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Archive for January, 2011

Day 82 of 170: Welcome Back Dirk, Now Get the #$@% Out of Here

Posted by Patrick on January 16th, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

The Dirk Nowitzki method for working your way back slowly. Line of the Night: Jose Calderon (2.34) came oh-so-close to a triple-double against the Wizards with 21 points, 9 boards and 15 assists. He got plenty of opportunity to play with Leandro Barbosa (hamstring) and Jerryd Bayless (ankle) out with injuries. That means Sundiata Gaines [...]

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GMTR Podcast #15: Take What You Can Get

Posted by Nels on January 15th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Podcast

Since you can’t get those guys up there, we encourage owners to look at guys whose ownership seems low compared to the value they provide. Included in that list are: DeAndre Jordan (63%) Kyle Lowry (54%) Luke Ridnour (63%) Shane Battier (58%) Francisco Garcia (45%) JJ Hickson (68%) Jared Dudley (33%) Ersan Ilyasova (17%) Manny [...]

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Day 81 of 170: Always Bet on Beno

Posted by Patrick on January 15th, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

…when he’s playing the Knicks after they’ve just returned from a long West Coast road trip. Line of the Night: Beno Udrih (2.36) took advantage of a fugly Knicks’ performance to score 29 points (on 11-14 shooting) adding 5 rebounds, and 4 steals in 40 minutes. Udrih is now sitting at #61 on the GMTR [...]

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Day 80 of 170: Kevin Love’s Cuisine Reigns Supreme

Posted by Nels on January 14th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Minnesota Timberwolves

While I was tempted to go with something like “Eastern Medicine Shows Karma is Stored in the Left Ankle” I’m going to focus on the positive instead of again being part of the Hater Nation. We’ll see if that can last, but I’d be kind of happy if I find myself just ignoring a certain [...]

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Day 79 of 170: Dumpster Diving for Sasha Vujacic

Posted by Patrick on January 13th, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball

Line of the Night: I think we can preemptively hand Dorell Wright (2.83) the breakout player of the year award for what he’s done over the first half of the season. Of course it helps when you play for the Warriors and get 48 minutes of run a game, which is what he did against [...]

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Day 78 of 170: Where The Lakers Go H.A.M.

Posted by Nels on January 12th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Denver Nuggets, Fantasy Basketball

Kobe must have been inspired by Kanye & Jay to go H.A.M., which doesn’t actually stand for Hold it Against Me, even though both singles were released the same day. H.A.M. stands for the way the Lakers played against the Cavs last night. Now, granted, the Cavs have three potential starters and one backup injured, [...]

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