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Fantasy Sports
Listen to Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, Shannon McKeown, Ken Crites, Kirien Sprecher, Brandon Kravitz, Mike Barner and NBA guests from around the league talk fantasy basketball throughout the season.
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Listen to Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, Shannon McKeown, Ken Crites, Kirien Sprecher, Brandon Kravitz, Mike Barner and NBA guests from around the league talk fantasy basketball throughout the season.
Twitter:
@fantasybasketballpodcast
Language:
English
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Email:
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Episodes
Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire: RotoWire's Week 8 Adds
12/5/2025
RotoWire's Ken Crites, Shannon McKeown and Alex Barutha discuss their favorite waiver wire adds for the upcoming week.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:20 News Starts, LeBron's scoring streak ends
03:00 76ers vs. Warriors game
04:20 Giannis injured
07:00 Other injury updates
09:40 Listener Q&A starts, Cam Johnson or Bobby Portis
10:45 Edey and Kyshawn for Amen
12:00 Add Ivey in 14-teamers?
13:40 Cade or Giannis?
14:20 Add Naz Reid over Barrett or Bey?
15:30 Trade Porzingis and Miller?
16:35 Keegan or Turner?
19:40 NBA Cup Confusion, Waiver Wire Begins
21:18 Collin Gillespie, PHX
22:40 Ryan Nembhard, DAL
23:40 Saddiq Bey, NOP
25:10 Jay Huff, IND
26:25 Julian Champagnie, SAS
27:15 Kevin Porter Jr, MIL
29:30 AJ Green, MIL
30:30 Dominick Barlow, PHI
32:05 Kyle Filipowski
35:05 Friday DraftKings DFS/Pick6
41:15 Old Man Rant
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Duration:00:45:32
Fantasy Basketball Mailbag
12/4/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King break down news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewers' questions and discussing players to drop in fantasy basketball.
00:00 Intro
00:50 Ryan Nembhard FAAB?
04:55 Kalkbrenner/Reed Sheppard
07:20 Maxime Raynaud
09:45 Drop Candidates
14:00 Booker/Queen or Sarr/Trey Murphy
15:20 Keegan Murray or Dyson Daniels
17:45 Too Many Centers???
20:15 Ryan Nembhard/VJ Edgecombe/Reed Sheppard
22:05 Giannis ):
24:50 Sling TV Ad
25:45 Bobby Portis
27:35 Zach LaVine/Donte DiVincenzo
29:15 AJ Green
30:05 Matas Buzelis or Devin Vassell
30:50 Bennedict Mathurin
34:30 Vivid Seats Ad
36:15 LaVine/NAW or Siakam
37:30 Norman Powell or Derik Queen
39:30 Keegan Murray/Cam Johnson
40:30 Malik Monk
41:30 Joel Embiid
43:20 Maxime Raynaud again
45:00 Egor Demin
45:40 Dejounte Murray
46:55 Jakob Poeltl
48:00 Chet or Julius
49:15 Zach Edey ROS
50:55 Myles Turner or Jaren Jackson
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Duration:00:54:12
Fantasy Basketball: Buy, Sell or Hold?!?
12/3/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner break down news and notes from around the NBA before discussing whether to buy, sell or hold certain players, including VJ Edgecombe.
00:00 Intro
00:55 Zion Williamson
04:20 Jimmy Butler
07:20 Devin Booker
10:00 Jamal Murray
11:20 Bulls Injury Report
13:00 CP3
15:10 Dabble Ad
16:00 Darius Garland
20:15 Naz Reid
22:25 Mikal Bridges
24:15 Sling TV Ad
25:00 LeBron James
26:35 VJ Edgecombe
28:55 Ryan Rollins
30:20 Chalkboard Ad
31:30 Viewer Questions
41:30 ‘What Was That?!?’
