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STAT has been a stud lately, but the Knicks' schedule is about to get tougher. (NBAE/Getty Images)

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Buy Low:
Darren Collison

O.J. Mayo

Al Harrington

David Lee

JaVale McGee (continue reading…)

Brand is the No. 1 fantasy player right now, but it won't last. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Buy Low:
LeBron James

Amar’e Stoudemire

John Salmons

Gerald Wallace (continue reading…)

The short first week of the 2010-11 NBA season is nearly in the books, which means it’s prime time for impatient fantasy owners to jump to conclusions. Below is a post that blends two of my favorite things: fantasy basketball (of course) and the classic film “Office Space.” For those of you deprived souls who have yet to see the movie, below is a clip that explains the relevance of the film to this post:

So, without further ado, here is a list of conclusions some fantasy owners may have jumped to after the first handful of games played this season, along with the related comments-from-the-mat in parentheses. (continue reading…)

Big numbers (and the DeNiro face) will come easy for Gallo this season. (AP)

Depth chart:
PG: Raymond Felton, Toney Douglas
SG: Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Roger Mason, Andy Rautins, Kelenna Azubuike
SF: Anthony Randolph, Bill Walker, Landry Fields
PF: Amar’e Stoudemire, Patrick Ewing Jr.
C: Ronny Turiaf, Timofey Mozgov, Eddy Curry

Relevant fantasy players and projected draft positions/per-game stats:
Amar’e  Stoudemire – F/C (Rd. 1-2): 28 Pts, 9 Reb, 1.5 Blk
Danilo Gallinari – G/F (Rd. 3-5): 17.5 Pts, 3 threes, 5.5 Reb, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
Raymond Felton – PG (Rd. 4-6): 14 Pts, 1 threes, 3 Reb, 8 Ast, 1 Stl
Anthony Randolph – SF/PF/C (Rd. 5-7): 12 Pts, 7.5 Reb, 1 Stl, 2 Blk
Wilson Chandler – G/F (Rd. 10-12): 12.5 Pts, 1 three, 5 Reb, 1 Stl
Ronny Turiaf – F/C (Rd. 13+): 7 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Blk
Kelenna Azubuike – G/F (Rd. 13+): 10.5 Pts, 1 three, 3.5 Reb (continue reading…)

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  Could this be the face of this year's biggest fantasy sleeper? (It's Rodrigue Beaubois, by the way.) (Keith Allison/Flickr)

  Having a hard time keeping tabs on all the player movement in the NBA this summer? ESPN.com has you covered with this helpful chart.
• Matt Buser at Yahoo! Sports has an updated fantasy basketball Big Board. See how it compares with my top-25 list.
• If you want to see how players are doing during this year’s NBA Summer League games, head on over to NBA.com for a list of statistics. So far, DeMarcus Cousins (16.5 points, 11 rebounds per game), John Wall (21.0 points, 9.0 assists, 3.5 steals per game) and Reggie Williams (23.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists per game) are faring well. We’ll break down the potential ramifications of Summer League once all the games are played.
• David Lee vs. Amar’e Stoudemire: who ya got? Tom Lorenzo at FanHouse mulls this question over and comes to a tough call. (I’m taking David Lee, though as Lorenzo astutely points out, that will hinge on how well Andris Biedrins plays this season.)
• It’s looking more and more like Shawn Marion will be coming off the pine in Dallas this season, making way for Roddy Beaubois to start at SG for the Mavs. While this is bad news for Marion’s already tanking fantasy value, Beaubois immediately becomes a sexy sleeper pick.
• Nels at Give Me The Rock has posted his preview of the Oklahoma City Thunder, armed with a song parody and guidance on where to take Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook.