Friday Linkage

Categorized as: Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Random Stuff
Posted on: December 10th, 2010

It’s no secret that Stephen Curry and Tyreke Evans have been struggling a bit in their sophomore seasons. And with Curry out with an ankle sprain at least for the short term, the Warriors are planning to sign Acie Law to give them some depth at the guard positions. You listened to my advice about Curry back in October, right?

The daily recap from Razzball asks the question: Is Jason Kidd finally starting to get old? Maybe… the minutes are down for him, but the per-30 minute numbers are right in line with what you’d expect. Check that out as well as other really good daily recaps on DIME and Fantasy Basketball Daily.

It’s Ekpe Udoh time! The Warriors rookie is expected to make his debut tonight against the Miami Heat. Not a bad recovery schedule for a guy who was suppose to miss 6 months.

Looking for some waiver wire pickups? There are plenty of well formed opinions out there, including SLAM, NBA Soup, and Bleacher Report.

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I could not imagine the time it would take me to write the articles that Sergio Gonzalez does for CBS Sports on a weekly basis. It’s tough to write a fantasy article that is 100% relevant to everyone who plays fantasy basketball. I’d probably have to start on Monday morning to finish that column by Friday.

A list of some players on the up and up and others headed down for week 8

A look at three other guys playing above or below their career averages and whether they will keep it up.

If only you had an extra $4.3 million dollars stashed under your mattress in a paper bag, because that’s what James Naismith’s original set of 13 hand typed/written rules sold for this afternoon at an auction in New York. You can find a list of the original rules at Wikipedia, and interestingly enough the first set of rules had no mention of the number of players allowed on a team, the height of the hoop (aka the peach basket), the type of ball to be used, or pretty much anything that defines the game of basketball today.

Devin Harris compared to former WWE tag team members the Hardy Boyz. And it’s the first time I’ve thought about the Hardy Boyz since 1999. Lita was hot though…

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Tags: Ekpe Udoh, Jason Kidd, Stephen Curry, Tyreke Evans