RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Ken, Shannon and Alex reveal 6 bold predictions for 2025-26 fantasy basketball. Can Alex Sarr become a top-50 player? Is Josh Giddey a first-round pick? 👑Get YOUR Draftkings Bonus HERE https://bit.ly/42ydqJL Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/j9... 🏀 Try RotoWire Premium HERE http://www.rotowire.com/subscribe Code YouTube15 = 15% off Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:35 News 00:45 Reed Sheppard big game 03:50 AJ Green extension 05:40 Paul George injury update 07:35 Jaden Ivey out 4-plus weeks 10:05 Listener Q&A 15:45 Bold Predictions 16:00 Josh Giddey 1st Round 17:15 Alperen Sengun Top 10 18:55 Trey Murphy Top 25 20:35 Alex Sarr Top 50 22:55 Domantas Sabonis BUST 24:25 Shaedon Sharpe Top 50 26:00 Josh Minott DEEMED SERVICEABLE 27:00 Ryan Kalkbrenner Top 3 rookie 29:20 DraftKings Best Ball Targets 29:45 Chris Boucher, BOS 31:10 Matas Buzelis (CHI) and Jabari Smith (HOU) 33:05 Kristaps Porzingis, ATL 34:45 Kon Knueppel (CHA) and Dylan Harper (SAS) 36:20 Brandon Ingram, TOR 37:20 Taylor Hendricks (UTA) and Danny Wolf (BKN) 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.

Kirien and Alex discuss the players who are rising up fantasy basketball rankings after strong preseason showings, including Reed Sheppard and Isaiah Jackson. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Preseason News 07:00 Isaiah Jackson 10:35 Ace Bailey 12:45 DraftKings 13:45 Reed Sheppard 17:30 Matas Buzelis 19:00 Chalkboard 20:30 Brice Sensabaugh 23:30 Austin Reaves 25:00 Ty Jerome 28:35 Bennedict Mathurin 30:00 Viewer Questions ----- DraftKings Claim your DraftKings bonus here! ----- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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.

00:00 Intro 00:55 DeMar DeRozan 04:45 LeBron James 07:30 Jimmy Butler 09:05 Ja Morant 10:50 DraftKings AD 12:05 Brandon Ingram 15:25 Josh Hart 17:40 Lauri Markkanen 20:10 Jordan Poole 22:30 Chalkboard AD 23:45 Viewer Questions 32:20 ‘What Was That?!?’ DraftKings Claim your DraftKings bonus here! ----- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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.

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha highlight some preseason standouts before focusing in on their favorite buy-low players to target in fantasy basketball drafts. ----- DraftKings Claim your DraftKings bonus here! ----- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! ----- 00:00 Intro 01:15 Keegan Murray injury 04:40 Deandre Ayton 06:05 Ace Bailey 08:10 Kel’el Ware 09:50 Podziemski 11:35 Auction strategy question 13:30 What pick do you want this season? 14:40 Sabonis/Giddey vs. Cade/Sengun 16:00 Celtics + Jaylen Brown 18:50 Clingan, Demin, Eason, Yang 21:25 Harden vs. Curry 22:55 DraftKings 24:00 Reaves vs. White 25:20 Buy-Low Players 25:35 Kristaps Porzingis 27:15 Embiid, Paul George 30:15 Mark Williams 31:00 Miles Bridges 33:20 Donte DiVincenzo 36:00 Brandon Ingram, Brad Beal 38:55 Chalkboard 40:00 John Collins 41:20 Kyrie Irving, Dejounte Murray 43:20 Kevin Porter Jr., Nic Claxton, Kyle Kuzma 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.

Ken (@KenCrites) and Alex (@BaruthaAlex) discuss Wednesday's preseason games and then reveal fantasy basketball busts for the 2025-26 NBA season. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Preseason action from Wednesday 01:10 Spurs/Heat 04:20 Celtics/Grizzlies 07:10 Jazz/Rockets 10:00 Blazers/Warriors 13:05 Raptors/Kings 18:10 Busts 18:20 Anthony Davis, DAL 20:25 Kevin Durant, HOU 22:30 Dyson Daniels, ATL 24:55 Bam Adebayo, MIA 27:10 Josh Hart, NYK 30:10 Zion Williamson, NOP Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/j9... 🏀15% off Any RotoWire Subscription 🔗 http://www.Rotowire.com/Subscribe 🏆Code YouTube15 (15% off) #NBA #Fantasybasketball #busts 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.

