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Fantasy 30: Leonard’s hot streak, Whiteside’s shot-blocking, more

Here’s a list of the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams around the league: Atlanta Hawks: It has been a big January for Tim Hardaway Jr., who had his fourth 20-point game of the month in Monday’s one-point win over the Knicks. Impressively, the fourth-year shooting guard is shooting 54.2 percent […]

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2024 NBA Finals MVP odds Tatum, Jokic lead favorites

As we get set for the first weekend of playoff basketball here are the latest NBA odds to win Finals MVP. Odds are accurate as of publication time. For most up-to-date odds go to ESPN BET Jayson Tatum, Celtics +225 Nikola Jokic, Nuggets +300 Jaylen Brown, Celtics 10-1 Anthony Edwards, Bucks 17-1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder […]

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Biggest takeaways from the first weekend of the 2024 NBA playoffs

Our NBA experts were at all eight Game 1s on Saturday and Sunday — all of which were won by the home team, the first time that has happened since 2013 — and shared their first impressions of every series, with a glance at what we might expect as these teams head into Game 2 […]

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Way-too-early Roto and Category league rankings for 2024-25

Fantasy Women’s Basketball is now open! Create or join a league today to get started. Sign up for free! Some new names will enter the top five in fantasy drafts next season, as Victor Wembanyama and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are coming off of incredible seasons. But how do things fall after that? Who cracks the top […]

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Way-too-early H2H Points league rankings for 2024-25

Fantasy Women’s Basketball is now open! Create or join a league today to get started. Sign up for free! Some new names will enter the top five in fantasy drafts next season, as Victor Wembanyama and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are coming off of incredible seasons. But how do things fall after that? Who cracks the top […]

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Starting Five: Debating Cousins’ long-term fantasy potential

This week’s contributors are ESPN Fantasy analysts Jim McCormick, John Cregan, and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. McCormick: Even if the standard deviation model the Player Rater employs doesn’t adore Cousins — which I assume is based largely on his modest 44-percent shooting clip — I find him to be a top-10 asset going forward given […]

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Fantasy basketball 30: Franz Wagner’s rookie rise

Here’s a look around the league at the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams: Atlanta Hawks: Bogdan Bogdanovic and Kevin Huerter are among the Hawks’ 12 players included in the league’s health and safety protocols. Offensively, Trae Young has had to bear a lot of the burden. Over the last 14 […]

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NBA playoffs betting: How to bet each first-round series

Here are our NBA betting experts Tyler Fulghum, Andre Snellings, Eric Moody, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander with the bets they like most for each series. Odds are updated as of publication. For latest odds go to ESPN BET 76ers to win the series 4-2 (+350). Jalen Brunson has averaged 34.8 points and 7.4 assists […]

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Sources: Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard to get final Team USA spot

LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard will get the 12th and final roster spot on Team USA for the 2024 Olympics, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill met with most of the 12 invitees on the 2024 Olympic team over the past few days, and it wasn’t until Tuesday […]

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Tennessee LB Elijah Herring entering transfer portal

“I’d like to thank Coach Huepel & the University of Tennessee for the opportunity to play in my home state,” Herring posted on X, formerly Twitter. “I appreciate all the support from the entire staff, my teammates, & fans. I have decided to enter the transfer portal & pursue other college opportunities. Love The Vols!” […]

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