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Archive for June, 2008

Yao Ming Vows to Play for China's National Team – Fantasy Impact

Posted by Patrick on June 29th, 2008 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide Mojo 2008, Injuries, Player News

Nels recently posted about the US national team and the possible fantasy impact that the Olympics will have on the players during the regular season. In the comments, reader siukong asked our opinion on Yao Ming and (presumably) Ming’s recent comments that he’ll ready to play for China’s national team come July.

Now Ming’s injury history [...]

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Everybody Wants a Point Guard

Posted by Nels on June 28th, 2008 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide Mojo 2008

That’s right folks, Chris Paul and Deron Williams have singlehandedly ushered in a new era in the NBA. For lack of a better term, let’s call it the Everybody Wants a Point Guard Era. I, of course, am hoping that Derrick Rose will be the next step in the evolution of this era. Patrick is [...]

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Coherent thoughts will appear when they do

Posted by Nels on June 27th, 2008 filed in Author: Nels, Chicago Bulls, Diatribes, Random Stuff

I had to do way too much work for a Friday, but there should be some actual draft – and fantasy – related posts coming soon.
In the mean time… I’m pretty much elated to find/figure out that Derrick Rose has at least an inch and a half on Chris Paul. As someone who is 5′ [...]

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Blazing Trails

Posted by Nels on June 26th, 2008 filed in Author: Nels, Diatribes, Phoenix Suns

So, the combined NBA experience of the Blazers starting lineup is going to clock in at about 7 years?

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It’s All But Official, Jermaine O’Neal for TJ Ford

The rumored trade between the Pacers and Raptors involving Jermaine O’Neal for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic and Toronto’s No. 17 pick is officially on. Well, kind of. Because of a league memorandum on trades, it can’t officially happen until July 9th, so we’ll all just pretend nothing has happened for the next couple weeks. These [...]

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Calling All Fantasy Basketbloggers

Posted by Nels on June 25th, 2008 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball

and other people who like Digg-type social news sites.
I have set up a Fantasy Basketball Community at Mixx.com. Any posted links, videos, or photos that are tagged with “fantasy basketball” or “nba” will be automatically added to the Fantasy Basketball Community. From there, people can vote and leave comments (a la Digg, BallHype, YardBarker, etc.).
If [...]

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Sleeper Pick: Lou Williams

Passion and Pride does a sort of video comparison of Louis Williams against the 2008 draft prospects. The part that I find the most intriguing is that Williams is playing against people who are already in the NBA in his video, where as the draft prospects are shown against high school and college players. Of [...]

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Olympic Team Announced Fantasy Impact

Posted by Nels on June 23rd, 2008 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide Mojo 2008

With this post, I introduce GMTR’s 82nd category: Fantasy Draft Guide Mojo 2008 (in Spanish it’s: Dos Mil Ocho, so that way it rhymes)
Roster from AOL Fanhouse:
Carlos Boozer, Utah Jazz
Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets
Chris Bosh, Toronto Raptors
Chris Paul, New Orleans Hornets
Deron Williams, Utah Jazz
Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat
Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks
Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles [...]

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Dissecting the Big Board

Posted by Patrick on June 21st, 2008 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

Wake up grandma, cause Brandon Funston has his first Fantasy Basketball Big Board up on Yahoo. Actually, he had it up on May 30th, which seems ridiculously early to coherently think about next season, but Brandon Funston has the largest set of balls on the Interwebs.* Personally, I’d wait until at least until after the [...]

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Welcome to Pleasure Town – The Celtics in 6

Posted by Patrick on June 18th, 2008 filed in Author: Patrick, Boston Celtics, LA Lakers, NBA Basketball, NBA Playoffs, NBA Teams

Well, as a Celtics fan, that was a fun night. There is nothing quite like watching Michelle Tafoya trying to interview a screaming, crying, incoherent KG after the win. And there’s already video up of the interview. Blogs are awesome.
Some slightly coherent thoughts about game 6 (which is why I didn’t attempt to write anything [...]

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