Rotoworld Podcasts: NBA Bounce Back Players Monday, August 08, 2016 A lot of players were letdowns last year. We go over which guys we like to turn it around and where it makes sense to target them. Most of these guys are coming off injuries, but a handful just had a bad year. Here's the podcast: Mike Gallagher has covered fantasy hoops for eight years and this season is his second with … [Read more...]

Celtics Summer Forecast: All-Star gazing 10:57 AM ET When Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas earned a spot as an All-Star reserve last season, it ended Boston's two-year drought without a representative at the NBA's midseason festivities. For Day 6 of our Celtics Summer Forecast series, we asked our panel who on the Celtics will be voted an All-Star for the 2016-17 season? A group of 16 … [Read more...]

Kerr: 'Absurd' to refer to Durant as a villain 11:56 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says it's "absurd" to cast Kevin Durant as a villain because he left the Oklahoma City Thunder as a free agent and joined the Warriors this summer. "To think of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry or any of our guys as villains, it's kind of absurd. Especially Kevin," Kerr said Sunday in an … [Read more...]

Kerr: 'Absurd' to refer to Durant as a villian 10:52 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr says it's "absurd" to cast Kevin Durant as a villain because he left the Oklahoma City Thunder as a free agent and joined the Warriors this summer. "To think of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry or any of our guys as villains, it's kind of absurd. Especially Kevin," Kerr said Sunday in an … [Read more...]

USA basketball teammates go head-to-head -- in football 4:30 PM ET Rachel MarcusESPN Editor Close ESPN Editor Joined ESPN in 2013 Maryland native, Syracuse graduate Who said there's no American football at the Olympics? On Sunday, USA men's basketball teammates and NBA stars Klay Thompson and Jimmy Butler showed off their skills on the gridiron in Rio de Janeiro at the Flamengo sports club. … [Read more...]

Bogut has Cuban's blessing to play hoops in Rio 3:57 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO -- Mark Cuban has been opposed to NBA players competing in the Olympics, but the Dallas Mavericks owner gave Andrew Bogut the clearance he needed to play for Australia after injuring his left knee in the NBA Finals. And Cuban is pulling for his new center, who scored 18 points to lead the Aussies to … [Read more...]

Ray Allen might be considering an NBA comeback after two years off Ray Allen could be back. (Getty Images) Now, we got a big one. [Follow Dunks Don’t Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Nothing against Ben Gordon, Flip Murray, Derek Fisher or Von Wafer; all NBA contributors to their varying degrees who shouldn’t be shamed for wanting to return to a top-notch lifestyle … [Read more...]

Spike Lee trying to recruit Ray Allen to the Knicks 9:59 PM ET Ray Allen told the Hartford Courant that he's seriously considering an NBA comeback. Avid Knicks fan Spike Lee is trying to convince Ray Allen -- whom Lee directed in the 1998 film "He Got Game -- to come out of retirement and join the Knicks. David Dow/NBAE via Getty ImagesOne team that’s been on Allen’s radar? The New York Knicks. … [Read more...]

Allen talks NBA comeback with Celtics, Bucks 9:50 PM ET ESPN.com news services Ray Allen is seriously considering an NBA comeback and has spoken recently to the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks about possibly joining them for the 2016-17 season, he told the Hartford Courant. "I would love going back to those places if it worked out," Allen told the newspaper, "because both teams are good, … [Read more...]

Durant, U.S. clobber China to open up Rio run 8:50 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO -- Kevin Durant and this new-look U.S. Olympic basketball team look just as dominant as the ones who slammed and jammed their way to the last two gold medals. Durant picked up right where he left off in the 2012 Olympics with 25 points, and the Americans routed China 119-62 on Saturday in their opening … [Read more...]