Turnovers in Fantasy Basketball: Are You Building for 8 or 9 Categories?
Whether you're new to this wonderful world of Fantasy NBA or already a veteran with several championships under your belt, you're almost guaranteed to have heard of or played in a 9-cat league. Whether it's Roto, Points or my personal favorite - Head-to-head; nine-category leagues are the most common and kind of the standard for […]
Fantasy Basketball Draft Theory: Injured vs "Injury-Prone"
Right up through the end of the 2017-18 NBA draft season, fantasy owners were regularly taking Kawhi Leonard with a top 10 pick despite no assurances of when he'd return to the Spurs (his average ADP across ESPN, Yahoo, and CBS finished at 9.7, per FantasyPros). The thought process was that he had top 5 […]
Dante Cunningham Signs With Spurs
Forward Dante Cunningham has reached a one-year agreement with the San Antonio Spurs. The financial terms were not disclosed. Cunningham played for the Pelicans before being dealt to Brooklyn midway through last season, appearing in 73 games combined. The journeyman averaged a subpar 6.25 points between both clubs, but was able to put together a […]
Marco Belinelli Signs With Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with guard/forward Marco Belinelli. After being waived by the Atlanta Hawks halfway through the 2018 season, Belinelli signed with Philadelphia in February, appearing in 28 games for the Sixers where he averaged 13.6 points on 49 percent shooting from the field and nearly […]
Dinos' New Claw - Reactions To The Kawhi Leonard Trade
The dust on the Kawhi Leonard situation has finally settled with the former Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year moving north to the Raptors along with veteran 3-and-D man Danny Green for a package of DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round pick (protected for 1-20). There's a lot to unwind […]
Fantasy Basketball Dynasty Rookie Rankings
With Summer League winding down, it's time to start thinking about how we rank this year's rookie class for the purposes of our fantasy basketball dynasty leagues. We've gotten to see most of these players on a basketball court and even though they haven't necessarily all played great because #ITISSUMMERLEAGUE, we do have enough information […]
Fantasy Bomb Podcast - Lebron Gets His Wish, NFL Players Behave Badly
RotoBaller fantasy football lead editor Pierre Camus and writer Chris Mangano talk LeBron James, NBA free agency, and some NFL suspension news as well. This radio show is sponsored by our good friends over at RTSports. Be sure to tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between 6-7 AM ET. You can […]
Derrick White Leads Spurs In Scoring For Second Straight Night
San Antonio Spurs point guard Derrick White has had a tremendous start the the 2018 NBA Summer League. White scored 21 points on 7-for-15 shooting Tuesday and included nine assists, six rebounds, two steals, two blocks and two three-pointers. It's a small two-game sample size, but White is now averaging 21.5 points, 7.5 assists and […]
Marco Belinelli Agrees To Reunion With San Antonio
Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Marco Belinelli has agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs. Belinelli is coming off a career-high 13.6 points and 2.0 three-pointers per game and will reunite with the Spurs, his former team from 2013-2015. Although guard Manu Ginobili is drifting to retirement, Belinelli will be behind […]
NBA Free Agency Reaction: LeBron James To The Lakers
Oh boy. It's happened -- LeBron James has left the Cleveland Cavaliers and joined the Los Angeles Lakers. In 2010, his free agency destination was announced on an ESPN special. In 2014, it was announced in a Sports Illustrated article. In 2018? This tweet from LeBron's agent: There's a ton of consequences stemming from this […]
NBA Free Agency Instant Reaction - Day One
Wow. Free Agency 2018 certainly has started out with a bang. No dragged out decisions or meetings in the Hamptons as we get announcements from the 2 biggest names right away. Let's take a quick look at what this means from a fantasy perspective. LeBron James agrees to 4-year $153m deal with the Los Angeles […]
Danny Green Exercises Option
San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green has exercised his $10 million player option and will remain with the team in 2018-2019. The 31-year-old is coming off another disappointing season that was plagued with a nagging groin injury that forced him to miss 12 games as a result. He also underwhelmed on the offensive end, averaging […]
Spurs Pick Chimezie Metu With Their Second-Round Pick
The San Antonio Spurs have selected Chimezie Metu with the 49th pick of the 2018 NBA Draft. The power forward comes from USC and earned All Pac-12 first-team honors in college. He averaged 15.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.7 blocks per game in his final year in California. Expect him to be on […]
Spurs Select Lonnie Walker With 18th Pick
The San Antonio Spurs have picked Miami guard Lonnie Walker with the 18th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. With Dejounte Murray as the starting point guard, Walker won't be asked to do too much on the defensive end or play with the ball in his hand much, allowing Walker to focus on his shooting. […]
Fantasy Spin: 2018 NBA Mock Draft (Part 3)
Once you get outside of the lottery, the NBA Draft becomes really hit or miss. In 2017, the 16 players picked in the first round after the lottery featured two guys who didn't play in the NBA last season, but it also produced useful fantasy players like Jarrett Allen and Kyle Kuzma. In part three […]
Tony Parker Wants to Play Three More Seasons
