Brandon Kravitz and Nick Whalen hit on their top takeaways from Monday's monster slate before previewing the Christmas Day slate with a series of questions for each team.

00:00 Intro

03:00 Magic take down Celtics

07:20 Chaos in Sixers-Spurs

09:00 Christmas Day betting leans

17:15 Stephon Castle

18:55 Are the Knicks too top-heavy?

20:50 Luka vs. Edwards as face of the NBA

22:15 End of the line for LeBron and Curry?

24:30 Will Suns or Nuggets be buyers?

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Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha begin by discussing a relatively quiet week on the waiver wire before discussing a few takeaways from the weekend, including Cole Anthony's big night, DeMar DeRozan's struggles, Tyrese Haliburton, Donte DiVincenzo and more. Later, the guys take live questions on Norman Powell's future, Julius Randle, Kel'el Ware, Tari Eason, Alex Caruso, Fred VanVleet, Scottie Barnes and much more.

00:00 Intro

00:50 Quiet week on the waiver wire

02:20 Finding value in Brooklyn

04:30 Spencer Dinwiddie, Alex Caruso

06:30 Cole Anthony

09:10 Kings-Pacers + Haliburton

12:00 Ben Mathurin

14:10 Donte DiVincenzo, Brandin Podziemski

15:55 Cason Wallace

17:05 Add Lu Dort this week?

17:50 Players to drop

19:50 Time to sell Norm Powell?

21:45 Trading Julius Randle

24:45 Edey, Braun, Simmons, Gafford, Dick, Oubre

27:15 Kel’el Ware

30:05 Eason vs. Klay

30:45 DeRozan + Kings big picture

33:25 Olynyk vs. Clowney

34:10 DeRozan + Miller for Barnes?

35:00 Barnes for Garland + Monk + Dosunmu?

36:00 Goga vs. Sarr

38:00 Trading Siakam and Collins

39:50 Trading Gordon and Rozier

41:00 Trae vs. Harden

41:45 Kuzma vs. Powell

42:30 Jarrett Allen + FVV for Ant?

43:00 Paul Georve vs. Jimmy Butler

44:40 What to do with Mike Conley

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Alex, Shannon & K-Train list must-add players from the fantasy basketball waiver wire for week of December 23 to December 29.

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Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher share their pent-up feelings toward six fantasy basketball trends driving them crazy, including Weekly Lineup Leagues and what to make of Tyrese Haliburton's poor road performances.

00:00 Intro

00:35 NBA Cup Final Recap

04:05 Brandon Miller

06:00 Josh Giddey

09:25 Jakob Poeltl

10:40 Isaiah Stewart

12:35 DraftKings Pick6

15:00 Stat Recorders

17:00 Weekly Lineup Leagues

19:00 Jaime Jaquez

21:20 Lauri Markkanen

22:30 Klay Thompson

25:25 Tyrese Haliburton

28:50 Viewer Questions

38:30 What Was That!

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Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha recap the top news of the weekend, including Joel Embiid's latest injury and the fantasy ramifications of the Dennis Schroder trade. The guys also discuss some players to consider stashing and the Rookie of the Year race while taking live listener questions throughout the show.

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00:00 Intro

01:00 Dennis Schroder trade

07:00 Joel Embiid sinus fracture

10:30 Notable waiver wire additions

12:40 Players to stash

13:00 Bub Carrington

14:30 Bulls (Dosunmu, Jalen Smith, Matas Buzelis)

16:20 Donovan Clingan

18:10 Noah Clowney

18:40 Brandin Podziemski, Cam Whitmore

22:25 LaMelo Ball

23:15 Handling an unbalanced schedule week

25:25 Shake Milton

25:50 Stephon Castle, Royce O'Neale

29:50 Terry Rozier

32:45 Collin Sexton, Dorian Finney-Smith

34:20 Importance of a streaming spot

35:05 Stars to buy-low

38:00 Lonzo Ball, Keon Ellis

39:25 Max Strus

41:15 Jarrett Allen

43:20 Ben Simmons

44:05 Ricky Council

44:45 Jarrett Allen/Fred VanVleet for Devin Booker?

46:00 Braun, DLo, Mark Williams

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Shannon, Alex & K-Train offer must-add players from the fantasy basketball waiver wire for week of December 16 to December 22.

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Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher talk NBA Cup, Kawhi Leonard, Scottie Barnes, Jimmy Butler, OG Anunoby, Norm Powell and more.

00:00 Intro

00:45 ORL/MIL Recap

03:40 OKC/DAL Recap

06:40 NYK/ATL Preview

08:20 HOU/GSW Preview

09:40 Do You Like NBA Cup?

