Senior NBA Editor @RotoWire | Fantasy hoops expert | Deep player analysis | Rankings, sleepers, busts
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May 26
4 players nobody can figure out in the 2026 NBA Draft
- Dailyn Swain
- Hannes Steinbach
- Koa Peat
- Jayden Quaintance
Who is being overrated? Who is being slept on?
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The biggest collapse in Finals history just happened
And the sharps are still backing the team that blew it.
Spurs blew a 29-point lead in Game 4. They're laying -3.5 at home in Game 5.
The question isn't who's hot. It's where the smart money landed. π§΅
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San Antonio scored just 30 points after the break.
But the pros still staked $3,800 on the Spurs to cover tonight.
Why? Every game has been within four in the final minute.
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Jun 13
Fantasy basketball sickos will be happy to know I'm in my first real draft of the season, part of a devy league hosted by @NoahRubin22
Devy leagues are always fun and ridiculous because what do you mean I'm rostering 2026 MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year Adan Diggs
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Jun 13
Some might see comments like this on his YouTube highlights and get worried. I see it as jealously of undeniable talent for the star of my 2030 fantasy basketball team
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Alex Barutha π retweeted
Jun 10
Who is the player you're most conflicted about in the 2026 NBA Draft?
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Jun 12
Darius Acuff talks defense and guarding his matchup with Draymond
βYou can ask any of my coaches in college, no matter how many defensive mistakes I made every night, if they tried to put me on a 2 or a 3, I'm like 'man I'm not guarding no 3, I play the point man, I'm guarding the point guard man' especially if it's like a matchup... like if I'm not guarding you and you not guarding me, it ain't no matchup, we just hooping out here so I definitely like to guard my matchup.β
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Jun 11
Throwing my hat into the ring attempting a Wizards uniform redesign
Jun 8
Again... The Washington #Wizards DESPERATELY need new uniforms.
I posted these separately (each with their own post) in a thread, that is my pinned post now.
(2027-28?)
#ForTheDistrict
@SleeperWizards
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Jun 11
The play De'Aaron Fox thought he was making up 1 with the ball
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Jun 10
The sharps are on Victor Wembanyama Over 1.5 steals tonightπ¨
@RotoWire Smart Money flagged it at a 93/100 confidence score...
Then found the best price across 25 books ( 190)
This is what tailing the pros looks like π§΅π
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Jun 10
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Jun 10
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Jun 10
Richie Saunders has elite role player upside.
No player in the 2026 NBA Draft had a better combination of MoreyBall shot diet TS%.
Only 3 players classified as SG or SF had a better combination of ORB% STL%.
But that doesn't mean there isn't debate π§΅β¬οΈ
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Jun 10
Saunders is the archetype of a MoreyBall role player.
Just 19 mid-range shots all year.
60/106 (65%) at the rim
64/170 from 3 (38%)
But he did little as a creator for himself or others beyond attack closeouts as a straight-line driver, sometimes with bad turnovers.
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Still, he's going to win you the possession game overall.
At his position, Saunders has a rare combination of STL% and ORB%
But there's still debate on if he'll be able to contain some of the more athletic guards/wings in the NBA.
How high should he be drafted?
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Alex Barutha π retweeted
Jun 10
I'd take Jagger May and Nick Whalen running a fantasy team over every other duo on the internet. Period. RotoWire's fantasy football experts this season are ELITE. You should be following both if you want any chance to win your league.
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I like the 2000s Nets jerseys.
But I think they're a team that shouldn't do modern classics.
I'd like to see them move forward with almost entirely new branding.
This is something I came up with
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Everyone agrees Labaron Philon is elite.
Nobody agrees on what he'll be in the NBA.
22 PPG, 40% from three for Alabama. That should make him a top-10 lock.
But he's 6'3", 176 pounds & lives below the rim. That should make him a late first-rounder.
What should we expect? π§΅β¬οΈ
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He came back to school to solidify his upside as a primary ballhandler.
He increased his scoring & passing volume while improving his TS% & keeping his AST/TO ratio.
But the more he cooked on offense, the worse he got on D.
Fewer deflections, worse DPBM.
(vid @pitlessball)
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So the bet becomes...
Can Philon's elite creation and handles make up for his defense and frame?
AJ Dybantsa was the only other player this year with a better ORAPM on more unassisted points per 100 possessions with a 60 TS%.
How high would you draft Philon?
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