Fantasy Impact: Allen Iverson Trade
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Atlantic Division, Philadelphia 76ers, H2H, Northwest Division, Denver Nuggets, Rookies, Roto, Trades, Waiver Pick Ups
Christmas came early for Allen Iverson owners in the world of fantasy basketball thanks to the Philadelphia 76ers finally trading their disgruntled point guard to the Denver Nuggets along with rookie SF/PF Ivan McFarlin for PG Andre Miller, PF Joe Smith, and two 2007 draft picks. Yes, there was much joy and merrymaking since AI, who had not played since December 6 against the Chicago Bulls, will now take to the hardwood instead of getting the much hated DNP, the very bane of fantasy hoops owners.
So, the question now is, what will be the fantasy impact for the players involved in the trade be? Here’s the Answer, literally and nicknamedly – this is a word, right? Subsequent players are listed in terms of degree of fantasy impact.
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Stat’s All Folks: “Manute Bol Is One Tall Guy”
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, H2H, Northwest Division, Pacific Division, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent
Stat’s All Folks will be a week-to-week stock market look at the standard cumulative categories – points, assists, rebounds, three-pointers made, steals, and blocks. I’ll be calling out the “bulls” and “bears” in each category, in order to help you assess your portfolio of players on your fantasy basketball team(s) and whether you should sell, hold, and/or diversify your assets.
Statistics are through November 23nd – 29th.
POINTSBULLISH
Allen Iverson, PG, Philadelphia 76ers
Last Week’s Numbers of Note: 3 G; 40.7 PPG; 44.2 FG%; 90.2 FT%
How does Iverson come back from sitting out two games because of injury? Here’s the “answer” – AI drops 46 points on the Chicago Bulls in a 123-108 Sixers win his first game back. The next night against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Iverson scores 31 points, which made many wonder if he was still suffering from injury because he only scored 31 points (sarcasm fully intended). However, AI dispelled any worries about his scoring deficiencies by hanging 45 points on the Miami Heat the following game. Iverson is just plain getting sick with it!
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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 5 Recap
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Site Announcements
For your viewing pleasure, the results of Round Five…
Also, so you guys know, we’ll only be doing it up the way we’ve been (posts for each pick with a very intelligent and entertaining description of why the player was picked and how they fit onto the respective team) up to Round Seven. From Rounds Eight to Ten, we’re going to draft, but we’ll give you a straight up post on the results of all three of those rounds. We’ve got a lot of exciting things happening behind-the-scenes as we get ready for the regular season.
1. Chris Kaman, C, Los Angeles Clippers
2. Shaquille O’Neal, C, Miami Heat
3. Baron Davis, PG, Golden State Warriors
4. Mike James, PG, Minnesota Timberwolves
5. Morris Peterson, SG/SF, Toronto Raptors
6. Andres Nocioni, SF, Chicago Bulls
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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 5, Pick 7
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Philadelphia 76ers, H2H, Props, Roto, Talent
Are you a music fan? One of my favourite music memories of recent years is Snoop Dogg being featured in the MTV Icon tribute to Metallica. Working his unique flow to “Sad But True,” this was proof that sometimes the unexpected works out very nicely. Now, I am sure there are a legion of metal-heads out there that found the same performace blasphemous, but to each their own.
Building a basketball team involves finding underrated or underappreciated players and hoping that they fit in well with the core players already on your team. Here is a player who will fit into any fantasy team and make it better. There are still 20 ppg players available, players who are on everyone’s sleeper list, and players who have played in All-Star games. But I think this pick may not be so unexpected, and he should be on everyone’s hot list already.
Round 5, Pick 7: Andre Iguodala, SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers
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