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Archive for May, 2007

See the Ball, Be the Ball

Posted by Patrick on May 31st, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

Before getting to the percentages – some housekeeping. With the ink dry on the 2007 regular season, I’ve done one final update to the GMTR fantasy basketball player rater. It now contains the full and final rankings for the season, for what that’s worth to you. Dwyane Wade finished as the top rated player on [...]

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That Sound You Heard

Posted by Patrick on May 24th, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Boston Celtics, NBA Basketball

…was Bill Simmons jumping the shark with his latest column about the misfortunes of the Boston Celtics, Welcome to the next decade of discontent. Look, I am Celtics fan and I’m done with the “woe is us” shit coming from fans after the Celtics didn’t get one of the top 2 picks in the draft. [...]

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Happy Birthday to Portland

Posted by Nels on May 24th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, NBA Draft, Portland Trail Blazers

or: Is there a better birthday present for a semi-estranged but loyal Blazers fan than the first pick in the draft?
Not to mention the obvious trade scenario sending RJ to Portland for ZR. That’s easy money.
Said estranged (i.e., living in Vancouver) but loyal (i.e., watching 45 games this season on NBATV) Blazers fan does indeed [...]

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Jordan passed the pall sometimes

Posted by Nels on May 22nd, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Diatribes, NBA Playoffs

or: But that doesn’t mean that you should, too, LeBron, especially when you’re basically at the rim with some wireframed defender a step behind, and yeah, maybe he’s blocked some people before, but those were weak ass lay-ups and not power dunks of which you are more than capable of throwing down, especially when you [...]

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Moving On

or: Yeah, pretty much I’m done with this season
but: If LeBron makes it to the Finals, I’ll probably be able to care a little.
And with that, it really is time to start preparing for fantasy hoops 2007-08. You may or may not know that we’ve already kicked it off, and created a category (don’t forget [...]

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How to Stop an Exploding Team

Posted by Nels on May 16th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Diatribes, NBA Playoffs, Phoenix Suns

or: Save the Phoenix Suns, Save the Playoffs
“Every hero must learn his purpose. Then he’ll be tested and called to greatness.”
I must admit, I’m more than a little surprised that SLAM Sam didn’t pull out any Heroes references in this post about how the suspensions handed down from on high by the NBA Rulebook. But [...]

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More non-fantasy basketball crap

Posted by Nels on May 9th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Random Stuff, Toronto Raptors

or: I know everyone out there loves Heroes, so don’t even trip

That’s a cool coat Jose Calderon has there.

It’s cool when Sylar uses his freezing ability to breath on people and freeze them.

To Jose, the bench feels like a prison cell.

I’d watch out if I were that cameraman. He might be looking to steal your [...]

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Where’s the Love?

Posted by Patrick on May 8th, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

It’s by no means definitive and don’t set your 2007 draft to it. But how about a sugary-sweet topic in honor of the first summer like day in the Northeast. Here’s my top 10 list for the most underrated fantasy players in the NBA right now. It’s a mix of young guns with some vets [...]

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Is it really that time of year already?

Posted by Nels on May 7th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Cheatsheet 2007

or: I’m not sure who RotoRob thinks he is, but evidently he has An Edge
He also has an early Top 10 small forwards ranking for next season. No, I could not think of a good way to grammatically format that link text.
So, that makes this the first entry in Fantasy Draft Guide 2007. [...]

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Spring Fling

or: Things to do in the off-season, when it’s not the off-season and you’re really just waiting for the Bulls to play in their first Eastern Conference Semifinal game since the Jordan Era
I’ve been meaning to post about this since I first went to Homecoming at my wife’s high school about 3 years, but never [...]

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