Let the fantasy games begin! Finally, it’s the NBA season. That means all our leagues are keeping score too. If you’re in a Roto league, relax. It’s not a race. Start your best players and sit anyone with a question mark. In Head-to-Head leagues, play everyone. On Page 2 today, I look at H2H streamers. Page 3 is my FanDuel lineup for tonight — yes, there are one-day leagues, even with only three games on the schedule. The $1,000 Tournament for Sheridan
It has been a couple of days now since the Thunder traded away a big part of their future in James Harden, but that hardly stopped anyone from still buzzing about it all. Who won the trade? Did the Thunder give up on their chance to contend after making it to the Finals last season over money? What does it mean for the Rockets, who suddenly look a whole lot more interesting? Our columnist Chris Bernucca was far from thrilled with the
Today the super storm known as Sandy hit the east coast and NBA players were not exempt from its wrath. Brooklyn Nets backup forward-center Andray Blatche sent out an update on the weather conditions from his neighborhood earlier Monday afternoon.
Who do you think won the James Harden trade? We have two widely varying opinions today in new items posted on the site — the first, by Chris Bernucca, skewering the Thunder for breaking up a key member of a potential championship threesome; the other an examination by Jeremy Bauman of how Kevin Martin’s game might be successfully worked into the Thunder’s offensive schemes. Both are very good articles, and they exemplify how hard it is to make a full judgement on
Predictions are like armpits. Everyone has them, and most of them stink. I could have used a different anatomical reference than armpits, but my dad reads this site and calls me on the phone and yells at me when I use naughty words, so I am holding back. But you get the idea. The opening of the NBA season means writers at all the national Web sites and newspapers will be making predictions. Most of them will be wrong. But as long as
Sheridan Hoops staff predictions, continued. In this installment, we make our predictions for Rookie of the Year. At the bottom of the page, you can click over to our choices for Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man, Most Improved Player, and Executive of the Year. We also made picks for East champ, West champ and NBA champion. Your comments are welcome in the comments section. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HARRISON BARNES, GOLDEN STATE Chris Sheridan, Editor-in-Chief DAMIAN LILLARD, PORTLAND Mark
Sheridan Hoops staff predictions, continued. In this installment, we make our predictions for Defensive Player of the Year. At the bottom of the page, you can click over to our choices for Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, Sixth Man, Most Improved Player, and Executive of the Year. We also made picks for East champ, West champ and NBA champion. Your comments are welcome in the comments section. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR KOBE BRYANT, L.A.LAKERS Chris Sheridan, Editor-in-Chief DWIGHT HOWARD, L.A.
