Desmond Bane

Orlando MagicYear 5th Season

HT/WT6' 6", 215 lbs

Age27

CollegeTCU

Basketball/Teams/Orlando Magic/Desmond Bane

2025-26 regular season stats

Points Per Game20.1

Rebounds Per Game4.1

Assists Per Game4.1

Field Goal Percentage48.4

Previous Game

Points13

Rebounds7

Assists0

Plus-Minus+30

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Nov 23, 2025

The Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report (Nov 22/25)

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report, where I take a look every Sunday at many things fantasy basketball. If this isn’t your first read, nice to see you back again. If this is the first time you’re signing in, thanks for giving me a try! In this edition: I’ll start…

Nov 8, 2025

The Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report (Nov 8/25)

Welcome to the third edition of the Weekly Fantasy Hoops Report, where I take a look every Sunday morning at all things fantasy basketball. We’ll lead off with a discussion of what it means to “sell high” or “buy low,” two terms thrown around a lot but not usually well-defined. I’ll follow with some big…

Oct 17, 2025

Draft Weekend Risers & Fallers and Tiers

Some things have changed in fantasy basketball with injury news and the Russell Westbrook signing. Let’s first take a quick look at some risers and fallers in my rankings. Then, I’ll give you some draft tiers to use for your drafts on this big draft weekend. Welcome to Draft Weekend Risers & Fallers and Tiers….

Oct 8, 2025

Fantasy Basketball ADP Anomalies On ESPN

ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS are still the kings of fantasy basketball. While each defaults to a head-to-head, points league format, different sites have different default scoring systems. The first article is on ESPN, and the second is on Yahoo and CBS, as those two sites have more in common than they have differences. I will…

Sep 28, 2025

Winning by Punting Categories (Part 2)

Many successful 8-category fantasy basketball players use the strategy of punting a category. Punting a category is the process of drafting to intentionally losing, or punt, one category to try to win others. This often works because you only have to win more than half of the statistical categories to win a head-to-head (H2H) matchup. …

Sep 27, 2025

Winning by Punting Categories (Part 1)

Sep 8, 2025

Do Not Draft List

I will be using the current FantasyPros Composite Rankings to compile a Do Not Draft List. These rankings do change as the offseason progresses, so the numbers may not match later. I hope they are closer to mine. Each of the following players is a red flag for me in either 8-cat or points formats,…

Aug 20, 2025

Win Your League: Advanced Statistics – Usage Rate

This is the second in a series about advanced statistics, and will cover the usefulness of Usage Rate (USG%). Advanced fantasy players use advanced statistics to get ahead and fill out their rosters. Learning clever techniques for filling out your roster is what the offseason is all about. Below, we’ll find some draft bargains using USG%. …

Aug 13, 2025

Dynasty Basketball Trade Targets

We’re deep into summer, which means that most of the people who have been drafting recently are playing in dynasty basketball leagues. For those who don’t know, in most dynasty leagues, you keep your players until you trade them, drop them, or they retire. There’s a rookie draft, usually in order of worst to best…

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