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. 5D AGO

    Happy Festivus Special: Airing Fantasy Basketball Grievances

    Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner celebrate Festivus by airing their top fantasy basketball grievances, including the struggling Warriors. 00:00 Intro  01:00 Ivica Zubac  02:55 Lakers Injuries 04:20 Chet Holmgren 06:45 Jalen Brunson/OG Anunoby 08:30 Dabble Ad 09:00 New Injury Reporting Rules 13:20 Timberwolves PG? 15:40 Warriors Lack of Championship Resolve 20:45 Sling TV ad 21:50 Kings Roster Construction  23:40 Sportsbooks Not Offering Unders 27:00 ESPN Box Score Changes 29:45 Chalkboard Ad 33:00 ‘What Was That?!?’ Visit Sling to sign-up today!  New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now!  Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match! 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.

    39 min

  2. 5D AGO

    10 Players You MUST DROP In Fantasy Basketball

    Kirien Sprecher and Adam King answer viewer questions ahead of the NBA's Christmas Day slate, including why it's time to move on from Jonathan Kuminga. 00:00 Intro  00:25 Jonathan Kuminga 01:30 Dillon Brooks or Brook Lopez 03:15 Devin Booker or Amen Thompson 04:40 Kevin Porter or Shaedon Sharpe   08:40 Sling TV Ad  09:40 Morant or Fox 11:00 Championship Roster?!? 12:30 Hold Ryan Kalkbrenner? 14:45 Kyrie Irving return?  16:30 Donovan Mitchell or Tyrese Maxey  18:30 DeMar DeRozan  19:10 Jordan Walsh/Brook Lopez/Daniel Gafford 20:30 Ace Bailey or Royce O’Neale  22:00 Chalkboard Ad 23:05 Harrison Barnes or Andre Drummond 24:00 Buy low on Scottie Barnes?  25:45 Ajay Mitchell   27:30 Sandro Mamukelashvili  28:30 Dejounte Murray   30:35 Dabble Ad 31:00 Anthony Black 31:30 Reed Sheppard and Nique Clifford  33:40 Jalen Green  35:30 Jaylon Tyson or Christian Braun 37:00 Jalen Johnson  37:25 Matas Buzelis 39:45 Moussa Diabate or Danny Wolf  40:15 Devin Booker Trade 42:00 Ace for Queta 44:45 Jimmy Butler or Miles Bridges  46:00 Peyton Watson Visit Sling to sign-up today!  New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  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

  3. 6D AGO

    Waiver Wire Adds, Injury Updates, Listener Mailbag + Best Values So Far

    Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top injury news and waiver wire pickups of the weekend, answer live mailbag questions and discuss the best values of the fantasy basketball season thus far. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Sling TV ad 02:00 Ivica Zubac injury 04:00 Waiver wire targets 06:50 Dylan Cardwell + What are the Kings? 09:30 Trae Young’s return 13:40 RJ Barrett update 14:20 Daniels + Turner for Murphy? 17:55 Bucks “big game hunting” 20:15 Three-for-three trade question 22:15 Ingram for Sharpe + MIller? 24:00 Booker for Powell + OG? 25:30 Joel Embiid trade 26:45 Domantas Sabonis 28:20 Noah Penda 30:15 Chalkboard, Dabble ads 31:40 Jalen Johnson + Banchero for SGA? 33:05 Brook Lopez 34:25 Hugo Gonzalez 35:10 Nurkic, Kalkbrenner, Tari Eason 36:20 Who to drop? 38:00 Luka Doncic 38:45 Powell + Quickly for Cade? 39:30 Clowney, Huff, Mitch Robinson 40:25 Cade, Giddey, White 41:20 Bam Adebayo 42:15 Jalen Johnson for Sengun? 42:40 Naji Marshall vs. PJ Washington 43:15 Dylan Harper, Trey Murphy in dynasty 46:15 Mikal Bridges 48:25 Jimmy Butler 49:50 Drop Myles Turner? 50:05 Kyle Filipowski 50:40 Jakob Poeltl 53:00 Giddey + Nembhard for Booker? 54:20 Our best values so far ----- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/j9xsaei6 Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo Sling Visit Sling to sign-up today!  https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/3368072/14334 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.

    59 min

  4. DEC 19

    Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Targets

    Ken and Shannon highlight their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire selections for the upcoming Week 10.    00:00 Intro 01:10 Hawks/Hornets 02:45 Mavs/Jazz 04:05 Blazers/Kings 05:50 Injury Updates  07:25 Chalkboard Ad 08:30 Viewer Questions 17:00 Sling TV Ad 18:15 Waiver Wire Targets 29:40 DraftKings DFS Picks 34:15 Old Man Rant Claim your DraftKings bonus here! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  Visit Sling to 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.

