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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 […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: Top 10 sleepers to target in drafts
Waves of high-quality analysis, podcasts that foster critical thinking, and the nonstop NBA news cycle undeniably make for a more informed and sharper fantasy hoops market. The accurate way to frame this is that finding sleepers — those players who are underrated and undervalued in most fantasy formats — has become more difficult. This premise […]
Continue readingLowe: Jalen Green and a potentially supercharged Houston Rockets ascension
“You’re supposed to lead by example,” Jalen Green, then a 19-year-old rookie and No. 2 overall draft pick, chastised one of the few veterans on the team — a player Green and others present won’t identify today. Other players and coaches had noticed that veteran playing with a halfhearted selfishness. Only Green spoke up. “We […]
Continue readingThree biggest gambling takeaways from the NBA summer league
Here are my three biggest gambling takeaways so far: In the past few years of the NBA summer league, as betting lines became more commonplace, the totals in the majority of the games were lined in the 160s. There would occasionally be a line that would touch 170, but for the most part the market […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: Adjusting expectations for rookies post NBA Summer League
Let’s take a look at how my impressions of those six players developed based on their performances in the NBA Summer League, starting with the big man in Texas. Wembanyama was, of course, the biggest draw in the Summer League and a lightning rod player among fans and analysists. Touted as the greatest NBA prospect […]
Continue reading2023 NBA free agency: Fantasy basketball impact, signings, more
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Fred VanVleet agreed to a three-year, $130 million contract with the Houston Rockets. The 29-year-old declined a $22.8 million option to play for the Raptors next season and has the largest contract for any undrafted player in league history. Van Vleet is now the oldest player on the Rockets roster […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball rankings 2023-24: Head-to-head points
Here, you’ll find our first set of rankings for the 2023-24 fantasy basketball season, tailored for our standard H2H points league scoring system, which reward players for both versatility and scoring efficiency. We’ll keep them updated through free agency and the preseason and then the entire season. And remember, the first step toward a fantasy […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball rankings 2023-24: Head-to-head categories
Here, you’ll find our first set of rankings for the 2023-24 fantasy basketball season, tailored for head-to-head category leagues, which reward players for contributions in multiple categories. We’ll keep them updated through free agency and the preseason and then the entire season. And remember, the first step toward a fantasy championship is to sign up […]
Continue readingNBA Draft Lottery top prospects: Landing spots for fantasy success
But, who are some of the other names we will hear called near the top of the draft? What team(s) might these players go to? How would their numbers look as rookies, and how might their presence affect the other players on the team? Let’s explore with a closer look. It’s not too late to […]
Continue readingRockets win in coach Stephen Silas’ return after father’s death
Silas was back after missing the previous game following the death on Sunday of his father, longtime NBA player and coach Paul Silas. “It was definitely great to be back,” Stephen Silas said. “I love these guys. I love this team. I kind of didn’t want the game to end because now it’s like real […]
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