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Fantasy rankings: Towns jumps past Curry into top three

It went from Kevin Durant leaving Oklahoma City for Western Conference rival Golden State, to Tim Duncan deciding to join Kobe Bryant in retirement, to an assortment of high-profile coaching changes, to the U.S. taking home an Olympic gold in Rio. And we haven’t even mentioned the infusion of talent the June draft added to […]

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Why Anthony Davis should go No. 1

Consider his peak production in 2003-04: 24.2 PPG, 13.9 RPG, 5.0 APG, 2.2 BPG, 1.5 SPG, 49.8 FG%, 79.1 FT%. He had such a complete stat line — especially factoring in weighted percentages — with no holes in it, that KG will always be the 7-foot stick by which I measure other fantasy players. And […]

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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 […]

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What’s wrong with Steph Curry’s shot?

The Cleveland crowd hushed and collectively held its breath as Stephen Curry stepped into a wide-open 3-pointer. The Cavs were up by nine points with 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter, but the Warriors were rallying. Leaving Curry open in this circumstance was just about the worst-case scenario. After Curry flicked the deep 3 […]

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Biggest risers, fallers in key fantasy basketball categories

At this point, Ellis probably only has a few years left in the league, and it’s safe to say that his days as a valuable fantasy option are over. Today, however, we don’t want to focus on the aging players. Instead, we want to go around the league and highlight the players in the prime […]

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Knicks’ Iman Shumpert day to day

J.R. Smith will replace Shumpert in the starting lineup. Shumpert hurt his shoulder in the first quarter of the Knicks’ win over Boston on Tuesday. The Knicks are listing Shumpert as day to day. The third-year guard dealt with shoulder soreness in training camp but has remained relatively healthy throughout the season, playing in every […]

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Russell Westbrook overtakes Curry, Durant in new fantasy rankings

Those signings and trades impacted not only the players’ fantasy values for the coming season, but also those of the teams they left and joined. Add to all of that an NBA draft that produced a few players who should make some level of impact as rookies, and I had to make quite a few […]

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Fantasy Forecaster: Nov. 25-Dec. 1

Then there’s Tim Duncan. After declining statistically for years, Duncan startlingly re-emerged as a fantasy force last season. He hadn’t scored as much (17.8 points) or pushed double-digit rebounds (9.9 boards) since 2010. And he hadn’t been such a prolific shot-blocker (2.7 rejections) since 2005. Probably none of us expected that sort of production from […]

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Is Anthony Davis still a top-5 fantasy player?

This week’s contributors are ESPN NBA Insider Kevin Pelton, ESPN Fantasy analyst Joe Kaiser and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. Pelton: It’s a concern. The best predictor of players missing games in the future is the games they’ve missed in the past. Whatever the reason, Davis seems to have a tendency to suffer a variety of […]

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Fantasy Forecaster: Jan. 21-27

It remains ugly in Charlotte, but I can now report that the ugliness is spreading. That sweet, sweet, exploitable ugliness. In all honesty, as a Minnesota Timberwolves fan, I hate to see what’s happening here with this injury-ravaged team. As an NBA fan — and really, as a sports fan — I hate to see […]

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