The nine games on the NBA schedule last night had a significant effect on Head-to-Head leagues. With only one game tonight because of the cancellation in Brooklyn, and just three more days in an abbreviated Week 1, quite a few categories have been already been won or lost. Last night was also our $1,000 Tournament at FanDuel. Congratulations to “mistercrown” for winning the $200 first prize. His well-balanced team scored 299 fantasy points, led by Joakim Noah with 50 (23 PTS,
This time it counts. The Lakers, 0-8 in the exhibition season, were supposed to turn it on and dominate the league. Not yet. Kobe Bryant played on that sore foot, scored 22 points but did nothing else to help his fantasy owners. Dwight Howard took all of one night to kill your FT% category, making a pathetic 3-14 from the stripe. He did have 19 PTS and 10 REB before fouling out. It was a tremendous upset for the injury-plagued
Fans of the Thunder, Rockets and the NBA were stunned with Saturday night’s news that James Harden was traded to Houston for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and draft picks. Among those stunned was Harden. “It happened pretty fast,” Harden said. “I was at dinner and (Oklahoma City general manager) Sam Presti called me and said I was traded to the Rockets and I was kind of in shock.” It extended to Kevin Durant, who took to Twitter with a simple, “Wow.” During Monday’s news
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
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
When the Oklahoma City Thunder traded James Harden on Saturday night, they revealed to everyone that they are a team far more concerned with the bottom line than the top of the heap. Probably a bit ahead of schedule, the Thunder reached the NBA Finals last season. As we have said before, they were a questionable foul call away from opening a 2-0 lead on the mighty Miami Heat that would have cultivated the doubt and derision that has swirled around
I would love to Thank Oklahoma City for 3 amazing years! Teammates and Fans were thee best. The love will always be there. Thanks Again. — James Harden (@JHarden13) October 28, 2012 This tweet pretty much speaks for itself, but something Harden might want to ask himself over the ensuing five years: Was it worth it for the extra $6 million? After coming soooo close to a championship, was it worth it to take a half-decade step back for an extra $1.2
