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Fantasy basketball daily notes for Wednesday: Paul, Suns streak continues

Stephen Curry played so poorly last night, but nevertheless the Warriors were able to compete for most of the game. Curry only scored 12 points on 21 shots, his second-worst point total in his career when he’s attempted more than 20 shots. Create or join an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league at any time for the […]

Jonas Valanciunas goes 7-for-7 from 3 in first half, scores career-high 39 as Pelicans beat Clippers again

But those days are long gone. Valanciunas hit his first seven 3-pointers on Monday night — all in the first half — as he helped lead the New Orleans Pelicans to a 123-104 win over the LA Clippers. The 6-foot-11, 265-pound bruiser has slowly started to add the three-point shot to his game since 2017, […]

Fantasy basketball: Why small forward is the most important position in 2021

One area that has required some adjustment of my traditional roto-based approach? Scarcity. The notion of accruing additional value in area where value is in short supply. Here’s a quick breakdown of scarcity. In your league, you and your fellow managers are competing for a finite amount of available production. Production that’s made up of […]

Honoring Lute Olson, a players’ coach and a class act

I was so sorry to learn of the passing of Hall of Fame coach Lute Olson, who was one of the classiest guys I’ve met in my 42 years in broadcasting. He was a winner — a Frank Lloyd Wright-type architect at the University of Arizona. Olson set the stage for that success in Tucson […]

Position U: Which college basketball programs produce the best players at each position?

First-round picks such as John Wall, De’Aaron Fox and Rajon Rondo are a big reason Kentucky earned the title of Point Guard U. UCLA has had a number of good college PGs — Russell Westbrook, Lonzo Ball and Baron Davis also have had NBA success. Duke (Kyrie Irving, Jay Williams), Michigan State (Mateen Cleaves, Cassius […]