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Stat’s All Folks: Let’s Get Spicy!
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: H2H, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Talent, Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trailblazers, Seattle Supersonics, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings,
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.
Note that you won’t always see the superstar player written about in this column, otherwise it would be LeBron James or Steve Nash every week. So, check out who’s bullish and who’s bearish coming into the week.
Statistics are through November 29th – December 5th.
POINTS
BULLISH
Eddy Curry, C, New York Knicks
Last Week’s Numbers of Note: 4 G; 25.3 PPG; 60.3 FG%; 60.8 FT%
I’ll admit and say that I was a non-believer. And to some degree I still am – I’ll chalk that up to me being a disgruntled Knicks fan. But, I simply could not believe that Eddy Curry scoring as much as he was the week before was the real deal. If Howie Mandel was in front of me, I would have emphatically said, “NO DEAL!” But, you can’t argue with seven games in a row of 20+ points because instead of Curry’s physique blowing up, his post game is. Buy into it because head coach Isiah Thomas has, recently saying that Curry was the key to the team and that’s music to every Curry owner’s ears. Hopefully it doesn’t turn out to sound like an American Idol tryout.
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Every night of NBA action brings us some bumps and bruises. Here’s a quick run down of some of the latest!
Gary Payton, PG, Miami Heat (ear)
Payton has recently been victim to an ear infection. While he has played since, his numbers will be hampered by the play of Jason Williams who is back from his own “issues.” Williams will be the starter, if for any reason but to lower the average age of the starting lineup from about 65 to 60. The Glove still has some left in the tank, but will likely be used in spot duty for the near term. Of course, if White Chocolate experiences any more setbacks, Payton will get the burn.
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Dropping Dimes Staff Week Six Position Rankings
Posted by Zack Francis Categories: Site Features,
Point Guards
1. Allen Iverson (1.25)
2. Gilbert Arenas (2.00)
3. Steve Nash (4.25)
4. Baron Davis (5.25)
5. Mike Bibby (5.75)
6. Jason Kidd (6.50)
7. Chris Paul (7.00)
8. Chauncey Billups (7.25)
9. Kirk Hinrich (8.25)
10. Tony Parker (11.50)
11.Ray Felton (15.00)
11.Jameer Nelson (15.00)
13. Jarrett Jack (16.00)
14. Jason Terry (16.75)
15. Deron Williams (17.00)
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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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Wire to Wire: 11.30.06
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Site Features, Sleepers, 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.
Yet another week of fantasy hoops under our belts. Let’s see how I did last time around…
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No cute talk this week, let’s get right down to it.
1. Adam Morrison (Steady)
What more can be said? Morrison has had an impressive rookie campaign thus far. Sure, he’s only averaging 3 boards and 2 assists a game, but he’s been logging over 40 minutes consistently lately, and he’s put in 20 points 4 of the last 7 games. As Borat would say, “Great success!”
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Dropping Dimes Staff Week Five Position Rankings
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, H2H, Northwest Division, Pacific Division, Props, Roto, Site Features, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent,
Welcome to DroppingDimes.com‘s weekly position rankings list! Each week, the five writers - Al, Ron, Sarge, Zack, and myself will look at our lists of positions, take into account the number of games played, any injury issues that a player may be having, and the hotness/coldness of a player at that time to rank ‘em all up!
We’ll rank EACH position into a Top 15 list and in parentheses have that player’s average position ranking amongst the five of us. First up… number of games for each team then the week’s rankings afterwards.
Atlanta Hawks - 4; Boston Celtics - 2; Charlotte Bobcats - 4; Chicago Bulls - 3; Cleveland Cavaliers - 3; Dallas Mavericks - 3; Denver Nuggets - 3; Detroit Pistons - 3; Golden State Warriors - 3; Houston Rockets - 3; Indiana Pacers - 4; Los Angeles Clippers - 4; Los Angeles Lakers - 3; Memphis Grizzlies - 3; Miami Heat - 3; Milwaukee Bucks - 3; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 3; New Orleans Hornets - 2; New York Knicks - 4; Orlando Magic - 4; Philadelphia 76ers - 3; Phoenix Suns - 2; Portland Trail Blazers - 3; Sacramento Kings - 3; San Antonio Spurs - 3; Seattle Supersonics - 3; Toronto Raptors - 4; Utah Jazz - 4; Washington Wizards - 3
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Injury Lowdown: Channing Frye out three to six weeks
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Atlantic Division, New York Knicks, Injuries, Site Features,
New York Knicks PF/C Channing Frye is out of order like the office coffee maker for three to six weeks with a left ankle sprain. Frye suffered the injury on Saturday in the game with the Chicago Bulls when he landed on P.J. Brown’s foot after a shot block attempt.
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Wire To Wire: 11.23.06
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, 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.
A Happy Thanksgiving edition of Wire to Wire. I hope that you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday! We’ve had yet another NBA week in the books. Let’s see how I did last time around…
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Happy Thanksgiving From The Dropping Dimes Crew
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Site Announcements,
Hey all, just wanted to send out Thanksgiving greetings to all of our loyal viewers and from the numbers in the last month there are a lot of you and you’re coming back for more and more fantasy basketball analysis and news. For that, we’re giving you our thanks. So… THANKS!
Also, just wanted to remind you all that Sarge’s exclusive The Weekly Focus article on HoopsHype.com, one of the THE top NBA sites out there is now up! Please check it out by clicking here. Sarge is really kicking butt on this and we’re all proud of him for reppin’ DD.com strong!
Again, enjoy the holiday!
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