High-Risk/High-Reward Players + Boring Veterans to Target in Drafts

RotoWire Fantasy Basketball Podcast

RotoWire.com, Nick Whalen, Alex Barutha, James Anderson, Ken Crites, Shannon McKeown

October 7, 202447 min
Basketball

High-Risk/High-Reward Players + Boring Veterans to Target in Drafts

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Episode Notes

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top news from opening weekend of the NBA preseason before discussing the biggest risk/reward players in fantasy basketball this season. The guys also run through their lists of "boring" veterans who are worth their ADP.

0:00: Intro

1:00: Early preseason takeaways

10:30: High-Risk/High-Reward players

10:45: Joel Embiid

13:25: Ja Morant

18:55: James Harden

22:45: Steph Curry

25:15: Paul George

29:00: Boring veterans to target

29:15: CJ McCollum

31:35: Rudy Gobert

33:40: Bam Adebayo

36:10: DeMar DeRozan

38:50: Ivica Zubac

40:55: Fred VanVleet

42:15: Noah Clowney vs. Taylor Hendricks (live viewer question)

44:15: Anthony Davis vs. Giannis + second-round pairings (live viewer question)

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