Kyrie Irving Will Miss Saturday’s Contest

Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving (finger) has been ruled out for Saturday's game versus the 76ers due to a sprained right index finger. Irving's absence will allow James Harden to take over starting PG duties, just 24 hours removed from a contest in which he dished out 12 assists while taking just eight shots. […]

Fantasy Basketball Week In Review: Week 7

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played 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 […]

Kemba Walker Scores 24 Points With Full Line

Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker poured in 24 points with four assists, two triples, one rebound, a block, and a steal in Friday's win over the Clippers. Walker had been in a shooting slump in his previous three games, so it was a good sign that he shot 47.4 percent from the field. He also […]

Kawhi Leonard Records Double-Double In Losing Effort

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard poured in 28 points with 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the season in Friday's loss to Boston. Leonard wasn't particularly efficient shooting the basketball- 0-for-5 from three- but he made up for it by knocking down 12 of his 14 attempts from the charity stripe. It's the […]

Jayson Tatum Leads Celtics To Victory With 34 Points

Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum led his team to a 119-115 win over the Clippers with a game-high 34 points. Tatum filled out his line with seven rebounds, five triples, four steals, and two assists in 40 minutes. The 22-year-old had to pick up some of the offensive slack with Jaylen Brown (knee) sidelined, which […]

Malik Monk (PG/SG, CHA): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Hornets have been without guard Terry Rozier for the past few games, and that has put LaMelo Ball in the starting lineup. That has also started a chain of lineup moves that impacted Monk, who leading up to Jan. 30 had only […]

Gorgui Dieng (PF/C, MEM): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: You won't believe this, but Gorgui Dieng is one of only 30 players earning the top-salary of their respective franchises in the NBA. Dieng is far from being the highest-paid player, sure, but he's got the max. salary among Grizzlies at $17.2M and […]

Theo Maledon (PG, OKC): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Thunder are screwed. Just this past Friday, OKC had to endure a game in which they could only count on eight warm bodies, the league minimum to go ahead with a scheduled matchup, due to COVID-related issues and health and safety protocols. […]

Patty Mills (PG, SAS): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: I will never grow tired of watching Patty Mills plays basketball, and I only hope he keeps doing it for five or ten more years, as stupid as that sounds and would be. Mills, although it seems he's been around for 25 years, […]

Wayne Ellington (SG/SF, DET): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: Veteran Piston Wayne Ellington has been flying under the radar for far too long this season. It took a streak of great three-point performances from him to put fantasy GMs on notice, although just one of each four of those playing in Yahoo […]

Jarred Vanderbilt (SF/PF, MIN): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: While Vanderbilt enjoyed a late-January stretch in which he started six games in a row, he's been back on the pine for the past five through Friday. Karl-Anthony Towns has no timetable for his potential return, though, which should keep the door at […]

JaMychal Green (PF/C, DEN): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: It took time, and it won't happen often with Paul Millsap squeezing his last drops of basketball in Denver, but JaMychal Green finally started a game for the Nugs this past Thursday against the Lakers. In 29 minutes, all Green did was put […]

Jae'Sean Tate (SG, HOU): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tate has started the last nine games Houston has played from Jan. 20 on, and 11 of the last 12 expanding back to Jan. 14. Although his minutes of playing time have fluctuated from a low of 17 to a high of 37, […]

Naz Reid (C, MIN): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS: If/When Karl-Anthony Towns come back from his COVID scare, Reid will definitely lose all of his appeal. Wait a minute, are we sure of that? Sure, the two games in which Reid and KAT shared the floor this season (KAT has only played […]

Justin Holiday (SG/SF, IND): Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: Thirteen. That's the number of games Justin Holiday has started for the Pacers this season, all of them in a row going back to Jan. 11 and with an average playing time of 33 MPG. Not bad for someone part of fewer than […]

Fantasy Basketball Advanced Stat Sleepers: Week 7

Welcome back to our advanced stat sleepers column here at RotoBaller! Every week, I'll scour various sites for advanced stats, tracking data, play type data, and whatever else I can find to help you identify some potential fantasy sleepers moving forward. Maybe we find that a player is collecting a lot of potential assists but […]

