Jarrett Culver (PG/SG/SF, MIN) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Playing time can be difficult to come by for a rookie, even for a high draft pick who was as impressive in college as Jarrett Culver was. However, with the Minnesota Timberwolves as banged up as to see Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, and... Read More
Michael Porter Jr. (SF, DEN): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In All Leagues OWNED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: Sometimes writing the waiver wire recommendations is difficult, but picking up Michael Porter Jr. and adding him to your fantasy basketball team is not a difficult recommendation to write about. The second-year forward just set his career-high in points twice in one week... Read More
Shabazz Napier (PG/SG, MIN): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: If you are more than an average basketball fan and NBA follower, you surely know Shabazz Napier. At the end of the day, Napier was a first-round draftee but he never truly seemed to pan out in his first five seasons in the... Read More
Christian Wood (PF/C, DET): Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: A little over a month ago, Christian Wood kicked December off with a monster performance against San Antonio: 28 points and 10 rebounds to go with two assists, a steal, and a block on a 78.6 percent shooting night in which he logged a... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Week In Review: Week 11
Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight one key fantasy basketball takeaway from each night during the past week. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making. Fantasy basketball has a lot of moving pieces... Read More
NBA Weekly Streamers for Week 12 (Jan 6 - Jan 12)
Reaching the playoffs in our competitive fantasy NBA leagues is never easy. That's especially true if we had some bad luck with injuries to our key players, or if the guys we drafted with so much hope turned out to be duds. So we turn to our wits and try to out outsmart and outplay... Read More
Fantasy Basketball - Dynasty Rundown for Week 11
Welcome to RotoBaller's weekly dynasty league rundown! Dynasty leagues are becoming more and more popular, and we're here to keep you ahead of the game. Each week, we'll touch on topics and players that may not necessarily be relevant in single-year formats, but they can make a splash in keeper leagues. With that being said,... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 11
2020 is finally upon us. It's a new year, a new decade and the time we'll see a new team crowned as champions of the NBA. Which team that will be is anyone's guess -- finally -- but it's certainly been a refreshing change of pace to have a level of unpredictability the league hasn't... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Rotation Watch: Playing Time Updates For Week 11
Welcome to Rotation Watch! Each week this article will break down who is gaining and who is losing minutes around the NBA. Fantasy managers want the players that are getting the opportunity to shine, not the ones who are sitting on the bench and watching from the sidelines. New decade, new me. That's what the... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Week 11 Waiver Wire Specialists
Wishing everyone a happy holidays! This season has been entertaining with many different story lines, and we're excited for what the rest of the season has to offer. This is a reminder that fantasy basketball is a marathon, not a sprint. We are just about halfway into the fantasy season, where managers should have a... Read More
Deep Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds (Week 11)
Quite a few players have been making a name for themselves during late-December, so make sure you are taking advantage of injuries and ideal streamer plays. For example, Jordan McLaughlin of the Minnesota Timberwolves has already been assigned to the G-League, but that's still 19 points at the start of the week with little to... Read More
NBA Weekly Streamers for Week 11 (Dec 30 - Jan 5)
It's hard out here for an NBA fantasy pimp When he tryin' to get this streamer for the Win For the busts and the draft picks on them spent Because a whole lot of guys playin' like sh*t Using that last roster spot to stream available players with a favorable schedule in the upcoming week... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Week In Review: Week 10
Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight one key fantasy basketball takeaway from each night during the past week. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making. Fantasy basketball has a lot of moving pieces... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 10
Christmas Day in the NBA has come and gone, providing its traditional blend of star power and entertaining basketball -- even in ways more unique than what we've grown accustomed to. With the passing of Dec. 25, the 2019-20 season is unofficially underway! Outliers no longer exist and the greater identity of each of the... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Rotation Watch: Playing Time Updates For Week 10
