Buy, Sell or Hold: Evan Fournier and Jimmy Butler?

Week 2 is behind us and there's been so many surprise results that it seems the NBA Gods are having a laugh. If the playoffs were to begin today Cleveland wouldn't participate, Golden State would be the number six seed in the West and the Memphis Grizzlies and Detroit Pistons would be crowned regular season […]

Fantasy Basketball Week 3 Waiver Wire and Buy/Sell

Hey everyone, my name is Dicky and I’m a new contributor here at RotoBaller. Pleased to meet all of you. I will be in and out of the RotoBaller Chatroom to talk hoops and fantasy throughout the season, so come join us and say hi! I’m also on Twitter as well, so free feel to […]

Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (10/27/17): NBA Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings

Happy Friday to you all, my fellow hoop addict friends. The second Friday of the regular season brings us a relatively light slate compared to most Fridays, but seven games is still a pretty healthy number. The range of anywhere between five and eight games is pretty optimal, in my opinion, as you have a […]

Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (10/25/17): NBA Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings

We have a 10 game slate to get us through this hump day, and there are plenty of really strong options all across the board. Only a few games into the season, but there are a number of injures starting to pop up, so be sure to check the starting lineups before lock. Lot of […]

Buy, Sell or Hold: LaMarcus Aldridge and Nikola Jokic?

The first week of the season is over. And boy what a week it was! Too many injuries put a damper on a very exciting start to the NBA season. The reigning champions Golden State lost two out of three, and their arch nemesis Cleveland was humiliated a few days ago by Orlando, who was […]

Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (10/22/17): NBA DFS Advice For FanDuel, DraftKings

The NBA features a three game slate in case you have some time between NFL games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for DraftKings on 10/22/17. The DFS lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value plays on DraftKings. Let's […]

Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (10/20/17): NBA Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings

NBA Friday's are once again bracing us with its presence. I think it may have something to do with the fact that, normally, Friday is a pretty weak day for sports until the NBA rolls around, but there's something special about a packed slate on a Friday night - especially when it leads into a […]

Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (10/18/17): NBA Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings

We have a MASSIVE 11 game slate tonight, and that means options all across the board. There are high priced guys, along with plenty of value for you to fill out a roster. With no stats available at the start of the season, we will work with what we saw from the teams last season. […]

How To Punt Categories in Fantasy Basketball (2017 Edition)

Welcome to fantasy draft season for the 2017-18 NBA season! It's time to start thinking about how you're going to win your league this year. RotoBaller will be here with rankings, sleepers, players to avoid, and much more. Before we dive too deep into individual players, though, let's take a step back and look at […]

Redefining How to Win a Trade in Fantasy Basketball

Big-splash trades defined the 2017 offseason. Kyrie Irving being traded to the Boston Celtics for Isaiah Thomas and a bevy of assets appeared to cap off an unforgiving and unpredictable summer of massive trades. Then, in another top-rope-finishing-move trade executed by Thunder GM Sam Presti, Carmelo Anthony was moved for Enes Kanter. You read that […]

Fantasy Basketball Tiered Rankings - Center

Most Big Guy players don't get enough love unless they’re superstars like Anthony Davis or drama queens like Dwight Howard. I always draft my primary Center a couple rounds too late, but there are some consistent performers and sleepers in those 5th and 6th round picks if you draft wisely. It’s worth checking out lower […]

How the NBA has Changed After a Ridiculous Offseason

The 2017 NBA off-season was bonkers. Bamboozling. B-a-n-a-n-a-s. By now, you know that the 2017 NBA off-season could be remembered exclusively for its confounding big-splash trades. But if you're here, you're asking: how in the world should I evaluate players if Danny Ainge can't seem to figure it out? The new map of the NBA […]

2017-2018 Overvalued Fantasy Basketball Players (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. 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 […]

EuroBasket Recap: How Did the NBA's Best Look?

