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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Top-200 players (Points Leagues)

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our points league top-200 player rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Dan’s overall player list is in the …

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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Shooting Guards (Points Leagues)

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our points league shooting guard rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement More Fantasy Basketball Rankings Points …

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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Small Forwards (Points Leagues)

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our points league small forward rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement More Fantasy Basketball Rankings Points …

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Cleveland Cavaliers promote Brandon Weems to General Manager

The Cleveland Cavaliers are not done making off season moves. This time the changes are coming in the front office. It was reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Friday morning that the Cavaliers are promoting Brandon Weems to the role of General Manager under President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman. Weems, who has been with the Cavaliers organization since 2015, …

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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Power Forwards (Points Leagues)

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our points league power forward rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement More Fantasy Basketball Rankings Points …

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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Centers (Points Leagues)

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our points league center rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement More Fantasy Basketball Rankings Points Leagues …

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2026-27 Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Point Guards (Points Leagues)

The 2026-27 fantasy basketball draft season is here. Soon enough, the points and categories won will start to count. It’s the perfect time to debut our points league point guard rankings, courtesy of Yahoo Fantasy Basketball analyst Dan Titus. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Basketball league for the 2026-27 NBA season More Fantasy Basketball Rankings 9-Cat Leagues Top 200 …

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Three areas the Rockets must improve this season

The Houston Rockets have turned the page on their 2025-26 campaign after an up-and-down season. The Rockets made the biggest move of the 2025 offseason when they traded for future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant, hoping he would be the missing piece in their championship hopes. Unfortunately for the Rockets, those plans were derailed before they even started, as Fred …

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The Jazz just extended Keyonte George to huge deal. Was it worth it?

One of the bright young stars of the NBA — and perhaps a player you’ve never even heard of — just locked in a massive extension that affirms his status as an essential piece on an ascending team. The Utah Jazz and Keyonte George have agreed to a five-year, $157.5 million rookie-scale contract extension, a person with direct knowledge of …

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Jason Timpf joins for a Lakers conversation! Natasha Howard interview + biggest questions entering the postseason

Subscribe to The Dunker Spot We have a jam-packed episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones are joined by Jason Timpf (Hoops Tonight, The Volume) for a wide-ranging conversation about the Los Angeles Lakers. They talk through the Lakers’ offseason roster overhaul, next steps for Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, what to expect …

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Cleveland promotes long-time executive Brandon Weems to General Manager

The first paragraph about any story involving Cavaliers executive Brandon Weems includes the phrase “LeBron James’ high school teammate,” but that can undersell the time and effort Weems has put into carving his own path. That path now includes being the general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He will be the No. 2 man in the organization and work directly …

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Brandon Weems promoted by Cavaliers to general manager

Brandon Weems has been promoted to general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the team announced on Friday. “Brandon has earned this opportunity through more than a decade of exceptional work with the Cavaliers and by consistently demonstrating elite judgment and the expertise required to help lead our basketball operations,” said President of Basketball Operations Koby Altman in a statement. “He …

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Jazz guard Keyonte George reportedly agrees to 5-year, $157.5 million extension

With the 2026-27 season fast approaching, Utah Jazz point guard Keyonte George is reportedly finally reaping the benefits of his breakout 2025-26 campaign. After months of offseason negotiations, George’s representation struck a deal with Jazz president of basketball operations Austin Ainge, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, who reported Friday alongside Tim MacMahon that George has agreed to a five-year, $157.5 …

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LeBron James’ childhood friend, HS teammate promoted to Cavaliers GM

A high school teammate and childhood friend of LeBron James is now an NBA general manager. Brandon Weems has been promoted to general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers after rising through the organization’s front office over the past decade, according to multiple reports on Friday, Sept. 18. He’d been an assistant general manager for the franchise since 2022. Advertisement Weems …

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Player Preview: Duop Reath enters camp competing for a role at center

Every day, we’ll take a closer look at another member of the 2026-27 Phoenix Suns, examining what they bring to the roster and what their role could mean for the season ahead as we count down to training camp and the preseason. Center, 6’9″, 245 pounds, 30 years old, 4th season Advertisement Was writing a player preview about Duop Reath …

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Ranking the Roster: Nate Ament raises eyebrows at 14

In many ways, I feel like I know exactly what to expect from Nate Ament this season, but in many others, I have no freaking idea. Conventional wisdom tells you that he’ll spend a lot of the season with the Herd—certainly at the start of the year—but also, lottery picks generally do not play much in the G League. Something …

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Cavaliers reportedly promoting Brandon Weems to become new GM

Brandon Weems is reportedly being promoted to general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The 40-year-old Weems will work under team president Koby Altman. He will take over the role after Mike Gansey left in May to become the Philadelphia 76ers’ president of basketball operations. Advertisement Weems originally joined the Cavaliers in 2015 as a scout …

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NBA games are coming to DAZN: How to watch the Cavaliers, Spurs, Pacers and more during the 2026-27 season

While NBA games typically air on NBC, Peacock, Prime Video, ESPN, TNT, ABC and NBA TV, this year, hundreds of games will also stream exclusively on DAZN. DAZN, a British streaming service, has spent the past few years offering a great selection of sports programming. Best known as a signature destination for many major boxing matches and FIBA basketball, they …

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Open Thread: So old footage of the Spurs triggers nostalgia

Yesterday, we posted about the Spurs hiring a new Vice President of Technology. Technology is constantly updating, improving, and outright changing with such pace that sometimes we can barely keep up. By “we” I mean people who did not grow up with this level of tech. For example, my first phone was rotary, my first television required getting up and …

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ACC Players Taken In The Last Two NBA Drafts

Those who make their living evaluating basketball players’ talents and skills presumably have some idea of what they’re talking about. (Most of them, anyway.) That expertise would seem a prerequisite among NBA decision-makers, which is why former players who learned the game at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski (Elton Brand, Trajan Langdon, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Billy King, Danny Ferry) and at …

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Countdown to Practice #3: Paul McNeil

Welcome to the Preseason – Basketball practice officially starts in 3 days, September 21st. Before last season, BTP posters were saying, “I can’t remember who’s on the team this season.” We’re here to help! Advertisement We’re counting down the 10 days to the beginning of practice ’26-’27 by taking another look at this season’s roster, focusing on the 10 players …

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