New Fantasy Basketball League Winners From The Waiver Wire

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🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Fantasy basketball managers face a wild waiver wire frenzy as unpredictable performances and late-season tanking turn roster decisions upside down. Should you rush to add hot hands like Will Riley of the Washington Wizards or Brook Lopez following eye-popping box scores, or is it a classic trap that could sink your team? Josh Lloyd unpacks the risks and rewards of chasing big games from names like Jock Landale, Guerschon Yabusele, and Nick Richards amidst shifting rotations and trade deadline upheaval.

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0:00.0	Let's look at the fantasy basketball. Wave a wire. Michael Bolton, he has got all of the little
0:08.2	tips and tricks, Mick. Thanks, Josh. It's Michael Bolton here, and it's time for another episode
0:13.8	of the Locked-on Fantasy Basketball podcast. Let's get to it. Let's get to it. Indeed.
0:21.5	You are Locked- Fantasy, your daily NBA fantasy podcast, part of the Locked On
0:27.8	Podcast Network, your team every day. Hello and welcome to the Locked On Fantasy Basketball
0:35.2	podcast brought to you by Basketball Monster. My name is Josh Lloyd and I don't really watch much sportsball. I'm also the lead fantasy analysts at Basketballmonster.com, and today's episode is brought to you by Fangul. The Winter Games are on, and there's no better way to follow them with a bet on Fangul. Fangil, play your game. Thank you also for making Lockedown Fantasy Basketball your first listen every day.
0:55.3	We're free.
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0:58.4	Sports Podcast Network, the Locked-on Podcast Network.
1:01.5	So thank you again for making us number one.
1:05.3	Quick programming note.
1:07.1	No recap show today.
1:08.7	There are four games on only.
1:13.2	It is the Super Bowl Sunday and I am am recording this show i am recording a monday preview show and then i'm heading out to watch the
1:18.1	super bowl so no recap show today sorry that's just what's going to happen way for why shall we
1:26.0	do it shall we talk about it we should because there's lots interesting things. This is the time of the year where a lot of weird stuff happens. And I love having examples of weird stuff. As we'll get into it because you know that I preached, hold your moves for the trade did, but nothing happened, Josh. You told us to waste their moves. No, what you did was held them to see if something interesting would happen long term,
1:46.6	and then you use them for the rest of the week on interesting streams because big performances arise.
1:50.2	But also, understanding what these performances mean, because this is a stupid time of year.
1:55.5	These are the games here where a week and a half before the All-Star Breakers,
1:58.8	the trade deadline. Many players are in flux.
2:01.5	They're moving in either roles or minutes or teams or cities. So you see, Jock Landau,
2:09.0	Jock Loundale put up a huge game. Everyone runs to add him, man. It's going to be like Puzzingas.
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