The NBA Offseason Winner To Loser Spectrum This 2019 NBA offseason saw the biggest player movement in recent memory. The chaotic scramble revealed NBA players, front offices and sports writers’ worst and best impulses. In this series we’ll place those moves on the spectrum. One on the spectrum is the biggest loser and 10 is… Read More Crying Jordan – Biggest Loser Of 2019
Los Angeles Sparks The controversial new coach, Derek Fisher, may receive a lot of attention later this season, but this collection of talent on the Sparks is the real interest. There are only four remaining players from their last championship season in 2016, but winning at the highest level is still fresh in the team’s… Read More WNBA 2019 Season Catch Up – Part II
The 2019 season for the best women’s basketball league in the world is only three weeks in as the league continues to grow in talent, entertainment and popularity. This 23rd season is a unique one with some stars absent for the whole or the start of the season. Breanna Stewart, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, and… Read More WNBA 2019 Season Catch Up – Part I
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
