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Day 161 of 170: NCAA Championship Day. All Hail Mario Chalmers

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Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Diatribes, Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: April 8th, 2008

No games yesterday. I hear there was an amateur game of some kind going on last night. It started at approximately 1 in the morning on the east coast, so in all honesty I didn’t make it to the end, which is too bad because it was a hell of an ending.

Since I know everyone who reads GMTR lacks an actual job (although my Mom did leave me a long list of chores I got to get done), how about a few links to waste a little more of your time?

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  • http://www.nbaroto.com NBA Roto

    I’m going heavy on Lakers and Clippers so I can pack the house on Thursday. It’s #1 (me) for #3 (dork) in my league. But he’s a talented dork. It’s gonna be tough.

    My question: Do I keep Vlad the Impaler? Or do I drop him and think that Ramon Sessions is actually going to get decent playing time even if Mo Williams comes back healthy.

  • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

    To answer your last question first, yeah, it looks like Ramon Sessions is actually going to get good playing time this week. Mo Williams missed 5 games earlier in the year with the same injury and there is no reason for him to hurry his way back at this point in the season.

    Is Sessions worth the pickup? If I was in your place and needed assists, I’d probably do it. I’ve never been a fan of Vlad, though. Plus, it appears that Walton is going to return for tonight’s game, ensuring we get the old 8-point 3-rebound Vlad back again.

  • http://www.fantasybasketballpros.com Farid

    who got the line of the night from last night’s NCAA championship game?

  • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

    Alright Farid, I can’t resist a question like that. He’s what comes up running the game through the GMTR rater:

    Kansas
    D. Arthur (4.97)
    D. Jackson (1.48)
    R. Robinson (-1.67)
    M. Chalmers (6.44)
    B. Rush (1.88)
    S. Collins (4.05)
    S. Kaun (-4.07)
    C. Aldrich (-4.8)

    Memphis
    R. Dozier (2.95)
    J. Dorsey (2.67)
    A. Anderson (0.43)
    C. Douglas-Roberts (-0.5)
    D. Rose (4.29)
    S. Taggart (-4.1)
    W. Kemp (-4)
    P. Niles (-4.8)
    D. Mack (-5.22)

    So, looks like the line of the night would indeed belong to Chalmers. Biggest Loser? Chris Douglas-Roberts? Those missed free throws hurt in fantasy as well.

  • http://www.nbaroto.com NBA Roto

    I’m going to risk keeping Vlad the Impaler in for a bit. Looks like Luke Walton will not play tonight. Will that translate into Thursday? Who knows.

    Looks like Beno is back in. I’m tempted to grab him, but the last time they put him in, he re-injured himself immediately.

    What’s your thought on Tim Thomas? I own Josh Powell (who has been a great pickup) and Elton Brand. I wonder if Thomas is going to get some good playing time or if he is going in to a time-share.

  • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

    Just curious, where are you seeing that Walton is going to pay tonight? At least in the Charlotte Observer (the place I go for all my LA news, obviously) they are calling him doubtful. But again, that doesn’t mean anything about his availability for Thursday.

    Regarding Beno, I love him as much as I think you do. And you’re right, he’s scheduled to play tonight… I’d definitely be interested in him over Sessions (damn, I wish the GMTR Readers League wasn’t weekly).

    Tim Thomas? He’s dead to me. He lucked into an Elton Brand injury this year and could even do anything with it.

  • http://www.nbaroto.com NBA Roto

    I read on Rotoworld (which is usually pathetic) that Luke was NOT going to play tonight. So we’ll see if Vlad can put up a couple good games in a row.

  • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

    Yep, looks like you were right.

  • http://www.solesuppliers.com Solesuppliers

    I couldn’t find a contact page on your website but i was interested in doing a link exchange with you. Let me know if you would be interested so i can get your like posted a.s.a.p.

    Thanks
    Marcello
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  • http://www.nbaroto.com NBA Roto

    Yeah, he did ok. I was hoping for a quadruple double, however. I picked up Ramon Sessions for one day (today). Promptly dumped him this morning and picked up Channing Frye. Hopefully Frye will get 35 minutes per game from here on out.

    I was stunned to see Josh Powell’s implosion. Only got like 15 minutes of play last night. But as RotoTurd put it, “he was the victim of a lineup change.”

    I dumped him to get Channing. We’ll see.

    Very disappointed in Charlie Villanueva’s output. Hopefully, this is a one-night disaster.

  • http://www.givemetherock.com Patrick

    “victim of a lineup change,” that’s a new one. Frye looks like a nice little end of the year pickup, well, unless he becomes a victim of a lineup change.