26

    Fantasy Basketball Playoffs: How To Win Your Championship

    Kirien Sprecher and Adam King react to news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions.  00:00 Intro 00:40 Oso Ighodaro/Grayson Allen/Devin Carter  02:35 Managing IR 05:40 Jakob Poeltl  08:00 Jalen Williams  11:50 Sling TV  13:00 Tyrese Maxey  16:05 Kyle Filipowski/John Collins/Dylan Cardwell 19:15 Rank Top Warriors  21:35 Jarrett Allen/Kevin Porter 24:00 Karlo Matkovic/Cam Johnson/Jrue Holiday 25:20 Stephen Curry  27:05 Gui Santos/Jarace Walker  29:30 Devin Carter/Malik Monk  34:40 Nic Claxton or Karlo Matkovic 36:15 Eddy Curry Lines/Toxic Fantasy Players 38:40 Collin Sexton or Leonard Miller Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    43 min

  6. MAR 25

    Fantasy Basketball Playoffs: 10 MUST-KNOW Trends

    Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing must-know trends during the fantasy basketball playoffs, including Darius Garland's recent hot shooting. 00:00 Intro 01:50 Paul George 04:00 Jalen Johnson 06:00 De’Aaron Fox 06:50 OKC/BOS 09:00 Expansion  10:40 Sling Ad  11:45 Gary Payton 14:00 Darius Garland 15:00 Nic Claxton 16:20 Daniss Jenkins 17:25 Miles Bridges 19:00 Alex Sarr  21:00 Viewer Questions  33:15 ‘What Was That?!?’ Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    37 min

  7. MAR 23

    Monday Mailbag: Fantasy Basketball Playoffs Advice!

    Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the top news items of the day before turning the show over to a live viewer Q&A session! 00:00 Intro + SlingTV 02:30 Waiver claims of the week 6:35 Jevon Carter 07:50 Adds/drops for playoffs 11:50 What to do with Paul George 14:30 Isaiah Collier, Davion Mitchell 16:30 Jalen Williams’ return 19:15 Coby White, Hartenstein 20:55 Gafford, Jalen Williams 22:30 Dropping players for schedule purposes 23:50 Who to drop 24:50 Kel’el Ware 22:10 Andrew Wiggins, Alex Sarr 30:40 Ausar Thompson 31:05 Jevon Carter vs Kennedy Chandler 31:45 KPJ status 32:50 PJ Washington, Naji Marshall 33:45 Dylan Cardwell 34:20 Paul Reed Sling When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    36 min

  8. MAR 20

    Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Add These 6 Players for the Playoffs

    Kirien and Alex hand out their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:40 Major Injury Updates 04:10 Luka is balling 08:30 Listener Q&A 08:45 Mitch Rob or Hendricks? 11:39 Hold JDub? 13:00 Coby White or Cam Johnson? 14:45 Hendricks or Coward? 15:58 Drop Sarr? 17:15 Adds for STL, REB, 3s, FT% 19:20 Waiver Wire Pickups 21:20 Daniss Jenkins, DET 22:40 Pelle Larsson, MIA 25:00 Daniel Gafford, DAL 26:25 Taylor Hendricks, UTA 28:35 Gary Payton II, GSW 29:50 Yves Missi, NOP When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Listen to Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, Shannon McKeown, Ken Crites, Kirien Sprecher, Brandon Kravitz, Mike Barner and NBA guests from around the league talk fantasy basketball throughout the season.

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    RotoWire.com, Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, James Anderson, Ken Crites, Shannon McKeown
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
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