Ricky Rubio (PG, MIN) - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around 60 Overall CURRENT ADP: 78 ANALYSIS: Talk about closing the circle. After getting drafted by Minny all the way back in 2009, playing his first NBA game with the Wolves two years later, and spending the last three years splitting time between Utah and Phoenix, Ricky (perhaps Rick now?) Rubio is […]

Jusuf Nurkic (C, POR) - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Target Around 30 Overall CURRENT ADP: 41 ANALYSIS: I was expecting fantasy GMs to sleep a little bit more on Jusuf Nurkic's upside given his eight-game regular season in 2020. I guess the fact that those came in the bubble and the postseason refreshed some GMs' memories. Nurkic, obviously, could do nothing for […]

Fantasy Basketball Draft Busts: Guards

A key part of doing a fantasy draft is avoiding players who find themselves in a bad situation. The wrong pick can completely tank your season. Today, let's talk about some potential busts at the guard position. For whatever reason -- be it talent, lack of opportunity, or some combination of those two things -- […]

Fantasy Basketball Draft Busts: Forwards

A key part of doing a fantasy draft is avoiding players who find themselves in a bad situation. The wrong pick can completely tank your season. Today, let's talk about some potential busts at the forward position. For whatever reason -- be it talent, lack of opportunity, or some combination of those two things -- […]

Thunder Dan's Fantasy Basketball Punting Picks for Each Category (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's Fantasy Basketball Punting Guide for the 2020-2021 NBA season. If you love playing in H2H leagues as much as I do, then you're probably already familiar with the concept of punting categories. Punting categories is a great way to win fantasy […]

NBA Fantasy Basketball Draft Busts: Centers

A key part of doing a fantasy draft is avoiding players who find themselves in a bad situation. The wrong pick can completely tank your season. Today, let's talk about some potential busts at the center position. For whatever reason -- be it talent, lack of opportunity, or some combination of those two things -- […]

Thunder Dan's Fantasy Basketball Punting Strategies (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's Fantasy Basketball Punting Guide for the 2020-2021 NBA season. If you love playing in H2H leagues as much as I do, then you're probably already familiar with the concept of punting categories. But if you're new to the concept, I will […]

Justin Carter's Top 10 Fantasy Basketball Rookies For Redraft (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Draft Kit. Thanks for trusting us to be your home for fantasy basketball analysis! Today, we're going to look at the top 10 rookies for fantasy basketball redraft leagues. Who'll make an immediate impact in the NBA? Who'll be […]

Thunder Dan's Fantasy Basketball 9-Category Specialists (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's premium draft kit! We're here to be your secret weapon when it comes to this fantasy basketball season. Here I want to highlight my favorite 9-cat specialists, players who can contribute across the board in all of the nine categories of […]

LaMelo Ball’s Fit With The Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets certainly don’t have an encouraging track record with top-10 draft picks. Since drafting Kemba Walker ninth overall in 2011 – the franchise’s clear best draft pick ever – the team went on to select Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2012, 2nd overall), Cody Zeller (2013, 4th overall), Noah Vonleh (2014, 9th overall) and Frank Kaminsky […]

Juan Hernangomez Staying In Minnesota

Forward Juan Hernangomez has agreed to a three-year, $21 million deal to stay with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Traded to Minny in February, Hernangomez played 14 games for the team, starting all of them and averaging 12.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, plus shooting 42 percent from deep on his way to 2.4 made threes […]

Malik Beasley Agrees To Big Deal With Minnesota

The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a four-year, $60 million deal with guard Malik Beasley. Beasley was traded to Minnesota in February, starting all 14 games after the deal and averaging 20.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game while shooting 42.6 percent from three. If that version of Beasley is what we get going forward, […]

Juan Hernangomez Gets Qualifying Offer

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Juan Hernangomez was extended the qualifying offer by the organization. He played well during his short time with the Wolves last season. Sadly, it was only a 14 game sample size and the team was without Karl-Anthony Towns during most of those contests. The Wolves will be able to match any offer […]

2020 NBA Draft Winners and Losers - Instant Analysis

Last night's NBA Draft is the mid-point in a wild week of offseason action for the NBA. In a draft without a clear first pick, the Minnesota Timberwolves chose to go with Georgia's Anthony Edwards. Golden State -- who may have lost Klay Thompson for the year with an Achilles injury on Wednesday -- took […]

Lakers Nab Jaden McDaniels At No. 28 Overall, Rights To Wolves

The Los Angeles Lakers selected forward Jaden McDaniels out of the University of Washington with the 28th overall selection in the 2020 NBA Draft, but his rights are headed to Minnesota via Oklahoma City to help complete the Ricky Rubio deal that was struck Wednesday. Known for his tremendous athleticism, McDaniels appears to be a […]

