Spencer Dinwiddie and Yves Missi were among the players that are worth adding after Monday's seven-game slate. … [Read more...] about Fantasy Basketball Pickups: Spencer Dinwiddie shining as starter
Archives for December 2024
Rockets fall to Heat 104-100 in turgid, testy, affray
The Most Reliable Rocket? | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Twelve Takes of Christmas Five: Claimed And Disclaimed And Exclaimed Tonight the Rockets fell to the Miami Heat 104-100 in what was at times a basketball game, but was for the most part an event involving the Miami Heat. Which means it was turgid, tedious and traduced the idea of basketball as enjoyment. … [Read more...] about Rockets fall to Heat 104-100 in turgid, testy, affray
Time to reset Houston Texans fan’s expectations
Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images Caserio and Ryans aren’t microwaving popcorn After the worst Christmas Gift EVER finished playing out last Wednesday, the “same old Texans” feeling started to creep back in. Doesn’t matter if it’s the Baltimore Ravens, the Kansas City Chiefs or any other team on the other side. For 22 years now the Houston Texans have found ways to choke … [Read more...] about Time to reset Houston Texans fan’s expectations
Value of Things: Texans Player A vs B test
Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images A provocative discussion with a familiar rhetorical trick A couple of things occur to me as I begin this screed. The first thing is that I have been provoking a lot of folks lately here and at Crawfish Boxes with seemingly crazy notions. I don’t deliberately set out to do that, but sometimes my mind just takes me where it wants to … [Read more...] about Value of Things: Texans Player A vs B test
Analyzing Texans Potential Wild Card Matchups
Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Who has the honor of knocking Houston out of the playoffs? Houston is locked into the fourth seed, but their opponent is quite uncertain. The utterly humiliating loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Christmas vaulted the Baltimore Ravens into the top spot in the AFC North and locked in the winner of that division as the three seed. With … [Read more...] about Analyzing Texans Potential Wild Card Matchups