For the casual NBA fan, All-Star Weekend season is the perfect time to catch up to the happenings of the league and gear up for the playoffs right around the corner. planetfomo.com is here to help! Grades are based on our reasonable (as we always are) preseason expectations. You wouldn’t give a four-year-old and an… Read More Pre All-Star Report Cards: Western Conference
It’s been thirty years since the Permian Panthers failed to clinch the Texas state championship game and their story still ripples through pop culture. There is the book, a movie, and a five-season TV series that followed shortly after. A fair amount of people only know the latter, unaware of the movie, not to mention… Read More The Enduring Friday Night Lights
On December 5th, Derek Fisher was hired as the Head Coach of Los Angeles’ WNBA team, the Sparks. Fisher is the third male head coach to be hired in the WNBA in the last couple months, and five of the league’s 12 teams have male head coaches. For various reasons, Fisher’s hire with the Sparks… Read More WNBA’s Newest Coaching Hire Derek Fisher Raises Concerns
One man’s move from Cleveland to Los Angeles has opened a window of possibilities for about 200 others. LeBron James and the Cavs can no longer crush the dreams of other stars in the Eastern Conference, and after eight seasons we will finally see someone else make it out of this half of the bracket.… Read More Roundtable: NBA Eastern Conference Vegas Win Totals Edition
Houston Rockets – Last Season: 65-17 – Vegas Win Total: 55.5 Marvin: Over. There are only a few teams in the west that could steal extra games from them. Sean: Over. The maturation of Clint Capela and the presence of James Harden and Chris Paul will prevent Houston from regressing too much after losing Trevor… Read More Roundtable: NBA Western Conference Vegas Win Totals Edition
What was the most franchise changing move of the offseason? Spencer: LeBron James signing a four-year contract. The Lakers will not be held hostage by the risk of Lebron leaving in free agency every season as the Cavs were for so long. David: Agreed. The King giving the Lakers at least 3 years before a… Read More Roundtable: NBA Offseason Edition
A couple decades from now you might find yourself stranded on Planet FOMO burning your tongue on nuked hot pockets, sitting in an uncomfortable desk chair in a dingy and dimly lit apartment late on a Friday night scrolling through NBA basketball forums reading strangers arguing with each other over what the legacies of past… Read More Tears Of A Clown: A Dwight Howard Story
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Coach Westfield For Prison!… Read More Shooting With The Stars: Steve Urkel Edition
Shooting With The Stars is a series where we analyze the technical basketball skill and the ins-and-outs of the basketball competitions we see in movies and television shows without any consideration for the context and overall plot. The stakes are high and the game is crammed with four hundred years of tension. At the famous… Read More Shooting With The Stars: American History X Edition
