- Home →
- Talen Horton-Tucker
Fantasy basketball mock draft: 10-team H2H categories league
If you’re new to fantasy hoops and looking to try it out for the first time, here is a tutorial of all the basics. From there, it’s easy to grab a handful of people, set up a draft and have some fun! Create or join a fantasy basketball league on ESPN. Your championship run starts […]
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 readingEight position battles to watch leading up to the NBA season
Who wins and loses these competitions for a starting job — and more minutes — goes a long ways towards determining the fantasy value of these players. Create or join a fantasy basketball league on ESPN. Your championship run starts today! Sign up today! Unlike the NFL, where position competitions often center around executing specific […]
Continue reading‘From Chicagoooo:’ Why the Bulls value bringing in hometown players
It’s the weekend of Bulls Fest, the team’s second annual fan festival, and Carter is swarmed as soon as he steps on the court by middle school kids eager to go 1-on-1 with the Bulls’ newest guard. “Step up,” Carter says as he checks the ball to the first kid in line, who is eager […]
Continue readingFantasy basketball rankings 2023-24: Head-to-head categories
Here, you’ll find our first set of rankings for the 2023-24 fantasy basketball season, tailored for head-to-head category leagues, which reward players for contributions in multiple categories. We’ll keep them updated through free agency and the preseason and then the entire season. And remember, the first step toward a fantasy championship is to sign up […]
Continue readingLowe’s annual League Pass Rankings! Teams 30-11 in watchability and fun (sorry, Jazz fans)
These are not power rankings! They are derived from a formula Bill Simmons found scrawled on parchment paper inside a glass bottle that washed up on the shores of Malibu. Teams are scored 1-10 in five categories: ZEITGEIST: When you talk about this team at parties, do people slink away? HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL: Do you linger […]
Continue reading2022-23 fantasy basketball points league rankings
Choose your league size, customize the scoring and set the rules you want to follow in order to create the fantasy basketball league you want to play in. Create your custom league for free! With a growing crop of young talent around the NBA and a number of star veterans still atop their game, the […]
Continue readingDanny Ainge says Utah Jazz players ‘didn’t believe in each other’ last season
At the time, Utah was 19-7 and a season removed from having the best record in the Western Conference. But as the season went on, Ainge saw something he didn’t like. “What I saw during the season was a group of players that really didn’t believe in each other,” Ainge told reporters at a news […]
Continue readingNew Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley ‘super excited’ to play alongside Russell Westbrook
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Patrick Beverley still was sweating from a workout at the Los Angeles Lakers’ practice facility when Russell Westbrook delivered an assist. Westbrook interrupted Beverley’s introductory news conference with reporters to toss him a towel, making sure his new backcourt teammate looked good. “Love that brother,” an appreciative Beverley said. “First dime […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Lakers finalizing deal to acquire Patrick Beverley from Utah Jazz, sources say
The deal, on course to be completed Thursday morning, will send Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker and forward Stanley Johnson to the Jazz, sources said. Beverley returns to Los Angeles after spending 2017-21 as a Clipper, bringing with him a well-established ferocity and defensive presence that new coach Darvin Ham is determined to implement into the […]
Continue reading