Brad Leibfried's Draft Sleepers List (Premium Content)

Oh, the fantasy basketball sleeper. It is a term that is often discussed and heavily debated. What makes a sleeper a sleeper, and when do they cross over the threshold from sleeper to overvalued. For me, the term sleeper just means a savvy draft pick who could be an excellent value where they are currently being drafted. In […]

Brad Leibfried's Early-Round Overvalued List (Premium Content)

The best way to lose your fantasy basketball draft is to blow your early round picks on guys who don't perform like early round picks. The following players are going fairly early in drafts, but have no room for upside at their current draft price, with plenty of room for downside.  I'll be avoiding them […]

Trevor Crippen's Late-Round NBA Fliers (Premium Content)

You don't win your leagues in the first few rounds, but you certainly can lose them. Often times leagues are won by making solid, boring picks in the early rounds, then nailing some high upside breakout stars in the final few rounds.  Many a league winner who drafted C.J. McCollum at the tail end of […]

Trevor Crippen's NBA Dynasty Sleepers List (Premium Content)

It's hard to evaluate what's being undervalued and overvalued in dynasty leagues in fantasy basketball, because unlike football and baseball, there just isn't reliable information out there about the average ADP of players in basketball dynasty leagues. I could go through rankings on other sites, but those rankings are just what one site (and often […]

Three Undervalued Forwards for Fantasy Basketball Drafts

Forward is normally a deep position in fantasy basketball. Many owners look for their forwards to be solid all around producers in the mold of Draymond Green or Kristaps Porzingis. When getting to the later rounds of the draft, forwards become more one dimensional contributors who only provide one or two category boosts such as […]

Sleeper Alert: Three NBA Forwards To Target Late

The leaves are changing colors, the NFL season is in full swing and baseball’s postseason has begun. The next step in the natural sports cycle is for the NBA to get underway, and it’ll do just that in a matter of weeks. Now is the time to start with fantasy basketball drafts, and of course […]

Players to Target When Punting Free Throw Percentage (FT%) in Drafts

Punting free throw percentage (FT%) usually isn’t a draft strategy done by choice, but it can be a viable strategy nonetheless. If this type of punt is done with a solid draft plan, you can build a really strong fantasy basketball team on draft day. If you find yourself drafting John Wall, Andre Drummond, DeAndre Jordan, […]

Players to Target When Punting Blocks in Fantasy Basketball Drafts

Blocks can be one of the hardest positions to acquire if you start out your draft with a point guard such as Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, or Chris Paul and miss out on the top big men on the way back. This makes punting a viable strategy for blocks, allowing you to focus on guards or […]

Players to Target When Punting 3PM in Fantasy Basketball Drafts

In today’s NBA everyone is shooting a ton of three pointers and thus the category has been one of the more difficult ones to punt on.  There are two ways to look at punting the category, if you are able to draft Stephen Curry in round one, you may be able to do a near […]

Forwards to Avoid in Fantasy Basketball Drafts

Much like the rest of my avoid/busts articles, these are players that lack one or both of the main factors you need from a solid fantasy option, production and consistency. If you have both, good chances your team will do well. Just because these players may not be as consistent as you would have hoped, […]

Players to Target When Punting FG% in Fantasy Basketball Drafts

When adopting punting strategies, fantasy owners need to remember that the point of punting is to maximize the value of their players, not to explicitly throw away a few categories. Punting FG% could be a widely used strategy this season, as first round staples James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Paul George will shoot under 45%. Owners […]

Three Overvalued Forwards for Fantasy Basketball Drafts

What's up RotoBallers. Welcome back to another edition of our overvalued players, or guys that you may want to take a longer look at on draft day. Today I will take a look at overvalued forwards for 2016-17 fantasy basketball drafts. Hopefully my analysis helps you make better decisions for your drafts, and pick some […]

Three Potential Fantasy Basketball Draft Busts

It’s been a long three months since Lebron James and the Cavaliers clawed back from a 3-1 Finals deficit to end Cleveland’s seemingly eternal championship drought. The draft transpired, legends retired, teams shelled out insane amounts of money to acquire, and once-loyal players switched teams out of a championship desire. What else bring the anticipation […]

Five NBA Players Poised to Take a Major Leap

Every year, a few young players take the next step and elevate their games into fantasy stardom.  The hype train will be going full force on many young players, and a lot of them will end up burning you.  If you pick the right young players, though, you'll be vastly rewarded. Let's take a look […]

Fantasy Basketball Rankings Analysis: Overvalued NBA Players

Last week I took a look at some players who might be undervalued according to their pre-draft Yahoo! rankings. This week I flip the switch and discuss a handful of players who are a bit overvalued for my taste! So when everyone else is sipping the wrong flavor of Kool-Aid on these guys, just let them pass […]

RotoBaller Fantasy Basketball Expert Draft Recap, Steals, and Reaches

We went over the basic round-by-round results early in the week for our RotoBaller Fantasy Basketball Writer's League. Now we'll go team by team and give our writers (and two of our guests) an opportunity to explain some of their thinking during the draft, and call out where they saw picks that were steals or […]

Fantasy Basketball Rankings Analysis: NBA Sleepers and Targets for Early Yahoo! Drafters

There are some crazy people out there who get excited when the NFL season starts, simply because it means the NBA season is right around the corner. I’m one of those people. There’s nothing like a TNT Thursday night, or ABC Sunday afternoon featuring I don’t care what teams! Just give some NBA action and […]

Fantasy Basketball Tiered Rankings - Power Forwards

The 2015-2016 NBA season ended on June 19th and the start of the 2016-2017 NBA regular season is a decent ways away on October 25th. Since the end of the NBA season rookies have been drafted, newcomers squared off and competed for roster spots in the NBA Summer League, and there was a mad dash […]

Fantasy Basketball Tiered Rankings - Small Forwards

The 2015-2016 NBA season ended on June 19th and the start of the 2016-2017 NBA regular season is a decent ways away on October 25th. Since the end of the NBA season rookies have been drafted, newcomers squared off and competed for roster spots in the NBA Summer League, and there was a mad dash […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Brice Johnson

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Taurean Prince

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Domantas Sabonis

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Thon Maker

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Jakob Poeltl

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Marquese Chriss

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

High Profile NBA Rookies to Avoid in Fantasy Leagues

The NBA Draft is a time of rebuilding, rebirth, and gap filling for both NBA teams and the players who are moving on to the next stages of their careers. For some players, they will advance from college/international stardom to professional stardom in the NBA from the very start of their rookie years.  I took […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Dragan Bender

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Jaylen Brown

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Brandon Ingram

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Ben Simmons

In preparation for the 2016-17 Fantasy Basketball season, it's time to get to know some of the new guys in the player pool.  The 2015 draft brought in a massive influx of fantasy relevant NBA talent, from a burgeoning super-star at the top of the draft (Minnesota's Karl-Anthony Towns) to a hidden jewel in the […]