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NBA Playoffs 2021 Predictions: Who’s Going To Win Round 1?

The 16-team playoff field is set for NBA Playoffs 2021 and the first batch of games will be Saturday, 2:30 PM ET. The play-in tournament was full of drama, to say the least, with the Los Angeles Lakers surviving quite a scare to bag the 7th seed. Memphis, too, needed an extra five minutes to eliminate the Golden State Warriors to get in as the eighth seed. In the East, the Celtics rode on Jayson Tatum's 50-point night to punch a ticket to face the powerhouse Brooklyn Nets. The Washington Wizards Read More

Ranking The 5 Best Kobe Bryant Shoes Of All Time

I'm a huge Kobe Bryant fan and possibly even more so when it comes to his shoes. Kobe Bryant wore many shoes during his career, and it is hard ranking the 5 best Kobe shoes of all time. Nevertheless, we will do our best... Kobe shoes often offer some of the best possible packages in terms of playability, traction, and cushioning, these bad boys often came in the most amazing colorways. (Yes, I'm talking about them Bruce Lees, Grinch, and Preludes!) Now let us stroll down memory lane and take Read More

2020 NBA Fantasy Basketball MVP Discussion: Anthony Davis’ 5 Best Stat Lines Of The Season

If there's doubt about Anthony Davis' fit next to LeBron James, all of that has been erased. AD has been a force to be reckoned with like he always has been. His 26.7 PPG is second-highest of his career, while supplying 9.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.5 steals, and 2.4 blocks. Sure, the rebounding average is his lowest since his rookie year but AD made up for that by making 1.2 threes per game and a career-high 84% clip from the line on over eight attempts. In the most popular fantasy platforms and Read More

Daily Fantasy Notes– Nov. 12, 2019

It seems like Rajon Rondo is still going to help a lot of fantasy teams in assists. With dimes being the hardest category to recover from (only a total of 36 players are averaging at least FIVE assists per game this season), Rondo's 41.2% career AST rate will come in handy. In his first game for the Lakers this season, Rondo delivered SEVEN assists plus six rebounds in only 14 minutes of play. Trae Young just became the youngest player in NBA history to record three consecutive games of at least Read More

Fantasy Impact of the Anthony Davis Trade

The first domino of the offseason has fallen and we are feeling the effects of the fallout. What we would like to know, though, is how the Anthony Davis trade from the Pelicans to the Lakers impacts both teams in a fantasy perspective. Here's how the deal went down: https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1140023139142971392 Along those lines, the other two first-round picks are open for swaps and protections/unprotections over the next four years or so. Fantasy Impact On The Lakers After Read More

Kobe Tribute: 8 Awesome Kobe Bryant Stats You May Not Know

Kobe Bryant will have both of his jerseys (8 and 24) retired tonight at Staples Center, so in honor of the Black Mamba, let's take a look back at EIGHT of his most impressive (but lesser-known) stats he recorded during his historic career.
1. 81
Yep, we know all about the 81-point game-- second-highest scoring performance ever. Blah Blah. Here's what most people don't know: That night, he had 2/3 of his team's scoring output (and 36% of both team's scoring output) and that game pushed his average 1.1 Read More

5 Awesome NBA Stats Of The Day– March 19, 2017

1. D'Angelo Russell's career night.

Per Elias Sports Bureau, D’Angelo Russell (21 years, 24 days old) is youngest Lakers player with at least 40 points in a regular season game
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 20, 2017
He added six assists, two rebounds, two steals, and seven triples.
2. Speaking of career nights, Damian Lillard has a pretty good game himself.

Damian Lillard's 49 points are the most by any NBA player on 21 field goal attempts or fewer since Amar'e Stoudemire (11/5/08).
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2016 NBA Fantasy Basketball Team Outlook: Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers have been the Fakers the past few seasons, missing out on a number of big-name free agents and trying to make the best out of the last years of Kobe Bryant. We knew how that turned out.
Quietly, though, the Lakers have built a nice young core, not to mention hire one of the brightest young coaches in the game in Luke Walton. Bryant has since retired which means player development will be on full swing and with Walton at the helm, the Purple and Gold figures to be one of the Read More

5 Awesome NBA Stats And Figures Of The Day

5 Awesome NBA Stats And Figures Of The Day
1. Ben Simmons' court vision is the real deal. Eight assists vs Lakers along with eight points and 10 rebounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFdKpDEguZc
2. Speaking of passing, Serbia has won the Belgrade OQT over Puerto Rico by assisting on every made field goal. 37 assists on 37 FGs!
https://youtu.be/_ZAlktOxI00
3. Larry Nance Jr vs Sixers: 13 Pts, 7 Stls, 4 Blks, 4 Ast, 8 rebounds
https://youtu.be/Osji3pHhhdM
4. Not exactly Mike Conley-esque Read More

Fantasy Basketball Team Preview: Los Angeles Lakers

Overview:

People in Los Angeles aren't the most patient in the world so anyone cheering for the Purple and Gold find very little reason to do so.

Kobe Bryant seemed to have one thing in mind from the get-go, and that is to pass Michael Jordan on the all-time scoring list, shooting percentages be damned. Highly-touted rookie Julius Randle got himself seven minutes of real NBA play before breaking his tibia. And the list goes on.

No fantasy-productive players will return this season except Read More