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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.

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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.

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English

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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: 9 Pickups for Week 15 (2025-26)

1/23/2026
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest news around the NBA before diving into their favorite waiver wire pickups Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:20 Joel Embiid triple-double 01:50 Jonathan Kuminga injury 03:30 Jaden Ivey discussion 05:55 Injury updates 08:05 Listener Q&A 08:26 Drop Ware? 09:21 Who to drop? 10:25 Peyton Watson's role 11:39 Dyson & Clingan for Reaves trade 12:24 Turner, WCJ, Queta rank 14:16 Paolo & KPJ for Giddey and JJJ 15:33 Who is hurt by Jalen Green's return? 16:48 Trade Booker for Hart, WCJ and Green? 17:27 Waiver Wire begins 18:25 Jaylon Tyson, CLE 19:30 Sam Hauser, BOS 20:35 Brandin Podziemski, GSW 22:10 Jock Landale, MEM 23:25 Sandro Mamukelashvili, TOR 24:30 Jonas Valanciunas, DEN 25:25 Ziaire Williams, BKN 26:55 Duncan Robinson, DET 27:45 Moussa Cisse, DAL 30:10 Friday DFS 36:50 Old Man Rant Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble 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.

Duration:00:40:43

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10 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Targets

1/22/2026
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire targets, including Collin Murray-Boyles. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Collin Murray-Boyles 02:20 Jaden McDaniels 05:00 Cam Spencer/Quickley or Kyshawn/Brandon Miller 07:20 KAT/Rollins or Booker/John Collins 08:40 Adebayo/Brooks or Avdija 10:10 Larsson, Pickett or Valanciunas 11:00 Trey/Flagg or KD/Pascal 12:20 Maxime Raynaud 14:25 Egor Demin 15:45 Dylan Cardwell or Moussa Cisse 18:25 Ryan Rollins/Peyton Watson or Zubac 20:25 Brandin Podziemski 21:45 P.J. Washington 23:15 Jarrett Allen/Mark Williams/Hartenstein/Ayton 25:45 Dabble Ad 26:20 Ware/Coward/Naji/CMB 27:30 Myles Turner or P.J. Washington 29:50 Devin Booker 31:15 Walter Clayton 32:40 Peyton Watson or P.J. Washington 34:05 CMB or Moussa Cisse 34:45 Kawhi Leonard Pivot 38:00 JDub/Naz or Paolo/Hart 39:00 Ace/Max Christie/Bud 40:40 Brandon Miller New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble 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.

Duration:00:45:34

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Fantasy Basketball: 10 Trade Candidates

1/21/2026
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before previewing the trade deadline, including potential destinations for Jonathan Kuminga and Anthony Davis. 00:00 Intro 00:35 Jimmy Butler 05:40 Jalen Green 08:20 Tari Eason 10:50 Karl-Anthony Towns 13:45 Dabble Ad 14:30 Anthony Davis 16:20 Kel’el Ware 18:35 Ja Morant 20:10 Khris Middleton 21:25 Michael Porter 23:25 Nikola Vucevic 26:15 Viewer Questions 39:40 ‘What Was That?!?’ New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble 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.

Duration:00:42:00

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Waiver Wire Adds, Injury News + Answering YOUR Fantasy Hoops Questions

1/19/2026
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the top news items from the weekend and talk waiver wire adds before opening up the floor to live mailbag questions. 00:00 Intro + Check out Dabble 02:00 Kawhi + Herro injury updates 05:50 Kel’el Ware 09:00 Waiver wire targets 10:00 Live mailbag questions 18:30 Ace Bailey 20:40 Hold Kel’el Ware? 22:20 Miami streaming options 23:35 Hartenstein, Allen, Mark Williams, Holiday 25:40 Black, Brooks, Carter, Marshall 26:40 Embiid for LaMelo? 29:05 High-upside stash candidates 31:20 Sheppard vs. Monk 32:25 Trading Jalen Johnson 33:35 Domantas Sabonis 34:50 Demin, Hauser, Champagnie 35:05 Marshall, Tobias Harris, Turner 36:30 Peyton Watson ROS 37:05 Jalen Green 38:50 Trading for Devin Booker 40:05 Dyson + Clingan for Reaves + Suggs? 41:15 Who to drop? 43:00 Murray for Suggs + Sharpe? 44:15 Drop Anthony Davis? 46:25 Embiid + LaVine for Giddey? 47:15 Banchero + KPJ for Giddey + JJJ? 50:40 Bub Carrington 53:10 Part ways with Sabonis, Jalen Williams? 54:20 Who are the worst good fantasy basketball assets? ----- Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo 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.

