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Brandon Roy: Surgery???
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Injuries, Roto, Talent, Portland Trailblazers,
Not the greatest of news for Blazer fans or Brandon Roy keeper league owners. Per the team’s official site:
The Portland Trail Blazers announced today that guard Brandon Roy will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday to repair a tear in the meniscus of his left knee. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) taken Tuesday revealed the tear in the meniscus.
Trail Blazers team physician Dr. Don Roberts will perform the surgery at Southwest Washington Regional Surgery Center in Vancouver, Wash.
A timetable for Roy’s return will be set following the arthroscopic surgery.
Ugh. The “S” word is never good to hear, especially for someone as young and explosive as Roy. Dave from Blazers Edge is telling fans not to be concerned. Obviously, the range of rehabilitation can be very wide so until further news comes out, we should try our best to not panic. But with that said… AHHHH!
Roy to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery [Blazers.com]
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 1, Pick 3 - Kobe Bryant
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: H2H, Props, Site Features, Los Angeles Lakers,
A lot can change in a year. Last year, who would have thought a humble Dropping Dimes writer would be tying the knot in 2008! Yours truly will be taking the plunge in the upcoming month. I am hoping I can finish all my fantasy football drafts before the wedding?! I digress. Last summer, the fantasy basketball world was debating whether Kobe Bryant or LeBron James should be taken with the first overall pick. Fast forward to this summer, and Chris Paul has entered into the fantasy fray of first overall pick considerations. When my turn came with the third pick, I was not completely surprised that Kobe dropped to me. Have a peep at what the defending regular season MVP has in store for the upcoming season.
Caption: Kobe Bryant holding MVP Award with daughters; Gianna (R) and Natalia (L).
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Master List: 2008 Dropping Dimes Mock Draft
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: H2H, Site Features,
Here is where you can find links to each pick made in our 2008 mock draft. This year we decided to focus on making picks in a head-to-head league that uses the standard eight or nine categories (with turnovers being the ninth). Check back often as we aim to have new entries up on a regular basis.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 1, Pick 2 - Chris Paul
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: H2H, Southwest Division, New Orleans Hornets, Talent,
We here at Dropping Dimes have selected LeBron James #1 overall for three years running now. This year our mock draft focuses towards a head-to-head league; even with the lower FT%, LBJ is a surefire pick.
Where does that leave us now with the #2 pick? Happily calling on the name of the point guard who can shove Superman to the curb, that’s where.
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Dropping Dimes Mock Draft: Round 1, Pick 1 - LeBron James
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Central Division, Cleveland Cavaliers, Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
It’s the time…
Of the season…
For the third annual DD Mock Draft. The mock where the fellas over at this here blog will aim to bring you as many mock selections as possible before the start of the regular season. But while other mock drafts will give you an entire round with little analysis with each selection, we here will give you one pick at a time. With each pick, you’ll get the thoughts behind it as well as the up/down side to taking said player at each respective slot.
With that said…Let’s get into it.
Round 1, Pick 1: LeBron James, SF, CLE
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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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Happy birthday to us! On behalf of everyone here, thank you to our longtime readers for your continued support. If you have just recently discovered us, thank you for taking the time to check us out.
Our two on two tourney is just about to wrap up, and our mock draft blog will launch shortly. In two years we have made 548 entries. Sarge deserves the title of “Mr. Dropping Dime” as he has kept this party going with 175 entries. I am next with 132, which just edges our original editor-in-chief, Dennis Velasco who has posted 127 times. Our fourth original member, Ron Chow, has posted 61 times. Brandon Haraway has 41 posts to his name. Rounding out our archives are Matt Satten and Zack Francis who total 12 posts between the two of them.
Today marks our two year anniversary, so it gives us a chance to look back at our most popular entries.
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Sleeper Alert: Louis Williams Stays in Philly
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Atlantic Division, Philadelphia 76ers, Free Agency, H2H, Roto,
While I would have liked it a lot more had he gone to Golden State as once rumored, the Philadelphia 76ers have extended the tweener guard for five more seasons.
I was pretty big on Williams as a last-round type last season, and think I may do the same this year as he had shown several flashes of brilliance. Perhaps he steals some time from Willie Green along with backing up the always-distributing Andre Miller. Williams averaged double figures in only 23 minutes of play per game last year, so an increase in production is not far-fetched. Plan accordingly.
Emeka Okafor’s Blocks and Boards…
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Southeast Division, Charlotte Bobcats, Trades,
...Will continue to be produced in Charlotte.
Not to be outdone by Andris Biedrins, the Charlotte Bobcats signed offense-less big man Emeka Okafor to a six year, $72 million deal. There were a few rumors of a sign and trade, but one look at the rest of the low post players on the Bobcats’ roster, and there was a very slim chance that this would happen. I can’t imagine that Larry Brown has a ton of faith in Sean May staying healthy this year, and the Ryan Hollins/Nazr Mohammed combo isn’t exactly the most prolific in the game.
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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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