Andre Iguodala expected to opt out of deal - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract.

Iguodala's monster line helps Denver beat GSW - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala hit 10-of-17 shots and three 3-pointers on his way to 25 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, two steals and a block as the Nuggets won 107-100 at home to pull their series with Golden State to a 3-2 deficit.

Mostly NBA Notes: Blake Griffin’s developing game and Bradley Beal’s emergence

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After being the 100th most valuable fantasy player during the first month of the season, Blake Griffin has ranked 19th ever since, as his value hasn’t been tied to Chris Paul availability (actually if anything he’s been more valuable when CP3 is sidelined, with his assists notably going up). Griffin is on pace to finish with career lows in ppg (18.5) and rpg (8.6) - the latter by a wide margin. But he’s become much more active on the defensive end, averaging 1.4 spg (his previous high was 0.8), and ironically, his drop in Usage Rate has

Mostly NBA Notes: Blake Griffin’s developing game and Bradley Beal’s emergence

Source: Roto Arcade by Dalton Del Don

After being the 100th most valuable fantasy player during the first month of the season, Blake Griffin has ranked 19th ever since, as his value hasn’t been tied to Chris Paul’s availability (actually if anything he’s been more valuable when CP3 is sidelined, with his assists notably going up). Griffin is on pace to finish with career lows in ppg (18.5) and rpg (8.6) - the latter by a wide margin. But he’s become much more active on the defensive end, averaging 1.4 spg (his previous high was 0.8), and ironically, his drop in Usage Rate has helped his fantasy value, as while his free-throw shooting has improved (his 66.2 percent mark is a career best, but he shot 64.2 percent from the

Andre Iguodala fires airballs in return - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala missed all seven of his shots and fired an airball from mid-range, as well as the free throw line to finish with just one point in his return from a neck injury on Tuesday.

Andre Iguodala: (Neck) Expected To Play Tuesday

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Andre Iguodala: Iguodala (neck) made it through a full practice Monday and is expected to play in Tuesday's game against the Celtics. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Iguodala, Gallinari expected to play on Tue - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (neck) and Danilo Gallinari (sinus infection) are both expected to play on Tuesday against the Celtics.

Andre Iguodala: (Neck) Sitting Again Wednesday

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Andre Iguodala: Iguodala (neck) will miss Wednesday's game against the Nets, the Denver Post reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Iguodala, Gallinari out Wednesday night - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (neck) and Danilo Gallinari (sinus infection) won't play Wednesday night against the Nets.

Iguodala, Chandler, McGee are GTDs vs. Nets - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (neck), Wilson Chandler (groin) and JaVale McGee (leg) are game-time decisions Wednesday against the Nets.

Andre Iguodala, Gallinari both out on Tuesday - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (neck) and Danilo Gallinari (sinus infection) are both out for Tuesday's game against the Raptors.

Andre Iguodala: (Neck) Out Tuesday

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Andre Iguodala: Iguodala will miss Tuesday's contest at Toronto due to a neck strain. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Andre Iguodala. Gallinari both out on Tuesday - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (neck) and Danilo Gallinari (sinus infection) are both out for Tuesday's game against the Raptors.

Andre Iguodala expects to play on Tuesday - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (neck), who is a game-time decision on Tuesday, said that he expects to play against the Raptors.

Andre Iguodala (neck) game-time on Tuesday - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (strained neck) will be a game-time decision on Tuesday.

Andre Iguodala (neck) says he's fine for Tue. - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala (strained neck) said after Sunday's game that he'll be ready to play vs. the Raptors on Tuesday.

Andre Iguodala: Day-To-Day After Suffering Neck Strain

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Andre Iguodala: Iguodala sustained a right cervical strain on Sunday against the Celtics, the Denver Post reports. The small forward had five points, two rebounds, and four assists before leaving. He will not return to the game and is listed as day-to-day. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Andre Iguodala out for game w/ strained neck - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala will not return to Sunday's game after straining his neck.