Duration:00:59:32

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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups: 8 MUST-ADD Pickups for Week 14

1/16/2026
Mike Barner and Alex Barutha highlight their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups for the upcoming Week 14. They also discuss the latest news and some DFS options for Friday's games. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:45 Trade rumors 03:25 ATL post-Trae 06:45 Injury updates, Sabonis soon 09:40 Listener Q&A 09:55 Risacher or Kuminga 11:35 Add Vassell? 12:38 Stash Monk? 14:04 Drop Ryan Rollins? 15:42 Hold Coward, Naji, Nurkic, Grant? 18:18 Demin, Tyson, or LaRavia? 19:45 Monk or Sheppard? 21:14 Murray-Boyles rest of season value? 23:10 Trade Watson for Holiday? 28:30 Waiver Wire begins 29:22 Naji Marshall, DAL 30:45 Brandon Williams, DAL 32:25 Egor Demin, BKN 33:50 Royce O'Neale, PHX 35:10 Brice Sensabaugh, UTA 37:10 Keldon Johnson, SAS 38:50 Grayson Allen, PHX 40:15 Tim Hardaway, DEN 41:35 DraftKings DFS 47:30 Old Man Rant Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now Sling Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:54:22

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Top 10 Fantasy Basketball Streamers

1/15/2026
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewers pressing fantasy basketball questions, including what to do with Trae Young. 00:00 Intro 00:35 Trae Young 03:40 Reaves or LaVine/Cam Spencer 05:15 Indiana Center Targets? 09:45 Sling TV Ad 10:30 Giddey or Amen 12:00 Coulibaly/Eason/Kyshawn George 12:55 Dyson Daniels or Keyonte George 14:15 Johnny Furphy 15:25 Jonathan Kuminga 17:30 Peyton Watson 17:55 Kristaps Porzingis 18:45 Malik Monk 20:20 Jaylon Tyson 22:00 Dabble Ad 22:20 Derik Queen 23:30 Tre Johnson 24:30 Orlando 3-Center Rotation 26:30 Utah’s Starting Lineup 28:40 Caleb Love 30:05 Jaylon Tyson or Maxime Raynaud 31:00 Jordan Poole New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:33:34

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10 Important Fantasy Basketball Trends

1/14/2026
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before listing must-know fantasy basketball trends that'll help you win your league, including Anthony Black's breakout season. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Anthony Davis 04:00 Deni Avdija 06:30 Shorthanded TWolves 09:50 Franz Wagner 12:30 Grizzlies Injury Updates 14:30 Dabble Ad 15:00 Darius Garland 16:50 Zion Williamson 18:50 Ivica Zubac 21:30 Peyton Watson 24:15 Cam Spencer 30:00 Sling TV 31:30 Viewer Questions 39:00 ‘What Was That?!?’ New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:42:21

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Injury Updates, Waiver Wire Adds, Weekend News Recap + Listener Mailbag

