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Community => JD Sports Forum! => Topic started by: Scott on September 20, 2006, 03:26 PM
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League Number: 5336
password: berry
Standard Rotisserie League
On-Line Draft Sunday October 29th at 9:15PM Central
1 PG
1 SG
1 PF
1 SF
1 C
2 Util
5 Bench
12 spots are available
Scoring Catagories:
FG%
FT%
3PM
PTS
REB
AST
ST
BLK
TO
Come one come all :-*
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Ready to defend my title! :-*
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I'm in, thanks for setting it up Scott.
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In.
:D
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First, last; now I'm aiming somewhere in the middle. Thanks Scott.
Scoring categories are as they were two years ago, yes?
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First, last; now I'm aiming somewhere in the middle. Thanks Scott.
Scoring categories are as they were two years ago, yes?
Yes.
Last year Jeff had it FG made and FT made.
Now it's back to the way it was during your championship year.
I can't believe I was in first for 90% of that season and had it stolen from me. I really let my guard down there. You snuck up on me with all of those Suns!!
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I'm in.
Hopefully I do lose on the last night again.
You guys don't like head-to-head?
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I can't believe I was in first for 90% of that season and had it stolen from me. I really let my guard down there. You snuck up on me with all of those Suns!!
Three Suns helped, no doubt about it. But it was also early in my tenure with Yahoo pools. I had a lot of games in hand as well, so my stats just kept piling up and I ended up with some solid surprises on the bench as well.
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I'm not sure how I managed to finish as bad as I did last year...Bosh going down didn't help any
I'm not too keen on head to head for this type of stuff (outside football) because of the uneven game play dates (some guys play 4 times a week and some guys play twice etc)
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hopefully i will do better this time. forgetting about the draft really hurt last year.
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I'm not too keen on head to head for this type of stuff (outside football) because of the uneven game play dates (some guys play 4 times a week and some guys play twice etc)
Basically you go up against someone for the week. Who ever wins the most categories is declared the winner.
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Yeah but schedules could throw a head-to-head game off when it comes to fairness.
Rotisserie means everyone gets the same number of games.
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Yeah but schedules could throw a head-to-head game off when it comes to fairness.
Rotisserie means everyone gets the same number of games.
You can edit the amount of games in head-to-head also.
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I'm in, and ready to secure of the lower positions in the standings. :)
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Just a reminder that the draft is this Sunday at 9:15 PM :-*, I've also capped the league at 8 teams see you there
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Don't forget to set your clocks back on Saturday night.
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Just a reminder that the draft is this Sunday at 9:15 PM :-*,
10:15 PM EST
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i can't remember from last year... is there anything we need to do to be ready to do the draft?
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i can't remember from last year... is there anything we need to do to be ready to do the draft?
If you are not going to be present for the draft, you should pre-rank your players prior to the draft.
If you are going to be there, all you need to do is show up.
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Just a reminder that the draft is this Sunday at 9:15 PM :-*, I've also capped the league at 8 teams see you there
Damn, our teams are going to be stacked.
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Draft Order is set:
#1 JayDouble
#2 Rob
#3 JohnH
#4 john_todd
#5 Brian
#6 Scott
#7 Brent
#8 Dressel
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Draft Order is set:
#1 JayDouble
#2 Rob
#3 JohnH
#4 john_todd
#5 Brian
#6 Scott
#7 Brent
#8 Dressel
2 top 10 picks for Dressel :)
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Whoa, I'm a little heavy on point guards.
:P
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i can't believe i picked up t mac with like the 29th pick. maybe my team won't suck so much this year.
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i can't believe i picked up t mac with like the 29th pick. maybe my team won't suck so much this year.
Everyone is worried about his back and him missing half the season or something along those lines.
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Whoa, I'm a little heavy on point guards.
:P
PG was the spot I waited too long to draft... I may be trying to trade with you at some point if you're stacked at the position and my later-round PG pick ups don't pan out.
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Well, I forgot about the draft *and* didn't pre-rank my players. Is it possible to finish worse than last? :)
I guess I should look at it this way. My team always looks good at the beginning of the year, then I end up in the middle or lower of the pack. Maybe this mistake will change that. (doubt it though)
John
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2 top 10 picks for Dressel :)
Are you referring to yourself in the imaginary third person again?
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2 top 10 picks for Dressel :)
Are you referring to yourself in the imaginary third person again?
No, Dressel is never #3, always #1 :)
Anything less is a conspiracy.
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No, Dressel is never #3, always #1 :)
Anything less is a conspiracy.
Oh, OK. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
;)
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Looking over the draft I have to say I'm pretty pleased with what I ended up with. That's no real surprise I suppose given there's only 8 teams, so it would be a bit difficult to assemble a real dog. I do hate drafting in the latter half though. Sure, you end up with two great picks but I just really like having one of the top guys in the draft, even if it costs down the line.
I sure never expected Brand to make it down to #7 (thanks John for the autodraft :P) so I got size where I thought I'd be taking a guard. I also didn't expect Chris Paul to be back to me at the next pick, so thanks Dressel for that one too. Probably the hardest part of the draft was watching the next 12 picks and much, much to my surprise Billups made it back to me. If I'd known he'd do that, I never would have taken Paul with my second pick. I just saw the PG pool getting a bit thin after Paul and Billups were gone.... so started my dilemma with too many PGs.
Round 4 was tough too. I like Lewis, he did well for me last year and he's in a contract year as well so it bodes well, but Scott hurt me taking Redd next. I knew he'd never make it back around, but still.
Round 5 was a compromise, I needed a shooting guard badly so I picked Wallace, basically a gamble. He could be a huge steal in round 5 and he could break me down to tears pretty easily as well.
Boozer I had my eye on and was contemplating a round earlier but Dressel already had some size, so I risked losing him in two picks and still got him. Yeah, he's injury prone over the years. But if he stays 70 games healthy, he'll be a monster. His stats from last year are really misleading given how little he played. I would have had a real dilemma had Dressel not taken Wallace at that point, but he resolved it for me.
Round 7 was another stretch probably on my part taking West, but he has such a nice even line that he's a great fit at the utility slot. Everything good, nothing great, but nothing bad.
After that point it kind of became a free for all and Scott and Dressel started pissing me off >:( taking the guy I had lined up immediately before me on multiple occasions. I wanted Hamilton to come back to me but nope. I wanted Mo.Pete to last another two rounds ::) but nope. I was going to take Roy, but nope. My next two were Turkoglu and Howard. Yeesh.
I'm not at all unhappy with the second half of the draft though, I just didn't get guys I was after.
Bell will help with threes.
Ford could be really scary this year with the Raptors uptempo speed.
Granger will hopefully get that center eligibility and if he does I'm set at C in a very nice way.
Murphy's a nice fill in with size. He, Granger and West are pretty much identical. All unspectacular, but all really dependable.
Williams put up 26 points in exhibition the other night and averaged about 16 after the break last year 8)
Mohammed is a risk, but it was round 13 and I needed another big man. Could work out really well in Saunders offense but will be less important if Granger gets that C designation.
Overall just real happy, except SG. If Wallace has a great year, I'm set. If not, well that's just fantasy sports, isn't it?
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I absolutely love my team except at Center, I wanted either Ben Wallace and Kaman (I could have taken him but wanted Jamison instead) to add to FG% Rebounds and Blocks and didn't get either. Miller will be solid but he's not a true rebounding shot blocking center per se. I also hope one of the rookies pan out...
I also had my computer freeze three times during the draft, first round I got who wanted in Dirk anyway, the round I took Nocioni (7th I think) I was going to take MoPete and then in round 8 I was going to take Villanueva, I like Nocioni so I'm not entirely pissed Itook him but then I took MoPete too and passed on Charlie V. The third time was rounds 11 and 12, I didn't want Randolph or Simmons
Still like my team and think I'll be right in the hunt only really lacking in Blocks and FG%. Last year I didn't have any scorers and it sucked, this year I made sure I got that covered w/ Dirk, Redd and AI
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I sure never expected Brand to make it down to #7 (thanks John for the autodraft :P) so I got size where I thought I'd be taking a guard. I also didn't expect Chris Paul to be back to me at the next pick, so thanks Dressel for that one too.
Hrmmmm. Just taking a quick look at last year's stats among the 2 players I took instead of Paul, vs. Paul himself:
Player FG% FT% 3's Pts Reb Ast ST BLK TO
Gilbert Arenas 44.7 82 2.5 29.3 3.5 6.1 2.0 .3 3.7
Steve Nash 51.2 92 1.9 18.9 4.2 10.5 0.8 .2 3.5
Chris Paul 43.0 85 0.6 16.1 5.1 7.8 2.2 .1 2.4
Looking at the comparison, it pretty much confirms what I thought - maybe you shouldn't be thanking me. Nash is a better player, not to mention last year's MVP (and the year before that). Nash outnumbers Paul in categories by 5 to 4, but really puts Paul to shame in 4 of those categories FG%, FT%, 3's, AST; whereas Paul only puts Nash to shame in 2 categories TO and ST.
