Theo Maledon (PG, OKC) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: When you think of a player capable of a quick transition to the NBA level, you don't typically think of a 19-year-old, second-round draft pick (34th overall) out of France; yet here we are 39 games into Theo Maledon's rookie season, and the […]

Goga Bitadze (C, IND) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: You have to be quick to catch a glimpse of 6'11 Georgian (the country) center Goga Bitadze on the court for the Indiana Pacers, but regardless of how briefly he graces the rotation, the numbers he boasts at the end of the night […]

Aleksej Pokusevski (PF, OKC) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: The G-League Bubble was the perfect platform for some of the NBA's burgeoning stars to showcase their skill sets and potentially carve out a late-season role with their affiliated franchise, and Aleksej Pokusevski, the 7'0 Serbian teenager taken 17th overall in the 2021 […]

Daniel Gafford (PF/C, WAS) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: Daniel Gafford was criminally overlooked during his time as a Chicago Bull, where you'd think he would have played a lot in his 74 games there over two seasons due to the weakness of their roster and injury issues. In a three-team deadline […]

Saddiq Bey (SF, DET) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues ANALYSIS: With a 12-32 record and the departure of big-minute occupiers Blake Griffin, Delon Wright, Derrick Rose, and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, it's a good time to be a rookie for the Detroit Pistons. The rotation now consists of a few key veterans, the young talent […]

Dillon Brooks (SG/SF, MEM) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS: It started as a year tailor-made for a Dillon Brooks breakout, but that's not exactly how it worked out. If you drafted Brooks, you found yourself in the hole fast despite his voluminous role in the Grizzlies' rotation, as he put up 13.6 […]

Tap That: Episode #21: Scariest Man Alive

Brady Grove and Dennis Clausen host the main card portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and bring you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller […]

Alec Burks (SG/SF, NYK) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 23% of leagues ANALYSIS: I, like many of you, never thought I'd see the day that the New York Knicks are a highly competent organization with the power to craft a winner from raw materials as opposed to living and dying by the free agents that never […]

Svi Mykhailiuk (SG/SF, OKC) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's been a slow build in the NBA for Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, as is the case for many young players who got their start in European basketball. After he was selected in the second round of the 2018 NBA Draft from Kansas by the […]

Cody Martin (SF, CHA) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS: ROY front-runner and Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball will miss the rest of the season due to a fractured wrist. Putting aside the fact that the injury is extremely unfortunate for both LaMelo and the playoff-hopeful Hornets, the fact remains that there is […]

Desmond Bane (SG, MEM) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Grizzlies have effectively kept me guessing as to which of their guards would remain viable for rostering in deeper leagues; with Desmond Bane, Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones, and even Justise Winslow having been a part of that fold. If Desmond Bane was […]

Ty Jerome (PG/SG, OKC) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: George Hill nears his return to the OKC rotation while he recovers from an ankle injury, and yet at the same time, that moment realistically feels a moderate distance away. With rookie Theo Maledon left at the helm, the Thunder opted to bring […]

Jaxson Hayes (C, NO) - Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: Hopefully Jaxson Hayes didn't tune in to watch his alma mater Longhorns get bounced in the Round of 64 by #14 seed Abilene Christian, because that could get in one's head. The second-year NBA center has seen a slight reduction in PT this […]

De'Anthony Melton (PG/SG, MEM) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: De'Anthony Melton really isn't playing much more this season than he did in his previous two NBA campaigns, but his time on the floor is being used much more efficiently. In 20.5 minutes per game, Melton has averaged a career-best 10.0 points, with […]

Doug McDermott (SF/PF, IND) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 12% of leagues ANALYSIS: While the debut of Caris Levert as an Indiana Pacer might be an obstacle in the way of Doug McDermott maximizing his playing time moving forward, he's definitely been up to what he routinely does best, and he's finally doing it at a […]

Isaiah Stewart (PF/C, DET) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Pistons have done plenty of tinkering with the rotation and roster this season, and Isaiah Stewart is increasingly benefitting from those adjustments. After Blake Griffin went inactive for Detroit, an even greater window of opportunity opened for the University of Washington rookie […]

Tap That: Episode #19: The Gauntlet

Brady Grove and Dennis Clausen host the main card portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and bring you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller […]

Tap That: Episode #18: Absolutely Stacked

Brady Grove and Dennis Clausen host the main card portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and bring you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller […]

Taj Gibson (PF/C, NYK) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: When the Knicks signed Taj Gibson to his third Tom Thibodeau-led roster back in January, I thought it was out of comfort or familiarity, because it seemed highly unlikely that the now 35-year-old veteran would have a significant role to play on the […]

Tyus Jones (PG, MEM) - Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 7% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tyus Jones is a lot like the T.J. McConnell of the Memphis Grizzlies (or vice-versa). Sure, there are aspects of the game that they're lacking, but as to their strengths, they'll do what they do best and squeeze production out of every last […]

Tap That: Episode #17: No Pain-No Gane

Brady Grove and Dennis Clausen host the main card portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and bring you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller […]

Tap That: Interlude: Talk with Jasmine Jasudavicius

Brady Grove hosts an interlude episode of "Tap That", and is joined by a special guest, bringing you stories and insight from inside the world of mixed martial arts from those that are currently living it. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and […]

Frank Kaminsky (PF/C, PHO) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: When Chris Paul comes to town, things tend to change for the better in an offense, and that has applied strongly for Frank Kaminsky, because he has been heating up exponentially in all facets. From December to now, Kaminsky's average playing time has […]

Tap That: Episode #15: Third-Degree Burns

Brady Grove and Dennis Clausen host the main card portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and bring you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller […]

Jalen Brunson (PG/SG, DAL) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS: With inconsistent time, unfortunate circumstances, and mounting talent on a fast-ascending roster, it's easy to miss the contributions and improvement of Jalen Brunson to this point, now in his third season with the Dallas Mavericks. A huge chunk of PT is currently occupied […]

Sterling Brown (SG/SF, HOU) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of leagues ANALYSIS: Houston has already had a very interesting year with Russell Westbrook and James Harden getting shipped to D.C. and Brooklyn, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins reuniting as Rockets, Victor Oladipo soon joining them, and a host of unsung players waiting in the wings. […]

Jeff Green (SF/PF/C, BKN) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 38% of leagues ANALYSIS: Jeff Green has been around long enough that, after going fifth overall in the 2007 Draft, he spent his All-Rookie campaign as one of the last Seattle SuperSonics before the franchise packed for OKC. Now in his fourteenth year as a pro, Green […]

Ivica Zubac (C, LAC) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Ivica Zubac has seen 0.8 minutes (48 seconds) more per game this year, but is no longer part of the starting-five (understandable after the Clips inked Serge Ibaka). The 7'0 Bosnian has been about as effective at blocking shots this year as he always is, […]

Tap That: Episode #14.5: Kings and Carpenters

Brady Grove hosts the prelims portion for the official RotoBaller MMA podcast, "Tap That", and brings you analysis of each fight and picks for DFS and straight-up wagers. In addition to this podcast, you can catch our team discussing other sports and topics as well. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to […]

Gary Harris (SG/SF, DEN) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Disclaimer: with Gary Harris's injury history, it is noteworthy that he was unable to finish the Nuggets game on Sunday due to a left adductor strain. In light of that, Harris remains a viable option for what he offers to those in deeper […]