Igodala paces Nuggets to ninth straight win - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala paced the Nuggets to their ninth consecutive victory on Saturday, scoring 14 points with two 3-pointers, four rebounds, seven assists, one steal and one block.

Iguodala suspiciously quiet after hard fall - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala played sparingly after a hard fall during Sunday's game.

Mostly NBA Notes: Dwyane Wade’s changing game

Source: Roto Arcade by Dalton Del Don

Dwyane Wade has averaged 20.8 ppg, 4.3 apg, 1.2 spg and 0.6 bpg, which are all career lows since his rookie season (expect for steals, which is his lowest mark ever). He’s actually shooting a personal best 51.1 percent from the field while committing the fewest turnovers per game of his career, but he’s followed last year’s trend of getting to the line far less (this is no fluke, as he’s attempted the fewest shots at the rim ever, although he’s countered that with easily his best mark there at 76.2 percent), and the biggest decrease in production has been in the defensive stats. Maybe it’s a sign of him entering a slight decline phase now on the wrong side of 30, and he’s taken a ton of punishment

Mostly NBA Notes: Steve Nash still helpful

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Over five games since returning from his leg injury, Steve Nash has shot 58.7 percent from the floor while adding 9.6 apg. Despite turning 39 years old next month, it appears he still has plenty to offer while back to health. In fact, his assist:turnover ratio (3.73) is the best of his career, and Nash hasn‘t averaged more than his current 0.7 spg mark since 2006/07. As one of the best free throw shooters in NBA history (he ranks second all time, behind only Mark Price), he hasn’t helped fantasy owners as much as usual thanks to just three attempts on the year, a ridiculously low number that should rise moving forward (Kobe Bryant letting him attempt technical fouls would help). Nash has

Roundball Stew: Iguodala Emerging

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Matt Stroup considers improving numbers for Andre Iguodala and talks Goran Dragic, DeMar DeRozan and more in this week's Roundball Stew.

Ex-NBA coach says Iggy playing wrong position - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Flip Saunders thinks Andre Iguodala's struggles this season can be attributed to him playing out of position.

Mostly NBA Notes: Marc Gasol is dropping dimes

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For someone 7-1, 265, Marc Gasol's rebounding ability remains a bit disappointing (7.0 rpg), but every other aspect of his game is exemplary. He's shooting 90.2 percent from the line, but what's really been impressive is his passing, as he's averaging 4.9 apg. To put this in perspective, the center with the next most apg has averaged 3.7 (Greg Monroe), while the third (Dwight Howard) has 2.1 and the fourth (Zaza Pachulia) has 1.8. And to make this difference even more stark, while Gasol has gotten just 1.2 turnovers per game, the next three have averaged 3.1, 3.3 and 1.8, respectively. In fact, Gasol's assist:turnover ratio (4.15) is the second-best in the league, regardless of position. He's been the 11th most valuable fantasy

Day 25: Where Chandler Parsons Is Not a Waiver Wire Pick Up

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First, let’s just get this video out the way since it was on the national news this morning… your Mom might be asking you about, so you’ll need to know. I think YouTube works in all countries, but just in case: It’s Dwight Howard (in an ugly ass all white uniform) with Carmelo (in what appears to be an all orange uniform), Joe Johnson in all black (which actually works for that one), Russell Westbrook, and Dwyane Wade, all dribbling basketballs in time to the Carol of the Bells to promote their special (and generally awful) Christmas Day uniforms. If the Celtics have an all green version, I can see that working, and the Heat’s all red seems okay, but man, they really put some weird looking ones up there with the Lakers and

Andre Iguodala scores season-high 29 - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala hit 11-of-19 shots on his way to a season-high 29 points, six rebounds, two assists, two blocks and three 3-pointers in Friday's win over the Warriors.

