Seth Klein25 posts

Kyrie Irving is injured (again), Kevin Love makes his triumphant return, and is it possible we'll see a Markelle Fultz sighting in Orlando this season? These are some of the big injury headlines shaping the fantasy basketball world as we head into the 2019 NBA All-Star break.Not using Fantrax to host your fantasy basketball league? Check out our fantasy basketball commissioner and see why you should be!Kyrie Irving is Bruised in Boston Kyrie Irving simply can't stay on the court this season. The talented,…

The New York Knicks traded former franchise cornerstone Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, setting the basketball world ablaze.According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Knicks will also be sending Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke  and Courtney Lee to the Mavs, while the Knicks will acquire Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, and Wes Matthews.It's only been a few hours since we first we heard of any potential deal, and it didn't take long for things to come together. There's also lots to digest from a…

From LeBron James, to Clint Capela, to Anthony Davis, many of the NBA's biggest and brightest stars all share one thing in common: they're sitting on the sidelines with injuries. Not only is this a problem for their real life teams, but it also poses difficulties for their fantasy basketball owners. For those of you unlucky enough to have Victor Oladipo on your team, you can read my article about the fantasy fallout from that, here. Anthony Davis back sooner than we thought? Davis, and his panicking owners, received some…

Victor Oladipo suffered a devastating knee injury Wednesday night, and according to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Indiana Pacers believe it will end the 26-year-old guard's season. He will get an MRI on Thursday, but fantasy basketball owners need to plan to be without Oladipo for the remainder of the 2018-19 campaign.Not using Fantrax to host your fantasy basketball league? Check out our fantasy basketball commissioner and see why you should be!Who Steps Up While Victor Oladipo Is Out? When injuries strike, we…

Dear Santa,I'm an NBA fan, but more importantly, a fantasy basketball owner. Monday is Christmas Eve, which is also the beginning of Week 11 of the fantasy season. I know you're getting billions of letters from little boys and girls all over the world. Some of them are asking for toys, clothes, and gadgets, but your travel plans are extensive, and reindeer fuel prices are up this winter, so I'm not asking for any of that.Forget the car adorned with a red ribbon sitting in my driveway or the brand new outdoor grill;…

I know you've read far too many fantasy basketball articles telling you which players you should sell high and whom to buy low.So I won't bore you with another one.Today, I'm going to suggest three players, flat out, that you should be targeting in trades. It doesn't mean they're underperforming or overperforming; just a list of guys I think can improve your team and be acquired at a reasonable cost.After all, it's the season for giving....and taking a little, too.Not using Fantrax to host your fantasy…

He may have missed 11 games with a groin injury, but that hasn't deterred me from keeping Stephen Curry atop my 2018-19 fantasy basketball point guard rankings.Curry has been otherworldly this season, knocking down five three-pointers per game at a crazy 48.1 percent clip. His 63.8 eFG% would rank 22nd all-time, and be the highest ever for a guard. The only bad thing you can say is he's averaging a career-low 1.1 steals, but who's really counting? Curry returned from his three-week absence on Saturday and dropped 27…

Anthony Davis has missed three games already, but it hasn't affected his status as the No. 1 fantasy basketball center...yet.The only real knock on Davis has been his checkered injury history, because he excels at everything else. In reality, it was his younger years where he missed a bunch of time, since he actually played 75 games in each of the last two seasons, but his early bout with an elbow injury shows why fantasy basketball owners have always been cautious with the New Orleans Pelicans stud center.Joel…

Week 1 (and some change) of the 2018-19 fantasy basketball season is in the books, and there's already been some early fireworks in L.A. But no one really cares about Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul spitting on each other and throwing hooks, right? The real juicy stuff has been watching the exciting NBA rookies who've come to play early in their careers.The NBA Draft is one of the most intriguing moments of the year for any sports fan. We get so jazzed about all the high-flyers who'll wear our favorite team's uniform come…

Fantasy basketball, unlike the other major fantasy sports, is heavily volume driven. In head-to-head leagues, you'll often have a leg up on your opponent if you can manage to finish the matchup with more games than them. In daily roto leagues, this concept isn't really a factor because you're curtailed by the mandated games played limits, but in weekly roto, a similar strategy to head-to-head applies -- you're always going to start a player with three games that week over a player with one game, even if the player with one…