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The NBA has always been an extremely top heavy league: The last four champions and seven out of the last nine have been number one seeds. In fact, since the New York Knicks made the 1999 finals as an 8 seed only two teams (#4 seed Boston Celtics in 2010 and #4 seed Dallas Mavericks in 2006) have made the finals as a team seeded fourth or below. This all holds true again this season as there are only a handful of teams with legit shots at hoisting the Larry O’Brien trophy. Eastern Conference Cleveland Cavaliers The…

MLB Fantasy Injury Impact for Week 2 A lot if injuries happened in Week #1 that will effect Week #2 of the Fantasy Baseball season.  Here is a look at the most notable ones: Trea Turner, Washington Nationals - 23-year old righty swinging SS Trea Turner burst onto the scene last year for the Nationals!  He played in 73 games for the Nationals last year and he was 105 of 307 (.342 avg., .937 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 13 homers, 40 RBI, and 33 stolen bases.  The blend of speed and power he displayed last year had a lot of…

Darryl Sutter got relieved of his coaching duties from the LA Kings on Monday. With 2 Stanley Cups and a 425-147 record in 6 seasons with the Kings, Sutter will be the most sought after coach in the offseason. Sutter is very defensive-minded and simply just lost the room as to why the Kings gave up towards the end of the season. He could fit in pretty smoothly for any team. He is considered one of the best coaches out there. Mostly by inspiring his players to 2 cups. The Kings have a couple of stars in Drew Doughty, Anze…

The 2017 MLB season is off and running. Week 1 saw some great starts, unexpected performances, and the normal outcomes we expected for others. With any prognosticating, there were plenty of misses that I did not see coming. You just never know about baseball. Any given week you are bound to be proven wrong, but things tend to average out over the course of a full season. Let's take a look at week two's 2 start pitching match-ups. One strategy fantasy players like to utilize is focusing on two-start pitchers in a week.…

5 NHL Playoff Teams That Could Surprise The second season is just about upon us. Anyone that knows the NHL understands that the 82 game marathon sets up for one of the most brutal two month runs in sports. At the end of that run is the reward which is the Stanley Cup. This journey starts with 16 teams and ends up with one. Five teams may just surprise everyone this Spring. Who will be this year’s San Jose? Who will pull off that first round upset? Let’s take a quick look. Boston Bruins This is a team that could truly go…

It wasn’t too long ago that Derrick Rose considered his Knicks squad a “Super team” similar to the Golden State Warriors. It’s safe to say the Knickerbockers were one of the most disappointing teams from this season. Dealing with injuries, inabilities to finish games and having players disappear randomly during the season (see Derrick rose below); the team can only get better from here. Here just a few ways the Knicks can start getting back on the right track again. Don’t chase Derrick Rose in free agency Derrick Rose had…

Middle relievers are generally looked over in fantasy baseball, but they can have value, especially in AL or NL-only leagues.  That is because they can offer help in ERA and WHIP and are often better picks than a back-end starting pitcher.  Here is a look at 10 guys you should target when thinking of adding a middle reliever to your pitching staff: Mychal Givens, Baltimore Orioles - 26-year old righty Mychal Givens is a hard thrower with a sidearm delivery.  He has been death to righty batters so far in his career, as…

Rookie Fantasy Outlook - Joe Mixon Some say Joe Mixon has first round talent, but due to some extremely poor decision making in his past, many teams have decided to remove him from their draft boards completely. To make the situation even worse for his draft stock, he wasn't even invited to the NFL combine. Teams are justifiably worried about his character and the distraction he may bring to the team, not to mention the negative image he represents and the potential backlash from fans. Tyreek 2.Hill? However, there is…

Since the 2004-2005 NHL lockout, the Toronto Maple Leafs have only made the playoffs once, where they lost to the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2013 playoffs in heartbreaking fashion. They were up 4-1 in the middle of the 3rd period but then the Bruins came back to win in overtime. If you want more details on this game, ask any Bruins fan that you know. You can also ask Leafs fans, but you probably don’t want to give them flashbacks. 4 years later, the Leafs are a completely different team. The Leafs stunk for…

Joe Jimenez Rookie Profile Those who read my previous article remember I wrote "MUST HAVE" about Nick Senzel in my prospect list, well, next to Joe Jimenez’s name I wrote "BEAST" and I mean that in the most positive way. Both his fearlessness and his numbers are simply beastly. Before going into further details why I believe in him so much, it needs to be mentioned that I have the strictest criteria for relievers because of the volatility of the position. Most of the prospects who are relievers are just not worth…