Carnival of the NBA #17

Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball, NBA Basketball
Posted on: October 21st, 2005

For those of you just joining us, this is Give Me The Rock. I’m your host, Nels, sometimes referred to as the Kevin Willis of Fantasy Baskblogging.

This [inconsistent time period]‘s Carnival brings with it a virtual cavalcade of posts, sure to awe and delight at every click. Read on, my friends… read on…

Is it any surprise we’re going to start things off with the Fantasy Basketblog crew’s Overall Fantasy Rankings starting with 1-30 (and extending through 90, for those souls brave enough to go that far). Those two are always churning out quality fantasy info. Wish I could say the same about this site…

Almost a Carnival in and of itself, 120 Proof Ball has a Roundup. Certainly better than the weed killer by the same name.

Anthony gives us the #3 reason to look forward to the 05-06 season: The Battle for Eastern Supremacy. There’s a lot of “IF”s being thrown around in the post… Seems like anyone could come out on top of the conference. I guess that’s what’s great about the preseason – fans can imagine their team is capable of anything. Well, except for Raptors fans.

Speaking of fan’s preseason predictions, Motoring brings you their (his?) thoughts on the Central Division. Not only does he accurately classify the Central Division as the most competitive in the league, but also, unfortunately, accurately puts the Bulls at #4 in the division. I can’t wait to see Ron Artest and Andres Nocioni going Philly on each other.

And a little more bull…

Chandler a handler? Blog-A-Bull is understandably worried. Even though Chandler is the clear choice to start at Power Forward or Center for the Bulls, Hinrich and Gordon should be passing the ball in to Sweetney to get things started. Despite having vacuums at either end of his wingspan when the ball is up for grabs after a shot, Chandler doesn’t do so well when required to put the ball in the basket from a non-rebounding position. He’s working on it, but he’s still not a better choice than Sweetney as you can see in the game log.

With a recap of an episode that I must have missed (I don’t know how, since it’s my favorite show), SacKingsBlog summarizes NBA Inside Stuff. It’s like TV Guide… with the TV. Thanks for the catchup, Tom. Cause some of us don’t have NBATV. Let alone cable. (Though I would certainly pay for the NBATV channel if I could avoid paying for the rest of the channels I’d never watch) The SportsBlogs network has agreed to take SacKingsBlog without a DNA test, and in return, he agrees to change his URL to SacTownRoyalty.com. Catchy.

Evidently there are at least 30 Power Forwards in the NBA. I might have drafted some of them mere days ago, but didn’t come up with Troy Murphy. GSW Blog says the starting PF for the Warriors is #18 on the list. Also in this post is an introduction to the somewhat controversial “fun” meter.

While we’re in the Bay Area, we’ll stop by The City to see what Dave thinks about the Warriors this year. Perhaps he should have had a poll for readers to vote on which of the 3 scenarios is most likely. If Baron and Dunleavy stay healthy, I’m going to give them somewhere between “back to respectability” and “Chris Mullin sells his soul to the Devil.” I guess either option would make Golden State fans pretty happy, though.

Speaking of 3 things… BBallBlog has a 3 part series on how to Fix the Timberwolves. I’d say it’s a “must-read” for Kevin McHale, except that it involes his termination. So, maybe not so much.

Every team has its ups and downs. You might be in trouble if one of the downs is having a player arrested. But, along with the bad, there are some good things happening in Boston. It can’t be all bad if you’ve got Paul Pierce, Ricky Davis, and Al Jefferson on your team.

We start the Q&A portion of the Carnival with YAYBasketball. In the season preview for the Nets, The Cavalier has part of NBA.com’s Q&A with Lawrence Frank. What a lucky guy. Frank, not The Cavalier.

We’ll end (the Q&A session, and the Carnival) with what I consider the crown jewel of this Carnival… The Get Buckets Brigade continues to display the bravado that makes the Boston bloggers stand out like Lebron and Garnett by bringing us Q&A with Ricky Davis himself. If you don’t think that’s the shit, you must have a stuffed up nose.

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