NBA Injury Roundup for Week Three

RotoBaller has assembled NBA injury updates and advice on various injury situations throughout the NBA to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy league lineups in the NBA season. Understanding the injury landscape, including who's out and who could benefit is a key skill in all forms of fantasy basketball. Here we will […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (11/10/16): NBA DFS Advice

The 2016-’17 NBA season is officially underway. The first few weeks of the season always offer up tough choices, as decisions are largely based off of a small sample size. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for DraftKings on 11/10/16. The DFS lineup picks will range from some […]

Perfect Opportunity: NBA Rookies in Great Situations

With the completion of the 2016 NBA Draft, all 30 teams effectively locked in the directions for their organization's future. Some teams chose to pick the usual project players who will take a few years of pro experience to develop, while other teams have found themselves already in postseason position and were looking to fill […]

NBA Forwards: Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello and welcome to another week of perpetual requirement as a Fantasy Basketball Manager. If you have questions this week regarding the forward position and who could possibly fill it, hopefully I'm about to present you with three rock-solid answers for the coming weeks. Position Eligibility & Ownership Rate Based on Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Player […]

Matt Barnes (SG/SF, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 48% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: With the Grizzlies having a lot of injuries to growl about lately, Matt Barnes (along with others) has been asked to shoulder a bigger offensive responsibility. This comes with some good and bad. The good: Barnes has upped his scoring of late, […]

Lance Stephenson (SG/SF, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 38% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: After being acquired from the Clippers back in February, Lance Stephenson has found new life with the Grizzlies. In 10 games since the move, the 25-year-old swingman has averaged 25.0 minutes, 14.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists, despite having to share […]

NBA Forwards: Week 19 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello again and welcome to another week of statistics that point in every direction. We'll continue to try our best to make sense of the endless numbers. The good news about this week: three players have made it very easy to see some promise in them going forward (no pun intended). Whether it is return […]

Tony Allen (SG/SF, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 49% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: You guys probably think I'm losing it when I recommend Tony Allen as a pickup, but hear me out. The Grizzlies are hurting...literally. The injury bug has bitten them badly and they're turning over every stone to find some offense. Enter […]

JaMychal Green (PF, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 31% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: The Memphis Grizzlies are a mess right now in terms of how badly injuries have ravaged their team. The silver lining is that it's giving some other players opportunities to achieve fantasy relevance. JaMychal Green has been asked to play major minutes […]

NBA Forwards: Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello again -- it's time to find some more "diamonds in the rough" at the forward positions. As the weeks progress and the NBA season trudges on I, along with all of you, am reminded of one painfully clear fact in professional basketball: week by week, the super stars continuously dominate every statistical category. This […]

Brandan Wright (PF/C, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Injury Stash In All Leagues OWNED IN: 18% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Memphis Grizzlies big man Brandan Wright is working his way back from injury, and it couldn't come at a better time. The Grizzlies just lost Marc Gasol for what could be the rest of the season to a broken foot and […]

NBA Forwards: Week 16 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello again! It's the final few days of NBA action before the All-Star Break. It's time to take a look at a group of forwards who are opening doors of opportunity to opportunistic Fantasy Basketball Managers. These three forwards, available in the majority of fantasy leagues, have really stood out in the last two weeks […]

NBA Forwards: Week 15 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello again and welcome to a new week and finally a set of decently fresh faces. I know I have been ramming the likes of John Henson and Evan Turner down some throats in the past weeks, so this week I bring a diverse group of players who offer a diverse set of skills. Some […]

Mario Chalmers (PG, MEM) - FanDuel Matchup Play on 1/16/16

MATCHUP/VALUE: vs NYK, $5,600 ANALYSIS: Mario Chalmers exploded again in his last game against the Detroit Pistons. He scored 25 points, assisted the ball eight times, stole it four times, and posted over 45 fantasy points. Tonight, he gets a great matchup against the New York Knicks, so as long as Mike Conley does not […]

NBA Forwards: Week 11 Waiver Wire Pickups and Sleepers

Hello and welcome to another week of questions and another week of potential answers. This week three players and one super sleeper have been brought to your attention that have been exhibiting extraordinary performance in the last two weeks and now have warranted great consideration from Fantasy Basketball Managers in 71-99% of leagues. Be sure […]

Courtney Lee (SG/SF, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 42% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: As have several other teams around the association, the Memphis Grizzlies have adopted the small ball strategy perfected by the Golden State Warriors. Guard Courtney Lee has been the biggest beneficiary of this change, taking the place of two-time all-star forward Zach Randolph, […]

Matt Barnes (SG/SF, MEM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 44% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Matt Barnes was recently moved into the starting lineup for Memphis, and he's been playing very well. Over the last four games, he's averaging 13 points and slightly over nine rebounds a game. Barnes has always been a good defensive enforcer due […]

NBA Forwards: Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello and welcome to yet another week of yet another set of slept-on forwards who can take your roster to the next level. Today we will be taking a look at three players players who have been on top of their game who are available in anywhere between 60%-82% of Yahoo leagues, and one super […]

Jeff Green (SG/SF, MEM) Worth Adding in All Leagues

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 38% of Yahoo! Fantasy Leagues ANALYSIS: Jeff Green started out the 2015-16 campaign on the bench, but has earned a place in the starting lineup now for Memphis. Talent has never been a question with Green but a heart condition looked like it was going to derail […]