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Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Hawks D is fantasy’s best friend
The Knicks had been the only team in the league in the past two seasons without a 20-point win, but the stellar play of Mitchell Robinson off the pine and a career-best performance from RJ Barrett blew the game open in New York’s favor. A key area of domination for Robinson and his teammates was […]
Continue readingKyrie Irving’s injury, Spencer Dinwiddie’s dominance and the biggest Brooklyn Nets questions
What is the update on Kyrie Irving? It was Sunday, one hour and 45 minutes before opening tip between the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, and by this point in the season, the Nets head coach was on auto-pilot when it came to responses about his All-Star point guard. “No update, no timetable,” Atkinson said. […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Brandon Clarke is more than just a dunker
Thanks to his consistently clean box scores in the shooting department, Clarke impressively leads the entire NBA in true shooting percentage, which is a measure of scoring efficiency that weights 3-point, 2-point, and free throw rates into a single number. Rostered in right around 40% of ESPN leagues as of Monday morning, we also find […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Luka’s latest opus
No other player in the NBA has done that even once this season. In fact, the only other 40-point triple-double in NBA history by a player under age 21 was by LeBron James, who did it once. It was Doncic’s fourth career 40-point game, tying Kevin Durant for the second-most in NBA history by a […]
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 readingAnthony Davis says Lakers trio urged 50-point effort
LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t Anthony Davis’ idea to score 50 points Sunday in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 142-125 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Avery Bradley first suggested it to him at halftime, when Davis was already up to 27 points. DeMarcus Cousins then encouraged him to keep chasing it during second-half timeouts. And finally, […]
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 readingNBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2020 and 2021
Nearly half the league hit free agency in 2019. Plenty of stars changed teams, including Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker. The 2020 class won’t have the same star power or the same amount of cap space available, but 2021 will be absolutely loaded. Here’s our team-by-team look at all […]
Continue readingAnthony Davis, the Lakers and the state of NBA superstar trade demands
When Anthony Davis asked the New Orleans Pelicans to trade him, preferably to the Los Angeles Lakers, it may have seemed like a tough decision. But he had five decades of history to show him how. Chamberlain got his trade. Thus, the NBA superstar trade demand was born. More than 50 years later, its implementation […]
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