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Duration:00:45:31
Waiver Wire, Weekend Recap + Players to Sell High and Listener Mailbag
12/1/2025
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss the biggest fantasy basketball stories injury updates, waiver wire targets, risers/fallers and chatter around Zach Edey, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dillon Brooks and more. They also take live viewer questions throughout the stream.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Waiver Wire targets
01:20: Jared McCain
02:55 Jay Huff
05:30 Jaylen Wells
06:55 Zach Edey’s big night
08:15 Vivid Seats, Sling TV ads
10:00 Injuries to monitor
10:55 Isaiah Hartenstein, Jalen Williams
13:00 Listener mailbag
13:05 Ant for Miller + Randle?
14:05 Sell Rudy Gobert?
15:20 Watson, Monk, Bey
17:00 Kawhi for Porzingis + Jrue?
18:55 Harper vs. Ivey
20:25 More Jay Huff talk
22:00 Coulibaly, Ausar, Edgecombe, Jaquez, Tre Jones
24:10 Jalen Johnson for James Harden?
25:20 Reed Sheppard ROS
26:55 Trading for Porzingis
27:45 Clowney vs. Huff
28:30 Giannis for Barnes + Keyonte?
29:15 Derik Queen
30:30 Sell high on Grayson Allen, Dillon Brooks?
34:35 Kuzma or Sexton?
35:40 Derik Queen vs. Matas Buzelis
36:05 John Collins
36:30 Nickeil Alexander-Walker
38:00 Trading for Booker
39:10 Blockbuster trade question
40:30 Banchero
40:55 Holiday + Ausar or Buzelis, Cam, Podz?
41:40 Cam Thomas, Dejounte Murray
42:45 Russ, KPJ, Nembhard
44:20 Trading for Zion?
45:20 Alex Sarr’s backups
46:35 Keegan Murray, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Dyson Daniels
48:55 Chalkboard ad
49:50 Cedric Coward
51:05 More sell-high candidates
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Duration:00:56:02
10 Players to be Thankful for in Fantasy Basketball
11/26/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner break down news and notes from around the NBA before discussing 10 players that carry their fantasy basketball team in 2025-26, including Kon Knueppel.
00:00 Intro
00:50 Giannis
02:00 Anthony Davis
03:45 Ayton
06:30 Barrett
08:25 Norman Powell
10:35 Dylan Harper
13:20 Dabble Ad
14:00 Kon Knueppel
16:10 Jalen Johnson
17:20 Jokic
18:05 Sling TV Ad
19:05 Coby White
20:30 Ayo Dosumnu
22:35 Daily Lineups
27:30 Chalkboard Ad
28:30 Viewer Questions
38:45 ‘What Was That?!?’
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Duration:00:42:20
Fantasy Basketball Mailbag
11/25/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King break down news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewer questions and discussing players to drop.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Queen/Buzelis/Fears benched??
04:45 Jaren Jackson
08:00 Nurkic or Drummond
09:30 Sling TV Ad
10:25 Lively/Coulibaly/Collins/Keldon
11:45 Mathurin or Poeltl
14:15 Harden + Kalk or JJ + Gobert
16:00 Isaiah Jackson or Kyle Filipowski
16:30 Harden + DWhite or Luka
18:00 Ace Bailey
19:25 Zach Edey
21:10 Bilal Coulibaly
21:40 Vivid Seats Ad
22:45 Trading KD
25:25 Stash KPJ?
26:00 Mark Williams or Matas Buzelis
28:00 Stash Oubre?
28:30 Jalen Johnson or Cade Cunningham
30:20 Ace or Podz
30:55 Reed/Buzelis/Jaden McDaniels
31:25 Jaden Ivey ROS
32:35 Dabble Ad
33:20 Reed + Stewie or Pritchard + Jerami Grant
34:40 Banchero or Quickley and Turner
35:15 Cam Thomas ROS
36:20 Ivey/Camara/Gafford
37:10 Trendon Watford or Justin Edwards
38:35 Jamal Murray or Bam + Bane
39:40 Noah Clowney
44:00 Outro
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Duration:00:45:32
Weekend News Dump + Biggest Early Season Surprise Players
11/24/2025
Nick Whalen (@wha1en) and Alex Barutha (@BaruthaAlex) recap the NBA and discuss the top waiver wire targets in their most important leagues. The guys also dig in on the biggest surprises so far, including Julius Randle, Alex Sarr, Keyonte George, Ryan Rollins, and more. Throughout the show, the guys also answer live viewer questions!
