Before our daily Spin around the NBA, kudos to “bpovlins“, who won $100 in our Freeroll last night with DeMarcus Cousins and Kyrie Irving anchoring his team. It was a photo-finish (1/2 point, or one missed shot) over “bt111”, but $60 for second is a nice consolation prize. [Read more…]
Now I get it. The Nets were cleverly sandbagging in San Antonio, to make the Thunder overconfident. A completely different team showed up in Oklahoma City, took charge early and finished strong. [Read more…]
All season long, the relevant topic in hand for the New York Knicks has been this: Can the pairing of Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony still be successful? Also, will the power forward really be okay with coming off the bench, long-term? These questions – though perhaps not immediately as the players become re-acclimated with each other – will soon be answered with Stoudemire reportedly ready to play his first game of the season on Tuesday night against the Portland Trail Blazers at home in
Pity the poor Bobcats, losers of 18 straight. They had a 21-point lead and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (22 PTS, 9 REB) was outplaying his Kentucky teammate Anthony Davis (8 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK). Then Eric Gordon took over. [Read more…]
Congratulations to “Gph106” who scored a whopping 313 fantasy points (he even used Randy Foye!) for a very impressive win in our Friday Freeroll and the $100 first prize. [Read more…]
During this holiday season, fantasy hoops isn’t the main priority, believe it or not. At about 6:30 on a very busy Saturday, there was time to try one Snake draft. Comfortable at the $2 and $5 level in 3-man and 6-man leagues, I joined a 2-man for $11. [Read more…]
Did Gregg Popovich screw the fans and the NBA by making the decision to sit out four of his starters for a nationally televised game on TNT, on a night where only two games were on the schedule? Because lets face it: no one is exactly clamoring to see the Heat take on a bunch of role players that casual fans know nothing about – the Spurs aren’t exactly the most popular team to watch to begin with. Hell, even the
Regular-season games are must-see TV about as often as Raymond Felton shoots 3-of-19 in the field, but both certainly happened Monday night. The Nets turned back the Knickerbockers in overtime in the first game of their long-awaited, much-debated Battle of the Boroughs, and here’s what I got out of it: [Read more…]