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Updated fantasy basketball roto rankings
Create or join an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league at any time for the 2021-2022 NBA season. Sign up for free! With a growing crop of young talent in the league, some intriguing rookies from the 2021 NBA draft and a number of star veterans still atop their game, the fantasy rankings are always changing. At […]
Continue readingNew Los Angeles Lakers center DeAndre Jordan says Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving remain ‘brothers beyond basketball’
Two years into the four-year, $40 million deal he signed in Brooklyn, Jordan was traded to the Detroit Pistons and summarily waived, paving the way for him to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. As Jordan left one star-studded roster for another, the big man deadpanned that his relationship with the Nets’ dynamic […]
Continue readingNBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2022 and 2023
Still, superstars like Bradley Beal, James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook could become free agents if they don’t sign extensions between now and June. Here’s our team-by-team look at all the players who can and will hit free agency over the next two seasons. Key: Restricted = restricted free agent; player = player option; […]
Continue readingGiannis Antetokounmpo continuing to believe as Milwaukee Bucks fall into 2-0 hole against Brooklyn Nets
The Milwaukee Bucks spent the better part of the past year trying to ensure this season’s playoff run would go differently than the ones they made in the previous two. But after getting obliterated 125-86 by the James Harden-less Brooklyn Nets in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series Monday night in New York, […]
Continue readingJames Harden has 18 points, 11 assists in return for Brooklyn Nets, but Kyrie Irving misses win
NEW YORK — James Harden returned to the Brooklyn Nets’ lineup Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs after missing more than a month with a hamstring strain. Harden, after the longest layoff of his career, had 18 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as the Nets outlasted the Spurs 128-116. Landry Shamet scored 21 […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Kevin Porter Jr. makes history
In fact, in an offensive opus where Porter either scored or assisted on 77 of Houston’s whopping 143 points, he became the youngest player NBA history to have 50 points and 10 assists in the same game. The previous youngest to do so was James at the “ripe old age” of 23. Acquired from the […]
Continue readingBrooklyn Nets first in Eastern Conference to clinch playoff berth
Now, the Nets can slip no lower than sixth in the Eastern Conference standings. “It’s great,” first-year Nets coach Steve Nash said of securing a place in the playoffs. “I think we have our eyes on bigger things, but it’s a nice first step to clinch a berth. For this group, facing all we’ve faced, […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: The most important tools for the stretch run
Many popular fantasy basketball formats, such as weekly head-to-head competitions, value volume most. Even if your opponent in a given week has a more talented roster, you can still win by maximizing minutes and games, leveraging free agency and the waiver wire. The motivation to track injury reports and rotational changes becomes vital. The greatest […]
Continue readingOop! There it is: How NBA players build the perfect alley-oop tag team
It’s March 1 and the New Orleans Pelicans are down by six to the Utah Jazz early in the third quarter. After a Mike Conley 3, Pelicans wing Brandon Ingram takes the inbounds pass and shovels it on to Ball, who immediately swivels — and scans. Ball immediately spots a 6-foot-7, 284-pound 20-year-old streaking down […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: T.J. McConnell’s epic night of thievery
McConnell hit all eight of his shots from the field while dishing 13 dimes on top of his 10 swipes in Wednesday’s epic outing. The last triple-double to include steals was recorded by Mookie Blaylock in the spring of 1998. A regular endorsement in my weekly waiver-wire piece, given he’s rostered in just 46% of […]
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