Day 21: Where Kyrie Irving Will Miss 4 Weeks

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Line of the Night: David West (2.64) scored a season high 30 points (going 10-14 from the field, 10-10 from the line), adding 8 rebounds and 4 blocks to drop the Wizards to 0-9 on the season and keep them as the only winless team in the NBA. West has been very good to start the season (we’ve got him at 53 overall on the rater) and seems to be the only other Pacers player (other than George Hill) to have taken advantage of the Danny Granger injury.

Honorable Mentions: Stephen Curry (2.37) had by far his best game of the season with 31 points, 3 threes, 6 rebounds and 9 assists against the Mavs, but the only thing I see when I look at this game is that Curry “tweaked his

Day 14: This Overtime Goes to Three

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Alternate Title: Andrew Bynum Sadface

Line of the Night: It’s time to accept that Brandon Jennings (3.54) is an elite fantasy PG in this league. He might not be in the top 3, but he should at least be in the discussion when you talk about the top 5. Jennings led all fantasy performances last night as the Bucks took down the Sixers with a stat filling 33 points, 4 threes, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and even a couple blocks in 36 minutes. Nice to see this game after he got completely shut down by the Celtics on Saturday.

Honorable Mentions: The Jazz and Raptors

Day 12: Where Phil Jackson Comes out of Retirement more than Rocky Balboa

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While Phil Jackson makes us all wait for the decision we know he’s going to make, there were actual NBA games played yesterday!

Line of the Night: We at GMTR expected Nicolas Batum (2.88 WARP) to be good this year; I’m not sure we expected him to be this good. Batum wasn’t enough to give the Blazers a win over the shorthanded Spurs last night, but his 33 points, 5 threes, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals is the type of line that we’re going to have to get used to from Batum. And to the 1% of Yahoo leagues where Batum is currently on waivers, please shut yourselves down, you are

Mostly NBA Notes: A look around the league

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Kyle Lowry has been the No. 1 fantasy player in 9-cat leagues over the beginning of the season, thanks to averaging 18.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 6.3 apg, 3.0 spg, 0.5 bpg and 2.0 3pt while shooting 54.5 percent from the floor and 94.4 percent from the charity stripe. And this was with him leaving his last game after just 16 minutes with an ankle injury (that's thankfully not a high-sprain). Lowry's overall numbers from last season are a bit misleading, as he was a top-10 player before a bacterial infection not only cost him a bunch of games but also resulted in him coming off the bench and playing limited minutes when he was able to return. Lowry was also highly productive the year prior after taking over starting duties for the first

Day 8: Kyle Lowry Injury Means Opportunity

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For people who like politics as much as I (and hopefully you) like fantasy basketball, last night was like the Finals, and seeing all those bar charts of blue and red just made me wish that we could allow 16 teams in our system to compete for that eventual Presidential Championship prize. I mean, we all know that it’s going to be the Heat and the Lakers in the Finals this year, but at least we have different teams competing; James Harden stepping up to lead the Rockets, the new-look Nets, the Bulls are-they-hanging-in-there watch, the quiet-but-always-solid Spurs (with the league’s best record

Day 8: I Hope Everyone Traded Kyle Lowry

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For people who like politics as much as I (and hopefully you) like fantasy basketball, last night was like the Finals, and seeing all those bar charts of blue and red just made me wish that we could allow 16 teams in our system to compete for that eventual Presidential Championship prize. I mean, we all know that it’s going to be the Heat and the Lakers in the Finals this year, but at least we have different teams competing; James Harden stepping up to lead the Rockets, the new-look Nets, the Bulls are-they-hanging-in-there watch, the quiet-but-always-solid Spurs (with the league’s best record

Friends & Family hoops draft: In their own words

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The Yahoo! Friends and Family League is hot out of the oven and ready for your scorn perusal , having drafted Friday morning, on the cusp of the final draft weekend before the '12-'13 NBA regular season tips off.

