Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Week 5 Waiver Wire, News and DFS

Alex Barutha, Shannon McKeown and Ken Crites discuss waiver wire moves for Week 5. Aleksej Pokusevski looks ready to finally shine as OKC's starting power forward.

November 11, 2022

Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Week 5 Waiver Wire, News and DFS

By:

Alex Barutha

Ken "K-Train" Crites

Shannon McKeown

November 11, 2022

Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Alex, Shannon and K-Train discuss waiver wire pick-ups for Week 5. The Thunder's Aleksej Pokusevski might finally be ready to explode with consistent play as the starting power forward.

Here's the video of their waiver wire discussion:

And here is the full audio podcast:

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.

Ken "K-Train" Crites

Author @KenCrites

An early RotoWire contributor from the 90's, K-Train returns with the grace of Gheorghe Muresan and the wisdom of Joe Gibbs. Ken is a two-time FSWA award winner and a co-host on the RW NBA Podcast. Championships incude: 2016 RW Staff NBA Keeper, 2019 RW Staff NFL Ottoneu Keeper, 2022-23 SiriusXM NBA Experts, 2022-23 SiriusXM NBA Kamla Keeper and 2023-24 FSGA NBA Expert Champions. Ken still owns a RotoNews shirt.

Shannon McKeown

Author @rotoshannon

Shannon McKeown is the VP of Advertising Sales and Basketball Editor for Rotowire.com. He's a two-time FSWA finalist for Fantasy Basketball writer of the year and co-host of the RotoWire Fantasy Basketball podcast.