1/12/2026
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha run through the top news and waiver wire adds from the weekend before discussing CJ McCollum, Kawhi Leonard, Bam Adebayo, Ja Morant, Alex Sarr and more. As always, the guys answer listener mailbag questions throughout the show. 00:00 Intro 00:40 Slint TV, Dabble ads 02:00 News roundup 03:45 PJ Washington, NAW trade debate 06:30 McCollum’s debut + impact 09:15 Kawhi Leonard injury watch 10:45 Anthony Davis injury + Ja Morant trade watch 15:30 Ty Jerome 18:00 Top wavier wire adds of the weekend 23:40 Live viewer mailbag 24:00 Can I roster too many Wizards? 24:40 Sarr shutdown concerns? 26:35 Drop Sheppard for Smart? 28:05 Kristaps Porzingis 28:40 Cam Spencer, Scotty Pippen Jr. 30:50 Trade Tyler Herro? 32:55 Ace Bailey 34:45 Pick up Coby White? 36:35 Okongwu vs. Bam 37:15 Trae + MPJ + Nurk for Vuc + Queen? 38:45 Trae for Herro? 39:10 Dallas big men 39:45 Bam vs. Jalen Williams 40:55 Ausar Thompson 41:40 Trading for Darius Garland 43:15 Jalen Smith 44:30 Kelly Oubre 45:30 Rank: Sharpe, Kalkbrenner, Jalen Smith, Robinson 47:00 Time to trade Gillespie? 47:40 Toumani Camara 48:15 Garland, Jalen Williams, Bam 48:45 Ajay Mitchell 49:10 Dillon Brooks, Daniel Gafford 50:30 Trade Wembanyama or Luka? 52:00 Add Oubre or Gafford? 53:40 Cooper Flagg vs. Jalen Williams 55:10 Bam vs. Sabonis 56:50 Giannis for Brown + Dyson? 58:00 JJJ for Black + Ausar? 58:40 Ayton + Pritchard for Ingram + Reid 59:20 Time to stash Monk or Kuminga? ----- Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo Sling Visit Sling to sign-up today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/3368072/14334 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.

Duration:01:02:12

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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Pickups: 9 MUST-ADDS for Week 13

1/9/2026
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest news in the NBA before diving into their favorite waiver wire suggestions for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:45 Anthony Davis 02:30 Matas Buzelis 03:45 Trae Young trade 09:15 Injury updates 10:40 Listener Q&A Begins 11:00 Drop Kalkbrenner? 11:54 OG & Dyson for Powell? 12:40 Hold Ace Bailey? 13:55 Hold Jaylon Tyson? 14:25 Tyler Herro or Trey Murphy? 15:40 Tre Johnson or Bilal Coulibaly? 16:55 Demin, Grayson Allen or Keldon Johnson? 18:00 Collier or Clayton? 20:30 Waiver Wire Begins 21:00 Tre Johnson, WAS 21:40 Max Christie, DAL 23:00 Bub Carrington, WAS 24:45 Egor Demin, BKN 25:40 Quentin Grimes, PHI 26:45 Jake LaRavia, LAL 28:15 Marcus Smart, LAL 29:05 Zeke Nnaji, DEN 31:45 NBA DFS Picks for Friday 37:25 Old Man Rant Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now Sling Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:40:52

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10 Players to HOLD in Fantasy Basketball

1/8/2026
Kirien Sprecher (SprecherRW) and Adam King (@AdamKing91) discuss news from around the NBA before answering viewer questions, including whether or not it's time to move on from Trae Young. 00:00 Intro 00:00 Trae Young 03:30 Bennedict Mathurin or Christian Braun 04:30 Giannis/SGA Trade 07:00 Jaren Jackson/LaMelo Ball Trade 10:20 Sling TV Ad 11:20 Myles Turner or Andrew Wiggins 12:20 Kyle Filipowski 14:00 Jay Huff 15:20 Onyeka Okongwu 17:30 Day’Ron Sharpe or Tre Johnson 19:20 LaMelo Ball for Franz Wagner 19:40 Streaming Options 21:45 Trae/Murphy for Booker/Sarr 22:30 Streaming or Deep Roster? 25:00 Darius Garland 26:10 Christian Braun or Julian Champagnie? 27:30 Pascal Siakam or Jalen Williams 28:30 Collin Murray-Boyles 29:30 Dabble Ad 30:00 Mitchell/Harty or Garland/Sengun 31:40 More Trades Coming?!? 34:00 Jakob Poeltl 35:00 Jalen Smith 36:15 Tyler Herro or Trae Young 37:50 Isaiah Collier 38:50 Jovic/Tyson/Ivey/Champagnie(s) 41:00 Coby White or Jrue Holiday New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:43:48

