Jeff Adrien If you’re a movie fan, chances are ‘Adrieeeeen!’ is a well known ‘quote’, whereas Jeff Adrien is not a well known NBA player. Forgive me for the recurring theme of poking fun of the name of nearly every player who has appeared in this column throughout the year. I

Here we go, the final week of the majority of league’s playoffs. Hopefully if you’re reading this you’re moving on to your league’s finals for a shot at that oh so precious title. As far as the recipe for winning, you already have it. All season long if you read

Marcin Gortat The common theme for this week’s hints is rebounding, field goal percentage, and blocks. Marcin Gortat has quietly been playing phenomenal basketball over the last few weeks. He’s become a legit first fantasy option at C, outplaying the likes of Roy Hibbert, Derrick Favors and Nikola Vucevic over

Those of you lucky enough to advance to the next round of your fantasy playoffs, congrats! You’re now one step closer to what you’ve worked so hard for this season and now now is no time to let off of the gas. I know fantasy baseball drafts are revving up

Gary Neal For a guy with a reversible name, Gary Neal has nearly experienced it all in the last 12 months of his NBA life. After coming up big for the Spurs in the NBA Finals against the Heat last season, he wasn’t re-signed and instead was given a respectable

It’s Christmas in March. After 344 days of melancholy, win or go home basketball is BACK — beginning with the opening round contests in Dayton Tuesday/Wednesday evening. Parity is the word in 2014. There are six teams at lower than 10/1 odds to cut down the nets, but after that

  PJ Tucker For a guy who was supposedly too short, too slow, out of shape and couldn’t shoot, PJ Tucker has really carved out a niche for this season’s best surprise story, the Phoenix Suns. He is relentless, emotional and tenacious nearly to a fault, but some of that

We’re a week out from most league’s playoffs starting up, and it’s time to make the finishing touches to your roster. Not only should you be monitoring the waiver wire for hot hands but you should also be looking to find help in your areas of need, category specialists. By

  Jerryd Bayless Bayless is another one of those guys I just want to be handed a full time starting gig, just to see what he can produce over 82 games, because there is definitely talent there. And yes, he’s another player covered in Big Zack’s great piece earlier this

Everyone’s parents put a lot of thought into their children’s names knowing that they’d have to live with it the rest of their lives. Which is true, but in the end it’s what each individual does that makes their name, whether it be for better or worse. As observers of