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Luis Scola Can Flat Out Ball
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Southwest Division, Houston Rockets, Talent
Luis Scola was quite a hot commodity in the later rounds of last year’s fantasy hoops drafts. After a roller coaster season that saw several 20-point nights followed up by single-digit disasters, Scola showed the world once and for all that Rick Adelman simply needs to run a few plays through his power forward (with center-eligibility, mind you).
In the Olympic game versus the United States, Scola lit up the scorers table with 28 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and two blocks. And while the Olympics makes players like Carlos Delfino look like All-Stars, remember that this was against an American team that featured Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh down low.
Sure, the addition of Ron Artest will not help matters much, but if the Rockets plan on flourishing in the crowded West, the road to success may be through a guy who averaged under 25 minutes per game last season.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 1, Pick 1 - LeBron James
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Central Division, Cleveland Cavaliers, Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent
It’s the time…
Of the season…
For the third annual DD Mock Draft. The mock where the fellas over at this here blog will aim to bring you as many mock selections as possible before the start of the regular season. But while other mock drafts will give you an entire round with little analysis with each selection, we here will give you one pick at a time. With each pick, you’ll get the thoughts behind it as well as the up/down side to taking said player at each respective slot.
With that said…Let’s get into it.
Round 1, Pick 1: LeBron James, SF, CLE
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Magazine League Winner: Brandon Haraway!
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers
The Dropping Dimes team, along with some of our blogging friends, contributed to a pre-season magazine put out by Sports Eye Publications. Part of the magazine was a mock draft, which was done through e-mail. Momentum quickly swelled to make this draft a league, and I was the only one that suggested not to, voicing concerns about how much people would contribute to a league that was not one of their main ones. People wanted it to happen to the point that there was mention of finding someone else to manage my team.
Somewhat reluctantly I joined since we were already doing the draft. Plus, it was a chance to check out a league from by NBA.com and their Ultimate Fantasy Commisioner. Well, good thing I stuck around because the finals featured a match-up between myself and fellow Dime dropper, Brandon Haraway.
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Consolation Playoffs in the NBA?
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Editorial, Site Features, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trailblazers, Seattle Supersonics, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings
Most of us fantasy fanatics are in some sort of consolation play this week. After all, only two teams in each league can vie for the championship. How are things over in the “real” NBA? Well, the Golden State Warriors are playing almost .600 ball and are still trying to claw into playoff position. How’s that for a tough break?
In my league with family and friends, the teams in the consolation bracket battle for draft position next year. The winner of the consolation playoffs gets the first overall pick, the runner-up gets second pick and so on. It’s enough incentive for everyone to continue setting their lineups, and it’s enough of a prize that people take it seriously enough to put forth the effort. If you have a league with little GM turnover year to year, this is something you can do so that everyone can enjoy fantasy hoops right to the very last day, not just the finalists.
Perhaps the NBA should adopt a consolation playoff format and the winner gets first pick in the draft. This certainly would guard against bad teams tanking it at the end of the season.
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2007-08 Fantasy NBA MVP
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Talent, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns
It’s just a matter of time before the usual suspects roll out their year-end awards and mock draft first round predictions for next season. Obviously there is still much to be decided this season; namely head-to-head leagues are in the middle of the semi-final week, the playoff pictures in both the East and the West need to be decided, and an NCAA champ needs to be crowned.
So I figure Dropping Dimes might as well be the place to stay ahead of the curve and look at the candidates for the real and fantasy MVP. If we are looking for four players to make up a “Mount Rushmore” for the 2007-08 season, three players end up being no-brainer picks. The fourth? Well, read on.
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Playoff Picture: East vs. West
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, Editorial, NBA Playoffs, Northwest Division, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trailblazers, Pacific Division, Southeast Division, Southwest Division
If you need a fantasy fix because your playoffs draw near, feel free to check our playoff primers for the Western and Eastern conferences. Also see some science being dropped in the latest installment of Sarge’s Wire to Wire and Brandon’s Beyond the Arc. And if you have some extra idle time, you can think up all the different ways to interpret B’s Fig Cap.
For now we take a walk on the reality side to focus on the playoff races going on in the NBA. Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets have been surprisingly great all year; how deep into the playoffs will they go?
