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NBA Power Rankings: The New York Knicks are coming
If the NBA season ended today, Madison Square Garden would be hosting Game 1 of a first-round playoff series. The New York Knicks have won nine straight games for the first time since the 2012-13 season, the year they finished as the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed. While Julius Randle & Co. aren’t likely to […]
Continue readingLeBron James rookie card sells for record $5.2 million
Even amid the longest injured stretch of his Hall of Fame career, somehow LeBron James still managed to rewrite record books. A 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection RPA (rookie patch autograph) parallel LeBron James card, numbered out of 23, was sold privately for $5.2 million with PWCC Marketplace. The Beckett Grading Services-graded 9 card (with […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings: Why the season’s final month starts with a new No. 1 team
Joel Embiid and the 76ers have won four straight, with the past three coming against playoff teams in the LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks. The Utah Jazz, meanwhile, have dropped two of their past four games, including a 12-point overtime loss to a Los Angeles Lakers squad that continues to play without injured […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Curry is hotter than ever
Baseball is back, and so is fantasy! Get the gang back together, or start a new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Prepare with rankings & analysis >> Just like in the real MVP race, Nikola Jokic is likely in the lead by a wide margin, but it’s worth noting that Curry […]
Continue readingNBA MVP media straw poll: Can anyone catch Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic?
But injuries have laid waste to the deep field of contenders, leaving Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic clearly standing above the rest of the field. Jokic, who has not missed a game this season, took 90 of the 101 first-place votes cast in ESPN’s latest MVP straw poll, conducted this past weekend. If that result […]
Continue readingHobby searches for answers as PSA grading services halts card submissions
Crenshaw has a hectic job as the owner of Dallas Card Investors, a company that serves as a valuable middleman between collectors and the big card-grading services. Most of his clients are large collectors and dealers, though he does have some moms, dads and kids all asking if his company thinks it’s worth paying $100-plus […]
Continue readingDallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says NBA’s play-in tournament plan is ‘an enormous mistake’
Hours after Luka Doncic criticized the idea of the NBA’s play-in tournament, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told ESPN that the concept is “an enormous mistake,” especially due to this season’s compressed schedule. “I get why the NBA is doing it,” Cuban said in a series of messages to ESPN. “But if we are going […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Gary Trent Jr. still rolling with the Raps
Baseball is back, and so is fantasy! Get the gang back together, or start a new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> Prepare with rankings & analysis >> Trent’s 89.5% shooting from the floor in Saturday’s win marked the highest field goal percentage in a 40-point performance since Alonzo Mourning back in […]
Continue readingDallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic critical of NBA’s play-in tournament concept
DALLAS — Count Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic among the critics of the NBA’s play-in tournament concept. “I don’t understand the idea of a play-in,” Doncic said Monday after a 113-95 loss to the visiting Philadelphia 76ers, the Mavs’ third defeat in four games. “You play 72 games to get into the playoffs, then maybe […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings: Where all 30 teams check in ahead of Week 16
Speaking of the play-in: Has the Los Angeles Lakers’ slide reached the point where the defending champs need to start worrying about their seeding? As LeBron James and Anthony Davis remain sidelined due to injury, L.A. now has only a three-game cushion on the No. 7 seed. As conference battles continue to take shape, here’s […]
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