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Fantasy 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 […]
Continue readingNBA All-Star Game 2020: Rosters, schedule, news and how to watch
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game will tip off on Feb. 16 at the United Center in Chicago. This will be the third year in which captains will participate in a fantasy draft and select their own teams, compared to the traditional East vs. West format. Stay up to date on all the latest All-Star intel […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings Week 10: Milwaukee Bucks stay No. 1, Toronto Raptors make history
But that was all the way back on Thursday. The real fireworks of the past week came less than 24 hours ago, when the injury-riddled Toronto Raptors pulled off the near-impossible, rallying from a 30-point deficit — 23 points in the fourth quarter — to cap the biggest comeback in franchise history in beating the […]
Continue readingNBA predictions: MVP, Finals matchups and future stars
Who is winning the Finals: One of the Los Angeles teams or the field? We polled the ESPN Forecast panel of experts for their votes about a third of the way through the 2019-20 NBA season. The results include the most likely conference finals and NBA Finals matchups, the young players with the most superstar […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings Week 9: The Bucks can’t stop winning; James Harden can’t stop scoring
In a potential NBA Finals preview and, much more importantly, an early head-to-head battle for Power Rankings supremacy, the Bucks are hosting the Lakers in a national TV showdown. As for our latest list: After our dynamic duo checks in, plenty of movement follows in this week’s edition. Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s […]
Continue readingLuka’s fill-ins are 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 readingHow Kevin Garnett teamed up with Adam Sandler in ‘Uncut Gems’
Josh and Benny Safdie, the writer-director brothers, are diehard fans of the New York Knicks — which naturally means they hate the Celtics. “I hated Boston,” Josh Safdie told ESPN this week. “I hated KG.” Sandler was born in Brooklyn, but his family moved to Manchester, New Hampshire — prime Celtics country — when he […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: The Sixers’ secret weapon
Simmons followed up Saturday’s opus one dime shy of a triple-double on Sunday in a pivotal win over the Raptors. Simmons was the lone member of the Sixers’ starting lineup with a positive net rating on Sunday, but the main statistical story for Philly was the play of defensive savant and emergent catch-and-shoot threat Matisse […]
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 readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Rose’s revival
Joining Rose in the buzzer-beater club was Sacramento’s Nemanja Bjelica, who sank a 33-foot jumper to secure a last-second win over the Rockets and the first buzzer-beater of his career. Filling out this trio of clutch performances was Toronto’s Kyle Lowry, who finished off the Bulls with a layup in the final minute of a […]
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