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Beyond the Arc: Week 21
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Injuries, Props, Roto, Talent
Alright, so this is the last week of most league’s regular seasons. Hopefully you’ve locked yourself up a few top seeds or have at least clinched your spot in the playoffs. If not, well here’s to hoping you do so very soon. This may be the time to start streaming, so keep your head in the game this week if you need a big win. Streaming can save playoff lives.
But without further adieu, here is the schedule for next week (3/17-3/23):
The Fig Cap: You still suck Tony.
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I think over the last few weeks, the NBA fan has taken over me and pushed the fantasy fan aside. I mean, if you are a true sports fan, how can you not be on the edge of your seat as we enter the last few weeks of the regular season? At the time I’m writing this (Friday afternoon, before the games) only seven games separate #1 from #9 in the West. And #10 isn’t out of it yet either. This is great.
Have we seen a better race to the finish in any sport? Baseball is always close because so few teams make it. But could a team sitting in 9th today end up in the Finals? It’s not out of the realm of possibility. This year was a HUGE win for the NBA. They stayed away from any controversy (Spygate and steroids anyone?) and pulled off a huge humanitarian effort/All-Star Weekend. What a great year it’s been and kudos to David Stern and all his people in the league office.
Let’s jump into the schedule for the next week (3/10-3/16):
The Fig Cap: Maybe some of this hot action will get KG in the mood, er, groove.
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Dropping Dimes Expert League Update
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, News, Props, Site Announcements
I realize that the picture may be a bit rough to decipher. Thus, here are the updated standings, in text form:
*1. DD.com - Sargent 117-45-0 .722 - 7-2-0 9 29
2. Los Chucks (Dwyer) 102-59-1 .633 14.5 4-4-1 10 5
3. Doc A’s H-Train (RotoWorld) 97-64-1 .602 19.5 5-4-0 6 30
4. GiveMeTheRock - Nels 93-67-2 .580 23 7-2-0 1 11
5. DD.com—Satten 88-72-2 .549 28 4-5-0 12 18
6. CBSSports.com 78-79-5 .497 36.5 4-4-1 3 2
7. DD.com - Ron & Al 79-80-3 .497 36.5 2-7-0 13 11
8. JQ @ espn.com 74-85-3 .466 41.5 5-4-0 4 3
9. Dennis About.com/DD 74-85-3 .466 41.5 4-5-0 5 11
10. Brandon-DD/Lounge 68-89-5 .435 46.5 7-1-1 2 10
11. Emry @ Slam Magazine 66-90-6 .426 48 6-2-1 11 29
12. Neil @ espn.com 66-93-3 .417 49.5 2-7-0 14 72
13. Dime Magazine 57-101-4 .364 58 1-7-1 8 6
14. HOOPSWORLD-Ryan 55-105-2 .346 61 2-6-1 7 8
Thanks to huge weeks by Manu Ginobili and Mo Williams, I was able to overcome a slow start to last week to become the first team locked into a playoff spot.
Seeds four-through-six seem to still be up for grabs. Ron and Al are right there with CBS Sports, with JQ and Dennis not far behind. Brandon needs one heck of a run, but he’s come a long way after getting hit with a barrage of injuries.
Regarding Doc A. If you recall when we last updated the league, he and I were locked in a first place tie. Since then, its been a bit rough for him, with injuries to Chris Kaman and TJ Ford, coupled with the slowing down of Jason Terry and LaMarcus Aldridge. Even better is the fact that he has Chris Webber in his Util. spot for this week. Should definitely be interesting.
Dark horse of the league? Has to be Nels from GiveMeTheRock. Kelly Dwyer has a good chance at falling out of that second slot by the time the tourney is set. Yao Ming’s injury is a crushing blow to his post players. His starting C’s this week consist of Troy Murphy and Jeff Foster. At least he has the Indy market cornered!
Beyond the Arc: Week 19
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Trades, Waiver Pick Ups
We’re almost at the finish line and it’s time to start readying the troops for the final countdown.
How’s that for some drama? It’s time for any last minute trades, so assess your rosters, make that deal and keep your eyes peeled to the waiver wire. This is where championships are won, especially in H2H, where a good chunk of the best players in the league will sit out the fantasy finals. The good news is that both conferences are set up for some tight races with a lot of jostling around with seeding, so hopefully this year more than ever we see very few guys sitting out their last few team games. We can only hope so.
The Fig Cap: Who knew?
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