James Harden Could Return As Soon As Thursday

Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden (hamstring) could return as soon as Thursday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to head coach Mike D'Antoni. Harden has been sidelined since injuring himself late in Houston's New Year's Eve game. His return will be huge for the Rockets and for fantasy owners, as Harden is a top […]

Dirk Nowitzki Struggles From Field Against Lakers

Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki struggled with his shot against the Lakers, finishing just one of seven from the field. Nowitzki ended the game with six points -- one three-pointer and three free throws -- but added eight rebounds and a block in just 24 minutes. The 39-year-old German has been scoring buckets at an efficient […]

Clint Capela Records Double-Double Friday

Houston Rockets center Clint Capela was active on the boards and in the paint in Houston's dominant win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday, scoring 17 points and grabbing 16 rebounds. The Swiss center has now recorded a double-double in four of Houston's last five games, and he remains both effective and highly efficient scoring […]

Anthony Davis Scores 36 Points Against Trail Blazers

New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis scored 36 points in the Pelicans Friday night win over the Portland Trail Blazers. It was Davis' second consecutive start hitting the 30-point mark, though he sat out a game against Memphis in the middle of that stretch with an ankle injury. Davis has been a scoring machine […]

DeMarcus Cousins Records Double-Double Against Portland

New Orleans Pelicans center DeMarcus Cousins put up 24 points and 19 rebounds in the team's 119-113 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. The big man also added eight assists, coming up just short of his second triple-double of the 2017-2018 season. Cousins has become a dominant force for the Pelicans this season and is […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 14)

Recapping the past week of basketball in a string of words without any context: Porzingis. Lonzo??? OVERTIME. DOUBLE OVERTIME. Le...LeBron? CP3! London. Udoh again? LOU WILL LOU WILL LOU WILL.  It was a wild week in some ways. This is accidentally a guard-heavy edition of Risers and Fallers. I think part of that is because […]

Eight Lineup Busts and Avoids for the Divisional Round

The second round of the playoffs is here, which means that this is the final week in which we'll have four games going. Below is a potential bust for each team this weekend. Because there are so few teams in play, these players aren't necessarily potential busts in the same sense that they would have been […]

Deeper DraftKings DFS Sleepers for the Divisional Round

How did that first weekend of the playoffs treat you? If you thought the Chiefs and Rams were close to being sure things, well...you were disappointed. Neither offense delivered, with Kansas City running back Kareem Hunt disappearing in the second half despite his team playing with a big lead, and the Rams explosive offense couldn't […]

LaMarcus Aldridge Leads Spurs In Scoring Against Lakers

San Antonio Spurs power forward LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 20 points in the team's 93-81 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. Aldridge posted just four rebounds in the loss, well below his season average of 8.6, though he's unlikely to repeat that poor performance on Saturday against the Nuggets, as […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 13)

It was a fun week of basketball with a few marquee games, including the return of Isaiah Thomas against Portland on Tuesday, a (Thomas-less) Cavaliers/Celtics game on Wednesday, and a Warriors/Rockets game on Thursday that was exciting in spite of the fact that Golden State was without Kevin Durant and Houston was without James Harden. […]

Eight Lineup Busts and Avoids for Wildcard Weekend

It's officially playoff time. As you set your daily fantasy lineups and figure out your rosters for any other playoff formats you're in, it becomes even more important to make the right decisions with such a limited pool of players to choose from. Eight teams play this weekend, so for this week's column I'm going […]

Deeper DraftKings DFS Sleepers for Wildcard Weekend

The regular season is behind us and your season-long fantasy leagues are done, but that doesn't mean you're ready to give up on fantasy sports, right? You've got a month left to play in daily fantasy leagues and playoff leagues! And you've got an incredibly interesting slate of games coming up this weekend, including Buffalo's return […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 12)

I spent the past week in Iowa without access to NBA games that weren't on ABC. It's tough as both a fan of basketball and a basketball writer to go a week without watching NBA games. It's especially tough to write a column when you're working so much off of highlight videos and stats, since […]

10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 17

It feels like there are even more teams than usual sitting their key players this year in Week 17. The Steelers, a team that just needs to beat the Browns and have New England lose to the Jets to secure home field advantage, are even thinking of getting in on the action, which is wild. […]

Giovani Bernard (RB, CIN) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 45% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Is Giovani Bernard is still available in your fantasy league? Bernard had been a popular add while Joe Mixon was missing time with a concussion, but Mixon's return for Week 16 meant that Bernard was expected to return to irrelevance. That didn't happen, as […]