00:00 Intro
01:15 Notable injuries recap
06:00 Vince Williams upside
06:45 Waiver wire adds (Black, Huff, Portis)
09:45 OG Anunoby + more injuries
12:05 Domantas Sabonis + Kings
14:45 Vivid Seats, Sling TV ads
16:45 Harden, Jalen Johnson trade question
18:40 Noah Clowney + who to drop?
19:20 McCain, Spencer, McConnell, Sexton
20:30 Jalen Johnson a sell high?
22:00 Trading KD and/or Sabonis
24:30 Josh Hart, Kelly Oubre
25:05 Anthony Davis’ future
28:35 Ausar Thompson
29:30 Derik Queen, Deni Avdija trade question
30:30 Alex Sarr
31:30 Chalkboard ad
32:20 Donovan Mitchell, Tyrese Maxey trade question
33:00 Murray for Bane + Bam?
33:55 Reed Sheppard vs. NAW
35:10 RJ Barrett injury + potential adds
36:15 Noah Clowney vs. Peyton Watson
36:30 Mark Williams, Derik Queen, Shaedon Sharpe
39:35 Wembanyama injury concerns?
41:40 How to offload LaMelo Ball
44:40 Early season fantasy surprises
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Duration:00:53:00
9 Must-Add Players for Week 6 of Fantasy Basketball (2025)
11/21/2025
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest news in the NBA before analyzing their nine favorite pickups off the fantasy basketball waiver wire.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:25 Ryan Rollins
02:05 Domantas Sabonis knee injury
05:15 Injury Updates
07:30 Listener Q&A
08:00 Norm Powell sell high?
09:40 IJax or Filipowski?
10:35 Kawhi and Garland injury updates
11:10 Brandon Williams and Jabari Smith holds?
13:10 Kuzma, Portis or Duncan Robinson
14:20 Speculative add of Huff?
16:30 Waiver Wire begins
17:50 Vince Williams, MEM
18:40 Andre Drummond, PHI
19:50 Derik Queen, NOP
22:00 Kyle Kuzma, MIL
23:10 Keegan Murray, SAC
24:30 Peyton Watson, DEN
26:05 Bogdan Bogdanovic, LAC
27:40 Luke Kornet, SAS
28:50 Tristan da Silva, ORL
32:00 DraftKings DFS and Pick6 Suggestions
39:00 Ken's Old Man Rant
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Duration:00:43:07
Fantasy Basketball Mailbag
11/20/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Adam King break down news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewers' top fantasy basketball questions, including what to do with Paul George.
00:00 Intro
03:35 Sling TV Ad
04:40 De’Andre Hunter or Ace Bailey
07:50 Ace Bailey or Ajay Mitchell
10:05 2x1 Trade Targets
16:00 Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware
17:15 Jaren Jackson
18:50 Kon Knueppel ROS
21:45 3x2 Trade
24:10 Prosper Trading Ad
24:45 Wemby 2x1 Trade
26:30 3x2 Trade
28:25 4x2 Trade
29:45 Peyton Watson
33:15 Punt Builds
35:10 Dabble Ad
35:40 Mobley vs. Brunson/Castle
36:20 Bobby Portis/Wendell Carter
37:15 Kyshawn George/Ryan Rollins vs. JDub
38:20 Jaime/Vassell vs. McDaniels/Nembhard
40:00 Lively or Gafford
41:30 Julius Randle vs. Josh Giddey
43:15 LaMelo or Garland
43:55 Clingan or Edey
44:10 Jokic Trade
45:00 Paul George
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Duration:00:47:31
10 Players to Drop in Fantasy Basketball
11/19/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner break down news and notes from around the NBA before discussing players it's time to move on from in fantasy basketball, including Cameron Johnson and Jonathan Kuminga.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Spurs/Grizzlies
04:45 Giannis
06:55 LeBron
09:05 Brunson
10:40 Adebayo
13:55 Keegan Murray
15:55 Dabble Ad
16:30 Jonathan Kuminga
19:55 Christian Braun
21:20 Cameron Johnson
22:10 Sling TV Ad
23:15 Kyrie
24:45 Kelly Oubre
25:20 Malik Monk
27:00 Chalkboard Ad
28:30 Viewer Questions
37:50 ‘What was that?!?’
