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Fantasy basketball tips and projections for Monday
New this season, ESPN Analytics will also generate daily NBA fantasy projections. By combining historical player and team data and specific game factors ESPN is able to accurately predict player box score stats. Accounting for injuries, trends in playing time, and other factors impacting future performance the statistical models can be used to help NBA […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Five picks for Thursday’s slate
More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith says that D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reaves need to step up and play their roles for the Lakers to make a run. (2:18) Thursday night’s NBA slate features five games to choose from. However, I am most interested in the game between the Utah Jazz and the Oklahoma […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Thursday
More Teams. More Games. Eric Karabell breaks down how Vince Williams Jr. has gone from a relative unknown to a fantasy darling this season. (0:51) ESPN’s fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN’s proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings: The Nuggets and Jamal Murray march on, while Ingram’s Pelicans stay steady
The usual Western Conference giants continue to struggle and teeter. The Golden State Warriors are still sinking despite the return of Draymond Green. And the Los Angeles Lakers are in desperate need of a boost, of something, as they’ve fallen below .500 despite a healthy LeBron James and Anthony Davis. In the East, the Cleveland […]
Continue readingScotty Pippen Jr. gets 2-year deal with Memphis Grizzlies
Pippen, 23, has averaged 18.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.8 steals in five games with the NBA G League’s South Bay Lakers this season. Undrafted out of Vanderbilt in 2022, Pippen played in six games for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2022-23, averaging 2.3 points and 5.3 minutes. He is a son of […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Five picks for MLK Day
Jordan Poole over 19.5 points (-105). After averaging only 7.6 PPG on 33.3 FG% in his five games to start the year, Poole bounced back, averaging 24.0 PPG on 50.0 FG% in his past three games. He has a good chance to extend his streak of 20-plus point efforts Monday against a Pistons squad that […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball waiver wire pickups: Is it time to roster Donte DiVincenzo?
There’s still time to join or create a league in the No. 1 Fantasy basketball game. Your league starts fresh on the first scoring period following your draft. Create or join a fantasy basketball league on ESPN. Your championship run starts today! –> Sign up today! When curating this fluid collective of statistical contributors, it […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: Dr. A’s weekly risers and fallers
Here’s a look at five risers and five fallers over the past two weeks of the fantasy hoops season. Jaden Ivey, PG/SG, Pistons (39.7% rostered in ESPN leagues): Cade Cunningham (knee) is going to miss time and Ivey is suddenly back in the starting lineup and playing well for the Pistons. Ivey has scored in […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Friday
New this season, ESPN Analytics will also generate daily NBA fantasy projections. By combining historical player and team data and specific game factors ESPN is able to accurately predict player box score stats. Accounting for injuries, trends in playing time, and other factors impacting future performance the statistical models can be used to help NBA […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Five picks for Saturday’s slate
I have two betting recommendations from this game, so let’s get started. Jayson Tatum over 26.5 points. Tatum has surpassed this line in four straight games and six of his past nine games. The Celtics face a strong Rockets defense on Saturday night, which ranks second in points allowed per 100 possesions but Tatum has […]
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