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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 20 NBA Fantasy Start and Sit
Perhaps the most crucial decision each week for fantasy owners is: Who should I start, and who should I sit? With the fantasy season winding down, that decision is becoming more important each week. So, instead of worrying about making the choice on your own, leave it to me. If this advice turns out well, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NBA Fantasy Star Search (Feb. 11th): Stephen Curry Makes History
We’re back to checking out the league’s primo content deliverers, the guys who can dish out dimes like no other, swish three’s like they’re getting paid for it (even though they actually are), and block shots like they’re diseases. But really, this column is all about giving props to the stars, and tiny shout-outs to [...]
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 [...]
NBA Power Rankings (11/10): Surprising Suns rise in West
The 2009/10 NBA season is in full swing, and it’s been a very interesting first few weeks thus far. As expected, last year’s NBA finalists have gotten off to fast starts, and so have several other teams, but there have been a few surprises on both ends of the spectrum. Along with hot starts by [...]
2009/10 NBA Eastern Conference Playoff Predictions
With the NBA’s opening night about 48 hours away, it’s time to predict how I think the eight playoff teams in each conference will eventually stack up. Obviously, it’s impossible to predict how injuries will affect things, so let’s assume that each of the 30 teams is able to make it through the season 100 [...]
Will Memphis be the answer for Allen Iverson?
The Memphis Grizzlies have reportedly offered 34-year old guard Allen Iverson $5.8 million to come play for them. The signing would pair him with potential stars O.J. Mayo and Rudy Gay. At the same time, it would possibly make slow-to-learn point guard Mike Conley Jr. the odd man out. However, two things prevent this from [...]
2009 NBA Draft Winners and Losers
Plenty of teams improved themselves in one way or another. Some chose financial freedom; unloading costly players for cap room, or shipping unwanted picks or talent for some extra cash. And while several teams made an impact with some solid selections in the draft, there were also quite a few trades that went down on [...]
