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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings - Week 14
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features,
Heading up the weekly rankings is like doing monitor duty for the Justice League. It’s not sexy, but it has to be done. And maybe if we do right, it will help you steer clear of danger in the upcoming week. Shaq is back just in time to receive yet another all-star starting nod. Of course his rep in fantasy hoops does not match his bigger than life persona. Keep an eye on the most important toe in the world this week…as of this writing, Lebron James is sitting out the game on Friday, January 26th.
Teams and Number of Games for the Week:
Atlanta Hawks - 4; Boston Celtics - 3; Charlotte Bobcats - 4; Chicago Bulls - 3; Cleveland Cavaliers - 4; Dallas Mavericks - 3; Denver Nuggets - 4; Detroit Pistons - 4; Golden State Warriors - 4; Houston Rockets - 3; Indiana Pacers - 3; Los Angeles Clippers - 3; Los Angeles Lakers - 4; Memphis Grizzlies - 3; Miami Heat - 3; Milwaukee Bucks - 4; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 4; New Orleans Hornets - 4; New York Knicks - 3; Orlando Magic - 4; Philadelphia 76ers - 3; Phoenix Suns - 3; Portland Trail Blazers - 4; Sacramento Kings - 3; San Antonio Spurs - 2; Seattle Supersonics - 3; Toronto Raptors - 3; Utah Jazz - 3; Washington Wizards – 3
POINT GUARDS
A four game week nudged the Answer and Kidd past the usual standouts Arenas and Nash. Heck, Nash can’t even get voted onto the all-star game!
1. Allen Iverson (1.50)
2. Jason Kidd (2.00)
3. Gilbert Arenas (3.25)
4. Steve Nash (3.75)
5. Chauncey Billups (5.00)
6. Baron Davis (5.75)
7. Ray Felton (7.25)
8. Mike Bibby (9.00)
9. Deron Williams (9.25)
10. Kirk Hinrich (11.00)
11. Jason Terry (11.50)
12. Jameer Nelson (11.75)
13. Andre Miller (13.25)
14. Rafer Alston (15.25)
15. Jarrett Jack (17.00)
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Stat’s All Folks: Substitute Teacher
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Disses, H2H, Injuries, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, 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.
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 from January 15th – January 21st.
It is a pleasure to sub in for Dennis this week. Let us get right to it!
POINTS
BULLISH
Dwyane Wade, PG/SG, Miami Heat
Last Week’s Numbers of Note: 4 G; 31.8 PPG; 49.0 FG%; 77.5 FT%
Wade missed four games around the holidays but has come back logging big minutes and posting even bigger numbers. Last week Wade scored 30 or more points in three of four contests. The beauty in his game lies not only in his points production, but in his around game; he also averaged almost eight assists and three steals last week. Wade drained two three-pointers over the four games, which is below average for a fantasy guard, but at least he still provides a little help to your team there.
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Dropping Dimes On The Daily: January 25, 2007
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!! Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks. Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts! But read the fantasy section HERE!
The Fig Cap: Peekaboo! I’m back in the building! Sort of.
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Dropping Dimes On The Daily: January 24, 2007
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Waiver Pick Ups,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!! Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks. Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts! But read the fantasy section HERE!
The Fig Cap: “My ball! MINE! MINE! MINE!”
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Dropping Dimes On The Daily: January 23, 2007
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!! Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks. Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts! But read the fantasy section HERE!
The Fig Cap: “I’m about to burst your bubble, Melo, AI, and Gil Zero.”
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Dropping Dimes On The Daily: January 22, 2007
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Injuries, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!! Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks. Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts! But read the fantasy section HERE!
The Fig Cap: The Kansas City Royals may stink, but Brandon Roy’s game definitely does not.
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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings - Week 13
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Props, Site Features,
With the return of Dr. A, I’m happy to let you all know that all four members of DroppingDimes.com were able to give you insight this week to who should be in your lineups for week 13. A special “about time” sigh of relief to owners of Carmelo Anthony, who is slated to be back in the rotation for the Denver Nuggets. Of course, we’ve yet to see how he’ll play along side Allen Iverson - but needless to say, he should be in your fantasy linuep this week. For the rest of the NBA, here’s a look at how many games each team plays this umcoming period…
Teams and Number of Games for the Week:
Atlanta Hawks - 4; Boston Celtics - 4; Charlotte Bobcats - 4; Chicago Bulls - 4; Cleveland Cavaliers - 4; Dallas Mavericks - 3; Denver Nuggets - 4; Detroit Pistons - 3; Golden State Warriors - 3; Houston Rockets - 2; Indiana Pacers - 4; Los Angeles Clippers - 4; Los Angeles Lakers - 3; Memphis Grizzlies - 4; Miami Heat - 4; Milwaukee Bucks - 4; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 4; New Orleans Hornets - 4; New York Knicks - 4; Orlando Magic - 3; Philadelphia 76ers - 4; Phoenix Suns - 4; Portland Trail Blazers - 3; Sacramento Kings - 4; San Antonio Spurs - 4; Seattle Supersonics - 3; Toronto Raptors - 4; Utah Jazz - 4; Washington Wizards – 3
POINT GUARDSNo real tiering at the one slot this week. There’s a distinct grouping between the top four and then “the rest,” but I’d be happy with any of these guys in my PG slot for this week. You should be too.
1. Steve Nash (1.00)
2. Jason Kidd (2.50)
3. Gilbert Arenas (3.25) - Three games this week, but still a top option
3. Allen Iverson (3.25) - Will there be a “Melo” effect?
5. Mike Bibby (6.25)
6. Deron Williams (7.25)
7. Stephon Marbury (8.25) - Coming off of a nice stretch
8. Baron Davis (9.00)
9. Ray Felton (10.25)
10. Kirk Hinrich (11.25)
11. Tony Parker (11.50)
12. Jason Terry (12.50)
13. T. J. Ford (13.00)
14. Andre Miller (13.50)
15. Jameer Nelson (15.75)
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Stat’s All, Folks: Dirk Is Getting Dirrrrty!
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Disses, H2H, Injuries, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, 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.
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 from January 12 - January 19th.
POINTSBULLISH
Dirk Nowitzki, PF, Dallas Mavericks
Last Week’s Numbers of Note: 4 G; 34.5 PPG; 51.6 FG%; 87.5 FT%
How does Nowitzki come back from a poor 11-point performance against the less than impressive Portland Trailblazers? Score a season-high 43 points the next game and continue to hang points on the opposition in the next three games, which Dirk did in the past week. Not only has he been impressive shooting the ball, but rebounding it as well averaging 10.8 glass cleaning in the same period. Nowitzki is going good right now in all facets of his game, which is helping his stroke. Obviously, don’t ever worry about low-scoring performances from Dirk (did you know he had two games where he only scored six points!) because he isn’t an elite fantasy player for nothing and will definitely come back strong.
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Dropping Dimes On The Daily: January 18, 2007
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!! Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks. Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts! But read the fantasy section HERE!
The Fig Cap: “I went crazy from the floor last night because I kept doing this a lot to my head.”
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Dropping Dimes On The Daily: January 17, 2007
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about me looking at the previous night’s performances and mentioning those that did pretty goodly and those that did pretty badly. Goodly is a word, right? Anyway, this will be a quick look around the league, so don’t expect a ton of text, just some daily fantasy basketball goodness!!! Please note that this is the fantasy basketball section of ElevationMag.com’s Daily Top Picks. Check it out and see your daily rumors, quotes, headlines, and facts! But read the fantasy section HERE!
The Fig Cap: “C’mon, Dirk, stop playa hatin’, man!”
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