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Duration:00:41:12
Fantasy Basketball Weekend Takeaways & Waiver Wire Targets
11/17/2025
Kirien and Alex discuss the biggest fantasy basketball news from over the weekend, including injuries to players like Christian Braun and OG Anunoby, the Pelicans firing Willie Green, and more!
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:45 Top waiver adds in our deep league
03:35 Kyrie Irving and Dejounte Murray
08:45 Injury Updates
23:30 Ja Morant
26:51 Collier, Schroder
29:15 Cut McConnell or Wallace for Coulibaly
30:25 Who to drop for Mathurin
31:45 Add Gafford?
32:00 Trade Porzingis?
33:17 Buy or sell PG and Poole?
34:51 Drop question for deep league
37:00 Thoughts on Clingan
40:35 Dom Barlow?
43:15 Jordan Walsh?
44:58 LaVine for Poeltl trade
45:55 Brandon Williams, Drummond or Queen
47:20 Hold Ace Bailey
48:38 Rollins or Pritchard ROS
50:18 Bridges for Lively and Vassell trade
52:32 Trade Kyshawn and KP for Jalen Williams?
53:20 Bam and Amen or Miles Bridges and Sarr?
55:32 Daniss Jenkins
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Duration:00:57:53
9 MUST-ADD Fantasy Basketball Players for Week 5
11/14/2025
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before answering listener questions. Then, the crew dives into their favorite fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups for Week 5.
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Duration:00:44:53
Fantasy Basketball Early-Season Mailbag
11/13/2025
Kirien Sprecher gives news and notes from around the NBA before answering viewers' early-season Fantasy Basketball questions, including what to make of VJ Edgecombe's rookie season thus far.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Sling TV Ad
01:55 Tobias Harris
03:15 Merrill or Collier
05:40 Andre Drummond?
07:15 Blockbuster Trade Feedback
09:20 Prosper Trading Ad
10:00 Ja Morant
11:15 Jordan Poole
12:20 Paul George or Kyshawn George
12:45 Malik Monk/Cason Wallace/Bilal Coulibaly/Dereck Lively
14:40 Collin Murray-Boyles or Noah Clowney
15:45 Ajay Mitchell ROS?
16:45 Queen or Kuminga?
18:10 Smart or Dunn?
19:40 Queen or Brandon Williams?
20:10 Coward or NAW?
20:50 Kawhi or DWhite?
22:20 Chet or Castle?
23:40 Trading for Deni Avdija
25:00 VJ Edgecombe
26:40 James Harden vs. IQ/Amen
27:00 Fears/Queen
28:00 Dabble Ad
29:10 Sharpe/Kalkbrenner
30:10 Deandre Ayton
31:20 Ajay/NAW/Queen
31:40 Chet vs. Franz
33:20 Reed vs. Tre Jones
34:30 Zach LaVine
35:30 Ball/Porzingis vs. Ball/Grant
38:00 Discord Questions
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Duration:00:41:21
10 Streamers To Add II Fantasy Basketball Category Leagues
11/12/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news and notes from around the NBA before giving out their top streaming options for each category, including Sam Merrill, Ryan Kalkbrenner and Marcus Smart.
