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Archive for January, 2011

GMTR Podcast #16: Jim O’Brien Needs a JOB (And the NBA All-Stars)

Posted by Patrick on January 31st, 2011 filed in Author: Erik, Author: Patrick, Indiana Pacers, Podcast

Erik and Patrick discuss the firing of Jim O’Brien and what it means (if anything) for the Indiana Pacers fantasy-wise. We also talk about the NBA All-Star starters and what our fantasy All-Star team would look it (hint: it would not involve Yao Ming) and throw out our weekly waiver wire pickups. [Audio clip: view [...]

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Day 97 of 170: Fake Tough Guys

Posted by Patrick on January 31st, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick

Line of the Night: A wild finish to the Hornets/Suns game saw the Hornets almost comeback after trailing 104-96 with less than 20 seconds left in the game. Chris Paul (2.45) missed a potential game winning three point attempt at the buzzer. But even without the sweet taste of victory or the extra three points, [...]

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Day 96 of 170: Opportunity Knocks, Randy Foye Answers

Posted by Patrick on January 30th, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, LA Clippers

Line of the Night/ Waiver Wire Line of the Night: If you had asked me at the beginning of the season to pick all the players we might be writing about in this spot, Randy Foye (2.70) would have come up right after Semih Erden about 500 names in. But here we are at the [...]

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What Can You Get For 6 Turnovers?

Posted by Nels on January 30th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Oklahoma City Thunder, Random Stuff

One of my favorite games to play with fantasy basketball is What Can You Get For 6 Turnovers? It started way way back in 2004 (yes, this blog has archives that go back to 2004. There is no need to point out the utter lack of proofreading there. It is truly legen – wait for [...]

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Day 95 of 170: Mike Dunleavy Deep Sixes It

Posted by Nels on January 29th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Indiana Pacers

Line of the Night: On a night with 12 games (2×6) and 24 (4×6) teams playing professional basketball games, Mike Dunleavy (2.92) topped all players by making 1×6 threes, and going 12-16 from the field en route to 30 (5×6) points. Dunleavy added 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block while committing 0 [...]

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Day 94 of 170: We Have a New All Star Every Day

Posted by Nels on January 28th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, New York Knicks

Line of the Night: Today, while we (this is the league-wide we) celebrate the consistently strong performances of those who are voted into the All Star game and debate the voting process where Yao Ming can make the starting line-up along with Carmelo Anthony (who, you have to admit hasn’t been quite as All Starish [...]

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