First Look: Friday, February 20
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Disses, Injuries, Props, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers
Only two games tonight, and of course one was the lovely snoozefest the NBA calls Spurs/Pistons. It was actually a good game, but I was happy enough watching the last two minutes, as I’m sure most people would be. The Celtics/Jazz game was pretty good too, pretty close throughout. Let me say, the Jazz look good. They stayed composed and when they get healthy, they’ll be scary. If I’m the Lakers or Spurs, I’m hoping they climb the standings.
Thursday’s best: Not a whole lot of impressive lines. Could have gone with Timmy Duncan’s 18 points and 18 boards, but it was on some pretty shotty shooting (7-19). Instead, we’ll give it to Allen Iverson, who went for 31 points, 3 boards, 7 dimes, a steal, and a block on 13-28 shooting. Not too shabby on an otherwise unimpressive night around the league.
Thursday’s worst: Gotta be Rip Hamilton. He got 34 minutes off the bench in which he scored 4 points on 2-10 shooting. Combined with Rodney Stuckey’s 2 points (although he did have 8 assists), a bad night from Rip did the Pistons in.
Keep an eye on: Kevin Garnett’s injury and Gabe Pruitt. KG went down just before halftime with a “sprained knee.” At the time of writing this, it’s pretty cloudy just how bad it is, but if he misses any time on this road trip, the Cavs could find themselves on top in the East. With Tony Allen’s injury, Pruitt will get some extra burn. He wasn’t extremely effective Thursday, but keep an eye out.
What to watch for tomorrow: Toronto at New York could be pretty exciting and high scoring. The new-look Bulls take on a good Nuggets team in Chicago, so we’ll see if they’re really any good with Brad Miller and John Salmons. And on national TV, the Hornets visit the Lakers. Should be a doozy.
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Fantasy 30 Team Review: Detroit Pistons
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Central Division, Detroit Pistons, Props, Site Features, Talent
The Detroit Pistons ranked number four in our inaugural Fantasy 30. It has been about a week since Allen Iverson played his first game with his new team. Has there been enough evidence to see how things will shake down from the fantasy perspective? Let us take a closer look at the fantasy landscape with the “new” Detroit Pistons.
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Rumors: Nuggets to Swap Iverson for Billups?
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Trades, Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets
The Boston Globe is reporting that the Denver Nuggets are working on a deal that would send Allen Iverson to Detroit for Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess. With Billups making about half as much as Iverson, McDyess (now relegated to the bench) is obviously a piece of the trade puzzle to make the salaries match.
The Nuggets are clearly in salary dumping mode, but what does the deal possibly mean for fantasy owners?
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 3, Pick 10-Andre Iguodala
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Atlantic Division, Philadelphia 76ers, H2H, Site Features, Talent
The Rob Babcock era was a very painful time for Raptor fans. His drafting woes were highlighted by fellow writer Alvin, with the team taking a pass on Danny Granger twice in the 2005 NBA draft. What about the gaffe from the previous draft in which Babcock drafted Rafael Araujo before Andre Iguodala! Rafael Araujo is now manning the middle for Spartak St. Petersburg of the Russian Basketball Super League. Aggghhhh!
This season there is a lot of hype in Philadelphia around the 76ers, as they signed the much-conveted free agent Elton Brand. Let’s see what effect Elton Brand will have on Iggy’s numbers.
Round 3, Pick 10 – Andre Iguodala, SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 2, Pick 5 - Marcus Camby
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Northwest Division, Denver Nuggets, Pacific Division, Los Angeles Clippers, Props, Site Features, Trades
The Fig Cap: Upon hearing news of his trade from the Nuggs to the Clips, Camby replied, “NOOOOOOOOOOO!”
Yeah, Marcus Camby is no longer a Denver Nugget, which absolutely makes no sense considering he was traded for an OPTION of a second round draft pick from the Los Angeles Clippers. Yes, Camby will be in the Clip Joint, but how happy will he be going from a playoff-caliber team that has the presence of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony to a team that historically “messes it up.” Okay, so the signing of Baron Davis could work out very well for the Clips, but still… it’s the Clippers! Which is why I don’t understand how they got Camby for NOTHING! Yeah, I know… the Nuggs were shedding salary and clearing up cap space. Ugh… still ugly.
What WON’T be ugly, however, is getting the Camby Man on your fantasy squad.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 2, Pick 3 - Carlos Boozer
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Disses, H2H, Props, Site Features, Talent, Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz
There comes a point in every fantasy draft where one must come to terms with the fact that he or she just may have to select a player that is despised for one reason or another. Perhaps the player was on a former team and he failed to live up to expectations (cough, Larry Hughes). Perhaps he plays for a team that has been the reason for personal disappointments, like say Boston topping Cleveland in nearly every sport for the past three years. Or perhaps a player used to be on a team that you root for, but he no longer is after things did not end well. Compounding this, consider the fact that the player may have conned his team in to allowing him to opt out of his contract early, only to bolt for a different team shortly thereafter. And for the example, pretend that the then owner of the team was an elderly blind man.
Oh, how I love fantasy sports….
Round 2, Pick 3 - Carlos Boozer, PF/C, Utah Jazz
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 1, Pick 10 - Allen Iverson
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Northwest Division, Denver Nuggets, Props, Roto, Site Features
Allen Iverson will be 33-years-old at the start of the upcoming 2008-09 NBA season, but does age really affect Allen Iverson? Well, “the answer” (sorry, bad pun intended) is an emphatic NO! Iverson seems to be an immortal on the hardwood and will be entering his 13th season in the league. Wow, so I feel old. I still remember when AI crossed over Michael Jordan in Iverson’s rookie year during the 1996-97 season. SICK! And, guess what? Iverson can still make it happen on the hardwood and therefore, your fantasy basketball squad.
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Dropping Dimes Two on Two Tourney: Semi-finals!
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
Our mock draft should be launching in a few weeks. Until then, our two on two tourney reaches its last couple of stages. The elite eight players that made it this far are an impressive bunch, Check it out.
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Dropping Dimes Two on Two Tourney: Round 3, Games 1 and 2
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
Hey folks, sorry for the delay in posting the next match-ups. It’s summertime and sometimes the days just blur together.
It has been an interesting off-season thus far with a few trades, a draft that pretty much went as expected at the top, and some big free agent signings. Yahoo! has a little mock draft going on for anyone jonesing for some fantasy hoop material. I imagine our pick-by-pick mock draft blog will be starting up in the next few weeks, so stay on the lookout for that.
There were no comments on last week’s picks, so I’ll be putting my own two cents on the games this week, with a little help from one of our original writers, Ron Chow. Thanks for the assist, my friend. Let’s finish off the second round and move to the semi-finals.
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Dropping Dimes Two on Two Tourney: Round 2, Games 5 and 6
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
Yee haw! Actually, boo hoo. The NBA season is in the books. Thankfully, before hoops withdrawal sets it after the conclusion of the Finals, we have the draft to look forward to this Thursday, and the rumor mill is already churning. I heard on the radio today that there might be a deal in the works involving Jermaine O’Neal joining up with Cowboy Bosh here in exchange for T. J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic (and his valuable expiring contract) and the Raps’ first round pick. Bosh and Jermaine would make interesting partners.
Interesting partners is what our tourney is all about. Bosh is in action this week, so check it!
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