Thanks to our loyal readers for your amazing response to this week’s Sheridan Hoops Freeroll — 647 entries. Congratulations to “kemgolfer”, who won $100 cash for piling up 283.25 fantasy points. $60 for second went to “knuck 2” with 277.5, while “sports88guy” scored 270.5 to earn $30 for third. [Read more…]
With Amare Stoudemire due back any day now for the New York Knicks, there has been plenty of chatter about what his return may do for the chemistry of the best team in the Eastern Conference. Even before the long awaited return, the issue of whether the power forward can fit in with Carmelo Anthony has constantly been questioned by the media and fans alike, with good reason. The two simply have yet to prove that they can both be highly productive
When we started publishing The Bernucca List just over a year ago, the plan was to make it a fun way to engage the reader and challenge their basketball intelligence. We had no idea that it would become this competitive. After a brief absence, reader Brian Rivel has returned to provide the correct answer to last week’s list, which was “active players represented by agent Rob Pelinka.” It marked the third time this season Rivel has provided the correct answer. He answered two
Last week’s Freeroll was so much fun for all 404 people who joined — especially the 15 who shared $300 in cash prizes — that we’re doing it again on Friday. [Read more…]
The happiest man in New York was prodigal son Jeremy Lin, who silenced the Garden crowd with a 22-point, 8-assist performance that put an emphatic end to the Knicks’ unbeaten record at home. [Read more…]
With a quarter of the season already completed, we are starting to get a feel for the identity of most teams. There is still plenty of basketball left to play with plenty of questions about many teams, but if you were wondering if the Toronto Raptors or the Cleveland Cavaliers could potentially make the playoffs before the start of this season, those thoughts are probably no longer there, given the struggles of those respective teams. Although there is a general picture painted
Toward the end of the film “Se7en,” two detectives are driving a serial killer to a supposed location of one of the killer’s victims. The serial killer, played by Kevin Spacey, tries to convince the detectives of the lasting importance of his acts. One of the detectives, played by Brad Pitt, dismisses the serial killer’s claims by saying, “You’re a T-shirt. You’re a Movie of the Week.” That pretty much sums up Jeremy Lin. [Read more…]
It’s an odd “stat” (or group of stats) but the 5×5 is a rare and difficult feat. Nicolas Batum (11 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB, 5 STL, 5 BLK) is the first player to do it in six years. [Read more…]