With four NBA games on Sunday, there are only two players with five-digit salaries at DraftKings. The decision to use teammates Russell Westbrook $10400 and Kevin Durant $10000 (or either, or neither) is critical in building DFS lineups. [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no safety. Only varying degrees of risk.” -Lois McMaster Bujold [Read more…]
For most players, posting 25 points and 9 rebounds would qualify as a good night. Then again, LeBron James isn’t most players. As a future Hall of Famer who remains the most talented basketball player on the planet, his standard is far higher. [Read more…]
Pre-Christmas week brought a foreshadowing of what was coming, as an e-mail from columnist and NBA Encylopedia author Jan Hubbard (who lives in Dallas) included a notation that he was in Los Angeles, where the locals are still infatuated with Kobe Bryant to an extreme degree — or so it seemed to an outsider and objective observer, as Hubbard was. Christmas then brought the news that Bryant is running away with the lead in All-Star balloting, which is always a popularity
An extremely busy Saturday at shopping malls is also action-packed in the NBA, with 13 games. Two are matinees, playable only in 4:00 EST Early and All-Day contests at DraftKings. [Read more…]
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” -Ludwig Van Beethoven [Read more…]
Merry Christmas, and for those who celebrate one of the many other seasonal holidays, we wish you peace, happiness and prosperity. Perhaps the latter will come via DraftKings and today’s $1M Holiday Classic. Top score earns $100,000 cash for a $20 buy-in. [Read more…]
For Ish Smith, it may have been music to his ears to hear that he was getting traded back to the Philadelphia 76ers on the day before Christmas. With Jrue Holiday on a minutes restriction and other important players on the roster such as Tyreke Evans and Norris Cole out of commission to begin the season, Smith had been very productive with the New Orleans Pelicans in the month of November. Those players are now active, making Smith a seldom-used player. A move