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Using true shooting percentage to find the next breakout star

But the indicators of what makes a player more or less efficient can be a little less obvious. And finding and exploiting areas of hidden value area is key when trying to win any fantasy league. In terms of fantasy performance, efficiency is most extrapolated into percentage production. In most leagues, field goal percentage and […]

Wroten a must-add on the right team

Here’s a look at the players who stand out this week, with their ownership percentage listed. Tony Wroten | PG/SG | Philadelphia 76ers Ownership %: 22.0 As much as Wroten is a detriment to your shooting percentages (41.6 percent career from the field, 65.4 percent career from the free throw line), he is also a […]

How to replace Mike Conley in fantasy basketball

Two seasons ago, this would have been an imaginary roundball gut punch. Conley’s been a rock-solid top-10 fantasy floor general — good but never elite in any particular category (other than two seasons where he averaged 2.2 steals). These days? If you’re counting on Conley that much, you’re probably hard at work on fantasy baseball […]

Undervalued players set to boost fantasy lineups

Here are some players to target this week, with their ESPN ownership listed: Norris Cole, PG, New Orleans Pelicans (25.2) Tyreke Evans (knee) is out through the All-Star break, and the Pelicans are the only team in the league that play three games this week so Cole is a good one to target. Over the […]

Starting Five: Fantasy stars set to decline in second half

This week’s contributors are ESPN Fantasy analysts Joe Kaiser, John Cregan and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. Kaiser: Rajon Rondo, because George Karl’s job is reportedly in jeopardy in Sacramento, and if Karl is fired I don’t see Rondo performing up to the level he has over the first half of the season. Point guards have […]

Fantasy mailbag: Give up on Dragic?

If you have a question, tweet me @AtomicHarpua or with #FBAMailbag before Thursday morning each week, and I’ll cull some of the best ones to answer here. {C} Goran Dragic has been a major disappointment, largely because his scoring is down more than five points per game compared to his 26 games with the Miami […]

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 […]

Starting Five: Debating C.J. McCollum vs. Reggie Jackson

It takes time to answer questions like whether Reggie Jackson or C.J. McCollum is a better rotisserie play, what you should expect from Brandon Jennings and Marcus Smart as they return from injury, whether Terrence Jones is worth a roster spot or, whether the #FreeBobbyPortis campaign is actually coming to fruition. Don’t worry; I have […]

Marcus Smart among fantasy basketball specialists to add

Here are some players to target this week, with their ESPN ownership listed: Derrick Williams, PF, New York Knicks (9.4) The No. 2 overall pick in 2011 is carving out a role in New York as the go-to scorer off the bench, and his playing time is on the rise. Williams has averaged 15.3 points […]

Celtics’ Isaiah Thomas to see specialists about hip injury

The Celtics announced Saturday that Thomas will not play again this postseason after aggravating a hip ailment. Before Sunday’s 111-108 Game 3 Eastern Conference finals win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Thomas’ coach and teammates marveled at how he played through so much pain to get the Celtics this far. “There were times where you could […]

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