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Fantasy NBA Today

The Moves That Separate Fantasy Winners From Everyone Else

Fantasy NBA Today

SportsEthos.com, Bleav

Basketball, Betting, Nba, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy, Sports

4.8895 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Bruski and Steve “Dr. A” Alexander break down the most realistic and impactful fantasy basketball moves managers can make right now. From must-add players and high-upside stashes to actionable buy-lows and smart sell-highs, this episode focuses on decisions that actually swing leagues.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Fantasy NBA today. I'm Sports Ethos presentation brought to you by our great partners at Fandul. I'm Erin Bruske, joined as always by the godfather of fantasy basketball, Steve, Dr. A. Alexander. If you missed our episodes from yesterday covering today's top streamers, be sure you check those out. Doc returns tomorrow with Tim Woodson to break down top ads and preview the weekend.

0:22.8

The goal of this episode is to identify moves that are realistically available in your league

0:27.2

and can help you win your fantasy basketball league.

0:29.9

We're to start with must-ad players.

0:31.7

Doc, hey, how you doing, sir?

0:33.9

Let's start here.

0:36.5

We're going to start today with uh sam merrill i know you like

0:39.8

sam merrill a lot i'm a sam merrill guy how you doing and and why should folks add san merrill

0:44.6

to their fantasy squad i think you made me a sam merrill guy and sam merrill is not for everybody

0:49.8

because he doesn't have uh like a d anth Anthony Melton across the board skill set that is perfect for fantasy.

1:00.7

Another thing that is not perfect is he only played 10 minutes on Wednesday night.

1:06.5

So he might even be a bi-low guy at this point.

1:09.8

But before that 10-minute blip on the radar,

1:13.4

Sam Merrill was cruising.

1:15.2

In January alone,

1:16.5

he's averaging 4.2 3-pointers,

1:19.0

15 and a half points,

1:20.5

almost a steal.

1:23.2

He's not going to block shots.

1:24.9

He's not going to get a lot of assists,

1:26.9

and he's not going to get a ton of rebounds.

1:28.6

But if you're just looking for a guy that can score, go out there, and every night, I think, I'm a little worried about what happened last night, bro.

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