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Beyond The Arc - Week 24

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: Free Agency, H2H, News, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features

(Editors Note: Apologies for the tardiness of this post.  While Brandon was punctual as usual, I’m late in pinch-hitting the posting of his piece.  Try saying that five times fast.)

Gilbert ArenasSo, next week is the first week of the league finals in most formats.  Hopefully you are still alive, and even more so, hopefully you’ve had fun this season.  For me personally, this was my best and most fulfilling fantasy season to date.  Take a long look at that roster, see what you can dump, see what you can move around, and take a look at who’s hot and who’s not, because these final two weeks are what it’s all about.  This week I’ll try and focus on guys who you may still be able to pick up.

Here’s next week’s slate of games (4/7-4/13):

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Dropping Dimes Expert League Update

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: Editorial, News, Props, Site Announcements

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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 12

Posted by Brandon Haraway
Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Injuries, News, Props, Roto, Waiver Pick Ups

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I dunno if anyone’s been following REAL basketball (I know, I know, we aren’t supposed to care about that) but maybe you should take a look at the standings.  Some weird stuff is going on.  Washington a four seed?  What?  Portland a three seed?  Utah and Houston out of the playoffs?  I know it’s early, but wow.  Nobody called that in September and October.  But good for those up and coming teams (although I’m not so sure you can call the Wizards that). 

Anyways, I’m done ranting, here’s the slate of games for next week: (1/14-1/20)

The Fig Cap: How old are you anyway?

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Beyond the Arc - Week 9

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: H2H, Injuries, News, Props, Roto, Site Features

(Editors Note: Brandon is traveling this week, so I’m just publishing his work from this weekend.  Do enjoy.)

Will Pau Gasol's Game Return This Week? Aloha from Hawaii!  I’m here on the Garden Island Kuaui just before the holidays.  If you plan on flying somewhere for the holidays, I pity you.

Does it seem to you guys like fantasy basketball season is entering that “ho-hum” stage every fantasy season eventually enters?  Maybe it’s just me, but things seem really boring in the NBA.  Let’s blame the Mitchell Report and football playoffs for that.  In any case, here we are in the event you’ve become too bored with it to pay much attention as the holidays approach us. 

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Dropping Dimes Expert League Update

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: Editorial, News, Site Announcements

Just to keep all of you readers updated with the happenings of the Dropping Dimes crew, I thought it would be best to give you a well-timed update on the DroppingDimes Expert League.

Expert League Update

With much attribution to Baron Davis, Manu Ginobili, Marcus Camby and Mo Williams, I was able to gain a few games and knot things up with Dr. A over at Rotoworld.  He has a sick team, so I don’t expect to stay with him the entire time, but it was nice to gain ground on a week that didn’t feature any really huge games from Kevin Garnett. 

Honorable mention goes to Jamario Moon who put up 31 points, 30 boards, four steals and five blocks on the week.  Well done, sir. 

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Dropping Dimes on the Daily

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: Editorial, H2H, News, Site Features, Talent

Drew Gooden and Kevin Garnett - Fantasy BasketballDropping Dimes On The Daily is all about the team looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly.  Goodly is a word, right?  Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!!

The Fig Cap: Drew Gooden.  Multi-Tasker Extraordinaire.

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Dropping Dimes on the Daily - 11.16.07

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: Editorial, H2H, News, Roto, Site Features

Grant Hill and Kirk Hinrich - Fantasy BasketballDropping Dimes On The Daily is all about the team looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly.  Goodly is a word, right?  Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!!

The Fig Cap: Getting ready to take it for the sixth time this season

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The Fantasy Jump Off - 10.26.07

Posted by Dennis Velasco
Categories: Editorial, H2H, Injuries, News, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Talent, Trades

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The Fig Cap: “Satten said he doesn’t believe?  WHAT?!?!?”

October 30th will soon be upon us when the Portland Trail Blazers, sans Greg Oden, take on the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs led by Tim Duncan.  And later on that night, the revamped/revitalized Houston Rockets with their dynamic duo of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady do battle with Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers (as of this writing, anyway; who knows what happens with the Black Mamba with all of these rumors flying around).  What else do you need to know about the start of the 2007-08 NBA season?

That’s what The Fantasy Jump Off is all about.

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I Like To Move It, Move It

Posted by Scott Sargent
Categories: Disses, H2H, News, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent

With some fantasy hoops draft long over with, but many others likely still to come, I thought it would be best to discuss the fluctuations in the draft position of some players.  ADP (Average Draft Position) is widely used in fantasy football and is becoming more and more prevalent in the fantasy hoops world. 

What ADP can tell us is not only where in drafts players are being selected, but we can also use the information to monitor trends, albeit increases or decreases in value.  The following list of players will delve into those that have either seen a considerable increase or decrease in their average draft value over the course of the last few weeks, using a lot of the data compiled by the GMTR tracker.

Movin’ On Up!

Ray FeltonRaymond Felton, PG/SG, Charlotte Bobcats

The NBA.com experts draft, though long ago, saw Felton go off of the board with the 66th selection overall.  More recent drafts have seen nearly a full round increase in draft position as the Dropping Dimes expert league draft saw Dennis nab Felton with the 56th pick, irking those after him – including myself.  Felton is still being drafted after guards Brandon Roy and Leandro Barbosa, both of whom are question marks right now due to injury and lineup rotation respectively.  While I don’t see Felton’s draft position passing up said guards, those may want to prepare to use a fourth round pick on the Bobcats point guard as his value won’t be dropping past the fifth any time soon. 

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Dropping Dimes Podcast Episode 1 - KG Trade Impact

Posted by Dennis Velasco
Categories: Atlantic Division, Boston Celtics, Editorial, News, Northwest Division, Minnesota Timberwolves, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Talent, Trades, Waiver Pick Ups

The GAP!

Well, it’s official… Kevin Garnett is on his way to Beantown, joining Paul Pierce and Ray Allen with the Boston Celtics forming quite a formidable trio.  Scott Sargent and Dennis Velasco talk about the fantasy values of the aforementioned GAP (Garnett, Allen, Pierce), as well as the former Celtics moving to the Minnesota Timberwolves.  It’s the first show, so forgive any lack of production value or any real knowledge of basketball (sarc).  Seriously, it’ll get better and when it does, you’ll look back at this first episode of the Dropping Dimes Podcast and think, “Wow, that first episode REALLY STUNK!”

Yeah, nowhere else to go but up.

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