John Hollinger's Player Efficiency Rating (PER) is a nifty way to compare players with vastly different minutes played. For an explanation, check out this article. A score of 15.0 is average.Here are a few surprise players that are filling the box score early in the season. All players are seeing   more...
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Flip Murray may be a mystery to most casual fans, but Gerrit Ritt says fantasy owners should get to know him really quick. Other guys you should take a look at: Jason Thompson, Roger Mason, Eric Dampier...
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Ron Artest is a Rocket, Jermaine O'Neal is a Raptor and Mo Williams is a Cavalier. Richard Jefferson is a Buck and Corey Maggette is a Warrior. Baron Davis signed up to play with Elton Brand in L.A., but Brand bolted for Philly to play with AI2 instead. And Andrew Bynum is back from injury, trying   more...
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With so much going on this weekend in the world of basketball, it was tough to keep an eye on all of the story lines. Luckily, we've narrowed it down to the most important games and performances that you should know about. We had the debut of Allen Iverson with the Pistons and the re-debut of   more...
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LeBron vs. Carmelo was supposed to be the best match-up for the next decade and a half. Now that the hype has died down and one player is far superior to the other, it's pretty much a snooze fest. Luckily, neither team played any defense in the first half of the game and it made the game definitely   more...
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The Danny Granger Experiencea„¢ is off fantastic start. For those of you who took a chance on Granger in the second/third round of your drafts, you've got to be happy with this line: 33 points/10-16 from the floor/5 rebounds/2 steals/3 blocks.
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1.Lakers-Celtics The teams have wonhalf of the NBA's 62 championships and have met in the Finals 11 times, with the Celtics winning nine of those, including the most recent meeting in 2008. Four of the 11 series have gone to seven games.2.Bulls-Pistons The rivalry was at its peak from 1988 to 1991,   more...
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Those who just missed the cut:Dwight Howard, Allen Iverson, Joe Johson, Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala, Deron Williams, Vince Carter, Tyson Chandler, Carmelo Anthony, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Chris Bosh, Pau Gasol, Rasheed Wallace, Rip Hamilton, Chauncey Billups, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Michael Redd,   more...

The NBA gave us our first full slate of games Wednesday night with a dozen match-ups and it felt good to be scouring through the NBA League Pass again and TiVoing as many games as I possibly could manage. We saw a lot of players in new places make debuts ranging from amazing to   more...
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Zach Harper, Brandon Gallawa, and Andy Eisner having already previewed the Eastern Conference turn their attention towards the Western Conference. They round out the rest of the league by placing teams in their rightful positions in the better of the two conferences. Here's the breakdown of the   more...
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FIO and TalkHoops.net staff writer Zach Harper breaks down the Top 25 shooting guards heading into fantasy basketball drafts this season, including in-depth analysis about the Top 10 and some notes about the remaining players on the list.
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Basketball's Kevin Johnson became mayor of Sacramento, Calif., while Heath Shuler and Sam Wyche scored victories Tuesday that had little to do with football on a night when more than a dozen sports figures ran for office.Craig Robinson wasn't listed on any ballot, but the first-year Oregon State   more...
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THERE WOULD BE no giving away of a big lead on this night. The Atlanta Hawks had the firepower and the backing of a sellout home crowd to come back from a 23-point deficit to beat the 76ers. The Sacramento Kings, we quickly learned, are ill-equipped for that sort of challenge. The winless Kings'   more...
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FIO and TalkHoops.net staff writer Zach Harper breaks down the Top 25 centers heading into fantasy basketball drafts this season, including in-depth analysis about the Top 10 and some notes about the remaining players on the list.
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A couple recent moves have mixed up my rankings just a bit so I've incorporated them into version 2.0 of my offseason rankings. I've provided my projected records for the coming season along with last year's overall records. Please feel free to comment with your opinions.
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