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In Marc Stein's Power Rankings, the Spurs jump ahead of the Thunder for the top spot.

Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge has had an MRI on his right hip that shows no damage.

Knicks strings together wins while Amare Stoudemire posts 30-point games.

Chad Ford offers his fifth mock draft of 2013, as players go through NBA team workouts.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2013

Brian McKitish provides his latest fantasy basketball rankings and looks at players on the rise for the last week of the season.

Neil Tardy identifies some of the better matchups to exploit in Week 22 of the fantasy basketball season. Features team-by-team schedule strength.

Tom Carpenter reviews the best options for Week 21 in our Fastbreak game.

Seth Landman looks at players who have exceeded their draft expectations this season and whether they can keep it up.

In his Weekly Dish column, Brian McKitish offers injury updates and fantasy lineup advice regarding the top NBA players currently sidelined, including Minnesota's Ricky Rubio, L.A.'s Steve Nash and Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki.

Josh Whitling looks at the best available players on waivers in many leagues, including emerging Timberwolves rookie Alexey Shved.

A quick look at the Mavericks' four foes this week: Minnesota Timberwolves (7:30 p.m., Monday, American Airlines Center): The Timberwolves are off to a surprising 4-2 start despite the absences of their two marquee players, point guard Ricky Rubio...

Chase Budinger converted a layup on a feed from Andrei Kirilenko with 0.8 seconds to go, lifting the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 96-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Tom Carpenter looks at the best bets for points leagues and Week 3 of Fastbreak.

Staff of The Commercial-Appeal: The Grizzlies now have two Las Vegas summer league most valuable players on their roster. Second-year guard Josh Selby dominated the past week with his scoring and shared MVP honors with Portland rookie Damian Lillard....

Josh Whitling goes category-by-category to find helpers on the waiver wire for the final two weeks of play.

Bradford Doolittle of Basketball Prospectus looks at the coming week in the NBA with an eye toward fantasy and lists five players with favorable matchups worth starting, five with unfavorable matchups to bench and one pickup to target.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2012