RotoBaller's Fantasy Basketball Mock Draft: Round-By-Round Recap

The most important part of fantasy sports is arguably the part where you draft players. With the NBA season right around the corner, RotoBaller's team of NBA writers got together and got down to business with our annual mock draft.  Twelve writers went through a slow mock draft through Fantrax. Let’s dive into the results!Editor's Note: […]

Top 10 Rookies in NBA Re-Draft Leagues (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's premium draft kit! We're here to help you win big in fantasy basketball this season. As we get into draft season, here are a few rookies you can look at in your re-draft leagues.  There has been a lot of hype […]

Top 10 Rookies in NBA Dynasty Leagues (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's premium draft kit! We're here to help you win big in fantasy basketball this season. Unlike re-draft leagues, dynasty basketball often can require a player to patiently wait for their players to hit maximum value.   Top-10 Rookies For Dynasty 1. […]

Fantasy Basketball Division Preview Series: Pacific

Welcome to the first of six articles in our division preview series for the 2019-2020 NBA season. I'll be breaking down each team in the NBA and answering some key questions about those teams that will affect the fantasy value of the players on those teams. We'll be starting with the most exciting division in […]

Diamonds in the (Very) Rough: NBA Draft Sleepers Of The Second Round and Beyond

It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? If we're going off of pure history and volume of […]

2019 NBA Draft: Five Players Most Likely To Bust

Now that we know who was drafted where, it's time to start analyzing what those picks mean. That analysis can come in the form of some of the positive looks at players and situations that we'll be publishing here at RotoBaller, but it's also useful sometimes to look at players who might not live up […]

2019 NBA Draft Winners and Losers

The NBA Draft has come and gone. Fortunately, we now get to incessantly talk about it all weekend until the eventual free agent rumors reemerge and take over the news cycle. There were not too many shocking selections in the first round, and while plenty of picks were spoiled prior to the draft's start, it […]

Fantasy Spin: 2019 NBA Mock Draft (Part 3)

Welcome to the final part of RotoBaller's 2019 NBA mock draft, where I'll be looking at the non-lottery part of the first round. Things get murkier here and paths to immediate NBA fantasy basketball impact get tough to judge, but there should still be some solid players in the mix who can help you in […]

Fantasy Spin: 2019 NBA Mock Draft (Part 2)

In the first part of this mock draft, I looked in depth at the (possible) top five picks in this year's NBA Draft. In this one, we'll look at the rest of this year's lottery, picks six through 14. These players don't have the same star power and high expectations that the top five picks […]

Fantasy Spin: The Anthony Davis Trade

Well, it finally happened. Anthony Davis has been traded. After months of speculation and the deal not getting done before the trade deadline because the Pelicans reportedly wanted to wait to see what the Boston Celtics would offer in the Summer, Davis has been traded...to the exact team that he's been rumored to since this […]

Fantasy Spin: 2019 NBA Mock Draft (Part 1)

Welcome back to RotoBaller's NBA coverage! The NBA Draft is almost here, so we're here to help you make sense of it and give you an early edge on your fantasy competitors for the 2019-2020 season. In addition to this mock draft, stick around RotoBaller after the draft to see our reactions to the picks […]

The Rookie Report - Revisiting the 2018-2019 Rookies With An Eye On Next Season (Part 2)

Earlier this season, I took a look at the early returns on this year's rookie class and made player comparisons as well as what I thought their short and long term potential would be. Now that these kids have had a season of ball under their belts, it's time to revisit those comparisons and see […]

NBA Young Boy(s) :The NBA 2018 Rookie Class

The NBA curates a level of interest beyond crazy athletic ability or spectacular winning teamwork; the league lives on the storylines that it creates, and what better storyline than learning how 60+ young, newly minted millionaires will fare in the brutal professional world of the greatest basketball in the world? Today, I return from a […]

The Rookie Report - Revisiting the 2018-2019 Rookies With An Eye On Next Season (Part 1)

Earlier this season, I took a look at the early returns on this year's rookie class and made player comparisons as well as what I thought their short and long term potential would be. Now that these kids have had a season of ball under their belts, it's time to revisit those comparisons and see […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Nikola Jokic Carries Nuggets

