RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

00:00 Intro 01:50 Breakout Players of the Year 01:55 Ivica Zubac 04:20 Dyson Daniels 05:50 Biggest Disappointments 06:00 Paolo Banchero/Jalen Johnson 07:10 Paul George 08:00 Rookie of the Year 13:50 Stephon Castle 09:40 MVP 09:50 SGA/Jokic 14:20 Josh Hart 16:20 Who to Avoid Next Season 17:00 LaMelo Ball 19:45 Ja Morant 22:45 Who to Target Next Season 22:59 Christian Braun 25:00 Onyeka Okongwu 27:20 Reed Sheppard 29:40 Immanuel Quickley 35:15 What Was That?!? 🔐 15% off any RotoWire Product http://www.rotowire.com Code "Roto15" at checkout 🗣️Join our community (Discord) FREE https://www.rotowire.com/chat Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz begin by reacting to the Nuggets' shocking firing of both Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth. Then, the guys debate what it means for the Western Conference playoff race and whether the Nuggets are suddenly a desirable opponent. They talk Clippers upside, Lakers, Warriors and teams that could push OKC in the postseason. Finally, they finish out with a discussion on which players belong in Round 1 of 2025-26 fantasy basketball drafts. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Nuggets fire Malone, Booth 11:30 Western Conference playoff race 14:25 Clippers upside 18:30 Wolves, Lakers, Warriors 22:45 Austin Reaves’ future 24:40 Early look at next year’s first round 24:55 Victor Wembanyama 29:00 Luka, Davis 30:55 KAT 31:50 Young stars vs veteran stars 32:30 Giannis 33:40 Chet Holmgren 35:15 Sabonis, Mitchell, Mobley Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen is joined by Kirien Sprecher to talk final-week strategy for leagues still running. The guys discuss playoff races, potential first-round matchups and rest concerns for the final week of the season. They also discuss some of their mistakes from this season and players they'll be looking to target in 2025-26 drafts. 00:00 Intro 00:45 West playoff races 08:00 Suns on the brink of elimination 10:00 Most vulnerable Play-In team 11:55 East Play-In race 16:45 Bucks’ preferred opponent 19:45 Auction strategy 25:15 Kawhi, Porzingis, Barrett, Bridges rest concerns this week 30:40 Quickley, Jamal Murray 31:40 Bobby Portis 32:50 Value in mock drafts 35:00 Avoiding stars on bad teams? 38:00 Players we’re drafting next year 38:25 Keyonte George 40:45 Zubac, Hart, Giddey 42:30 Raptors: Barnes, Barrett, Quickley 43:30 Okongwu, Vassell, Hartenstein, DiVincenzo 44:10 Stephon Castle Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

00:00 Intro 00:30 Twolves/Nuggets 2OT Thriller 03:45 Stephen Curry's Historic Night 08:40 Deni Avdija's triple-double 12:05 Karl-Anthony Towns 13:30 Mavericks Getting Healthy 15:00 Cade Cunningham 17:05 Bradley Beal 19:13 Rebet Ad 20:05 Keyonte George 22:50 Andre Drummond 24:55 KAT 26:38 Josh Hart 28:12 Tyler Herro 30:00 Norman Powell 34:30 Viewer Questions 36:00 What Was That! Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) http://www.rotowire.com/try Join our community (Discord) FREE https://www.rotowire.com/chat Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Brandon Kravitz and Nick Whalen hit the top news of the day as the fantasy basketball season comes to a close. The guys look back on their biggest hits and misses this season, including Fred VanVleet, Terry Rozier, Zach LaVine, James Harden, Ivica Zubac and more. 00:00 Intro 00:35 Dealing with tanking teams 5:25 Favorite Cooper Flagg landing spot 13:30 Fred VanVleet 13:50 Filipowski, Bona 14:30 Payton Pritchard 16:25 Jrue Holiday 17:50 Dyson Daniels 18:40 Anthony Davis next season 20:20 Trae Young 21:15 Overvaluing rookies? 22:10 Kawhi Leonard 24:05 Rudy Gobert 26:00 Nic Claxton 26:45 Derrick White 27:10 Zach LaVine 28:00 Harden, Powell, Zubac 30:50 Amen Thompson 31:35 Ingram, Embiid, PG, Zion, LaMelo, Rozier 32:25 Ausar Thompson 33:55 VanVleet 34:30 Huerter vs. Ausar ----- Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top news of the day and discuss waiver wire adds for their still-active leagues. But with the fantasy season nearing its end, the guys look ahead to 2025-26, talking players they're already looking forward to targeting, like Coby White, Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu and Cade Cunningham. They also bat around some early do-not-draft players for next season, all while answering live viewer questions throughout the stream. 00:00 Intro 02:30 KD goes down + Suns offseason plans 14:15 Fred VanVleet, Malik Monk 17:00 Tari Eason, Davion Mitchell 17:30 Handling late-season streaming 19:25 Toronto’s rest outlook 22:00 Jamal Shead 22:50 Aaron Gordon, Risacher, Barnes 24:15 Players we are drafting — and not drafting — next season 24:30 Fred VanVleet, Donovan Mitchell 26:00 James Harden 27:25 Lauri Markkanen, LaMelo Ball 29:30 John Collins 30:50 Trail Blazers + Scoot 34:50 Dyson Daniels, Onyeka Okongwu 36:55 OG Anunoby 38:30 Jaden McDaniels 39:00 How high will Cooper Flagg go in fantasy drafts? ----- Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

