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Archive for August, 2007

Holy Crap: NBA Ultimate Fantasy Commissioner is NOW OPEN

Posted by Nels on August 31st, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, NBA.com

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 [...]

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Fantasy Team Preview: New York Knickerbockers

Posted by Patrick on August 31st, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Cheatsheet 2007, New York Knicks

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 [...]

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Fantasy Team Preview: Charlotte Bobcats

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 [...]

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Pre-September Housecleaning

Posted by Nels on August 28th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, HoopsAddict.com 06, NBA.com

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. [...]

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August Housekeeping

Posted by Patrick on August 28th, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Free Agency

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 [...]

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Carnival of the NBA #48

Posted by Patrick on August 22nd, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Carnivals

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, [...]

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