Tyler Herro Stays Hot With 30 Points

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro followed up his 27-point effort in the season opener with a 30-point performance against Indiana on Saturday. He led all scorers in a 102-91 overtime loss, hitting 12-for-28 from the field and 3-for-12 from outside. The efficiency could've been better, but it was still a nice outing from the 21-year-old, […]

Grayson Allen (SG/SF, MIL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 18% of leagues ANALYSIS: I wrote so much about Grayson Allen's WW worthiness last year that ended losing the count at some point through the season. Allen, in case you don't know, was traded to the reigning-champs Milwaukee Bucks this past offseason in order to bulk a […]

Gary Trent Jr. (SG/SF, TOR): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS: I haven't really thought about it this way, but the Gary Trent Jr. for Norman Powell trade from last season was probably the most hockey-trade in the recent history of NBA transactions. No team lost, not team won, and things stayed pretty much the […]

Hassan Whiteside (PF/C, UTA): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Jazz have been one of--if not the--most continuist teams this offseason when it comes to changing things around its rotation. One of the very few changes of names (not roles, mind you) was that in which Utah flipped Derrick Favors for Hassan Whiteside. […]

Malcolm Brogdon Posts A Double-Double With Rebounds

Indiana Pacers point guard Malcolm Brogdon notched a double-double with 18 points and a team-high 14 rebounds in Saturday's 102-91 overtime victory against Miami. This was a very slow-burning game with a lot of missed shots and Brogdon ended up going 0-for-7 from downtown and 5-for-19 from the field overall with an 8-for-8 record at […]

Pat Connaughton (SG/SF, MIL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 19% of leagues ANALYSIS: With Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis injured and expected to be out for a few days (already missed one and two games respectively), the Bucks seem to have moved into a downsized lineup using Giannis at C, Khris Middleton at PF, and Pat […]

Patty Mills (PG/SG, BKN): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues ANALYSIS: I don't think, even you've been living under a rock for the past month, that you don't know about the whole saga surrounding Kyrie Irving and his anti-COVID-vax position. Let me boil it down to the simplest of terms for you: Irving is […]

Nemanja Bjelica (SF/PF, GSW): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: It was very clear that Nemanja Bjelica was not going to be able to replicate his G1 outing against the Lakers his second time out, but it is also very clear how important Bjelica will be for this iteration of the Warriors before […]

Devin Vassell (SF/PF, SAS): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: Devin Vassell is entering his sophomore and age-22 season with the Spurs. He already appeared on 62 games last year (starting 7 of them) and he, once more, projects to get off the pine more often than not in 2022 as San Antonio […]

Derrick Rose (PG/SG, NYK): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tom Thibodeau is still the head coach of the New York Knicks. That's it. That's all you need to know in order to have a solid reason for acquiring some shares of the current sixth-man and former great-Bull (MVP) Derrick Rose. I mean, […]

Raul Neto (PG, WAS): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Wiz decided to move on from Russell Westbrook this past offseason, and in doing so they revamped their roster as they acquired a ton of players from multiple places. This meant a change in Washington's philosophy of pairing Bradley Beal with another superstar, […]

Ricky Rubio (PG, CLE): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Cavs acquired Ricky Rubio earlier this summer while he was thriving in Toky with the Spanish national team, and the trade for the Spaniard seemed like a steal (not totally reasonable given his age and the presence of Collin Sexton/Darius Garland on the team) […]

Eric Gordon (SG/SF, HOU) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: With a flurry of offseason moves, the Houston Rockets have declared that the rebuild is well and truly underway. They drafted four players in the first round of the NBA draft and told John Wall to rest up for an eventual mid-season trade. […]

Gorgui Dieng (PF/C, ATL): Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: Did you know Gorgui Dieng is now a member of the Atlanta Hawks? He’s on his fourth team in the last three years but looks to be locked into the backup center role behind starter Clint Capela. That is at least until second-year […]

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. […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Saturday, October 23

