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Fantasy basketball waiver-wire finds: Darius Garland stands out
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 2020-21 NBA season may have already started, but you can create […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball drafts: Westbrook and Jokic among top make-or-break players
Under normal conditions, competitive fantasy hoops demands you take some risks. But with all the variables at play for 2020-21, to win, you will have gone above and beyond to strategically create differentiation. And to create differentiation, you have to identity and take some calculated risks in your drafts. You will need to consider some […]
Continue readingNBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2021 and 2022
The 2021 class has more hype, potentially featuring names such as LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Paul, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, DeMar DeRozan, Blake Griffin, Rudy Gobert and Andre Drummond. Some of those players will agree to extensions or pick up player options before ever hitting the market, while others will have plenty […]
Continue readingUpdated 2020-21 fantasy basketball rankings: Top 200 for H2H points drafts
Click here for a quick explanation of how the new system works and why returning leagues should consider changing to the new format. If you’re new to fantasy hoops, here is how points leagues work: 2020-21 fantasy basketball arrives just in time for the holidays! Create or join an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league today! Sign […]
Continue readingUpdated 2020-21 fantasy basketball rankings: Top 200 for roto drafts
With such a quick turnaround between the draft, free agency and the start of the season, draft rankings have never been more important. Below you will find updated rankings by Joe Kaiser for those who are playing in rotisserie (roto) leagues. If you’re new to fantasy hoops, here is how roto leagues work: 2020-21 fantasy […]
Continue readingUpdated 2020-21 fantasy basketball rankings: Top 200 for H2H categories drafts
If you’re new to fantasy hoops, there are two types of H2H categories formats. Here is how they work: Head-to-head: Each category — Each week, the totals of each stat category (typically: points, 3s, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, FG%, FT% and turnovers) are accumulated and your team is awarded a win, loss or tie based […]
Continue readingHow the Lakers wasted Year 1 of LeBron
The Los Angeles Lakers will miss the playoffs for a sixth consecutive year. LeBron James’ season will end in April for the first time since 2004-05, his second year in the NBA, snapping personal streaks of 13 straight postseason appearances and eight straight NBA Finals berths. Magic Johnson, after two seasons as Lakers team president, […]
Continue readingNBA bubble buzz: Intel on playoff matchups and lottery teams
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After successfully getting 22 teams inside the bubble here at the Walt Disney World Resort and then hosting a high-quality round of seeding games plus a play-in, the NBA now moves onto its third — and most important — phase of the 2020 restart: the playoffs. Six teams have been […]
Continue readingNBA Continuity Rankings: Which teams hold the edge in the bubble?
Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, whose team checks in near the top of our list, has high hopes. “Continuity [will] help with trying to create a home-court advantage,” Malone said earlier this month of playing at a neutral-site in Orlando, Florida. “We have guys that have been together for a while, know how to […]
Continue readingNBA restart: Rosters, schedules and standings projections for every team
With scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely playoff seeds (via simulations using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index), remaining strength of schedule (ranked from hardest to easiest), seeding-game schedules (with win projections using BPI), full rosters and projected rotations. We’ve also included the number […]
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