    38 min

  5. DEC 18

    10 Fantasy Basketball Trade Targets

    Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including whether trading high on Kon Knueppel is worth the risk.  00:00 Intro 00:50 KAT/Lauri/DeRozan vs. Luka/Naji/Cam Johnson 01:45 Bud Carrington vs. Brice Sensabaugh 03:40 Zion vs. Ayton 05:30 Matas Buzelis 06:50 Kuminga/Wolf/Collier 08:20 Sling TV Ad 09:15 De’Andre Hunter vs. Jaylon Tyson 10:00 Ausar Thompson 13:20 Jokic vs. Trey Murphy/Chet/LaMelo 14:30 Bilal Coulibaly 15:20 Curry vs. Butler/Dyson 16:30 Lauri/Herro/JJJ 17:40 Jalen Johnson/Paolo Banchero vs. SGA 18:25 Dynasty Trade 19:25 Chalkboard Ad 20:15 Christian Braun vs. Bobby Portis 20:50 Dyson vs. Queen 22:20 Ausar/Kyshawn vs. Jaylen Brown 23:10 Zach Edey 24:00 Ace Bailey 24:40 LaMelo vs. Mobley 25:15 Kon/LaMelo 26:20 Kristaps Porzingis 26:35 Zion Williamson  28:15 KPJ/Brunson/Keegan Murray vs. Derrick White/Trae Young/Jabari Smith 29:30 Myles Turner vs. Mark Williams 30:15 Donovan Mitchell/Myles Turner vs. Maxey 31:30 Dabble Ad 31:50 Eason/Clowney/Landale/Collins/Drummond/Watson 32:45 Ryan Kalkbrenner/Davion Mitchell  33:50 LaVine vs. Huff 35:15 Giddey/KP vs. KAT 35:50 Jusuf Nurkic  37:00 Jordan Walsh vs. Ryan Nembhard 38:15 Toumani Camara vs. Ausar Thompson 38:45 Donovan Clingan vs. P.J. Washington 39:50 Matas Buzelis or Myles Turner 42:10 Kyle Filipowski New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  Visit Sling to 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.

    44 min

  6. DEC 17

    10 Players Worth STASHING in Fantasy Basketball

    Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner decide on which players they'd rather keep for the rest of the season, including questions like Zach LaVine or Keyonte George. 00:00 Intro  00:30 NBA Cup Final 06:00 Ja Morant 08:00 Trae Young 09:50 Utah Jazz  14:00 Dabble Ad  14:45 Derrick White vs. Kon Knueppel 17:40 Zach LaVine vs. Keyonte George  20:45 Sling TV 22:00 Nikola Vucevic vs. Onyeka Okongwu 24:30 OG Anunoby vs. Matas Buzelis  27:30 Chalkboard Ad 28:30 Viewer Questions 39:15 ‘What Was That?!?’ Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

    44 min

  7. DEC 15

    Weekend News Recap, Waiver Wire Adds, Listener Mailbag + Players To Panic About

    Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top stories, including a look at their top waiver wire adds. The guys discuss the players they're most concerned about in fantasy basketball right now, like Jaren Jackson Jr., Myles Turner, Coby White and Ben Mathurin. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Spurs take down OKC 04:15 Sling TV ad 05:25 Key injury news 08:55 Evan Mobley + struggling Cavs 11:15 Waiver wire reactions 12:30 Chalkboard + Dabble ads 13:55 Brooks, Fears, Monk 16:05 Are we panicking on Myles Turner? (Yes) 17:20 Darius Garland, Bam Adebayo 18:20 Collin Gillespie 19:45 Clingan, Allen, Huff 21:55 Weekly Reed Sheppard question 23:00 Mark Williams, Hartenstein, Pritchard, Holiday 23:50 Trade Harden + JJJ for Trae + Turner? 25:05 Jakob Poeltl 26:05 Are we panicking on Banchero? 28:20 Is Joel Embiid BACK? 30:45 Drop DiVincenzo, Queen or Grimes? 32:50 Brandon Clarke, Jock Landale 33:30 Derrick White vs. Pascal Siakam 34:40 KPJ + Flagg for KAT? 35:20 Pick up Jordan Walsh? 36:15 Jusuf Nurkic 37:00 Siakam vs. Avdija 37:10 Booker for Herro + George? 38:20 Ryan Kalkbrenner discussion 40:50 Kristaps Porzingis 42:30 Are we panicking on Coby White? 43:55 Jayson Tatum 45:05 Jalen Johnson vs. Tyrese Maxey 46:30 Turner vs. Eason 47:05 Sengun + LeBron for Harden + Duren? 48:20 Westbrook vs. KPJ 49:10 Turner + Kuzma for Hart + Ausar? 50:35 Rudy Gobert 51:10 Was I fleeced? 52:00 Kawhi + Grimes for Chet + Buzelis? 52:45 Are we panicking on Ben Mathurin? ----- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/j9xsaei6 Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo Sling Visit Sling to sign-up today!  https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/3368072/14334 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.

    56 min

  8. DEC 12

    Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: MUST ADDS for Week 9

    Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest and best players to add off the fantasy basketball waiver wire. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:40 Wemby back soon 03:40 Zach Edey out 05:20 Other injury updates 07:30 Listener Q&A 07:45 Aldama or Washington 08:18 Drop Herb Jones, Landale or Portis 09:20 Is Grimes a hold? 09:56 Keep KP on IR? Hold Sheppard? 11:21 Steven Adams or JJJ (?) 12:48 KPJ sell high? 14:00 Drop Vassell, Sheppard or Filipowski? 16:16 Waiver Wire Begins 16:43 Herb Jones, NOP 17:40 Jordan Walsh, BOS 18:55 Jaylen Wells, MEM 19:50 Kyle Filipowski, UTA 21:00 Maxime Raynaud, SAC 22:00 Anthony Black, ORL 23:35 Justin Champagnie, WAS 25:10 Pat Spencer, GSW 26:40 Jock Landale, MEM 29:30 DraftKings Pick6 and DFS for Friday 37:35 Old Man Rant DraftKings Claim your DraftKings bonus here! Vivid Seats $20 off your first $200 ticket purchase with code ROTOWIRE! Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match!  Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Sling Visit Sling to 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.  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
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