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Who are the best NBA Players By Age?

With the whole NBA shockingly suspended, we have some time to rank and compare some different players and see which age bracket has the most talent.    Anthony Davis, Steph Curry and Joel Embiid recently celebrated birthdays, so let's take an updated look at the best players by age (as of today March 20th, 2020). 19 Years Old Zion Williamson (Born July 6th, 2000) 23.6 pts, 6.8 reb, 2.2 ast, 0.8 stl, 0.5 blk FG 59%, FT 64.5%, 3P 46.2% (0.3 3PM) PER 24.2 One of the only players in the NBA born this century, Zion is easily the best 19 year old in the world.  Averaging over 23 pts in under 30 minutes, Zion is scoring the ball at...

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Top 10 Line Ups and NBA Predictions

The NBA season is back!  After a busy summer where multiple All Stars changed teams, let's take a look at the Top 10 starting / finishing lineups for the upcoming season.  Since some teams such as the LA Clippers have talented bench players (Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell) that play crunch time minutes, I will be ranking the best 5, as in the 5 that will probably finish most games.  So for the Lakers for example even though they are projected to start AD at PF with Kuzma on the bench, I would assume they would finish with a small ball lineup of Davis at the 5 and Kuz at the 4.  And since Kuzma is clearly the 3rd best...

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Who are the Top 50 Players in the NBA?

After an unexpected Playoffs and a crazy NBA Free Agency where multiple stars switched teams, who are the current Top 50 players in the NBA? As I will be focusing on the upcoming season, I will not rank rookies like Zion Williamson, Ja Morant and RJ Barrett as it is impossible to predict a ranking for them before seeing them play one game. I will also not rank Kevin Durant or John Wall as they are both expected to miss most if not all of next season both with a Ruptured Achilles, otherwise KD would be seriously considered for the Number 1 spot.  However I WILL be ranking Klay Thompson who also suffered a serious Torn ACL because Klay is...

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Where Will The Brow Go? Which Teams Can Challenge the Lakers for Anthony Davis's Signature?

* Read until the end of the blog to see who the Sleeper Team is to get AD! So all the talk this week has been about Anthony Davis's bombshell trade request and whether he will leave New Orleans before the trade deadline on February 7th. Although he publicly stated that he wants to go to a team where he can win consistently, this statement is not entirely true.  It is clear that what he really wants is to be a superstar in a big market, most likely Los Angeles and maybe also New York.   It is no secret that the Lakers have emerged as the clear favorites to trade for AD and sign him to a lucrative max contract. ...

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2018 Ultimate NBA Fantasy Tips and Strategy

The fantasy season has already started but don’t think it’s too late to grab a team and create or join a public league.   I will be going through a full fantasy strategy discussing how to build your team and what you need to do to win your Fantasy League. I am not an expert in fantasy by any means but I have had some success in the past winning the old NBA.com Stock Exchange which is still the best fantasy game that I have ever played.  I have also placed in the top 3 in the old Espn Pick One Challenge on multiple occasions but since these games are not available I will focus mainly on Roto and Head to...

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