It would be fitting if the man who helped lead the Sacramento Kings during their most prosperous years could help guide them back after a decade of mediocre irrelevance. You may recognize Vlade Divac’s smooth European voice from your Waze navigation system, but most know Divac— aside from being traded for Kobe Bryant— for being the center of the turn-of-the-millenium Kings team that nearly reached the NBA Finals and turned Arco Arena into the loudest building in sports. With a new arena
You would think with 15 MLB games on Sunday that there might be more standout pitching. Making our selections more difficult is that four of the five highest-salaried SP are squaring off in two potential duels, and the other has a sore finger. [Read more…]
Earlier this week, an NBA big shot who knows more than Kreskin told me that a coach is going to get fired soon, and nobody sees it coming. He would not elaborate, and he would not give any hints. [Read more…]
Saturday is always busy in MLB, with every team in action, and weekend matinees are a century-old tradition. DraftKings features All-Day (15 games) and Early (7 games) fantasy contests, closing at 2:10 Eastern. At 7:15 there are 8-game events, and you can also play Late (10:05, 5 games). [Read more…]
With the NBA Finals approaching, every franchise except Cleveland and Golden State is wholly focused on the NBA Draft. The Minnesota Timberwolves, holding the top pick and with a nucleus of Andrew Wiggins, Ricky Rubio and Shabazz Muhammad, should be one of the brightest young teams in the NBA next season and for years to come.For larger market teams such as the Lakers, 76ers and Knicks, they hope to turn around their clubs quickly by finding a promising young prospect. There are some good
11. Indiana Pacers – Kelly Oubre, SF, Kansas Like many Jayhawks prospects, Oubre should be even better in an NBA system where he’ll have more scoring opportunities. As a rookie, Oubre should be able to hit open jumpers, and if he develops his ball-handling skills to create his own scoring opportunities, he could be very good. He averaged 9.3 points and 5 rebounds in just 21 minutes per game for Kansas, and went 15-for-19 from the foul line in a late-season victory over
21. Dallas Mavericks – Tyus Jones, PG, Duke The Mavericks and Rick Carlisle are not opposed to going in a different direction here, but PG and the value here make sense. If you watched any of Duke’s tournament games, you could see how big of an impact Jones had as a true freshman. Jones is a throwback PG that creates great scoring opportunities for his teammates, but he also has the ability to hit the big shot or convert when he’s open, sort
As the basketball world looks forward to the NBA Finals matchup most folks were hoping for, the odds-makers at SportsBettingDime.com have the odds on nearly everything that might happen during the Cavs-Warriors showdown including; who will win the series; who will take home MVP honors; who will get into an altercation with Matthew Dellavedova; which celebrity fan will attend the most games and who will appear in more commercials – LeBron or Steph. Here’s a look at some of the serious and