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Ariel Epstein gives her best value plays for the upcoming 2022-23 NBA season. Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] ARIEL EPSTEIN: Welcome to Yahoo Sportsbook. I’m the Prop Queen, Ariel Epstein. All right, so we’ve got the NFL, Major League Baseball, hockey. Starting Tuesday, the NBA is back in action. That means you’ve got to get your futures bets in. I’m going to give you some value plays for the NBA futures market. I’m not saying here that these are the teams guaranteed to win. However, I do like… Source link

The hype train has officially left the station. Did you see Victor Wembanyama? Did you see his baseline shimmy fadeaways? The high-flying flushes beckoning for a poster? The playmaking, the 3-pointers off the dribble — all at a listed 7-foot-3, with reason to believe the 18-year-old stands even larger. “Everybody has been a unicorn for the last two years, but he’s more like an alien,” LeBron James said Wednesday night from NBA preseason inside Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, just north of… Source link

Blake Griffin reportedly will sign a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) In the wake of injuries to Robert Williams III and Danilo Gallinari, the Boston Celtics will sign six-time NBA All-Star Blake Griffin to a one-year, $2.7 million veteran minimum contract, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Playing mostly as a small-ball center off the bench, the injury-plagued Griffin averaged 6.4 points (43/26/72 shooting splits), 4.1 rebounds and 1.9… Source link

Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs know they cannot erase the pain that the residents of Uvalde, Texas have felt since May 24. They can, however, continue reminding the city of 16,000 people that they’re not forgotten. The Spurs are planning what they’re calling a community impact event in Uvalde on Oct. 8; details are still being finalized, but it seems likely the entire team and Popovich will be making the 85-mile trip from San Antonio to the place where 21 people – 19 of them students… Source link

It’s the NBA’s most boring month, but European basketball was at its best in September. The 2022 Eurobasket will be remembered as a fascinating and prediction-busting tournament, filled with NBA superstars and big upsets at every stage. Up to 35 NBA players represented their National Teams. This is how each one performed in arguably the most exciting Eurobasket of all time. Willy Hernangomez (New Orleans) Grade: A Stats: 17.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.0 assists In a tournament that featured the… Source link

There certainly were contentious issues with arbitrator Sue L. Robinson’s decision in the Deshaun Watson case last month. But one thing Robinson got absolutely correct was how she noted that the NFL’s inconsistencies played a role in how she came to her conclusion on Watson’s six-game punishment (which has since been changed to 11 games after appeal). The inconsistency of sanctions continues to baffle observers, and not just how players are dealt with. And it’s not just the NFL. We saw it again… Source link

Dwyane Wade is out at TNT. The Miami Heat icon is leaving the network after three seasons of working on its NBA studio shows, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reports. The decision was Wade’s, according to the report. TNT offered him a new contract, but he declined in order to pursue other business interests. Per the report, his exit is not related to the recent cost-reduction maneuvers by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery that’s initiated layoffs and the purge of content from media… Source link

The NBA on Tuesday announced a one-year suspension and $10 million fine of Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver following a lengthy independent investigation into workplace misconduct allegations. The league launched the investigation into Sarver following a November 2021 article published by ESPN’s Baxter Holmes, whose interviews with more than 70 current and former Suns employees revealed a history of alleged “racially insensitive language,” “misogynistic” behavior and other hostile… Source link

It was impossible for Swin Cash to evaluate her impact in the basketball world in real time, as she was focused on winning games, championships and swatting unsuspecting layup attempts to the third row. But every now and again, she’ll get a picture she once signed, or a direct message from social media as a reminder how ingratiated she was on the scene. “It’s a picture of me looking young as hell, a shot of someone at a Boys and Girls Club with this kid,” Cash told Yahoo Sports. “And… Source link

Our sister website, HoopsHype, is wrapping up its rankings of the five primary position groups across the NBA entering the 2022-23 season, as voted upon by their team of writers and editors. This week, HoopsHype revealed its aggregated list of the best centers, which is where second-year big man Alperen Sengun — the No. 16 overall pick in the first round of the 2021 class — is expected to become a first-time starter with the Houston Rockets this season. On that list, Sengun checks in at… Source link