Fantasy Basketball: The 3 Best Pickups Of The Week (2.11)
You have to love fantasy basketball. After gushing over Andre Drummond all year, a stress fracture was revealed in his back, keeping him out for 4-6 weeks and killing any fantasy value he would have...
View ArticleL.A. Is A New Team With Chris Paul; Boston’s Win Streak Is Over
Most nights when the home team gets run out of the gym, the arena is unusually quiet. Not last night in Philly. While the Clippers were busy laying a 17-point beatdown on the Sixers, the crowd was...
View ArticleFantasy Basketball: The Week’s Best Pickups 2.18
Hoops demands that we break down its players not just by stats but by the time and place they occur. Not fantasy hoops, though, where cold calculations rule the day and the matchup. Who are the Fantasy...
View ArticleFantasy Basketball: The Week’s 5 Best Pickups (2.25)
Hoops demands we break down its players not just by stats, but by the time and place they occur. That’s not the case in fantasy hoops, though, where cold calculations rule the day and the matchup. Who...
View ArticleNBA Fantasy Risers & Fallers: 3.8
As the first half of the NBA season has closed, player values have fallen in place. Of course there are some exceptions. However, by this time statistics have evened out. The early hot streaks...
View Article2009 NBA Draft Do-Over
“What ifs” in sports can run deeper than still waters. What can be a simple question or proposition on the surface, may also result in major changes to a player or players’ careers and, in some...
View ArticleThe 8 Best Teams In The Western Conference This Year
Unlike the East, teams in the Western Conference better be able to maintain a legitimate winning record if there is any sliver of hope for a postseason berth. Anything less than .500 in the West equals...
View Article5 Reasons To Watch The 2013-14 Los Angeles Clippers
With the start of the 2013-14 NBA season rapidly approaching, we thought it only fair to share what makes each team so exciting. Ontologically speaking, all 30 teams deserve our eyeballs this season....
View ArticleSteven Adams Shakes His Own Hand After Byron Mullens Brush-Off
During Oklahoma City’s win over the Clippers tonight, Thunder rookie Steven Adams attempted to shake the hand of the Clippers’ Byron Mullens. Mullens ignored him, so Adams shook his own hand. The next...
View Article2014 NBA Trade Deadline Roundup
There were a lot of ancillary deals on top of a few we’ve already mentioned as the NBA’s trade deadline came and went at 3 p.m. today. We told you about the stunner at the end between the Pacers and...
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Jesus Leads An Incredible Miami Comeback; The Clippers Fall Apart
After a day watching some of the nastiest rivalries in college sports on the gridiron, we were reminded once Alabama turned Auburn into flattened tire marks that it’s probably still ‘Bama… and then...
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Video: Byron Mullens Had A Truly Crazy Putback Dunk Last Night
Byron Mullens might’ve missed the potential game-tying triple in the closing seconds last night, but he did have this highlight. After Kemba Walker had his shot blocked by Josh Smith, Charlotte’s...
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Blake Griffin Explodes Against The Jazz; Air Jordan XX8 Revealed
Blake Griffin (photo. Casey Rogers from AP for Jordan Brand) It’s not that Blake Griffin is having a bad season. It’s just that he hasn’t been THAT Blake Griffin, the guy who breaks souls, backboards,...
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Video: Byron Mullens Completely Destroys LaMarcus Aldridge With a Dunk
Charlotte’s Byron Mullens has put in some serious work this season, and his highlight reel includes multiple massive dunks. What he did to LaMarcus Aldridge last night though, tops them all: For...
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Bismack Biyombo Throws It Down on Dwight Howard
Byron Mullens delivers an over shoulder pass to Bismack Biyombo who throws it down on Dwight Howard.
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Oklahoma City Thunder ’09-10 NBA season preview
Kevin Durant (photo. Jared McMillen) Last year we debuted the “Highs and Lows” system — previewing the NBA season by predicting the respective ceiling and basement for each team. Same theme, different...
