The trade deadline doesn’t have to feature a marquee name to register a fantasy impact. The aftershocks of last season’s deadline are still reverberating at point guard. No Chris Paul– or Russell Westbrook-sized names swapped jerseys. But Goran Dragic, Rajon Rondo, Isaiah Thomas, Brandon Knight, Reggie Jackson and Michael Carter-Williams all headed for new situations […]
Continue readingThis week’s contributors are ESPN NBA Insider Bradford Doolittle and ESPN Fantasy analysts Jim McCormick and yours truly, Tom Carpenter. Doolittle: Karl-Anthony Towns is amazing. McCormick: This season I found the relationship between DFS research and redraft success is incredibly valuable — which is to say, I found my growing passion for DFS NBA significantly […]
Continue readingThese rankings are based on season-long rotisserie formats. That means players who excel in one or two categories will be ranked higher and those who fail miserably in percentages will be ranked lower than they would be in a points system. So a 3-point specialist like J.R. Smith gets a bump, while a young star […]
Continue readingNow, with the Wolves playing the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, let’s take a moment to review a day five years ago that has quietly contributed to the extension of Minnesota’s long basketball winter. Though there are others, the Rockets have played the largest part in this extended chapter. This is not meant to be yet […]
Continue readingHere’s a look around the league at the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams: Atlanta Hawks Following a two-month absence due to wrist surgery, De’Andre Hunter has returned to action. In light of the Hawks trading Cam Reddish to the New York Knicks on Thursday, he should be stashed. When his […]
Continue readingIf 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 […]
Continue readingBut basketball isn’t baseball, and we don’t need 200 plate appearances to get a better idea of each player’s value. A set of eyes and a look at the numbers can be very revealing, even in a short amount of time, and already we are seeing some early-season trends that have drastically changed the rankings […]
Continue readingThese rankings are based on season-long rotisserie formats. That means that players who excel in one or two categories will be ranked higher and those who fail miserably in percentages will be ranked lower than they would be in a points system. So, a 3-point specialist like J.R. Smith gets a bump, while a young […]
Continue reading14 games into the nascent NBA careers of Dario Saric and Jamal Murray, each has shown promise for fantasy teams. Saric has scored in double digits in five of his past six games and is averaging 9.9 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.8 APG and 1.3 3-PPG. Meanwhile, Murray racked up 24 points on the Bulls on […]
Continue readingIf 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. – Jason Szabo (@JakeSpeed44) December 9, 2015 I see both Mike Conley and Elfrid Payton as lesser fantasy options compared to C.J. McCollum, even in your format, so […]
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