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The good news is McGee and Blatche are two of the most promising fantasy players this season. The bad news is they're on the Wizards. (Keith Allison/Flickr)

It’s time to pump out concise rundowns of each NBA team from a fantasy basketball perspective. Give Me The Rock and Fantasy Basketball Daily are among the sites already getting started, and keep an eye out for others — the more resources you read, the better. We’ll be going in reverse-alphabetical order. These will all assume nine categories in 12-team leagues.

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Depth chart:
PG: John Wall, Kirk Hinrich
SG: Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young
SF: Al Thornton, Josh Howard
PF: Andray Blatche, Yi Jianlian, Trevor Booker, Kevin Seraphin
C:  JaVale McGee, Hilton Armstrong

Relevant fantasy players and projected draft positions/per-game stats:
John Wall - PG (Rd. 5-6): 17 Pts, 4 Reb, 6.5 Ast, 2 Stl
Gilbert Arenas - SG (Rd. 6-7): 19 Pts, 2 threes, 3 Reb, 4 Ast, 1.5 Stl
Andray Blatche - F/C (Rd. 6-7): 16 Pts, 8 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk
JaVale McGee - C (Rd. 9-11): 8 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Blk
Yi Jianlian - PF (Rd. 10+): 10 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Blk
Kirk Hinrich - G (Rd. 13+): 9 Pts, 1 three, 1 Stl
Josh Howard - G/F (Rd. 13+): 10 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 three, 1 Stl
Al Thornton - F (Rd. 13+): 11 Pts, 4 Reb (continue reading…)

Sell high on T-Mac already? You bet. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Buy Low:
Carlos Boozer

Chris Kaman

John Salmons

Josh Howard

Kirk Hinrich

Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Monta Ellis, Joakim Noah and any other productive fantasy players who are injured (continue reading…)

The dam’s been breached with the first two big deals of the trading season. Dallas and Washington pulled off a big seven-player deal involving Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and Josh Howard, while the Clippers got two players and some cash for Marcus Camby.

Head on over to Dimemag.com to read the fantasy analysis.

It’s likely that a few more deals will happen before the deadline passes on Thursday, so check back here for more updates and analysis.

Also, here’s a poll question: Where will Amar’e Stoudemire end up? (continue reading…)

The Jet put on quite a show last night in Oakland (NBAE via Getty Images/Rocky Widner)

Beast of the Night: Jason Terry burned the Warriors with 36 points, 6 threes, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals. He shot 53 percent (9-17) from the floor, 92 percent (12-13) from the free throw line and had 3 turnovers. Yes, it happened against the Warriors, but fantasy owners don’t care – this was a huge line.

Noteworthy Lines:
Vince Carter – 19-27 FG (70%), 4-4 FT (100%), 6 3ptm, 48 Pts, 7 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 TO

Peja Stojakovic – 11-18 FG (61%), 2-3 FT (67%), 5 3ptm, 29 pts, 9 Reb, 5 Ast

Darren Collison – 12-22 FG (55%), 2-4 FT (50%), 1 3ptm, 27 Pts, 3 Reb, 9 Ast, 4 Stl, 4 TO (continue reading…)

Kobe will be back up soon. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

[Read the full, original post at Dimemag.com]

Buy low:
Kobe Bryant

Caron Butler

Josh Howard

Gerald Wallace

Mo Williams

Kevin Garnett, Ben Gordon, Chris Kaman, Brandon Roy and any other productive fantasy players who are injured (continue reading…)