Arenas does bow down to Paul in 5 of the 9 categories, but there is a really massive divide in Arenas over Paul in PTS and 3's; whereas Paul does have a huge edge over Arenas only in TO.
Following that logic, and since all categories are weighed equally, I judge Arenas and Nash to be better than Paul. But hey, you beat my ass in year 1. You'll probably do it again I reckon. I'm not so hot at basketball admittedly.
About the rest of my draft other than Arenas and Nash as #1 and #2, I love both Diaw and Artest #3 and #4.
Diaw has both PF/C eligibility and puts up contributing numbers in many categories including last year's 52% FG, 13 PPG, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 BLK/G, .7 ST/G. He can really fill up the stat sheet. He's a unique guy for sure.
Then there is my man crush Artest. I know he's had his fair share of **** the past couple years, but I think in Sac-town he's gonna produce to the tune of 45% FG, 85% FT, a 3 per game, 18+ PPG, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, plus a Block per game to boot. That is special. Defensive player of the year potential too.
Ilgauskas at 5th is a nice pick too. Here is a center who puts up great numbers and actually contributes in FT%. Last season: 15.5 PPG, 50% FG, 83% FT, 7.5 REB, 1.7 BLK. That's a solid #5 and a rarity in FT% for a center. I'm gonna be pretty nifty in that category I suspect.
#6 pick, I can't believe. I got Rasheed Wallace who was last season's 10th best fantasy basketball player in the 6th round. On top of that, with Big Ben out of the picture, I think he's going to assume a lot more rebounds. I'm not even going to speculate how much better his numbers will be, but you gotta love the blocks/3's/REB rarity combination from his position. Another unique player.
Lastly is Hamilton #7. I'm not in love, but he's solid with the 20 PPG, 49% FG, 84% FT, 0.7 3's.
About all the bench players, and especially Turkoglu/ Howard right before you wanted them Brent, Howard was a total accident, I meant Turkoglu. Then after the Howard accident I took Turkoglu. I didn't drop Howard yet because wouldn't it be funny if I scored someone special in error? He might replace Hamilton at SG. Anyhow, after reading about Howard, he might be poised to play a bigger role on the Mavs so I'll sit on him for 6 weeks and see what's up.
I think everyone had a pretty good draft. Looking around the league, I gotta say some of the rebound numbers scare the **** out of me. I don't think I'm gonna be too good there but Wallace and Ilgauskas are solid and Artest and Diaw just might surprise a few of you in that department. I'd say that my strengths are likely to be FG%, FT%, 3's, AST; while being mediocre at points, steals and blocks; and potentially not so hot in turnovers and rebounds.
Of course, things rarely shake out like you plan. But this is going to be pretty competitive I think.
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I also had my computer freeze three times during the draft
I always worry about that, so when we do these live drafts I always light up the laptop as well in another bedroom just incase the first computer freezes I can cut down the hallways and pull the ol' okey doke into the next room where hopefully I'd have enough time to still make the pick.
Doesn't seem like it hurt you too bad though.
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Hrmmmm. Just taking a quick look at last year's stats among the 2 players I took instead of Paul, vs. Paul himself:
Player FG% FT% 3's Pts Reb Ast ST BLK TO
Gilbert Arenas 44.7 82 2.5 29.3 3.5 6.1 2.0 .3 3.7
Steve Nash 51.2 92 1.9 18.9 4.2 10.5 0.8 .2 3.5
Chris Paul 43.0 85 0.6 16.1 5.1 7.8 2.2 .1 2.4
Looking at the comparison, it pretty much confirms what I thought - maybe you shouldn't be thanking me. Nash is a better player, not to mention last year's MVP (and the year before that). Nash outnumbers Paul in categories by 5 to 4, but really puts Paul to shame in 4 of those categories FG%, FT%, 3's, AST; whereas Paul only puts Nash to shame in 2 categories TO and ST.
Arenas does bow down to Paul in 5 of the 9 categories, but there is a really massive divide in Arenas over Paul in PTS and 3's; whereas Paul does have a huge edge over Arenas only in TO.
Following that logic, and since all categories are weighed equally, I judge Arenas and Nash to be better than Paul. But hey, you beat my ass in year 1. You'll probably do it again I reckon. I'm not so hot at basketball admittedly.
I don't at all disagree that Nash and Arenas are generally better on paper than Paul. Last year. I've probably bought into the hype in a big way too about Paul, but I'm hoping for a better year as a sophomore and I'm wondering if Nash can do it all over, yet again. As for Arenas, why the hell he's designated at PG is simply astounding to me. I think you made a spectacular pick for SG with Arenas, but he doesn't have the stats for the point guard really.
My guess/hope for Paul is he will step up his production in terms of scoring and assists, upwards of 19 ppg and more like 8-9 apg. So yeah, he's still behind Nash for assists, but I'll let some dude named Billups pull up that slack. His rebounds and steals are phenomenal for a PG. Where he sucks is 3s and I figure to bring up the ass end of that category anyway :-\
I'd likely have taken Arenas or Nash had you left them behind, but my strategy was to target specific guys and hope they fell to me in rounds I felt were suitable. Brand, Billups, Boozer, West and Mohammed all fit that category and I'm ecstatic to have picked them up where I did. Bell, Ford, Granger, Williams, Murphy and G. Wallace were either what I felt had really good upside (Ford, Granger, Williams, Murphy) or were what I pretty desperately needed - Wallace at SG.
BTW, I'm picking Claxton as being one of the top ten point guards this year and I'd have picked him had he come around to me again.
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As an outsider looking in, I'm curious as to how the draft played out. Would one of you mind posting who got drafted when ... at least for the first few rounds?
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As an outsider looking in, I'm curious as to how the draft played out. Would one of you mind posting who got drafted when ... at least for the first few rounds?
