NBA Podcast: Player Rankings + Projections Dilemmas with Alex Barutha

Alex Barutha joins Nick Whalen to break down RotoWire's initial 2021-22 NBA player projections and rankings.

August 26, 2021

NBA Podcast: Player Rankings + Projections Dilemmas with Alex Barutha

By:

Alex Barutha

Nick Whalen

August 26, 2021

Fantasy Basketball Podcast

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Alex Barutha joins Nick Whalen to break down RotoWire's initial 2021-22 NBA player projections and rankings. The guys discuss the top five fantasy players, the most difficult players to project, and which teams could be the most fantasy-friendly. Finally, they dig into the rookie rankings -- headlined by Cade Cunningham and Evan Mobley -- before highlighting some dark horse rookies to consider grabbing at the end of drafts.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Alex Barutha

Author @BaruthaAlex

Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.

Nick Whalen

Author @wha1en

Now in his 10th year with the company, Nick is RotoWire's Senior Media Analyst, a position he took on after several years as the Head of Basketball Content. A multi-time FSGA and FSWA award winner, Nick co-hosts RotoWire's flagship show on Sirius XM Fantasy alongside Jeff Erickson, as well as The RotoWire NBA Show on Sirius XM NBA with Alex Barutha. He also co-hosts RotoWire's Football and Basketball podcasts. You can catch Nick's NBA and NFL analysis on VSiN and DraftKings, as well as RotoWire's various social and video channels. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @wha1en.