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From Charles Barkley to Joel Embiid: The fight to modernize the NBA big man
Embiid also confesses that what he craves nearly as much as knocking down those treys is to lure players into believing he is about to release the 3. He does this with a most curious pump fake: hoisting the ball well above his head, then unfolding ever so slowly, like a rusty crane squeaking in […]
Continue readingNets waive David Nwaba, who had season-ending Achilles injury
The move Friday frees up a roster spot for a Nets team that has lost a season-high four straight games while playing without injured starters Kyrie Irving and Caris LeVert. LeVert is expected to return to the team’s lineup for Saturday’s game against the Raptors, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Nwaba was injured Dec. 19 […]
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 readingFantasy 30: Adebayo’s versatility, Whiteside’s big season
To help, I’ve done the work for you and compiled a look at the most fantasy-relevant news and notes for all 30 teams around the league. Atlanta Hawks: Little-known point guard Brandon Goodwin came up big in the absence of Trae Young on Monday night against Orlando, scoring 21 points and adding six assists in […]
Continue readingLuka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo lead 1st round of NBA All-Star voting
Doncic, the second-year guard from the Dallas Mavericks, leads all players with 1,073,957 votes — 599 more than Antetokounmpo, the top vote-getter in the Eastern Conference. LeBron James is the only other player with more than one million votes through the initial round. Fan voting accounts for 50% of the vote for the five starters […]
Continue readingSources: Nets’ Caris LeVert expected to return vs. Raptors
LeVert, ramping up his workouts lately, will return to a team that has lost four straight — including 123-111 to Dallas on Thursday — to drop to 16-17 and in seventh place in the East. Brooklyn has been without two of its best players –LeVert and Kyrie Irving — for an extended period. LeVert, 25, […]
Continue readingWhen fandom goes bad: Most miserable fan bases in pro sports
Washington’s championship caused one baseball team to rocket up this list, while another one cracked the top 25 for the first time since this list was originally released in September 2018. And with the NFL season winding down, the Buffalo Bills are primed to take a fall in the next update. How much of a […]
Continue readingCaris LeVert ‘getting closer’ to return; Kyrie Irving still not practicing
LeVert underwent surgery on the ligaments in his right thumb on Nov. 14. The Nets have gone 12-9 in his absence, including Thursday night’s 94-82 loss to the New York Knicks. “They’ve been playing extremely well, so I can’t wait to get out there with them,” LeVert said earlier Thursday. LeVert began doing full contact […]
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 readingTomas Satoransky 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 […]
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