RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Kirien and Alex discuss their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups for the final week of the NBA regular season. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Luka hamstring 03:40 SGA or Wemby for MVP 08:15 Ant ineligible for awards 09:30 Cade out another week 12:25 Listener Q&A 12:40 Huff or Lopez 14:40 Tips for final week 15:20 Shead, Brown, Konchar 16:46 Next season where to draft injured guys 19:14 Queen or Turner? 19:56 Fan leagues? 20:48 Best schedules next week 22:06 Clingan panic? 23:40 Keeper question 26:35 Waiver Wire begins 27:20 Ousmane Dieng, Bucks 29:50 Collin Sexton, Bulls 32:07 Kennedy Chandler, Jazz 33:30 Jamal Shead, Raptors 35:10 Sandro Mamukelashvili, Raptors 36:06 Max Strus, Cavaliers 38:05 John Konchar, Jazz 38:50 Bones Hyland, Timberwolves Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what to do with Stephen Curry. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Stephen Curry 02:45 Weekend Steamers 07:45 Washington Streamers 10:30 Franz Wagner 11:45 Gui Santos 12:55 Fears/Ausar/Duncan/Grimes 15:55 Thursday/Saturday Steamer 18:00 Sling TV Ad 19:30 Bam/Jamal Murray vs. Ayo 21:15 Pelle Larsson 23:45 Cam Johnson 24:40 Embiid/Dejounte/Siakam/Giddey 26:50 Sam Merrill or Paul Reed 28:45 Larsson/Filipowski/Eason/Riley 33:25 Keldon/Barnes/Melton 34:20 Fears/Gordon Get your hands on a Sling 1-day, 3-day, or 7-day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players who've risen up and fallen down fantasy basketball dynasty rankings during the 2025-26 season, including Keyonte George. 00:00 Intro 01:45 Luka Doncic 03:35 Immanuel Quickley 05:45 Stephen Curry 07:50 Franz Wagner 09:35 Sling TV Ad 10:30 Keyonte George 13:20 Kawhi Leonard 15:30 Maxime Raynaud 17:00 Ajay Mitchell 18:10 Myles Turner 19:50 Ja Morant 21:25 Viewer Questions 34:10 ‘What Was That?!?’ Get your hands on a Sling 1-day, 3-day, or 7-day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha are back at it recapping all of the top fantasy basketball news from the weekend and talking waiver wire adds/drops. Then, the guys turn things over to the chat to answer your questions LIVE on the show. Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ken and Alex discuss the latest NBA news and answer listener Q&A before diving into their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire adds. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:30 Hornets win 03:20 Orlando wins 06:00 Injury Updates 11:50 Listener Q&A 12:00 Drop KPJ, Quickley, Coulibaly? 13:40 Sensabaugh or Maxey? 16:04 Plowden or Santos? 17:46 Cardwell, Tshiebwe, Harkless 19:00 Devin Carter or Killian Hayes 20:28 Watkins or Huff? 22:41 Jarrett Allen return 24:30 Isaiah Jackson? 25:07 Donte DiVincenzo or Naz Reid? 25:35 Waiver Wire Begins 26:20 GG Jackson, MEM 27:50 Will Riley, WAS 29:05 Kennedy Chandler, UTA 31:00 Naji Marshall, DAL 32:40 Dylan Harper, SAS 34:55 Grayson Allen, PHX 35:50 Leonard Miller, CHI 37:30 Daeqwon Plowden, SAC 42:35 Old Man Rant 45:00 Promo Code YouTube15 for RotoWire Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King react to news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Oso Ighodaro/Grayson Allen/Devin Carter 02:35 Managing IR 05:40 