Round 1
1. L. James Air Up There
2. S. Marion The Defendin...
3. K. Garnett Snagglicious!
4. K. Bryant john's team
5. D. Wade Team Venture
6. D. Nowitzki Minnesota Mu...
7. E. Brand Canuckleheads
8. G. Arenas Dressel's Re...
Round 2
1. S. Nash Dressel's Re...
2. C. Paul Canuckleheads
3. A. Iverson Minnesota Mu...
4. V. Carter Team Venture
5. C. Bosh john's team
6. Y. Ming Snagglicious!
7. R. Allen The Defendin...
8. T. Duncan Air Up There
Round 3
1. P. Pierce Air Up There
2. A. Stoudemire The Defendin...
3. A. Kirilenko Snagglicious!
4. J. O'Neal john's team
5. D. Howard Team Venture
6. J. Kidd Minnesota Mu...
7. C. Billups Canuckleheads
8. B. Diaw Dressel's Re...
Round 4
1. R. Artest Dressel's Re...
2. R. Lewis Canuckleheads
3. M. Redd Minnesota Mu...
4. C. Anthony Team Venture
5. T. McGrady john's team
6. J. Richardson Snagglicious!
7. B. Wallace The Defendin...
8. L. Odom Air Up There
Round 5
1. M. Okur Air Up There
2. P. Stojakovic The Defendin...
3. J. Johnson Snagglicious!
4. J. Smith john's team
5. K. Hinrich Team Venture
6. B. Miller Minnesota Mu...
7. G. Wallace Canuckleheads
8. Z. Ilgauskas Dressel's Re...
Round 6
1. R. Wallace Dressel's Re...
2. C. Boozer Canuckleheads
3. A. Jamison Minnesota Mu...
4. C. Kaman Team Venture
5. M. Bibby john's team
6. M. Camby Snagglicious!
7. J. Terry The Defendin...
8. C. Butler Air Up There
Round 7
1. J. Nelson Air Up There
2. C. Webber The Defendin...
3. R. Jefferson Snagglicious!
4. R. Felton john's team
5. A. Iguodala Team Venture
6. A. Nocioni Minnesota Mu...
7. D. West Canuckleheads
8. R. Hamilton Dressel's Re...
Round 8
1. S. Marbury Dressel's Re...
2. R. Bell Canuckleheads
3. M. Peterson Minnesota Mu...
4. C. Villanueva Team Venture
5. M. James john's team
6. S. Battier Snagglicious!
7. B. Davis The Defendin...
8. P. Gasol Air Up There
Round 9
1. M. Miller Air Up There
2. S. O'Neal The Defendin...
3. L. Ridnour Snagglicious!
4. M. Ginobili john's team
5. E. Okafor Team Venture
6. B. Roy Minnesota Mu...
7. T. Ford Canuckleheads
8. J. Howard Dressel's Re...
Round 10
1. H. Turkoglu Dressel's Re...
2. D. Granger Canuckleheads
3. R. Foye Minnesota Mu...
4. L. Hughes Team Venture
5. C. Maggette john's team
6. A. Bogut Snagglicious!
7. S. Cassell The Defendin...
8. S. Claxton Air Up There
Round 11
1. D. Milicic Air Up There
2. R. Davis The Defendin...
3. A. Harrington Snagglicious!
4. T. Chandler john's team
5. A. Morrison Team Venture
6. Z. Randolph Minnesota Mu...
7. T. Murphy Canuckleheads
8. S. Dalembert Dressel's Re...
Round 12
1. C. Mobley Dressel's Re...
2. M. Williams Canuckleheads
3. B. Simmons Minnesota Mu...
4. T. Parker Team Venture
5. D. Gooden john's team
6. B. Gordon Snagglicious!
7. E. Jones The Defendin...
8. M. Dunleavy Air Up There
Round 13
1. N. Krstic Air Up There
2. S. Abdur-Rahim The Defendin...
3. R. Alston Snagglicious!
4. B. Knight john's team
5. M. Williams Team Venture
6. R. LaFrentz Minnesota Mu...
7. N. Mohammed Canuckleheads
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None of this round by round analysis for me. I'm banking on my top three picks of LeBron, Tim, and Paul to carry me. ;D
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Thanks, Matt.
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None of this round by round analysis for me. I'm banking on my top three picks of LeBron, Tim, and Paul to carry me. ;D
I think most of us would say that we're counting on our top 3 players to carry our teams. :)
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the league does get thin faster than you would think.
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It's always fun watching one of your players commit a flagrant foul on one of your other players in the first game of the season :o Granger slams Wallace to the floor and Wallace leaves the game, probably with a concussion.
On the bright side, Boozer was a monster last night (and he has a wickedly cool name).
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I didn't have any TV or internet last night cuz I just moved, now I'm on the computer at work, but I turned on ESPN radio in the car this morning to get some scores and on the update I hear:
"Bucs over the Pistons 105 to 97. Rasheed Wallace with no points, a flagrant foul, 2 technicals, and an ejection."
Not exactly the numbers you wished your fantasy power forward would put up ;) Rasheed is a great player with unique characteristics but he is one of the biggest crybabies in The Association.
I can laugh about it now though.
Ron Artest with 7 steals.
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Ron Artest with 7 steals.
Yeah, he's a force. Players have to stop trying to drive on him. He's too quick and too strong, so just give it up already.
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Well the first quarter is almost over for the Pistons and Sheed hasn't assaulted anybody or been thrown out of the game yet so ****, things are looking up.
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Ron Artest with 7 steals.
7 cars in one night is an awful lot of theft, even for Artest.
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Ron Artest with 7 steals.
7 cars in one night is an awful lot of theft, even for Artest.
Ba-ziiing...
I just want to gloat while I have a chance. Two days in a row in first place...I think that's a first for me in any fantasy league. :)
John
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Hey Scott do me a solid - now that you've got Eddy Curry on your fantasy hoops squad hop over here to NY and take the real Eddy Curry too. And Marbury. And Francis. And most of the bench. Just leave me Channing Frye and 11 draft picks.
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Hey Scott do me a solid - now that you've got Eddy Curry on your fantasy hoops squad hop over here to NY and take the real Eddy Curry too. And Marbury. And Francis. And most of the bench. Just leave me Channing Frye and 11 draft picks.
I can't believe you gave up on Starbury so easily :-\
I debated between Curry and Etan Thomas all morning, now the point is moot I guess
Also a big F-U to Brad Miller and the Kings for not disclosing the fact his ******* foot hurt all preseason. Plantar Fascia injuries can be season ending...******
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Also a big F-U to Brad Miller and the Kings for not disclosing the fact his ******* foot hurt all preseason. Plantar Fascia injuries can be season ending...******
that is true. even if he plays thru it (since there isn't a cure and it doesn't get worse if you play on it), his numbers will be down from his average.
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Marbury isn't going to do much for me except turn the ball over, shoot at a low field goal percentage, and take up space on my roster when I could have a guy like Etan Thomas who apparently has 12 REB/2-3 BLK potential every night with a good FG% and 15 PPG potential.
I wouldn't have put Marbury in even if I suffered an injury to Nash or Arenas. I'd have gone another route.
Curry I also do not want, he turns the ball over a ton and refuses to rebound consistently.
Keep in mind, I am a Knick fan :)
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Curry I also do not want, he turns the ball over a ton and refuses to rebound consistently.
That's because he's a fat, out of shape, tub of uninspired ****.
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I can't believe you gave up on Starbury so easily :-\
After having suffered with Marbury last year on my fantasy team, he could have been sitting there still in round 12 and I wouldn't have picked him up. Last year was awful, you never knew if he was in a snit, the coach was in a snit, or the rest of the team was in a snit relative to Starbury. What a waste.
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Woo hoo Pierce got me a triple double; 35 pts, 13 rebs, & 12 TOs. :P
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Interesting game, Sczerbiak had 35 as well :o
I'm already confused in this league. I'm doing well in stats I didn't think I would and poorly in other areas. LOL, so much for preseason planning. Three changes already. Yee-haw.
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Woo hoo Pierce got me a triple double; 35 pts, 13 rebs, & 12 TOs. :P
How is that even possible?! :o
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Thanks Dressel for dumping Dalembert, I was going to draft him in the 11th Round when my computer froze, I got randolph who has been a machine and now the guy I wanted anyway...thanks again!
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Man, I thought I had put together a decent team - but, at least so far, yikes. Struggling, big time :).
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Thanks Dressel for dumping Dalembert, I was going to draft him in the 11th Round when my computer froze, I got randolph who has been a machine and now the guy I wanted anyway...thanks again!
I figured since I get the better of you in 90% of these leagues, you could use all the help you could get.
That, and the fact that Dalembert's last game was an aberration so far this season, and that Steven Hunter is starting just as much as Dalembert is. You may be dropping Dalembert within a week.
Luke Walton however, there's a nice pickup for plug 'n' play.
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Luke Walton however, there's a nice pickup for plug 'n' play.
Yeah, I read Yahoo's news too :P
Only thing is I'm still trying to figure out why Korver got dropped ??? A few moves later and I think I've resolved my shooting guard issues adequately. I'm down to three point guards, but I'll live with that.
BTW, Nash is outperforming Paul, but only marginally so at this point. I'd be happy with either.
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Luke Walton however, there's a nice pickup for plug 'n' play.
Yeah, I read Yahoo's news too :P
Only thing is I'm still trying to figure out why Korver got dropped ??? A few moves later and I think I've resolved my shooting guard issues adequately. I'm down to three point guards, but I'll live with that.
BTW, Nash is outperforming Paul, but only marginally so at this point. I'd be happy with either.
According to Yahoo's in-season rankings which changes game by game, weighing all 9 categories that count in our league Nash is the 8th best fantasy basketball player, Arenas is 14th, and Paul brings up the rear with the 32nd ranking.
I guess we'll keep tabs on this throughout the season, but I'm happy with Nash and Arenas. I'd have taken Paul if he were still around for my 3rd pick.
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Yep. I didn't expect you to go PG/PG so Arenas was a great pickup. I'd certainly have snagged him had you left him behind.
I like yahoo's rankings, they're informative but only to a point. I only have two guys in the top 25, one of whom I just picked up. But I do have 7 in the top 50, so it works out ok. But you know all that from baseball. Sometimes a poorly ranked guy fills a hole for you in spite of his other stats. As long as someone else is picking up the slack. 4-5 guys that are free agents in the top 50 as well.
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On the subject of triple doubles, Yao damn near gave me a quadruple double tonight.
35 pts, 17 boards, 7 blocks, 8 turnovers.
Yowzas.
John
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Looks like Amare finally had a solid game tonight.
10 of 14 from the field, 25 points, 14 rebounds, a steal and two blocks
In 24 minutes of play.
Hopefully it's a sign of things to come.
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(http://www.bodogbeat.com/archives/ShaqHurt.jpg)
(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:vcf4qM_140tq0M:http://www.fourseasicecream.com/images/Down_Arrow.gif)
30 min/game/ 14 PPG/ 10 RPG/ 3.5 BPG
(http://nbabg.com/admin/uploadedimages/Alonzo%20Mourning.jpg)
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And a 24-point home loss to the wretched Knicks. Fantastic.
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I wish we had more roster spots to play so I can use my depth.
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And a 24-point home loss to the wretched Knicks. Fantastic.
