First Look: Friday, February 27
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Disses, Props, Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings
Another Thursday, another crappy couple games. The first game put me to sleep, and well, even my own team couldn’t wake me up in the second game. With two games, there’s pretty slim pickens for the day’s best, but here it is…
Thursday’s best: Lamar Odom. He had 23 points, 9 boards, and 4 assists with 3 blocks, but the impressive part was him going 11-12 from the field. The Lakers shot 54%, the Suns played without Steve Nash, and the Lakers won by 26. Go figure.
Thursday’s worst: You know what, this isn’t exactly a horrible line, but it’s a bad game for this guy. And with two games on Thursday, he wins (or loses). LeBron James. Why? I mean the guy had 21 points. Well, he had zero assists and one rebound. No wonder the Cavs looked awful.
Keep an eye on: Anderson Varejao. Pretty nasty injury tonight to Ben Wallace, and he could miss some time. Andy V will get those minutes and produce. He might be worth a gamble in deep leagues. Grab him now before people start to wake up.
What to watch for Friday: A few really good games worth watching if you can. The Cavs take on the Spurs in Texas, and the Lakers travel to Denver for the second game of a back-to-back. And… wait for it… a little bit longer… it’s coming… THE CLIPPERS AND THE KINGS!! I mean, it’s an even matchup…
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Dropping Dimes Two on Two Tourney: Round 1, Games 15 and 16
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
Congratulations to the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers for making the NBA Finals! It’s a dream match-up that waxes nostalgia for those that discovered the league during the 1980s like myself. Kudos to the NBA schedule makers this year; up until now there was at least one playoff game on almost every night. The hype gets to build for another few days, which leaves everyone lots of time to make their Finals prediction.
Meanwhile, let’s see how I see this past week’s two-on-two match-ups. Then the last two games of the first round are presented.
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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.)
So, 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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Trade Deadline Fall-Out
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Trades, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle Supersonics
What a week it has been. Obviously, the Cleveland-Chicago-Seattle deal set the NBA ablaze last night. I personally can’t wait for tonight’s Cavaliers game where they currently have six active players. Seven if Anderson Varejao comes back early. Eight if they let me suit up. Either way, LeBron James could easily go for 50 points tonight, so keep an eye on the box score.
Everyone else? There has defintely been some adjustments in certain player value over the past 24 hours. Let’s see who’s stock is up, and who’s may not be as hot as it once was.
Fig Cap: Someone’s getting their headband back!
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2007-08 Preseason Center Rankings
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Roto, Site Features, Talent
If draft position can attest to position scarcity, people look no further. In most fantasy leagues, owners are required to start two centers, providing for quite a quandary given the decrease in the use of the big man over time. When you do finally lock up a solid center, chances are that you’ll get plenty of blocks and rebounds, but how many centers are top scoring options on their team? Can you find one that will not decimate your free throw shooting? Do any of them hit threes?
Centers are the necessary evil of fantasy basketball, and if you want to survive, you’re going to have to ensure that you have at least two solid options. A quick glance at this list and you won’t find model citizens of health, so even two is a bit thin. Most of this list will be gone by the time round three is finished, so while those other positions are looking very nice, plan ahead or you could be regretting your decision come round 10. Does it hurt to use draft picks on guys that will most likely give no more than four categories? Sure does, but not as much as starting guys that give considerably less than that that were drafted later on. Here’s a breakdown of the big men you’re going to want to target on draft day.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft 2007: Round 6, Pick 3 - Luol Deng
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Central Division, Chicago Bulls, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Talent
The Fig Cap: Everybody get down tonight. Everybody Luol Deng tonight.
Ron Chow is doing fine. He’s not sick. He’s not having relationship issues. He’s not stressed at work. He just has other things going on and needs to step away. Hopefully it is temporary. In the meantime, you can catch the little tribute for Ron here. Ron and I are co-managing a team in our Dropping Dimes Experts League this year. Luol Deng was drafted by Nels at Give Me The Rock with the 13th pick in the 3rd round, the 41st pick overall. Here, his name took quite a bit longer to come off the board.