Jakob Poeltl 08:00 Jalen Williams 11:50 Sling TV 13:00 Tyrese Maxey 16:05 Kyle Filipowski/John Collins/Dylan Cardwell 19:15 Rank Top Warriors 21:35 Jarrett Allen/Kevin Porter 24:00 Karlo Matkovic/Cam Johnson/Jrue Holiday 25:20 Stephen Curry 27:05 Gui Santos/Jarace Walker 29:30 Devin Carter/Malik Monk 34:40 Nic Claxton or Karlo Matkovic 36:15 Eddy Curry Lines/Toxic Fantasy Players 38:40 Collin Sexton or Leonard Miller Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing must-know trends during the fantasy basketball playoffs, including Darius Garland's recent hot shooting. 00:00 Intro 01:50 Paul George 04:00 Jalen Johnson 06:00 De’Aaron Fox 06:50 OKC/BOS 09:00 Expansion 10:40 Sling Ad 11:45 Gary Payton 14:00 Darius Garland 15:00 Nic Claxton 16:20 Daniss Jenkins 17:25 Miles Bridges 19:00 Alex Sarr 21:00 Viewer Questions 33:15 ‘What Was That?!?’ Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the top news items of the day before turning the show over to a live viewer Q&A session! 00:00 Intro + SlingTV 02:30 Waiver claims of the week 6:35 Jevon Carter 07:50 Adds/drops for playoffs 11:50 What to do with Paul George 14:30 Isaiah Collier, Davion Mitchell 16:30 Jalen Williams’ return 19:15 Coby White, Hartenstein 20:55 Gafford, Jalen Williams 22:30 Dropping players for schedule purposes 23:50 Who to drop 24:50 Kel’el Ware 22:10 Andrew Wiggins, Alex Sarr 30:40 Ausar Thompson 31:05 Jevon Carter vs Kennedy Chandler 31:45 KPJ status 32:50 PJ Washington, Naji Marshall 33:45 Dylan Cardwell 34:20 Paul Reed Sling When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien and Alex hand out their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:40 Major Injury Updates 04:10 Luka is balling 08:30 Listener Q&A 08:45 Mitch Rob or Hendricks? 11:39 Hold JDub? 13:00 Coby White or Cam Johnson? 14:45 Hendricks or Coward? 15:58 Drop Sarr? 17:15 Adds for STL, REB, 3s, FT% 19:20 Waiver Wire Pickups 21:20 Daniss Jenkins, DET 22:40 Pelle Larsson, MIA 25:00 Daniel Gafford, DAL 26:25 Taylor Hendricks, UTA 28:35 Gary Payton II, GSW 29:50 Yves Missi, NOP When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players who fantasy managers need to move on from before they cost them a shot at the championship, including Myles Turner. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Myles Turner 02:15 Marcus Sasser/Duncan Robinson/Jarace Walker/Andrew Wiggins 04:50 Daniss Jenkins/Jalen Williams/Cam Johnson/Donte 07:35 Daniss/Riley/Bones/Tobias 10:05 Missi/Bona/Cardwell/Queen/MitchRob 13:30 Ausar Thompson 15:00 MPJ/Morant/J-Dub/Lauri/Jerome 16:45 Jalen Slawson 19:20 Jordan Goodwin 20:40 Sling TV Ad 22:30 Cody Williams 24:50 Javon Small 26:50 Oso Ighodaro or Maxime Raynaud 28:40 Maxey/Kawhi/DMitchell/Trey/Scottie 31:40 Andre Drummond 32:45 Dylan Harper 34:15 Justin Champagnie 37:00 Sexton/Melton/Jerome/McDaniels/Riley 39:05 Grant Williams or Killian Hayes 41:00 Nique Clifford 41:20 Melton or Wolf 42:15 Missi/Hendricks/Oso/Royce/Harper 44:45 Ausar Thompson 45:10 Grayson Allen 47:00 Paul George 48:50 10T Cat Drops 51:20 Missi or Herb 51:35 Naz and Ayo 52:15 IL Management 53:00 Rapid Fire Answers When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner react to news and notes from around the NBA before discussing how fantasy managers should take advantage of scheduling to win their leagues. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Anthony Edwards 04:30 Giannis Antetokounmpo 06:40 Cade Cunningham 09:15 Jarrett Allen 11:00 Kawhi Leonard 12:30 Sling TV Ad 14:45 Portland Trail Blazers 17:30 Cleveland Cavaliers 19:30 Toronto Raptors 21:10 New Orleans Pelicans 23:15 Phoenix Suns 26:20 Viewer Questions 34:30 ‘What Was That?!?’ When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