We've still got room for you...
(http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061116/capt.679c46be0e6c4f998bb9f393722d6e4f.grizzlies_kings_basketball_sca110.jpg)
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Hahaha ... no thanks. I appreciate the offer, but I'll stick with the Heat and ride out this ****-slide that they're on.
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I'll tell you how tight our league is, I just got in and logged into Stat Tracker to see that tonight I've come from 6th place, +9, to unseat Scott and take 1st place.
But will it last until morning?
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UPDATE: I squeezed 10 minutes out of it anyhow :P
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Jesus H. who woke my favorite Frenchman Boris up?
A near triple double with a bunch of steals and blocks to boot. He lost like 10 pounds of those croissants from the offseason, here in the first 3 weeks. Is he back?
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as per man law, i think i am going to declare this a rebuilding year.
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as per man law, i think i am going to declare this a rebuilding year.
Funny you posted this, I was just looking at your team and the standings. Your team is loaded. But this format is all about combination and balance. It's way too early for you to be packing it in, one or two free agent signings in the categories you are deficient in could propel you towards the top of the league.
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as per man law, i think i am going to declare this a rebuilding year.
Funny you posted this, I was just looking at your team and the standings. Your team is loaded. But this format is all about combination and balance. It's way too early for you to be packing it in, one or two free agent signings in the categories you are deficient in could propel you towards the top of the league.
i didn't mean to imply that i was completely giving up, but it is frustrating to be so far behind, when if it was a real team it would kick everyones ass.
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as per man law, i think i am going to declare this a rebuilding year.
Funny you posted this, I was just looking at your team and the standings. Your team is loaded. But this format is all about combination and balance. It's way too early for you to be packing it in, one or two free agent signings in the categories you are deficient in could propel you towards the top of the league.
i didn't mean to imply that i was completely giving up, but it is frustrating to be so far behind, when if it was a real team it would kick everyones ass.
Hopefully Kobe turns it around...his knee is still bothering him it would seem
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My guys have taken quite a dump over the last week. True to my normal form, I guess. :)
John
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Holy ****, I just saw what Andris Biedrins has turned into after I dropped him in the 2nd week of November, and now I wish I didn't look. Geez, 12, 15, 17 rebounds a night, 5, 6, 7 blocks.
With that Deron Williams pickup, Biedrins really would have been the difference maker for me and I regret giving up on him so fast.
Bah, easy come, easy go. One hell of a 2 week stretch for him though, damn.
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Holy ****, I just saw what Andris Biedrins has turned into after I dropped him in the 2nd week of November, and now I wish I didn't look. Geez, 12, 15, 17 rebounds a night, 5, 6, 7 blocks.
Yeah - thanks for that one. He's replaced Chris "worthless" Webber in my line up.
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His numbers really are shocking. I had no clue that was going on for the last 2 weeks.
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His numbers really are shocking. I had no clue that was going on for the last 2 weeks.
He's this years 2004 Joel Przybilla.
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His numbers really are shocking. I had no clue that was going on for the last 2 weeks.
He's this years 2004 Joel Przybilla.
A guy in my Fantasy Football league blocked Joel Przybilla in high schoo...true storyl
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I guess there's a good chance we'll be seeing a changing of the guard soon as Rashard Lewis is going to be out 2+ months for Bug. Lewis is a rare combination of 3's, FG + FT%, blocks, scoring and steals. That's not replaceable.
We should be seeing something that may resemble about a 3 way tie for first this time next month.
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No ****. Going on vacation and my team implodes. :o
Lewis: out two months.
J.R. Smith: 10 game suspension
David West: surgery, return unknown. I got only 7 games from him and he's good.
Monta Ellis: left the game with a shoulder injury, no news yet.
Merry Christmas :-\
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No ****. Going on vacation and my team implodes. :o
Lewis: out two months.
J.R. Smith: 10 game suspension
David West: surgery, return unknown. I got only 7 games from him and he's good.
Monta Ellis: left the game with a shoulder injury, no news yet.
Merry Christmas :-\
We might as well carry Chris Paul off the court with a sprained ankle (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2709024) while we're on a roll here.
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And I neglected to mention Sean May as well. Not at all pleased about Paul though. Yeesh, it's dwindling pretty thin here. I was feeling bad about the amount of games I wracked up but now I'm happy.
Craptastic. :-X
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Whew!
Just an ankle sprain, missing 2-4 games (which I interpret to be 4-6 games) but he's mostly fine anyway. Looks like Sczerbiak was out for a while as well, but should be back today. May's injury is fairly minor and West is claiming to be back sooner rather than later, which would be a nice bonus. No news on Ellis, though they've got too many body issues in Golden State at that position at the moment so I'm not sure how he would have been going forward in terms of minutes anyway. Smith is also a concern with the addition of AI. He was second in scoring (I think) and now will be fighting (and losing) for shots with both Melo and AI. Whee.
Lewis is the biggest blow by far though, he was having a fantastic year.
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I am sooo glad AI is finally back and my Assist and Steal numbers can rebound. I need to make up some ground in 3's as well and he should help there too.
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New sheriff in town, and I project I'll remain there for at least the better part of the evening ;)
Gerald Wallace is back, baby. He gets the line of the night:
40 PTS, 14 REB, 6 STL, 4 BLK, .556 FG%, .909 FT%
His blocks and steals all of the sudden came back over the past 7 games. The ill effects of that rap on the noggin he suffered opening night has apparently subsided. Although I suspect it was actually a shoulder or elbow or even knee or ankle injury he played through for the past month. Anyhow, he is back and putting up last year's defensive numbers again.
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Is it me or are there a lot of players getting hurt? In the past weeks Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Rashard Lewis, Josh Smith, Chris Paul, and possibly D-Wade tonight.
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Is it me or are there a lot of players getting hurt? In the past weeks Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Rashard Lewis, Josh Smith, Chris Paul, and possibly D-Wade tonight.
And Yao, Krstic too. We're probably forgetting more.
I remember the season before last there was a similar stretch with a lot of guys of this caliber out, Baron Davis, Andrei Kirilenko, Jason Kidd, Jermaine O'Neal, Grant Hill and many others.
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And Yao, Krstic too. We're probably forgetting more.
I remember the season before last there was a similar stretch with a lot of guys of this caliber out, Baron Davis, Andrei Kirilenko and many others.
Totally forgot about Yao. It just seems a lot of quality players are missing time one way or another. AI trade situation, Carmelo suspension. Crazy year so far in the NBA.
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New sheriff in town, and I project I'll remain there for at least the better part of the evening ;)
Gerald Wallace is back, baby. He gets the line of the night:
40 PTS, 14 REB, 6 STL, 4 BLK, .556 FG%, .909 FT%
I gave up on Wallace way too early I'm afraid. I could have parked his ass on the bench, though it's not like I have any space for him right now though :-\ In a perfect world I'd have Paul and West playing tonight and I'd still be riding high. Looking like I'm going to have to do some climbing come March. If I can get West and May playing well, I'll switch from small ball lineup to a big ball lineup and see what I can do with that. I'll be pleased if I can get Ellis and Smith playing like they were before the injury/suspension too.
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possibly D-Wade tonight.
X Rays are negative, but we'll wait to see if there is any soft tissue tendon or ligament damage or how bad the sprain is.
I'm pretty sure almost the entire league, and Phil Jackson, were more than a tad tired of Wade's cheating and traveling on his "spin move" anyhow. Just once I want to see a whistle blown on that one ;)
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While I might be able to agree with the cheating on the spin move comment, I would casually point out traveling is hardly isolated in the NBA and certainly not limited to Wade ;)
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While I might be able to agree with the cheating on the spin move comment, I would casually point out traveling is hardly isolated in the NBA and certainly not limited to Wade ;)
Right you are Bug.
The annoying thing is the bastard is so squeaky clean that in this thug life league, he looks even better. When there's something, anything, that he does that's not 100% kosher, it's got to be mentioned.
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I'm pretty sure almost the entire league, and Phil Jackson, were more than a tad tired of Wade's cheating and traveling on his "spin move" anyhow. Just once I want to see a whistle blown on that one ;)
Funny thing is I remember that being called at the World Championships.
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Ahh ... so now the truth comes out. It was the spin move that was bothering you, Matt. First of all, he doesn't travel ALL of the time on that move, but I will admit that it looks a bit suspect from time to time. He's so damn quick when he does it that it's hard to tell what his feet are doing sometimes. But ... as bad as the refs are, they know the rules. If they see it as traveling, they'll call it. If that's the worst thing that bitter coaches (I'm talking to you, Phil) can come up with when Wade makes their players and teams look stupid, then I can live with that. And as Morgbug mentioned, there is a TON of traveling in the league, so it's not isolated to Wade. Jordan used to walk all over the place ... and just about every player with a good cross-over carries the ball.
