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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 7, Pick 3
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Philadelphia 76ers, H2H, Roto, Sleepers, Talent,
Have you ever heard of Dusty Rhodes? Dusty Rhodes, the pinch hitter extraordinaire for the 1954 New York Giants, not Dusty Rhodes, the wrestler. That year Rhodes hit .341 with 15 homers and 50 RBIs: incredible production from only 164 at-bats. The Giants, with Willie Mays as their star, won the World Series that year.
We here at Dropping Dimes will not win anything like the World Series while our star, Dennis Velasco, attends to other matters. But the least I can do is pinch-hit for the guy. He made the pick; I wil provide the words.
Round 7, Pick 3: Samuel Dalembert, C, Philadelphia 76ers
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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 7, Pick 2
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: H2H, Northwest Division, Utah Jazz, Roto, Site Features,
I have found a TV show to tie me over till the start of 24. I am digging this new series Heroes on NBC. It is on Mondays opposite the start of the Monday Night Football. I find myself flipping back and forth between the two channels during commercial breaks. Times like these I wish I had a picture in picture TV. Heroes follows 10 people that discover they have special powers and their individual journeys somehow overlaps with each other. Check out the NBC.com if you are interested.
One of the characters on Heroes, Hiro Nakamura has the power to stop and travel through time. He also has the ability to teleport to different places. Can you imagine stopping time and traveling to the future?!
Wow, do you think if the Utah Jazz scouting staff had that power to look into the future that they would have chosen Chris Paul instead of Deron Williams in the 2005 NBA draft? Deron Williams was chosen 3rd overall and Chris Paul was picked next by New Orleans. Do you think Utah would like a mulligan on the pick?
Deron Williams may never reach the fantasy studliness of Chris Paul but Deron could still help your fantasy team. Let’s take a closer look at what Deron can bring to the table.
Round 7, Pick 2: Deron Williams, PG, Utah Jazz
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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 7, Pick 1
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, H2H, Northwest Division, Seattle Supersonics, Roto, Talent,
Round 7, Pick 1: Luke Ridnour, PG, Seattle Supersonics
Two quick notes regarding this pick:
1) I had no choice but to go with another point guard in this situation. While there are plenty still out there, I could not risk waiting another 23 selections for the draft to get back to this team to address the point guard needs.
2) I made this draft selection prior to the news about Ridnour’s thumb injury, making this pick obviously more risky in present time.
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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 6 Recap
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Site Announcements, Site Features,
Okay, with the season almost upon us, we will be going one more round with this draft blog. At the onset, we really wanted to do a full draft, going 10 rounds, but with our hook up with various sites, such as SI.com and HoopsHype.com, there was just no time.
However, did you hear me before? The season is upon us!!! That has to be some consolation, right?
6.1. Emeka Okafor, PF/C, Charlotte Bobcats
6.2. Carlos Boozer, PF/C, Utah Jazz
6.3. Troy Murphy, PF, Golden State Warriors
6.4. Josh Howard, SG/SF, Dallas Mavericks
6.5. Tony Parker, PG, San Antonio Spurs
6.6. Charlie Villanueva, SF/PF, Milwaukee Bucks
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Dropping Dimes Draft Blog: Round 6, Pick 12
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Sleepers, Southeast Division, Orlando Magic, Talent,
Round 6, Pick 12: Jameer Nelson, PG, Orlando Magic
On a team that already has a solid front court in Amare Stoudemire and Chris Kaman, solid wing players in Vince Carter and Caron Butler, as well as some guy named LeBron, the only way I could go with this team would be to solidify the backcourt with a point guard.
While Jameer Nelson was a bit nicked up last season, once he was given free reign as the point man, he had a nice span of scoring, assists and shooting percentages. As you’ll notice from my point guard rankings, the fact that Nelson can still hit consistently from the field, while draining the occasional three makes him of great value in my book.
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Injury Lowdown: When It Rains It Pours - Another Laker Is Injured
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Injuries, Pacific Division, Los Angeles Lakers, Site Features,
Kwame Brown is the latest Laker sidelined with an injury. Kwame will miss three to four weeks with a bruised rotator cuff and bursitis in his right shoulder. He will miss the start of the regular season.
Chris Mihm is still recovering from off-season surgery on his ankle and is not expected to be ready for Opening Night.
Kobe Bryant is recovering from off-season knee surgery and hopes to be ready for the start of the season.
Vladmimir Radmonovic has a sprained ligament in his right hand, which happens to be his shooting hand.
Heck even Coach Phil Jackson is hobbled from a hip replacement surgery.
Stay Away from the water in the Lakers’ locker room.
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Dropping Dimes’ Experts Roto League: Richard Christ’s Team
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, Northwest Division, Pacific Division, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent,
Fantasy Sports R Us was also nice enough to take part in our experts’ roto league. Thanks to Richard Christ for reppin’ them. They can explain what they are about better than I can, so here is what I found on their site…
“FSRU is the #1 most hated fantasy leagues site on the net. Why? Because we have the highest payouts, we are the fastest growing, and damn it we are just flat out the best. Period.”
Check them out. In the meantime, peep what they did at our draft. For full draft results, click here.
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Dropping Dimes’ Experts Roto League: Brandon Haraway’s Team
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, Northwest Division, Pacific Division, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent,
The Fantasy Lounge is a relatively new messageboard community. Dennis Velasco told me about their existence after some of our past contacts settled in over there. All the major sports are covered, and they also have a “Cooler Talk section for non-sports talk. Check it out.
Thanks to Brandon Haraway for representing the Lounge and participating in our first ever experts’ league. Check out his team inside.
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Dropping Dimes’ Experts Roto League: Neil Tardy’s Team
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, Northwest Division, Pacific Division, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent,
The Talented Mr. Roto is a pillar of fantasy sports. They rep fantasy hoops over at NBA.com, and if you have not studied up on Matthew Berry’s Draft Day Manifesto, then you need to get cracking because you are behind in the game.
Thanks to Neil Tardy for representing TMR and taking part in our league. Neil drew the shortest straw in that he drafted last out of twelve teams. Although in this slot a team gets to make back-to-back picks, a lot of players fly off the board before your turn comes up again. Let us see what he had to say about his team!
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Dropping Dimes’ Experts Roto League: Mike Slane’s Team
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, Northwest Division, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent,
If you have not checked out ElevationMag yet, take a look when you can. In addition to the word on the Association, this site covers news around the D-League, the NCAA and hoops on the street. We here at Dropping Dimes would like to thank Mike Slane for participating in our league. Here is what he had to say about his team.
For the complete draft results, click here.
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