00:00 Intro + SlingTV ad 03:45 Waiver wire adds of the week 12:05 Can my team win it all? 14:00 Playoff week streamers 15:15 Justin Edwards 16:30 Eason, Small, Miller 17:20 Rasheer Fleming 18:45 Ighodaro, Vukcevic, Miller 20:00 Bey, Pritchard 21:00 Clippers sans Kawhi 22:20 Keldon Johnson, Will Riley, Justin Champagnie 23:40 How long will Kawhi be out? 25:20 Drop Kuminga? 25:50 Cody Williams… for real? 28:10 Late-season stashes 30:20 Raynaud, Santos, Jarace Walker 31:35 Gary Payton 32:20 KPJ, Paul George, Coulibaly, Sheppard 33:10 Yves Missi vs. Tari Eason (dynasty) 38:00 Fantasy awards preview ----- When underdogs win, you win. Everyone loves a Cinderella story. With Sling, rooting for tournament underdogs is more exciting than ever. If any 12-16 seed makes the final 16, your next tournament Day Pass is $1. To get this offer, watch the tournament anytime 3/19-3/22 using a 1, 3, or 7 Day Pass. Catch the court-side chaos your way with Sling. Sign Up Today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ken and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before answering listener questions and revealing their favorite waiver wire picks. Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:30 Nuggets/Spurs 02:35 Luka scores 51 04:40 SGA defeats Boston 09:20 Good health news 11:10 Bad health news 13:50 Listener Q&A 14:06 Who to start/stream 14:42 Pick up Wendell Carter? 16:20 Drop Cason Wallace? 16:38 Keon Ellis? 17:30 Obligatory Kristaps question 18:24 Drop Prosper/Santos? 19:09 Ousmane Dieng? 20:44 Keon Ellis or Javonte Green? 21:28 KPJ or Dejounte Murray? 22:31 Hold Nembhard? 23:35 Drop Melton? 24:19 Add Sensabaugh? 25:03 Suns/Wizards with 5 games next week 26:28 Oso, Grimes, Precious 27:50 Norman Powell 28:25 Hold J-Dub? 29:00 Drop Steph Curry? 29:35 Add Minott in 180-deep? 30:50 Sarr next week? 32:15 Add Paul George? 33:40 Waiver Wire Begins 34:05 Cam Payne, PHI 35:40 Derrick Jones, LAC 36:55 Oso Ighodaro, PHX 38:10 Jaylen Wells/GG Jackson, MEM 39:50 Tristan da Silva, ORL 41:30 Tristan Vukcevic, WAS 43:15 Bub Carrington, WAS 44:35 Rob Williams, POR 46:40 Old Man Rant Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions about the Fantasy Basketball playoffs, including what to do with Paul George and Dillon Brooks. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Bam Adebayo 06:20 Cam Payne 08:35 Paul George 11:25 Dillon Brooks 14:00 Sling TV Ad 15:00 How To Handle IL 17:50 Playoff Streamers 21:00 Stephen Curry 23:30 De’Anthony Melton 25:10 Kings Backcourt 26:30 Oso/Bona/Dieng/Tre Jones 33:30 Waiver Wire Guard Options 35:00 Riley/Oso/O’Neale 37:00 Walter Clayton or Cam Payne 38:00 Myles Turner 39:50 Waiver Wire Forward Options 42:20 Isaiah Hartenstein and Jaylin Williams 45:45 KPJ or Kuminga 47:50 Keyonte George 51:00 Points League 53:00 Dominick Barlow Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss Jayson Tatum's return, the Celtics' futures odds and top waiver wire adds before diving into this week's mailbag episode. 