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Fantasy Basketball Sleepers, Buy/Sell: Rotation Watch and Minute Trends for Week 3
Welcome to the second edition of RotoBaller's NBA Minutes Watch. Solidified depth charts are emerging now that every team is at least five games in. To track the minutes and general direction of each team’s rotation, we’ve charted nearly every player who has played at least five games this season. When stronger sample sizes develop, […]
Jake King-Finnen 2 weeks agoFantasy Basketball Sleepers, Buy/Sell: Rotation Watch and Minute Trends for Week 1
Welcome to RotoBaller’s debut Rotation Watch for the 2024-2025 NBA season. This is a bi-monthly article that focuses on each team’s current and trending minute distribution. Week 1 is a grace period for nearly every NBA team. Seeing how most teams will try NOT to throw away their initial game plan within the first 10 […]
Jake King-Finnen 4 weeks agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, May 10
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, May 10. Friday’s slate of games doesn’t look great on paper, but it’s sure to be entertaining regardless. With both games sitting at 2-0, the uphill battle for both the Pacers and Nuggets is underway. Indiana has kept games close while players slowly find their […]
Jake King-Finnen 6 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, May 8
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, May 8. What’s more likely tonight? Will the Knicks starters all score in double digits again, or will T.J. McConnell and Myles Turner still lead the scoring charge for the Pacers? Both teams play a specific brand of team-oriented basketball, but Indiana usually has the […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, May 3
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, May 3. Just a two-game slate Friday as we look to wrap up the last remaining first-round series. Throughout Orlando’s first real dose of playoff experience, they have played extremely well. Unfortunately, the Cavaliers and their properly anchored defense are a terrible matchup for Orlando’s […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, May 1
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, May 1. Excluding garbage time options, you can maybe bet on 34 players for tonight’s two-game slate. Playoffs minimalize rotations, but it hasn’t led to a ton of overs being hit outside of superstar talent. Malik Beasley, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and Duncan Robinson have all seen […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, April 26
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, April 26. The first thing you’re going to notice when opening RotoBaller’s Prop-Optimizer is that projections seem off. Not the numerical projections specifically, but using our first pick as an example, you shouldn’t need to be told to avoid the Daniel Gafford overs tonight. He’s […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, April 24
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, April 24. Hopefully, you’re ready for two-game slates because playoff season is nothing but small slates and even smaller rotations. New Orleans held their own in Game 1 versus Oklahoma City but shot terribly. Brandon Ingram had an abysmal outing, and Trey Murphy III finished […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, April 19
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, April 19. With no Zion Williamson and no Jimmy Butler, Friday’s play-in games look over before they start. The Miami Heat are notorious for playing well without superstars (leaving some hope), but we’ve seen the Pelicans with and without Williamson, and facing the Kings will […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, April 17
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, April 17. Whether it’s ‘win and you’re in’ or ‘lose and go home,’ single-game elimination basketball is by far the most entertaining spectacle in all of sports. Post-season basketball has an entirely different feel to it, and last night’s games were a perfect embodiment of […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, April 12
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, April 12. Remember, 15 games today. Nothing tomorrow. There will be 15 games on Saturday, then that’s it. The NBA regular season is over. The playoff picture is all but official, and matchups are slowly coming together. Since this part of this season is treacherous […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, April 10
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, April 10. Wednesday is host to eight games and an overall abysmal slate. This part of the season is already insufferable from an entertainment standpoint and it doesn’t help when superstar players start showing that late-season fatigue. For example, Giannis Antetokounmpo, luckily, is only missing […]
Jake King-Finnen 7 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, April 5
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, April 5. With just eight nights left of regular season basketball, time is running out for NBA bettors. RotoBaller’s Prop Optimizer has been pivotal all season, but it has required some excavating to avoid certain landmines and other ‘anti-algorithm’ bets properly. By this, we mean […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, April 3
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, April 3. If you are still betting nightly on the NBA, congratulations. You made it. You are one of the few lucky souls that either cashed out this NBA season or don’t have enough significant others to tell them to stop betting mortgage payments on […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, March 29
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, March 29. Friday’s 12-game slate marks the start of the end. The Eastern Conference playoff picture is all but set, barring a miraculous run from the Brooklyn Nets, while most of the focus regarding the Western Conference rests on Golden State and Houston. The Warriors […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, March 27
