NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 15

This week’s standout performance belongs to a usual suspect for fantasy excellence: DeMarcus Cousins. Until it all came together for Boogie on Monday night, nobody over the past 50 years had dropped at least 40 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 assists. But Cousins is consistently great. This column aims to analyze players who are surging […]

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 14

Another day, another dollar. Or in this case—another week, another heat check. Statistical analysis has shown evidence that the so-called “hot-hand fallacy” isn’t a fallacy at all. But of course, we already knew that, right? On Tuesday night, Devin Booker scored the last 21 points for the Suns in the fourth quarter. And there’s also […]

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 13

The NBA season is far from over, but that’s not so true of fantasy basketball. With the playoffs coming into view, it’s time for you to start thinking about a ring. If you’re fighting for a playoff spot, get busy winning. Or if you’re sitting pretty at the top of the leader boards, maybe grab […]

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 12

Hey folks, this is your weekly heat check—here to warm you up from this cold winter weather. The Christmas games are festive fun and the new year brings new extraordinary performances. We saw some scintillating games throughout the week that we’ll try to break down for you. We’ll look at some surging players and make […]

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 10

And that’s another week of NBA basketball in the books. As teams jockey for position, players start to fall in and out of the rotation. Rookies start getting comfortable with the intensity of professional basketball and veterans flaunt their experience with consistent play. But on any given night, every player is capable of blowing up […]

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 9

Another week, another heat check. We’re nearing the halfway mark of the fantasy season and players have mostly settled into their roles. Of course, there’s always a couple outliers. Players break out for huge games seemingly out of nowhere. Maybe they finally got comfortable and figured it out, or maybe they finally got a good […]

NBA Heat Check: Surging Players in Week 8

Heat check! It happens all the time—a player in rhythm pulls up from three feet behind the arc and lets it fly. Swish. Then you’re left wondering whether you should ride the hot hand in your lineup or bench him after a supposedly unrepeatable performance. Here’s an analysis to help you decide. We’ll look at […]

NBA Heat Check - Surging Players in Week 7

Hey folks, it's time for another new basketball feature on RotoBaller. Today we'll be taking a look at some players who have been on fire over the last week and try to make a guess about how much of that is just a hot streak and how much of it is real.  Then we'll make […]