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Fantasy NBA Daily Notes: Get Smart!
Smart is mostly regarded as a defensive specialist in both real and fantasy contexts, but he’s shown impressive growth as a distributor (4.1 APG since the start of last season) and as a shooter (1.6 3PG, approaching league average efficiency since the start of last season). Even a recent shift to a role as the […]
Continue readingWith Joel Embiid out, Ben Simmons, Al Horford and the 76ers still out-sized the Celtics
Those games, though, featured superstar center Joel Embiid, one of the league’s biggest and heaviest objects. Boston had been helpless to stop him. But Embiid wasn’t on the court Thursday night. Instead, he was on his way to New York, where he’ll have surgery on his dislocated left ring finger Friday. So, with Embiid out […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Seeing triple-double in Atlanta
Young’s Hawks may have lost the game, but it was still impressive to see him produce 42 points, 13 rebounds, and 10 assists for the first 40-point triple-double in franchise history. Young became just the sixth player with a 40-point triple-double before turning 22, joining LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Oscar Robertson, Isiah Thomas, and the […]
Continue readingNo panic, but Lou Williams says Clippers must get back to the grind
The Clippers are 26-12, despite shuffling injured players in and out and having little to no practice time. Still, a few of the players from last season’s core that overachieved its way into the playoffs want to see the team play the way it did last season. “I think we just got to get used […]
Continue readingBrett Brown on Ben Simmons’ lack of 3-pointers: ‘I have failed’
Simmons hasn’t attempted one since. When Brown was asked about that fact before Monday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he admitted that his message had failed to materialize on the court. “And this is true,” he said with a smile. “Evidently I have failed, and it’s something that we’re all mindful of, and […]
Continue readingSixers’ Joel Embiid admits losing streak ‘taking toll on me’
HOUSTON — Coach Brett Brown attempted to take a positive approach after the Philadelphia 76ers’ 118-108 loss to the Houston Rockets on Friday night. “I like the spirit of our group,” Brown said. It was a stark contrast to his comments after the Dec. 27 loss to the Orlando Magic that started the long road […]
Continue readingTriple-doubles, 30-footers and all the stats that defined this NBA decade
In case you haven’t noticed, the 2010s are officially over. And it was a wild ride in the Association. It was a span full of triple-doubles, shattered 3-point records and LeBron James trips to the NBA Finals. However, other questions remain outside of points, rebounds and assists. Who was statistically the best in the clutch? […]
Continue readingFantasy NBA Daily Notes: Setting the table for Christmas
The key statistical story from the inspired home victory stems from the continued ascent of Alec Burks, who played a team-high 34 minutes and produced 25 points and eight dimes in an ultimately efficient offensive outing (just 13 shots and one turnover). Found at seventh among shooting guards on the Player Rater during the past […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings Week 9: The Bucks can’t stop winning; James Harden can’t stop scoring
In a potential NBA Finals preview and, much more importantly, an early head-to-head battle for Power Rankings supremacy, the Bucks are hosting the Lakers in a national TV showdown. As for our latest list: After our dynamic duo checks in, plenty of movement follows in this week’s edition. Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s […]
Continue readingWelcome back? We’re rating every NBA reunion for 2019-20
Some will be easier to predict than others. Kyrie Irving in Boston? That reunion was pushed back to March 3 because of an injury, but it won’t be subtle. Anthony Davis and Kristaps Porzingis already felt the wrath of fans scorned. Kawhi Leonard, on the other hand, received a hero’s welcome when he returns to […]
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