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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Fantasy hoops managers face a crucial post-All-Star window—should you gamble on breakout candidates or cut ties with underperformers? Franz Wagner and Trae Young’s injury setbacks shake up playoff strategies, while Josh Giddey and Evan Mobley’s returns raise new roster questions. Zach Lavine is officially done for the year, shifting the spotlight onto Malik Monk, Devin Carter, and Nique Clifford. Is now the time to snag Ousmane Dieng or drop Jordan Poole and Cam Thomas for fresher opportunities?

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0:00.0	I'm back. It's been a whole week of jester gooning, but now let's talk about fantasy basketball, the Waverwire. News, Michael Bolton.
0:11.2	Thanks, Josh. It's Michael Bolton here, and it's time for another episode of the Locked-on Fantasy Basketball podcast. Let's get to it.
0:20.4	Let's get to it. Let's get to it.
0:21.1	Indeed.
0:23.1	You are Locked on Fantasy.
0:25.4	Your daily NBA Fantasy podcast.
0:28.3	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:34.6	Hello and welcome to the Locked On Fantasy Basketball podcast brought to you by Basketball Monster.
0:39.6	My name is Josh Lloyd and Cababs are better than Suvlakis, you malacca.
0:43.5	I'm also the lead fantasy analyst at basketball monster.com, and today's episode is brought to you by Fangio.
0:49.2	Use your profit boost on an NBA future and get entered for your chance to win a trip to the NBA finals.
0:54.7	Play your game with Fangio with the official sports winning partner of the NBA.
0:58.3	What else? Thank you for making Locked-on Fantasy Basketball part of the number one sports
1:04.4	podcast network, the Locked-on Podcast Network. I'm Rusty. I haven't recorded in like five days.
1:08.8	We are the number one sports podcast network now, so thank you for you're pushing us to number one.
1:13.1	And all of the stuff that usually goes along with that spill, which is usually much better announced. Also, not good English.
1:20.2	It is a rough start. It is rusty. And that brings me to talking about something rusty, not trombones, but talking about the beginning
1:27.8	of play after the All-Star break.
1:29.8	We're in a very distinct and short part of the NBA season coming up right now.
1:33.9	We have the All-Star break.
1:35.4	It was some messy basketball.
1:37.1	You have a little bit of rust coming out of the All-Star break, but this like two-week
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