Wake up! All-Day contests at DraftKings close at 1:10 Eastern, when Jacob DeGrom $11500 and proud papa Zack Greinke $13000 will stage one of the season’s most anticipated pitching duels. [Read more…]
The Dallas Mavericks are turning to a familiar face in veteran big man Sam Dalembert as they seek to dig their way out of the hole created by DeAndre Jordan’s unexpected decision to renege on his verbal commitment. [Read more…]
Day 3 of our midsummer report card distribution process brings us to the Central Division, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers and owner Dan Gilbert, whose company, Quicken Loans, will soon be offering 24 percent mortgage rates in order to cover the boss’ luxury tax bill. Just kidding. We think. It has been a busy summer for the former top pizza deliveryman in Detroit. After watching his team lose to the Golden State Warriors in Games 4, 5 and 6 to surrender the
It takes a lot to make the NBA playoffs if you are in the Western Conference. The West is the grown-up table of the NBA. It has had at least one team finish above .500 and miss the postseason every year since 2007. There will be some shuffling in the West’s playoff picture this season. But who is in the frame, and who gets cropped out? And has any team improved enough to topple the defending champion Golden State Warriors? The staff of
Saturday baseball begins at 4:05 Eastern with five games in Early DFS contests at DraftKings. [Read more…]
The latest NBA news is interesting: If you win your division, you can hang a banner from the rafters. But that doesn’t mean you are going to the playoffs. Which begs the question: Why even have divisions? It makes no sense. Then again, things that make no sense are part of the NBA landscape. Take Andrea Bargnani, for example. He should be playing in Europe. Or China. That has been clear for years and years and years. But the New York Knicks
Last week at the Las Vegas summer league, a 19-year-old, seven-foot rim protector averaged 17.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. It was not Kristaps Porzingis, but Noah Vonleh, who has somehow become Portland’s summer afterthought in spite of his overwhelming potential. After excelling in Vegas, all Vonleh has to do is try and fill LaMarcus Aldridge’s shoes as the Blazers— who acquired Vonleh and Gerald Henderson from Charlotte in exchange for Nicolas Batum on the night before June’s draft— begin
Last night, Clayton Kershaw more than justified his enormous cost with a complete-game 3-hit shutout and 11 strikeouts. This evening, Max Scherzer $14000 will attempt to match him. [Read more…]