Three-Man Weave: Fantasy Basketball's Sleepers

Every year fantasy basketball players scour the year-by-year stats, analytics, personal relationships, all for the hopes of finding some sort of tidbit that will help pinpoint a possible sleeper. There's a commons saying in fantasy circles, you can't win your league in the draft, but you can lose it. One could go much further and... Read More

NBA Weekly Streamers for Week 17 (Feb 5 - Feb 11)

If you have an open Streaming spot or two on your roster and are pondering over who to pick up from the scarce quality on your Waiver Wire, this article may help you make the right decisions. We will look at daily games played, see which teams to target and which to avoid and then... Read More

Domantas Sabonis and Indiana’s Big Man Query

This past summer, the good basketball fans of Indiana were stunned to hear their superstar player, Paul George, was departing for greener pastures in Oklahoma City. They were even more shocked to learn that they would be getting back Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis in return. This new team, on paper, looked to scrape the... Read More

NBA DFS Risers and Fallers for Week 16

A lot can change in the NBA landscape in just a weeks' time. Since we last talked, John Wall and Kevin Love have gone down to injury and will miss serious time, and trade happenings are moving players - or just keeping them on the sideline until a deal gets done. Throw all of that... Read More

NBA Injuries and Who Can Benefit Instead (Week 16)

Just when you thought the injuries were slowing down and players were getting healthy, the NBA was once again hit by the injury bug. Owners will have some critical and difficult decisions to make, as their mindset should be looking ahead and getting into the playoffs at all costs. Yes, that means even if you... Read More

NBA Weekly Streamers for Week 16 (Jan 29 - Feb 4)

If you have an open Streaming spot or two on your roster and are pondering over who to pick up from the scarce quality on your Waiver Wire, this article may help you make the right decisions. We will look at daily games played, see which teams to target and which to avoid and then... Read More

NBA DFS Risers and Fallers for Week 15

Do you know what week 15 means? Or, what it represents, rather? It essentially represents the "Wednesday-Thursday" period of the fantasy season - in that, When week 15 comes to a close, we'll be completely into the second half of the season. The other side! What could that mean? Hopefully, from a DFS standpoint, it means... Read More

NBA Injuries and Who Can Benefit Instead (Week 15)

We're approaching crunch time in fantasy. And just like that, it's Week 15, as you must do anything possible to make the playoffs. Once you get there, it's an entirely different ball game. Holding onto injured players with little upside is likely a bad move at this point. The injury bug has been real this... Read More

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 15

This week’s standout performance belongs to a usual suspect for fantasy excellence: DeMarcus Cousins. Until it all came together for Boogie on Monday night, nobody over the past 50 years had dropped at least 40 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists. But Cousins is consistently great. This column aims to analyze players who are surging... Read More

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 14

Another day, another dollar. Or in this case—another week, another heat check. Statistical analysis has shown evidence that the so-called “hot-hand fallacy” isn’t a fallacy at all. But of course, we already knew that, right? On Tuesday night, Devin Booker scored the last 21 points for the Suns in the fourth quarter. And there’s also... Read More

NBA Injuries and Who Can Benefit Instead (Week 14)

Just how frustrated are we with injuries in the NBA this season? It seems as if Player X returns, Player B gets injured. The injury bug has been real this season, and it's like a plague that continues to spread across the league. Understanding the injury landscape is key in all forms of fantasy basketball.... Read More

NBA Injuries: Zach LaVine and D'Angelo Russell Rising

Hey RotoBaller. This is MoTheMuse, your newest writer for your best source of fantasy news. Follow me @MoTheMuse on Twitter if you want to support and see more analysis! I have been on the fantasy basketball scene since 2013 (back when Deron Williams was actually draftable). My preferred method of play is to draft proven producers... Read More

ADP Outperformers Part II: Josh Richardson, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, and Aaron Gordon

Hello again, it’s me, the burgeoning young upstart, back at it again with my fantasy basketball snippets. As promised, here’s part two of my ADP Outperformers, where we are comparing the average draft position of players to their current fantasy rank. The names today should basically be household names for any serious fantasy managers, but... Read More

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 13

The NBA season is far from over, but that’s not so true of fantasy basketball. With the playoffs coming into view, it’s time for you to start thinking about a ring. If you’re fighting for a playoff spot, get busy winning. Or if you’re sitting pretty at the top of the leader boards, maybe grab... Read More