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10 Players to STASH Your Fantasy Basketball League

1/7/2026
Kirien Sprecher (SprecherRW) and Mike Barner (rotomikebarner) discuss news and notes from around the NBA before listing players to stash in fantasy basketball as managers gear up for a championship title run, including Kyle Filipowski. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Victor Wembanyama 02:35 Trae Young 07:20 Jalen Suggs 10:25 Keegan Murray 13:35 Dabble Ad 14:30 Jarace Walker 18:00 Kyle Filipowski 19:40 Tre Johnson 21:40 Zach Collins 23:35 Ziaire Williams 25:00 Danny Wolf 28:00 Sling TV Ad 29:00 Viewer Questions 38:30 ‘What Was That?!?’ New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:42:21

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Weekend Injury Recap, Waiver Wire Adds + Listener Mailbag

1/5/2026
00:00 Intro 01:00 Weekend injury roundup 01:10 Nuggets 04:00 Trae Young + Hawks 05:50 Kon Knueppel 08:45 Josh Giddey, Jalen Duren 12:10 Ben Mathurin, Jay Huff saga 15:30 Tyler Herro 16:45 Jalen Suggs 18:35 Sling, Dabble ads 20:00 Waiver wire adds 23:10 Matas Buzelis 25:00 Alex’s trade in the RotoWire Staff League 25:50 Mathurin, Braun 26:50 Wallace, Portis, Coulibaly, Holmes 28:15 Sabonis vs. Herro 29:40 Washington, Nembhard, Murphy 30:35 Dyson Daniels + Buzelis for Booker? 31:45 Cam Thomas 32:45 Quickley + Edgecombe for Booker? 34:55 Miles Bridges vs. Julius Randle 35:30 Nembhard + Porzingis for Ayton? 36:15 Wembanyama/SGA trade 37:10 Daniel Gafford 37:40 Coward vs. John Collins 39:10 Kalkbrenner vs. Ausar 40:55 Cam Spencer, Herb Jones 43:05 Malik Monk, Kuminga as stashes? 44:10 Curry/Black/Turner for Luka/Max Christie? 45:40 Jaden Ivey 46:40 Ayton/Fox for Reaves/Cam Thomas (we think)? 48:10 Egor Demin 48:55 Should you trade for LeBron? ----- Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo Sling Visit Sling to sign-up today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/3368072/14334 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.

Duration:00:51:01

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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: 9 MUST-ADD Pickups for Week 12

1/2/2026
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before highlighting their favorite waiver wire pickups. To close the show, Shannon and Alex discuss their favorite pick'em plays and DFS picks. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:30 Nuggets injuries 02:35 Wemby injury update 03:15 More injury updates 05:10 Listener Q&A 05:20 Tatum or Haliburton in dynasty? 06:40 Hold or trade Sarr? 07:55 Hold Lopez? 08:50 Duren or Powell? 09:50 Booker or Avdija? 11:15 Braun, G Allen or Camara? 12:20 Trade Banchero for Reaves? 14:25 Waiver Wire Begins 14:50 Bilal Coulibaly, WAS 16:00 Tre Jones, CHI 17:10 Cedric Coward, MEM 18:35 Jalen Smith, CHI 19:30 Daniel Gafford, DAL 20:35 Tari Eason, HOU 21:50 DaRon Holmes, DEN 23:20 Miles McBride, NYK 24:05 Danny Wolf, BKN 25:15 Pick'em and DFS for Friday 32:15 Old Man Rant Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now Sling Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:37:07

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10 Players To STASH Right Now in Fantasy Basketball