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Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz take an updated look at the injury report and discuss the top players to add or drop in daily lineup leagues, including Anthony Davis, Cam Payne, Bub Carrington and more. They also hit the Damian Lillard situation and who steps up for the Bucks. 00:00 Intro 03:00 Perils of late-season NBA betting 06:45 Damian Lillard + Bucks 14:45 Thunder + Jalen Williams 16:40 Anthony Davis + Mavs 22:55 Jerami Grant 25:10 Anthony Davis 26:20 Anthony Bock, Bub Carrington, Scotty Pippen 29:30 Gary Trent, KPJ 30:30 Cam Payne 32:00 Cole Anthony, Deuce McBride ----- Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

00:00 Intro 00:45 Damian Lillard 02:50 Jimmy Butler 04:25 KAT + Josh Hart 06:10 Anthony Davis 08:50 Nikola Jokic 11:15 Jayson Tatum 13:35 Quentin Grimes 16:05 Rebet Ad 17:10 RJ Barrett or Shaedon Sharpe 20:30 Lauri Markkanen or Santi Aldama 22:40 Chris Paul or Isaiah Collier 25:00 Collin Sexton or Kevin Huerter 28:00 Jrue Holiday or Keon Johnson 32:00 LaMelo Ball or Spencer Dinwiddie 34:20 Viewer Questions 40:05 What Was That! Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) http://www.rotowire.com/try Join our community (Discord) FREE https://www.rotowire.com/chat Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top news of the day and discuss the top adds and drops in their most-competitive leagues. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Notable adds this week 01:10 Justin Edwards 04:30 Kai Jones + AD outlook 06:00 Other top adds 07:15 Trendon Watford 10:15 CJ McCollum 12:15 Yabusele vs. Edwards 12:55 Alvarado, Hawkins, Missi 10:05 Champagnie, Quickley 15:30 Maxey, Oubre 17:10 Bona, Olynyk 17:50 Anthony Davis 19:35 Reid, Clingan 20:55 Wendll Carter Jr. 22:40 Knicks 24:25 Jokic outlook 25:55 Season-long risers and fallers 26:10 Karl-Anthony Towns 27:15 Cade Cunningham, Dyson Daniels, Trey Murphy 28:30 Jamal Murray 29:35 Josh Hart, Josh Giddey, Zubac 32:00 Amen Thompson, Jaden McDaniels 33:30 Malik Monk, Tyler Herro 35:00 Jaren Jackson 36:35 Bam Adebayo 38:50 Alperen Sengun 41:20 Tari Eason vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. 42:15 Aldama, Huerter 42:50 Watford, Strus 44:30 Keyonte George, Powell 45:40 Ja Morant 46:30 Who to drop to activate AD? ----- Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

