If you are not crunching sabermetric data like the General Manager of the Houston Rockets – Daryl Morey – is famous for doing, that does not mean you have to suck at fantasy basketball. And when bragging rights are at stake against your friends, you know you want show off your knowledge by squeezing every bit of value out of reserves, surprise injury fill-ins, and players who you know will make that critical jump to the next level, but are
Archives for November 2015
Tweet of the Night: Dwyane Wade, Justise Winslow and Mario Chalmers react to unexpected trade
The NBA may be where friendships are made and families are built, but it is first and foremost a business. That means difficult decisions are constantly made by management to do what they feel is necessary to improve their team, even if it hurts some feelings along the way. [Read more…]
Sheridan: Can the Warriors win 72 or 73 games?
Note to those who like to make historical comparisons ( and to those who believe history started when Al Gore invented the Internet: The Golden State Warriors are off to a better start than the Chicago Bulls team that set an NBA record with a 72-10 record exactly two decades ago. Those Bulls started 5-0 before their first loss; these Warriors have already surpassed that. Back in November of 1995, nobody was talking about the possibility of the Bulls breaking the single-season
Fantasy Spin: Win Up To $50,000 Cash Tonight For $3 — Or Free!
Russell Westbrook $10800 taking on John Wall $9000 is the highlight of seven Tuesday NBA games. Kevin Durant $9700, Serge Ibaka $6500 and Enes Kanter $5400 are also worth the money at DraftKings in a $350,000 contest that’s free to enter with your first deposit. [Read more…]
NBA Daily Links: 11.10.15
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Flattery is nothing but attention without intention.” -Mary Lindsey [Read more…]
China Report: Startling Stats by ex-NBAers Brooks, Beasley and … Batista?
Well, you do expect former NBA players to perform in the Middle Kingdom, right? We are three games into a new and promising Chinese Basketball Association season, where we may finally have no clear-cut favorites ahead of schedule while players with long resumes are now affordable for every team in the league. Among the top 25 scorers, 19 have been in the CBA in some form or fashion. Only one is Chinese, however. It’s an unlikely name, too: Cui Jinming, a 23-year-old smooth shooter
Tweet of the Night: Bill Simmons zings Vivek Ranadive, critizes Sacramento Kings roster
There was bound to be trouble in Sacramento sooner or later with so many volatile personalities on the team, and it appears as though that point has come much sooner than anyone may have expected. After the Sacramento Kings lost at home to the San Antonio Spurs 106-88, DeMarcus Cousins stated the following to reporters: Cousins says there are some internal issues going on with the Kings right now that have to be handled. — James Ham (@James_Ham) November 10, 2015 “We’ve got some issues in-house
VIDEO: Milwaukee Bucks’ Khris Middleton discusses big contract, love for FIFA video games
Back in February, the Milwaukee Bucks traded starting point guard Brandon Knight in a three-team deal that netted Michael Carter-Williams from Philadelphia and young players Tyler Ennis and Miles Plumlee from Phoenix. Knight’s contract was up after the season, and his trade from Milwaukee freed up salary space for guard/forward Khris Middleton. Middleton blossomed in his third year in the league, hitting 40.7 percent of his threes and playing strong defense for the young Bucks, who rewarded the 24-year-old with a five-year,
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