Fantasy Basketball ADP Smashers - Category Leagues (Premium Content)
There aren't many things fantasy managers can agree on entering each NBA season. However, Nikola Jokic is widely considered the best basketball player on the planet, meaning he remains No. 1 overall in preseason ADP rankings in both category and point leagues. But more than a few players, specifically Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid, are […]
Draft Room 101: Punting Strategies and Picks (Premium Content)
When drafting your fantasy team, there are a number of different strategies that you can deploy. Rather than blindly building out your roster based on who's available, it's vital to head into your draft with a game plan. Over the last decade, punting categories have become a tactical strategy across the fantasy community. If you […]
Fantasy Basketball Category Studs - Points, Rebounds, And Assists (Premium Content)
With actual NBA hoops a stone's throw away, odds are you have a fantasy draft on the horizon. Luckily for you, the RotoBaller team has you covered with in-depth content to help you get a leg up on your competition. Whether you are a seasoned vet or new to fantasy hoops, understanding how to build […]
Fantasy Basketball 9-Category Sleepers: Middle and Late-Round Draft Values (Premium Content)
We are inching closer to the 2023-24 NBA season, which means it's time to start thinking fantasy basketball. It's time to visualize who you can snag at the top of your board, which players can be sneaky breakouts, and who will become your DFS darlings throughout the season. At the top of fantasy draft boards, […]
Five NBA Teams To Target In 2023-2024 Fantasy Basketball
Most of the content you will see around this time will be more player-centric so that you can make the best decisions to win your upcoming league. But sometimes it's better to target more teams instead of the players. Each player's station is always different, no matter if they are on the same team. These […]
Fantasy Basketball Breakouts, Busts, And Locks - Atlanta Hawks 2023 Outlook
With fantasy basketball season rapidly approaching, it's time to look at the NBA landscape from a team-by-team perspective. If you play fantasy football, you'll probably recognize the format here as we had a series of preseason NFL articles that followed the same outline. The idea here is to hone in on players from each team […]
Domantas Sabonis Is Fully Healthy
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis (thumb) is fully healthy heading into training camp. It appears Sabonis has healed from his avulsion fracture in his right thumb. The big man suffered the injury in December and missed just one game. After that, Sabonis continued to play through the issue down the stretch of the season. Luckily, […]
Fantasy Basketball Breakouts, Busts, and Locks - Indiana Pacers
Welcome back to the second annual fantasy basketball exercise in which RotoBaller dissects each NBA team's breakouts, busts, and locks. As the fantasy basketball season demands extreme detail and attention, taking the time to identify game-breakers and game-changers in the NBA makes the difference between winning or losing your league. Thankfully, RotoBaller is here to […]
Fantasy Hockey Rankings for 2023-2024 Drafts - Top 300 for Points Leagues
The 2022-2023 NHL season has come and gone in the blink of an eye with some calling the playoffs ‘the most exciting playoffs in a long time’ due to the numerous upsets and teams who caught fire at the right time. Eventually, the Vegas Golden Knights returned to the Stanley Cup Finals, the second trip […]
Kings Convert Jordan Ford To Two-Way Contract
The Sacramento Kings have converted Jordan Ford's training camp deal to a two-way contract. Ford impressed playing for the Kings' G League affiliate last season and further boosted his stock during Summer League play this season. He averaged 14.2 points and 5.0 assists in 27.7 minutes across six outings in July. The 25-year-old, who played […]
Jordan Ford Signs Training Camp Deal
Sacramento Kings guard Jordan Ford has signed a training camp deal with the organization. He averaged 14.7 points, 4.8 assists, and 2.1 rebounds in 26.1 minutes per game across 32 games in the G-League last season. Ford also impressed during the Summer League, which has resulted in him getting a chance to make the Kings […]
2023-2024 NBA Futures Bets: Season Win Totals - Pacific Division
With the NBA Draft and a good chunk of free agency behind us, major sportsbooks have begun releasing their season win totals for the 2023-2024 campaign. And since we're still more than a month away from televised hoops hitting our TVs, I thought it would be fun to take a closer look at how Vegas […]
Kings Waiving Nerlens Noel, Neemias Queta
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, centers Nerlens Noel and Neemias Queta are getting waived by the Sacramento Kings. Once the team signed JaVale McGee, there was a huge logjam with five centers on the roster. This move seemed to remedy the situation since both Noel and Queta were on partially guaranteed deals. The Mavericks […]
Kings Plan To Sign And Waive Skal Labissiere
According to James Ham of ESPN 1320 Sacramento, the Sacramento Kings plan to sign and then waive center Skal Labissiere. This move is postured to get him to the Kings' G League affiliate in Stockton. The Kentucky product was originally drafted by the Kings back in 2016 and appeared in nine games for the G […]
JaVale McGee Preferred Kings To Warriors
According to The Athletic's Sam Amick, JaVale McGee elected against joining his former team, the Golden State Warriors, when the Dallas Mavericks waived him last month. The 35-year-old won two championships with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018, but he decided to join the Sacramento Kings instead for the upcoming campaign. McGee won multiple rings […]
