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Sargent Says: Let It Snow…Somewhere Else
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Disses, Editorial, Props, Site Features, Talent,
It was nothing more than a running joke between my buddies and myself. Being from Cleveland, local players (regardless of the sport) came at a premium in our various fantasy leagues. Heck, Kellen Winslow, Jr. went in the fourth round of our fantasy draft a few years ago only to have his season ended by a fluke knee injury early on in the season. If you know anything about fantasy football, it’s to never gamble on a tight end early in the draft, as their production drops off very little after top tier. Either way, that didn’t stop some of us from going all “homer” in our drafts.
Where am I going with this, you ask?
Well, this week when news broke out that Eric Snow would not be the Cavaliers starting point guard for the upcoming games, and one Daniel Gibson would be, how many Eric Snow owners out there felt the brunt of this coaching move?
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Dime Day: Dropping Dimes All-Star Team
Posted by Alvin Lai Categories: Editorial, H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
As the all-star break approaches, are you not worried about how many times we will have to watch Nate Robinson attempt his dunk this year? Well, me too, but let’s focus our attention on players more deserving of all-star talk.
Imagine you decided to go Marty McFly, and travel back in time to rewrite your fantasy league’s history. In preparation you pulled a fast one on your league mates, trading future considerations for picks so that you own the first 13 picks of the draft (I know, I know, any league that would let this happen would be dumber than a brick, but bear with me). Who do you pick to make an unstoppable team?
I posed this question to my boys here at Dropping Dimes in an effort to change things up a bit. The mid-season awards are being handed out, and it’s too easy to just list the top ranked players on Yahoo. Now granted, the best players will always come out as being must-have commodities in almost any format you could dream up. I figured with the structure of this actually being a team and using the current season’s stats, the exercise would lead to some interesting discussion…and it did. Thanks to D, Sarge and Ron for their input.
My hands are disappearing as I strum the riff to “Johnny B. Goode” so we better get this thing going. Ladies and gentlemen, here is our “perfect” draft. I tried to talk Doc Brown into letting us take a glimpse at the final season statistics, but he mumbled something about this causing too much damage to the space-time continuum so we’ll just have to speculate how the second half is going to go.
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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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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 Week Eleven Position Rankings
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
The new year has come and it’s about that time to seriously assess your team going forward. If you’re in the upper tier of your league, you’ll need to make sure you duplicate your efforts in 2007. If you’re in the lower rungs of your league, it’s time to get busy and make some moves to get you into the playoffs because that’s what it’s all about. Just get there! Everything else will work itself out.
And, yes, I KNOW about all the injuries to superstars such as Yao Ming, Chris Paul, Paul Pierce, et al. I’m playing a violin for you. Just be quick to pick up their replacements if you think they can make an impact. Dikembe Mutombo, Jannero Pargo, Tony Allen, and Gerald Green have upped their fantasy values significantly for the aforementioned injured players. So, what else to do? Well, obviously, read Sarge’s The Weekly Focus exclusively on HoopsHype.com and Wire to Wire on here and SI.com. It helps… it really helps!
Oh, and pay attention to what you’re about to read… our position rankings for the upcoming week! Note that the number in parentheses is the average position between those who chose - Sarge, Big Ron Stud, and myself. Enjoy and be enlightened!
Teams and Number of Games for the Week:
Atlanta Hawks - 3; Boston Celtics - 3; Charlotte Bobcats - 3; Chicago Bulls - 4; Cleveland Cavaliers - 3; Dallas Mavericks - 4; Denver Nuggets - 4; Detroit Pistons - 4; Golden State Warriors - 2; Houston Rockets - 4; Indiana Pacers - 3; Los Angeles Clippers - 3; Los Angeles Lakers - 3; Memphis Grizzlies - 3; Miami Heat - 3; Milwaukee Bucks - 4; Minnesota Timberwolves - 3; New Jersey Nets - 3; New Orleans Hornets - 4; New York Knicks - 2; Orlando Magic - 3; Philadelphia 76ers - 4; Phoenix Suns - 3; Portland Trail Blazers - 4; Sacramento Kings - 3; San Antonio Spurs - 3; Seattle Supersonics - 3; Toronto Raptors - 4; Utah Jazz - 3; Washington Wizards – 3
1. Allen Iverson (1.00)
2. Gilbert Arenas (2.00)
3. Steve Nash (3.33)
4. Jason Kidd (4.00)
5. Maurice Williams (6.33)
6. Jason Terry (6.67)
7. Mike Bibby (7.00)
8. Andre Miller (7.33)
9. Raymond Felton (8.33)
10. Deron Williams (10.33)
11. T.J. Ford (11.67)
12. Kirk Hinrich (12.00)
13. Rafer Alston (14.00)
14. Tony Parker (14.67)
15. Jameer Nelson (15.00)
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Stat’s All Folks: T-Mac Is Back!
