Ben Simmons Stuffs The Stat Sheet In Victory
Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons did a little bit of everything for his team in a 113-107 win over the Wizards. Simmons recorded 16 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, three blocks, and two steals in 32 minutes. Simmons made a few highlight-reel plays, including a lob to Joel Embiid for his first bucket of the […]
Joel Embiid Opens Season With 29-Point Double-Double
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid scored 29 points with 14 rebounds, two assists, a three-pointer, and a block in a 113-107 victory over the new-look Wizards. Embiid bullied the Wizards' bigs- Thomas Bryant and Robin Lopez- for much of the contest, as he took them inside and outside of the paint for baskets. The 26-year-old […]
FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/23/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice
The NBA season officially began Tuesday night with some marquee matchups, yet Wednesday offers the more exciting opportunity for daily fantasy players. The rest of the league is in action, with 13 games slated across the country. With 26 teams making their debuts, there is plenty of intrigue and uncertainty heading into the season. Free […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/22/20): NBA DFS Lineups
Happy Opening Night, RotoBallers! It feels like yesterday that we watched LeBron James and Anthony Davis hoist the NBA title in Disney World. That's also because it was only 63 days ago. As DFS players, we will have to be on our toes every night until every tip-off this season with late injury news or […]
NBA DFS Cheat Sheet & Expert Lineups for December 22nd
The NBA is back in our lives and so is the daily grind of NBA DFS! Welcome back to our premium cheat sheet for the 2020-2021 season, where you'll find our experts' favorite plays for every slate and sample lineups, too! Since we only have two games on opening night, I'll be going game-by-game and […]
Thunder Dan's 2020-2021 NBA DFS Strategy Guide
Hello there, RotoBallers, and welcome to my personal NBA DFS strategy guide for both FanDuel and DraftKings. While it has only been a few months since the NBA playoffs wrapped up, there is still a lot of excitement and anticipation for the beginning of the 2020 NBA season. If your reading this article, then you […]
Top 200 Rankings: Fantasy Basketball Head-to-Head (9-Category)
Welcome back, RotoBallers! The NBA season is rapidly approaching, and here at RotoBaller HQ our awesome team of writers is cranking out lots of great preseason fantasy basketball analysis articles to get you ready for the season, including our 2020-2021 fantasy basketball rankings. For those of you getting ready to draft your teams, below you'll find […]
2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Draft Rankings: Guards
The fantasy basketball season is just around the corner, which means you're likely doing -- or soon will be doing -- fantasy drafts. And to do a draft, you need some solid rankings to use in your drafting! That's why we here at RotoBaller put out our 20-21 rankings last week. But what are rankings […]
2021-22 Fantasy Basketball Draft Rankings: Forwards
Boom! Just like that, we are only three weeks away from the NBA Regular season. That can only mean one thing: Fantasy Hoops is back! With tip-off fast approaching, you will need to begin preparing for your fantasy draft, and what better way to do that than with draft rankings! In case you missed it, […]
2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Draft Rankings: Centers
The fantasy basketball season is just around the corner, which means you're likely doing -- or soon will be doing -- fantasy drafts. And to do a draft, you need some solid rankings to use in your drafting! That's why we here at RotoBaller put out our 2020-21 fantasy basketball draft rankings last week. But […]
NBA Centers - Draft Sleepers for Fantasy Basketball
What a fast turnaround for the NBA! With the season just around the corner, it's important to be prepared for your upcoming draft. NBA preseason officially tips off on Dec. 11th and it's always helpful to scout out some position battles during these games, as teams are trying to figure out some of their rotations. […]
Undervalued Centers - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
If you are a long-time fantasy player, you know how does it feel to getting sniped in a fantasy draft. You know how it goes: you enter the lobby with a few players to draft in mind, have everything planned for you to build the perfect roster, and just a couple of picks before the […]
Undervalued Forwards - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
If you are a long-time fantasy player, you know how it feel to getting snipped in a fantasy draft. You know how it goes: you enter the lobby with a few players to draft in mind, have everything planned for you to build the perfect roster, and just a couple of picks before the one […]
Five Deeper Draft Sleepers - Fantasy Basketball Guards
Every year there are a few players that outperform their draft day value in fantasy basketball leagues. In this article, we will look at a five very deep sleepers at the guard position for fantasy basketball managers to keep their eye on. These are players that are not likely to be on your draft radar […]
