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Injury Lowdown - What the Heck Did I Miss?!?!
Posted by Ron Chow Categories: Atlantic Division, Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Central Division, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, H2H, Injuries, Northwest Division, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trailblazers, Seattle Supersonics, Utah Jazz, Pacific Division, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, Site Features, Southeast Division, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards, Southwest Division, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets,
I am back like Jack Bauer! Unlike Jack’s dramatic return from a Chinese prison, I was freed (booted?) from my parent’s basement. Now semi-acclimated to life on my own (thank god for the microwave!), I am ready to make a contribution to Dropping Dimes. Thanks to Dennis, Sarge, and Alvin for holding down the DD fort.
What the heck did I miss? What is up with all the injuries to key fantasy players?! In all my years in fantasy basketball, I don’t remember a season where so many players have been knocked out with injuries like a Mirko Cro Cop high kick (He is going to wreck havoc in the UFC!). In one of my leagues, a GM lost his top four picks to injuries (Chris Paul, Yao Ming, Josh Smith and Rashard Lewis). The poor GM had his playoff hopes dashed in the month of December. Them’s the breaks. In this edition of the Injury Lowdown I will give a quick rundown of key injuries and some players to keep an eye on.
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Sargent Says: See, I’m Not Alone
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Disses, Editorial, Props, Site Features, Cleveland Cavaliers,
I was just checking out some web stuff before the Super Bowl and found this picture. Thanks to MJD over at Deadspin, I now know that I’m not the only one that hates Eric Snow…
Enjoy the game, all.
Oh…and the Cavs lost on National Television…again.
Thank goodness for the Super Bowl. If you are having a tough year in your main fantasy basketball league like I am, maybe you welcome the distraction as well. After being inspired by Sarge’s one man rant on Eric Snow, I figured I would throw myself a pity party. Because I am in need of a new hobby to relax from my main hobby after the events of the last few weeks especially. So what’s been going on, you ask? If you are willing to be my Frasier, I am happy to take advantage of your listening skills.
If you are hoops junkie, you have more than a few fantasy teams. But one league usually stands out as the one that matters the most. And for me, this is the league that is kicking me to the curb right now.
1. My match-up of the week tends to light up every time, but just against me.
It was week 14 and my opponent sports Jason Kidd on his roster. I was in the playoff mix going into the week, and by the next Monday, I was on the outs looking in. Kidd did more than his fair share, dropping in triple doubles like there was no tomorrow. So what does he do this week when I need him to knock down a playoff contender for me? You guessed it: games of zero points/five turnovers, and a two assist game before that.
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Dropping Dimes Staff Position Rankings - Week 15
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: H2H, Props, Roto, Site Features,
Here we are once again for the Dropping Dimes staff to choose the top 15 players at each position to start for your fantasy team in Week 15. You can bet we won’t make any mistakes like the Western Conference coaches in not choosing Josh Howard. Sorry, coaches, but you got that one wrong. Hopefully, David Stern makes it right. Okay, my personal views aside, here are the rankings. Enjoy it like a fat kid enjoys cake.
Teams and Number of Games for the Week:
Atlanta Hawks - 4; Boston Celtics - 4; Charlotte Bobcats - 4; Chicago Bulls - 4; Cleveland Cavaliers - 3; Dallas Mavericks - 3; Denver Nuggets - 3; Detroit Pistons - 3; Golden State Warriors - 4; Houston Rockets - 4; Indiana Pacers - 4; Los Angeles Clippers - 4; Los Angeles Lakers - 4; Memphis Grizzlies - 4; Miami Heat - 4; Milwaukee Bucks - 3; Minnesota Timberwolves - 4; New Jersey Nets - 4; New Orleans Hornets - 4; New York Knicks - 2; Orlando Magic - 4; Philadelphia 76ers - 4; Phoenix Suns - 3; Portland Trail Blazers - 3; Sacramento Kings - 4; San Antonio Spurs - 3; Seattle Supersonics - 4; Toronto Raptors - 3; Utah Jazz - 2; Washington Wizards – 3.
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Stat’s All, Folks: Melo Is Still Da Man!
Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Disses, Free Agency, H2H, Injuries, Props, Roto, Site Features,
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 26 - February 1
POINTSBULLISH
Carmelo Anthony, SF, Denver Nuggets
Last Week’s Numbers of Note: 4 G; 29.5 PPG; 44.1 FG%; 76.2 FT%
To all the head coaches in the Western Conference that did not choose Anthony as an All-Star reserve, I agree with you. That one punch and immediate backpedal against the New York Knicks was enough to sully all the hard work Melo had put forth in cleaning his rep beforehand. But, this is fantasy and whether you love him or hate him in real life, it doesn’t matter here. What also doesn’t matter is that Allen Iverson is now on the same team as Anthony because Melo is still getting his looks and scoring near his seasonal average since coming back from serving his suspension – 30 ppg in six games. In fantasy, you shouldn’t snub Melo, even with the Answer in Denver.
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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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Wire to Wire: 2.1.07
Posted by Scott Sargent Categories: Free Agency, H2H, Roto, 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.
Once again, injury news has spawned a few new names that can benefit fantasy leagues of all shapes and sizes. The biggest, of course, is the news that Carlos Boozer will miss the next four to five weeks with a leg injury. Read below to check out how owners should handle this news, along with a rotation shake-up in Orlando, a new point guard in Cleveland, and the return of a few injured stars. On to this week’s recommendations…
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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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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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