Anyway ... I just hope he's alright. I love how the team rallied without him last night. They nearly beat a quality team on the road without either of their superstars.
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Ahh ... so now the truth comes out. It was the spin move that was bothering you, Matt. First of all, he doesn't travel ALL of the time on that move, but I will admit that it looks a bit suspect from time to time. He's so damn quick when he does it that it's hard to tell what his feet are doing sometimes. But ... as bad as the refs are, they know the rules. If they see it as traveling, they'll call it. If that's the worst thing that bitter coaches (I'm talking to you, Phil) can come up with when Wade makes their players and teams look stupid, then I can live with that. And as Morgbug mentioned, there is a TON of traveling in the league, so it's not isolated to Wade. Jordan used to walk all over the place ... and just about every player with a good cross-over carries the ball.
Anyway ... I just hope he's alright. I love how the team rallied without him last night. They nearly beat a quality team on the road without either of their superstars.
Ha ha! :)
(http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/scr0137l.jpg)
I knew you'd swallow the hook and the line Neal, but I really thought you'd at least spit the sinker out.
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Nah ... I'm all about the sinker.
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I've been without Ray Allen for the better part of 2 or 3 weeks. Other than that my team's been okay (in injuries that is, they pretty much suck everywhere else). Thank God for Fantasy Hockey...
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Thank God for Fantasy Hockey...
Your one and only safe haven ;)
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For now.
But I won last year's Basketball, and I finished 3rd in Baseball just a short while ago.
And next year, I'll be back in Football - mark it down.
All I need to do is get lucky enough to have the #1 pick and use it on LT. :-\
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But I won last year's Basketball
I wasn't in it, so for the purposes of this conversation that win is null and void ;)
All I need to do is get lucky enough to have the #1 pick and use it on LT. :-\
Or the 4th pick like me ;)
But let the record show that even if you took LaDainian Tomlinson off my roster in Week 1, and didn't even replace him with another player to at least make up some of of the points, I still would have scored the most points in the league.
Most teams that LT carried to the championship game cannot say that.
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Yep- but you saw my math. With LT instead of LJ I'd have been second in scoring, with 8 or 9 wins, and right in the thick of the playoffs.
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Yep- but you saw my math. With LT instead of LJ I'd have been second in scoring, with 8 or 9 wins, and right in the thick of the playoffs.
What's the term...."fuzzy math" ;) We won't start that here though.
I wonder if you swapped LJ for LT on my squad if I'd still be in the same spot.
If you get bored...
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Great idea. I'll get to it at some point before the holiday is over.
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Where would Kevho be if he took LT like he should have instead of Tiki ******* Barber, taking Shaun and LJ were both reasonable picks at the time, LT faltered mightly down the stretch last year and had a new unknown QB...but Tiki Barber???? Come on ::)
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Just an ankle sprain for Chris Paul, missing 2-4 games (which I interpret to be 4-6 games) but he's mostly fine anyway.
Make it 1 month, so say the Hornets.
Hey if 1 or 2 more superstars go down to injury, you will have achieved the state of being completely crippled like my baseball squad this year.
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Add Billups to the injury bug. He went down with a strained right calf in the final minute of the game. Status is unknown for Sunday.
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10 days to two weeks is the more recent report. ::)
Somebody just shoot me now.
Running tally:
David West: forearm surgery - out after playing only 7 games, could miss up to 2 months more
Chris Paul: sprained ankle - out for a month
Rashard Lewis: hand surgery - out two months, possibly more
Monta Ellis: bum shoulder, been out a week, probably a week more
Sean May: sprained ankle, not ready to return yet, been out two weeks
Wally Szcerbiak: sprained ankle, not ready yet, been out three weeks
Chauncey Billups: calf strain, out two weeks.
J.R. Smith: not hurt (nobody gets hurt in basketball fights) but suspended for 10 games, should be back in January, or about 10 days to two weeks.
No, really. Shoot me.
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Player FG% FT% 3PT PTS REB AST ST BLK TO
Szczerbiak 45.3 90.5 1.4 17.6 3.6 2.1 0.6 0.1 2.0
Billups 43.3 88.1 1.8 17.9 3.0 8.3 1.3 0.3 2.2
May 50.9 83.1 0.0 12.4 6.5 1.8 0.4 0.8 1.7
Ellis 47.5 74.8 0.8 17.1 2.7 4.1 1.2 0.3 3.5
Smith 45.7 84.2 2.8 16.7 2.6 1.7 1.0 0.1 1.9
Lewis 48.8 90.1 2.3 21.9 6.8 2.4 1.3 0.7 2.0
Paul 46.3 78.9 0.3 18.4 4.4 9.0 1.8 0.0 3.1
West 47.1 74.3 0.0 17.4 8.3 1.3 0.4 1.0 1.9
That's just nuts. I had Ellis and Smith to replace Wallace, each could back up the other or Raja Bell and play utility depending on what I needed.
Billups and Paul were awesome backups for each other and surreal as a utility filler.
West was a steal, IMO, in the draft with 17.7/8.3 that late. I grabbed May to replace him. Either was a nice backup to Brand and good size in the utility slot.
Lewis was arguably in the top three for small forwards and yahoo had him ranked 4th overall this season. He was on fire.
Szczerbiak was just filler for that SG slot too, but jeez, he was having a career year.
Ouch.
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You didn't piss of any locals in Hawaii, did you Brent? Maybe they put a hex on your fantasy teams. :P
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I don't think so? I was only there for a couple of hours when things started going south and I lost Jones and Jackson in football. It's been a continuous slide since then. I think I used all the good luck in baseball where I had nearly zero injuries.
I'm just so bummed though, my team was seriously cruising and I never even really had West for any period of time. I'd figured once he'd come back I'd be untouchable. Whoops.
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Well, you're not the only one suffering from the injury bug, Bug ;) I just lost Gerald Wallace who was really pouring it on lately to a separated shoulder. Rasheed Wallace has been down with "sore ankles." Same with Artest though we know it's really cuz he's raising his yearly hell and doesn't want to play. Also I had lost Josh Howard for 8 games and Nash for a few with various injuries.
Your situation is worse, but my squad hasn't exactly been a portrait of health.
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Ooooh Bug you fiend. I was going to pick up Josh Childress last night but couldn't decide if I wanted to drop Tayshaun Prince or Alonzo Mourning to do it. Dropping either didn't seem right.
Picking up free agents in fantasy sports is a lot like collecting Star Wars figures. If you don't grab someone you want when you see them, chances are they won't be there when you come back.
Makes me feel glad I grabbed Al Jefferson, Deron Williams, and Gerald Wallace when I did.
But I wouldn't have minded Childress either.
Nice pickup.
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Thanks. I was sitting back shortly after the raft of injuries thinking I'll just wait it out until my guys come back. Might work for some of them, but it ain't going to work having 15 games to spare at small forward when Lewis finally does return (and probably not like he did when he left). So I filled up the player moves sheet pretty much all by myself over the last couple of days going back and forth. He ain't no Lewis, but he'll do for now.
Wishing I'd picked up Jefferson at one point too. Can't say I ever had my eye on Deron Williams though. And Wallace I'll regret all year; there were other bodies I could have dumped and held him. But I'm good for at least one stupid move in every league, if not more.
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Even with all the injuries I still wish we had more active spots. I have no clue who I will bench when my team is healthy.
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I long for that to happen, but I do know what you mean. At the start of the season I was running the obvious choices:
PG Paul
SG Wallace then Monta Ellis or JR Smith
SF Lewis
PF Brand
C Boozer
Utility was supposed to be Billups and West, but West never lasted long. So I was going small ball and running either Smith or Raja Bell in there and things were going great. I should never have dropped Wallace but Bell's been a nice surprise.
Small league makes for interesting problems. I'd prefer 12 teams in the league.
I miss Lewis. :'(
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Even with all the injuries I still wish we had more active spots. I have no clue who I will bench when my team is healthy.
I like this format that we've been using since we started a few years ago, because each spot is so critical, and the format really emphasizes the importance of balance. There is more strategy involved with fewer spots, and it really forces you to pay attention to who is most valuable to your team. It makes for tougher decisions and more crafty tactics and management.
You can take solace in the fact that you have a strong bench, and a nice insurance policy.
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Getting healthier by the day :D And I brought most of my games used totals back in line without falling too far behind.
J.R. Smith's suspension is over, but now with AI and Melo, plus the stellar play of Boykins in Smith's absence it's no guarantee he'll return to his former playing time or scoring. He and Melo were tearing it up, but AI and Boykins could put a big stop to that.
Billups could play this weekend and he seems to have been very smart about when he's coming back, not rushing and healing properly.
