The main focus of our fantasy hoops coverage is keeping you up-to-date on who’s hot, who’s not and who’s hurt while offering advice that might help you manage your Rotisserie or Head-to-Head rosters. Those traditional season-long formats are great, but we also play in daily leagues, which are tremendous fun, quite challenging and often lucrative. [Read more…]
Only two games were on the menu in the NBA last night in a very light night around the league. The Knicks continued their downward spiral with their entire front court on the mend in another uninspiring effort in Portland, while the Spurs clinched a playoff berth for the 16th straight season in their win over Dallas. Here is Thursday night’s version of Five Fast Facts.
With just 19 games remaining in the regular season, can things get any worse for the New York Knicks? After Thursday night’s 105-90 loss at the Portland Trailblazers, the Knicks are 0-3 on their current West Coast swing and have lost those three games by an average of 22.3 points. They will face the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday and the Utah Jazz the following night before returning to Gotham, perhaps looking up at the Brooklyn Nets in the standings. [Read more…]
The three-man weave is back after a one-week hiatus to discuss the hot topics in the NBA. As teams make their late-season playoff or draft lottery push, there are several questions that will help shape the landscape of the NBA. Are we overlooking the value of Miami’s win streak, and will the Heat keep rolling into the playoffs? With Kobe Bryant out indefinitely with a sprained ankle, do the Lakers still even have a shot? And does any Western Conference team
Welcome, everyone, to Where Are They Now? With another week in the books, we’re back again with another crop of yesteryear’s stars and their current whereabouts. In recent weeks, we’ve covered everyone from Stephon Marbury and Tracy McGrady to Jonathan Bender and Acie Law IV. In other words, we have no limits or bounds in where we must look or who we need to find. So who are the players in this week’s Where Are They Now? Let’s get underway and find
As good as Damian Lillard has been in his rookie season, his impact on the Portland Trail Blazers ends April 17. That’s the last day of the regular season, and the Blazers are not making the playoffs. While they currently are just two losses out of eighth place in the Western Conference, they also are in 11th place, with Utah and Dallas in front of them. Lillard is not alone; most of this season’s top newcomers will be watching the postseason on TV. In fact,
Quite the night it was Wednesday in the NBA, from Miami reaching 20 consecutive wins to Denver reaching 10 in a row to Kobe spraining his ankle and then e-mailing his favorite national columnist to whine about what he claims was a dirty play by Dahntay Jones. So let’s look a little further into each of those items. _ Everyone is now looking at the Heat’s upcoming schedule (they are currently one game into a five-game road trip) and wondering if they
