Week 18 Roundtable: Second Half Targets

02/19/20 • 17 min

Rotoworld Basketball Show – Fantasy Basketball

With the All-Star break nearly behind us, Matt Stroup is joined by a roundtable of Steve Alexander, Tommy Beer and Ryan Knaus, who sat down to look at some of their top fantasy hoops targets for the stretch run, including Larry Nance, Kevin Porter Jr. and Dejounte Murray. They also discuss what a small-ball lineup might mean for Kyrie Irving (if healthy), Caris LeVert and Spencer Dinwiddie in Brooklyn, and get another bizarre old-school shoe story from Dr. A.

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Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups

Matt Stroup and Steve Alexander discuss the week’s most serviceable and intriguing waiver wire pickups, including Kevin Porter Jr., Malik Monk, Trevor Ariza, Thon Maker and Juancho Hernangomez, who gets a boost in value with Karl-Anthony Towns out due to a wrist injury. Plus, our impressions of the 2020 NBA Dunk Contest, a random Tyler Johnson sighting and a random flashback to the mid-80's, when Steve used to hang out with former NBA player Terence Stansbury.

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Takeaways and Adds Pod for Feb. 21

Thursday was loaded with takeaways, and of course we had a huge story with Kyrie Irving set to miss the rest of the season. We'll go over what this means for the Nets going forward. We'll also touch on what J.B. Bickerstaff taking over could mean for some Cavs.

A lot of teams from Thursday had new rotations, so we'll go over all the adds from a potent evening. Cam Reddish is suddenly super attractive in Lloyd Pierce's core five. The Pistons made some major changes, too.

In addition to the rest of the Thursday news, we'll touch on injuries for Kemba Walker, Karl-Anthony Towns and Damian Lillard.