Leandro Bolmaro Selected 23rd Overall

Argentine-Italian guard Leandro Bolmaro, who stands at 6-foot-8, was selected 23rd overall in the 2020 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. However, Bolmaro will be on the move to the Minnesota Timberwolves, who are sending picks 25 and 33 to the Knicks. Bolmaro has spent the past two years with FC Barcelona, playing for […]

Ricky Rubio Traded Back To Minnesota

The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a draft-day trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Timberwolves are acquiring Ricky Rubio, who began his career with the team, as well as the 25th and 28th picks in the 2020 draft, in exchange for a package that includes the 17th overall pick this year. Rubio will bring […]

Timberwolves Use First Pick On Anthony Edwards

With the first pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves have selected Georgia guard Anthony Edwards. A physical shooting guard, there are valid concerns about his shotmaking, as he connected on just 29.4 percent of his three-point attempts in his lone college season. Still, Edwards averaged 19.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, […]

2020 NBA Mock Draft - RotoSurgeon's Fantasy Spin

The 2020 NBA Draft is drawing near and one of my favorite yearly rituals is reading about young players I typically forgot watching in NCAA games in mock drafts. Mock drafts are fun because they allow for a world of possibilities with players and teams alike where we each have our own individual vision on […]

Fantasy Impact: Making Sense Of Monday's Flurry Of NBA Trades

The NBA allowed trading to begin on Monday, and by the end of the night, the Milwaukee Bucks had reshaped their entire team, while the Rockets looked poised to begin a long rebuild. With the NBA draft and the start of free agency on the horizon, let's try to make sense of what all of […]

Fantasy Basketball Risers - 2019-2020 Season Review

It feels like just last month I was breaking down NBA Finals games for DFS contests and here we are with the 2020-2021 season set to tip-off in only six weeks. We have the shortest NBA offseason EVER this year and it's already time to do some evaluation of the longest season ever as we […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (8/13/20): NBA DFS Lineups

We have a five-game slate on Thursday and we're a few games into garbage season for NBA DFS. Teams are resting starters willy nilly, capping minutes seemingly at random, and just trying to coast by in general - either to the playoffs or to their offseason. However, there are four teams that are still vying […]

James Johnson Expected To Exercise Player Option

Minnesota Timberwolves forward James Johnson is expected to exercise his $16 million player option for next season. The 33-year-old forward averaged 12.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.8 assists this season. He'll be a nice veteran presence to the organization, but is not expected to have a huge role. Johnson saw a significant amount of playing […]

D'Angelo Russell Feels At Home With Minnesota

Minnesota Timberwolves guard D'Angelo Russell said that he feels welcomed and embraced by the organization and the fans. “For me to come here, this feels more at home to me,” says Russell. He posted career highs in both rebounds and steals during his brief stint with the Wolves before the league went on hiatus. It's […]

Malik Beasley, Juan Hernangomez Might Return To Minnesota

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley and forward Juan Hernangomez could stick around longer than the 2019-2020 season. Team president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas would like to re-sign both players this offseason. "We want those guys to be Timberwolves for a long, long time," Rosas said. Beasley is averaging 20.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists […]

Malik Beasley Could Sign Extension With Minnesota

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley could sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves long-term this summer. The organization is reportedly interested in keeping Beasley around for multiple years, according to Jon Krawczynski. Beasley is averaging 20.7 points and 5.1 rebounds during his 14 games in Minnesota. He was buried on the bench in Denver, but a new […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Sim League Lineup Picks (3/18/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

With the cancellation of nearly every sporting event in the county, daily fantasy sites have had to get creative with offerings. That is certainly the case with Fanduel as they have introduced "NBA SIM leagues". Premise: Just like every NBA contest on Fanduel, you will pick two point guards, two shooting guards, two small forwards, […]

Juan Hernangomez Produces Double-Double On Tuesday

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Juan Hernangomez produced a double-double in the loss to Houston, finishing the night with 18 points and 10 rebounds. The 24-year-old has maintained a routine role with the team since being acquired from the Nuggets in February. He should continue to log between 28-34 minutes as a starter for the foreseeable future […]

Malik Beasley Cools Off Against Houston

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley had an uneventful evening on Tuesday in the loss to the Houston Rockets. Beasley finished with five points, doing so by shooting an abysmal 2-for-11 from the field in addition to going 1-for-5 from deep. He also added just three boards, an assist, and a steal, but in the end, […]

D'Angelo Russell Bounces Back In Loss

Minnesota Timberwolves guard D'Angelo Russell produced 28 points in the loss to the Rockets on Tuesday night. His 53.3 percent shooting from the field was his second-highest mark since joining the team in early February, and his four steals were a season-high. He also added six boards and five assists, and though turnovers were an […]