[Fantasy Basketball '12: Play the official game of NBA.com]

The league consists of 12 owners, pairing off weekly in a nine-category, head-to-head battle. The Family Division is made up of myself and five other Yahoo!s: Dalton Del Don, Andy Behrens, Scott

11 Undervalued Fantasy Basketball Players

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I’d argue that there is no better feeling than having a player fall to you in a fantasy draft 2-3 rounds below where they should go. What? I should get out more? I can’t argue with that.

Anyway, here are 11 players we feel are undervalued going into drafts (at least in Yahoo leagues). I pulled the current Yahoo average draft position (ADP) for all players and compared that to our current player rankings. Yahoo ADP is not a perfect comparison since that number covers all types of leagues (H2H and roto) as long as the league conducted a standard draft. It’s also heavily dependent on the Yahoo default rankings as evidenced by the fact that Channing Frye’s ADP is currently 113. That is right around the spot that Frye is still

Top 35 Fantasy Small Forwards for the 2012-13 Season

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Small forward is a strange position in fantasy this year. The two best players in the league happen to play the position, then the talent drops hard and fast drop through the tiers. Even if you fold in the shooting guards who are also eligible at small forward, it is not a particularly deep position at all. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Onto the rankings!

Tier 1: You’re the Best… Around

1. Kevin Durant (1 Overall Rank), Oklahoma City Thunder

Durant and James are really 1a and 1b in terms of draft position this year. We like Durant slightly more, because he finished last season on the top of the GMTR

Top 35 Fantasy Shooting Guards for the 2012-13 Season

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We’ve got your color-coded tiered players by position now. Kid tested, mother approved.

Here, obviously, are the Shooting Guards.

Tier 1
1. Dwyane Wade (9), Miami Heat
Even with his minutes chopped down to 33 per game, D-Wade still managed to end the 2011-12 season as the only Shooting Guard in the Top 10. I don’t know if there’s a lot of pre-season nba betting going on, but odds are that Wade ends up in the Top 10 again this year. His FG% is outstanding for a guy who

Top 35 Fantasy Point Guards for the 2012-13 Season

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We are truly in a golden age of point guards. Not only does the league currently have established veterans, like Chris Paul, at the very top of their games, there are also plenty of good, young point guards ready to make their mark on the league. All of this means that point guard is actually one of the deepest positions in fantasy drafts this year and you can find legitimately good fantasy point guards even 20+ picks deep. We’ve come a long way in the last decade when Derek Fisher used to be a solid fantasy play at the position.

1. Chris Paul (Overall Rank: 3), Los Angeles Clippers

There will come a

Mostly NBA Notes: A look around the league

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With our new preseason ranks up, it's clear I'm higher on Raymond Felton than most. He's coming off a year in which he was ranked 143rd on a per game basis, but I'm banking on a change of scenery helping in 2012/13. For what it's worth, he recently admitted he showed up out of shape coming off the lockout last season and appears to be much better prepared this year (of course, not all "best shape of his life" puff pieces are created equal. But I think there's something to this one). Another part of the problem last year was his disconnect with Nate McMillan, but once the coach was let go Felton thrived.

Mock Draft Results and Analysis 2012-13

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I know you like mock draft results. Who doesn’t? I promised on on Give Me The Rock’s Facebook page, a little bit too soon, that I would participate in a Yahoo! mock draft and post the results. Three weeks too early, it was tough to get a slot in a mock I was sure would fill up. Maybe it’s my timezone. Whatever. I finally got into one in a draft position that was requested by the most people who replied to the thread, middle position.

