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Archive for September, 2009

GMTR Mock Draft Analysis: Round One

Posted by Erik on September 30th, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

I will be doing a round-by-round analysis of the ongoing Readers Mock Draft. I did coverage of last season’s mock on my old blog when I participated in it. This season, it’s obviously clear that this is the more appropriate venue to do it since I am now writing for GMTR.  I intentionally recused myself [...]

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MVN NBA Outsider Team Previews

Posted by Patrick on September 30th, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Boston Celtics, NBA Teams

It’s that time of year again – you can smell it in the air – NBA training camps are opening up around this beautiful county. And the start of training camp means the start of unabashed optimism and hope about our favorite NBA teams. To help kick the love-fest off, you can read my Boston [...]

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Yes, You Can Draft Dwight Howard and Still the Win Free Throw Percentage Category in a Rotisserie League

Posted by Patrick on September 28th, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

…here is how you do it. The Ground Rules Roto scoring system 12-team league 10 starters per team (PG/SG/G/SF/PF/F/C/C/UTIL/UTIL) A serpentine draft I have the 8th pick in the draft I’m using the insane mock draft spreadsheet from BuserSports. I cannot draft anyone with an average mock draft position lower than my current pick (if [...]

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Mock Drafting: Not Just for the Experts

Posted by Patrick on September 23rd, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

As I may have said before, it’s all the fun with none of the commitment: Yahoo has opened the doors on its fantasy mock draft lobby. Here you can join an open-to-the-public mock draft every 5 minutes and practice drafting using Yahoo’s draft interface. Anyone with a Yahoo account can join and draft against other [...]

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Fantasy Hall of Fame Vote: Class of 2000

Posted by Patrick on September 22nd, 2009 filed in Fantasy Basketball

Welcome to the Round Mound of Rebound vs. the Dunking Dutchman vs. the Worm Memorial Fantasy Hall of Fame vote for the class of 2000. This will likely be the final HOF vote before the start of the NBA season. One, we’ve got a lot of important fantasy-related material to get to on GMTR for [...]

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All About Three: Where Troy Murphy has the NBA's Best Three Point Shot

Posted by Patrick on September 21st, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

Bonus! The amazing 2008-09 fantasy percentages spreadsheet is now up. It contains the standardized field goal, free throw and three point percentages for every player in the league last season. Double Bonus! Let’s talk about three point percentage. I’m all about the percentages as my last post about the best and worst shooters in the [...]

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