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Archive for November, 2010

Day 23 of 170: Blowouts on the Court and with Greg Oden’s Knees

Posted by Patrick on November 18th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Injuries, Player News

Line of the Night: It wasn’t a 31 point, 31 rebound game, but Kevin Love (2.96) continues to impress. Love had the best line of last night by scoring 24 points, adding 14 rebounds and 4 assists against the Clippers. He was also super efficient, shooting 7-11 from the field and 8-8 from the line. [...]

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Fantasy Basketball Roundtable: Who are you selling high on?

Posted by Patrick on November 17th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Roundtable

Hosted this week by Justin at Life is Just a Fantasy … Basketball Blog. My sell high recommendation was Joakim Noah: If I actually owned Joakim Noah in any leagues, I would be trying to sell high on him right now. Not because there is anything wrong with Noah and not because he’s playing above [...]

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Tony Parker Wants To Be G-r-r-r-r-eat

Posted by Nels on November 17th, 2010 filed in Author: Nels, Diatribes, San Antonio Spurs

(Get it? Tony the Tiger?) Apparently Tony’s imitation of Tiger Woods cell phone use has led to Eva Longoria filing for divorce. You can read the Fantasy Basketbear’s fantasy analysis here, but really… come on you two! (Eva and Tony, not GMTR’s two readers) a) Did Tony learn nothing about text messaging women who aren’t [...]

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Day 22 of 170: Betting on Black and Red

Posted by Nels on November 17th, 2010 filed in Atlanta Hawks, Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball

Line of the Night: Josh Smith (2.11 on the player rater) threw a little block party in Indiana last night. Not only did he block 7 shots, but he shot 56% from the field, grabbed 8 rebounds, got 1 steal, and shot a very un-Smitty-like 6-7 from the line. While 7 blocks isn’t going to [...]

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Day 21 of 170: Serging

Posted by Patrick on November 16th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

Line of the Night: Congratulations if you bought in early on Serge Ibaka (2.43), who made his presence felt in the paint yesterday for the Thunder. It helped that Jeff Green sat out this game after aggravating his ankle injury on Sunday, giving Ibaka the start and 39 minutes on the court. Ibaka finished with [...]

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Fantasy Basketball and Managing Injuries

Posted by Patrick on November 15th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Diatribes, Fantasy Basketball

In our column this week on SI.com, we discuss injuries and ways that fantasy owners can hedge against them. Here are the five tips we throw out to help teams manage injuries: Avoid owning players with a history of injuries Backups are important Check on your fantasy team daily Stay on top of injury news [...]

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