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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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