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Backup plans for fantasy players who might be shut down

Which player are you most worried about being shut down during the final month of the season, and is there a player you recommend picking up now who might help fill the eventual void? Jim McCormick: This is a topic I’m quite familiar with, as my Sixers have already shut down their top player (Joel […]

Who would win a Melo-Love fantasy trade?

On Wednesday, when asked about Carmelo Anthony-for-Kevin Love trade buzz, LeBron James said, “I have no reaction … We can’t play fantasy basketball.” Fair enough — let’s leave playing fantasy basketball to the experts. Who would you rather have in a Melo-Love fantasy trade right now? How much would their fantasy values change if the […]

Embiid tops midseason rookie fantasy rankings

It’s time to take stock. It’s time to admit we all make mistakes. Jimmy Butler went 30th in the 2011 draft. It took Mike Malone three months to start Nikola Jokic over Jusuf Nurkic. I ranked Joel Embiid fifth in my preseason rookie rankings. I can own this prescriptive brain-freeze based on one fact: That […]

Sources: Pelicans decline Herb Jones option, hopeful of longer deal

Jones becomes a restricted free agent with early Bird rights, so New Orleans could still have him back in the fold. Jones, 24, was a second-round draft pick of the Pelicans in 2021 and quickly found himself in the starting lineup because of his skills on the defensive end. Jones has started 135 of a […]

Pelicans’ Trey Murphy pays tribute to Virginia shooting victims

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy stopped his post-game news conference Wednesday night to say he was dedicating his past two games to the three Virginia football players who were shot and killed earlier this week. Lavel Davis, Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry were killed in the shooting Sunday night on a […]

New Orleans Pelicans, Larry Nance Jr. reach 2-year, $21.6M extension, agent says

The extension, tying Nance to the franchise through the 2024-2025 season, allows him to join the Pelicans’ key players — including Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum — on long-term deals. Nance was entering the final year of a four-year, $48 million contract. The 29-year-old Nance arrived to the Pelicans in a February trade […]

Feeling ‘at my best,’ recuperated Zion Williamson says excitement level ahead of Pelicans return ‘through the roof’

That was New Orleans Pelicans forward Larry Nance’s message to his star teammate as Williamson prepares to return to the court for the 2022-23 season after a long injury layoff. “You don’t put the cheapest gas in a Lambo, you know?” Nance said at Pelicans media day on Monday. “You go to the pump and […]

Spain basketball tops France for fourth EuroBasket gold medal in past six tries

The expectations didn’t. And neither did the results. Juancho Hernangomez scored 27 points, his brother Willy Hernangomez added 14 and won tournament MVP honors, and Spain topped France 88-76 on Sunday to win the EuroBasket gold medal. It was Spain’s fourth European championship in its past six tries, all those golds coming under coach Sergio […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo ejected as Germany eliminates Greece from EuroBasket

Germany, meanwhile, is taking full advantage of its home-court edge. Dennis Schroder scored 26 points, Daniel Theis had a 13-point, 16-rebound effort and host Germany moved into the EuroBasket semifinals with a 107-96 win over Greece on Tuesday. Antetokounmpo had an outstanding game for Greece — 31 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in 30 […]

France, Slovenia advance at EuroBasket behind Rudy Gobert, Luka Doncic

Gobert had a putback dunk with 2.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the game then scored the first four points of overtime, and France never trailed in the extra session. “Crazy game,” Gobert said. Crazier finish. Turkey had what seemed like full control of the game with 12.2 seconds left in regulation. It had […]

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