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Kyrie Irving says team’s needs ‘glaring’ after Nets fall to 76ers

PHILADELPHIA — Kyrie Irving said “it’s glaring” that the Brooklyn Nets have more work to do for their roster to reach the level necessary for championship contention. “I mean, it’s transparent. It’s out there. It’s glaring, in terms of the pieces that we need in order to be at that next level,” Irving said after […]

Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Hawks backcourt starting to soar

Huerter tallied 23 points, 15 rebounds, and eight assists in the victory and has now averaged 17.8 PPG, 7.0 RPG, and 4.3 APG (with clean shooting percentages) over his last eight appearances. You can find the man they call “Red Velvet” floating in free agency in roughly 52% of ESPN leagues. Meanwhile, the big line […]

Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Get Smart!

Smart is mostly regarded as a defensive specialist in both real and fantasy contexts, but he’s shown impressive growth as a distributor (4.1 APG since the start of last season) and as a shooter (1.6 3PG, approaching league average efficiency since the start of last season). Even a recent shift to a role as the […]

With Joel Embiid out, Ben Simmons, Al Horford and the 76ers still out-sized the Celtics

Those games, though, featured superstar center Joel Embiid, one of the league’s biggest and heaviest objects. Boston had been helpless to stop him. But Embiid wasn’t on the court Thursday night. Instead, he was on his way to New York, where he’ll have surgery on his dislocated left ring finger Friday. So, with Embiid out […]

Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Seeing triple-double in Atlanta

Young’s Hawks may have lost the game, but it was still impressive to see him produce 42 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists for the first 40-point triple-double in franchise history. Young became just the sixth player with a 40-point triple-double before turning 22, joining LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Isiah Thomas, and the […]

How the NBA’s race for the 2-seed in the East playoffs will be decided

“They’re gonna be impactful,” Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse said, hours before his team won one of these games against the Boston Celtics in late December. “They’re really going to become impactful later on in the year, when you look back. “There’s going to be jockeying for position, there’s no doubt about it.” On Thursday, […]

Brett Brown on Ben Simmons’ lack of 3-pointers: ‘I have failed’

Simmons hasn’t attempted one since. When Brown was asked about that fact before Monday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he admitted that his message had failed to materialize on the court. “And this is true,” he said with a smile. “Evidently I have failed, and it’s something that we’re all mindful of, and […]

Joel Embiid questionable vs. Celtics after dislocating finger

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid said he could miss Thursday’s showdown with the Boston Celtics after dislocating his left ring finger in the first quarter of Monday night’s 120-113 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at Wells Fargo Center. When Embiid came to the podium for his postgame interview after meeting with the team’s doctor, he […]

Ten NBA things I like and don’t like, including what happens when Kawhi Leonard sits

The Dallas Mavericks have exceeded even the expectations of those of us who picked them to make the playoffs. Luka Doncic looks to be a generational superstar. The role players all complement Doncic and Porzingis — a perfect mix of gunners, 3-and-D guys with some off-the-bounce verve, versatile bigs, old-school point guards, and grunt-work toughs. […]

Fantasy 30: Adebayo’s versatility, Whiteside’s big season

To help, I’ve done the work for you and compiled a look at the most fantasy-relevant news and notes for all 30 teams around the league. Atlanta Hawks: Little-known point guard Brandon Goodwin came up big in the absence of Trae Young on Monday night against Orlando, scoring 21 points and adding six assists in […]

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