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NBA restart: Potential surprise players for all 22 teams
All 22 NBA teams have arrived at the bubble in Orlando, Florida, which means teams are practicing and gearing up for the season to resume on July 30. The seeding-game schedule is set and playoff seeds are still up for grabs. While some teams’ rotations are set, others will look for players to carry an […]
Continue readingWhat people in the NBA are saying about the Orlando restart and the coronavirus
As the NBA calendar resumes and teams prepare for the conclusion of the season in Orlando, Florida, few franchises have been more representative of the myriad concerns than the Los Angeles Lakers. The West’s top seed has faced positive coronavirus test results in the immediate aftermath of the league shutdown, family tragedy and personal decisions […]
Continue readingThe Luke Walton All-Stars: Nine surprising players from this NBA season
Erik Spoelstra sat with Robinson before Miami sent him to the G League last season, and delivered two messages. First: Shoot 20 3s in at least one game. “His eyes bulged out,” Spoelstra recalled. Second: You are going to guard the other team’s best wing scorer every night. “You’re gonna get torched,” Spoelstra warned. “Picked […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Coping without Giannis
It’s not only scoring that the Villanova product can provide your fantasy roster. He ranks an impressive sixth in the league in steal percentage for the season. He’s also averaged 2.3 3PG and nine combined assists and rebounds during the past week. With Antetokounmpo out for Milwaukee’s matchup with the Nuggets in Denver, the young […]
Continue readingWhere to find value in the race to the fantasy basketball playoffs
Wee Willie Keeler — all five-foot-four of him — hit .341 over 19 years by living by his simple mantra. Even today, the quote retains blunt elegance and philosophical power. Keeler anticipated the Moneyball approach to the game by about 100 years. Identify the holes in your competition’s approach and exploit them. Deprioritize what’s being […]
Continue readingFantasy 30: Promising news on Oladipo, Jokic, DeRozan
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: Not as many fantasy leagues incorporate the turnover category these days, but for those that do, it’s worth paying attention to players who chronically turn the ball […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Zion doesn’t disappoint in debut
In a close loss to the Spurs on Wednesday evening, Williamson became the first NBA player — debut or not — to produce 20-plus points and seven rebounds while sinking four 3-pointers in under 20 minutes of play. He played just 18 minutes, but his 22 points marks the most in the shot-clock era (since […]
Continue readingTen NBA things I like and don’t like, including the Luka Doncic-Dwight Powell dance
Morant’s athleticism and fearlessness strike you first. He is so fast. He wants to dunk on everyone — to humiliate victims, the bigger the better. All that is cool. But what is most impressive about Morant — the runaway Rookie of the Year — is his veteran craft. He already knows how to start and […]
Continue readingMarkelle Fultz takes over late in win vs. Lakers: Showed ‘what I can do’
The Magic edged the Los Angeles Lakers 119-118, snapping L.A.’s nine-game winning streak and Fultz — now a third-year vet but still only 21 years old — looked every bit the special talent that made him the No. 1 pick in 2017. Fultz, whom the Philadelphia 76ers gave up on last season after a perplexing […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Caris LeVert poised to return soon
Brooklyn is in Dallas tonight in a game that features some important fantasy narratives for Thursday’s rich nine-game slate, with the potential for LeVert’s return from injury during the next few games as the primary story. LeVert participated in an intense full practice for the first time in two months earlier this week, signaling an […]
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