As of this morning, the top teams in the Eastern Conference are Miami (8-1), Chicago (8-2) and… Philadelphia? The Sixers lead the Atlantic Division with a 6-2 overall record. And they might be even better than their win and losses indicate; they started the season with five straight games on the road. The biggest driver [...]
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Eddie Jordan shuffled his starting lineup again for last night’ game, and was rewarded with his first win since mid-November. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean he’s done tweaking his rotation. For years, I’ve made a point to avoid Golden State players in most fantasy leagues. Don Nelson’s constant lineup shuffling makes it too difficult to get [...]
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Allen Iverson will be in the starting lineup when the Sixers face the Denver Nuggets tonight, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Iverson will be in the backcourt along with Philly’s other AI — Andre Iguodala. Of course, starting Iverson is an easy decision for Sixers coach Eddie Jordan; right now Jordan doesn’t have a lot of [...]
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On today’s RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour — Jeff Erickson and I talk NBA injuries, the resurgent Elton Brand and the NBA rookies to own for the second half. RotoWire Fantasy Sports Hour 11/23/2009 – RotoWire on Blog Talk Radio.
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From: Charlie Zegers To: Justin Phan Sent: Tue, November 17, 2009 8:30:41 PM Subject: Give and Go: Injury Replacements I’m not sure that there have been more injuries than usual in the NBA in the last two weeks or so, but it sure feels that way. In one of my leagues, I was scrambling for [...]
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As Chris and I have mentioned in Give and Go several times this year, the Sixers offense has generally worked better when Elton Brand hasn’t been involved. It appears we’ll have the rest of this season to test the theory, as Brand will have shoulder surgery that will end his first year in Philly on [...]
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Couple of big names made surprise returns to the court last night: Most Dramatic Return: Gilbert Arenas — no question. Gotta hand it to Agent Zero: dude has a flair for the dramatic. He didn’t even take his spot on the bench until five minutes had elapsed in the first quarter, so as not to [...]
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