We have many great articles planned leading up to the 2010-11 Fantasy Basketball season including sleepers, busts, rookies, strategy, full player rankings and projections all wrapped up into a nifty draft kit to help you win your league next year. Stay tuned for more, but for now, here's our early Top 25 list of players for 2010-11. (Rankings assumed for a standard eight-category league; dollar values assumed for $200 cap, 10-team, 13-player-roster league.)

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TOP 25 FANTASY BASKETBALL PLAYERS FOR 2010-2011

1. Durant, Kevin SF OKC - KD has arrived, my friends
2. Paul, Chris PG NO - despite injuries, still the best PG by far
3. James, LeBron SF MIA - devalued in Miami, but still a King
4. Bryant, Kobe SG LAL - injury risk (finger), but dominant
5. Nowitzki, Dirk PF DAL - aging but holding steady value
6. Williams, Deron PG UTA - great PTS-AST-3PM-STL combo
7. Granger, Danny SF IND - Danny Boy needs to play a full season
8. Gasol, Pau C/PF LAL - gotta love that C eligibility
9. Anthony, Carmelo SF DEN - elite scoring is nice at #9
10. Curry, Stephen G GS - will follow up amazing rookie season with another
11. Howard, Dwight C ORL - FTP-TO stink, but FGP-REB-BLK oh so good
12. Wade, Dwyane SG MIA - devalued with Super Friends
13. Smith, Josh F ATL - fantastic to get all those blocks from the SF position
14. Evans, Tyreke G SAC - will do even better than 09-10
15. Ellis, Monta G GS - he fills the stat sheet when healthy, for sure
16. Nash, Steve PHO - get the elite assists while you can
17. Rondo, Rajon PG BOS - just getting better and better
18. Wallace, Gerald F CHA - a solid, stat-stuffing PF/SF
19. Lee, David C/F GS - should still average 20-10 in GS
20. Stoudemire, Amar'e PF NY - will approximate his PHO stats
21. Bosh, Chris C/PF MIA - will still rebound and block
22. Lopez, Brook C NJ - great C on awful team, still improving
23. Roy, Brandon SG POR - here's another one that needs to play a full season
24. Westbrook, Russell PG OKC - another youngster on the upswing
25. Kidd, Jason PG DAL - still great REB-AST, but rest of game deteriorating

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Chauncey Billups PG DEN, Joe Johnson SG ATL, Andre Iguodala SF/SG PHI, Tim Duncan PF SA, Andrew Bogut C MIL, Gilbert Arenas G WAS

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