George: Maybe the two of us, working together at full capacity, could do the job of one normal man.

- Seinfeld, episode 156, The Summer of George

Thanks for the great intro Nels. I sense absolutely no bitterness from the fourth place finish. And no editorial control? Whoo baby - that could be dangerous. With great power comes great responsibility… or some crazy $hit like that Uncle Ben. I might have to install a breathalyzer on my computer to make sure I don’t do anything stupid. Or should I say stupider than usual.

But in all honesty, as someone who has read Give Me the Rock on an almost daily basis for the past 2 years, let me say I’m happy to be contributing to this fantastic and entertaining blog and hopefully I’ll get to see where this magic carpet goes.

Without further ado, since this is the Internet and all, I thought a little FAQ would be an appropriate start.

1. Who are you and where did you come from?
The name is PMad (aka Biggs). I felt the need to pick an “NBA approved” handle now that I’m running with the big boys. Plus, while I don’t have any of the basketball skill of T-Mac, I will periodically sit out weeks at a time with an “injury”. Before coming here, I started the basketball blog easymarksman, which, if you made me guess, had a readership of -49 people. It was truly the black hole of basketball blogs, nothing escaped. Time will both figuratively and literally stop if you go there.

2. What qualifications do you have?
In addition to the aforementioned blog, just in this past year, I came in 3rd in not only in one, but TWO fantasy basketball leagues. That’s quality you can take to the bank. Anybody can win a fantasy basketball league, but it takes mucho hard work to guide TWO crappy teams to overachieving third place finishes. Just call me the bizzaro Doc Rivers. Or Merlene Ottey of the fantasy basketball scene, who is not only the all time leading Olympic bronze medal winner, but like me, probably smokes a lot of ganja.

3. What is your crowning fantasy basketball achievement?
The time I rode The Vanilla Gorilla and his 27 blocks a game for three beautiful weeks at the end of the 2005 season to win a fantasy basketball championship and completely piss off the league commissioner (and 2nd place finisher). Good times all around.

4. Who is your Favorite Fantasy Basketball Player?
Easy, Chris Webber, not only because he’s an underrated fantasy player, but because as good as he is as a fantasy player, he sucks more as an actual NBA player. The great fantasy player/crappy NBA player is one of the more interesting aspects of fantasy sports. An Isiah Thomas joke is usually required here, but with Larry Brown, not one person on the Knicks even had that great of a fantasy season.

5. Who is the player you would like to most give a swift kick to the sack?
So many choices, but I’d probably go with Darius Miles, who rotted on my bench for 80% of this past season (in a daily league no less!), only to do absolutely when he came back from injury. Everyday I ask myself why I kept him on my bench. Let’s say that Miles won’t be on team PMad next year.

6. So, Darius Miles is your worst fantasy pick ever?
No. The worst pick I’ve ever made would probably be Grant Hill in the 3rd this past year. The only explanation I have is that I was brainwashed for that pick. Cause it was fugley. But Hill seems like such a nice guy, I wouldn’t be able to kick him in the sack.

7. So, the Grant Hill pick would be the fantasy moment you most ashamed of?
No. That would be the time I picked up and dropped Eddie Griffin three separate times in one week this past year. Really, that actually happened. What? That happened to you to?

8. Are you a fan of any NBA teams?
While my fantasy basketball obligations allow me to rise above “rooting for laundry” as Jerry Seinfeld has joked, I grew up watching the Celtics (and somewhat unfortunately still do). It’s been a tough decade plus for the Celtics and I can’t say that I even like watching Paul Pierce all that much. I will usually take the opportunity to watch better basketball than the Celtics if given the choice.

The Celtics of my childhood	The Celtics we live with today

9. And finally, why should care what you have to say?
Not only do I have an above average grasp of English grammar, I am also quite adept at creating descriptive post titles, and (AND!) I spell check all my posts before I submit them. I’ve also (shhh…) made money off this fantasy basketball thing. And if you follow my easy four step program, in only three weeks you too can make your fantasy teams a going concern. Just send cash and I’ll make it happen. Or you can just read this blog. It’s up to you, really.

So, thanks for reading and if you hate what I have to say, there’s always Nels.