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Dropping Dimes One-on-One Tourney: Round 1, Games 3 and 4
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Site Announcements, Talent,
Our one-on-one tournament continues this week, with two match-ups that fall within the theme of “David vs. Goliath.” What happens when you pit a 7-footer against a star who gives up more than six inches in height? Could Jordan have taken Wilt or Bill Russell or Kareem in their prime?
First we recap our results from last week: Lebron vs. Kobe and Arenas vs. AI.
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Dropping Dimes Experts League: Final Results, We the Champs!
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Props, Roto, Site Announcements, Site Features, Talent,
The results are in, and we protected our house! And by “we” I mean Dennis Velasco. Our fearless leader managed to hold on and fend off a late rally from Matt Satten to bring home the title!
That noise you hear outside the window is Dennis organizing his own victory parade…
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Stat’s All Folks: The Season Finale
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Disses, Editorial, H2H, Injuries, NBA Draft, Props, Rookies, Roto, Site Features, Sleepers, Talent, Waiver Pick Ups,
It’s over. Go ahead and breathe that sigh of relief if you won on the final week of the season - THE championship or the consolation title - a win is a win. For those of you that lost, scream but know that the constant waves of anxiety are now over. Fortunately, I came out on the winning end of the PFS Experts League, beating SI.com Fantasy Sports Editor, James Quintong. Sorry, JQ, but someone had to win and I certainly don’t mind it being myself. I also won the DroppingDimes.com Roto Experts League, barely beating PFS and SI.com’s Matt Satten… by half a point! That’s 0.5!!! But enough about me.
Let’s get to the stats and those players that excelled in them (Blue Chippers), gave more production in the various categories relative to where they were drafted (Value Players), and those players that disappointed (Duds) this past season. I’ll review the big three categories a little more heavily since they’re the main categories for a reason. Afterwards, I’ll do a quick hit type of deal with treys, steals, and blocks, looking mostly at the positive to end on a happy note.
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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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Wire to Wire: 03.22.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Site Features, Sleepers, Talent, 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.
Matt Satten from ProFantasySports gave you a few possible late season names to add in his latest column. I’ll take it a step further this week and keep the ball rolling with my latest installment of Wire to Wire. Check out Matt’s piece, but for now, here are this week’s recommendations.
(Editor’s Note: I apologize for the lack of pictures, as I’m having difficulty uploading files. Hopefully I can edit some in within a day or two. Thanks!)
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Dropping Dimes Staff Rankings: Week 21
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
Can you tell me how to get…how to get to the fantasy playoffs? This week’s recommendations are brought to you by Alvin Lai, Scott Sargent, the letters L, B, J and the numbers 2 and 3.
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 - 4; Denver Nuggets - 4; Detroit Pistons - 4; 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 - 2; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 3; New Orleans Hornets - 4; New York Knicks - 3; Orlando Magic - 2; Philadelphia 76ers - 3; Phoenix Suns - 3; Portland Trail Blazers - 4; Sacramento Kings - 4; San Antonio Spurs - 3; Seattle Supersonics - 3; Toronto Raptors - 2; Utah Jazz - 3; Washington Wizards – 4
POINT GUARDS1. Gilbert Arenas (1.00) - Look for a huge week from Agent Zero
2. Steve Nash (2.00)
3. Chauncey Billups (3.00)
4. Allen Iverson (5.00)
4. Jason Kidd (5.00)
4. Chris Paul (5.00)
7. Deron Williams (7.00)
8. Mike Bibby (8.50) - Which Bibby will show up this week?
9. Kirk Hinrich (9.50)
10. Stephon Marbury (10.00)
11. Jason Terry (11.00)
12. Baron Davis (12.50)
13. Leandro Barbosa (13.00)
14. Ray Felton (14.50) - A bit low for a four game week
15. Maurice Williams (15.00)
15. Tony Parker (15.50)
15. T. J. Ford (15.50)
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Wire to Wire: 03.15.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, Site Features, Talent, 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.
Hey! Over here! Remember me!? I’m the NBA!!
With all of March Madness sweeping the spotlight away from the NBA over the next few weeks, fantasy owners would be wise to catch their opponents sleeping at the wheel and pick up all of the goods. While the “clearance rack” may be a bit picked over at this time of year, I think there are a few guys that could help you make that last push you need to see some fantasy post season. On to this week’s recommendations…
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Dropping Dimes on the Daily: March 15, 2007
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: H2H, Props, Site Features, Talent,
Unfortunately my original post yesterday was lost as our servers were being moved. I want to give thanks to Mike Slane of Elevation Mag where our daily work also appears. They were able to post yesterday’s work while our article was still up. It’s a day late, but perhaps the info might still be of value to you fantasy hounds.
The picture has been lost in the transfer…it was Steve Nash driving against Dirk Nowitzki, with the Fig Cap, “So you want to be MVP, do you?
Sorry for the mix-up. This week rather than attempt to drop a rhyme summarizing the box scores, there was such a fantasy hoops bonanza on Wednesday night, that I listed 25 note-worthy stat-lines.
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Dropping Dimes on the Daily: March 14, 2007
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Editorial, Site Features, Talent,
Dropping Dimes On The Daily is all about the team 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: Was there a Kobe sighting last night?
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