According to the surgeon who operated on Amare Stoudemire’s eye to fix a detached retina, there is no way that Stoudemire will be able to return this season. In fact, his recovery could take months and there’s no guarantee that his eye will ever be 100% again.
Obviously, this is horrible news for Stoudemire, the Phoenix Suns and Stoudemire fantasy owners. Owners who had him in a redraft league can safely drop him. His dynasty value also takes a big hit.
Without Stoudemire, the Suns will have to get scoring and rebounding elsewhere. Shaquille O’Neal has been picking up the slack and …read more

Amare Stoudemire, the star forward for the Phoenix Suns, will miss up to eight weeks following surgery on his eye. Stoudemire suffered a detached retina and could very well miss the rest of the regular season.
If Stoudemire is out for the season, the Phoenix Suns will have a hard time making the playoffs. As it is, the Suns have looked good some games and other games have looked lottery bound. That said, they seem to have turned it around after replacing Terry Porter with Alvin Gentry.
With Stoudemire out, expect most of the bigman touches to go Shaq’s way. Shaquille O’Neal …read more

In fantasy basketball, the players that help your free throw percentage the most are players who get to the line a lot and hit for a high percentage. Here is a look at fantasy basketball players who can get to the line and drain their attempts:
Dirk Nowtizki, Dallas Mavericks
If you have Dirk Nowitzki on your fantasy team, you have to love what he does for you at the free throw line. Not only does he get there often, he also is hitting over 90% from the charity stripe. Since he’s the Mavericks’ number one option offensively, he’ll have no trouble …read more

The knee problems that have seemingly haunted Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns the last few seasons seem to be a distant memory. Evidence of that can be seen in this video of Stoudemire where he can be seen dunking the ball viciously on Jeff Foster of the Indiana Pacers.
Fantasy basketball owners were high on Stoudemire entering the season and he has done nothing to change that perception. His stats right now are fantastic. Stoudemire is averaging nearly 26 points, nearly ten rebounds and is shooting nearly 70% from the field and nearly 85% at the foul line. He …read more

Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns has talked often about how good of shape he is in. According to Stoudemire, he’s near 2% body fat and his knees are feeling perfectly healthy. Perhaps his good fortune is due to the new dance moves he picked up. Check out the video of Amare Stoudemire at the end of the entry for his dance moves.
Stoudemire was on set with the Nickelodeon show “Yo Gabba Gabba!” and introduced a dance that we’ll just call “1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, 1–2–And Jump”. Very interesting video, to say the least. Be sure to watch the end where Amare …read more

PG Chris Paul, New Orleans Hornets
For the 2008-09 fantasy basketball season, Chris Paul was the best player in the world. He had an amazing season and was a godsend to all of his fantasy teams. Going forward, Paul should remain the best fantasy point guard for a long time to come.
SG Manu Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs
Manu Ginobili doesn’t play big minutes. Heck, Ginobili usually doesn’t even start. However, when he’s out there on the court, Ginobili just knows how to make things happen. While he can be a mistake prone player, he’s also capable of …read more

Terry Porter will be named the new head coach of the Phoenix Suns. Porter will replace Mike D’Antoni who left to become the head coach of the New York Knicks. This will be Porter’s second head coaching job. He coached he previously coached the Milwaukee Bucks for two seasons.
Porter has long be a favorite of Suns general manager Steve Kerr. The two became close when they played for the San Antonio Spurs. The two have remained friend throughout the years.
With Porter as the new head coach, it’s difficult to assess how this will affect the …read more

If the Chicago Bulls were to hire Mike D’Antoni as their head coach, how would that affect the fantasy basketball world? The short answer is that wherever D’Antoni ends up, expect the players on his new team to become very good fantasy basketball players.

While D’Antoni’s days with the Phoenix Suns appear to be numbered, there are a number of teams that are interested in him. The team that reportedly has the most interest is the Bulls, however the New York Knicks are also said to be interested.
With the Suns, D’Antoni had a very successful run. Not only …read more

On Tuesday, Kobe Bryant officially won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award. It was Bryant’s first MVP award of his illustrious career. After a tumultuous summer, Bryant regrouped and played a stellar regular season while leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the best record in the Western Conference.

While Bryant deserved his MVP award, was he also the MVP of the fantasy basketball world? Here is my top-five list for most valuable fantasy basketball players of the 2007-08 season.
5) Marcus Camby, Denver Nuggets
When it came to rebounding and blocking shots, Marcus Camby was a monster in this season. …read more

Mike D’Antoni of the Phoenix Suns has reportedly coached his final game for the Suns. On Tuesday night, D’Antoni and the Suns were eliminated from the 2008 NBA playoffs by the San Antonio Spurs after losing Game 5 92-87.
If the reports are true and D’Antoni is let go, there could be major changes in store for the Suns. With fantasy basketball in mind, this could be devastating news for players on the Suns. D’Antoni’s free flowing offensive sets allowed the Suns to have some of the best fantasy players in the game over the last few years.

Steve …read more