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Archive for October, 2007

The New Fantasy Basketball Group on Ballhype

Posted by Patrick on October 31st, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Diatribes, Fantasy Basketball, NBA Cheerleaders

Ballhype, as I’m sure you’re aware, is a very cool sports-related “social content network” – I believe that’s what the kids are calling it these days. Anyway, a small part of the “social’ in social networking comes from the ability to create and join groups with other users. I personally belong to the Carnival of [...]

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Day 1 of 170 in the Books

Posted by Patrick on October 31st, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Ballin Outta Control, Fantasy Basketball, Player News

And we are a go. The Spurs, Rockets, and Jazz were all winners in the first night of NBA action.
Player of the Night: Kobe Bryant (with a one night player rating of 13.6). That’s what 45 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, and a block will do.
Honorable mentions: Baron Davis (12.4), Yao [...]

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Bing, Bam, Boom. I love it when a plan comes together

Posted by Patrick on October 30th, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Free Agency, GMTR Leagues, Injuries, Player News

I was checking on my fantasy team this morning and I noticed that there was one of those little yellow news updates with the red explosion coming out of the side (so you know it’s new) next to Dwyane Wade’s name. It read:
According to the Miami Herald, Wade is making significant progress in his recovery [...]

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Where Fantasy Basketball Happens

Posted by Nels on October 29th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Random Stuff

Hat Tip to Gilbertology.
And Bullets Forever too. And The Fanhouse. Cause they don’t get enough traffic.

This is my new favorite meme* ever, so please let me know if you see it anywhere else.
* Fancy word for people posting funny pictures with a similar concept on the internet. Or, theoretically just making posts on the [...]

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CBS Experts League Draft Results

Posted by Patrick on October 28th, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, GMTR Leagues

A mere three weeks after it started, the CBS Experts league draft is done. It was a 30 team league with “experts” from CBS sports and around the Internet. I wrote about the start of the draft, but here is how it ended.
My team (Round/Pick/Player):
1.11: Chris Paul (PG NO)
2.50: Josh Howard (SF DAL)
3.71: Ricky [...]

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The Preseason: My Favorite Time of Year

I lied. My favorite time of year is actually Talk Like a Pirate Day. But the NBA preseason is fun and it gives us the first glimpses into the upcoming year. I’m so excited that I ran the preseason stats for the entire league through our player rater and calculated rankings for everyone who played [...]

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More Injuries and Stuff

Posted by Patrick on October 27th, 2007 filed in Author: Nels, Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Injuries, Player News

According to Kings’ coach Reggie Theus, Mike Bibby tore a ligament in his left thumb during practice and could be out anywhere from six to 10 weeks. Worst case scenario puts him out to almost mid-December. Normally at GMTR, we’d say some like “run out and grab player X”, but in this case player X [...]

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