11/21/2004 07:29:49 PM|||Shep|||In case you hadn't heard... Here's the suspensions, and ESPN's fantasy impact analysis.
"The Pacers-Pistons brawl wasn't fun for anyone, but if you're the unlucky owner of one or more of the main combatants, chances are your fantasy basketball team will be feeling unlucky soon. And the fantasy basketball world will be very much affected by these ramifications, as three of these four players suspended - Indiana's Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal and Detroit's Ben Wallace - were among the best in the game and consensus top-three rounds draft picks recently, and surely owned in every league. The fourth player, the Pacers' Stephen Jackson, is owned in 99.4 percent of leagues. So these aren't irrelevant benchwarmers that fantasy owners can ignore. Someone in fantasy hoops may have all four of these players (I actually have three of them on one of my teams). With the announcement of the league suspensions - Artest will miss the season, O'Neal 25 games, Jackson 30 and Wallace 6 - here are the fantasy ramifications."
|||110108698967666648|||ESPN Fantasy Basketball 2005: Fantasy Spin: Suspensions hit hard