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My list of the top 10 fantasy shooting guards for 2010-11 is now live over at DimeMag.com. (It’s based on nine categories.)

Here’s a teaser:

1. Kobe Bryant
   
2. Dwyane Wade
   
3. Joe Johnson
4. Brandon Roy
5. Monta Ellis
6. Stephen Jackson
7. Tyreke Evans
8. Manu Ginobili
9. Jason Richardson
10. Kevin Martin

Feel free to comment here or there about the list.

What do Hedo Turkoglu and one of the summer's Hollywood blockbusters have in common? (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Round five already? This is going faster than Rick Pitino’s –

Nevermind. You get my point — each round of this mock draft is flying by. Henry at Weakside Help and I have already tag-teamed to knock down four rounds of this mock draft (head-to-head, nine categories, 12 teams, 13 rounds), with pretty solid results thus far, if I may say so myself. (That’s more of a nod to Henry’s work so far, given that he’s always taking a later round than I am.)

If you need to catch up, here are round one, round two, round three and round four.

While drafting a single rock-solid fantasy basketball team is a tough task in and of itself, trying to build 12 solid teams at the same time is much more insane. For each round I find myself attempting to see things from 12 different angles — the closest thing to schizophrenia that someone can experience in the realm of fantasy ball.

Regardless, I’m thoroughly enjoying the process and am eager to tackle this fifth round, the most difficult (and probably the most questionable) one for me so far: (continue reading…)

Artest has been decent lately but that'll change soon enough. (Evan Gole/NBAE via Getty Images)

Buy Low:
Chris Paul

Ben Gordon

Kevin Martin, Andrew Bynum, Andrei Kirilenko and any other productive fantasy players who are injured (continue reading…)

'Melo had himself a feast last night. (Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)

Beast of the Night: Carmelo Anthony put up with 45 points, 3 threes, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 1 turnover. He shot 51 percent (18-35) from the field and 86 percent (6-7) from the free throw line.

Noteworthy Lines:
Danilo Gallinari – 8-15 FG (53%), 2-3 FT (67%), 3 3ptm, 21 Pts, 2 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 TO

Samuel Dalembert – 4-8 FG (50%), 3-3 FT (100%), 11 Pts, 18 Reb, 3 Blk, 2 TO

Nene – 5-14 FG (36%), 5-6 FT (83%), 15 Pts, 10 Reb, 5 Ast, 1 Stl, 3 Blk, 2 TO (continue reading…)

Dirk earned the right to make that face this weekend. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp)

Weekend Wonder: Dirk Nowitzki averaged 36.5 points, 1 three, 8.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1 steal and 0.5 blocks during his two games this weekend. He shot 57 percent from the field and 93 percent from the line during this span and averaged just a turnover in each game.

Noteworthy Lines:
Al Harrington (2/26) – 12-21 FG (57%), 8-12 FT (67%), 5 3ptm, 37 Pts, 7 Reb, 4 Ast, 2 Stl, 3 TO

Jason Kidd (2/26) – 7-18 FG (39%), 1-2 FT (50%), 4 3ptm, 19 Pts, 16 Reb, 17 Ast, 2 Stl, 3 TO

Kevin Martin (2/26) – 9-24 FG (38%), 14-14 FT (100%), 1 3ptm, 33 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl, 4 TO (continue reading…)