RotoBaller's 2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Expert Draft: Analysis
Last night, the RotoBaller writers got together and had our annual draft, so today I'm here to offer our readers some insights into the draft. Some key features of our draft: We've got a 12-team, H2H 9-Cat league on Yahoo. And, uhh, I guess that's really all the main things you need to know. We... Read More
RotoBaller Staff League Draft Recap: My Punt FT% Team - Fantasy Basketball Stragegy
It's the time of year again! NBA draft season is in full effect and I was excited to participate in our RotoBaller staff league this week. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to pull off one of my favorite punt category strategies going up against a bunch of very knowledgable analysts,... Read More
Antonio Losada's Fantasy Basketball Draft Sleepers (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. A key part of doing a fantasy draft is finding players who are in a great situation to become high-upside fantasy plays. Everybody knows the top-tier names will always perform to excellent levels, but every year there are a bunch of players that slip... Read More
Justin Carter's Must-Have Later Round Picks for Fantasy Basketball (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA draft kit. Thanks for trusting us to be your home for fantasy basketball analysis! Today, we're going to talk about late-round picks that you just have to have this season. These are the guys who'll be going later than they should... Read More
Antonio Losada's Fantasy Basketball Undervalued Players (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. A key part of doing a fantasy draft is finding players who are in a great situation to become high-upside fantasy plays daily. Everybody knows the top-tier names will always perform to excellent levels. Also, every year there are a bunch of players that... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Third Year Breakout Players
Drafting rookies is always a risk, especially in the “one and done” era that we have with college players now. Some adapt quickly and others end up taking several years to finally evolve their game and become starters or rotational players. And some don't pan out at all. Instead of targeting rookies in my drafts,... Read More
Second-Year Breakouts for Fantasy Basketball
After a long, long 2019-2020 NBA season, we're moving ahead to a fresh NBA campaign. Rookie years are tough. Some players do well. Some don't. What can be crucial for the futures of many of those players, though, is what they do the next season. Do they start to show in their second season why... Read More
Shop the Sales: UDFA Who Could Find Quick Success
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily... Read More
Shop the Sales: 2nd Rounders Who Could Find Quick Success
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily... Read More
Fantasy Impact: The Detroit Pistons Offseason Moves
No team has been more active this offseason than the Detroit Pistons. Their current roster – apart from Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin – is almost completely different from the one they had at the end of the 2019-20 season. Troy Weaver, who took over as the team’s general manager this past June after over... Read More
2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper - Nemanja Bjelica
"'Tis the season to be drafting /Fa la la la la, la la la la" With fantasy drafts in full swing, all of us are doing our final preparations for that glorious draft night! Spreadsheets open, two notebooks and four pens in front 0f me, I've got another monitor linked up with my laptop. I'm... Read More
2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper - Josh Richardson
'Tis the season to be drafting / Fa la la la la, la la la la" With fantasy drafts in full swing, all of us are doing our final preparations for that glorious draft night! Spreadsheets open, two notebooks and four pens in front 0f me, I've got another monitor linked up with my laptop.... Read More
Fantasy Impact: Making Sense Of The New-Look 76ers
The 2020-21 Philadelphia 76ers are going to look a lot different than the team that they were last season. Gone are Al Horford and Josh Richardson, the two big additions last offseason. New faces in Philly include Danny Green, Seth Curry, Dwight Howard, and rookie Tyrese Maxey. But as of now, two key things remain... Read More
Fantasy Impact: The Hawks' Active Free Agency
One of the busiest teams this offseason was the Atlanta Hawks, much to the surprise of a lot of folks around the NBA. After finishing 20-47 (second-fewest wins in the East) and failing to get an invite to the bubble this summer, the Hawks decided to make a splash in free agency and bring in... Read More
LaMelo Ball’s Fit With The Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets certainly don’t have an encouraging track record with top-10 draft picks. Since drafting Kemba Walker ninth overall in 2011 – the franchise’s clear best draft pick ever – the team went on to select Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2012, 2nd overall), Cody Zeller (2013, 4th overall), Noah Vonleh (2014, 9th overall) and Frank Kaminsky... Read More
2020 NBA Mock Draft - RotoSurgeon's Fantasy Spin
The 2020 NBA Draft is drawing near and one of my favorite yearly rituals is reading about young players I typically forgot watching in NCAA games in mock drafts. Mock drafts are fun because they allow for a world of possibilities with players and teams alike where we each have our own individual vision on... Read More
