Early Season Fantasy Takeaways: Adds, Drops, Injury News + Players We Wish We Had On More Teams

Nick Whalen and Alex Barutha discuss all of their biggest fantasy takeaways from the first week of the NBA season. They also talk early season adds/drops and players they already regret either targeting or not targeting during drafts.

00:00 Intro

00:45 Warriors + Curry’s ankle injury

04:00 Players we’re adding

07:15 Ivica Zubac

08:30 Zach Edey’s slow start

10:10 Dyson Daniels

11:30 Jonathan Kuminga, Rui Hachimura

13:50 Buddy Hield, Zach LaVine

15:30 Gradey Dick

16:50 Alex Caruso

18:15 Scotty Pippen Jr.

19:30 Amen Thompson, Reed Sheppard

22:00 Nicolas Claxton, Jaden Ivey, Onyeka Okongwu

23:50 Coulibaly, Camara, Braun, Jovic

26:00 Herb Jones

26:45 Kelly Olynyk

27:30 Sengun, LaVine, SGA, Curry

29:10 Schroder, Sexton, Haliburton, Edwards

30:15 Donte DiVincenzo

31:30 Donovan Clingan

33:15 Gafford, Valanciunas

34:20 Taylor Hendricks

35:10: Bogdanovic

36:00 Risacher ROS upside

37:50 Jalen Williams, Jalen Johnson

39:15 Sochan

40:20 Josh Giddey

43:20 Jaden Ivey

44:45 Nick Richards, Mark Williams

45:30 Draymond Green

47:25 Andrew Wiggins

48:15 Fox vs. Mobley

49:25 Sexton vs. George

51:20 Santi Aldama

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