Welcome to Rotation Watch! Each week this article will break down who is gaining and who is losing minutes around the NBA. Fantasy managers want the players that are getting the opportunity to shine, not the ones who are sitting on the bench and watching from the sidelines. Happy Holidays from Rotation Watch! Today is... Read More
Week 10 Standard Leagues - Waiver Wire Specialists
Wishing everyone a happy holidays! This season has been entertaining with many different story lines, and we're excited for what the rest of the season has to offer. This is a reminder that fantasy basketball is a marathon, not a sprint. We are just about halfway into the fantasy season, where managers should have a... Read More
Fantasy Basketball - Dynasty Rundown for Week 10
Welcome to RotoBaller's weekly dynasty league rundown! Dynasty leagues are becoming more and more popular, and we're here to keep you ahead of the game. Each week, we'll touch on topics and players that may not necessarily be relevant in single-year formats, but they can make a splash in keeper leagues. With that being said,... Read More
Deep Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds (Week 10)
We are officially in Week 10 which means I can start saying that the season is coming to end to help sell my picks. Not the smartest idea to out myself like that, but it's the truth. The earlier you can forget about the regular season and start focusing on playoffs the better. We will... Read More
NBA Weekly Streamers for Week 10 (Dec 23 - Dec 29)
We're entering Week 10 of fantasy NBA basketball and it flew by if you ask me... It's becoming apparent where we stand at this point and whether we're sitting pretty at the top, just battling for beneficial seeding, or our teams are struggling and we need every W we can get to have a chance... Read More
Derrick Jones (SF/PF, MIA) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones has been stuffing the stat sheet as one of the first players off the bench for the Heat the past few weeks. Over his past five games, he's hit seven threes while recording nine steals and four blocks... Read More
Bismack Biyombo (PF/C, CHA) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: Charlotte Hornets power forward/center Bismack Biyombo has been posting some gaudy rebounding numbers the past few weeks and they can't be ignored by anyone in leagues of 12 teams or deeper. Biyombo grabbed a season-high 17 boards against the Pacers on December 15,... Read More
Chris Boucher (PF/C, TOR) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: Toronto Raptors power forward/center Chris Boucher should be seeing a substantial increase in playing time with both Marc Gasol (hamstring) and Pascal Siakam (groin) out indefinitely. Boucher saw some extra run in November while Serge Ibaka was hurt and proved to have some solid... Read More
Donte DiVincenzo (SG, MIL) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Donte Divincenzo has received some steady playing time this year, especially since the team lost Eric Bledsoe (leg) to a broken fibula. Bledsoe should be out at least another week, which makes DiVencenzo a fantastic short-term add, but he could... Read More
Jalen Brunson (PG, DAL) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In All Leagues OWNED IN: 37% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's not often that a team can replace a superstar point guard, Luka Doncic, with a two-time NCAA Champion, but that's exactly what the Dallas Mavericks are doing by inserting Jalen Brunson into it's starting lineup. The second-year point guard has been living... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Risers and Fallers: Week 9
Welcome to the fantasy basketball risers and fallers column, a weekly look at a few players whose stock is rising and a few who've been struggling with some analysis of why that's been the case. As always, this doesn't mean you need to drop these players who are struggling, but this could be a useful piece... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Week In Review: Week 9
Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight one key fantasy basketball takeaway from each night during the past week. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making. Fantasy basketball has a lot of moving pieces... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Pickups for Week 9
Despite the NBA's best attempt to minimize the wear and tear players accrue over a long 82-game season, injuries have continued to flare up at every turn in 2019-20, affecting some of the game's best talents. We know of the injuries suffered to Stephen Curry and Zion Williamson, but Kyrie Irving hasn't played in over a... Read More
Fantasy Basketball - Dynasty Rundown for Week 9
Welcome to RotoBaller's weekly dynasty league rundown! Dynasty leagues are becoming more and more popular, and we're here to keep you ahead of the game. Each week, we'll touch on topics and players that may not necessarily be relevant in single-year formats, but they can make a splash in keeper leagues. With that being said,... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Rotation Watch: Playing Time Updates For Week 9
Welcome to Rotation Watch! Each week this article will break down who is gaining and who is losing minutes around the NBA. Fantasy managers want the players that are getting the opportunity to shine, not the ones who are sitting on the bench and watching from the sidelines. Some of basketball's biggest stars are making... Read More