Archive for May, 2007

See the Ball, Be the Ball

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 [...]

That Sound You Heard

…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. [...]

Happy Birthday to Portland

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 [...]

Jordan passed the pall sometimes

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 [...]

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 [...]