Zach LaVine Scores 26 Points In Losing Effort

Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine settled for 26 points in Friday's loss to Orlando, as he was cold for most of the game, finishing with 9-for-21 shooting from the field and with a 1-for-5 effort from downtown. LaVine, who had only two points through three quarters, did a much better job as a playmaker […]

Evan Fournier Registers Another 20-Point Game

Orlando Magic shooting guard Evan Fournier had 20 points on 6-for-13 shooting in Friday's win over Chicago, going 3-for-7 from downtown and 5-for-6 at the foul line. He also managed four assists and three rebounds with three turnovers in 29 minutes. Fournier has now scored 20-plus in back-to-back games, and he has six such outings […]

Ivica Zubac (C, LAC) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Ivica Zubac has seen 0.8 minutes (48 seconds) more per game this year, but is no longer part of the starting-five (understandable after the Clips inked Serge Ibaka). The 7'0 Bosnian has been about as effective at blocking shots this year as he always is, […]

Nikola Vucevic Scores Career-High 43 Points

Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic was clearly inspired by Fred Vanvleet dropping 54 points on the Magic this week, as he went on to score a career-high 43 points in Friday's victory over Chicago. He shot 17-for-29 from the field and completed a big double-double with 19 rebounds. Vucevic had four treys with 10 attempts […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for February 6th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for February 6th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Devin Booker Efficient On Friday

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker scored 23 points on 8-for-14 shooting in Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons. In addition, he grabbed two rebounds and dished out two assists. Booker was 3-for-7 from three and also posted two steals. He'll face the Celtics on Sunday, who allow opponents to score the ninth-fewest points per game. […]

Frank Kaminsky Scores 15 Points On Friday

Phoenix Suns center Frank Kaminsky scored 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting in Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons. In addition, he grabbed five rebounds and dished out one assist. Kaminsky was 3-for-4 from three. He'll face the Celtics on Sunday, who allow opponents to shoot the ninth-lowest percentage from three and to score the ninth-fewest […]

Saddiq Bey Scores 14 Points In Start

A late addition to the starting lineup due to injuries, Detroit Pistons guard/forward Saddiq Bey scored 14 points on 5-for-13 shooting in Friday's game against the Phoenix Suns. In addition, he grabbed four rebounds and dished out two assists. Bey was 2-for-8 from three and also posted one steal and one block. He'll face the […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (2/6/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

The weekend is here, and hopefully, everyone is enjoying it. On Friday night, Nikola Vucevic led the slate in production by finishing 73.8 fantasy points against the Chicago Bulls. On the value end, Alex Len nearly hit 10 times his value after Washington’s win over the Miami Heat. Other notable performances came from Pascal Siakam, […]

Daily Fantasy Basketball (DFS) Lineup Picks for February 6, 2021

  NBA DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 2/6 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard   CORE PLAYS MARKED IN GREEN ABOVE   Game of the Day Warriors @ Mavericks (-4), 231 total No big men? No problem, at least for the Warriors. Despite not having a player over 6-foot-7 available […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball (2/6/21) Picks: NBA DFS Lineups

We have a stacked nine-gamer on DraftKings tonight with Luka, Giannis, Curry, AD, and LeBron all in action. BKN/PHI currently has the highest implied total (237.5 points), but we have plenty of DFS options with three additional matchups rocking implied totals over 227 points. There are a few places we can look for value on […]

Al Horford Fills Stat Sheet On Friday

Oklahoma City Thunder center Al Horford scored 26 points on 10-for-19 shooting in Friday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. In addition, he grabbed seven rebounds and dished out eight assists. Horford was 3-for-6 from three and also posted two steals and three blocks. He'll face the Timberwolves again on Saturday. This Thunder team is very […]

D'Angelo Russell With Strong Showing On Friday

Minnesota Timberwolves guard D'Angelo Russell scored 21 points on 7-for-13 shooting in Friday's game against the Thunder. In addition, he grabbed four rebounds and dished out six assists. D'Lo was 5-for-8 from three and also posted one steal. He'll face the Thunder again on Saturday, who allow opponents to score the seventh-most points per game. […]

Malik Beasley Leads Wolves In Scoring Friday

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley scored 24 points on 9-for-19 shooting in Friday's game against the Thunder. In addition, he grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists. Beasley was 6-for-12 from three and also posted a steal. He'll face the Thunder again on Saturday. Both teams have some serious injury issues, which should allow […]