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Krysten Peek’s latest mock draft column at Yahoo! Sports addresses the push made by USC’s Evan Mobley to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft – although she isn’t ready to crown him the top dog just yet. In fact, she has him going No. 3 overall to the Minnesota Timberwolves, behind Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green of the G-League Ignite. Peek acknowledges that Mobley’s size, shot blocking ability and overall athleticism are incredible, and believes he… Source link

NBA DFS: Eric Lindquist brings you his picks for Round 8 of the Yahoo Cup Post Up. Yahoo Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks include Davis Bertans and more! The race for the BetMGM NBA Yahoo Cup is heating up! The multi-round, single-entry contest that runs nearly every Friday throughout the NBA DFS season tips off Round 8 of 23 tonight. Scoring is cumulative for the yearlong points race, with your five lowest scores dropped. At the end of the season, a $50,000 prize pool is shared among the top… Source link

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With 8% Dividend Yield Let’s talk portfolio defense. After last week’s social flash mob market manipulation, that’s a topic that should not be ignored. Now, this is not to say that the markets are collapsing. After 2% losses to close out last week’s Friday session, this week’s trading kicked off with a positive tone, as the S&P 500 rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq climbed 2.5%. The underlying bullish factors – a more stable political scene, steadily… Source link

The Guardian Claim of anti-conservative bias by social media firms is baseless, report finds New York University study: algorithms amplify rightwing voicesTwitter, Facebook and YouTube banned Trump for incitement Senator Ted Cruz questions Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey, CEOs of Facebook and Twitter respectively, on the US Senate judiciary committee in November 2020. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Republicans including Donald Trump have raged against Twitter and Facebook in recent months,… Source link

The one former player Kerr wants Wiseman to sit down with originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea James Wiseman and Kevin Garnett both had similar paths to the NBA. While Garnett went straight from high school to the NBA, Wiseman played just three games in college. Both players debuted at only 19 years old as raw big men with untapped potential, at nearly identical sizes.  It didn’t come as a surprise that Warriors coach Steve Kerr picked Garnett as the one player he hopes Wiseman can sit… Source link

The NBA is keeping to its mantra of not jumping the line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but it’s not on the sidelines with getting the word out as the pandemic devastates the United States. Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar performed a PSA, announcing he will take the vaccine and is encouraging others to follow suit, right before the league takes center stage on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Starting on Tuesday, the L.A. Forum will be used as a vaccination site for Los Angeles County,… Source link

The long-awaited sequel to “Space Jam” from LeBron James is only months away, and you won’t even have to leave home to see it. “Space Jam: A New Legacy” is hitting both theaters and HBO Max on July 16, 2021 as part of a move by Warner Bros. to release its entire slate of movies in 2021 on the new streaming service. HBO Max released a 30-second sizzle reel on Saturday to remind everyone of that fact, and it included our first look at any scene from James’ upcoming movie. Of course,… Source link

The curious case of Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving is growing only more complicated. Irving has missed Brooklyn’s past three games for undisclosed personal reasons and has been ruled out for Tuesday’s game against the Denver Nuggets under the same circumstances. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nets also expect Irving to miss the team’s two remaining games this week, at a minimum. Meanwhile, the NBA is launching an investigation into a video of Irving allegedly… Source link

The NBA has fined James Harden after video surfaced allegedly showing him attending a strip club without a mask in violation of the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols. The NBA announced the decision Wednesday evening, shortly after the Houston Rockets’ season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder was postponed because COVID-19 issues left the team without enough available players. “Houston Rockets guard James Harden has been fined $50,000 for violating the league’s Health and Safety… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers barely just won the 2019-20 NBA championship, but it’s already time to make predictions for the 2020-21 NBA season. The season starts Tuesday after a condensed offseason, a whirlwind week of the 2020 NBA draft and free agency and a shortened season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of 82 games, this season will have 72 and only half of the schedule has been announced. The second half will be released sometime before the All-Star break, which will not include an… Source link