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A battle between two of the best rookies in Evan Mobley and Scottie Barnes makes both of them viable options on Thursday. Time is running out for certain players to make their cases in the respective award races they are involved in. Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the three favorites to win the MVP award. Evan Mobley, Scottie Barnes, and Cade Cunningham are vying for the top spot in the Rookie of the Year race. Ja Morant...
From Fake Teams
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With Ja Morant ruled out on Wednesday, the guards on the Grizzlies give us plenty of value to choose from. The NBA has been largely unpredictable this season and blowouts have become even more abundant recently. Weird things have been happening across the association as of late and it’s made things difficult to predict, whether you are playing NBA DFS or sports betting. For example, on Monday night, the Miami Heat were easily defeated by the Philadelphia ...
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Natty talks fantasy basketball waiver wire adds for the coming week. For those in weekly leagues, please be aware that the following teams only play TWO games this week (March 21st to 27th): the LA Clippers, the Sacramento Kings , and the San Antonio Spurs . Try to avoid streaming fringe fantasy players on those teams as you probably won’t accumulate much volume this week.
The following are widely available players (by position) in ESPN l...
From Fake Teams
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In this episode of The Long 2, it’s playoff prognostication and player adds by position! This week Brandon and Natty discuss four possible playoff scenarios: the Denver Nuggets vs the Dallas Mavericks , the Toronto Raptors vs the Chicago Bulls , the Minnesota Timberwolves vs the Memphis Grizzlies , and the Brooklyn Nets vs the Philadelphia 76ers .
Then, Brandon and Natty suggest adds for the upcoming week, a player per position each, all avai...
From Fake Teams
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In May 2008 and little known basketball blogger named Matt Moore signed on to this site with the promise of covering “ the NBA Draft, the D-League, the CBA, the PBL ( I know, I know, what the holy crapola is the PBL. No, it’s not bowling. We’ll get to it. Hang in there.), European competition, and some of the processes about personnel decisions. ”
As you can see by that mission statement, a lot h...
From Ridiculous Upside
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In a new piece, Dakota Schmidt breaks down the likes of Petr Cornelie, McKinnley Wright, Matt Lewis, DeJon Jarreau, Jamorko Pickett, and Dru Smith
Note: this is the second part in an ongoing series breaking down the interesting players to keep an eye on for the upcoming 2021-22 G League season. Go here to read part one, which examined some prospects from the Central Hub,
Petr Cornelie, Grand Rapids Gold
A half-decade after the N...
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Dakota Schmidt breaks down some players for fans to keep an eye on within the central region of the 2021-22 G League Showcase Cup. On November 5th, the 2021-22 G League season will tip off with an exciting nine-game slate, which will feature the league debuts of Mexico City Capitanes and Birmingham Squadron. Along with that night reintroducing the league to fans that haven’t seen any action since March11th, it will also bring the brand new G League Showcas...
From Ridiculous Upside
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With the 2021 NBA Draft in the rear-view mirror, it is time to get a look at the 247Sports Composite Rankings to see how scouts and talent finders fare back in 2020 in relation to where college freshmen were ultimately selected this summer. If you are an avid reader of Ridiculous Upside, you probably know what the 247Sports Composite Rankings are and how they have been more or less reliable in order to predict where players are picked in the d...
From Ridiculous Upside
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Patrick Kane played over 27 minutes against the Predators on Wednesday and leads Chicago with seven points (3G, 4A) in eight games.
From Sports Interaction
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New Orleans snapped a three-game losing streak with a 124-106 victory versus Washington on Wednesday with Brandon Ingram putting up a season-high 32 points in the win.
From Sports Interaction
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The Utah Jazz didn't trail at any point on Wednesday, eventually picking up their 10th straight win and vaulting to the top spot in the NBA.
From Sports Interaction
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Norman Powell hit the 20-plus point mark for the fourth straight game on Wednesday, finishing with 26 points against the Bucks.
From Sports Interaction
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As one of the teams most ravaged by COVID-19 protocols, you can’t blame the Heat for being thankful that they’ll get to face a Clippers team dealing with its own big absences.
From Sports Interaction
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With only four wins on the year, the Pistons will need to lock things down defensively if they want a shot at getting win number five.