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00:00 Intro 00:25 Trey Murphy 02:50 Domantas Sabonis 05:45 Jaylen Brown & Jayson Tatum 07:43 Miles Bridges & LaMelo Ball 08:55 Thunder Injuries 12:20 Ja Morant 13:30 Josh Giddey 16:15 Rebet Ad 17:30 Zaccharie Risacher 19:15 Stephon Castle 20:38 Alex Sarr 22:15 Justin Champagnie 23:20 Brandon Williams 25:00 Keon Johnson 27:35 Viewer Questions 36:00 What Was That! 💰FREE RotoWire Bracket Challenge (Win a Jersey and a one-year RotoWire subscription) http://rotowire.com/bracketchallenge 🚨RotoWire's NEW Fantasy Football ONLY YouTube Channel / @rotowirefantasyfootball 🔐 Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) http://www.rotowire.com/try 🗣️Join our community (Discord) FREE https://www.rotowire.com/chat Rebet March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! —-- Hyperlink: https://rebet.page.link/NtdzHvHE3JheV... Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz discuss all of the latest NBA injury news, as well as players who could be shut down during the fantasy playoffs. 00:00 Intro 01:45 Late-season rotation challenges 02:30 Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball resting 03:30 Daily moves vs. weekly leagues 08:20 Kyshawn George 11:15 Andrew Wiggins + Heat’s slide 14:00 East Play-In outlook 16:20 Cavs’ ascent + team building 19:30 Shutdown concerns 19:45 LeBron, Brunson as injury shutdowns? 23:00 Blazers potential shutdowns 24:00 Raptors on-the-fly tanking ----- March Madness is here, and if you’re looking for a way to get in the game, it’s time to check out Rebet—the ultimate social sportsbook and casino platform! All March long, ReBet is rolling out daily promos, making it the ultimate month of exciting offers for their fans! Right now, for a limited time, Rebet is matching your first purchase up to $100 in Rebet Cash when you use promo code ROTOWIRE. Download Rebet today on the App Store or Google Play, enter code ROTOWIRE, and start playing today! https://rebet.page.link/NtdzHvHE3JheVXkCA Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss their top waiver wire adds of the week and try to navigate through the tanking-filled final weeks of the fantasy basketball season. The guys talk Orlando Robinson, Mavs forfeit concerns, Fred VanVleet, Norman Powell, finding blocks on the wire, start/sit decisions and more. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Waiver wire adds 04:45 Raptors + persistent tanking issues 08:45 Orlando Robinson 11:30 Mavs forfeit concerns 14:45 Zach Collins, Jeremy Sochan 16:45 Naji Marshall, Spencer Dinwiddie 17:45 Fred VanVleet 18:25 Toumani Camara, Justin Champagnie 19:10 Keon Johnson 20:30 Franz Wagner 22:25 LeBron, Jalen Williams, Anthony Davis 24:55 Tyrese Martin, Josh Green 26:10 Moody, Nembhard, Barnes, Council 27:35 Orlando Robinson, Adem Bona 28:15 Collier, George, CP3, LeVert 30:05 Blocks on the waiver wire 31:10 Norman Powell Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:45 Paul George surgery? 03:15 De'Aaron Fox done for year 05:30 Coulibaly probably out for year 08:30 More and more injury updates 13:15 Listener questions 22:50 Waiver Wire begins 23:30 Miles McBride, NYK 26:25 Tari Eason, HOU 27:50 Orlando Robinson, TOR 31:00 Scoot Henderson, POR 33:55 Justin Champagnie, WAS 35:10 Adem Bona, PHI 37:40 Discussing our fantasy leagues 🔐 Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) http://www.rotowire.com/try 🏀 EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up to 0.5% on every deposit Free to use, no minimum balances FDIC-insured accounts Unlimited withdraws back to card Lightning-fast deposits and withdraws https://www.edgeboost.bet/guide/?oid=... Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! 🏀 Pool Genius Want to win more in your golf, March Madness, and football pools? PoolGenius gives you data-driven picks and strategies to outsmart the competition. RotoWire listeners get exclusive offers! HTTP://www.PoolGenius.com/rotowire Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Brandon Kravitz and Nick Whalen discuss whether the Milwaukee Bucks have a realistic championship ceiling, when the Grizzlies may get Jaren Jackson back, the Thunder without Jalen Williams, the MVP discourse and more. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Bucks-Pacers + losing faith in Milwaukee? 11:30 Grizzlies-Rockets on a collision course? 14:45 Jaren Jackson timetable 15:50 Jalen Williams out indefinitely 22:20 Should the MVP race be more wide open? 28:45 Malik Beasley 29:45 Ware, CP3, McBride ----- EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! ----- Pool Genius Want to win more in your golf, March Madness, and football pools? PoolGenius gives you data-driven picks and strategies to outsmart the competition. RotoWire listeners get exclusive offers! Visit PoolGenius.com/rotowire for up to 55% off, or start a 4-day free trial. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

