Boston, on the second night of a back-to-back, takes on a Knicks team - in New York - that is 14-5 at home. The Celtics lost a brutal game last night to a Miami Heat team that didn't have Dragic, Whiteside,

Both teams are hot. The Celtics have won 4 in a row while the Spurs are winners of 6 of the last 7. The key here is that Kawhi Leonard is still out and unlikely to play until Saturday (at the earliest).

The Cowboys couldn't be playing worse. Zeke Elliott is still suspended. Jerry Jones is threatening to sue the NFL. The ship be sinking. That being said, I just don't trust the Redskins as road favorites

After their slow start, the Cavs are hot - winners of 8 in a row. And it's not because of any schematic changes, or their role players finally stepping up (I'm looking at you Jae Crowder), or IT finally

Let's take a break from Lonzo's little brother creating an international incident in China and look at tonight's Celtics-Lakers showdown. Boston is red-hot, winners of 9 in a row, while the Lakers are

Hinkie told everyone to Trust the Process...and they fired him. But look at his guys now. Led by Simmons and Embiid, the Sixers are 5-4 and winners of 5 of their last 6. Embiid doesn't play on back-to-backs

Apparently the new nickname for the OKC's "Big 3" is the "OK-3" which is a stupid nickname. Thumbs down. But that's not why I'm picking the Celtics +6.5. These are the two best defensive

Lakers are probably thrilled to be 3-4, given where expectations were to start the season. They've done it in a surprising way - they're 6th in DRtg and 28th in ORtg - you don't expect a team full of young

The New York Knicks are world-beaters and owners of a three-game win streak after knocking off the Nets, Cavs, and Nuggets. Pretty shocking to see since most of the New York Knicks players stink at basketball.

Is Lonzo Ball a 6'5 Rajon Rondo? If so, is that good? He's off to a decent start at 10/7/7 per game but the 10 ppg in 35 minutes (on 31% shooting) is probably concerning to the Lakers "faithful."

The Boston Celtics are flying high, winners of 4 in a row after dropping their first two games of the season. They only need to go 70-6 over the next 76 games to beat the Warriors single-season record.

The Wizards just got pwned by Lavar Ball, which makes me really not want to pick them tonight in Oakland. But the Wizards: (1) will be pissed off about that Lakers game; (2) had a day off; (3) are getting

The Blazers will win 45 games, be a 7 seed in the West, and lose in the first round. Nobody will pay any attention outside of Portland. That's what the Blazers do - that's Blazers basketball. They're a

The Knicks come limping into Boston at 0-2 after getting blown out by OKC and losing to a mediocre Pistons team. Not a whole lot to get excited about as a Knicks fan besides watching Porzingis do Porzingis

I'm out on the Timberwolves hype. Too much, too soon. On paper, Butler / KAT / Wiggins / Teague / Crawford is a lot of talent but they aren't perfect fits next to one another and Thibodeau's defensive

CELTICS ARE TOAST 6 minutes into the first game of the season and we had Gordon Hayward's foot pointed the wrong direction. Not ideal. And things are going to get worse for the C's before they get better.

The Raiders didn't look good last week in Carr's first game back from injury. But in the NFL, motivation / desperation is often the most important factor - the Raiders NEED this game to stay alive in the

Give the Cubs credit last night for avoiding the sweep but their season ends tonight. Kershaw is on the hill for the Dodgers and the Cubs simply can't string together hits this series. Dodgers take care

Lotta hype for the Timberwolves this year. Lotta hype. And I get it - they added Butler and Teague to a team that already had Wiggins and KAT. KAT is on the cusp of becoming a top-5 player - if he's not

Big game tonight in Cleveland as Kyrie gets his Cleveland return trip out of the way right off the bat. Cavs are favored but only by 3.5 at home, which is a surprise. Sure, they're missing Isaiah Thomas,