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, March 27. The NBA-betting world is still buzzing with the news surrounding Jontay Porter’s prop-rigging scheme and there’s no certainty that big slates like tonight are still a good thing for prop bettors. This isn’t the first and won’t be the last time players have […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, March 22
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, March 22. Friday’s eight-game slate will be overshadowed by the start of March Madness, much like what happened yesterday. The first round of the tournament is always entertaining and this wouldn’t be the first time NBA players seemingly cared more about the tournament than their […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, March 20
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, March 20. Not my specific strong suit, but in case you need to read it again, Victor Wembanyama should be the first overall pick in any fantasy draft. The things he is doing as a rookie already surpasses any rookie’s accomplishment over the past two […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, March 15
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, March 15. No need for optimizers with a slate this ugly. When algorithms suggest you take unders on players trending upwards and overs on players like Gradey Dick, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, or Herbert Jones, it’s better to ignore the rating system altogether. Those Bruce Brown unders […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, March 13
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, March 13. If Anthony Edwards took up most of the introductory paragraph for his effort on the block last Thursday, Andre Jackson Jr. deserves an entire page for his put-back attempt last night. Not often do opposing benches react to their teammates getting dunked on, […]
Jake King-Finnen 8 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, March 8
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, March 8. The Pistons won again if you can believe it, but the real story from last night was Anthony Edwards. After missing a free throw that would have put the Timberwolves up three with seven seconds left, Edwards made up for it with one […]
Jake King-Finnen 9 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, March 6
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, March 6. Where to even start? Tuesday was packed full of excitement from Alperen Sengun’s 45-point game to Dean Wade’s fourth quarter heroics off the bench. Luka Doncic posted another massive game despite the loss and an overtime matchup between the Nuggets and Suns capped […]
Jake King-Finnen 9 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, March 1
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, March 1. Friday’s nine-game slate has hype to live up to. Thursday featured the third chapter of the Rookie of the Year race between Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren. While the comparisons on paper are eerily similar, Wembanyama nearly single-handedly won Thursday’s game for the […]
Jake King-Finnen 9 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, February 28
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, February 28. Wednesday’s six-game slate follows a Tuesday that revolved around two events. Max Strus’ incredible 4th quarter and the Detroit Pistons winning. Strus scored 15 points in the last four minutes, including a half-court buzzer-beater you’ve probably seen about 95 times already. The Cavaliers […]
Jake King-Finnen 9 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, February 23
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, February 23. Friday is just our second day back from the All-Star break and already we have a majority of teams playing on the second night of a back-to-back. Thursday was an underwhelming return to action outside of Kings-Spurs and Friday’s 10-game slate features multiple […]
Jake King-Finnen 9 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, February 14
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, February 14. Brace yourselves. All-Star weekend is here. The games leading up to this weekend are going to continue to be interesting and by that, I mean no one is playing defense. Expect more high-scoring performances and Tuesday marked the second night this month where […]
Jake King-Finnen 9 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, February 9
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, February 9. Mark your calendars. This weekend is going to host one of the biggest events in sports history. One team will come out a winner, the other claiming the title of ‘biggest loser.’ Two teams on opposite sides of the coin face off while […]
Jake King-Finnen 10 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, February 7
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, February 7. The theme of this article might be rebounds and assists, but the current state of the league resembles an infirmary. Joel Embiid is done for an extended period of time. Tyrese Haliburton and plenty others are fighting through ailments to uphold the newly […]
Jake King-Finnen 10 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Friday, February 2
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Friday, February 2. As we head into All-Star break…wait did anyone hear about Dejounte Murray potentially getting traded? Wait…did anyone hear about Jalen Green possibly getting traded? WAIT…is LeBron James getting TRADED?! What is going on right now?! I get we are headed into a real […]
Jake King-Finnen 10 months agoSleeper.com NBA DFS Prop Picks - Over/Under Props for Wednesday, January 31
Welcome to our Sleeper NBA DFS prop picks for Wednesday, January 31. This section of the season is treacherous. Teams are not fully focused. Players are getting shopped and the only thing that matters is winning conference games. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren were victims one and two Sunday when they were rested at the […]
Jake King-Finnen 10 months ago