00:00 Intro
01:20 Nico Harrison
04:40 Jalen Green
07:05 Darius Garland
10:10 Joel Embiid
12:55 Bam Adebayo
14:10 TJ McConnell
16:35 Dabble Ad
17:40 Marcus Smart
19:00 Davion Mitchell
20:05 Nurkic, Drummond, Adams
23:10 Sling TV Ad
24:15 Ryan Kalkbrenner
26:00 Quentin Grimes
27:40 A.J. Green
28:45 Chalkboard Ad
30:25 Viewer Questions
41:00 ‘What Was That?!?’
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Duration:00:44:04
Fantasy Basketball Injury Updates & Waiver Wire Targets
11/10/2025
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top storylines of the weekend in the NBA, as well as the top waiver wire claims across their most competitive leagues. The guys also discuss some players trending up -- Deni Avdija, Dyson Daniels -- and players they're concerned about -- Shaedon Sharpe, Jaren Jackson Jr. -- through the first few weeks of the season.
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:40 Jake LaRavia
03:30 Marcus Smart
04:30 Trendon Watford
06:00 Noah Clowney
08:00 Julian Champagnie
09:00 Derik Queen
13:00 Trey Murphy
16:15 Poeltl, JJJ
19:48 Clingan and Camara for Grimes and Coward?
21:05 Christian Braun
22:40 John Collins, Dillon Brooks, Jaden Ivey
24:09 Drop Harris or Gaford?
25:35 Zach Edey
26:37 Collier?
27:11 Drop Kuminga?
29:00 Josh Minott
30:00 Drop Cam Johnson?
31:25 Westbrook or Oubre
32:00 Drop Buzelis?
33:26 Buy low on Kawhi?
38:00 Royce O'Neale
39:23 Bradley Beal
41:20 Tre Jones a drop when Coby White back?
41:55 Kyshawn George
42:24 CJ McCollum
44:00 Trae, Miller, Kyrie
50:08 Bilal, Coward, Grimes
52:00 Andrew Nembhard
53:30 Keyonte George
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Duration:00:55:32
9 MUST-ADD Fantasy Basketball Players for Week 4
11/7/2025
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest NBA news before suggesting their favorite waiver wire adds for Week 4, including Jusuf Nurkic and Russell Westbrook. After, Shannon and Alex hand out their favorite DraftKings DFS/Pick6 plays for Friday.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:35 Jalen Green returns
03:13 Steph Curry out Friday
04:15 Injury updates
07:08 Listener Questions
7:30 Sheppard or Tyson
9:00 Ayton for Bane trade
10:44 Coulibaly or Kalkbrenner
11:18 Matas & Clingan for Mikal Bridges trade
12:33 Sarr & George for Turner & White trade
14:28 Hart or Buzelis
15:21 Booker for Banchero & Reaves
17:15 Waiver Wire Begins
17:50 Jusuf Nurkic, UTA
19:15 Russell Westbrook, SAC
20:20 Isaiah Jackson, IND
22:00 Daniel Gafford, DAL
23:13 Isaiah Joe, OKC
24:05 Zach Edey, MEM
26:00 Derik Queen, NOP
28:13 Moses Moody, GSW
29:37 Anthony Black, ORL
33:30 DraftKings DFS & Pick6
40:45 Old Man Rant
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Duration:00:44:35
Buy or Sell: Players We Are Already Trading In Fantasy Basketball
11/6/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Ryan Ward discuss news and notes from around the NBA before playing a game of Buy or Sell, including Dyson Daniels, Derrick White and Austin Reaves.
00:00 Intro
00:20 LAL/SAS
04:30 OKC/POR
08:50 MIN/NYK
10:50 Sling TV Ad
11:50 Russell Westbrook
13:40 DAL/NOP
15:10 PHI/CLE
17:15 BKN/IND
17:45 DEN/MIA
18:45 UTA/DET
19:55 HOU/MEM
22:05 BOS/WSH
22:40 Prosper Trading Ad
23:40 Potential Trades
29:40 Dabble Ad
30:15 Viewer Questions
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Duration:00:40:09
The 10 Most Surprising Early-Season Breakouts
11/5/2025
Kirien Sprecher and Mike Barner discuss news from around the NBA before playing a game of Real or Mirage, including VJ Edgecombe, Keyonte George and Jrue Holiday.
