Of all the superlatives that have been used to describe Stephen Curry this season, the best may have come from Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who in late December compared Curry to Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. “They changed our everyday life,” Carlisle said. “Steph Curry is changing the way our game will be played in the future.” Two months later, Carlisle had proof when Mark Cuban, his boss, said it is time to begin considering change. “It’s not long before the discussion
There are a handful of NBA superstars to choose from in daily fantasy on an 11-game Wednesday. In real life, the matchup between Chris Paul $9800 and Russell Westbrook $11200 is compelling stuff. James Harden $10400 leads the Rockets into New Orleans, where Anthony Davis $10100 (toe) is expected to return after missing just one game. [Read more…]
Happy Leap Day! February 29 comes around only once every four years, so DraftKings is celebrating with a massive contest. The $400K Mini Leap Million features a $50,000 top prize, plus another $350,000 in guaranteed payouts to a total of 25,000 winners. Entry fee is $4 per team. [Read more…]
The highlight of six Thursday NBA games is the surging Trail Blazers hosting the Rockets, a rematch of February 10, when Damian Lillard $9700 scored 31 points in an impressive victory. In Texas five days earlier, Lillard’s double-double was overshadowed by Portland’s defense in a 96-79 rout. [Read more…]
Our fuzzy old DFS crystal ball stayed reasonably accurate last night. We warned of a Cavaliers letdown, called Minnesota’s win and loved the young Bucks. Giannis Antetokounmpo was freakish (27 PTS, 12 REB, 10 AST, 4 BLK, 3 STL) and Kyle Lowry also triple-doubled; congratulations if you combined them with Al Horford to win $100,000 or a nice consolation prize. [Read more…]
The Houston Rockets said they were not particularly close to trading star center Dwight Howard at Thursday’s trade deadline, instead framing their talks involving the probable free agent in terms of due diligence. [Read more…]
Last night was a write-off for those of us who used Kawhi Leonard $7500 (calf) in DFS contests. He was a very late scratch and hadn’t even been listed as questionable. Fill-in starter Kyle Anderson $3100 fared well enough in a loss to the Clippers to be an interesting punt play tonight against the Lakers. [Read more…]
The Houston Rockets are admittedly “broken,” but the fix may still be months away. After losing to Portland in their final game before the All-Star break, the Rockets have lost six of eight and now find themselves below .500 (27-28) as the West’s No. 9 seed. That means that a team that went to the Western Conference finals a year ago and opened 2015-16 training camp with championship aspirations could actually miss the playoffs entirely… depending on what goes down by next Thursday’s