It’s a long regular season, and the defending champion Golden State Warriors are more interested in being healthy for the playoffs than wearing down their superstars. Stephen Curry $10700 (leg) could sit outtonight and tomorrow, according to interim coach Luke Walton. [Read more…]
An 11-game Monday slate is capped by the 28-1 Warriors hosting Sacramento. Stephen Curry $10700, Draymond Green $9300, Klay Thompson $7300 and Andrew Bogut $4200 are extremely well rested — just two games in nine days — while the Kings somehow lost at home last night to the short-handed Blazers. [Read more…]
As expected, it was impossible to run up a huge score at DraftKings on Tuesday. Congratulations to “Syracuse Slappers” on winning $50,000 for three bucks, with only 311.5 FPTS, which is rarely good enough for top spot. [Read more…]
Good morning! There are two reasons for this early Spin. One is an out-of-town holiday brunch with family, the other an early tip off in the NBA. At 1:00 Eastern, you have a choice of Early-Only (3 games) and All-Day (7 games) contests at DraftKings. [Read more…]
All eyes are on Boston tonight, where Stephen Curry $10700 and Draymond Green $8200 attempt to extend their incredible record to 24-0. Normally we’d include Klay Thompson $6800 as the third Musketeer, but he’s questionable with an ankle sprain. [Read more…]
Centers are considered a dying breed in today’s NBA. More teams are playing small ball than ever before with a focus on pushing the tempo and improving floor spacing. Heck, the league even removed the center position from the All-Star ballot in 2012. However, as you will see by the depth in our center rankings and the names not on the list, the demise of the position is a premature misconception. You won’t find two former All-Stars and Defensive Player of the
It has been three seasons since the Orlando Magic have had to change their franchise’s future and goals by trading Dwight Howard. Three seasons since GM Rob Hennigan was installed and broke everything down, sold off everything that was not bolted down and committed to a long rebuilding process centered on the draft and sustainability. And so here the Magic sit, three years after that fateful decision. And with what? The Magic professed that 2015 would be the season the team showed
Hakeem Olajuwon is now 52 years old, but you wouldn’t know it by watching his moves at the first NBA Africa Game on Saturday. The native Nigerian unexpectedly checked into game for Team Africa in the second quarter along with Dikembe Mutombo, now 49. They each wore throwback uniforms from their 1990s Rockets and Nuggets days, and most impressively, both of the legendary centers made an impact on the game itself. Mutombo grabbed four rebounds in just three minutes, while Olajuwon blocked a