The undrafted talent out of Arizona State is one of just 10 NBA players this season shooting at least 40% from 3-point range and averaging 1.2 steals. His peers in this statistical grouping are all widely rostered, but Dort is a free agent in nearly 70% of ESPN leagues. Given this valuable blend of shooting […]
Continue reading2020-21 fantasy basketball arrives just in time for the holidays! Create or join an ESPN Fantasy Basketball league today! Sign up for free! The No. 2 overall pick played in just three collegiate games and didn’t appear in the preseason, making his potential on the professional level even more anticipated and mysterious. Incorrectly deemed a […]
Continue readingThe team officially ruled Love out on Tuesday, hours after Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff said he was preparing not to have the five-time All-Star in the lineup. Love got hurt during the first preseason game against Indiana earlier this month. He missed Cleveland’s next three games and hasn’t been cleared to practice. The new season […]
Continue readingIt feels like the draft was yesterday. That the Finals were just … the day before yesterday. After needing so long to cap off the 2019-20 season, just like that — last year’s rookies are young veterans; our new sophomore class. But in the back of my mind, I’ve been asking myself: Is the rapid […]
Continue readingThere are 54 seconds left before halftime in Game 3 of a 2019 first-round playoff series between the Rockets and the Utah Jazz. As has long been the custom when the ball comes to Harden — the human version of a 20-second timeout — the game grinds to a halt. Utah’s raucous crowd trains its […]
Continue readingWith MVP, Rookie of the Year and the other major awards covered last week, let’s look at the five-man teams. First team G: LeBron James G: James Harden F: Giannis Antetokounmpo F: Kawhi Leonard C: Anthony Davis Second team G: Chris Paul G: Damian Lillard F: Luka Doncic F: Jimmy Butler C: Nikola Jokic Third […]
Continue readingA second NBA bubble? The NBA has yet to officially restart the 2020 season in Florida, but the league has already begun discussions with the National Basketball Players Association for a secondary bubble with the eight teams that were eliminated from postseason consideration, according to a report by ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan. There is still uncertainty […]
Continue readingThe first sprung high off the rim, then the ball descended straight back down to the iron, where it bandied about two, three, four times before finally nestling through the strings, coronating Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors as the Game 7 clutch winners, and the Philadelphia 76ers as the disappointing, hard-luck losers of the […]
Continue readingThis season’s crop of second-year breakout stars confirms such a trend, with Trae Young and Luka Doncic becoming first-time All-Stars while both in the top 15 on the Player Rater — which is a standard deviation model that values statistical dominance and diversity. We even find the underrated efficiency of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sitting 29th in […]
Continue readingThe NBA season’s suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic has left fans without their basketball fix. That’s why NBA League Pass is providing a free preview during the hiatus until April 22, complete with every game from the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons along with an archive of classics. But with so many games to choose […]
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