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Irving, Waiters must adjust to LeBron

LeBron James is back, Kevin Love may be on the way, and expectations and pressure are about to arrive right on their heels. It’s what would be considered a happy problem — one the team’s principals have already started considering. “Our team, we have a lot of work to do,” Cavs All-Star Kyrie Irving said […]

LeBron’s warm welcome in Game 1

Be it bats swooping above the court, snakes in the locker rooms or extreme heat, there’s always a potential surprise to shake up the combatants. Ironically, the surprise that’s hardest for LeBron James to handle is the heat, an issue he’s confronted several times in his playoff career. Hot arenas can be James’ kryptonite. When […]

KD hopeful on ’16; LeBron undecided

Durant withdrew from national-team duty in August shortly before the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. “Hopefully I’ll be there. It’s whoever Mr. [Jerry] Colangelo and Coach K [Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski] pick,” Durant said in‎ an interview on his 26th birthday scheduled to air later this week on SportsCenter. “I would love […]

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 […]

LeBron’s future coming up fast

As miserable as it was for James to suffer a one-sided NBA Finals defeat to the San Antonio Spurs, it did provide him with some clarity. After putting off getting serious about his free-agent decision for nine months, he now realizes the status quo will not be satisfactory. The Miami Heat, quite clearly, are no […]

Early-season risers, fallers

This is particularly true when we get down to some of the players ranked after the Top 100. Players ranked that low are typically inconsistent, streaky or unproven. That is why you’ll see a lot of fluctuation from week to week near the bottom of the rankings. With that in mind, let’s take a look […]

Is late-season rest a concern for Steph Curry fantasy owners?

This week’s contributors are ESPN NBA Insider Kevin Pelton, ESPN Fantasy analyst John Cregan and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. Cregan: Little to no concern. Any time the words “Steph Curry” and “ankle” are combined in a sentence, it has a historically chilling effect. In a normal repeat championship run, the impetus would be to rest […]