I gave you the head’s up on Luis Scola, and I hope you put him into play with some good players. And after the latest no show from Roy Hibbert, I advise you to double down on the big Argentinian for Game 4. He might just move into the starting lineup. Indiana needs a boost from someone now that they trail the Atlanta Hawks 2-1 in their best-of-7 series, and Scola is available at the bargain basement price of $7,333. He
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues The price tag on LaMarcus Aldridge has risen since yesterday, with the Portland Trail Blazers forward going from $18,940 to $19,421. That’s what’ll happen when an astounding 52 percent of the entrants in DraftStreet’s two-day playoff fantasy tournament snatch up the player who had the most productive Game 1 of any NBA player. Aldridge went off for 46 points and 18 rebounds in Portland’s
Click on this banner to sign up for DraftStreet’s two-day NBA playoff fantasy leagues I lost a fantasy writer over the weekend, so I am taking over this column temporarily .. and we’re going to have some fun with it. The aim in fantasy basketball is to win money. I don’t care if you play in a season-long league in which you hold a draft or an auction, or if you play in daily leagues, like the ones
All-Star Weekend is fun to watch, but it’s back to business with another big week in fantasy basketball. [Read more…]
No matter how bad your fantasy team is doing, it is doing better than mine. Our fantasy draft was postponed twice because of Hurricane Sandy, and by the time everyone got their lights back on and their acts together, the commissioner deemed it too late to conduct an auction. [Read more…]
Our colleague Jeff Nichols, whose columns normally appear on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, has escaped the Canadian winter to enjoy summertime in the Southern Hemisphere. We hope to have him back before Christmas. [Read more…]
As we do every Saturday afternoon, let’s 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 welcome back some stars who returned ahead of schedule (Kevin Love, Nene Hilario and Kyle Lowry), update on some of the more intriguing injury situations (Andrew Bynum, Brandon Roy and Andrew Bogut) and give some pointers on how to evaluate your team’s disappointments. [Read more…]
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…]