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With NBA stars falling like Zune sales, just about everyone’s fantasy teams are in need of a waiver pickup or eight. You don’t need me to run through the list (Fantasy Basketball Guy has the full rundown on the injured). But with multiple fantasy teams and even more articles discussing who to pick up and [...]
Read More..>>We have reached the point in every fantasy season where your flaws and draft day shortcomings are blatantly obvious. The last 2 months you have been eying your statistical trends with the same furtive glances that you solicit to women at the bar. Well, now you are past the whole glancing nervously thing, past the [...]
Read More..>>The Carnival of the NBA #39: Holiday Edition is now up at Bullets Forever. A special thanks to Pradamaster for the link to the top 5 GMTR Christmas (or New Year’s – it’s not too late!) Gifts for 2006.
First there was Basketball Monster, now comes RotoPoll. For those who are statistically inclined, check out the [...]
Occasionally, we dole out fantasy basketball advice at Give Me The Rock (more of that coming soon) and to show you that were not completely full of shit ALL of the time, here’s proof of my team, Wanted – 7ft Serbs, at the top of the Basketbawful Invitational Fantasy League. Coupled with Nels’ run at [...]
Read More..>>I took the following picture after visiting my parents for the holidays. I swear to you, it has been hanging in exactly the same place on my parents’ basement door since they bought the house almost two decades ago. Notice the years of old tape and tear in the bottom left corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, the [...]
Read More..>>Well, I hope you had a Happy Hanukkah. Last night was the eighth and final night of the annual Jewish holiday. Aside from lighting the menorah I failed to partake in any serious celebrations, working 70 hours a week will cause one to forget about the holidays. Because of this busy schedule I am a [...]
Read More..>>With Christmas only a couple of days away, here is an early edition of The Week In Trends (as I will be busy heckling carolers over the weekend). Stick a bow on it and give it as a gift to your loved ones.
Trending Up
Name
Rank 12/22
Rank 12/17
Change in Rating
Alexander Johnson
195
264
1.7
Pau Gasol
128
167
1.6
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Read More..>>There’s some sort of brou-ha-ha brewing like beer with the NBA bloggers… It involves the Pussycat Dolls and their promo for the Heat/Lakers game on Christmas Day. Yeah, it sucks all right. But, I’ve danced to the PCD (that’s what they’re called when you say the name enough that you need to [...]
Read More..>>From About.com by D-Vel aka Dennis Velaso aka First Place in the Dropping Dimes Experts League right now:
The Boston Celtics’ “Mr. Do Everything,” Paul Pierce will miss at least three weeks of playing time due to a stress reaction in his left foot, suffered against the Denver Nuggets (those Nuggets are nothing but trouble they [...]
Here’s the add drop report for the Dropping Dimes Expert’s League for December 19-20. I bring this first set of drops/adds to your attention not because ANYONE should be dropping Eddy Curry and Zach Randolph for Martell Webster and Linas Kleiza. Rather, I point this out as a very good lesson in identity [...]
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