00:00 Intro + SlingTV ad 01:45 Jayson Tatum’s return 05:35 Celtics futures odds + Coach of the Year race 10:50 Tyrese Maxey 13:05 Waiver wire adds 17:40 Jerome, Zubac, Ajay Mitchell 18:50 Cam Payne 20:40 Playoff pickup candidates 22:20 Grayson Allen, Filipowski, Raynaud + Anthony Black 24:50 Oso Ighodaro, Will Riley 26:15 Walker, Naji, Watson 27:05 Danny Wolf vs. Day’Ron Sharpe 28:15 Drop KPJ? 29:50 Ighodaro, Bona 30:20 Drop Keegan Murray? 31:40 Franz Wagner 33:05 Myles Turner, Jaden McDaniels 34:10 Donte DiVincenzo 35:10 WAS, PHX on 5-game weeks 37:00 Stash Paul George? 37:45 Anthony Black, Tari Eason 39:50 Tristan da Silva, THJ 40:50 Raynaud, Champagnie 41:00 Facing Jokic in the playoffs 43:30 Derik Queen, Taylor Hendricks 45:10 Sexton, Jerome 45:50 Kyshawn George Sling Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/2914433/14334 Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ken and Alex discuss their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Cooper Flagg's return 02:05 Jayson Tatum BACK Friday 07:15 LeBron elbow injury 09:00 Trae Young Wizards debut 11:20 Good health news 13:20 Bad health news 17:10 Listener Q&A 17:35 Who to drop to add Tatum? 20:50 Drop Kuminga/Eason for Prosper/Stewart? 23:08 Kel'el Ware is BACK? 24:35 Is it finally time to drop Myles Turner? 26:50 Porzingis is toxic 27:50 Drop Jerome for Huff? 29:15 Drop Zubac? 30:35 Claxton must roster? 32:00 Yabu or Reese? 33:45 Waiver Wire Adds 34:00 Oso Ighodaro, PHX 35:00 Julian Champagnie, SAS 36:50 Al Horford, GSW 38:50 Javon Small, MEM 40:35 Walter Clayton Jr., MEM 42:20 Guerschon Yabusele, CHI 44:00 Isaiah Jackson, LAC 45:55 Collin Sexton or Tre Jones, CHI 47:20 Old Man Rant 48:55 Promo Code Youtube15 Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including what to do with Dejounte Murray. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Jayson Tatum 04:45 Dejounte Murray 06:45 Saturday Streamer 09:20 Myles Turner/Precious Achiuwa/Isaiah Hartenstein 10:35 Playoff Streamer 14:40 Wolf/Sharpe/Queta/Vucevic 15:30 GG Jackson 17:10 Anthony Black or Collin Sexton 17:40 Mark Williams 18:45 Roster Multiple Players From Same Team 20:00 GG Jackson 20:30 Jaylin Williams 22:25 Walter Clayton 25:00 Peyton Watson 26:30 Sling TV Ad 27:30 Joel Embiid 28:15 Will Riley/De’Anthony Melton/Dominick Barlow 30:00 ROS Value 31:45 Tyler Herro or Dyson Daniels 32:50 Precious/Queta/Diabate 35:30 Toumani Camara or Marcus Smart 36:50 Do Playoff Matchups Matter? 39:45 Isaiah Jackson 40:40 Mark Williams or Jay Huff? 41:30 Coby White 44:30 Isaiah Collier or Reed Sheppard? 46:00 Ace Bailey 47:15 T.J. McConnell 48:45 Collin Gillespie 50:15 Anthony Black or Kel’el Ware 52:00 Jalen Smith/Tristan Vukcevic 54:00 Grayson Allen Get your hands on a Sling 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day pass, starting at just $4.99. Sign up now! Get the latest fantasy sports insights, expert analysis, and premium tools at RotoWire.com—enter promo code ROTO15 at checkout to receive 15% off any product.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.