Jump ahead: https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/33406676/fantasy-basketball-nba-betting-cheat-sheet-thursday#Game of the night”>Game of the night | https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/33406676/fantasy-basketball-nba-betting-cheat-sheet-thursday#Picks and props”>Picks and props | https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/33406676/fantasy-basketball-nba-betting-cheat-sheet-thursday#Analytics edge”>Analytics edge by Jim McCormick and Kyle Soppe Return of Durant: All signs point to the Kevin Durant returning from a knee injury tonight against the Heat. This likely limits the appeal of Cam Thomas in both season […]
Continue readingJump ahead: https://www.espn.com/fantasy/basketball/story/_/id/33391732/fantasy-basketball-nba-betting-cheat-sheet-monday#Game of the night”>Game of the night | Picks and props | Analytics edge Durant Detour: Kevin Durant is nearing a return, but is unlikely to play in either end of the Nets’ back-to-back with the Raptors. In Brooklyn’s most recent home game, Seth Curry led the team in points (22), shots (19) […]
Continue readingHere’s a look around the league at the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams: Atlanta Hawks Bogdan Bogdanovic returned to action against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday after missing the previous five games due to soreness in his right knee. In limited minutes, he scored 18 points, had three rebounds, seven […]
Continue readingSlashing for 17.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.9 APG, and 2.9 3PG, all while leading the entire league in effective field goal percentage, Curry’s profile looks just as impressive when diving deeper into the league’s tracking data. For instance, he’s making an absurd 59% of his pull-up shots this season and nearly 42% of his pull-up […]
Continue readingStill, superstars like Bradley Beal, James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook could become free agents if they don’t sign extensions between now and June. Here’s our team-by-team look at all the players who can and will hit free agency over the next two seasons. Key: Restricted = restricted free agent; player = player option; […]
Continue readingLAS VEGAS — Team USA suffered a stunning and sobering defeat in its first exhibition game before the Olympics, getting outplayed by Nigeria in a 90-87 loss Saturday night. Coming into the game the Americans had been 54-2 in exhibition games since professionals started playing in 1992, and just nine years ago beat Nigeria by […]
Continue readingWhat a difference a year makes. Last summer, the Heat’s centre/power forward had been included in Team USA’s provisional roster for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and looked all set to travel with them to the tournament in China. Adebayo had earned and accepted the invitation to Team USA’s training camp after a slew of […]
Continue readingDenver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, whose team checks in near the top of our list, has high hopes. “Continuity [will] help with trying to create a home-court advantage,” Malone said earlier this month of playing at a neutral-site in Orlando, Florida. “We have guys that have been together for a while, know how to […]
Continue readingWith scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely playoff seeds (via simulations using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index), remaining strength of schedule (ranked from hardest to easiest), seeding-game schedules (with win projections using BPI), full rosters and projected rotations. We’ve also included the number […]
Continue readingNFL Players Association team player representatives are scheduled to convene on a conference call Friday morning as the players work to finalize an agreement with team owners on the rules and finances of the 2020 NFL season, according to sources. The sources said the two sides were still negotiating Thursday night on at least three […]
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