RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast
RotoWire.com, Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, James Anderson, Ken Crites, Shannon McKeown · [email protected]
Show overview
RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast has been publishing since 2015, and across the 11 years since has built a catalogue of 1,267 episodes. That works out to over 1100 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 67 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 152 episodes published. Published by [email protected].
From the publisher
Listen to Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, Shannon McKeown, Ken Crites, Kirien Sprecher, Brandon Kravitz, Mike Barner and NBA guests from around the league talk fantasy basketball throughout the season.
Latest Episodes
View all 1,267 episodesWorst Fantasy Basketball Values In Every Round
Our Favorite Players To Draft In Every Round (Points Leagues)
Points League Mock Draft Review
10 Must-Draft Players in the Middle Rounds
Expert Mock Draft Review: Sleepers, Busts, Strategy
Must-Target Sleepers After Pick 100
Our Favorite Early Sleepers In Fantasy Basketball
6 Players We're FADING In Fantasy Basketball This Season
Our First Fantasy Basketball Dynasty Mock Draft of 2026-27
Two-Man Dynasty Auction Except We Don't Know Which Player is Next
Who Would You Rather Draft? Player vs. Player Matchups
6 Players Set To Break Out In Fantasy Basketball
Everything You MUST Know For The NBA Playoff Run
Season-Long Awards (Early 2026-27 Rankings) for Fantasy Basketball
League-Winners, Early 2026-27 Draft Thoughts + Monday Mailbag
Ep 1252Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: Pickups for FINAL WEEK
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.
Ep 1251Fantasy Basketball: Must-Know Trends During Championship
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.
Ep 1250Fantasy Basketball: Dynasty Risers and Fallers
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.
Ep 1249Monday Mailbag: Answering Your Fantasy Basketball Playoffs Questions
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.
Ep 12488 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22
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.