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Fantasy basketball tips and projections for Thursday
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 readingLowe’s 2023-24 NBA League Pass Rankings: Teams 30-11 in watchability and fun
These are NOT power rankings! They are watchability ratings derived from a secret algorithm Bill Simmons found scrawled on beer-soaked parchment paper under his seat at the old Boston Garden. We score teams 1-10 in five categories: Zeitgeist: Do normal people care about this team? Highlight potential: Should you linger in case some passing savant […]
Continue readingNBA draft: Which rookies can have biggest impact in 2023-24?
But, contrary to the hype, Wembanyama was not the only player drafted on Thursday. In fact, he wasn’t even the only major story. There was a huge surge of interest and action on who was going to be the second overall pick in the draft, Brandon Miller or Scoot Henderson. The betting odds on who […]
Continue readingCollege basketball Power Rankings: Purdue and Zach Edey dominate, North Carolina drops out
Which brings us to the debate for No. 1 this week. We had already moved Houston past North Carolina, so the Tar Heels’ losses at the Phil Knight Invitational weren’t much of a factor in the discussion. But the incredibly impressive play from the likes of Arizona, Purdue and UConn (and Virginia last week) means […]
Continue readingCollege basketball Power Rankings: Virginia, Texas oust Gonzaga, Kentucky in top 4
All the complaints about a quiet first week of the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season quickly disappeared over the past seven days, with blockbuster games seemingly every night, including the Champions Classic, Gonzaga at Texas and the Continental Tire Classic. And can you remember a Sunday quadruple-header featuring games like Virginia vs. Illinois, Baylor vs. […]
Continue readingBroncos’ Aaron Patrick seeks unspecified damages over sideline injury
The lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by KTLA TV in Los Angeles, names the NFL, the Rams, the Chargers, SoFi Stadium, ESPN and several others, including Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Rams and the stadium. Patrick suffered the injury during overtime of the Chargers’ 19-16 Monday Night Football win. Patrick pushed […]
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