Deeper Sleepers for Fantasy Football (Week 17)

We've reached the end of the 2017 NFL season. If you're still here and reading this, you're probably in a league that plays a Week 17 championship game. That's always risky since some teams have clinched their playoff positions and won't be playing their starters the full time. The NFL has tried to fix that […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 11)

We're heading into another week of NBA action. This is a bit of a weird one coming up, with exactly zero games scheduled on Sunday for Christmas Eve. Can we survive a basketball-less day? I...don't know! But we do get a good slate of Christmas games as a reward! And we get another week of […]

10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 16

It's championship week for many of you, a week where you need to make sure you avoid making any big mistakes in a must win circumstance. The pressure is on! I've gone through all the games this week and identified ten players to watch out for in Week 16, players who have the potential to […]

Deeper Sleepers for Fantasy Football (Week 16)

It's (probably) your championship week and you might have some issues if, for instance, you're an Antonio Brown owner in a deep league. That's why Rotoballer is here: to help you through this final week of your fantasy season. Because so many of our readers are done after this week, none of these targets take […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers (Week 10)

Another week of the season is the in the books and it was, as always, a wild one. We had that fun Oklahoma City/Indiana game. We had the Bulls winning games. We had the Rockets being the Rockets. Andre Drummond almost getting a triple-double. The NBA! It's a fun place. It's also likely been a […]

10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 15

The playoffs are in full swing now. How's it going? I'm heading into a bitter, two week showdown in one of my leagues against the guy who lets me watch RedZone on his new television every Sunday and I'm actually excited about it. As I close in on the end of my first year at Rotoballer, […]

Dede Westbrook (WR, JAX) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: The Jacksonville Jaguars offense is on a bit of a hot streak over the past few games, with quarterback Blake Bortles starting to look like a serviceable NFL quarterback. Bortles, according to Jaguars Public Relations Manager Tad Dickman, has completed 71.0 percent of his […]

Peyton Barber (RB, TB) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 36% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: With Doug Martin healthy and starting, it looked like the Peyton Barber hype train was pulling back into the station, especially after Martin found the end zone early in Week 14. But aside from that score, Martin was ineffective, finishing with 10 carries […]

Tarik Cohen (RB, CHI) - Week 15 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 44% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Chicago Bears rookie running back Tarik Cohen has had an up-and-down year. The Bears opened the season with Cohen heavily involved in the run game and passing game as starting running back Jordan Howard struggled to get going, but Cohen began to see […]

Deeper Sleepers for Fantasy Football (Week 15)

Happy playoffs, y'all! If you're still checking Rotoballer, you've probably either made the playoffs or you care very deeply about crushing some opponents in the consolation bracket. We're here to help you with whatever your current goals are! Waivers are pretty bare at this point, but not all is lost--there are still some under the […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers for NBA Week 9

The NBA season keeps chugging along, though it feels like injuries are starting to take a toll across the league. John Wall. Anthony Davis. Nikola Jokic. But for every injury, there's (probably) someone who's benefiting, right? In New Orleans, for example, DeMarcus Cousins has been on fire, including a 40-point, 22-rebound game against Denver. Why […]

10 Lineup Busts and Avoids for Week 14

It's time to turn up the pressure! Week 14 is here and that means the playoffs have probably begun in your leagues. If you made it, congrats! If you didn't, there's always next year! Or there's the consolation bracket, which comes with a tiny, tiny amount of bragging rights. Or there's daily fantasy. Fantasy football […]

Cameron Brate (TE, TB) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10-12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 54% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: You would have been forgiven if you'd dropped Cameron Brate after he went four weeks without recording more than one catch in a game. Brate got off to a hot start in 2017, finding the end zone every week between Week 3 and Week […]

Marquise Goodwin (WR, SF) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10-12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 32% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo made his first start as a 49er on Sunday and Marquise Goodwin benefited from that, finishing with a season-high eight catches in San Francisco's win over the Bears. It was Goodwin's second-best week in terms of yardage and his fourth game […]

Stephen Anderson (TE, HOU) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Adds

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-14+ Team PPR Leagues OWNED IN: 0% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: In addition to losing starting tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz to a concussion (his third of the season and fourth in the past twelve months) in Week 13, the Houston Texans's loss to Tennessee saw wide receivers Bruce Ellington (hamstring) and Braxton Miller […]