Fantasy Impact: Making Sense Of Monday's Flurry Of NBA Trades
The NBA allowed trading to begin on Monday, and by the end of the night, the Milwaukee Bucks had reshaped their entire team, while the Rockets looked poised to begin a long rebuild. With the NBA draft and the start of free agency on the horizon, let's try to make sense of what all of... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Risers - 2019-2020 Season Review
It feels like just last month I was breaking down NBA Finals games for DFS contests and here we are with the 2020-2021 season set to tip-off in only six weeks. We have the shortest NBA offseason EVER this year and it's already time to do some evaluation of the longest season ever as we... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (9/24/20): NBA DFS Lineups
We'll be focusing on the Thursday night Showdown slate on DraftKings, which will feature the Los Angeles Lakers against the upstart and confident Denver Nuggets in game four of the series. Remember, there aren't positions in these contests but rather a "Captain" who scores 1.5x points and five utility slots to pick out. There are... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (9/19/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
The Miami Heat are the real deal. They swept the Indiana Pacers in Round 1, and then they disposed of the Milwaukee Bucks in five games with ease. A win over the Boston Celtics tonight will put them within one game of the NBA Finals, but it feels like they are still not getting the... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (9/17/20 - 9/18/20): NBA DFS Lineups
We have our Western Conference Finals matchup set with the Denver Nuggets convincingly knocking off the distraught Los Angeles Clippers in game seven on Tuesday night. We'll be focusing on the Thursday-Friday slate on DraftKings, which includes the Heat/Celtics game tonight and the Nuggets/Lakers game on Friday. Here are our daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (9/15/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
After only watching one game on Saturday and Sunday, and then zero games last night, we are finally treated to two games in one day. Unfortunately, it will be for the final time in this weird and wacky NBA season. The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers will battle it out in a Game 7... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (9/12/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
I miss the days where there was non-stop basketball action for 12 hours a day, but I am still grateful that we have it on our screens for another night. With Denver forcing a Game 6 versus the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers have an opportunity to gain a couple of days extra... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (9/11/20): NBA DFS Lineups
Elimination Friday is here and so is a new batch of DraftKings picks for you readers to hopefully take to the bank. The two-game slate is going to be filled with a lot of familiar names but potentially a surprise or two as well. Given that two teams might be going home tonight, we are... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (9/10/20): NBA DFS Lineups
Wednesday night was an entertaining double dosage of playoff goodness. The Raptors forced a game seven against the Celtics by beating them by three points and it took two overtimes to find a winner. Kawhi had a classic-Kawhi line of 30/11/9/4/2 as the Clippers pushed the Nuggets to the brink of elimination with a 3-1... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (9/9/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We have two games on tap on Tuesday, with one contest from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. In the first game of the night, the Raptors will look to avoid elimination when Toronto meets up with the Boston Celtics. In the west, the Nuggets will try to knot up the series with the Clippers... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (9/8/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
After an extended weekend, the league kicks off the abbreviated week with two games on the schedule. The Bucks, who may be playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo after he reaggravated an ankle injury in Game 4, will be fighting to keep its postseason alive against the red-hot Miami Heat. In the second game of the night,... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (9/7/20): NBA DFS Lineups
Just how many multi-game slates are left in the 2019-20 season remains to be seen. The duo of Boston-Toronto and LA Clippers-Denver has proven to be immensely competitive, with both series tied entering play Monday. All four teams have showcased their best for one another, so finding an untapped edge is going to be difficult.... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (9/7/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Happy Labor Day, everyone. On Sunday, we watched the Bucks defeat the Heat in overtime to avoid being swept. Now down 3-1, Miami and Milwaukee will meet up once again for Game 5 on Tuesday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo, who left Game 4 after reaggravating his injured ankle, may not be available. As we enter the... Read More