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Fantasy Basketball Fast Break (Week of 1/29): Down Goes Cousins

Boogie Cousins Done for Season Well, this one hurts. Both physically for DeMarcus Cousins and for tens of thousands of fantasy owners around the world. Cousins was putting up a top-10 fantasy season with averages of 25.2 points, 12.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.6 blocks, and 2.2 3-pointers. Yeah, this one certainly hurts. The cause for Cousins' season-ending is a torn Achilles suffered Friday night.https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/957106960184340480And the season of injuries continues. Outside of maybe…

Fantasy Basketball Fast Break (Week of 12/11)

Believe it or not, I don’t have to start this off by telling you that 23 more players got injured this past week. What a refreshing change of pace. And actually, the injury arrow is beginning to turn around as several key fantasy assets are on the mend and nearing returns to the court as you’ll read a little further down. We did have a few new injuries, but none seem overly serious.In other news, the 76ers finally got rid of Jhalil Okafor. After trying to trade him since 1956, the Brooklyn Nets (of course it was…

Fantasy Impact from the Gordon Hayward Injury

As a Celtics fan, writing this article totally sucks. Barely over five minutes into his Celtics career, Gordon Hayward came down hard on an alley-oop attempt and from the reaction from the Cleveland bench, you knew something was drastically wrong. Hayward had dislocated his left ankle and fracturing his tibia. I have seen the footage about five times now and that’s five times too many. Why I watched again after the first time is beyond me. Do yourself a favor and don’t watch the replay if you have a weak stomach. It was…

Weekly Top-10: Offseason Moves that Impact Fantasy Basketball

Last week we went over which rookie call-ups could help you the most in fantasy baseball. This week, we move from the diamond to the hardcourt and recap how the wild NBA offseason affects certain player’s value in fantasy basketball.Let’s be real for a second. The NBA offseason has been much more exciting than the lackluster playoffs were. And frankly, it’s not even close. There have been countless trades and signings that have big impacts on the upcoming fantasy basketball season. Some of them are positive, others…

NBA Fantasy Sleepers: Atlantic Division

After covering the Southeast Division's sleepers last week, this week we move on to the Atlantic Division. The division includes two teams fighting for a conference finals berth, one team coming to the tail end of "the process," and two more teams who are stuck in the basement of the NBA. The varying situations of the teams in the Atlantic Division create an interesting fantasy dynamic. The sleepers for the two best teams are players who can fill roles in a fantasy lineup, while the other three could be legitimate fantasy…