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Starting Five: Should fantasy owners worry about Durant and Davis?
Don’t worry; I have the answers for you. Each Monday this season, I’ll tip the week off by positing and seeking answers to five key questions, thus the “Starting Five.” This week’s contributors are ESPN Fantasy analysts Jim McCormick, John Cregan and yours truly. Cregan: If I drafted Paul, I’d be particularly worried. He passed […]
Continue readingRussell Westbrook overtakes Curry, Durant in new fantasy rankings
Those signings and trades impacted not only the players’ fantasy values for the coming season, but also those of the teams they left and joined. Add to all of that an NBA draft that produced a few players who should make some level of impact as rookies, and I had to make quite a few […]
Continue readingTrade deadline fallout
As the only Wizards fan I know, I spend a lot of time trying to rationalize the machinations of Ernie Grunfeld. But I can’t think of the existential conditions that would justify this deal on any conceivable level of basketball sense, fantasy or reality. The Wizards gave away a young and cheap (albeit disgruntled) source […]
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Deng tops list of underowned fantasy players worth adding
Here are some players to target this week, with their ESPN ownership listed: Luol Deng, SF, Miami Heat (24.8) Deng may not be the scorer he once was — the career 15.5 PPG scorer is down to 10.6 PPG this season — but if Chris Bosh is lost for the season as feared due to […]
Continue readingNBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2024 and 2025
Still, 2024 could be transformative in Los Angeles, with LeBron James and Paul George potentially becoming free agents this summer. Looking ahead to 2025, stars such Jayson Tatum, Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell hold player options that teams will be monitoring very closely. Key: restricted = restricted free agent; player = player option; team = […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs 2024: Everything to know about the 20 teams still vying for the title
In the Eastern Conference bracket, the Boston Celtics ran away with the top overall seed, but that didn’t mean this race lacked drama down the stretch. The New York Knicks needed overtime on the regular season’s final day to secure the No. 2 seed to complete a final month of reshuffling below the Celtics in […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Thursday
New this season, ESPN Analytics will also generate daily NBA fantasy projections. By combining historical player and team data and specific game factors ESPN is able to accurately predict player box score stats. Accounting for injuries, trends in playing time, and other factors impacting future performance the statistical models can be used to help NBA […]
Continue readingVictor Wembanyama’s most unbelievable first-half highlights
The two unusually tall Frenchmen have known each other for years, with the 31-year-old Gobert imparting wisdom to the 20-year-old Wembanyama as he made his journey to the NBA. A good portion of NBA fans got their first look more than three years ago at Wembanyama, then 16 years old and playing with Nanterre 92 […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Five picks for Wednesday’s slate
More Teams. More Games. Andre Snellings likes the Pacers to cover -3.5 against the Raptors, regardless of Tyrese Haliburton‘s injury status. (1:56) Happy Valentine’s Day! (“Every day’s the 14th,” for the Outkast fans out there). The NBA has an extremely packed slate on the day of love, with 13 games scheduled and 26 of the […]
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