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True Life: I Chose The D-League
This last Thursday, forward Latavious Williams became the first high schooler to jump straight to the NBA since the League instituted its age limit in 2005. Oh, did I forget to mention that Williams...
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Cole World: Thunder Road Trip, No-Shave November & His New Crib
After an outstanding three-year career at Kansas, which included a 2008 NCAA Championship and three Big 12 titles during his tenure, Cole Aldrich was a Lottery pick this June. First selected by the...
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Cole World: Rookie Hazing & Life In The NBA D-League
After an outstanding three-year career at Kansas, which included a 2008 NCAA Championship and three Big 12 titles during his tenure, Cole Aldrich was a Lottery pick this June. First selected by the...
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NBA Fantasy Team Analysis: The Oklahoma City Thunder
Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook (photo. Rob Hammer) The Oklahoma City Thunder are not like a box of chocolates. You know they’ve got four fantasy studs that can feasibly be drafted in succession...
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The Single Biggest Myth About The NBA Draft Age Rule
Amar'e Stoudemire (photo. Jonathan Mannion) So they think they need a committee to study this stuff huh? It shouldn’t take a genius or even a formulation of a number of basketball minds to figure this...
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Daily Fantasy Diagnosis: 1.4
Kyle Lowry Beast of the Night: Kyle Lowry lit up the Lakers for 22 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists, two steals and four three-pointers. He shot 42 percent (8-19) from the field, 100 percent from the...
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The Heat Get Beat… Again; Kobe Bryant Scores 40… Again
Ty Lawson (photo. Nike) What was that we said about the Heat being by far the best team in the league? They definitely aren’t playing like it. At least Denver is holding up their end of the bargain....
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Joe Johnson Makes His All-Star Push; O.J. Mayo Knocks Out Denver
Joe Johnson, Dime #37 Joe Johnson is absolutely balling right now. He dropped 24 in the first half of Atlanta’s blowout win in Toronto. After he closed the frame with a rainbow three from the top of...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 3.7
Andrew Bynum (photo. Jeff Forney) Beast of the Night: Andrew Bynum finished with 30 points, 14 rebounds, two assists and three blocks last night. He shot 72 percent (13-18) from the field, 80 percent...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 3.27
Paul Pierce, Dime #5 Beast of the Night: Paul Pierce blasted the Bobcats with 36 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, three steals, three blocks and a three-pointer last night. He shot 50 percent (10-20)...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.2 (Weekend Recap)
Gerald Wallace, Dime #39 Weekend Wonder: Gerald Wallace averaged 21.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 4.0 steals, 1.0 block and 2.0 threes in two games over the weekend. In this stretch, he shot 54...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.4
LeBron James (photo. David Alvarez) Beast of the Night: LeBron James put up 41 points, six rebounds, four assists, three steals, a block and a three-pointer last night in a start at shooting guard for...
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Daily Fantasy Basketball Diagnosis: 4.9 (Weekend Recap)
Kevin Durant (photo. Rob Hammer) Weekend Wonder: Kevin Durant averaged 33.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steal, 2.0 blocks and 3.5 threes in two games over the weekend. He shot 58 percent...
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Mount Up Bobcat Fans: Here’s A Video To Never Stop Believing
This is one of the greatest things we’ve seen this year. Charlotte might have all their ping-pong balls in one basket this summer (Anthony Davis), but this video offers up a few other suggestions to...
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Indiana Pulls Off An Embarrassing Loss; The Lakers Lose Again & Are In...
Jeff Teague (photo. Hawks.com) We don’t often lead Smack with the Pacers, but what transpired in Atlanta last night was too depressing not to. We found out yesterday morning that Danny Granger is now...
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Top 10 Surprise NBA Players This Season
The NBA season powers on entering its fourth week of action and we have a small but effective sample size to evaluate the season’s early surprise players. For purposes of clarity we are discussing the...
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