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Avid basketball fan and have been playing fantasy sports since 1997. I am a huge Michigan Wolverines fan along with the Detroit Tigers. Upstate New Yorker
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Orlando Magic power forward Jonathan Isaac had a solid performance Thursday against the Charlotte Hornets. Isaac scored 16 points going six for nine from the floor with six boards in the contest. In the last five games, Issac has really turned it on averaging 15.8 points and 2.8 blocks a game. The Chicago Bulls will... Read More
Orlando Magic power forward Aaron Gordon had a rough outing versus the Charlotte Hornets Thursday. Gordon scored 10 points going four for seventeen from the floor with 11 assists. Since the start of February Gordon has really performed poorly averaging 15.4 points a game while shooting 40.2 percent from the field. The next game for... Read More
Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic played very well Thursday against the Charlotte Hornets. Vucevic scored 17 points going seven for thirteen from the field. In addition to Vucevic's scoring production, he also recorded 11 boards and four assists. This was the third straight game for Vucevic shooting 50 percent or better from the field. The... Read More
Orlando Magic shooting guard Terrence Ross had a solid performance versus the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday. Ross scored 21 points shooting 8-of-15 from the floor with three of those buckets coming from long-range. This has been a career year for Ross as he has averaged 14.6 points and 3.3 assists a game both of which... Read More
Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker didn't have a strong game Wednesday against the Orlando Magic. Walker scored 10 points shooting 4-of-20 from the floor with three assists. For Walker, this proved all good things must come to an end as the previous five games Walker scored 30 points or more in each contest. During... Read More
Chicago Bulls point guard Zach LaVine had a very good all-around game Wednesday against the Memphis Grizzlies. LaVine scored 15 points going five for ten from the floor and four for four from the charity stripe. Also in the contest, LaVine had seven assists and six boards. Since the calendar turned to February LaVine has... Read More
Chicago Bulls small forward Otto Porter played tremendously versus the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday. Porter scored 37 points shooting 16-of-20 from the floor with 10 boards. Maybe a change of scenery is exactly what Porter needed. Since Porter was acquired by the Bulls he has averaged 22.5 points and 5.8 rebounds a contest. Next, up for... Read More
Chicago Bulls power forward Lauri Markkanen had a solid performance Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls. Markkanen scored 21 points shooting 6-of-14 from the floor with three of those buckets coming from downtown. In addition to Markkanen's scoring production, he also tallied ten boards and six assists. Markkanen has recorded a double-double in each of his... Read More
Memphis Grizzlies power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. had a disappointing outing versus the Chicago Bulls Wednesday. Jackson Jr. scored 12 points going five for ten from the floor with two rebounds. Since January second Triple J hasn't posted a double-digit rebounding game. For the season his rebounding stats look even worse as point guards Stephen... Read More
Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley didn't play very well Wednesday against the Chicago Bulls. Conley scored 12 points going three for eleven from the floor and five for six from the free-throw line. This type of production has unfortunately been all too common as of late. In the past four contest, Conley has averaged... Read More
Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Derrick Rose played well in his return to action Monday versus the Los Angeles Clippers. Rose scored 22 points on 9-of-18 shooting with six assists. This season has been a remarkable comeback for Rose as he has averaged 18.4 points and 4.8 assists this year. The Houston Rockets are the next... Read More
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns had another strong showing versus the Los Angeles Clippers Monday. Towns scored 24 points going seven for eleven from the field and ten for twelve from the charity stripe. In the last five contests, KAT has been scorching hot averaging 28 points with 11.8 boards a contest shooting 63.8 percent... Read More
Los Angeles Clippers point guard Landry Shamet had another solid performance Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Shamet scored 15 points going four for seven from the floor with three of those made buckets coming from deep. In the contest, Shamet also had three boards and two steals. Since Shamet joined the Clippers he has really... Read More
Los Angeles Clippers power forward Montrezl Harrell played very well versus the Minnesota Timberwolves Monday night. Harrell scored 18 points on seven of ten shooting. In addition to Harrell's scoring output, he also had 12 boards and six assists. Since the first of January Harrell has been a key for the Clippers averaging 16.3 points... Read More
Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Lou Williams had a tremendous outing Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Williams scored 45 points going 13-of-25 from the floor and 16-of-16 from the free-throw line. Williams in the last five games has been really lighting it up averaging 23.8 points and 4.2 assists a contest. The Phoenix Suns are... Read More