00:00 Intro
02:20 Zion Williamson
05:10 Ja Morant
07:50 LaMelo Ball
09:10 Anthony Edwards
11:10 Darius Garland
13:00 Dylan Harper
15:50 Jared McCain
18:00 Dabble Ad
19:05 Nikola Vucevic
20:55 Jrue Holiday
23:10 Keyonte George
27:55 Sling TV Ad
29:00 Desmond Bane
31:00 CJ McCollum
32:40 Anfernee Simons
34:15 Chalkboard Ad
35:30 Viewer Questions
41:30 ‘What Was That?!?’
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Duration:00:45:15
Early Season Buy-Low & Sell-High + Wavier Wire Targets, Live Mailbag and More
11/3/2025
Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap a busy week on the waiver wire and discuss some early sell-high/buy-low candidates, all while answering live viewer questions.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Waiver wire fallout
01:00 Russell Westbrook
02:15 Mann, LaRavia, Quinton Jackson
03:45 Gillespie
06:00 Keldon Johnson
06:50 Vivid Seats promo
08:00 Hold Ace Bailey?
10:15 Annoy, Myles Turner
11:20 Grimes, DiVincenzo
12:35 Sarr, Edgecombe
13:45 KAT, Kawhi, Mobley, Flagg trade question
15:05 Dillon Brooks, Isaiah Collier
16:25 Dereck Lively
17:25 Jaren Jackson Jr. vs. Amen Thompson ROS
19:35 Cam Johnson
21:40 Jaime Jaquez
23:00 Kel’el Ware
24:05 Sling TV promo
25:00 Players we’re worried about
25:25 Ja Morant
27:40 Desmond Bane
30:15 Shaedon Sharpe
32:25 Trey Murphy
34:00 Consider selling high on Lauri Markkanen?
36:00 Scottie Barnes, Jimmy Butler, Mikal Bridges
37:30 Chalkboard promo
38:25 Ausar Thompson
39:35 Peyton Watson
40:15 Anunoby vs. Dyson Daniels
41:40 KPJ, Ryan Rollins
42:40 Sheppard, Eason, Sharpe
44:00 Banchero + JJJ for Jokic?
45:00 Jordan Poole a drop?
46:20 Payton Pritchard
47:40 Josh Minott
48:20 Dyson Daniels vs. Franz Wagner
49:00 Kyshawn George ROS outlook
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Duration:00:51:56
6 MUST-ADD Players for Week 3 of Fantasy Basketball
10/31/2025
Ken, Shannon and Alex discuss the latest news before diving into waiver wire suggestions like Ryan Rollins, Josh Minott and Jeremiah Fears. After, they discuss their favorite DraftKings DFS and Pick6 plays for Friday's NBA Cup slate.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:35 Spurs/Heat
03:25 Bilal Coulibaly returns
04:40 Bucks win vs. Warriors
06:15 NBA CUP BEGINS!
08:44 Choose a George
11:52 Kalkbrenner vs. Poeltl
13:07 Cade slow start
14:10 Buzelis for D White trade?
15:30 Drop Ace Bailey?
17:50 Waiver Wire begins
18:25 Ryan Rollins, MIL
19:30 Josh Minott, BOS
22:10 Jeremiah Fears, NOP
23:45 Nickeil Alexander-Walker, ATL
25:20 Tre Jones, CHI
26:05 Bilal Coulibaly, WAS
27:45 Jarace Walker, IND
29:30 Collin Gillespie, PHX
30:59 Collin Murray-Boyles, TOR
33:55 DraftKings DFS/Pick 6
42:00 Ken's Old Man Rant
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Duration:00:47:26