Consolation Playoffs in the NBA?
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Editorial, Site Features, New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trailblazers, Seattle Supersonics, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings
Most of us fantasy fanatics are in some sort of consolation play this week. After all, only two teams in each league can vie for the championship. How are things over in the “real” NBA? Well, the Golden State Warriors are playing almost .600 ball and are still trying to claw into playoff position. How’s that for a tough break?
In my league with family and friends, the teams in the consolation bracket battle for draft position next year. The winner of the consolation playoffs gets the first overall pick, the runner-up gets second pick and so on. It’s enough incentive for everyone to continue setting their lineups, and it’s enough of a prize that people take it seriously enough to put forth the effort. If you have a league with little GM turnover year to year, this is something you can do so that everyone can enjoy fantasy hoops right to the very last day, not just the finalists.
Perhaps the NBA should adopt a consolation playoff format and the winner gets first pick in the draft. This certainly would guard against bad teams tanking it at the end of the season.
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Wire to Wire - 03.19.08
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups
Wire to Wire aims to be your waiver wire resource for all of your fantasy basketball needs. It will dive into playing time trends, injury replacements, and even an occasional category specialist—all of which can be found on a typical waiver wire within your fantasy league at any given time
With the fantasy playoffs soon approaching, it’s getting to the point where games-remaining is a big determinant in whom you’ll be adding-dropping over the next week. Leagues that lock rosters after a certain point will definitely want to pay attention to this. Those that allow streaming – while I don’t condone – will want to pay close attention to this as well. With that said, here are the players that should be on your current radars, given league settings.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft 2007 Round 3, Pick 4 - Deron Williams
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Northwest Division, Utah Jazz, Roto, Site Features
With Kevin Garnett’s big stats and Allen Iverson’s small stats already on board, I have the option of taking whom I feel is the best player available instead of reaching for a certain position. As Alvin touched on health issues with several players, he didn’t mention this guy as he pounded out 80 games in each of the last two seasons. Oh, and he’s pretty good too.
Round 3, Pick 4 – Deron Williams, PG, Utah Jazz
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Results Are In
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Site Announcements, Talent
And that’s all she wrote, folks.
A special shout-out to Mikki Moore and Bostjan Nachbar for going a combined 13-19 from the floor to keep my FG% afloat. Oh, and beating the Bulls so my Cavaliers got the 2-seed was an added bonus. Well done, gentlemen. A great season all-around - unless you owned Dwyane Wade or Gilbert Areans, of course. Check you all soon…
Real World - Harlem: It’s Finals Time, And Money Is On The Line!
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Talent, Waiver Pick Ups
Alright…Here’s the scoop. 10-teams, standard categories, and a decent amount of smack talk. After taking home the title in our fantasy football league this year (two titles in three years), I had a lot of people gunning for me in the hoops league. The draft went a bit awry when a ton of point guards flew off of the board early. My first picks were Elton Brand and Chris Bosh at 10 and 11, respectively. But I digress…
After experiencing the utter brutality of injuries to several of my top selections – Bosh, Michael Redd, Rashard Lewis – I managed to sneak into the post-season as a 5-seed. If I could just make it past the first round, I think I may have a chance to pull off the upsets needed. Oh, and let me preface this whole thing by saying that in my money league, which is in its third year, we count “Ejections” as a category. Yes…you may argue that it’s simply luck (or misfortune) that can win that category, but I will come right back at you with the fact that it’s Head-to-Head fantasy basketball and at this point, it’s all luck anyways.
On to the results…
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