Los Angeles Clippers shooting guard Lou Williams had a less than stellar game Saturday versus the Boston Celtics. Williams scored 15 points going four for fifteen from the floor with six assists and three boards. Since the first of January Williams may still be putting up points but he isn't nearly as efficient as normal.... Read More
Los Angeles Clippers small forward Danilo Gallinari had a decent outing against the Boston Celtics Saturday. Gallinari scored 19 points going five for ten from the field and seven for seven from the free-throw line. In addition to Gallinari's point production, he also had ten boards and four assists. Recently Gallinari came back from injury... Read More
Los Angeles Clippers power forward Montrezl Harrell had a superb contest versus the Boston Celtics Saturday. Harrell scored 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting with six boards. This season Harrell has averaged 15.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks a game which are all career highs for the Clippers power forward. The Minnesota Timberwolves are next... Read More
Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier played very well off the bench Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Rozier scored 16 points with five boards and three assists. In the nine games, that starting point guard Kyrie Irving has missed Rozier has averaged 14.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 5.8 assists. Next up for the Celtics... Read More
Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving was playing well before getting injured Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Irving scored 14 points going four for seven from the field and five for five from the charity stripe. In the contest, Irving went down midway through the second quarter with a knee sprain and didn't return... Read More
Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard Jimmy Butler had a solid showing Friday against the Denver Nuggets. Butler scored 22 points going four for nine from the floor and fourteen for fourteen from the charity stripe. In addition to Butler's scoring production, he also had seven boards, five assists, and three steals. Since coming back from his... Read More
Philadelphia 76ers small forward Tobias Harris played well versus the Denver Nuggets on Friday. Harris scored 14 points going six for twelve from the field with eight boards and three assists. In the game Friday the 76ers' starters got between nine to seventeen shots each which may be a sign of things to come from... Read More
Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard J.J. Redick had a terrific outing Friday against the Denver Nuggets. Redick scored 34 points on 11-of-15 shooting with six of those made buckets coming from downtown. With the 76ers having just made a trade for star small forward Tobias Harris along with the other great players Philadelphia already has Redick... Read More
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray had a solid game versus the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday. Murray scored 23 points going nine for twenty from the floor with six assists and five boards. Since coming back from an ankle injury Murray hasn't lost a step averaging 21 points and 8.5 assists. The next opponent for... Read More
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic had another exceptional performance Friday against the Philadelphia 76ers. Jokic scored 27 points on 11-of-22 shooting with 10 boards and 10 assists. This was Jokic's second straight triple-double and third in his last four games. During that four-game span, Jokic has averaged 20.3 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 8.5 assists. Next... Read More
Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Andrew Wiggins had another inefficient performance Thursday versus the Orlando Magic. Wiggins scored 23 points on 10-of-28 shooting from the floor. In addition to Wiggins's scoring, he also tallied nine boards and three steals in the contest. Wiggins has been increasingly poor at shooting as his career has gone on with... Read More
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns had another terrific outing Thursday against the Orlando Magic. Towns scored 27 points going twelve for sixteen from the floor with 11 boards. In the last five contests, Towns has been performing at an unbelievable rate averaging 24.4 points and 11.4 rebounds while shooting 59.2 percent from the field. Next... Read More
Orlando Magic power forward Aaron Gordon didn't play as well as he hoped for Thursday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gordon scored 19 points going five for thirteen from the field and eight for eight from the charity stripe. In addition to Gordon's scoring output, he also had six boards and five assists. In the last... Read More
Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic had another solid performance versus the Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday. Vucevic scored 21 points going nine for sixteen from the floor with 10 boards. This season Vucevic has averaged 20.6 points, 11.9 points and 3.8 assists which are all career highs. The next opponent for Vucevic and the Magic are the... Read More
Orlando Magic shooting guard Terrence Ross had a stellar outing Thursday against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Ross scored 32 points on 13-of-23 shooting with five boards. Since January first Ross has become a solid scorer averaging 17.4 points and 3.9 rebounds a contest. These stats show that just because a guy comes off the bench doesn't... Read More