Monta Ellis is back and doing alright, though the 9 turnovers in one game was ugly.
West has been cleared to shoot but most impressively he was keeping his fitness up the whole time he was out. He'll have rust, no doubt, but it shouldn't last too long.
Childress might get a bit of a bump too, with Claxton hurting his knee tonight.
Not much word on Paul and that's a bit of a concern. Lewis is breaking my heart not being there.
Nice pickup Jay with Mutumbo. I didn't even go look because I figured someone had him, he's been an animal of late. Whoops, big error on my part. I've been watching his stats because I've been playing Juwan Howard who's been doing well in his own right, but Mutumbo has been outplaying him regularly. Sweet pickup for you until Yao returns.
Here's the funny line of the night though:
Elton Brand - 21 points on 10/17 and 1/2 shooting, 6 rebounds, 0 steals, 1 block.
Mark Blount - 21 points on 10/15 and 1-3 pointer, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 0 blocks.
Yep, Mark Blount, Celtics refugee to the T'Wolves matches Brand in fantasy output tonight. :o What do you think someone would have told you if you said to them at the start of the season that Blount would match Brand in even a single game? The good news/bad news thing is I have Blount, which is good, the bad is I think for the time being I might rather have Mutumbo. Once Yao is back that might change though, as Blount is fitting really well with the Wolves and may last the season as a starter alongside Garnett, if the latter isn't traded. But I could see Houston going with Ming/Mutumbo and Howard taking the big minutes hit down the road. I just hope West is back before Yao so I don't miss anything with a decrease in Howard's production.
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Did you guys catch the 30 points and 25 rebounds that Dwight Howard put up last night? Damn! That kid is an animal.
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Did you guys catch the 30 points and 25 rebounds that Dwight Howard put up last night? Damn! That kid is an animal.
That's why he's "Next."
Nice pickup Jay with Mutumbo. I didn't even go look because I figured someone had him, he's been an animal of late. Whoops, big error on my part. I've been watching his stats because I've been playing Juwan Howard who's been doing well in his own right, but Mutumbo has been outplaying him regularly. Sweet pickup for you until Yao returns.
He's more of a filler until Mehmet plays better, but thanks. He'll also help me in blocks.
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Got to see my #1 pick play tonight. Let me tell you, that is the quietest 28, 6, & 6 I've seen.
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I think my team must have shot about .300 from the field and .500 from the line for the week. Some terrible luck for sure, especially with Gerlald Wallace who was RED HOT still not back and Arenas, Jefferson and Rasheed struggling with their shot.
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Well after not paying much attention because my team was so far behind, I realized that when it comes to games played, I'm not necessarily out of this thing at all... so changes are afoot.
The following players are available to interested parties:
Ben Wallace
Peja Stojakovic
Chris Webber
Sam Cassell
Shaq
One-for-one, package deals, whatever.
Let's make a deal.
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Okay Rob, what kind of statistical needs are you looking to fill here? Give me specific categories and I'll shoot you over a deal.
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Well I'm dead last in assists, FT%, and Points.
So Those are the obvious areas to target. You don't happen to have a player that scores a lot, dishes a lot, and doesn't miss free throws that you're looking to dump do you?! ;)
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Well I'm dead last in assists, FT%, and Points.
So Those are the obvious areas to target. You don't happen to have a player that scores a lot, dishes a lot, and doesn't miss free throws that you're looking to dump do you?! ;)
Yes I do, Deron Williams.
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What would he cost me?
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What would he cost me?
I'd bundle Deron and his 8.7 assists/game with Tayshaun and let him fly for Amare.
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Sorry, Amare isn't going anywhere. I took a gamble on him in the 3rd and it's just now starting to pay off - I'm banking on him getting better and better as the season goes on.
Te guys willing to move are Ben Wallace, Peja Stojakovic, Chris Webber, Same Cassell, and Shaq.
I might also be talked into Quentin Richardson and Ricky Davis - but I like having both those guys around.
I wouldn't mind giving up two or three of those guys for Williams, but I can't part ways with Amare.
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Do your best, I'm starting to get healthy again. It'll be a while for Lewis and Paul, but West and Billups are back ;D
Funny thing is Billups was the weakest part of my lineup tonight.
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Bring one in, take one out ::)
Chris Paul is set to come back, maybe tomorrow or Friday. But to ensure my team doesn't fall out of balance and actually have most of the guys I drafted playing, Carlos Boozer goes and gets hurt. It doesn't look serious, but that's what I said 17 games ago with Paul.
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Bring one in, take one out ::)
Chris Paul is set to come back, maybe tomorrow or Friday. But to ensure my team doesn't fall out of balance and actually have most of the guys I drafted playing, Carlos Boozer goes and gets hurt. It doesn't look serious, but that's what I said 17 games ago with Paul.
I feel your pain. Lamar Odom back than LeBron sits with a nagging toe injury.
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Looks like I'll be down:
Redd
Iverson
Jamison
Now's your time to make a move everyone :-*
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I would if I could just get everyone back. Dang.
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Looks like I'll be down:
Redd
Iverson
Jamison
Now's your time to make a move everyone :-*
AI will be down a game or two and we don't know about Jamison yet.
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... Carlos Boozer goes and gets hurt. It doesn't look serious, but that's what I said 17 games ago with Paul.
****, I hate being right all the time (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-jazz-boozer&prov=ap&type=lgns) >:( :'(
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Ouch. Guess I'm gonna have to take care of Pearson personally this time.
Again.
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Secretly, Neal knows it's Ron Artest in a Heat uniform (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=cnnsi-ronrontotheresc&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns) that's going to rescue the great Dwyane Wade.
EDIT: crap, wrong thread. My bad.
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Ouch. Guess I'm gonna have to take care of Pearson personally this time.
Again.
We'll see. I hope Redd is back soon...if Jamison is hurt I'm worried :-\
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I thought I had a pretty good shot once all my guys got back. Billups is back in form, as is West. But without Lewis and now Boozer, I'm looking at this as I'm running out of time :-\ I also didn't draft guys that were overly flexible really.
Having Billups and Paul I figured I would about own the steals and assists categories (due respect to your guys Dressel) but losing both really put a dent in my totals. Worse, I can't play either guy anywhere but utility or PG.
Same story for my power forwards. It'd be so sweet if I could slide West or Brand into the Center slot, but no go, so I'm left with both of them in the same situation as my point guards eating up the other utility spot.
Even my shooting guards are remarkably inflexible with Bell and Smith only having SG flexibility. Ellis is a bit more flexible but I sure as hell don't need someone else to slide into the PG spot. Still, considering I prematurely dumped Wallace this crew has been quite satisfactory.
I'm going to have to look a little more closely at that next year.
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Bug's got a great squad that was going to win but got banged up. I thought a comeback and return to first was in the realm of possibility, but Boozer is the straw that broke the camel's back. I think. Rob could be a dark horse just because he has so many games yet to play but looking at his bench, I don't see many difference makers. Scott and I will likely be pummeling each other down the stretch and it'll probably come down to the healthier team taking the trophy. Air Up There is suffering from the same problem that my team had in year 1 when I was in first 85% of the year then lost to Bug - and that's an insurmountable ball and chain of FT% and TO's that is going to be uncorrectable until he drafts his new team next season.
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Hmmm, Raja Bell has zero points in 11 minutes. I wonder what broke :'(
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Hmmm, Raja Bell has zero points in 11 minutes. I wonder what broke :'(
"left knee inflammation"
Whatever that means.
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Just wouldn't be right if someone on my team didn't get hurt tonight:
Troy Murphy: broken nose ::)
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Just wouldn't be right if someone on my team didn't get hurt tonight:
Troy Murphy: broken nose ::)
I'm telling you Brent, you pissed of some "Gods" in Hawaii. Did you take home a lava rock or refuse to eat some papaya? :P
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I guess I did, but I can't figure out what it was that I did to make them so angry. No lava rock, no coral, no black sand, nothing historical or sacred at all taken home. I thought I spent enough money there, but I guess not. Maybe I cut off some ancient Hawaiian dude or dudette on the highway?
Just sittin' back and waiting for the next injury.
Ellis sat out most of a game with an ankle injury, but played fine last night. J.R. Smith was in a car accident yesterday. Much to my surprise he didn't break a leg and still played last night.
I might as well curse Brand, cuz he's the only guy I've got that's stayed healthy. Should go down for the season within the week.
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I might as well curse Brand, cuz he's the only guy I've got that's stayed healthy. Should go down for the season within the week.
Probably won't be that long. You ought to go back to Hawaii and repent for whatever it is you did there. What happens in Hawaii stays in Hawaii? No no no. Clearly it follows you to JD/Yahoo Fantasy Sports.
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Arenas for sale. I'll entertain offers.
