This Friday, there’s another Sheridan Hoops Freeroll, where someone will win $100 cash, by picking an 8-man fantasy team. It’s completely free to join, with another $200 in prize money shared among those who finish second ($60) through 15th ($5) and the game is easy to learn. [Read more…]
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…]
When will the league implement rules to keep things as far away as possible from the basketball court? Time and time again, we see players get tripped up or sprain an ankle from cameramen sitting closer to game action than they really should be. It’s not their fault because that’s what the job requires, and more importantly, no one tells them not to be that close. The fault lies in the league’s unwillingness to compromise for the safety of the players. Earlier
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…]
Now that this weekly feature has missed its regularly scheduled day for a second straight week, we may just move it to Friday. That will be discussed at the home office. Last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was “active players whose uniform number is zero.” Reader Kyle Neeley provided the correct answer just under three hours after the list was published. [Read more…]
What a night for Carmelo Anthony. Amid “MVP” chants from Knicks fans in the Brooklyn crowd, Melo drained a season-high 45 points to spark a thrilling, come-from-behind victory. Jason Kidd (18 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST) was the last-minute hero, his sixth 3-pointer providing the winning margin. The Nets roared out to a 30-16 lead in the first and played their hearts out all night, though 4-of-18 shooting from beyond the arc eventually did them in. Deron Williams (18 PTS,
As we do every Saturday afternoon, we’ll examine the lessons from the Week That Was, review our Depth Chart Updates, the Upcoming Schedule and make our picks of Sits and Starts for the upcoming week. This week we take a deeper look into some of the players that are frequently mentioned by our Twitter followers. If they are on their minds, they should probably be on yours, too. [Read more…]
What is it about this desire to compare LeBron James to that of Michael Jordan? Clearly, James has a ways to go before you can put him in the “greatest of all time” category. This is not to say that he won’t get there – he is certainly on pace to put up historic numbers when all is said and done – but pitting him against Jordan right now just doesn’t seem very fair, given how much more Jordan has