1/1/2026
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King discuss news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players worth targeting in fantasy basketball, including Franz Wagner. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Franz Wagner 04:00 Jonas Valanciunas 08:30 Isaiah Livers 09:20 DaRon Holmes or Jalen Smith 11:50 Sling TV Ad 13:00 Onyeka Okongwu 14:50 Jrue Holiday and Zach LaVine ROS 20:00 Myles Turner 22:00 Jordan Poole 24:30 Dejounte Murray 26:50 Dabble Ad 27:20 Coby White 29:20 Dyson Daniels 31:40 Shaedon Sharpe or Franz Wagner 32:25 Raynaud, Nurkic or Jalen Smith 35:00 Egor Demin or Tre Jones 36:45 Jrue Holiday 37:30 Ayton + Jrue for Claxton 39:00 Jonas Valanciunas New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:40:30

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10 Players to TRADE AWAY in Fantasy Basketball

12/30/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before listing players it's time to move on from in fantasy basketball. 00:00 Intro 01:20 Nikola Jokic 05:05 Josh Giddey + Coby White 09:00 Miles Bridges 11:15 Jakob Poeltl 13:35 Dabble Ad 14:20 More IL Spots 19:10 Khaman Maluach 21:20 Jaden Ivey 23:35 Pacers Tank? 25:55 Jonathan Kuminga 28:15 Nikola Jokic Breaking News 32:35 Jayson Tatum 34:15 Sling TV 35:30 Viewer Question 39:15 ‘What Was That?!?’ New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Visit Sling to 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.

Duration:00:43:05

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Trade Strategy, Players To Offload + Listener Mailbag

12/29/2025
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha hit the biggest fantasy basketball news items of the week before talking trade strategy and players to offload, all while answering live mailbag questions throughout the show. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Trae Young + Hawks 06:55 Paolo Banchero 10:45 Sling TV, Dabble ads 12:15 Surging Clippers + Kawhi, Lopez 15:20 Trade strategies in category leagues 18:10 Tyler Herro 19:20 Kon Knueppel 23:15 Consider trading Curry? 25:20 Jarrett Allen 27:20 Fears, Coulibaly 28:35 Grimes, Turner 30:50 Bam Adebayo, Kyshawn George 32:15 Grayson Allen 33:05 Ayton + OG for Norm + Jrue? 34:20 Mobley for Trae Young? 35:05 Jakob Poeltl 37:00 Cam Thomas, Noah Clowney 39:05 Dylan Cardwell, Andre Drummond 39:55 Filipowski, Poeltl, Bamba 41:20 Curry for Booker? 42:05 Tyrese Maxey trade idea 43:30 Booker, Daniels trade question 44:05 Could Myles Turner be traded? 45:20 Jokic + KPJ for Wemby + Maxey? 46:50 Aaron Nesmith returns 47:20 Zach LaVine 48:40 Peyton Watson 49:05 Coby White ----- Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo Sling Visit Sling to sign-up today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/3368072/14334 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.

Duration:00:52:10

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Happy Festivus Special: Airing Fantasy Basketball Grievances

12/24/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner celebrate Festivus by airing their top fantasy basketball grievances, including the struggling Warriors. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Ivica Zubac 02:55 Lakers Injuries 04:20 Chet Holmgren 06:45 Jalen Brunson/OG Anunoby 08:30 Dabble Ad 09:00 New Injury Reporting Rules 13:20 Timberwolves PG? 15:40 Warriors Lack of Championship Resolve 20:45 Sling TV ad 21:50 Kings Roster Construction 23:40 Sportsbooks Not Offering Unders 27:00 ESPN Box Score Changes 29:45 Chalkboard Ad 33:00 ‘What Was That?!?’ Visit Sling to sign-up today! New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match! 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.

