It’s my pleasure to be joining Team Sheridan with a daily look at fantasy hoops. The proud owner of Jeremy Lin and Nikola Pekovic in a competitive 20-team league, my specialty is picking up free agents before they get good. Statistics are useful, of course, but they are available to everyone. Other tidbits of information (injuries and rotation shuffles) can be even more valuable in making your roster decisions. The advice dispensed here is rarely going to concern superstars, or consistent
The first correct answer to last week’s edition of The Bernucca List was given by @mikepilz. It was a list of the last 10 different players to lead the NBA in minutes played. This week’s list is below. The degree of difficulty is not all that high — especially compared to Edition VII. If you think you know the answer, send me a Tweet or post it in the comments. Our staff will respond throughout the day. The Bernucca List Matt Barnes Steve Blake Caron Butler Brian
MIAMI — The first thing you notice about Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem is his hair. The trademark braids he wore for his previous eight NBA seasons are gone. Spending two hours a week getting his hair done finally got to be too much. But after you get over that initial shock of seeing Haslem wearing a medium-sized afro, you notice the rebounding, the toughness, the willingness to take charges, to get on the floor after loose balls. You see the art