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Giannis Antetokounmpo has very different fantasy values depending on your format. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) The 2023-24 NBA season is right around the corner, and it’s time to start prepping for your fantasy basketball drafts! It’s never too early to get a jump on your competition and to help you do so, I’ve dropped

Few centers can provide the fantasy production Nikola Jokić does. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) The 2023-24 NBA season is right around the corner, and it’s time to start prepping for your fantasy basketball drafts! It’s never too early to get a jump on your competition. I’m closing out my positional tiers series with

NBA Insiders Sep 21, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo becomes eligible to sign a contract extension on Friday, his first chance to recommit to the franchise since he signed a supermax extension before the 2020-21 season. Antetokounmpo still has two years remaining on his contract, plus a player option for a

Yahoo Sports One stat to know for every team in Week 3 + reaction to latest RB moves ‘Stat Nerd Thursday’ is back for another episode! Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don give you one stat you need to know for all 32 NFL teams heading into Week 3. The two also react to the

Jayson Tatum is a top fantasy option at small forward. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) The 2023-24 NBA season is right around the corner, and it’s time to start prepping for your fantasy basketball drafts! It’s never too early to get a jump on your competition, and to kick things off, I’m dropping my positional

Andrew Lopez Kevin Pelton Close Kevin Pelton ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Sep 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The San Antonio Spurs have been here before. In 1987, after finishing 28-54, they won the draft lottery and the right

Fantasy managers haven’t been able to utilize Zion Williamson in a few seasons. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images) Special to Yahoo Sports A handful of NBA superstar players missed most of the 2022-23 season due to serious injuries, but those aren’t the only injuries fantasy managers should be monitoring ahead of their upcoming drafts. Let’s

The 2023-24 NBA season is right around the corner, and it’s time to start prepping for your fantasy basketball drafts! It’s never too early to get a jump on your competition. To kick things off, I’m dropping my positional tiers series — starting with the point guards. Note: only some players will have analysis when

Cleveland Cavaliers Introduce Donovan Mitchell Cavaliers President of Basketball Operations and lead decision maker Kobe Altman was arrested Friday night and charged with OVI (operating a vehicle while intoxicated), according to the Ohio State High State Highway Patrol. Troopers in Cleveland pulled over Altman for a traffic lane violation, the officers saw signs of impairment

Sep 16, 2023, 12:04 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman was arrested Friday night and charged with operating a vehicle while impaired. Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers stopped Altman just before 9 p.m. in Cleveland. He was charged with “committing a marked lanes violation and OVI.” “Troopers initiated a traffic stop

Cleveland Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman was arrested Friday night. He was charged with operating a vehicle while impaired and committing a marked lanes violation, according to a report from Fox8. Ohio State Highway Patrol said Altman was stopped by officers for the traffic violation just before 9 p.m., per the report. Officers

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2023, 10:06 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. LOS ANGELES — Jarred Vanderbilt has agreed to a four-year, $48 million extension with the Lakers,

Almost immediately following USA Basketball’s fourth-place finish at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, NBA superstar LeBron James made it known he wants to participate in one final Olympics next summer in Paris. James, who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, has already recruited Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis and

Yahoo Sports Week 2 fantasy viewer guide: Games to binge, stream and skip Week 2 has arrived! On the pod we continue our Football Friday tradition of providing a ‘Fantasy Viewer’s guide’ to the action. 4 for 4’s Jennifer Eakins joins Matt Harmon to identify the games you need to binge, stream and skip this

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderSep 13, 2023, 12:37 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The NBA Board of Governors on Wednesday voted to approve new rules strengthening resting policy rules and punishments for star players that include national TV games, in-season tournament games and sitting out multiple All-Stars together

Former Orlando Magic forward Brandon Hunter died on Tuesday. He was 42. (Bob Leverone/Sporting News/Getty Images) Former Ohio standout and Orlando Magic forward Brandon Hunter died on Tuesday, the team announced. He was 42. His cause of death was not immediately clear. “We are terribly saddened to learn of the loss of our former teammate,

NBA superstars LeBron James and Stephen Curry are among several top players interested in competing for the United States at next year’s Paris Olympics, according to multiple reports on Monday. Two-time Olympic champion and four-time NBA champion James has been recruiting fellow NBA stars for a US squad that seeks a fifth gold medal in