As you may or may not know, I’m fond of doing mock drafts. I like to get around 10 or so under my belt before my first real

15 Sleepers for the 2012-13 NBA season

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It’s that time of year again, fantasy basketball draft prep time. We hear you. We know what you’re looking for, and have been searching the web for all this time, and no we don’t mean naked Emma Watson pics. That’s the kind of thing you clear your browsing history for. Seriously, it’s time to talk about sleepers. Who we think are NBA players who have a chance to slip through the cracks and exceed their average draft positions. In short, draft day gold. Sleepers are technically supposed to be like Fight Club. They both have the same first two

Player Spotlight: Jrue Holiday

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Don’t sleep on Jrue Holiday. He’s up for a solid 2012-13 NBA season. That’s the short version. Read on for a more in-depth understanding as to “Why”.

As I discussed in my spotlight on Serge Ibaka, this is a series of posts on players from an owner’s perspective from a previous season.

I had Holiday as a keeper in two leagues where I carried him over from the 2010-11 season to the most recent 2011-12 season. So I am all too familiar with the ups and downs of his

Andre Iguodala shrugs after trade to Nuggets - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Asked whether he's happy about being traded to the Nuggets, Andre Iguodala replied, "I'm happy to play basketball. I don't care if I was playing in Alaska."

Fantasy Fallout: Howard headed to Tinseltown

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The blockbuster months in the making has finally happened. The trade immediately made the Lakers co-favorites to win the 2012/13 title. AccuScore added 4.4 wins to Los Angeles after the move, while they took away 13.1 wins from Orlando, which gives an idea of just how big the ramifications will be. Let's take a team-by-team look at how their newly acquired players will affect fantasy values:

Los Angeles Lakers: acquired Dwight Howard, Earl Clark and Chris Duhon.

Howard's fantasy value shouldn't change a ton with the move to

Andrew Bynum: Trade to 76ers Official

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Andrew Bynum: The four-team deal involving Bynum to the 76ers was approved by the league office Friday and is now official, Yahoo! Sports reports. The deal also sends Jason Richardson to the 76ers, Dwight Howard to the Lakers, Andre Iguodala to Denver and Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Nikola Vucevic and three first-round picks to Orlando. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Dwight Howard trade to Lakers now official - Dwight Howard | LAK

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Lakers acquire C Dwight Howard, F/C Earl Clark and G Chris Duhon from the Magic in a 4-team deal, Nuggets receive G/F Andre Iguodala, Magic acquire G Arron Afflalo, F Al Harrington, F Moe Harkless, F/C Nikola Vucevic, F Josh McRoberts, G/F Christian Eyenga, three future first-round picks and two future second-round picks, 76ers acquire C Andrew Bynum and G/F Jason Richardson.

Official: Dwight Howard traded to L.A. Lakers - Dwight Howard | LAK

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Lakers acquire C Dwight Howard, F/C Earl Clark and G Chris Duhon from the Magic in a 4-team deal, Nuggets receive G/F Andre Iguodala, Magic acquire G Arron Afflalo, F Al Harrington, F Moe Harkless, F/C Nikola Vucevic, F Josh McRoberts, G/F Christian Eyenga, three future first-round picks and two future second-round picks, 76ers acquire C Andrew Bynum and G/F Jason Richardson.

Dwight Howard Traded to the Lakers – Fantasy Implications

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As first reported by ESPN, it appears that the long awaited Dwight Howard trade saga has come to an end, as a four-team trade involving Howard was agreed upon in principal on Thursday evening. The teams will conference with the NBA on Friday to get league approval and make it official.

Sources indicate that the trade will send Howard to the Lakers. In exchange the Philadelphia 76ers will get Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson, the Denver Nuggets will acquire Andre Iguodala, and the Magic will get

Iguodala gets a new start in Denver - Andre Iguodala | DEN

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Andre Iguodala reportedly was sent to Denver in Thursday's Dwight Howard deal.

Andre Iguodala: Traded to Denver

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Andre Iguodala: A four-team trade that would send Iguodala to Denver has been agreed to and will be sent to the league office for approval Friday, ESPN reports. The deal would also send Dwight Howard to the Lakers, Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson to Philadelphia and Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Nikola Vucevic and three first-round picks to Orlando. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.