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Archive for January, 2009

Jordan: One Week Plug-in for Your Fantasy Team

Posted by Erik on January 21st, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball

I know the title may have been a bit misleading, but you obviously knew I did not mean his “Airness,” right? I was referring to DeAndre Jordan, the 7-foot, 255 pound, Los Angeles Clippers Center who started in place of injured, Marcus Camby, Chris Kaman, Zach Randolph, Brad Pitt, and heck “Bikini Girl” from American [...]

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Day 86 of 170: Mike Bibby Rains Threes

Posted by Nels on January 21st, 2009 filed in Atlanta Hawks, Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball

Line of the Night: Okay, maybe “rains” is a little strong of a statement, but he did make 5 of them, en route to 31 points last night. Bibby (1.38) also had 6 assists and 5 steals. Honorable Mentions: Manu Ginobli (1.28) had 26 points (4 threes, 80% FG, 86% FT), 8 rebounds, 2 steals [...]

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Two Excellent Fantasy Basketball Posts

Posted by Nels on January 20th, 2009 filed in Author: Nels, Carnivals, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

It’s not exactly a Carnivore, but here’s two links that I thought needed pointing out: RotoEvil hands out an extensive set of mid-season fantasy awards RotoAssist has advice that would probably be more apropos for the beginning of the season, but sometimes we need to forget about trees for a second and realize that our [...]

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Day 85 of 170: Halfway Home

Posted by Patrick on January 20th, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

Today marks a very important milestone… oh right, that… but it’s also the exact halfway point of the regular season, which means there is still plenty of time to get your fantasy team back in the playoff hunt or to screw up your first place team. That’s why Nels and I continue to march on [...]

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Day 84 of 170: You would think it would be Dwyane Wade. But you'd be wrong.

Posted by Nels on January 19th, 2009 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Toronto Raptors

Image via Wikipedia Line of the Night: Last night Dwyane Wade (0.81) was the runner-up (out of only 37 players) for LotN with 32 points (2 threes, 50% from the field), 10 assists, and 3 blocks. That seems like a pretty hot line considering there were only two games last night, right? Well, Jamario Moon [...]

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The GMTR Player Rater: Now with More Numbers!

Posted by Patrick on January 18th, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

If you look at the GMTR player rater today, you’ll notice two things have changed. First – and without a doubt the most important – we have a new number 1 player in the word of fantasy.* After countless days on top of the world, Chris Paul concedes his throne to King James. It’s not [...]

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