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Locked On Fantasy Basketball – Daily NBA Fantasy Basketball Podcast

Jonathan Kuminga TRADE DEMAND LIVE REACTION (LOL) | LIVE Fantasy Basketball Mailbag With Josh Lloyd

Locked On Fantasy Basketball – Daily NBA Fantasy Basketball Podcast

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4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Trade deadline panic or just business as usual? Josh Lloyd warns fantasy basketball managers not to overhype rumored blockbusters, noting most NBA trade deadline deals—like the ongoing Jonathan Kuminga saga—lead to more fantasy value losses than breakouts. He unpacks why stashing players such as Jalen Smith and Day’Ron Sharpe rarely pays off, digs into center trends with names like Maxime Raynaud and Ryan Kalkbrenner, and explains why Cam Thomas and Zion Williamson may not be the upside plays owners hope for.

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0:00.0

Here we are live, ready to take your fantasy basketball questions. Michael Bolton.

0:07.6

Thanks, Josh. It's Michael Bolton here, and it's time for another episode of the Locked-on

0:13.0

Fantasy Basketball podcast. Let's get to it. Let's get to it. Indeed.

0:19.4

You are Locked-on Fantasy, your daily NBA Fantasy podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcasts network,

0:27.4

your team every day.

0:30.8

Hello and welcome to the Locked-on Fantasy Basketball podcast, brought to you by Basketball Monster.

0:35.5

My name is Josh Lloyd, and I'm the former president of the Tony Rotin fan club. I'm also the lead fantasy analyst at basketballmonster.com and thank you for making, oh actually, today's episode is brought to you by Fangel. Before tip off, check the Fangiole app and see what's dropping during NBA Happy Hour every Friday from 6 to 7.30 p.m. Eastern. Thank you also for making Locked-on

0:55.0

Fantasy Basketball your first listen every day. We're free. We're available on all platforms.

0:58.8

We are part of the number one sports podcast network, the Lockdown Podcast Network. Again,

1:03.8

thank you for making us number one. We're here. We are ready to take your questions for fantasy basketball, life advice,

1:12.8

whatever it is, whatever is you looking for.

1:15.0

Pronunciation of words, letters, numerology. We're here for it all. But most of those

1:20.0

things I won't be able to answer. So let's get in and talk questions. Yeah, yeah,

1:24.9

let's talk questions. Oswin 919 says,

1:29.4

isn't it so disappointing that Maxim Rano and Ryan Kalkbrenner

1:32.6

basically Yvesidius this season?

1:36.8

Did they, what is that?

1:37.9

Why is that Monteslonar the night coming up?

1:39.6

Didn't mean for that to come up, my bad.

1:42.3

Did that Yvesimis?

1:43.6

Eve Misi was never good. He was never useful for fantasy. He was Bambizuil Dwar with one or two good games. These guys actually had solid runs. I was screaming it from the mountaintops last season that, like, this is not happening for Misi. You don't need to roster this guy. It's not a thing. So I'm okay with not seeing that, but in terms of a general broad point, which I think you're getting at, is to say that Rayno started off looking pretty good, Cockburner started off looking pretty good, and they're falling off a little bit. True, they have. And that happens a lot with centres, and this is more so for Colkbrana as well, when you you're really highly concentrated, field goal percentage, blocks rebounds,

2:19.1

you're a three category guy.

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