Tag Archives: Houston Rockets
Taylor Smith’s Week 20 NBA Power Rankings: Mavericks on Top, Lakers Falling
Apparently, nobody really wants that eighth seed in the Western Conference. Every team currently ninth or lower in the West has dropped their most recent game, and no team has gone better than 5-5 in their last 10. The eighth place Blazers are just 6-4 in that stretch, but appear to have a stranglehold on [...]
Taylor Smith’s Week 19 NBA Power Rankings
Out West, the Mavericks, Nuggets, Lakers, and Jazz appear to be separating themselves from the pack as we near the playoffs. In the East, the Cavs appear to have gotten things back in order, and the Celtics are struggling once again. Here’s the full NBA rundown as we head into the second-to-last month of the regular [...]
SimuPick Picks of the Day (Feb. 26): A Friday night spectacular in the NBA
(Updated for Fri., Feb. 26) This week, we’re starting a new feature, sponsored by our newest partner, SimuPick. Their great sports matchup simulator offers computer-generated predictions from all of the major sports – NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and college basketball & football. Last night, the Celtics completely collapsed in the fourth quarter at home against [...]
Taylor Smiths’ Week 18 NBA Power Rankings
With a flurry of deals having gone down prior to last week’s trade deadline, the NBA landscape is different from how it was at this time last week. Contenders have added what they hope to be the final pieces to a championship run, while some other teams positioned themselves to be big spenders come free [...]
Week 18 Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Watch
It’s Week 18 in the 2009-10 NBA season, and with just seven more weeks remaining, it’s important to make the final moves that will have your fantasy roster set for the playoffs. There are plenty of guys that have been impacted by the trades pulled last week, working both negatively and positively. Read on for [...]
Week 18 NBA Preview: Lakers Vs Nuggets Highlight Top Games Of The Week
It’s getting down to crunch time in the NBA, as we have a bit of a log-jam in the Eastern Conference, with the Chicago, Miami, Charlotte, and Milwaukee battling it out for the final three spots. We won’t know until the end of the season who will be the odd team out, while the Western [...]
2010 NBA Trade Breakdown: Handing Out The Grades
The 2010 NBA trade deadline has come and gone, as Thursday showcased a number of deals, most notably a blockbuster deal that sent Tracy McGrady to the Knicks and Kevin Martin to the Rockets. But with the trade hype passing through, it’s time to take a look at what all these moves mean for the [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (Feb. 17th): Shannon Brown Relishes Extra Minutes
We had a nice little break from all the action, and while we still have rumors abound swirling around us, let’s try to get things back on track. We’re waiting a week before we really dive into our Rookie Watch or Waiver Wire columns, to see how the trades shake things up and such, but [...]
NBA All-Star voting needs tweaking
The NBA announced its starters for the 2010 All-Star game Thursday night on TNT. To no surprise, the fans voted the typical no-brainers into the starting line-ups. LeBron James edged past Kobe Bryant as the leading vote getter. Both amassed over 2.5 million votes from the fans. James and Bryant will be joined by fellow [...]
Could Tracy McGrady return to the Eastern Conference?
It’s been officially declared: Tracy McGrady’s days in a Houston Rockets jersey are numbered. In fact, with him no longer participating in games, it’s safe to say they’re actually over. Both McGrady and the Rockets front office have agreed to work out a deal, one of which will likely come within the next week or [...]
