Wed Mar 16 2022 | 20:28 | Andrew Wiggins, Nemanja Bjelica Out On Wednesday |
Golden State Warriors shooting guard Andrew Wiggins (illness) and center Nemanja Bjelica (illness) have both been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Boston Celtics. They are both dealing with a non-COVID illness. Jordan Poole stands to benefit from Wiggins' absence while Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga will help make up for Bjelica not being in the lineup. Poole, Green and Kuminga are all must-start players for fantasy managers. |
Source: Anthony Slater | RotoBaller.com |
Tue Mar 1 2022 | 18:40 | Nemanja Bjelica Will Miss Tuesday’s Contest |
Golden State Warriors center Nemanja Bjelica (quad) has been ruled out for Tuesday's game against Minnesota due to a quad contusion that he sustained during Sunday's loss to the Mavericks. Bjelica's absence leaves Kevon Looney and Juan Toscano-Anderson as Golden State's options at the center spot against All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns, an appealing matchup from a DFS perspective. Bjelica's limited playing time has kept him from being much of a fantasy factor during 2021-22, with his next chance to take the floor coming Thursday against Dallas. |
Source: Anthony Slater | RotoBaller.com |
Thu Feb 10 2022 | 17:59 | Nemanja Bjelica Returns To Action Thursday |
Golden State Warriors power forward/center Nemanja Bjelica (back) has been given the green light to suit up for Thursday's game against the Knicks, halting his absence at six contests. Bjelica has been a solid bench contributor for the Warriors this season, although he has reached double figures in scoring just once in his past 13 outings. Traditionally utilized as a stretch forward, Bjelica has shot just 14.8% from behind the arc in that span. With Otto Porter Jr. (rest) and Andre Iguodala (back) ruled out Thursday, Bjelica and Jonathan Kuminga figure to step into solid frontcourt roles, although the Warriors will likely ease the veteran back into the mix. |
Source: Anthony Slater | RotoBaller.com |
Tue Feb 1 2022 | 15:46 | Otto Porter Jr., Nemanja Bjelica Will Miss Tuesday’s Game |
Golden State Warriors small/power forward Otto Porter Jr. (rest) and power forward/center Nemanja Bjelica (back) have been ruled out for Tuesday's contest vs. the Spurs. Golden State is set to be extremely shorthanded for the outing with Stephen Curry (toe), Klay Thompson (rest), Draymond Green (back), and others all ruled out. The loss of Porter and Bjelica on the wing means that Jonathan Kuminga, Damion Lee, and Moses Moody are all in DFS sweet spots based on their price tag; additionally, any healthy Warriors guards will have significant upside as well. The next chance for Porter or Bjelica to return to action comes Thursday against Sacramento. |
Source: Connor Letourneau | RotoBaller.com |
Fri Mar 26 2021 | 13:22 | Analysis: How the trade deadline could pay some dividends |
The NBA called this season’s trade deadline the busiest in the last 35 years, with 46 players from 23 teams involved in 16 different deals. What’s unclear is how many of those deals will have an impact on this season. Face it: Some will not register much of a blip. Brad Wanamaker getting moved to Charlotte by Golden State for a draft pick that will probably never change hands, that’s not exactly swinging a balance of power. Same goes for the Warriors sending Marquese Chriss to San Antonio, and Toronto trading Matt Thomas to Utah and Terence Davis to Sacramento — getting second-round picks back in both cases. Those Raptors moves were almost certainly made to clear roster spots for a Kyle Lowry trade that never happened. And it says something about the busiest trade deadline in 35 years when the biggest news of the day was a trade that didn’t happen, in Lowry’s case. That said, there were some moves that have potential to affect the postseason races. Here are some of the teams that benefited... [ More] |
Thu Mar 25 2021 | 20:22 | Trade deadline passes, and Kyle Lowry remains with Raptors |
Kyle Lowry wound up staying with Toronto after all. Victor Oladipo is finally in Miami, a destination he's eyed in the past. And Rajon Rondo is headed back to Los Angeles, though not with the team he helped win the NBA title last season. The trade deadline has come and gone. And now, playoff pushes can really begin. Miami, Denver, the Clippers, Portland, Dallas, Boston and Atlanta were likely among the teams feeling convinced that they improved on deadline day after a flurry of moves Thursday, though the best player — at least this season — might have been landed by the Chicago Bulls. They got All-Star forward Nikola Vucevic from Orlando, a move that ushered in the start of a big-time rebuild by the Magic. “Anytime you trade a player like Nikola, it is a tough decision to make," Magic President Jeff Weltman said. Vucevic is the only player from this season's All-Star Game to be traded at the deadline. It was a steep price; Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu went to the Bulls for Otto Porter, Wendell... [ More] |
Thu Mar 25 2021 | 18:52 | Trade deadline passes, and Kyle Lowry remains with Raptors |
