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Donte DiVincenzo ineligible for MIP despite 81 games played
His shooting efficiency metrics reached career-best levels, as did his scoring, which jumped from 9.4 points per game a season ago to 15.5 points this season. He drained a franchise-record 283 triples — only Stephen Curry and Luka Doncic finished with more — nearly doubling the 150 3s he connected on during the 2022-23 campaign. […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Three picks for Tuesday’s play-in games
Pick the winners and crown your NBA champion! Create A Bracket Trey Murphy III over 18.5 points, rebounds and assists (-130). Murphy has cleared this line in nine of his past 10 games, averaging 12.1 field goal attempts, 10.2 rebound chances and 5.0 potential assists per game over that span. He’s in a good spot […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Friday
The best places to look for those are probably in Detroit, Portland, Washington, Houston, Utah, San Antonio, Charlotte and Atlanta. If you paid attention on Thursday’s podcast, we were all about Chimezie Metu and, later on, Marcus Sasser and they both kind of went off. Metu had 15 points, eight boards, three assists and three […]
Continue reading‘Phenomenal’ Anthony Davis says Lakers in just-win mindset
MEMPHIS — Back in the place where the Los Angeles Lakers defied the odds last spring to start their playoff run — upsetting the No. 2-seeded Grizzlies in the first round as the No. 7 seed — Anthony Davis says he likes his team’s chances once again. Davis missed most of the Lakers’ past two […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Sunday
Much like the last time I wrote this outlook (Friday), all 30 teams are in action Sunday, which is the final day of the regular season, so no one in the world should have trouble fielding a full fantasy team for the finale. However, doing it with productive players might be a little iffy, as […]
Continue readingSources: Colts’ DeForest Buckner gets 2-year, $46M extension
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts have locked in another key piece of their core. In a continuation of moves made this spring, the Colts have signed star defensive tackle DeForest Buckner to an extension Monday. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that it’s a two-year deal for $46 million and runs through the 2026 season. The […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Tuesday
As we’ve discussed throughout the season, we should leverage easily accessible indicators to help sift such busy slates. Leaning on injury reports and betting info to help direct us to the most actionable player pickups and the most fertile offensive climates. Who is missing from lineups can drive decisions, while point spreads and totals can […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Saturday
Pick the winners and crown your NBA champion! Create A Bracket Amid the drama of this final weekend of college hoops, the NBA presents a four-game Saturday slate defined by a series of cross-conference matchups. The day in professional basketball tips early with an afternoon meeting in California between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Wednesday
Game 2 features the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Phoenix Suns. Donovan Mitchell missed Tuesday due to knee maintenance and Caris LeVert led the way with 26 points in a win at Utah, but I expect Mitchell to be back in action tonight. If Mitchell plays, don’t look for a repeat performance from LeVert. For the […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Tuesday
Other important narratives loom. Will we see the return of reigning MVP Joel Embiid in South Philly as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander visits the 76ers for the only time this season? Can the Houston Rockets get back to their winning ways against the Minnesota Timberwolves, a team fighting for the top seed in a contentious Western race? […]
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