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Arenas for sale. I'll entertain offers.
Whatcha lookin' for? Nah, never mind, as soon as I got him he'd sprain his little toe and be gone for the season.
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Wallace I'll regret all year; there were other bodies I could have dumped and held him.
I'm convinced he was injured the first month and a half of the year, before the 8 game dislocated shoulder layoff. I don't know if it was that rap on the noggin opening night, or what. But the guy was good for 2-3 steals and 2 blocks a game last year, with nice rebounds. And he has been playing out of his mind for me the past 2 weeks since the shoulder injury comeback. Look at last night:
.533 FG% 21 Pts 16 Reb 6 Ast 2 Stl 3 BLK
Whew.
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He was hammered pretty hard in that first game and I think they missed diagnosing the concussion. If I'd known how my season was going to go, I never would have dropped him. What's one more largely useless body taking up space on the roster?
Every guy I drafted from round 2 through 7 has been out for at least a month and I'm still waiting to hear on my 8th round pick, Raja Bell, who didn't play last night but there's been no news on at all. He's been a nice surprise for round 8 too, averaging around 15 a game with lots of those on threes. I figure he should be back in march.
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He was hammered pretty hard in that first game and I think they missed diagnosing the concussion. If I'd known how my season was going to go, I never would have dropped him.
It's kinda funny that it took Gerald Wallace lumbering up and down the court in a concussed stupor for 6 weeks failing to put up any kind of numbers at all, for him to be dropped and my worthless 3rd round pick Boris Diaw to be replaced with some quality.
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Raja Bell played tonight, so no idea what the mystery ailment was.
Monta Ellis played a great game too, his first ever career double double before being carted off the court with a contused knee. Something sounding strangely similar to Boozer's injury.
What a shock ::)
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I might as well curse Brand, cuz he's the only guy I've got that's stayed healthy. Should go down for the season within the week.
Out. Back spasms.
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Well, a little premature to have him out for the season, but being on my team, he was way, way overdue. I wouldn't recognize my team if those little white crosses in the red boxes weren't there.
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I'm starting to border on rediculous injuries right now...
Redd has been out 8 weeks
Iverson more or less 4 weeks
Jamison for 3 with 3-6 more
Kidd at least this week
Having Iverson out has been killing me in Assists and Steals...absolutely brutal. Jamison was so solid all around that my team is really missing him as well. And if Kidd is out for any length of time...forget about it :-[
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You're not sinking fast enough and deep enough for my liking. I'm still going to assume that you're going to bounce back and I'm going to fight you to the last minute of the last game.
I'm taking you down Pearson. I'm taking you down to Chinatown.
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I would say post allstar break, there's still five guys that could win this and that's only because I don't remember where the sixth place guy is at. I think Dressel has the inside shot because of a lack of injuries. Scott obviously has a great team too, but is going through what I've been going through since December (damn you Hawaii). I'm an outside shot now but I should actually have everyone back after the break :o Won't know what to do with that.
Lewis and Paul are still showing signs of their injuries or just being out for a while. Paul's shooting has been horrible and his steals are down, considering he lead the league last year.
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I think Dressel has the inside shot because of a lack of injuries.
I agree.
But mostly because it's Darko time.
I did however suffer injuries to Rasheed Wallace, Steve Nash, Josh Howard, Gerald Wallace, and Ron Artest so I haven't exactly been a portrait of health either.
And I almost have my "games played" down to where they belong, that's where I hold another big edge over you and Scott, my 2 biggest threats.
Air Up There shoots close to first every so often, but I had his combination of stats in year 1, and I know that his combination of low FT% and high TO's is going to be impossible to repair without causing even more deficiencies in other absolute categories like REB, AST, PTS. That formula cannot win.
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In case anyone was worried about my guys getting too healthy J.R. Smith out 4 weeks after knee injury (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=nuggetssmith&prov=st&type=lgns)
::)
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Whew...looks like Jamison will be back soon, Kidd has been playing great with Cracked Ribs and Iverson and Redd are starting to turn it around...should be a fun last 1/4 of the season
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Meanwhile I'm hobbled. Nash lost 4 games and is still playing with a "frozen" right shoulder, whatever that is. Gerald Wallace has a pulled right groin. Ron Artest has a sore knee. Josh Howard sprained his ankle like 3 times and is gimping around on it. Rasheed is out with a sprained ankle. David Lee is out with a sprained ankle. Whew.
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I'm hobbled as well.. just when I thought my team might be able to make a push for 3rd or 2nd place, Marion goes out and Ray Allen is contemplating surgery.
This is in addition to being without Baron Davis for awhile.
That's 3 of my top players.
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Ron Artest wrongfully arrested for domestic violence (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-kings-artestarrested&prov=ap&type=lgns)
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I love fantasy sports. This is my line last night:
(http://www.toytraderz.com/john/hoops.jpg)
...and yet I drop three points closer to last place. ******* awesome. :)
John
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I'd say I feel for Dressel and Rob, but I can't generate too much sympathy. Kidd's never really been hurt Scott, he's just faking it for sympathy and you're lapping it up. :-*
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Don't cry for me Argentina... I'm somehow in 3rd place despite all the troubles my gang has had this year.
If I place in the top 3 I'll consider this run a glowing success.
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All the trouble you've had? I'm sorry, you're complaining about your top three, who've missed what? Maybe 20 games between them?
Seven of my first 8 draft picks have spent considerable time on the bench. Only Brand has managed to avoid most of the injury bug/curse. But he's only played 58 games, same as Marion.
Marion has played 58 games. - Out for 2.
Allen has played 48 games. - Out for 12
Davis has played 48 games. - Out for 12
Brand has played 58 games. - Out for 2.
Boozer has played 46 games. - Out for 14
Lewis has played 40 games. - Out for 20
Billups has played 50 games. - Out for 10
Paul has played 43 games. - Out for 17
West has played 30 games - Out for 30!
Gerald Wallace, who I shouldn't have dropped but did so because of injury, has played 54 games, but about 10 of those he was utterly useless because of a concussion. - Out for 6.
Argentina ain't crying for you, I assure you of that. It's hoping Allen opts for surgery and I can make it back to third place myself :-*
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Ron Artest was framed y'all.
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They should send him to jail for the rest of the season...after which I agree, it sounds like he was framed. My team is at full strength now...There will be no one to stop us, this time (I'm looking at you Ichiro)
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with pretty much no injuries, my team still sucks. but watch out snaggalicious or i might pass you and get out of 8th for the 1st time this year.
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Argentina ain't crying for you, I assure you of that. It's hoping Allen opts for surgery and I can make it back to third place myself
I was trying to agree with you... didn't do a very good job of it.
As for Allen - I'm screwed without him... The points are no big deal since I've given up on that category, but he's where most of my 3's and Steals come from and he has the highest FT% on my team...
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Eh, no one said I was good at listening either.
Allen seems to be playing fine with the injury :o
I think Missing Lewis killed my season. Those 20 games were a huge hit because he was my leading 3 point shooter and my leading scorer overall. Top it off with more than a handful of rebounds plus a steal and a block every other game and it's a killer. I believe he was ranked #1 by Yahoo when he went down.
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Allen has been doing fine alright... I'm just worried that with the Sonics so completely out of the playoff hunt, that he'll pack it in for the year.
And in other news, I'm getting a big game from Ricky Davis tonight. :) I love double OT.
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Clad in shining armor, Josh Childress will ride regally atop my steed of victory.
Joe Johnson has unlocked the portal to the promise land.
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No, he'll just break your heart. Great game followed by two mediocre games where you regret starting him.
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No, he'll just break your heart. Great game followed by two mediocre games where you regret starting him.
If you look closely, you can actually make out Childress here:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00061MKEM.01-A11LVJS4M6HW4Q._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_V61600426_.jpg)
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Ha ha I was so sleepy when I posted Childress atop his steed that I didn't realize that the rider was white.
I still love the Atlanta Hawks color scheme though.
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So a Free Agent at this point of the season is going to win you the Trophy? You forget who you are going up against...
(http://www.wearethepostmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/dirk.jpg)
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So a Free Agent at this point of the season is going to win you the Trophy? You forget who you are going up against...
I agree, it's gonna be tough for me to keep Rob at bay.
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Wow.
I can't believe how crowded it is right now at the top.
Even more unbelievable is that I'm a part of it - even if I'm the only one of the top four who's not getting a gold at the moment.
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Wow.
I can't believe how crowded it is right now at the top.
Even more unbelievable is that I'm a part of it - even if I'm the only one of the top four who's not getting a gold at the moment.
3 way tie for first this morning. I think that's the first time this season.
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ohhhh yeah... i am no longer in 8th place, but tied for 7th.
