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Categorized as: Author: Nels, Cleveland Cavaliers, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Cheatsheet 2007, NBA Basketball, NBA Playoffs
Posted on: May 19th, 2007

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 it’s pronounced Fantasy Draft Cheatsheet Ni-Sen-Shichi, so it rhymes).

And since CBS is nice enough to give us these wonderful articles, we’re nice enough to point them out to you.

For those who don’t like to read (or just don’t like clicking on extra links):

[Paul] Millsap averaged 12.4 ppg and 7.8 rpg in the eight games Boozer missed as a result [of a hairline fracture in his left leg], averaging 27.4 minutes in those contests. That got him believing he could be a force in this league.

You know Boozer’s going to get injured again at some point next season. It’s his punishment for being a traitor. (In case you couldn’t add it up, he and LeBron would probably be winning a championship this year if he were still in Cleveland) Although, the 74 games of nearly 21 and 12 makes him look much less cursed from a fantasy standpoint. It’s too bad he’ll probably end up like Karl Malone, ringless and rich, trying to get past the pain by sleeping in piles of money and women.

Millsap will be a sleeper heading into Fantasy drafts this fall, but his stock is much higher in keeper formats. With the Jazz looking to grow around their talented young trio of Boozer, Deron Williams and Mehmet Okur, Millsap might fit in nicely where Andrei Kirilenko could not this season at the small forward role. Another mediocre campaign for AK-47 and continued growth for Millsap next season, might make the former Fantasy superstar expendable and create the perfect scenario for the younger, cheaper option to step right in.

So there you have it. If you’re not one of the 2,803,326 people (aka, 0.93% of the US population) residing in Cleveland, Detroit, San Antone, or SLC, (4,854,752 (1.6%) if you count all of Utah), next Tuesday is already too late to start thinking about sleeper picks.

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  • @Patrick - It's pronounced pretty much like it's spelled: Nee-Sen-Sheechee

    @SXA - Sorry about the maths... I'm also impressed with Deron Williams play. I went to U of I, so I could tell he was going to be good in the NBA, but I didn't expect it so soon or so good. Too bad he's playing for Utah, who, I could really forgive for the sins of Stockton and more so Malone if it weren't for the acquisition of Carlos Boozer. I was hoping that Williams wouldn't be a good fit, so the Jazz would trade him somewhere where I could be more happy for his success.
  • Seriously, the math problem was tough. I got it wrong and it erased my long post. :(

    Anyway, I was commenting about Deron Williams and his playoff play. I didn't realize he was so good.
  • I'm going to need a pronunciation breakdown on Ni-Sen-Shichi, like they do in the dictionary. The only Japanese words I know how to say are Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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