Kyle Lowry wound up staying with Toronto after all. Victor Oladipo is finally in Miami, a destination he's eyed in the past. And Rajon Rondo is headed back to Los Angeles, though not with the team he helped win the NBA title last season. The trade deadline has come and gone. And now, playoff pushes can really begin. Miami, Denver, the Clippers, Portland, Dallas, Boston and Atlanta were likely among the teams feeling convinced that they improved on deadline day after a flurry of moves Thursday, though the best player — at least this season — might have been landed by the Chicago Bulls. They got All-Star forward Nikola Vucevic from Orlando, a move that ushered in the start of a big-time rebuild by the Magic. “Anytime you trade a player like Nikola, it is a tough decision to make," Magic President Jeff Weltman said. The Magic traded three of their four leading scorers; in addition to the Vucevic move, Evan Fournier was sent to Boston and Aaron Gordon is headed to Denver. Acquiring Gordon was... [ More] |
Thu Mar 25 2021 | 18:02 | Trade deadline passes, and Kyle Lowry remains with Raptors |
Kyle Lowry stayed with the Toronto Raptors, and the Miami Heat got Victor Oladipo instead. And on a trade deadline day where moves were getting made right up until the last possible moment, the Denver Nuggets took a big swing at getting better for a playoff run while the Orlando Magic began a rebuild. Lowry — considered perhaps the biggest prize who was on the market — did not get traded, the Raptors apparently unable to find enough assets to their liking. Miami was one of the biggest pursuers for Lowry, who they may still target as a free agent later this year, and wound up adding Oladipo from the Houston Rockets. That move didn’t cost Miami much: Kelly Olynyk was on an expiring deal, and Avery Bradley has barely played for the Heat this season because of COVID-19 and then a calf injury. The deal also included a pick swap in 2022, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal needed league approval. Oladipo has wanted to be in... [ More] |
Thu Mar 25 2021 | 17:12 | Trade deadline passes, and Kyle Lowry remains with Raptors |
Kyle Lowry stayed with the Toronto Raptors, and the Miami Heat got Victor Oladipo instead. And on a trade deadline day where moves were getting made right up until the last possible moment, the Denver Nuggets took a big swing at getting better for a playoff run while the Orlando Magic began a rebuild. Lowry — perhaps the biggest prize on the market — did not get traded, the Raptors apparently unable to find enough assets to their liking. Miami was one of the biggest pursuers for Lowry, who they may still target as a free agent later this year, wound up adding Oladipo from the Houston Rockets. It didn’t cost Miami much: Kelly Olynyk was on an expiring deal, and Avery Bradley has barely played for the Heat this season because of COVID-19 and then a calf injury. The deal also included pick swap in 2022, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal needed league approval. Oladipo has wanted to be in Miami for some time, and the Rockets... [ More] |
Mon Sep 24 2018 | 20:37 | Kings looking to De'Aaron Fox to lead faster paced offense |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Kings coach Dave Joerger wants his team to run more this season and plans to give speedy point guard De'Aaron Fox all the room he needs.Fox was one of the fastest players in the NBA last year as a rookie, but the Kings offense was uneven most of the season and frequently bogged down in the half-court.With an influx of young, quick players added to an already youthful roster, the hope is that Fox can get Sacramento out and running and, possibly, back into the postseason."The best thing you can do for him is play fast and give him as much room as possible," Joerger said Monday at the Kings practice facility during media day. "To play small and try to do that is best for De'Aaron. He's our franchise guy. I think he is and I think everybody kind of agrees on that."The fifth overall pick in 2017, Fox started 60 games and averaged 11.6 points with 4.4 assists, but shot only 41.2 percent while struggling with an inconsistent mid-range jumpshot.The Kings were... [ More] |
Fri Jun 29 2018 | 18:12 | Cap-strapped T-wolves in tricky spot for summer improvement |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves made major strides this season in ending their 13-year absence from the NBA playoffs after a franchise-altering trade for All-Star Jimmy Butler.With cornerstones Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins in their early 20s and veterans Taj Gibson and Jeff Teague coming off productive debuts in Minnesota, there is a sturdy starting lineup in place around Butler to ideally take the Timberwolves deeper in the next postseason.Advancement is easier stated than consummated.The Wolves, even with coach Tom Thibodeau's preference to give his first-teamers heavy minutes, need to add depth this summer with defense and 3-point shooting atop the skill-set wish list. There is no clear way to acquire more of it, though, after making the logical first moves by drafting versatile wing players Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop last week .Wiggins will begin playing on his maximum contract in 2018-19, with a $25 million-plus salary that will account for more than 20... [ More] |