This year's EuroBasket was one of the richest if we look at NBA players who featured in it. How a player performs for his national team can be a good cheat sheet come draft day. You may be able to get some value picks or even steals who smash their ADP as not too many […]

NBA Rookie Fantasy Profile: Lauri Markkanen

Position: PF Team: Chicago Bulls Draft Spot: 1.07 Analysis: Markkanen was seen as a lottery pick, but most mock drafts predicted he would not be selected in the top-10 picks. It was far from shocking that the Bulls opted to draft one of the best big men in the draft after trading Taj Gibson to the Thunder. This is […]

Fantasy Basketball Tiered Rankings - Power Forward

Who is going to dominate the paint for your fantasy team at the power forward spot? Here are your preliminary power forward rankings for 2017-2018. This set of pre-season tiers is simple: each tier simply represents a significant gap in production in what is otherwise a straight-up numerical ranking. All positional eligibility is based on […]

A New Sheriff With Towns: Minnesota Timberwolves Fantasy Outlook

A lot of things happened this offseason in the NBA with several stars changing teams in a flurry of trades, free agency, and more trades. This preseason, we'll be looking at the teams that have seen the most change and asking how we should value the players on their new-look rosters. The Minnesota Timberwolves finished […]

Serbian Bug Hits the NBA: What to Expect from Bogdan Bogdanovic and Milos Teodosic?

As Nikola Jokic frenzy reaches its highest heights, a few of his fellow countrymen from Serbia are on their way to join him in the NBA and show what they're made of. There's no shortage of interest in how well Milos Teodosic's game will translate to the NBA and, of course, fantasy basketball. Furthermore, Bogdan […]

Fantasy Basketball Tiered Rankings - Shooting Guard

It is never too early to start talking about hoops! Even more so, it is never too early to talk about fantasy basketball. While everyone is preoccupied with perfecting their fantasy football teams, some of us are biting our nails and chomping at the bit for basketball season to start. So without further ado, let's […]

Fantasy Basketball Tiered Rankings - Point Guard

You can almost smell October 17th, but unfortunately we've still got another month of hot takes, off-season news, and Twitter arguments so ridiculous that even I have been left speechless. With that, the point guard conversation has been one of the main topics of frustration this summer. While saying Russ is better than Steph is […]

Why Your Fantasy NBA Rankings Are Wrong: Scoring Systems

It's just under two months away from the start of the NBA season, and RotoBaller's full Fantasy basketball coverage will be returning some time in late September. However, with both ESPN and Yahoo leagues already open for sign-ups, I know some of you early birds are out there already drafting. This was the first year […]

RotoBaller NBA Big Board Preview: Top 25 (H2H)

It's the deadest part of the offseason, and RotoBaller's full fantasy basketball draft season coverage won't be starting for another month or so.  However, I know some of you fantasy hoops junkies out there are desperately craving a fix.  Allow me to deal you a sneak peak of the current status of my big board […]

Chris Paul is a Rocket - What's the Fantasy Fallout?

After the underwhelming NBA playoffs, an overwhelming offseason has taken the NBA and fantasy world by storm. With the Celtics swapping their 1st pick for more assets and the 3rd pick with the 76ers, Jimmy Butler and Paul George finding new homes, and former huge talent PGs that fell out of favor with their original […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (4/12/17): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

I hate goodbyes, but today is it my friends. It's the final night of the NBA's regular season. The parting gift? How about a 14 game slate! Sounds great, doesn't it? It is, in many ways, but in a few ways, it isn't as beautiful as it appears on the surface, because so many teams […]

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (4/11/17): NBA DFS Advice

This is the final week for NBA regular season daily fantasy action! We have a smaller five game slate tonight, but there are plenty of great options. Multiple teams are resting players, so we have more than enough value to sort through. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (4/11/17): NBA DFS Advice

Second to last day of the NBA regular season, and we have a five game slate. In these five games, eight of the ten teams are not going to make the playoffs, so be sure to check on twitter to see if their starters are playing the last few games. But even with the teams […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (4/9/17): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

There are only four games to choose from tonight. The season is winding down, so a lot of the younger players are starting to see an increase in minutes. It is getting to the point where the salary cap no longer matters. In this article, I will be providing you with daily NBA lineup picks […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (4/9/17): NBA DFS Advice

As always, DraftKings has split the Sunday action into an early and late slate. This article will focus on the later slate, which fews a couple more games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for DraftKings on 4/9/17. The DFS lineup picks will range from some […]

Who Won or Lost You Your Fantasy Playoffs

The regular season of the NBA is drawing to a close. And as the chase for playoff berth is on, it's all over in most fantasy leagues. Owners in leagues that have playoffs surely have some stories of studs and duds of this last period to share with their fellow fantasy rivals. Disappointment, when a guy […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (4/7/17): NBA DFS Advice

The Spurs have announced that they are going to be resting players tonight, which means there will be plenty of value. That's great news, as Russell Westbrook comes with a ridiculous price tag, and he isn't the only useable elite option tonight. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy basketball […]