Injury Bug Bites, And It Hurts
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: Injuries, Waiver Pick Ups, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, New Orleans Hornets, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers
It’s that time of year again! No, not Single’s Awareness Day. No, not the All-Star Break. It’s that magical time that inevitable occurs every year when seemingly every relevant baller gets hurt. It’s here in full effect, and let me tell ya, it sucks. Here we go again…
Elton Brand
This just broke this afternoon. This morning, it was a day-to-day sprained shoulder. Now, it’s season-ending surgery. Sweeeeet. Yesterday ESPN reported that an MRI showed it was healing, too. So who steps up? Reggie Evans baby. He’s long been a favorite of mine in fantasy, and with even 25 minutes we could see double digit rebounds often. Go grab him now before everyone else catches on. Marreese Speights should get a little extra burn too, and could be worth a look if you’re desperate. Brand is probably safe to cut, but it might be smart to wait another day or two to make sure this is all definite.
Catch the rest of the recent injuries after the jump!
The Fig Cap: Yeah… how’s that working out for ya?
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 4, Pick 5 - Michael Redd
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Central Division, Milwaukee Bucks, H2H, Site Features, Talent
The talent pool must not have gone shallow yet if 20 point-per-game Olympians remain available in the fourth round. Adding this player to a team that has Dirk Nowitzki would have made for very sound strategy, but Dirk’s team picks next. On this particular team, he fills a glaring need.
Round 4, Pick 5: Michael Redd, SG/SF, Milwaukee Bucks
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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 1, Pick 8 - Elton Brand
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Atlantic Division, Philadelphia 76ers, H2H, Props, Site Features, Talent
A long time ago, when I went to back to school in the fall, one of the assignments I always looked forward to was the “What you did over the summer” write up. It gave one the opportunity to recall the events and experiences of the past summer. Can you imagine if Elton Brand had to do a write-up for this past summer? It might read something like “…woke up one morning and decided to opt out of contract that would have paid me $16 million this season…looking for new long term contract with the Clippers…new PG Baron Davis joins Clippers and noted that he would like to ball with me…get a phone call from agent that Philadelphia 76ers are interested…decided the lure of Philly steak sandwiches was too much and sign with the 76ers for 5 years, $82 million …” Damn, what an eventful summer for Elton Brand?! It makes that family BBQ of mine look kind of boring.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 1, Pick 4 - Amare Stoudemire
Posted by Brandon Haraway Categories: H2H, Props, Site Features, Phoenix Suns
So the top three picks are pretty much no-brainers. Nobody outside that trio should be considered to picked that high this year. That said, a strong group follows them up, and in our mock, Amare Stoudemire was the lucky fourth.
With Injury concerns subsiding and a full summer of rest with no Olympics, he’s the safest big man pick on the board outside Kevin Garnett. The reason I took him above KG is because of the dip we saw in his numbers in Beantown and the explosion of Amare post-Shaq. Read on to see more.
The Fig Cap: One more shot at a title? Suns fans are holding their breath…
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Dropping Dimes Two on Two Tourney: Championship
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
An unexpected turn of events led to this conclusion to our two-on-two tourney, an event that started at the end of the 2007-08 NBA regular season.
We have a three-way tie.
Now what?
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Dropping Dimes Two on Two Tourney: The Finals
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
Sarge has been on point with his commentary on the goings-on this off-season. We are gearing up for our annual mock draft blog and look for that to launch in early August.
For now, let’s finish off the two-on-two tourney! The twist that was hinted at last week? The four players that have made it this far now get to partner with each remaining competitor. This has been a two-on-two contest, but the champion will only be one man. So who’s it going to be?
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Andris Biedrins Makes Me Nervous
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Talent, Golden State Warriors
This may just be the skeptic in me, but I think I’ll be staying away from Andris Biedrins this year. He could be my “contract year” guy of yesteryear, that simply won’t put up numbers worth the money he’ll be getting paid.
After signing Monta Ellis to a new lucrative deal, the Warriors used up another $60 million on the Latvian big man with the crazy-spiked hair. With Elton Brand going East, and Baron Davis going to L.A., the Warriors may have felt that they’re just going to roll on with a core group of guys; and $120 million of that will go towards the aforementioned pair.
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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 3 and 4
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Features
Elton Brand signed his big contract with Philadelphia earlier in the week, and now must suit up for quarter-final two-on-two basketball! It might not be Federer vs. Nadal in the Wimbledon Final, but an interesting duo awaits Mr. Brand Name.
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