Mon Apr 30 2018 | 18:28 | Wolves can be proud of playoffs; road to return has potholes |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For the first time since 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves are entering May without their customary collection of good-luck charms for the NBA draft lottery.The longest-running absence from the playoffs in the league finally over, the Wolves took a significant accomplishment into the summer after their 47-35 record during the regular season tied for the fifth-best in franchise history."When you haven't done something for 14 years, it's a major step for our organization, and it's not easy to do. Winning in this league is very difficult, and we should understand that," said president of basketball operations and head coach Tom Thibodeau, who joined general manager Scott Layden on Monday for a wrapup news conference.Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns gave the Timberwolves multiple representatives at the All-Star game for the first time since Kevin Garnett and Sam Cassell in 2004 on their way to the Western Conference finals. That was the most recent postseason appearance... [ More] |
Tue Mar 27 2018 | 20:20 | Thibodeau laments lack of toughness; Wolves try to hang on |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have seven games to go in this strenuous regular season, coming tantalizingly close to the tormented franchise's first appearance in the playoffs in 14 years.The trouble is their once-sturdy postseason bid is also teetering on the brink of being painfully denied.Beginning a supposedly softer stretch of their schedule that has the potential to help propel them to the finish line, the Timberwolves took an egregious loss on Monday to a languishing Memphis team that had lost all 17 road games to date in 2018. The outcome only furthered the doubt among an embittered fan base about whether the Wolves can hang on long enough without All-Star shooting guard Jimmy Butler to finish in the top eight in the Western Conference."We have to keep pushing forward. For some guys, this is a new experience. This is about your will," coach Tom Thibodeau said after the 101-93 loss. "You can't approach it without knowing what you have to put into it."The word Thibodeau... [ More] |
Sat Jan 20 2018 | 20:49 | Butler out for Wolves vs Raptors with sore right knee |
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmy Butler sat out Minnesota's game Saturday night against Toronto with a sore right knee, leaving the Timberwolves without their leading scorer against one of the Eastern Conference's top teams.Butler is averaging 21.7 points per game for the revamped Timberwolves, who entered with the fourth-best record in the Western Conference. Minnesota had lost two straight before hosting the Raptors. Nemanja Bjelica started in Butler's place.Butler missed two games earlier this season — his first with the Timberwolves — due to injury, and Minnesota lost them both by a combined 44 points.Jamal Crawford was also ruled out for Saturday night's game with a left big toe sprain. |
Thu Jan 18 2018 | 17:19 | Afflalo suspended 2 games for fighting with Bjelica |
NEW YORK (AP) — Orlando's Aaron Afflalo has been suspended two games without pay by the NBA for fighting with Minnesota's Nemanja Bjelica.Afflalo punched Bjelica in the head in the fight that took place with 7:28 left in the second quarter of the Magic's 108-102 victory on Tuesday.Though both players were ejected after Bjelica put Afflalo in a headlock, only Afflalo was punished Thursday by NBA executive vice president of operations Kiki VanDeWeghe.Afflalo will miss Orlando's games at Cleveland on Thursday and Sunday at Boston.___More NBA basketball: https://apnews.com/tag/NBAbasketball |
Wed Jan 17 2018 | 02:14 | Amid misbehavior everywhere, NBA may need to flex its muscle |
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was asked in London last week about fining misbehaving players, and even he acknowledged the penalties aren't much of a deterrent."More symbolic than anything," Silver said.It might be time for the league to change that.At least based on what's happened in the NBA the past couple days. The postgame locker-room incident that involved some players from the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday — the holiday celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., no less — was a bad look for the league, as was the wild swing that Orlando's Arron Afflalo threw at Minnesota's Nemanja Bjelica on Tuesday.The James Johnson-Serge Ibaka dustup during the Miami-Toronto game last week earned those players one-game suspensions that cost them a total of about $300,000. Utah's Rodney Hood might have been lucky to have been fined only $35,000 for slapping a phone out of a fan's hand. Ben Simmons and Kyle Lowry were probably smart to just talk about taking their... [ More] |
Sun Dec 24 2017 | 03:59 | F Nemanja Bjelica (sprained foot) out since Nov |
F Nemanja Bjelica (sprained foot) has been out since Nov. 22 but is close to returning. |
Thu Dec 21 2017 | 04:41 | F Nemanja Bjelica through workout on court before game |
F Nemanja Bjelica went through a workout on the court before the game. Bjelica has missed 14 games because of a sprained left foot. He last played Nov. 22 |
Sun Dec 17 2017 | 02:59 | F Nemanja Bjelica inactive Saturday, 12th straight game he has m... |
F Nemanja Bjelica was inactive Saturday, the 12th straight game he has missed with a sprained left midfoot. |
Wed Dec 13 2017 | 04:27 | F Nemanja Bjelica missed 10th straight game with left mid-foot s... |
F Nemanja Bjelica missed his 10th straight game with a left mid-foot sprain. |