Old Man Squad Fantasy Basketball

The preseason can hide issues, but it almost always reveals some truths! Here are Dan's 10 most important preseason notes that have dramatically changed his fantasy ranks for multiple key players.

MY FINAL PRESEASON ROTOBALLER ARTICLE -- THE FULL BUCKETS BREAKDOWN/STRATEGIES/HOW TO USE MY RANKINGS -- https://www.rotoballer.com/2026-2027-fantasy-basketball-cheat-sheet-categories/1964977?pa=OMS

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This episode of The Take is STACKED! HIT THAT HYPE BUTTON

Matty G is joined by special guest Dan Titus from @YahooFantasy right here on OMS to drop his 5 Musts, 5 Busts, and 5 "My Guys" and G throws in his and more to give you targets, traps and players they are loving in drafts right now.

WHAT WE'RE BREAKING DOWN:

30+ Targets/Traps/Fave Grabs

Players who could massively outperform their ADP

When to target the upside picks

Players to keep a watch for in your draft

Who do we take? Who do we avoid? And who do we get a kick out of drafting this season.

YOUR TURN: Which player are you LOVING in your fantasy drafts right now? Drop your biggest steal in the comments!

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00:00 Who We Should Listen To

00:44 The Intro Not the Entree

01:34 Dan's Musts No.1

04:24 Dan's Musts No.2

06:00 Dan's Musts No. 3

07:44 Dan's Musts No. 4

10:52 Dan's Musts No. 5

12:45 Matty's Musts

15:24 Dan's Bust No.1

16:33 Dan's Bust No.2

18:32 Dan's Bust No. 3

19:44 Dan's Bust No. 4

21:33 Dan's Bust No. 5

24:32 Matty's Busts

25:32 Dan's My Guy No.1

27:15 Dan's My Guy No.2

28:51 Dan's My Guy No. 3

31:12 Dan's My Guy No. 4

32:48 Dan's My Guy No. 5

34:56 Matty's My Guys

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Excluding key punt plays and injured guys, these are the 19 players that Dan believes will UNDERPERFORM their pre-season ranking.

MY FINAL PRESEASON ROTOBALLER ARTICLE -- THE FULL BUCKETS BREAKDOWN/STRATEGIES/HOW TO USE MY RANKINGS -- https://www.rotoballer.com/2026-2027-fantasy-basketball-cheat-sheet-categories/1964977?pa=OMS

Sign up with Fantrax today to experience the BEST commissioner tools in this universe, and you'll never run a league anywhere else ever again! https://www.fantrax.com/oldmansquad

The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad

Follow Dan Besbris on Twitter: https://x.com/danbesbris

Find Dan on the brand new BlueSky social network: https://bit.ly/3Vo5M0N

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Listen and subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/3XiUzQK

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I thought this might be fun. We're consolidating! Here are all 45 non-flier type winners on the fantasy board. We move through them at about 1 minute per player, so strap on that safety harness!

MY FINAL PRESEASON ROTOBALLER ARTICLE -- THE FULL BUCKETS BREAKDOWN/STRATEGIES/HOW TO USE MY RANKINGS -- https://www.rotoballer.com/2026-2027-fantasy-basketball-cheat-sheet-categories/1964977?pa=OMS

Sign up with Fantrax today to experience the BEST commissioner tools in this universe, and you'll never run a league anywhere else ever again! https://www.fantrax.com/oldmansquad

The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad

Follow Dan Besbris on Twitter: https://x.com/danbesbris

Find Dan on the brand new BlueSky social network: https://bit.ly/3Vo5M0N

Check out Dan's Google Sheet with Ranks, Weekly Streaming Schedule Charts & Injury Replacement Adds FREE! https://bit.ly/3XrAdEW

Listen and subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/3XiUzQK

Listen and subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ACCHYe

Float on over to the new Old Man Squad Sports Network YouTube page to watch videos from the network's top talent: https://bit.ly/46Z6fvb

Join the Old Man Squad Discord to chat with Dan and all the other hosts: https://t.co/aY9cqDrgRY

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Our final review of the SAFEST winners on the board is hot now! These are the low-risk, low-to-medium reward types that you can easily stack on your fantasy team to get wins all the way through the draft. They're not exactly laden with upside, but none will kill your team and there's value in that, too!

MY FINAL PRESEASON ROTOBALLER ARTICLE -- THE FULL BUCKETS BREAKDOWN/STRATEGIES/HOW TO USE MY RANKINGS -- https://www.rotoballer.com/2026-2027-fantasy-basketball-cheat-sheet-categories/1964977?pa=OMS

Sign up with Fantrax today to experience the BEST commissioner tools in this universe, and you'll never run a league anywhere else ever again! https://www.fantrax.com/oldmansquad

The Old Man Squad has a PATREON now. It's $1 and doesn't get a single benefit. It is entirely to support the mission here but won't change anything we do. https://www.patreon.com/cw/oldmansquad

Follow Dan Besbris on Twitter: https://x.com/danbesbris

Find Dan on the brand new BlueSky social network: https://bit.ly/3Vo5M0N

Check out Dan's Google Sheet with Ranks, Weekly Streaming Schedule Charts & Injury Replacement Adds FREE! https://bit.ly/3XrAdEW

Listen and subscribe on iTunes: https://apple.co/3XiUzQK

Listen and subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ACCHYe

Float on over to the new Old Man Squad Sports Network YouTube page to watch videos from the network's top talent: https://bit.ly/46Z6fvb

Join the Old Man Squad Discord to chat with Dan and all the other hosts: https://t.co/aY9cqDrgRY

Follow Old Man Squad Fantasy on Instagram for all our short videos: https://bit.ly/3ZQbxrt

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