Luke Kennard (SG/SF, LAC): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: Right when we were starting to have serious doubts about Luke Kennard's future in this League, he went on and put on some consecutive bangers. Sure thing, he was helped by Paul George's injured elbow and subsequent missed time, of course, but... Read More
Chris Duarte (SG, IND): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS: I know Chris Duarte has not been as good as advertised of late. I know, for sure. But Duarte keeps playing more than 22 minutes per game for an Indiana Pacers franchise that--as much as they want you to fall into believing... Read More
Tyus Jones (PG, MEM): Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's been 11 straight starts for Tyus Jones at the Grizzlies point guard slot. Perks of playing for a team with an injured starter (Ja Morant) at the position that is now also hitting the COVID protocols (entered last Wednesday). Jones has... Read More
DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 12/18/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice
This is a weird Saturday across the college basketball universe. Instead of starting the slate at noon Eastern, DraftKings elected to make an early slate for those three and make the one starting at 2:30 pm Eastern the main slate. This is the larger window of college basketball today with eight seven games. The game... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/17/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Happy Friday RotoBallers! As usual, we have a jam-packed Friday night slate, filled with some juicy matchups. These articles focus on the overall best plays, which are typically more suited for cash games. However, with larger slates like this one, you don't have to worry about ownership getting steamed up too hard usually, so consider... Read More
OwnersBox Week 11 NHL Lineup Picks: Contest of the Week - Weekly Fantasy Hockey
Welcome back RotoBallers! The NHL season is now well into December for Week 11 and we have an excellent salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! For those who do not know, OwnersBox is a fantastic weekly fantasy sports platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout the... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/17/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Happy Friday, RotoBallers, and welcome to December! I hope this week of NBA DFS has treated you well. I'm continuing to work on my NBA model, trying to gather more information to make sure all of you are as armed as possible going into each slate. Even with the small adjustments I've made so far,... Read More
DraftKings and FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/16/21): NBA DFS Lineups
Happy Thursday, Rotoballers! Originally, tonight should've been a five-game slate. However, because of the postponement of the Chicago-Toronto clash, we are down to four contests. That leaves us with Pistons-Pacers, 76ers-Nets, Knicks-Rockets, and Wizards-Suns to fill out our DFS lineups. As of this writing, the Philadelphia-Brooklyn matchup has a 212-point over/under and is set as... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/15/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers, and welcome to December! I hope this week of NBA DFS has treated you well. I'm continuing to work on my NBA model, trying to gather more information to make sure all of you are as armed as possible going into each slate. Even with the small adjustments I've made so far,... Read More
Mid-Week Fantasy Basketball Category Streamers for Week 9
If you're one of those fantasy basketball players that sets a lineup at the beginning of the week, checks out, and then comes back seven days later to see how things shook out, this post is not for you. This is for those who are grinding through each day and keeping track of categories as... Read More
DraftKings and FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/14/21): NBA DFS Lineups
Are you ready for some Tuesday night hoops? While there were originally four games on the schedule, the NBA made the executive decision to postpone the CHI/DET matchup as the Bulls have been hit with a wave of COVID. Even still, there will be six teams tipping off on Tuesday night and that is more... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Injury Updates for Week 9
I woke up this morning asking myself: Do I really have to write this article? It seemed like a massive undertaking with the plethora of injury and COVID updates we've had over the past few days. The answer to that question though is a resounding "YES!" There's a veritable gold mine out there in fantasyland... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 9
Welcome back to the waiver wire! Need to bolster your flailing team? We've got you covered. These recommendations are mainly for 9-cat leagues, but if you play in another format, there's a good chance that the information here can still help you. We'll be looking at centers, forwards, and guards whose low rostership and upside... Read More
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/13/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
We're poised for a strong nine-game slate Monday night that features a majority of what should be highly competitive contests. In fact, there is only one double-digit spread on the ledger at FanDuel Sportsbook as of mid-morning, with every other line checking in at 5.5 points or less. Health and safety protocols are resulting in... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Category Streamers for Week 9: Garrison Mathews, JaVale McGee, Kevin Huerter, Cedi Osman
