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Fantasy 30: More assists, fewer points for LeBron
Here’s a list of the most fantasy-relevant news and notes for all 30 teams around the league heading into the seventh week of the season: Atlanta Hawks: Paul Millsap is a game-time decision for Monday’s game against Oklahoma City after missing the last three games due to a left hip injury. “We’ll see how today […]
Continue readingJoe Kaiser’s ultimate draft board
It’s hard to argue with that. But as auctions become the way to go in many fantasy leagues in 2016, they also require much more time — sometimes around 3.5 hours in baseball leagues with large rosters — and over two hours in fantasy basketball and football leagues. That’s where the traditional snake-style draft has […]
Continue readingStarting Five: Is Carmelo’s health a concern?
This week’s contributors are ESPN NBA Insider Kevin Pelton, ESPN Fantasy analyst Jim McCormick and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. Pelton: I don’t know that anyone who’s not a doctor can really tell you how Anthony’s knee is going to hold up the rest of the season. The procedure he underwent was a serious one that […]
Continue readingStarting Five: Is Kobe worth playing in fantasy?
This week’s contributors are ESPN Fantasy analysts Jim McCormick, John Cregan and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. McCormick: For recent context, Bryant has scored 19.75, 9.5, 17.5, 40.75 and 18.5 fantasy points on DraftKings over his past five games. This stretch includes four inactive games mixed in. We’re not only getting inconsistent production defined by harmful […]
Continue readingWestbrook, Davis jump past Harden in updated fantasy rankings
But basketball isn’t baseball, and we don’t need 200 plate appearances to get a better idea of each player’s value. A set of eyes and a look at the numbers can be very revealing, even in a short amount of time, and already we are seeing some early-season trends that have drastically changed the rankings […]
Continue readingWay-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 […]
Continue readingWay-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 […]
Continue readingStarting Five: Rose or Rondo?
One thing I always preach early in the season is to keep things in perspective. We aren’t even two weeks into the 2015-16 campaign, and most teams have played just seven or eight games. If it were January, we would speak of seven to eight contests or two weeks as a “stretch of games” or […]
Continue readingFantasy 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 […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Six picks for Saturday
Jalen Brunson over 10.5 assists and rebounds. Brunson continues to be the engine that drives the Knicks with a 32.4% usage rate this season. Brunson has cleared this line in four of his past five games and averaged 13.8 potential assists and 8.4 rebound chances per game over that time frame. Even though the Knicks […]
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