From Sports Interaction
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The twelfth Jackie Robinson Project 2020 cards is now here and it was created by Chicago streetwear designer Don C. He is an active collaborator with Kanye West -- having been his manager and executive at West's G.O.O.D. Music label -- and co-owns a luxury clothing store with Louis Vuitton Artistic Director Victor Abloh. Don C, though is most noted for his work with Nike on redesigning the Jordan 2 (see it on the right) -- which is on my short list for a sneaker I'd like to have...
From Dodgers Blue Heaven
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Hello Sonics Fans. I’m here to let you know our plans for this great site.
When we first brought this site into the SB Nation network it seemed like the NBA was about to make its grand return to your great city. I was thrilled to work with Brian and Kevin to integrate this community into our larger network of sites covering the NBA and was excited to have the best Sonics site in the world as part of our family.
I don’t need to tell you how that played ou...
From Sonics Rising
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SB NATION NBA BLOGGERS’ STATEMENT REGARDING RECENTLY ANNOUNCED CHANGES FOR CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS:
We are the bloggers. SB Nation calls us “ Community Insiders .” Deadspin has referred to us as an “ Army of Exploited Workers .” We call ourselves fans.
For almost 15 years, team site bloggers have been the passionate heartbeat of SB Nation. That heart skipped a beat when most of us learned along with the general public that Vox Media/SB Nation planned to terminate their independe...
From Sonics Rising
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WE’RE RUNNIN’ THE DANG BALL AND PROTECTING THIS LEAD Good morning! We’re entering Day 3 of our charity drive to support Personal Counseling Services of Southern Indiana.
A brief recap of what we’re here for, in case you’re landing on this for the first time (quoting myself):
I want to speak to you about a non-profit that’s personally dear to me. For the last three years or so, I’ve been working with Personal Counseling Services, a small mental health organization located in Southern Indi...
From Every Day Should Be Saturday
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“The same principles that make [Seattle Center Arena] brilliant for hockey will make it brilliant for music and will make it brilliant for the NBA. We will have a huge welcome mat out for the NBA when they’re ready but again, we’re never going to get in front of the league.”
“They’re well aware of what we’re doing and we’re ensuring that it’s not only compliant with NBA standards but well above those standards.” - Tod Leiweke - Forbes
When I first heard that the 2019 NHL draft would be...
From Sonics Rising
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“I feel that by the way you live your life people will know who you are and what you’re about.” - Lenny Wilkens
Word broke early this morning that the Lenny Wilkens Foundation will be closing after a final dinner event this August, prompting a look back at the storied career and contributions of a local legend. For more insight about this news make sure to read these great articles by KING5’s Chris Daniels and Percy Allen of the Seattle Times .
Wilke...
From Sonics Rising
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A reoccurring theme in the NBA playoffs these days is the selective non-guarding of specific players. Ever since the San Antonio Spurs picked on Dwayne Wade in back to back NBA Finals , offensive players that can’t shoot have become a resource for defenses trying to figure out how to stop superstars like Steph Curry, LeBron James, or James Harden with help defense.
Spread out defenses in football have similar options to turn to in order to try and handle th...
From Football Study Hall
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Departed friend Mike Baker and the SonicsRising Staff in 2014
Mike Baker was a fixture at Sonics Rising for years and before that he was one of the founding members at SonicsCenral.com. Mike was one of the Unsung heroes of the Save Our Sonics movement, dedicating a ton of time writing, organizing and just being a damn good friend when I needed somebody to talk to. I remember spending hours on the phone with Mike contemplating ways to thwart Clay Bennett and just venting about it all.
Mi...
From Sonics Rising
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Lots of green and gold activities around town this weekend as faithful fans celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sonic’s championship season.
I plan on making my way out to see Gary Payton at 1pm this afternoon at Simply Seattle . As always I’m tremendously appreciative and supportive of new supporters of the cause like Simply Seattle and the Bring Em Back movement and especially love seeing them partner with OG Sonics supporters like KJR and Sonicsgate. In addition to having the Glove out ...
From Sonics Rising
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Is Russell Westbrook really that good? Russell Westbrook isn’t very good:
No, I don’t watch every Oklahoma City Thunder game, but it’s beginning to feel like Russell Westbrook is detrimental to his teammates and perhaps even a choke artist. He whines to refs way too much, starts a beef with almost every other superstar when his play doesn’t back up his mouth, and most of all, he doesn’t understand the fact that he isn’t a good shooter. No player in the NBA frustrates me more than Russell Wes...
From Sonics Rising
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