Tweet of the Night: Bill Simmons shares thoughts on Grizzlies’ mistake against Jamal Crawford

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Memphis is making a mistake - they should be matching TA vs. Jamal whenever Jamal is in. Like when NHL teams want to shut down hot scorers.
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Talk about a statement game for Jamal Crawford.

After failing to capture the Sixth Man of the Year award – it went to New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith – as he had hoped, Crawford went out against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of the first round of the Playoffs on Monday with a purpose: he shot six-of-seven from the field on an array of dribbles and crossovers against anyone in his path (Jerryd Bayless in particular) to score 13 points in the first half of the game. Here is his shot chart, courtesy of ESPN Stats and Info:

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Kravitz: Fantasy Pickups after Week 1

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(A note to readers: SheridanHoops is expanding into fantasy basketball coverage, because so many of our readers are hard-core fans of the game, and because so many hard-core fans play fantasy hoops. It’s a natural fit. Several readers applied to fill the role, and I have selected Marc Kravitz of Philadelphia because of his writing talents and his track record in cashing. This season, he was smart enough to select Brandon Jennings. I am struggling in my league, in part because I could have had Jennings at the same price I paid for Darren Collison :(  – CS)

You had your draft, and now the first week of NBA games has passed. Though the guys on your squad have played but a handful of games, you no doubt have formed opinions of your quality picks and hideous reaches—and of course your chances of finishing “in the money.”

If you’re ready to ditch a late-round flyer or two, there are useful undrafted free agents available on your waiver wire, some of whom to immediately plug in and others to stash on your bench in hopes of fulfilling their upside potential.

Here are 10 Players owned in less than 33% of CBSSports.com and Yahoo! Fantasy Leagues. If they are available in your league, pick one or two of them up for  Week 2:

Ryan Anderson, Orlando Magic

Analysis: The Magic’s big men include Dwight Howard and … and… well, not much else. Stan Van Gundy starts Anderson beside D12 with Glen Davis backing up both spots. With Howard clogging the middle, Anderson is the stretch-four with a green light to bomb threes. In 13 games last season as a starter, in just 22.7 MPG, Anderson averaged 2.2 3s per game. In the first three games this season Anderson is averaging 18.3 ppg, 6.0 reb, 3.7 3s and shooting 47.5 percent. At a minimum, Anderson gives your squad a boatload of 3s. Perhaps he proves more diverse and proves to be a four category asset.

Projected Stats: 15 PPG, 2.5 3s, 7.0 reb,  45.5 FG percent.

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Kobe Bryant expects to play Sunday

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As you can see from that video, it was a quiet night in the NBA as the final two exhibition games were played, Denver defeating Phoenix by 25 points despite playing without Nene, Ty Lawson, Al Harrington and Rudy Fernandez, and Atlanta defeating Charlotte by 17 despite a combined 0-for-7 performance off the bench by Tracy McGrady (0-for-4) and Jerry Stackhouse (0-for-3).

So, ready or not, the 66-game NBA season is about to begin.

And when then quintupleheader happens Sunday, Kobe Bryant expects to play.

Torn ligament in the wrist? No problem. At least that is what Bryant was saying after he did not participate in practice Thursday for the second-most hyped team in Los Angeles.

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NBA is open for business. 4 p.m. EST news roundup

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Here is the latest news:

The Dwight Howard situation remains fluid, complicated and strange. Same with the Chris Paul fiasco.

Gibert Arenas has been waived under the amnesty provision, and the same is about to happen with Chauncey Billups.

Amid reports that Howard and his representatives met with Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and general manager Billy King last night in Miami, SI.com is reporting that Orlando is considering filing tampering charges against the Nets, and there were conflicting reports over whether Howard had fired his agent, Dan Fegan.

From SI.com’s Sam Amick: “With indications growing that Howard would ask for a trade to the Nets this week, sources said the Magic were told that their franchise centerpiece met with Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov in Miami on Thursday. A source close to the situation said early Friday that Orlando was also considering filing tampering charges against Houston, but that a Rockets claim will not be pursued due to lack of information. The Rockets, according to a source, were informed that there wouldn’t be tampering charges brought against them and were told that they weren’t considered.

New Jersey, meanwhile, was prepared to offer Nene a four-year contract worth $60-65 million.

From Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: “Nene has been engaged in negotiations with Denver and Indiana for several days, but the Nets had been waiting to assess the market. Once free-agent center Tyson Chandler found a deal with the New York Knicks, the Nets decided to become more aggressive in their pursuit of Nene. … Howard had a meeting scheduled with Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins mid-week, but canceled it at the last minute, a league source told Yahoo! Sports. Orlando was trying to smooth over a bizarre phone incident involving retired CEO Bob Vander Weide, who was reportedly trying to gauge where Howard stood on his future intentions with the Magic. Howard had privately told people for several weeks that his two preferred destinations were the Los Angeles Lakers and Nets, sources said. “He’s been waffling back and forth, even this week,” one source said. If found to have had the meeting with Howard, the Nets could face stiff fines, a loss of draft picks and perhaps even lose the right to sign him as a free agent next summer or trade for him.

ESPN.com’s Marc Stein reported via Twitter that NBA teams gave been told the following:

Window to amnesty players is Dec. 9 (today) thru Dec. 16. Trade deadline is March 15. … One more note for when games actually start: From Dec. 25-Feb. 6, NBA teams allowed to dress/play 13 guys per game, one more than usual 12.

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