Fantasy Basketball Winners And Losers From 2023 NBA Offseason Trades
The dust has settled from the 2023 offseason, and a lot of players have found new homes, both as FAs and signing contracts, and as players who got traded to new teams, and we'll be focusing on the latter today. These players had no control over their new destinations, but now that they're in a […]
JaVale McGee Does Not Have Guaranteed Roster Spot
The Sacramento Kings recently signed center JaVale McGee to a one-year deal. It was reported that the deal was a one-year contract for the veteran minimum. That being said, the deal is worth a little over $3 million considering McGee has over 10 years of NBA service time. The expectation is that McGee will make […]
Sasha Vezenkov Confident Of Fitting In With Kings
Sacramento Kings forward Sasha Vezenkov believes he will have no trouble adjusting to his new teammates and NBA basketball. "It's a totally different game. I understand that," Vezenkov said while comparing the NBA to the EuroLeague, "The coaching staff and the players will help me adjust as fast as possible to this new game. On […]
JaVale McGee Signs With Sacramento
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, JaVale McGee is signing with the Sacramento Kings. The 35-year-old spent the last season with Dallas where he averaged 4.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game across 8.5 minutes per contest. He only appeared in 42 games and made his frustrations public because when he signed, he thought […]
Kings Interested In JaVale McGee
According to Bleacher Report's Chris Haynes, the Sacramento Kings are interested in picking up center JaVale McGee, who was waived by the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday. McGee signed a three-year deal for around $17 million with Dallas last summer, but he became redundant on the team and averaged just 8.5 minutes in 42 appearances. The […]
NBA Stock Check: Every Western Conference Team
In a league where team/player loyalty holds the weight of a long-term contract, projecting success in the NBA is challenging. Despite superstars vacating franchises at what feels like an annual rate, franchises must trek through the progressively stale 82-game schedule to win the highly-coveted Larry O'Brien trophy. Every piece of the puzzle matters, especially considering […]
Domantas Sabonis Wants All-Around Improvement From Kings
Sacramento Kings forward/center Domantas Sabonis helped the team end a 16-year playoff drought in 2022-23, but he expects things to be more challenging in the upcoming campaign and wants to see improvement from the squad at both ends of the floor. "We definitely know it's going to be the hardest year yet. Last year, there […]
NBA Power Rankings: Every Team's Starting Shooting Guard for the 2023-2024 Season
Today I’ll be ranking the starting shooting guards of each NBA team for the 2023-2024 season. This ranking is based both on each player’s individual talent as well as their fit on their respective teams. Please keep in mind that some teams have traditional point guards playing the shooting guard position on their roster. I […]
Skal Labissiere Signs With Kings
The Sacramento Kings have reached an agreement with forward Skal Labissiere on a one-year deal. The former 28th overall pick from the 2016 NBA draft is headed back to Sacramento on a partially guaranteed deal. Labissiere spent the first three years of his career with the Kings before joining the Portland Trail Blazers. The 27-year-old […]
NBA Power Rankings: Every Team's Starting Point Guard for the 2023-2024 Season
In today’s list, I’ll be ranking the starting point guards of each NBA team for the 2023-2024 season. This ranking is based on each player’s individual talent as well as their fit on their respective teams. Keep in mind that some teams have multiple point guards on their roster. I will be using the official […]
Points Leagues Fantasy Basketball Rankings for 2023-24 by Dennis Clausen
The 2022-23 NBA season came and went, with the Denver Nuggets coming away with the franchise's first championship, defeating the Heat 4-1. Some other notable happenings transpired during the year, including LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the all-time scoring leader. Not surprisingly, the league's Most Valuable Player was a hot topic, as usual. […]
2023 NBA Summer League Winners And Losers: Forwards
So, Rotoballers, we've gone from the NBA Draft to free agency to summer league and now we have a bit of a dead period with the next part of NBA basketball being training camp. Sure, there's also the FIBA World Cup approaching, but a lot of the hype is going to be around workout videos […]
2023-24 NBA Dynasty Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Basketball
Welcome to the slower part of the offseason, Rotoballers! The NBA Draft has come and gone. All of the prospects showcased their skills in the various summer leagues and now we wait for training camp and preseason. With that being said, we're going to take a look at the top 50 rookies this season for […]
Top 10 Rookies For Redraft: 2023 Fantasy Basketball
When it comes to rookies in fantasy hoops, opportunity is everything. Sure, talent is important, but there's always a chance that it won't pay dividends in year one. In layman's terms, an ultra-talented player stuck at the back end of a contending team's depth chart won't exactly win you a fantasy championship. Yes, we're looking […]
Nerlens Noel Gets A One-Year Deal With Sacramento
As reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Sacramento Kings are signing free-agent center Nerlens Noel to a one-year deal. The contract is worth $3.1 million and he'll most likely slot into the backup center role that Richaun Holmes vacated. The problem is that slot was very deep into the bench. Alex Len and Trey […]