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. The Lakers, who are still without LeBron James, were upset at home by the Cleveland Cavaliers, which lowered the Lakers record to 3-7 with James sidelined. The Lakers have fallen all the […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Giannis Antetokounmpo Outshines James Harden In Head-To-Head Matchup Of MVP Candidates

The 13th Wednesday of the NBA season didn't provide too many intriguing matchups, as a result, only one of the 10 games on the slate finished within single-digits. But that one game was a doozy as early-season MVP candidates Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden went mano-e-mano as the Bucks outscored the Rockets by 15 points […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: The Return of the Saunders Era

Flip Saunders is the greatest coach in Timberwolves history. He led the franchise to their first playoff berth in his first full season as head coach -- Kevin Garnett, Tom Gugliotta, and Stephon Marbury also helped -- brought them their first winning season, has the highest winning percentage among any Wolves head coach during their […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: The Clint Capela Show

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. Monday night featured eight games, with a clash between the Rockets and Nuggets highlighting the night. Houston won that one with a pair of 30-plus point performances from James Harden and Clint Capela, […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: It's Raining Threes In Sacramento

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. James Harden ended his five-game streak of scoring over 40 points but was able to provide his 12th consecutive contest of scoring 30 or more, delivering 38 points on the night. Harden has […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Victor Oladipo Banks In Game-Winning Three

Friday's 10-game slate featured a game-winner out in Chicago, a PG-13 performance that very well could have been given an X rating, and a letdown in Hollywood. Since we are on the topic, let's start there. The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the New York Knicks at home by a score of 119-112. With the […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: James Harden Triple-Dubs The Dubs

Thursday nights in the NBA always feature a notoriously light schedule, which means the games that are actually being played better be good to keep it from being a disappointing night. Last night, things didn't start out all that well. The Spurs walloped the Toronto Raptors in Kawhi Leonard's return to San Antonio in a […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Gordon Hayward Shoots The Lights Out

This was just the second time in 12 Wednesday night games that two-thirds of the league was not in action. Last night also had to be one of the least dramatic midweek set of games of the season as five of the nine contests were decided by double-digits. Two of the four games that ended up […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: All Hail Jusuf Nurkic

When the Blazers and Kings took the floor Tuesday night, no player in the history of the NBA had ever recorded a 2o-plus point, 20-plus rebound, five-assist, five-steal, five-block game. 24 points, 23 rebounds, seven assists, five steals, and five blocks later, one of the most unlikely of candidates to accomplish this mystifying feat had […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Karl-Anthony Towns Does it All

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. The Lakers implied their will and managed to avenge their defeat to the Kings earlier in the week with a 121-114 win yesterday. Brandon Ingram put together a solid performance for Los […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Curry Clutch for Warriors

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. We had a busy Sunday slate with 11 games taking place, as no games will be played tonight on Christmas Eve. Although the Dallas Mavericks lost in overtime to the Portland Trail […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Trio Of Veteran Unsung Heroes Produce Huge Games

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA recap. In this feature, we highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from the previous night's slate of NBA games. Following the usual light schedule on Tuesday, there was a lot of action on Wednesday with 11 games on the docket. This is the eighth time this year that at least two-thirds of […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Is It Time to Trade Chris Paul?

Imagine being so great at doing something that you could take away the main element which has led to your greatness and still be better than almost everyone else at doing whatever your great thing is. Example: Back in 1986, the Boston Celtics played a game against the Portland Trailblazers. In Portland. Larry Bird -- […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: James Vs. Wade, One Last Time

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. It was a busy night of NBA action, with 11 games on the docket. While not necessarily one of the most important fantasy-related takeaways of the night, we did witness the end […]

RotoBaller NBA Recap: Giannis Doing Giannis Things

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight three fantasy basketball takeaways from last night's slate of NBA games. We had four contests on the Sunday slate with the Pelicans beating the Pistons 116-108, the Bucks upending the Raptors 104-99, the Spurs defeating the Jazz 110-97 and the Hornets stinging the […]