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 readingStephen Curry over 35.5 points, rebounds and assists. Curry has cleared this line in three of his past five games and three consecutive road games against the Lakers. The Warriors enter Tuesday night in a must-win scenario as they look to gain home-court advantage in a potential head-to-head play-in matchup with Los Angeles next week. […]
Continue readingPick 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 readingA 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 at each […]
Continue readingKevin Durant over 32.5 points and rebounds Pick the winners and crown your NBA champion! Create A Bracket Jusuf Nurkic is dealing with left calf soreness and is a game-time decision. Both the Suns and Timberwolves are playoff-bound and fighting for improved seeding. Phoenix has one of the toughest schedules left in the league, so […]
Continue readingI’m diving into this one thinking we’ll make it a Silly Season Warriors edition, because for most of us, there’s no point in steering the car now. We’re either destined to win our championships or we’re not. If you’re wondering what silly season means, it’s that time of the fantasy basketball season when players who […]
Continue readingIonescu, the 26-year-old sharpshooter who grew up in the Bay Area and stars for the New York Liberty, isn’t a Celtics fan and has never met Holiday. But she has a personal connection with the two-time All-Star guard: Holiday was the first NBA player to wear her Nike signature shoe, the Sabrina 1s, in game […]
Continue readingIt was just the third game of 50 points or more by a player off the bench since starters were first tracked in 1970-71. Jamal Crawford scored 51 for the Phoenix Suns in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks in 2019, and Nick Anderson had 50 for the Orlando Magic in a win over the […]
Continue readingGame 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 readingAs always, let’s dig deeper into the matchups to identify some good candidates to outperform expectation. Oklahoma City Thunder +10.5 (-115) at Boston Celtics (on ESPN) Pick the winners and crown your NBA champion! Create A Bracket Even for a team as great as the Celtics, this is a huge number to lay against a […]
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