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for October 24th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for October 24th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for October 24th, 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 October 24th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Jakob Chychrun Contributes Other Ways in Arizona Loss

For Jakob Chychrun, it was a long night as the Arizona Coyotes lost yet again. This time it was a shutout defeat at the hands of the New York Islanders. Chychrun attempted six shots and four went on net. The problem is the defender only had one, maybe two quality chances the entire game. This […]

Dejounte Murray Flirts With Triple-Double Against Bucks

San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray was held largely in check during Saturday's defeat to Milwaukee, but he nearly delivered a brilliant performance over his 34 minutes. Murray logged 10 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, doing so all without committing a turnover. Shot attempts have fluctuated wildly for the Spurs in the early […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (10/24): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back to hockey season, RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Brandon and I write both “The First-Serve” and “The Kick-Off” for Tennis and Soccer, respectively. If you have not checked those out then make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to sharpen our MLB […]

Clayton Keller Held Without Point in Arizona Defeat

Clayton Keller did have several good opportunities on Saturday night versus the New York Islanders. Now, he had four shots on goal with a half-dozen attempts, four scoring chances, and he even won and lost one faceoff each. It was an interesting night for the forward who had to feel like no matter what he […]

Karel Vejmelka Allows Three Goals in Saturday Night Loss

Karel Vejmelka did not have the worst night but did not have the best one either. Vejmelka stopped 21 of 24 shots on Saturday night against the New York Islanders. Again, the Arizona Coyotes' goaltender received little or no support. It will be interesting what Arizona does going forward with their goaltending situation. One thing […]

Cal Clutterbuck Nets Game Winning Goal in Islanders' Victory

Cal Clutterbuck scored some kind of goal for the first tally of the night in Arizona. The winger got eight hits in all on the night as he constantly punished the Arizona Coyotes all game long. Clutterbuck played less than 14 minutes yet still carried an immense impact on the game, Saturday night. Besides the […]

Brock Nelson's Two Points Keys New York Islanders' Win

Brock Nelson got a bit of a break on Saturday when he was paired with Kyle Palmieri. The result was three shots on goal, three scoring chances, a goal, and an assist. That helped the New York Islanders stay ahead of the Arizona Coyotes. The center played 17:53 on Saturday but only eight seconds total […]

Ilya Sorokin Shuts Out Arizona Coyotes Saturday Night

Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 shots in all on Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes. The New York Islanders' goaltender nabbed his first shutout of the season. His numbers in the last three games have been excellent. Those statistics include a 1.32 goals-against-average, a .959 save percentage, and a 2-0-1 record. The injury to Semyon Varlamov […]

Khris Middleton Pours In Game-High 28 Points In Win

Milwaukee Bucks small forward Khris Middleton keyed his team's victory over the Spurs on Saturday with a game-high 28-point effort. While his six turnovers did serve as a minor speed bump on his stat line, Middleton added three assists, two rebounds, two steals and two made threes in addition to shooting above 50 percent from […]

Doug McDermott Drops Team-High 25 Points

San Antonio Spurs small/power forward Doug McDermott had it working from long range during Saturday's defeat to the Bucks, shooting 7-for-11 from behind the arc en route to a 25-point showing. After combining to attempt just seven threes over his first two games as a starter with the Spurs, McDermott appeared much more comfortable his […]

Karl-Anthony Towns Curtailed By Foul Trouble In Win

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns appeared on track for a massive scoring performance in Saturday's win over New Orleans, but then foul trouble struck. Towns dropped 15 points in the first quarter alone, but he eventually fouled out of the game, limiting his production to 25 points in 29 minutes. All was not for naught: […]

Jonas Valanciunas Dominates En Route To Double-Double

New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas may be in a new uniform, but he remains the double-double threat of old. Valanciunas logged his first double-double with his new organization during Saturday's loss to Minnesota, finishing with 20 points and 17 boards. In addition to logging an impressive 36 minutes, Valanciunas tossed in three steals and […]