It won’t be long until Ricky Rubio is back, flinging passes through his legs and behind his back to astonished teammates. Rubio is way ahead of schedule (we were guessing Christmas) in his recovery from knee surgery, and took part in the T-Wolves’ practice on Sunday. Decimated by knee injuries to Chase Budinger and Brandon Roy, with Andrei Kirilenko (back) day-to-day, the team can use any healthy body. While it may take some time before the flashy Spaniard plays a game,
It’s a humbling experience to have the $100 weekly bankroll wiped out again. That’s happened in three of the five weeks so far, with a small loss and a $100 win in the other two. I’m trying to be consistent in the amount of money I spend each day, and have recently begun to diversify my lineups, but it’s yet to pay off. The law of averages is in my favor, because my handicapping has been pretty good. I’ve just endured
It’s pretty hard to fault Gregg Popovich, unless you’re David Stern. Pop’s controversial decision to sit four starters in Miami on Thursday seemed to pay off two nights later, as Tony Parker (30 points, 6 assists) and Tim Duncan (27 PTS, 15 REB) were outstanding. [Read more…]
Congratulations to “knicksfan18” who scored a remarkable 324 points — led by Russell Westbrook (50) and Antawn Jamison (48) — to qualify for the $150,000 DFBBC final and earn a trip to Las Vegas for that event in March. Things didn’t go as planned in my Friday leagues. Kobe Bryant was content to watch everyone else score for a change, Tyreke Evans was a late scratch and I sure picked the wrong guy between Gerald Wallace (29) and Arron Afflalo
For the first time since Mike D’Antoni took over as coach, the Lakers really played his style. Shooting early, often and from anywhere, they hit 17 of 33 attempts from 3-point range, one of them by Dwight Howard! [Read more…]
When the news broke that four of the five San Antonio starters were getting the night off, fantasy owners of Tim Duncan and Tony Parker were disappointed, and it really hurt to get a zero from Manu Ginobili after his 20-point explosion the night before. Appearing to concede a game on national TV is unusual optics, and Commissioner Stern promised “substantial sanctions” before they even started to play. Get the whole story from our Chris Bernucca. Gregg Popovich and his makeshift
On a busy night in the NBA, there are a wide variety of leagues and formats at FanDuel. One that deserves special consideration is for high-rollers, at least from my perspective. It costs $25 to enter, there will be only 46 teams, and the winner will get the entire $1,000 prize pool! Just clock the logo to join. There’s also another qualifying tournament this evening for the Daily Fantasy Basketball Championship. That one has a $10 entry fee, $5,000 cash in
It’s the same old Spurs. When Kawhi Leonard went down, then Stephen Jackson got hurt, I thought Danny Green would become a fantasy star for at least a couple of weeks. It hasn’t worked out that way. Instead, the veteran stars have stepped up their games. Tim Duncan outscored Nikola Vucevic 13-0 by halftime and Tony Parker (14 PTS, 8 AST) was needed for less than 30 minutes. Manu Ginobili was brilliant as the sixth man, hitting 6-of-9, all from 3-point