Round 6, Pick 3: Luol Deng, SG/SF, Chicago Bulls
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft Blog Round Five Recap
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: H2H, Roto, Site Features
5.1. Antawn Jamison, PF/SF, Washington Wizards
5.2. Kirk Hinrich, PG/SG, Chicago Bulls
5.3. Mo Williams, PG, Milwaukee Bucks
5.4. Zach Randolph, PF, New York Knicks
5.5. Rasheed Wallace, PF, Detroit Pistons
5.6. Mike Miller, SG/SF, Memphis Grizzles
5.7. Manu Ginobili, SG, San Antonio Spurs
5.8. Ricky Davis, SG/SF, Minnesota Timberwolves
5.9. LaMarcus Aldridge, PF/C, Portland Trail Blazers
5.10. Ben Wallace, PF/C, Chicago Bulls
5.11. Lamar Odom, SF/PF, Los Angeles Lakers
5.12. T.J. Ford, PG, Toronto Raptors
Previous Round Selections
Round One Recap
Round Two Recap
Round Three Recap
Round Four Recap
Dropping Dimes Mock Draft 2007: Round 5, Pick 11 - Lamar Odom
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: H2H, Pacific Division, Los Angeles Lakers, Roto, Site Features, Talent, Trades
The Fig Cap: Lamar, cuz wrestle…for the ball is what he does.
Have you seen a “don’t-er” lately? What’s a “don’t-er,” you ask? They are everywhere. They operate by telling you what not to do. Don’t draft injured guys. Don’t draft rookies. Don’t do this. Don’t do that. Behind the scenes, they are the ones always making the stinging criticisms, because it is easier being the one to cut down an idea rather than the one trying to trail blaze with an original thought. In fantasy sports you can find lots of people that tell specialize in telling people what is wrong and should not be done…and with good reason…to a point. Guessing correctly who is a bust and who is a sleeper is part of the game. My beef is the reality of needing to roll the dice at some point in the draft is just as much a part of the game. Because taking 70 cents on the dollar every round by going with safe picks might guarantee a top half finish in your league, but the odds of winning it all are slim.
So let us now talk about what to do if you do end up drafting a guy like this.
Round 5, Pick 11: Lamar Odom, SF/PF, Los Angeles Lakers
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft Blog 2007: Round 5, Pick 10 - Ben Wallace
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Central Division, Chicago Bulls, Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent
The Fig Cap: Defensive Ben Wallace vs. Offensive Ben Wallace… hmm… I’ll take defensive Ben Wallace even though he’s made of plastic. Yeah, offensive Ben Wallace is. Just. That. Bad.
Like the Fig Cap says, Big Ben’s offense is bad. Bad and ugly. Sort of like Wallace himself. I mean, no offense, but if you saw him in a dark alley wouldn’t you “accidentally let yourself go” (in your pants)? Okay, okay, so I’m stooping low to Kevin Smith type of humor, but I like that sort of thing. In any case, it’s not all bad with Mr. Wallace as he can do other things very well that doesn’t include the basketball snapping twine. For example, his hair brings great entertainment value - “Is it going to be braided or is it going to be Don King CRAZY?!?!?!”
Round 5, Pick 10: Ben Wallace, C, Chicago Bulls
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Dropping Dimes One-on-One Tourney: Round 1, Games 5 and 6
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features, Talent
So far in this tourney, we’ve had speed vs. speed, small vs. big, and talent vs. experience. Now we move on to the metaphorical unstoppable force against the unmovable object and pit two big men against in each other in this week’s pair of match-ups.
Remember that year David Robinson won the league MVP, and “the Dream” gave him a message during the playoffs by outplaying him? The question of the day is how would these four men step up to the challenge!
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