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Caris LeVert among top fantasy basketball free-agent finds
A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster can prove rewarding. When curating this fluid collective of statistical contributors, it helps to consider your end-of-bench players in direct competition with the talent floating in free agency. The goal of this weekly series is to identify players available in […]
Continue readingJoel Embiid, Sixers’ 3-point barrage help bury Bucks
The free throws swished through the net Wednesday and Philadelphia marched toward a 21-point halftime lead against the league’s best offensive team — the Milwaukee Bucks. It was the Sixers’ 3-point barrage, though, that helped them to a 121-109 victory over Milwaukee. “I think this team is designed for the playoffs,” Sixers coach Brett Brown […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Setting the table for Christmas
The key statistical story from the inspired home victory stems from the continued ascent of Alec Burks, who played a team-high 34 minutes and produced 25 points and eight dimes in an ultimately efficient offensive outing (just 13 shots and one turnover). Found at seventh among shooting guards on the Player Rater during the past […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Hawks D is fantasy’s best friend
The Knicks had been the only team in the league in the past two seasons without a 20-point win, but the stellar play of Mitchell Robinson off the pine and a career-best performance from RJ Barrett blew the game open in New York’s favor. A key area of domination for Robinson and his teammates was […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings Week 8: Lakers have most wins, but Bucks’ blowouts keep them No. 1
The win streak of the Milwaukee Bucks didn’t come close to being snapped this week, and they retain the top spot ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers. But here come the Boston Celtics surging right behind them to leap past the LA Clippers to round out the top four. Throughout the regular season, our panel […]
Continue reading‘We knew we could do it:’ Reliving the Raptors’ title run
Matt Devlin had called all those playoff moments, but never one like the end of Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers. “That happened right here,” the Raptors play-by-play man says, standing near the right corner where Kawhi Leonard put the Raptors into the Eastern Conference finals. “4.2 seconds on the clock, Kawhi turns the corner, […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Historic night for Miami’s Robinson and Nunn
In the overtime win over Atlanta, Robinson joined Kendrick Nunn, who delivered 36 points — one shy of the franchise rookie record set by Sherman “The General” Douglas back in 1990 — as the first pair of undrafted teammates to ever score at least 30 points in the same game in league history. Rostered in […]
Continue readingSixers without Al Horford vs. Celtics due to knee, hamstring injuries
“I won’t be able to go tonight,” the center said shortly before his Philadelphia 76ers faced the Celtics. “Went out there on the floor, [and] just not where I need to be.” Horford, who was listed as questionable by the Sixers on Thursday morning, went out to the court for his usual pregame workout and […]
Continue readingWelcome back? We’re rating every NBA reunion for 2019-20
Some will be easier to predict than others. Kyrie Irving in Boston? That reunion was pushed back to March 3 because of an injury, but it won’t be subtle. Anthony Davis and Kristaps Porzingis already felt the wrath of fans scorned. Kawhi Leonard, on the other hand, received a hero’s welcome when he returns to […]
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