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Darius Garland among top fantasy basketball free-agent finds

A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster can prove rewarding. When curating this fluid collective of statistical contributors, it helps to consider your end-of-bench players in direct competition with the talent floating in free agency. The goal of this weekly series is to identify players available in […]

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NBA Power Rankings Week 13: Latest risers and fallers

Our experts rank the best teams in the league, from No. 1 to No. 30, with the Utah Jazz rising and the Brooklyn Nets sliding. Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, Andre’ Snellings, Royce Young and Bobby Marks, and The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears) is ranking all 30 teams from top to […]

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Lakers’ Anthony Davis ruled out vs. Mavs as quick 2-game trip opens

Davis was injured on a nasty fall in a 117-87 win over the Knicks in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. An MRI exam showed no major concerns, although Davis was extremely sore. Davis made the quick two-game trip that wraps up Saturday at Oklahoma City. Both leading men — L.A.’s LeBron James and 20-year-old Dallas […]

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Nikola Jokic powers Nuggets past Mavericks in final seconds

Nor was it how the Mavericks wanted to defend All-Star center Nikola Jokic with the game on the line. The 7-foot, 284-pound Jokic punished the Mavs for defending him one-on-one with a much smaller defender, scoring the winning basket in the Denver Nuggets’ 107-106 victory Wednesday after backing down 6-foot-7, 220-pound Dallas forward Dorian Finney-Smith. […]

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Lakers’ LeBron James takes over as fans’ top choice in All-Star voting

After Mavericks guard Luka Doncic led all players in the first round of voting announced last week, James stormed past Doncic and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo into the top spot with 3,359,871 total votes. Doncic (3,277,870), Antetokounmpo (3,259,383) and James’ Lakers teammate Anthony Davis (3,124,446) are the only players with more than 3 million […]

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Fantasy 30: KAT, Kyrie getting close to game action?

Atlanta Hawks: Jabari Parker‘s production has dropped off considerably since John Collins returned, and now Parker is out for at least two weeks after undergoing a non-surgical procedure on his right shoulder on Tuesday. Parker can safely be dropped in 10- and 12-team leagues at this point. Boston Celtics: Enes Kanter remains available in 22.5% […]

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Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Prince’s role grows in Brooklyn

Without Irving’s high-usage role in the rotation, Prince has been given additional freedom to loft 3-pointers and he was able to sink five of his 10 attempts from beyond the arc in the loss last night. Available as a free agent in more than 80% of ESPN leagues, Prince is a solid source of rebounding […]

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Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Streaking Memphis on a roll

It’s not just top Rookie of the Year candidate Ja Morant and gifted second-year talent Jaren Jackson Jr. who are putting in impressive minutes, as surging scoring guard Dillon Brooks continues to be efficient from the field. Brooks delivered 19 points last night and has averaged 16.4 PPG with 1.3 “stocks” (steals plus blocks) per […]

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Goran Dragic among top fantasy basketball free-agent finds

A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster can prove rewarding. When curating this fluid collective of statistical contributors, it helps to consider your end-of-bench players in direct competition with the talent floating in free agency. The goal of this weekly series is to identify players available in […]

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Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Michael Porter Jr.’s big night

Porter Jr. has reached double-figures in scoring twice this week and is building legitimate momentum as the Nuggets’ offensive microwave off the bench. While he’s essentially a redshirt rookie after spending last season getting healthy, Porter is quietly emerging as a viable depth addition for those in deeper fantasy formats. For those in shallower formats, […]

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