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Atlantic Division, Central Division, H2H, Northwest Division, Pacific Division, Props, Roto, Site Features, Southeast Division, Southwest Division, Talent, Waiver Pick Ups,
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 December 28th – January 3rd.
POINTSBULLISH
Tracy McGrady, SG/SF, Houston Rockets
Last Week’s Numbers of Note: 3 G; 33.3 PPG; 56.5 FG%; 55.6 FT%
In the past week, McGrady has been playing like the T-Mac of old and not like an old T-Mac. In each of his three games, McGrady has scored 31, 38, and 31 points, respectively. And it hasn’t even been a fluke sort of deal where he just jacked up forty or more shots to get his points. Look at the field goal percentage above too. Taking 23 shot attempts per game on average is a lot, but again, look at that percentage from the floor! No wonder McGrady’s been scoring so much and it speaks well for his health as well, being able to hit that many baskets at a high rate. I won’t declare him “back” because of the lingering prospect of back spasms that sidelined T-Mac earlier this season, so throw out some feeler deals for more durable players. Otherwise, hold T-Mac and hope he stays healthy.
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Dropping Dimes Week Ten Position Rankings
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
To bring a close to 2006, the DroppingDimes crew has compiled the rankings to open up 2007 like Jay-Z used to pop ‘Cris at the 40/40 club. We won’t give you Ashton Kutcher, Paris Hilton or even Carson Daly (what the hell happened to THAT guy??), but we will give you the edge that you can use next week while your opponents are still nursing hangovers and BCS gambling debt.
Have a safe and enjoyable New Year. Here are the games played for each team next week…
Atlanta Hawks - 2; Boston Celtics - 4; Charlotte Bobcats - 2; Chicago Bulls - 3; Cleveland Cavaliers - 4; Dallas Mavericks - 3; Denver Nuggets - 3; Detroit Pistons - 2; Golden State Warriors - 4; Houston Rockets - 3; Indiana Pacers - 2; Los Angeles Clippers - 4; Los Angeles Lakers - 3; Memphis Grizzlies - 3; Miami Heat - 3; Milwaukee Bucks - 2; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 2; New Orleans Hornets - 3; New York Knicks - 3; Orlando Magic - 3; Philadelphia 76ers - 3; Phoenix Suns - 4; Portland Trail Blazers - 4; Sacramento Kings - 3; San Antonio Spurs - 4; Seattle Supersonics - 4; Toronto Raptors - 3; Utah Jazz - 3; Washington Wizards – 3
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Wire to Wire: 12.28.06
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, 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.
We’re back from a brief Holiday Hiatus. I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable weekend. We all know that the fantasy hoops waiver wires did. Injuries over the last two weeks have provided us with some very nice options going forward. First, let’s look back to my last edition to see how those recommendations panned out…
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Dropping Dimes Staff Week Nine Position Rankings
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features, Talent,
What the heck are you guys doing reading this post? It’s Christmas/Hannukah/Festivus time! Time to wallow in the fact that you are now broke with all the gifts you’ve purchased or perhaps you are drowning in guilt for all the gifts you should have bought, but for whatever reason didn’t. Whichever the case, spend time with your friends and family… go ahead. GO! ... Okay, dang you’re persistent. So, here’s our suggestions for the week ahead, but first check out the number of games each team is playing. Oh, and happy holidays!
Atlanta Hawks - 3; Boston Celtics - 4; Charlotte Bobcats - 4; Chicago Bulls - 4; Cleveland Cavaliers - 3; Dallas Mavericks - 4; Denver Nuggets - 4; Detroit Pistons - 4; Golden State Warriors - 3; Houston Rockets - 4; Indiana Pacers - 3; Los Angeles Clippers - 4; Los Angeles Lakers - 4; Memphis Grizzlies - 4; Miami Heat - 4; Milwaukee Bucks - 4; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 4; New Orleans Hornets - 4; New York Knicks - 3; Orlando Magic - 3; Philadelphia 76ers - 4; Phoenix Suns - 4; Portland Trail Blazers - 4; Sacramento Kings - 3; San Antonio Spurs - 3; Seattle Supersonics - 4; Toronto Raptors - 3; Utah Jazz - 3; Washington Wizards – 4
NOTE: This list was compiled before Yao Ming’s injury, which will keep him sidelined for at least six weeks.
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