The 2013-14 NBA regular season continued on Saturday, November 30. 14 teams were in action, a superstar turned back the hands of time, and struggling squads rebounded with road victories. Here’s everything you need to know about last night’s games. [Read more…]
LOS ANGELES – Arriving in at LAX for Thanksgiving proved to be entertaining as usual. Kobe Bryant signed his two-year, $48.5 million extension Monday morning, so by the time my plane touched down late Tuesday, the irrational debate and cheap analysis was kicking into a higher gear among Lakers Nation. This group is one of my favorites because its members live in a self-contained universe where there are only two types of humans – those who are Lakers and those who
There were plenty of tight games last night, most notably the Warriors-Thunder, Knicks-Clippers and Lakers-Pistons. The Celtics manhandled the Cavaliers, the Pacers had no trouble with the Wizards, and the Bobcats handed the Bucks yet another defeat. The Raptors fought all night but came up just short against the visiting Heat. Today, we conclude the first full month of NBA action. Here is today’s Fantasy Spin. [Read more…]
After a Thanksgiving layoff, the NBA returned with 13 games featuring 26 teams. There were buzzer-beaters, superstars facing their former teams, and downright outstanding performances. Here’s everything you need to know about last night’s games. [Read more…]
Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin, one of the NBA’s top reserves this season, is out at least two weeks with a knee injury. According to the team, Lin has a Grade one sprain and contusion of his right knee suffered in Wednesday’s home win over the Atlanta Hawks. He will be sidelined two weeks before being re-evaluated. It is not the same knee in which Lin had surgery to repair a meniscus tear during the 2012 offseason, when he left the New
Kobe Bryant deserved every penny, if not more, of his two-year, $48.5 million contract extension. And I’ll say this: Bryant doesn’t deserve to be criticized as selfish for the amount of money he will make, and any subsequent cap space the Lakers lose as a result. Two of Bryant’s teammates, Chris Kaman and Xavier Henry, strongly agree. “I personally think he deserved more,” Kaman told SheridanHoops. “I know the only exception with that comment is that it can be hard for teams to
Thanks to the off day yesterday, no team will be traveling to play the second of back-to-back games, and so fatigue should not be a factor in the minutes key players get tonight. Because of injury uncertainties, notably in Los Angeles (Chris Paul), Houson (Jeremy Lin and James Harden), and Brooklyn (Andray Blatche, Brook Lopez), there are some potentially valuable cheap plays in DraftStreet leagues tonight. Be ready to switch one or two bargain plays into your lineup as game
The guards are still surging in our latest Sixth Man Rankings. After another week of Western Conference dominance, it makes sense that the top five candidates for Sixth Man are coming from West teams. The role of sixth man continues to evolve from the longstanding “super scorer” stereotype into one better designed for all-around contributors. Of the top five players in the rankings, only Jamal Crawford is considered a pure scorer. Three of the other candidates are in the top five in distributing.