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker says he wants to play for three more seasons, but is open to playing outside from San Antonio. "I am open to all proposals. I would like to make my entire career in San Antonio. The sport remains a business, and we will have to make choices." He's […]
Rudy Gay is Undecided About Returning to San Antonio
San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay has not decided whether or not he's going to pick up his player option for next season. He averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 21.6 minutes with the Spurs this season. The player option is worth $8.8 million, but Gay could likely find a multiple-year deal […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/24/18): NBA DFS Lineups
Three games tonight and plenty of options. Usually this would be good but both the Celtics-Bucks and 76ers-Heat have been somewhat of a crapshoot. The shooters are hitting about every other game, although the superstars have been producing like they should. Game four of Warriors-Spurs shouldn't continue down that same path and expect the Warriors […]
Manu Ginobili Fully Expected to Play in Game 5
San Antonio Spurs guard/forward Manu Ginobili (knee) is fully expected to play in Game 5 versus the Golden State Warriors. He briefly went down during Game 4 after banging his knee. However, Ginobili continued to play through the fourth quarter and is fully expected to be fine for Game 5. Ginobili was a huge factor […]
Manu Ginobili Has Strong Game Off The Bench In Game 4
San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili hasn't said yet if he'll be retiring after this season, but rumors have swirled about it all season. If he does retire, it won't be after a first-round sweep, as Ginobili played a big role in getting the Spurs their first win of the series. He scored 16 […]
LaMarcus Aldridge Leads Spurs In Scoring In Game 4
San Antonio Spurs power forward/center LaMarcus Aldridge helped his team fend off elimination in Sunday's win over the Golden State Warriors, bringing the series to 3-1 and giving San Antonio at least one more game. Aldridge led the team with 22 points on 7-for-19 shooting. He grabbed 10 rebounds and added a steal and a […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/22/18): NBA DFS Lineups
I almost started this article by talking about how great all today's series have been but that's a lie. The Warriors are going to continue to slap the Spurs around. Nothing against the Spurs; they are just missing their best player and the Warriors are just that good. You shouldn't completely avoid that game but […]
LaMarcus Aldridge Records Double-Double In Game 3
San Antonio Spurs power forward/center LaMarcus Aldridge didn't have the same scoring impact in Game 3 that he'd had in Game 2, but his team had the same final result, a loss to the Golden State Warriors. Aldridge scored 18 points on 6-for-10 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds. He had four assists as well. Aldridge […]
Tony Parker Figures Out How To Score In Game 3
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker had only scored four points so far in San Antonio's first-round series against the Golden State Warriors, but he found his shot in Thursday's loss, scoring 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting while adding two assists, a steal and a rebound. With the Spurs down 3-0 in the series, […]
Rudy Gay Struggles From The Field In Game 3
San Antonio Spurs small forward Rudy Gay had been a bright spot in a disappointing first-round series for the Spurs, but he wasn't able to do much on Thursday to help his team as San Antonio fell behind 3-0 in their first-round series against the Warriors. Gay scored 11 points on just 4-for-11 shooting and […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/19/18): NBA DFS Lineups
The playoffs continue and the league will feature three games on Thursday night. Many players, such as Rajon Rondo, Ben Simmons, and LaMarcus Aldridge, to name a few, are at a point where hitting value may be more difficult due to their rising costs. With each team relatively healthy and nobody to sub in for […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/19/18): NBA DFS Lineups
For what it's worth, the wife of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich passed away after battling an illness for some time. While I didn't know either, take the time to spend time with loved ones and understand what the Popovich family is going through. The game is bigger than basketball and the best thing […]
Rudy Gay Shoots Well After Moving Into Starting Lineup
San Antonio Spurs small forward Rudy Gay played well enough in Game 1 to justify a change in the Spurs starting lineup before the second game of their first-round series against the Warriors. He responded by shooting 6-for-12 from the field with 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Gay was 0-for-3 from […]
Patty Mills Scores 21 Points In Game 2
San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills saw a marked increased in shot attempts in Monday's Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors, taking 16 shots and making seven of them. Mills scored 21 points and added three rebounds and three assists. After a lackluster opening game, Mills was a key piece in San Antonio's […]
LaMarcus Aldridge Has Big Night In Game 2 Loss
San Antonio Spurs power forward/center LaMarcus Aldridge scored 34 points on 11-for-21 shooting in Monday's Game 2 loss to the Golden State Warriors. He made all 12 of his free throw attempts and also grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. If the Spurs have any hope of overcoming their two-game deficit in the series, Aldridge will […]