00:00 Intro 01:00 Atlanta Hawks 07:15 Charlotte Hornets 10:10 Toronto Raptors 13:50 Viewer Questions 21:10 Chalkboard Ad 22:05 San Antonio Spurs 25:50 Portland Trail Blazers Download Chalkboard today Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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.

00:00 Intro 01:00 Bennedict Mathurin 04:00 Norman Powell 06:25 Santi Aldama 09:45 Isaiah Collier 12:10 Chalkboard Ad 13:25 VJ Edgecombe 16:35 Sam Hauser 20:10 Matas Buzelis 26:00 Ryan Kalkbrenner 28:30 Viewer Questions 34:15 What Was That!?! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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.

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss their top boom-or-bust players in fantasy basketball for the 2025-26 NBA season. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Ja Morant ankle injury 04:00 ADP Trends 04:35 Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, LeBron James 06:20 Kawhi Leonard 07:05 Zion Williamson + Pelicans 11:35 Keeper question: Jalen Williams, Sengun, LaMelo 13:00 Shaedon Sharpe 18:20 Alex Sarr 19:30 Deandre Ayton 22:35 Ben Mathurin 25:35 Chalkboard 27:25 Paolo Banchero 31:30 Raptors + RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley 34:55 Mathurin vs. Sharpe vs. Cam Thomas 36:20 Flagg vs. Avdija vs. Miller 38:35 Desmond Bane 39:45 Jalen Green 41:35 Anfernee Simons 45:55 Josh Giddey, Amen Thompson 49:50 Jerome vs. Trent Jr. vs. LeVert Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to get $20 free with no deposit required! 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.

Alex, Ken and Shannon of RotoWire reveal 12 sleepers for 2025-26 fantasy basketball. Players like Santi Aldama, Keyonte George and Reed Sheppard are our targets. Timestamps 0:00 News 0:35 76ers/Knicks preseason 02:45 Suns/Lakers preseason 04:35 Pelicans preseason 07:00 Sleepers 07:09 Kevin Porter Jr, Bucks 09:10 Andrew Nembhard, Pacers 11:05 Reed Sheppard, Rockets 13:40 Keyonte George, Jazz 15:15 Jaden Ivey, Pistons 17:15 Kon Knueppel, Hornets 18:50 Santi Aldama, Grizzlies 20:30 Sam Hauser, Celtics 22:00 Bilal Coulibaly, Wizards 24:25 Mitchell Robinson, Knicks 25:05 Baylor Scheierman, Celtics 25:55 Jay Huff, Pacers Follow Alex, Ken and Shannon on X/Twitter @BaruthaAlex @KenCrites @RotoShannon 🏀15% off Any RotoWire Subscription 🔗 http://www.Rotowire.com/Subscribe 🏆Code YouTube15 (15% off) #NBA #Fantasybasketball 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.

00:00 Intro 01:35 Lakers Training Camp 07:50 Tyler Herro 10:20 Kuminga/Grimes 15:50 Hornets Healthy? 18:00 Jalen Suggs 19:45 Jaden Ivey 21:00 Mavericks Training Camp 24:00 Jalen Williams 25:10 De’Aaron Fox 26:45 Giannis/Wemby 29:00 Viewer Questions 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.

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner recap the biggest offseason stories, including how Kevin Durant and Desmond Bane will impact their new teams. 00:00 Intro 01:10 Rockets Offseason 04:05 Desmond Bane 06:55 Grizzlies Injuries 08:50 Celtics Offseason 13:00 Cooper Flagg 15:30 Zion and Luka 20:00 Bulls Minute 22:50 Embiid/PG13 25:45 New-Look Pacers 29:45 Mike Brown Impact on Knicks 32:45 ‘What Was That’ 37:00 Viewer Question 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.

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the biggest news items from NBA media days and get you ready for fantasy basketball drafts with their top sleepers, busts and question marks heading into the season. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Top news from media days 01:15 De’Aaron Fox 04:50 Fred VanVleet + Reed Sheppard 06:20 Scoot Henderson + Blazers 11:00 Nembhard, Pritchard, Simons 16:20 MPJ + Nets 19:40 Jalen Williams 22:30 Guard depth in drafts 24:30 Ja Morant + injury-prone players 26:15 Josh Giddey 28:00 Bub Carrington + Wizards 30:30 Rookies + Cooper Flagg 33:30 Sleepers to target 41:10 Busts to avoid 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.

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