Since everyone is in a giving mood for the holiday season, my latest blog will be about two of the greatest passers and most unselfish players in NBA History, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash. Both point guards were the best of their generation and both were inducted together into the Basketball Hall of Fame this past summer but Who Was Better? These two great players will forever be connected and actually when Nash came into the league, he was Jason Kidd’s backup. They both had strong ties to the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, although Kidd’s best years were clearly in New Jersey when he was an MVP candidate. The two players played the game very differently and other then...
So big news in the NBA yesterday, All Star Jimmy Butler was finally traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves, but to most people’s shock it wasn’t to the Miami Heat, Houston Rockets or LA Clippers… it was the Philadelphia 76ers who took a huge gamble that Jimmy Butler will re-sign there this summer when he is an unrestricted free agent. So to summarize the Minnesota Timberwolves get: Dario Saric Power Forward 24 years old 2 years 6 million contract remaining Robert Covington Small Forward 27 years old 4 years 47 million contract remaining Jerryd Bayless Point Guard 30 years old 1 year 8.5 million contract remaining 2022 Second Round Draft Pick Philadelphia 76ers get: Jimmy Butler Shooting...
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...
Welcome to Starting 5! Come check out our blog to see team previews, fantasy tips and predictions, rankings and anything else NBA related. We will be having regular dedicated blogs for Top Ten Lists and Who's Better, so one week it may be the Top 10 Greatest Finals Performances and the next week it may be who was better Jason Kidd or Steve Nash? Since our website is called Starting 5, it only seems fitting that the first top ten list will be the top ten starting 5 lineups in the NBA. First I made a ranking system to grade each player in the starting lineup out of 10 (Lebron James is the only player ranked with a perfect score of...