How to Punt Categories in Fantasy Basketball
Welcome to fantasy draft season for the 2020-21 NBA season! It's so good to be back after we had to punt away the end of last year's fantasy season. It's now 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, […]
RotoBaller's 2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Expert Draft: Analysis
Last night, the RotoBaller writers got together and had our annual draft, so today I'm here to offer our readers some insights into the draft. Some key features of our draft: We've got a 12-team, H2H 9-Cat league on Yahoo. And, uhh, I guess that's really all the main things you need to know. We […]
Antonio Losada's Fantasy Basketball Draft Sleepers (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. A key part of doing a fantasy draft is finding players who are in a great situation to become high-upside fantasy plays. Everybody knows the top-tier names will always perform to excellent levels, but every year there are a bunch of players that slip […]
Antonio Losada's Fantasy Basketball Undervalued Players (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. A key part of doing a fantasy draft is finding players who are in a great situation to become high-upside fantasy plays daily. Everybody knows the top-tier names will always perform to excellent levels. Also, every year there are a bunch of players that […]
Shop the Sales: UDFA Who Could Find Quick Success
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily […]
Shop the Sales: 2nd Rounders Who Could Find Quick Success
It's funny that every year at the NBA Draft, once the end of the guaranteed money and live appearances arrives at the end of the first round, everybody tunes out and refers to the 60th pick as "Mr.Irrelevant". That's not very accurate though, is it? Speaking historically, the title of "Mr.Irrelevant" could just as easily […]
Preseason NBA DFS Primer for 12/16 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings
We are now less than one week away from opening night of the NBA regular season! But we still have four more preseason slates left to play and there's still money to be made! Each of the four games on tonight's slate is the first of a two-game set between these teams as they will […]
Fantasy Impact: The Detroit Pistons Offseason Moves
No team has been more active this offseason than the Detroit Pistons. Their current roster – apart from Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin – is almost completely different from the one they had at the end of the 2019-20 season. Troy Weaver, who took over as the team’s general manager this past June after over […]
Preseason NBA DFS Primer for 12/15 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings
After a successful slate last night, I have no choice but to keep churning out preseason NBA DFS content! Even if we only have three games tonight, I'm back anyway with another NBA DFS article and my favorite plays and teams to target. We have a lot of injury info to monitor and a lot […]
2020-21 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper - Josh Richardson
'Tis the season to be drafting / Fa la la la la, la la la la" With fantasy drafts in full swing, all of us are doing our final preparations for that glorious draft night! Spreadsheets open, two notebooks and four pens in front 0f me, I've got another monitor linked up with my laptop. […]
Shake Milton (PG/SG, PHI) - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around 130 Overall CURRENT ADP: 145 ANALYSIS: Milton’s season was a story of two halves as he filled in for an injured Ben Simmons much of the year. As a starter he posted a more than respectable 12.5 points and 3.8 assists a game, while that dropped to a meager 4.9 points […]
Preseason NBA DFS Primer for 12/11 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice for FanDuel, DraftKings
Welcome to my first NBA DFS article for the 2020-2021 season (well, preseason, but still!). I hope you are as pumped as I am to have the NBA back in our lives and I appreciate you checking out my preseason NBA content here at RotoBaller! In this article, I will be providing you with my daily […]
Jonas Valanciunas (C, MEM) - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around 54 Overall CURRENT ADP: 69 ANALYSIS: After playing just 49 games in 2019, Jonas Valanciunas was on the court 70 times last year as a full-time Grizzlie for the first time since Toronto traded him two years ago. And oh boy, did he delivered. JoVa, while averaging a lo 26.4 mpg […]
PJ Washington (SF/PF, CHA) - Fantasy Basketball Draft Values
BALLER MOVE: Target Around 114 Overall CURRENT ADP: 132 ANALYSIS: Washington started 57 of his 58 games last year, averaging 12.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.8 blocks per game while shooting 37.4 percent from three on four attempts per game. Basketball Reference estimates he played around 85 percent of his minutes […]
Fantasy Basketball Outlook: Oklahoma City Thunder
There is no doubt that the team who has gone through the biggest offseason overhaul this year has been the Oklahoma City Thunder. After making the playoffs with veterans such as Chris Paul and Steven Adams, general manager Sam Presti blew the team up. Not only gone are several key players, but also coach Billy […]
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 -- […]