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Fantasy basketball mock draft: 10-team, head-to-head points
The whole draft took only 30 minutes — with 130 players picked in all — but in that time there were plenty of laughs, a few surprises and lots to be learned. Note: If you’re new to fantasy hoops and looking to try it out for the first time, here is a tutorial of all […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings, preseason edition: Who are the favorites heading into training camp?
Media days kick off Monday, officially ushering in the start of training camps around the NBA. The dust has finally settled from free agency, and September training camp kickoffs will mark the first normal schedule in two years. The biggest news surrounding training camp comes out of Philadelphia, where Ben Simmons has vowed to never […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: Five rookies worth drafting and when to pick them
Last year saw Anthony Edwards finish as the top fantasy rookie on the Player Rater thanks to rare scoring volume for a teenager, while Tyrese Haliburton was close behind fueled by atypical efficiency for a professional freshman. LaMelo Ball proved he’s a future fantasy force at the helm of a fun run-and-gun roster. Not every […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings, post-free-agency edition: How big was the summer shakeup?
The biggest shocker came on draft night, when the Los Angeles Lakers sprung a deal with the Washington Wizards to land former MVP Russell Westbrook. The move created the league’s newest superstar Big Three of Westbrook, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and the Lakers would later add Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard to the mix. […]
Continue readingPaige Bueckers, Chet Holmgren and 25 more of college basketball’s most marketable players
On July 1, twins Hanna and Haley Cavinder walked up a few stairs, held hands and — with a synchronized turn — pointed to a digital billboard in New York City’s Times Square that featured their image and an announcement of the first high-profile name, image and likeness (NIL) deal in college basketball. They posted […]
Continue readingNBA schedule 2021-22: These are the games we can’t wait to see next season
The NBA schedule is here. And unlike last season’s unveiling that broke games into first and second halves, we know all 1,230 games up front. The 2021-22 season tips off on Oct. 19 with the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks hosting the Brooklyn Nets on ring night. The last time these two Eastern Conference titans faced […]
Continue readingNBA offseason survey: Execs, scouts on the biggest deals, best players and 2022 title favorites
The past two seasons have seen the NBA — like the rest of the world — deal with unprecedented circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused as much upheaval across the NBA as any sports league in North America and beyond, with the 2019-20 season ending in a bubble inside the Walt Disney World Resort in […]
Continue readingNBA summer league 2021: Biggest surprises and disappointments so far in Las Vegas
Jalen Green and Jalen Suggs have had stellar performances in their summer league debuts, but are they worthy of being named the MVP of Vegas? Players like Payton Pritchard and Immanuel Quickley have impressed as “veterans” thus far, but are they ready to break out and have a standout regular season? And with non-lottery picks […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings, way-too-early edition: Where the Milwaukee Bucks and every team stand for 2021-22
Now what? We’re not wasting any time spinning forward to next season, where a host of current contenders and potential superteams will aim to unseat Giannis Antetokounmpo & Co. in 2022. What will the Los Angeles Lakers look like in Year 3 of the LeBron James-Anthony Davis partnership? What kind of juggernaut will the Brooklyn […]
Continue readingSales Pitch discussion: Gonzaga’s emergence and what else matters in top mid-major conferences
Follow this link to read what anonymous coaches said about recruiting in the ACC, the Big East, the Big Ten, the Pac-12, the SEC, the AAC, the Big 12 and the best of the rest. Borzello: From a roster-building and recruiting perspective, the most impressive thing to me is the way the Zags have transformed […]
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