Duration:00:39:01

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10 Players You MUST DROP In Fantasy Basketball

12/23/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King answer viewer questions ahead of the NBA's Christmas Day slate, including why it's time to move on from Jonathan Kuminga. 00:00 Intro 00:25 Jonathan Kuminga 01:30 Dillon Brooks or Brook Lopez 03:15 Devin Booker or Amen Thompson 04:40 Kevin Porter or Shaedon Sharpe 08:40 Sling TV Ad 09:40 Morant or Fox 11:00 Championship Roster?!? 12:30 Hold Ryan Kalkbrenner? 14:45 Kyrie Irving return? 16:30 Donovan Mitchell or Tyrese Maxey 18:30 DeMar DeRozan 19:10 Jordan Walsh/Brook Lopez/Daniel Gafford 20:30 Ace Bailey or Royce O’Neale 22:00 Chalkboard Ad 23:05 Harrison Barnes or Andre Drummond 24:00 Buy low on Scottie Barnes? 25:45 Ajay Mitchell 27:30 Sandro Mamukelashvili 28:30 Dejounte Murray 30:35 Dabble Ad 31:00 Anthony Black 31:30 Reed Sheppard and Nique Clifford 33:40 Jalen Green 35:30 Jaylon Tyson or Christian Braun 37:00 Jalen Johnson 37:25 Matas Buzelis 39:45 Moussa Diabate or Danny Wolf 40:15 Devin Booker Trade 42:00 Ace for Queta 44:45 Jimmy Butler or Miles Bridges 46:00 Peyton Watson Visit Sling to sign-up today! New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match! 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.

Duration:00:48:44

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Waiver Wire Adds, Injury Updates, Listener Mailbag + Best Values So Far

12/22/2025
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top injury news and waiver wire pickups of the weekend, answer live mailbag questions and discuss the best values of the fantasy basketball season thus far. 00:00 Intro 00:45 Sling TV ad 02:00 Ivica Zubac injury 04:00 Waiver wire targets 06:50 Dylan Cardwell + What are the Kings? 09:30 Trae Young’s return 13:40 RJ Barrett update 14:20 Daniels + Turner for Murphy? 17:55 Bucks “big game hunting” 20:15 Three-for-three trade question 22:15 Ingram for Sharpe + MIller? 24:00 Booker for Powell + OG? 25:30 Joel Embiid trade 26:45 Domantas Sabonis 28:20 Noah Penda 30:15 Chalkboard, Dabble ads 31:40 Jalen Johnson + Banchero for SGA? 33:05 Brook Lopez 34:25 Hugo Gonzalez 35:10 Nurkic, Kalkbrenner, Tari Eason 36:20 Who to drop? 38:00 Luka Doncic 38:45 Powell + Quickly for Cade? 39:30 Clowney, Huff, Mitch Robinson 40:25 Cade, Giddey, White 41:20 Bam Adebayo 42:15 Jalen Johnson for Sengun? 42:40 Naji Marshall vs. PJ Washington 43:15 Dylan Harper, Trey Murphy in dynasty 46:15 Mikal Bridges 48:25 Jimmy Butler 49:50 Drop Myles Turner? 50:05 Kyle Filipowski 50:40 Jakob Poeltl 53:00 Giddey + Nembhard for Booker? 54:20 Our best values so far ----- Chalkboard Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match! https://streaks.chalkboard.io/cUPZ/j9xsaei6 Dabble New users get $25 FREE when signing up - no deposit necessary. Download Dabble now! https://dabble.onelink.me/Z9px/b45kkyzo Sling Visit Sling to sign-up today! https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/1348772/3368072/14334 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.

Duration:00:58:31

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Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Targets

12/19/2025
Ken and Shannon highlight their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire selections for the upcoming Week 10. 00:00 Intro 01:10 Hawks/Hornets 02:45 Mavs/Jazz 04:05 Blazers/Kings 05:50 Injury Updates 07:25 Chalkboard Ad 08:30 Viewer Questions 17:00 Sling TV Ad 18:15 Waiver Wire Targets 29:40 DraftKings DFS Picks 34:15 Old Man Rant Claim your DraftKings bonus here! Download Chalkboard today and use promo code ROTONBA to receive a free pick and 100% deposit match! Visit Sling to 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.

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