Franz Wagner (SG/SF, ORL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: Wagner was taken with the eighth overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, but he was never expected to start right out of the gates. But then Chuma Okeke got injured, and Wagner has stepped into the starting rotation. And he hasn't disappointed.... Read More
Fantasy Basketball 9-Cat Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1
The NBA season starts on Tuesday, y'all, and we're back here at RotoBaller with some waiver wire add -- or, I guess, some last-minute targets before the season starts, since you probably aren't technically doing waivers yet. These recommendations are for 9-cat leagues, but if you play in another format, there's a good chance that... Read More
Undervalued Centers - 2021-22 Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
If you are a long-time fantasy player, you know how does it feel to getting sniped in a fantasy draft. You know how it goes: you enter the lobby with a few players to draft in mind, have everything planned for you to build the perfect roster, and just a couple of picks before the... Read More
Undervalued Guards - 2021-22 Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
If you are a long-time fantasy player, you know how does it feel to getting sniped in a fantasy draft. You know how it goes: you enter the lobby with a few players to draft in mind, have everything planned for you to build the perfect roster, and just a couple of picks before the... Read More
Undervalued Forwards - 2021-22 Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
If you are a long-time fantasy player, you know how it feel to getting snipped in a fantasy draft. You know how it goes: you enter the lobby with a few players to draft in mind, have everything planned for you to build the perfect roster, and just a couple of picks before the one... Read More
Drafting With The Fantasy Basketball Playoffs In Mind 2021-22
'Tis the season to be jolly, fantasy basketball is upon us! It's been a long wait, but October is finally here and NBA is starting in just a couple of weeks. I hope your pre-draft research is already underway, and that this article will be a nice addition to it. The main goal of this article... Read More
Dwayne Bacon (SG, ORL): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: Of course you won't believe this, because you won't, but I swear it is as true as it is you're reading it: Dwayne Bacon of all men has scored the 35th-most points in May through Friday. Seriosly. He's scored more points than the... Read More
Jaxson Hayes (C, NO): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: I am positively convinced there is not a higher-upside play than adding Jaxon Hayes to your squad almost no matter which type of league you're still managing in. If you're fighting for the championship, or whatever you're doing in that weird league of... Read More
Raul Neto (PG, WAS): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: I'm here to celebrate the Wizards making it to the play-in this season. I guess the Russ haters out there will have to eat the L... The Wiz are pretty much locked into the mini-tourney and will face the Pacers in it, only... Read More
Bryn Forbes (PG/SG, MIL): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: All of a sudden, Milwaukee is the second-best team in the East. Say what!? That's right, folks. Kind of, at least. The Bucks and the Nets are tied for the second spot with an equally nice 43-24 record each. But the Bucks, good... Read More
Ty Jerome (PG/SG, OKC): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: Always keep an eye on under-the-radar, low-maintenance players widely available out there, folks. The Thunder tanking effort has been sublime, as OKC has gone a stupid 1-19 in their past 20 games going all the way back to Apr. 2. LOL. That some... Read More
Kent Bazemore (SG/SF, GSW): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Warriors are, miraculously, this close to making it to the play-in as a top-8 seed, which means they are closer than ever to making the postseason pretty much on the ridiculous performances from Stephen Curry. That's cool and expected, but what about Golden... Read More
Kenyon Martin Jr. (SF, HOU): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: There could be safer moves to make for the last week of the season, but if you're still fighting for something entering the last week of play, KJ Martin is looking as a monster-add for anyone managing in deep leagues stretching the competition... Read More
Dwight Howard (C, PHI): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: If Dwight Howard is not the best backup center widely available and with more than a reasonable path to fantasy points these days, then I don't even know... While the Sixers are still pretty much fighting to retain the no. 1 seed from... Read More
Oshae Brissett (SF/PF, IND): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS: What a gem did the Pacers found in Oshae Brissett, man. Not surprising, though, considering he's a former Raptor and Toronto development-program alum, and you know how the Raps system pumps out talent on a yearly basis. Brissett's short 2021 NBA run started... Read More
Daniel Theis (PF/C, CHI): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS: Daniel Theis was a daily fixture in Boston's starting lineups from the start of the season to the trade deadline. Not because Boston stopped playing him, but rather because they cut ties with him entirely as they moved him to Chicago. Theis then... Read More
Trevor Ariza (SG/SF, MIA): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: I might be alone in Ariza's Island, but I'm going to die on it if that's what needs to be done. Ariza is a great player, full stop. Is he going to finish the season as a top-tier player? No. Is he the... Read More
Khem Birch (PF/C, TOR): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's a little disappointing to have the Raptors missing on the postseason, even more after they got the chip just two (!) seasons ago, but that's the world we live in, folks. The Raps got a gift in the shape of Khem Birch... Read More
Frank Jackson (PG, DET): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Pistons took a flier on Frank Jackson after Oklahoma City cut him on Dec. 21. It took him more than three months to start getting noticed, but once he did (right after the AS break) he just couldn't stop putting on nice... Read More
Kyle Kuzma (SF/PF, LAL): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 54% of leagues ANALYSIS: If we know something about the Los Angeles Lakers, that is that they are on a very middling run that has them fighting to avoid the play-in due, mostly, to a bunch of injuries hitting them hard during the past few weeks. LeBron... Read More
Dwight Powell (PF/C, DAL): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: Don't look know, but it's been three games in a row (all taking place this month) for Powell hitting 30+ FP every time he's been on the court, and coming off the pine in two of them he's logged back-to-back 27+ minutes of... Read More
RJ Hampton (PG, ORL): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Is there a hotter player in the Association these days? No, seriously. In the month of May, all RJ Hampton has played are three games. The average fantasy tally in those three--coming off the pine!--has amounted to a total of 43 FP in... Read More
Facundo Campazzo (PG, DEN): Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, there is no point in skipping talking about Facundo Campazzo as an absolute steal if you're still managing in a super-long, deep league. Facu has taken the reins of the Nugs since Jamal Murray... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 19
It might be fantasy championship week in your league and you might need to make one final addition to your roster. So, let's find you some help for this final stretch of the fantasy season. Our staff at RotoBaller has great insight and daily columns on how to improve your squad and tips to make... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Deep League Adds: Week 19
The deeper a fantasy league, the harder it is to hit a winner with your last few picks. It is also harder to find decent help from the waiver wire if your late-round picks don't do you justice. If you picked up a few stinkers, don't lose hope just yet. I will try to help... Read More
Isaiah Roby (PF/C, OKC): Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 25% of leagues ANALYSIS: God bless the Tanking Thunder for paving their way toward 2030-contention on sheer mediocrity. The Thunder are the third-worst team in the West and can still finish the season lower than that. They lost 14 in a row before defeating Boston (LOL) on Apr. 27,... Read More
Trevor Ariza (SG/SF, MIA): Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: With nine games to go, the Miami Heat are far from reaching the Bubble-Finals level of play they showed last season, but are already a lock to make the postseason. No joke, considering how fluky their start to the year was after that... Read More
PJ Dozier (PG/SG, DEN): Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 29% of leagues ANALYSIS: Whatever food it is they serve in Denver, it's definitely not doing any good to the big-role players around the Rocky Mountains these days. The Nuggets, injury bug or not, keep thriving and winning games as to be on the verge of snatching... Read More
Jalen Brunson (PG/SG, DAL): Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: Jalen Brunson is a starter! He got the Mavs to bench Luka Doncic on Thursday! Yay! Nope. Doncic missed that game, sure, and that kinda forced Brunson into Dallas' starting lineup, but other than that you are not supposed to expect Brunson starting... Read More