More bummer injury news and health and safety protocols issues have made this fantasy season an absolutely dreadful landscape to navigate. Good health is going to do your fantasy team wonders, but if you have some guys out for a while, it's wise to drop them and start streaming! You can still win your league... Read More
Fantasy Basketball Deeper-League Waiver Wire Adds for Week 9
The deeper a fantasy basketball 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... Read More
DraftKings and FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/12/21): NBA DFS Lineups
DraftKings and FanDuel are giving us two short slates on the weekend as there are just five games on Sunday's main slate after a six-gamer on Saturday. I guess they like to save the 13-game slates for random Tuesdays for some reason. I shouldn't be complaining because sorting through those mega-slates is a gigantic headache,... Read More
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (PG/SG, WAS): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 51% of leagues ANALYSIS: Our favorite shooting forward with guard-only eligibility, that's KCP for you. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, with Bradley Beal and Spencer Dinwiddie manning the Wizards backcourt, was either going to hit the pine nightly or downsize Washington's lineup mightily starting on the wing. And it... Read More
Tyus Jones (PG, MEM): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: With Ja Morant banged up and on the shelf, all Memphis could do was trust oft-reserve Tyus Jones and throw him into the starting lineup if only until Ja is back. That's yet to happen, though, so Jones should keep manning the... Read More
Eric Gordon (SG/SF, HOU): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 36% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Rockets don't want to have anything to do with Starter John Wall. At the same time, the Rockets have been playing 32-year-old Eric Gordon as a starter for 11 games straight and counting starting almost a month to this day on... Read More
Monte Morris (PG/SG, DEN): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 53% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Nuggets, if you live under a rock, are currently treating as many as five players (two bonafide starters) that are nursing all varieties of injuries/problems ranging from a season-ending back surgery to a stint in the Protocols shelf due to COVID... Read More
Pat Connaughton (SG/SF, MIL): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 52% of leagues ANALYSIS: With free-agency addition Grayson Allen putting on nightly shows for the Bucks, and Khris Middleton healthy once for all, Pat Connaughton is now mostly back to the pine and the second unit. Not that he's suffering from that change in his role... Read More
Patty Mills (PG/SG, BKN): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 50% of leagues ANALYSIS: Whatever it is that is wrong, it is very wrong. I'm talking about fantasy GMs and Patty Mills, yes. Somehow, Mills is rostered in just half of all Yahoo leagues, which let's be honest for a minute, makes no sense at all. That's because... Read More
Kevin Huerter (SG/SF, ATL): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Red Mamba keeps doing it, folks. Kevin Huerter has been forced into a do-or-die role with multiple Hawks banged up to start the year, and he's delivering spicy stuff with gusto so far this season. It's already been a full month... Read More
Garrison Mathews (SG/SF, HOU): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS: Garrison Mathews career has been so wild that it's still hard to believe. Without getting too deep into the details, let's say G-Mat hold onto his last shot at an NBA stint this past October signing with his lone option--the lowly rebuilding... Read More
DraftKings and FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/11/21): NBA DFS Lineups
We're treated with an in-between kind of slate as we have six games on tap for Saturday night. There are a few matchups that stand out from a DFS perspective in the Rockets-Grizzlies and Kings-Cavs matchups, though the Nuggets-Spurs and Jazz-Wizards are also appealing. Butler and Adebayo remain out for the Heat, which again opens... Read More
NBA Waiver Wire Streamers for Fantasy Basketball Week 9 (Dec 13 - Dec 19)
As is the case almost every week, NBA has scheduled fewer games on Tuesday and Thursday for next week as well. With just four games on Tuesday and five on Thursday, players from teams playing on these two days will be worth a look if you're looking to stream your way to victory in your... Read More
Chris Duarte (SG, IND): Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 54% of leagues ANALYSIS: Old rookie Chris Duarte got drafted by Indy and kicked his freshman season off with a bunch of bangs. In fact, Duarte was good for a season-high 27 pops in his debut all the way back on Oct. 20, a mark he's never... Read More
DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 12/11/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice
We have a nice nine-gamer today. It starts early in Auburn at 11:30 am Eastern with the Tigers hosting a scrappy Nebraska team. High noon brings BYU to Omaha to face Creighton. Georgetown welcomes in Syracuse for a former Big East clash. Wisconsin takes bully ball over to Columbus. Arkansas heads to Norman for the... Read More