Three-Man Weave: Fantasy Basketball's Alphas

In a game when there is only one ball and 10 players, the most coveted player in fantasy basketball is the player who wants the ball the most. Sometimes this can be a really bad thing (See: Bryant, Kobe - 2015-16), most of the time these players consistently are found at the top of fantasy... Read More

NBA DFS Risers/Fallers for Week 12

I hope you've all survived your New Year's hangovers and aren't having too much trouble in shaking the cobwebs out of your brain as you return to work. Most importantly, though, I hope you're ready for another week of Association hoops. A lot of price changes around the league as players return from injuries (Isiah Thomas,... Read More

Three-Man Weave: Fantasy Basketball's Teams

What happens when a player gets injured in fantasy basketball? Or when a player doesn't perform up to expectations? Such is life in the NBA. What do you do? Find "The Teams." Fantasy basketball drafts rarely surprise. Rankings and average draft positions coalesce and outside of the occasional rookie who goes too high or the... Read More

NBA Waiver Wire Pickups: Deep League Adds for Week 12

We're almost at the halfway point of the season, and it's getting harder and harder to find quality options on the wire, while it's getting easier and easier to cut bait on dead weight. Everyone in your league is probably thinking the same way, so it's time to look deeper and deeper for those guys that... Read More

Defense Wins Fantasy Championships - A Mini-Study

A new year means you get an excuse to try new things. But rather than promising to get fit or eat well, I’ve resolved to release my inner nerd. Today I want to focus on how the fantasy value of an NBA center can be correlated with his defensive prowess. Centers are important for fantasy... Read More

Buy, Sell or Hold: Kevin Love and Jusuf Nurkic?

You own a player who is on fire at the moment? You're worried he's not going to keep it up? Why not use his hotness to swap him for another who you have more faith in? If it's too good to be true, it probably is. Especially in the case we have for you today, where... Read More

NBA Weekly Streamers for Week 11 (12/25-12/31)

This year we'll take more of a holistic approach to streaming, by providing a weekly overview of which teams to look at based on their schedules and what players to consider targeting in advance to maximize the bang for the buck you get out of limited weekly transactions. Streaming is just about maximizing a roster... Read More

NBA Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Week 11 and Buy/Sell

On behalf of the RotoBaller staff, we wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Due to the holidays, I am away on a trip and this post will be more brief. If you haven't checked out our injury updates, make sure to give that a look. I also write a feature during the week on recent notable... Read More

NBA DFS Risers/Fallers for Week 10

Welcome to week ten, my DFS friends. Week nine was a wild one, as we saw a few significant players return from injury to shake up rotations, while others were bitten by the injury back for the first time. If one thing is certain, it's that lineups and rotations are very fluid in this injury-riddled... Read More

Buy, Sell or Hold: LaMarcus Aldridge and Goran Dragic?

Another week in the NBA and, as always, some players are not meeting expectations while others are holding onto their value with their fingernails. Today we will be looking at one of the most talked-about guys this past preseason, who hasn't been able to carry that form over to the regular season yet. Will he... Read More

NBA Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Week 10 and Buy/Sell

We're heading into Week 10 in fantasy hoops, and we're just about halfway into the fantasy season. For most leagues, playoffs start on Week 21 on Mar. 5th and conclude on at the end of Week 24 starting on Mar. 26th. If you haven't checked out our injury updates, make sure to give that a... Read More

NBA DFS Risers/Fallers for Week 9

Welcome back, daily fantasy community. It was another wild week in the association, so there's much to breakdown. The wildness is becoming so common, it's starting to become the norm. The good thing is that, unlike fads, wild basketball can't be ruined just because it becomes a regularity - it's always going to be wildly entertaining.... Read More

Buy, Sell or Hold: Nikola Vucevic and Victor Oladipo?

Hello our dear readers and welcome to our Week 9 fantasy basketball buy low and sell high column right here at RotoBaller. Today, we will be changing it up a bit. Although there are several buy low players playing below their realistic levels like Paul George and Rudy Gobert, two guys have really lit the NBA on fire with... Read More

NBA Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Week 9 and Buy/Sell

More bodies continue to fall across the NBA, latest being Devin Booker and Jusuf Nurkic. If you haven't checked out our injury updates, make sure to give that a look. I also write a feature during the week on recent notable injuries and which players can benefit. Check out my previous post here. We are... Read More

Donovan Mitchell: The Ascent of the Don

After Gordon Hayward decided to sign with the Boston Celtics over the summer, a great deal of uncertainty loomed for the Utah Jazz and their future. Rudy Gobert is a menacing rim protector and tenacious rebounder, however he is far from being a polished offensive player. Who would they rely on when they need buckets... Read More