13:10 Kawhi Leonard

14:35 Scottie Barnes

18:30 Evan Mobley and Max Strus

20:10 Jimmy Butler Trade Rumors

23:15 DraftKings Pick6

24:50 Anthony Edwards

26:45 Desmond Bane

28:45 Nikola Vucevic

31:55 OG Anunoby

34:10 Josh Hart

36:10 Norman Powell

38:00 Viewer Questions

40:40 What Was That!

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Nick Whalen and Brandon Kravitz recap the top news of the day, including another injury for Scottie Barnes. The guys also preview the NBA Cup, buy or sell some waiver wire options.

00:00 Intro

05:50 NBA Cup best bets

06:45 Knicks-Raptors + Scottie Barnes injury

13:45 RJ Barrett, Most Improved Player, East All-Star candidates

19:50 Jimmy Butler trade rumors

26:45 Yves Missi

30:25 Christian Braun

31:50 Jalen Suggs

33:45 Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler

35:30 KAT, Wembanyama, Jalen Williams, Vassell trade

36:45 Sharpe, Kuminga, Bruan, Beasley

38:10 Cam Johnson, Garland, Haliburton trade

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Alex Barutha and Nick Whalen discuss the fantasy impact of injuries to Franz Wagner and Brandon Ingram to open the show. Later, the guys talk waiver wire adds, buy-low/sell-high players, injured players to target on waivers and more. They also answer live viewer questions throughout the show.

00:00 Intro

01:00 Franz Wagner injury

05:10 Brandon Ingram injury

08:50 Karl-Anthony Towns

10:00 Goga Bitadze, Wendell Carter

11:35 Waiver wire recap

13:05 Buy low on injured Pels?

15:20 TJ McConnell, Jordan Poole

17:15 Bub Carrington

18:15 Pascal Siakam

20:25 Cam Johnson, Trae Young

23:45 LeBron, Claxton, Maxey, Booker trade

24:50 Kelly Olynyk, Jakob Poeltl

27:15 Bruce Brown

28:30 Vassell, Rozier, Coulibaly

31:10 Injured waiver wire targets

34:30 Ivey, McBride

35:00 Sabonis, DeRozan, Giannis trade

35:35 Oubre

36:05 Coulibaly, Sharpe, Westbrook

38:00 Sexton, Okongwu

39:15 Harden, Miller, Luka trade

40:10 Kyrie, MPJ, Butler, Brown, Harden trade

41:20 Jokic for Wembanyama in dynasty?

41:55 Jalen Williams, Holiday, Monk, Barnes trade

43:05 Rob Williams

44:05 Sabonis, DeRozan, Wembanyama trade

45:00 Butler, Markkanen, Booker trade

45:35 Eason, Monk trade

46:50 Trading for Chet Holmgren

48:40 Drop two of: Keyonte George, McCain, Lively, Herb Jones

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Shannon, Alex and K-Train list must-add players from the fantasy basketball waiver wire for week of December 9 to December 15

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

00:25 Kuminga scores 33

01:55 Dosunmu triple-double

04:00 Pels getting healthy

06:30 Middleton returning

08:15 Julius Randle has 1 block

09:40 Tyus Jones or Terry Rozier?

11:20 Clingan or Edey for upside?

13:10 Scoot or Missi?

15:30 Waiver wire begins

16:00 Marcus Smart, MEM

17:05 Payton Pritchard, BOS

18:35 Herb Jones, NOP

19:40 Vasilije Micic, CHA

20:40 Alex Sarr, WAS

22:25 Kelly Oubre, PHI

23:30 Day'Ron Sharpe, BKN

25:05 Royce O'Neale, PHX

26:10 Guerschon Yabusele, PHI

29:15 DraftKings Pick6 and DFS

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Mike Barner and Kirien Sprecher recap a wild, 11-game Tuesday night slate in the NBA, including injury notes on Kevin Durant, Darius Garland and Draymond Green. The guys also talk Klay Thompson, Jeremy Sochan, the Hornets' center situation, Kristaps Porzingis, Jalen Duren and more.

00:00 Intro

00:55 Kevin Durant

02:05 Darius Garland

04:10 Jalen Green

05:20 Draymond Green

08:00 Kyle Kuzma and Malcolm Brogdon

12:50 Khris Middleton

13:40 Klay Thompson

14:30 Jeremy Sochan

16:35 Mark Williams

18:50 DraftKings Pick6

20:20 Kristaps Porzingis

23:15 Isaiah Hartenstein

25:40 Jalen Duren

28:05 Nic Claxton

31:05 Onyeka Okongwu

32:40 Viewer Questions

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38:05 What Was That!

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