How concerned should the Los Angeles Lakers be right now? One day after edging out a win against the Brooklyn Nets, the team went into Arco Arena on Wednesday and lost to the Sacramento Kings – the team with the worst record in the Western Conference. You can’t blame the loss on Kobe Bryant, who continued his torrid pace on offense – scoring 38 points on 11-of-20 shooting – despite playing on a sore foot. [Read more…]
Today we have a Sheridan Hoops special event just for you high-rollers. It’s $10 to enter, with $1,500 in prizes, limited to 167 teams. First place is worth $325, second $250, third $200 and the top 16 finishers win cash. Click the logo to enter; it closes at 7pm EST tonight. After a couple of unlucky weeks, I had a good Tuesday, cashing consolation prizes in four different leagues. Finished 43rd of 1116 in one $2 tournament to win $10 and
MIAMI – During last season’s playoffs, at a time when Heat guard Dwyane Wade was struggling in the Eastern Conference finals, I wrote that I’d rather have Celtics guard Rajon Rondo than Wade. Nothing has happened to change that opinion. [Read more…]
LeBron James won his second straight NBA Player of the Week award Monday. Kenneth Faried didn’t. Last week’s winners were James, the superstar of the Miami Heat, and Faried, the emerging young forward of the Denver Nuggets. This week it is James – for the record 39th time in his career – and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder. James is practically making a mockery of the award. The Eastern Conference winner led the Heat to a 3-1 record while averaging
Forget small ball. The NBA’s best team plays bully ball. The Memphis Grizzlies don’t have a fleet of sharpshooters standing on the arc. They don’t have a stretch 4. They don’t have a dual point guard backcourt. Heck, their shooting guard can’t even shoot. [Read more…]
Welcome back to the MVP rankings, James Harden — even though guys on sub-.500 tams usually should have no mention in MVP discussions. We grant you leniency here, Mr. Harden, because the season is less than three weeks old [Read more…]
This was tweeted from Miami shortly after sunrise, which technically should disqualify it from Tweet of the Night. But it was still dark in Phoenix, where some poor soul had to clean up James’ vomit in the first quarter — unless LBJ made it to the toilet/sink in time. [Read more…]
Congratulations to “mattbell21” whose team scored 309 fantasy points to win the $50 first prize in our Friday Freeroll and to everyone who won a prize from the $250 pool. My team finished a respectable 31st out of 228 entries, just 7 points out of the money. I blame Chris Kaman. Thanks to all those who entered. We get to do it again tonight, with a twist. Saturday’s Freeroll has a $200 payout, winner take all. It’s easy to join FanDuel (if