Stan joined DraftKings in December of 2020. It was a glorious time, except for that whole COVID thing, when we got Madden streams and boisterous bat flips from the KBO. I was brought on board to bring some West Coast flavor. I especially love hoops, and most of my content is in that arena. When I walk along the beach, strumming my guitar, the beat that I hear is not one of crashing waves. No, it is the beat of the ball bouncing off the hardwood with highs provided by the squeaks of the sneakers. Ball is life.
Young is the Alpha and Omega of the Hawks offense, averaging 23.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 1.3 steals in 36.5 minutes per game. The usage rate has dipped slightly from 30.5% last season to 29.6%, but that’s due to Quin Snyder diversifying the offense to take advantage of the gravity that Young garners. […]
November 11, 2024
DraftKings, your paradise of DFS nirvana, has done it again, with a new contest called NBA Starting 5. You select one point guard, one shooting guard, one small forward, one power forward and one center. There is no salary cap. The only stipulation is that you must select players from at least two different teams. […]
November 10, 2024
UPDATE 11:45 p.m. ET: Davis will not return to Sunday’s game. With about 5:20 left in the third quarter of Sunday’s game vs. the Raptors, Davis went up to block a Jakob Poeltl block and suffered an injury. The initial reaction was a re-aggravation of the Plantar Fasciitis Davis has been dealing with, but it […]
November 10, 2024
Midway through the third quarter of Sunday night’s game against the Texans, LaPorta exited the game and is officially questionable to return. There’s been no mention of how the injury occurred or the severity of it. Stay tuned to DK Network for updates. Prior to exiting, LaPorta caught three of six targets for 66 yards […]
November 10, 2024
UPDATE 6:33 p.m. ET on Monday: Monk will miss at least two weeks. During the second quarter of Sunday’s game vs. the Suns, Monk tried to fight around a screen to contest a jumper on the sideline. Unfortunately, he rolled his ankle on the foot of the screener and had to be helped off the […]
November 10, 2024
NFL Week 10 is almost in the books, pending Monday night’s matchup, but the opening odds for Week 11 are up on DraftKings Sportsbook and it’s time to give a looky-loo. No games in foreign lands. USA! USA! USA! There are four teams on bye: ARI, CAR, NYG and TB. On Thursday night, get your […]
November 10, 2024
UPDATE: Barkley returned to the game in the third quarter. On the final drive of the first half for the Philadelphia Eagles against the Dallas Cowboys, Saquon Barkley was not in the game. He was on the sideline with doctors working on his left arm. There has been no official announcement to when the injury […]
November 10, 2024
DraftKings, your paradise of DFS nirvana, has done it again, with a new contest called NBA Starting 5. You select one point guard, one shooting guard, one small forward, one power forward and one center. There is no salary cap. The only stipulation is that you must select players from at least two different teams. […]
November 9, 2024
Over the last three weeks, Ridley has received nine, 15 and eight targets, converting those into 42, 143 and 73 yards. Not bad. All of those games were with Mason Rudolph under center. Unfortunately for Ridley, Rudolph will not be starting Week 10, as Will Levis will return to the starting role after recovering from […]
November 8, 2024
UPDATE 9:37 p.m. ET: Butler will not return to Friday’s game. Late in the first quarter of Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, Jimmy Butler drove towards the paint from the right side of the key. He tried to stop on a dime but rolled his right ankle in the process. He was able to […]
November 8, 2024
Raheem Mostert has had quite the NFL career. He went undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft and has played for eight teams. Something about that 4.43 40-speed enticed. It wasn’t until his fifth season when he latched on with Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco that Mostert was given an opportunity. He rushed 137 times for […]
November 8, 2024