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Wow. NBA.com is really going for it this season. Not only did they redesign the whole thing (good move, cause it sucked!) but they’ve opened the doors in August! Last day of August, sure… but August!
You can literally go there and sign up right now. We’ll ignore the minor typo on the home page since [...]
Two things utterly fascinate me about the Knicks. First, what is it like to be a Knicks fan right now? Anyone out there willing to come clean? Are you excited about this team? Are you excited about Zach Randolph? Do you hate Isiah Thomas? Are you beaten down to the point of resignation?
Second, it’s commonly [...]
Read More..>>Has anyone already come up with the nickname “Oak Tree” for Emeka Okafor? If not, please drop a foot note to this page any time you use that one in the future.
Last year’s rankings of this year’s players:
26 – Gerald Wallace
32 – Emeka Okafor
56 – Jason Richardson
101 – Matt Carroll
103 – Raymond Felton
120 – Derek [...]
On the first of the month, Jeff Wong posted the results of a fantasy league survey he created to see what the members of HoopsAddict.com league from last season. I’m quoted in there, further establishing my fantasy expert street cred. I call it street cred cause the HoopsAddict.com header image is some graffiti style action.
NBA.com [...]
How about a bunch of fantasy talk about players who don’t have any fantasy relevance? I didn’t anticipate the column going in this direction, but it’s August and Team USA doesn’t play in any fantasy leagues as far as I know, so the following qualifies as big news this month.
After all that attention, Reggie Miller [...]
Read More..>>Crashing the Party: Carnival of the NBA #48 is up at Taking it to the Rack (no relation to Give Me The Rock). It’s a thorough one, with lots of good articles on KG’s move to the Eastern Conference, the potential Reggie Miller comeback, Jermaine O’Neal saying stupid things, a WNBA interview, and the sad, [...]
Read More..>>All the way back in 2005, Nels invited me to play in a points-based fantasy basketball league he was running. Up until that time, I had almost exclusively played in roto leagues. So, like any dork with too much time on his hands, I analyzed the league and found that the points-based weighting scheme (rebounds [...]
Read More..>>For most fans, the NBA experience consists of watching games on TV and in person, with the occasional special event or autograph signing thrown in. But this guide will help you maximize your enjoyment of the NBA. To use this guide, simply locate your skill or skills and then do what’s listed there. It’s really [...]
Read More..>>UPDATE: Sadly, blogger extraordinaire Greg Oden will miss the entire 2007-08 season while recovering from microfracture knee surgery. Obviously, don’t draft him in the third round as is recommended below. According to Nels in Oden Over and Out, Channing Frye and Joel Pryzbilla now become viable options at center. However, it is LaMarcus Aldridge and [...]
Read More..>>Note: Technically, the Timberwolves are the next team on the list for a fantasy preview, but we’ve already given them a full fantasy run down in “Hey, Minnesota was Involved in a Trade: Al Jefferson to Wolvesâ€.
A quick summary of that post: After macerating the Wolves, Kevin McHale’s team looks like this:
PG: Randy Foye
SG: Ricky [...]
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