Expert Picks: Unanimous on Warriors, not Cavs - CBSSports.com Our CBSSports.com NBA Expert Picks for Tuesday, October 27, 2015 from Matt Moore, Zach Harper, and James Herbert. For SportsLine picks, click here. For more expert picks, click here. CBS NBA Expert Picks Game Moore Harper Herbert CLE (-3) @ CHI DET (+7) @ ATL NOP (+9.5) at GSW BEST BETS Moore: … [Read more...]

Vince Ellis' NBA playoff picks, current power rankings - Detroit Free Press Spurs center Tim Duncan posts up against Clippers center DeAndre Jordan on May 2(Photo: RINGO CHIU Getty Images) Playoff time Free Press sports writer Vince Ellis predicts the NBA's postseason: Eastern field 1. Cleveland 2. Atlanta 3. Washington 4. Toronto 5. Chicago 6. Miami 7. Milwaukee 8. Indiana Western … [Read more...]

NBA Rookie Dynasty Rankings - Yahoo Sports Dynasty leagues are a lot of fun, but you really have to be on your game and think ahead. Unlike in re-draft leagues, you make have to come to terms that you're not in it this year. It's like a job to be able to track all the players and it helps to know the contracts for guys, too.  On top of tracking the players, you have to track the teams for … [Read more...]

Sports Night: He's not a typical NBA first-round pick - Sacramento Bee Ailene Voisin: Cauley-Stein says ‘junk man’ essential for winning Most NBA rookies are unsure how they’re skills will translate to the NBA. Not Willie Cauley-Stein. The former Kentucky big man, as Voisin writes, already has a clear sense of who he is, and who he isn’t, and what he can do, and what he can’t. Also, check out … [Read more...]

If your NBA team is horrible, will it own (or owe) its first-round pick? - CBSSports.com With the NBA preseason starting, the hopes of fans around the league are high. A lot of people are talking themselves into this being their year to surprise the rest of the league, and for some fans and teams that will be true. However, the stark truth of it all is some teams will suck, either because they … [Read more...]

Bill Simmons continues attack on ESPN over Grantland, NBA Countdown - Sports Illustrated Another day, another Bill Simmons podcast featuring very harsh words for his former employer. While interviewing Wesley Morris, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who left Grantland this month for a Critic At Large position at the New York Times, Simmons, now at HBO, claimed that Grantland was understaffed and … [Read more...]

Anthony Bennett Worst No. 1 Pick Ever? Ranking 5 Worst NBA Busts Of All Time ... - Sports World News Sign Up for Sports World News' Newsletter and never miss out on our most popular stories. Toronto Raptors F Anthony Bennett (Photo : Getty Images) Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in 2013, has cleared waivers and will sign with the Raptors. Toronto will be Bennett’s third team in as many … [Read more...]

Best Value Picks Of The 2000s NBA Drafts - The Sports Quotient After the “surefire” players are chosen at the top of most NBA Drafts, there is a whole lot of uncertainty once the playoff teams begin to pick. Most of the time, those teams are simply looking for a role player, not someone who will necessarily alter the direction of the franchise. Rather, they are looking for someone who will make … [Read more...]

Anthony Bennett: The Latest Ugly Duckling of NBA #1 Picks - The Sports Quotient I have some advice for how Anthony Bennett can stay in the NBA should he get released by Minnesota. Hundreds of sports fans huddled inside bars and living rooms. The late May sun crept through Minnesotan windows and the world stood still to see what events would transpire. After dealing star big man Kevin Love to the … [Read more...]

Can Anthony Bennett's NBA career be saved after buyout with T-Wolves? - SI.com The Timberwolves’ decision to release Anthony Bennett after reaching a buyout agreement this week was a humbling slap in the face, a warning sign about his future professional prospects, and a necessary step toward a badly needed third chance, all rolled into one. Bennett, the 22-year-old Canadian forward who was … [Read more...]