00:00 Intro 01:05 Are the Nets tanking? 03:55 What to do with Brooklyn's veterans? 06:30 Which young players will step up in Brooklyn? 08:25 Edge Boost 09:30 Will Cam Johnson be traded this summer? 13:00 Nets free agents 16:45 2025 NBA Draft 23:15 Jordi Fernandez Year 1 27:45 Dariq Whitehead 29:00 Nic Claxton 37:00 Viewer Questions @DougNorrie @KirienSprecherRW @rotomikebarner 🔐 Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) - http://www.rotowire.com/pod 🏀 EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up to 0.5% on every deposit Free to use, no minimum balances FDIC-insured accounts Unlimited withdraws back to card Lightning-fast deposits and withdraws https://www.edgeboost.bet/guide/?oid=... Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! 🏀 Pool Genius Want to win more in your golf, March Madness, and football pools? PoolGenius gives you data-driven picks and strategies to outsmart the competition. RotoWire listeners get exclusive offers! HTTP://www.PoolGenius.com/rotowire 55% off, or start a 4-day free trial. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the top news items of the day and discuss their biggest waiver wire additions of the week. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Kyle Filipowski 04:00 Other notable adds: Jordan Hawkins, Andrew Nembhard, Jarred Vanderbilt 07:20 Raptors shenanigans 10:20 Rudy Gobert returns 15:00 LeBron, Amen Thompson injuries 16:55 Raptors (again) 18:15 Sarr, Sharpe, Carrington 19:10 Sixers + shutdown concerns? 22:00 Zach Collins 23:00 Adem Bona, Aaron Nesmith 24:00 Chet Holmgren 25:00 Yabusele, Drummond 26:15 Is Anthony Davis a drop? 29:20 Strus, Edwards 29:50 IR stash question 30:40 Drop Paul George? 32:40 Davis, George, Powell, Monk, Avdija, Kessler 35:35 Tre Jones 37:25 Cole Anthony 38:10 Lauri Markkanen 39:20 Zach Collins a drop? 40:45 Lakers fantasy value without LeBron 43:15 Fred VanVleet 43:50 Jabari Smith, Sarr, Bona, Reid ---- EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! Pool Genius Want to win more in your golf, March Madness, and football pools? PoolGenius gives you data-driven picks and strategies to outsmart the competition. RotoWire listeners get exclusive offers! Visit PoolGenius.com/rotowire for up to 55% off, or start a 4-day free trial. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

🔐 Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) - http://www.rotowire.com/try Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:11 Latest News 07:22 Fan Feedback, Q&A 17:46 Waiver Wire Suggestions 18:40 Non-Vet Nets 19:58 Andre Drummond, PHI 22:40 Naji Marshall, DAL 24:20 Andrew Nembhard and Aaron Nesmith, IND 26:20 Kris Dunn, LAC 28:10 Miles McBride, NYK 31:37 Silliness 🏀 EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up to 0.5% on every deposit Free to use, no minimum balances FDIC-insured accounts Unlimited withdraws back to card Lightning-fast deposits and withdraws https://www.edgeboost.bet/guide/?oid=... Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! 🏀 Pool Genius Want to win more in your golf, March Madness, and football pools? PoolGenius gives you data-driven picks and strategies to outsmart the competition. RotoWire listeners get exclusive offers! HTTP://www.PoolGenius.com/rotowire 55% off, or start a 4-day free trial. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod

Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher discuss the latest news and notes from around the NBA before discussing six players trending either up or down ahead of the fantasy basketball playoffs, including Josh Giddey, Isaiah Hartenstein and Bradley Beal. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis 03:25 Jaren Jackson 07:00 Paul George and Tyrese Maxey 10:40 Bradley Beal 13:10 Norman Powell 14:25 Miami Heat Injuries 15:55 Toronto Raptors Tanking?!? 21:50 Edge Boost 22:45 Josh Giddey 24:40 Desmond Bane 26:15 Toumani Camara 29:00 Isaiah Hartenstein 31:00 Cameron Johnson 33:10 Chris Paul 34:50 Pool Genius 35:45 Viewer Questions 40:00 What Was That! 🚨RotoWire's NEW Fantasy Football ONLY YouTube Channel / @rotowirefantasyfootball 🔐 Unlock RotoWire's Paywall for FREE (2 days) http://www.rotowire.com/try 🏀 EDGE Boost EDGE Boost is the financial platform for smart bettors and DFS players. What are the benefits of a dedicated EDGE Boost betting account? Earn up to 0.5% on every deposit Free to use, no minimum balances FDIC-insured accounts Unlimited withdraws back to card Lightning-fast deposits and withdraws https://www.edgeboost.bet/guide/?oid=... Sign up with promo code ROTOPOD today! 🏀 Pool Genius Want to win more in your golf, March Madness, and football pools? PoolGenius gives you data-driven picks and strategies to outsmart the competition. RotoWire listeners get exclusive offers! HTTP://www.PoolGenius.com/rotowire 55% off, or start a 4-day free trial. Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools—subscribe now at RotoWire.com/pod