Dorian Finney-Smith (SF/PF, DAL): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS: While it is obvious that Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzings are the Mavs honchos, Dorian Finney-Smith has been doing the dirty work all season long (he's started every game) and that shouldn't change going forward. Even better Is the fact that DFS has improved […]

Reggie Bullock (SG/SF, NYK): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Head coach Tom Thibs is one stubborn man. That's why he's kept on playing Reggie Bullock all year long (same with Elfrid Payton at the starting PG spot) instead of looking at alternatives. Bullock has started all but one game this season for […]

Malachi Flynn (PG, TOR): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues ANALYSIS: Quite the story that of Malachi Flynn. Drafted at the end of the first round this past November (29th overall) by Toronto, Flynn played only a total of 250 minutes for the Raps in 23 games from Dec. 23 to Mar. 31 never […]

Saddiq Bey (SF, DET): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: Had you asked me back in December who will be making it to the All-Rookie team come season's end, Saddiq Bey would most probably have been absolutely overlooked. I mean, don't blame me. The Nets drafted him with the 19th pick and insta-trade […]

Marcus Morris Sr. (PF/C, LAC): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS: Marcus Morris Sr. has gone through two separate stints this season: bench-guy through the break, and starter after the AS event. That being said, nothing has changed for Morris through the full season, as he's kept up his 20% usage rate no matter […]

Ivica Zubac (C, LAC): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 49% of leagues ANALYSIS: Check this out: Ivica Zubac starts from Dec. 22 to Mar. 14? One. Zubac starts from Mar. 15 on? All of them 18 games. The minutes have gone from below-20 per game to a monster 29 MPG in the last month and those 18 […]

Grayson Allen (SG/SF, MEM): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: When it comes to fantasy players, you have three types of them: those putting up ridiculously efficient per-minute numbers on low playing time, those putting up high counting stats thanks to large playing time, and those combining both things. The first group is […]

Furkan Korkmaz (SG/SF, PHI): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: Barring a small three-game stretch following the AS break, Furkan Korkmaz has been a below-average performer all year long. He was not playing enough minutes prior to the break (just 18 MPG in 25 games, starting three of them), and he was averaging […]

Facundo Campazzo (PG/SG, DEN): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: As much as losing Jamal Murray for the remainder of the 2021 season and most probably for the 2022 campaign sucks, it is also the opportunity other Nuggets have been waiting for and will now get to exploit. One of those benefiting from […]

Reggie Jackson (PG/SG, LAC): Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Clippers added Rajon Rondo to the fold with their lone trade-deadline move, and just a few days/weeks after that they proceeded to lose Pat Beverly for the remainder of the regular season due to injury (he had missed all games from Mar. […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Whittaker vs. Gastelum (UFC Vegas 24)

Two submissions and three decisions in the latest UFC event last Saturday weren't that bad of an appointment. Only two of those decisions came in the main event and the one before it, watering down the adrenaline a bit. For a Fight Night/Vegas card, though, we can't really ask for much more, and that is not […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Friday, April 16

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 […]

MMA DFS Value Picks - UFC Vegas 24: Whittaker vs. Gastelum (Premium Content)

Two submissions and three decisions in the latest UFC event last Saturday weren't that bad of an appointment. Only two of those decisions came in the main event and the one before it, watering down the adrenaline a bit. For a Fight Night/Vegas card, though, we can't really ask for much more, and that is not […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Thursday, April 15

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 […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Wednesday, April 14

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 […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Tuesday, April 13

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 […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Monday, April 12

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 […]

Fantasy Basketball Deep League Adds: Week 16

The deeper a fantasy league, the harder it is to hit a winner with your last few picks. It is also harder to find decent help from the waiver wire if your late-round picks don't do you justice. If you picked up a few stinkers, don't lose hope just yet. I will try to help […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Sunday, April 11

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 […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Saturday, April 10

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 […]

Talen Horton-Tucker (SG/SF, LAL): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: A couple of weeks ago, in advance of hitting the trade deadline, Kyle Lowry was flooding everybody's Twitter TL with talk about a potential move to the Lakers. Ultimately it didn't happen, seemingly because of L.A.'s reluctance to include THT in the deal. […]

Bobby Portis (PF/C, MIL): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS: You have to laugh at some of the lineups the Bucks have run this season while resting players. Just last Friday, facing Charlotte, they put a starting fully comprised of reserve players, including Bobby Portis. Oh, and speaking of Portis, he's started three […]

Isaiah Stewart (PF/C, DET): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: I have been telling you to add Isaiah Stewart for like two months. Seriously. And you'll still miss on him. Nah, really, go add Stewart to your squad almost no matter your fantasy league's depth, because this rook looks like the real deal […]

Davis Bertans (PF/C, WAS): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 50% of leagues ANALYSIS: We have to thank Davis Bertans for proving how a contract year can definitely make one perform to higher-than-high levels of play in the NBA. That's what happened with Bertans last season when he had a year for the ages to re-ink his […]

Derrick Favors (PF/C, UTA): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: These posts are meant for all types of leagues, but this one is definitely in the realm of "super-deep fantasy leagues". The Utah Jazz is the best team in the whole NBA, they count their games by wins, will probably end the regular […]

Kenrich Williams (SF/PF, OKC): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Thunder--believe it or not--have found a gem in Aleksej Pokusevski. I know you're laughing at that, but it is the truth and you only have to read my WW-post about Poku this weekend to know more about it. Do you know what […]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (PG/SG, LAL): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: I bet you won't believe what I'm about to write: KCP was the eight-overall pick from the 2013 draft. For real, folks. The Pistons picked KCP back then above the likes of CJ McCollum, Steven Adams, and a certain Giannis Antetokounmpo. Damn. The thing […]

Grayson Allen (SG/SF, MEM): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 14% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's funny how Grayson Allen drove all college basketball fans crazy back in the day due to his antics, how he kept those feelings heating once he became a pro, and how these days he's still driving Grizzlies (yes, his own team) fans […]

Cameron Johnson (SF/PF, PHO): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Suns relied heavily on Cameron Johnson for a stretch earlier this season. It happened back in mid-to-late January when Cam started nine consecutive games averaging a massive 31 MPG for Phoenix. That ended there and Johnson has been back riding the pine […]

Dorian Finney-Smith (SF/PF, DAL): Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 21% of leagues ANALYSIS: This is not about DFS, but it is actually about DFS, if you know what I mean. No daily fantasy sports, but definitely Dorian Finney-Smith, that is. DFS has started 40 games this season, which is to say DFS has started all games […]