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Stick a fork in me, I'm done (http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/analysis/news?slug=mb-bigpic_031607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&league=fantasy/nba). It's not a situation really dissimilar to that of Ray Allen but geez, I give already. I've got good guys with good numbers but this has just been a shame to endure.
Note to Hawaiians everywhere: I don't know what I did, but rest assured, I'm very, very sorry.
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Apparently the Hawaiians doubt my sincerity (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-billupsinjury&prov=ap&type=lgns) :-\
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Apparently the Hawaiians doubt my sincerity (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-billupsinjury&prov=ap&type=lgns) :-\
Return the lava rock Brent. :P
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Stick a fork in me, I'm done (http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/analysis/news?slug=mb-bigpic_031607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&league=fantasy/nba). It's not a situation really dissimilar to that of Ray Allen but geez, I give already. I've got good guys with good numbers but this has just been a shame to endure.
Note to Hawaiians everywhere: I don't know what I did, but rest assured, I'm very, very sorry.
I guess that concludes that forgotten Nash vs. Arenas vs. Paul debate once and for all.
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Yeah, I'd say so. By rights I should have two of the best three point guards out there. And I think I said if I'd known Billups would have been available, I might have opted for someone other than Paul.
This is just so painful to keep watching.
Return the lava rock Brent. :P
I swear, I didn't take any. Maybe my wife or daughter?
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I swear, I didn't take any. Maybe my wife or daughter?
Looks like you're collateral damage.
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Just heard Ray Allen decided to hang it up for the season.
Get well soon Ray Ray. :'(
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So ... which one of you guys has Kobe on your team? I'm sure his 268 points over the last five games hasn't hurt your feelings any.
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So ... which one of you guys has Kobe on your team? I'm sure his 268 points over the last five games hasn't hurt your feelings any.
John Todd's team. He's ranked 1st overall in points scored but 4th in the standings.
Of course Jermaine O' Neal, Bosh, and T-Mac chipped in a little on the point domination as well ;)
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those guys haven't hurt in the points category. i just wish i could have done a little better in rebounding and field goal percentage and a few other places.
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While I know better than to ever count Rob out, I think at this point either Scott or I will beat the other for the championship by 1-2 points in the final week, possibly even coming down to the final night of action.
Scott's making his strongest push here to finally put the kibash on being the bride's maid ;)
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For a while I was entertaining thoughts of sneaking into 1st or 2nd, but at this point I think I'll be lucky to finish in 3rd. Losing Ray Allen has hurt pretty bad. I'll be pretty happy if I can just snag that bronze at this point. :'(
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I know it's meaningless given both the timing of the season and with much more significant injuries to Allen and now Arenas it seems, but I thought for giggles I'd point out that LaMarcus Aldridge is out indefinitely (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4130/news).
I'm about ready to load the family up for a summer vacation to Hawaii. I don't know what we did (we spent enough money) but we didn't take anything we weren't supposed to, didn't litter, didn't mock any Hawaiian Gods, but maybe going back will solve things.
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Lots of significant injuries tonight with Arenas, Al Jefferson, Tyson Chandler, Michael Redd all out for varying periods.
I just need to hang on a week and a half...
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Arenas is out 2-3 months but Yahoo won't let me cut him because he's on the "no cut list". We're in a non-keeper league and he's out for the year, I think I should be able to cut him. Can commish help?
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Has anyone else been having trouble getting into Yahoo's fantasy sports pages?
I've barely been able to get it to load in 2 days - and since it was blocked at work, I've been at a disadvantage when it comes to setting rosters on the fly. I heard today that Terry wasn't going to play tonight but have been completely unable to get into Yahoo to see if I could plug someone else in at PG.
?
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I haven't had any trouble at all. If you need me to do anything for you, just PM me here and I can make the changes. I'd need your screenname and password of course.
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I reset my router after I posted and it seems to have fixed it. It's weird though, because it was only certain sites. Hotmail, and Yahoo mainly.
The only real problem it caused was missing out on plugging Davis into PG, sitting Terry, and finding a bench player to use the UTL game for.
Oh well.
Thanks though.
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Okay, good.
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It is finished.
Time to pay homage to my dream team:
(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiSLoyVGsloB3CCjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12bsf3dcj/EXP=1176958219/**http%3A//www.nba.com/media/pistons/wallace_300_040409.jpg)
(http://www.hiphopgame.com/images/crazy/artest.jpg)
(http://www.pvsk-panthers.hu/images/nba/act_josh_howard.jpg)
(http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/image.php?productid=16711)
(http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2006/0605/heroes/nash0508.jpg)
(http://www.insurancebroadcasting.com/030606-s2.jpg)
(http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070411/capt.f15e6f8b77a643d48e4c3f714c97f3ce.heat_bobcats_basketball_nccb105.jpg)
Celebration time:
'Sheed celebrates (http://www.need4sheed.com/videos/sheed_circle.html)
See you next year!
(http://static.flickr.com/66/155692406_33b178d8ab_o.jpg)
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Not bothering to graciously wait until the season actually ends this year are we?
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Not bothering to graciously wait until the season actually ends this year are we?
The season has mathematically ended, that's close enough.
:)
I came to know that it'd be you that would make the push to unseat me, and not Scott, only about a week ago, and when I mapped out all of the possible scenarios, I **** my pants when I learned that you could still win. Immediately I saw that you would need to pass Scott in 3's and Reb, and that looked like a real possibility up until last night when Marion and Stoudemire flopped, and Marion, Terry and Davis failed to hit any 3's.
At the same time I was limping to the finish without Arenas, Jefferson, and Sheed and was trying to hold Bug off in the Pts department, but unless Baron Davis can clean the glass to the tune of 37 boards and hit 7 shots from behind the arc, it won't matter that Bug claims the "Pts" point tonight, because the final standings will be Dressel 49.5 to Defending Zods 47.5 (excluding a possible 0.5 to tie Venture in FG%).
That's rock solid mathematical elimination.
It wasn't easy, I was sweating this one out night by night for the past week, and if you look at my post from 3 weeks ago, I did state even then before I was aware that you'd make that realistic last push that I should "never count Rob out," and I was right.
Good fight.
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1. Congratulations.
2. You're welcome for Wallace.
3. Curse you Hawaii >:(
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1. Congratulations.
Thank you sir.
2. You're welcome for Wallace.
I definitely appreciated it :)
3. Curse you Hawaii >:(
(http://www.blyphoto.com/portfolio2/culture_people_big/CP00008_hawaiian_dancer_1.jpg)
Depending where you are in the standings, I might handle you a ticket back there around MLB's All Star break.
God bless that magical land.
:D
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Not bothering to graciously wait until the season actually ends this year are we?
The season has mathematically ended, that's close enough.
:)
I came to know that it'd be you that would make the push to unseat me, and not Scott, only about a week ago, and when I mapped out all of the possible scenarios, I **** my pants when I learned that you could still win. Immediately I saw that you would need to pass Scott in 3's and Reb, and that looked like a real possibility up until last night when Marion and Stoudemire flopped, and Marion, Terry and Davis failed to hit any 3's.
At the same time I was limping to the finish without Arenas, Jefferson, and Sheed and was trying to hold Bug off in the Pts department, but unless Baron Davis can clean the glass to the tune of 37 boards and hit 7 shots from behind the arc, it won't matter that Bug claims the "Pts" point tonight, because the final standings will be Dressel 49.5 to Defending Zods 47.5 (excluding a possible 0.5 to tie Venture in FG%).
That's rock solid mathematical elimination.
It wasn't easy, I was sweating this one out night by night for the past week, and if you look at my post from 3 weeks ago, I did state even then before I was aware that you'd make that realistic last push that I should "never count Rob out," and I was right.
Good fight.
I did some of that math myself, realizing that the closest I could get to you was about 1.5 points - if my team had gotten off to a better start this year I might have had a shot. I'm pretty happy with a 1st place last year and a 2nd place this year though - not bad considering the flop 2 years ago. Although I haven't looked at the point of being passed for #2 - and I'm all out of games save PG, third place looks like (Air up There right?) they have a full slate going tonight. Here's hoping Duncan and James sit tonight. :)
Congrats to you.
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Congrats Matt...I got too cute with my team methinks. I tried to catch you in FG% and TO while trying to get up on Brent and John on Assists and Steals and never could really find the right balance. Kidd tanked in the last 2 months as well and really killed me...oh well, always next year (and Baseball!)
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And it's official.
Congratulations again champ.
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And it's official.
Congratulations again champ.
Thanks :)
Now I can focus my full attention on baseball.
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Congratulations DR, another championship.
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Congratulations DR, another championship.
Thanks! :) But not for that heart attack you gave me in the JD Fantasy Football Super Bowl ;)
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Congrats Matt.