Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Waiver Wire Week 5

Written by

Alex Barutha

Shannon McKeown

Published on November 12, 2021

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Alex and Shannon suggest some waiver wire picks for Week 5. Is it worth rostering Luguentz Dort?

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Alex Barutha

@BaruthaAlex

Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.

Shannon McKeown

@rotoshannon

Shannon McKeown is the VP of Advertising Sales and Basketball Editor for Rotowire.com. He's a two-time FSWA finalist for Fantasy Basketball writer of the year and co-host of the RotoWire Fantasy Basketball podcast.

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