It’s been a while since we offered our readers a chance for some cold hard cash in a Fantasy contest, but thanks to our friends at BuzzDraft, $150 is up for grabs on Friday in an NBA Freeroll exclusively for RotoRob.com readers!

A new daily Fantasy sports site, BuzzDraft is not only ponying up the 150 clams for the winner of the Freeroll, but those who enter (using the Promo Code ROTOROB will also get a 50 per cent initial deposit bonus of up to $100. Normally, BuzzDraft only offers a 20 per cent deposit bonus, but they’re amping things up for RotoRob readers.

Click here to sign up for BuzzDraft. You can then find the freeroll by following this link. The password for the freeroll is: letmelin.

Remember, use promo code ROTOROB when you create your new account so you can be eligible for your deposit bonus. Sweet!

As mentioned, this is an NBA freeroll similar to the one BuzzDraft runs on their site daily, except this one is for a $150 prize pool. One you’ve signed up for your account and clicked on the freeroll link, you’ll draft a Fantasy team of 10 players using a $100,000 salary cap. Then you can watch your team scores update in realtime as the NBA games progress on Friday in the My Challenges section of the website.

Here are a couple of things to watch for on a busy Friday night (11 games) in the NBA to help you pick your team:

And because it’s so hard to find a stud shortstop, he’s easily a top 10 pick in all formats. In fact, he’ll likely go in the top five of almost every draft. Thirty dingers, 100 RBI and a .300 BA out of your shortstop? Sign me up for some of that. I’m also very bullish on the batting eye improvements Tulowitzki made last year. The Rox will have another fine offensive lineup this year, and Tulo will be a huge reason why. more

Watson has started two of the past three games for Rose, and has seen a general uptick in minutes thanks to Rose’s condition – and the fact that even when Rose has been healthy, the Bulls have been blowing out opponents, giving extra PT to all the bench players. In 25 minutes of action Friday, Watson shot it decently (3-for-7), but put some nice peripherals with five assists, four steals and three boards. On Monday, he came through with a double-double, his first since he was a Warrior. Rose remains day-to-day, giving Watson a small window to put up big numbers. more

There is no need to “reach” at the keystone corner as the options both from a speed and power perspective will be very evenly distributed throughout the draft. Let the chips fall where they rightfully should fall and avoid overspending to fill your second base slot in 2012. more

Will he immediately reassume his role as the team’s ace? That’s hard to say, because pitchers recovering from Tommy John surgery generally take 12-to-18 months to fully bounce back, so while Wainwright is on schedule to return this spring, how long will it take him to completely recover his velocity, command and feel of his pitches? That remains an unknown, but it’s obvious the Cardinals are bullish on a full and speedy recover, picking up both his 2012 and 2013 options right after the World Series. more