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Fantasy basketball tips and projections for Sunday
New this season, ESPN Analytics will also generate daily NBA fantasy projections. By combining historical player and team data and specific game factors ESPN is able to accurately predict player box score stats. Accounting for injuries, trends in playing time, and other factors impacting future performance the statistical models can be used to help NBA […]
Continue readingNBA betting: Four picks for Sunday
Magic +5.5 over Suns (+190): The Suns have lost nine of their last 14 games outright. Of their five wins in that span, they only covered once. Meanwhile, the Magic have the better record and scoring margin than the Suns for both the season and over the last month. They have also won three of […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball tips and projections for Wednesday
New this season, ESPN Analytics will also generate daily NBA fantasy projections. By combining historical player and team data and specific game factors ESPN is able to accurately predict player box score stats. Accounting for injuries, trends in playing time, and other factors impacting future performance the statistical models can be used to help NBA […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball advice and projections for Opening Night
More Teams. More Games. Eric Moody breaks down his three favorite prop bet recommendations for the Lakers-Nuggets and Suns-Warriors matchups. (1:42) ESPN’s fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data, featuring ESPN’s proprietary Basketball Power Index (BPI) to help you make […]
Continue readingLowe’s NBA League Pass Rankings: The top 10 must-watch teams in 2023-24
It’s time to reveal the top 10 in our 12th annual League Pass Rankings — the 10 most entertaining teams in the NBA, according to our proprietary algorithm. Remember: These are *not* power rankings! We revealed Nos. 11-30 here, along with a reminder of how the scoring works. I would have ranked a few teams […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: Top 10 sleepers to target in drafts
Waves of high-quality analysis, podcasts that foster critical thinking, and the nonstop NBA news cycle undeniably make for a more informed and sharper fantasy hoops market. The accurate way to frame this is that finding sleepers — those players who are underrated and undervalued in most fantasy formats — has become more difficult. This premise […]
Continue readingMatt Ishbia calls Jusuf Nurkic ‘better fit’ as Suns go all-in on title
Patience doesn’t appear to be his strong suit. The Phoenix Suns — outside of three-time All-Star Devin Booker — are nearly unrecognizable just eight months after Ishbia bought the team for roughly $4 billion from embattled owner Robert Sarver. In fact, Booker is the final player remaining from the franchise’s run to the 2021 Finals, […]
Continue readingBucks emerge as NBA title favorites after Damian Lillard news
More Teams. More Games. Richard Jefferson says the Bucks have become his ‘”way-too-early favorite” with the addition of Damian Lillard. (1:10) The Milwaukee Bucks emerged as the consensus betting favorites to win the NBA title Wednesday after ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported they would be acquiring superstar guard Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers in […]
Continue readingSports world reacts to Blazers trading Damian Lillard to Bucks
The Blazers will acquire Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, Milwaukee’s 2029 unprotected first-round draft pick, and unprotected Milwaukee swap rights in 2028 and 2030, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Phoenix Suns will acquire Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson. The trade puts an end to months of speculation and rumors […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball: What are the new fantasy values for Lillard, Holiday, Ayton and Nurkic?
While the NBA season doesn’t officially tip off until Oct. 24, basketball stepped squarely into football season and made its presence felt with Wednesday’s blockbuster three-team deal involving the Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers. The Deal: Bucks receive: Damian Lillard Trail Blazers receive: Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, draft considerations Suns […]
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