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Archive for February, 2011

Day 112 of 170: Night of the Waiver Wire Players

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

Line of the Night/ Waiver Wire Line of the Night: Carlos Delfino (2.49) helped the Bucks blow out the Clippers by hitting a career high 7 threes, along with 26 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals. With Corey Maggette out of the lineup with a bad back, Delfino has now scored 47 points over his [...]

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Day 111 of 170: Would YOU Keep Wesley Matthews?

Posted by Erik on February 14th, 2011 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball

Line of the Night: Even with the possibility of Brandon Roy threatening to make a return to the Portland Trail Blazers’ lineup (as if it was such a bad thing, tsk tsk), it appears that Wesley Matthews (2.20) still has a reasonably bright future ahead of him. Last night’s game against the Detroit Pistons was just [...]

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Day 110 of 170: Cruising

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

Line of the Night: Just because the Knicks were missing Amar’e last night against the Nets (he sat because of a sprained right big toe) doesn’t mean they stopped being true to themselves – and by true I mean they continued to be fantasytastic. Wilson Chandler (2.13) replaced Stoudemire in the starting lineup and led [...]

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Day 109 of 170: Jamison Finally Comes Through For Cavs

Posted by Nels on February 12th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Cleveland Cavaliers, Fantasy Basketball

Line of the Night: Fitting that Antawn Jamison (1.91) get the line of the night on the night when his 3-pointer at the end of overtime sealed the win for the Cavs, and preventing them from becoming the team with the longest losing streak in professional sports. Jamison had 35 points (4 threes), 9 rebounds, [...]

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Day 108 of 170: Sloan Long, Old Friend

Posted by Nels on February 11th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Denver Nuggets, Fantasy Basketball

There will be repercussions. Jerry Sloan’s resignation from the Jazz may not change things for fantasy basketball as much as it might in the real world of the NBA, but to ignore the fact that the coach of one of the NBA’s slowest paced teams is gone now is like trying to ignore the fact [...]

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Brand Renewed

Posted by Patrick on February 11th, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Ballin Outta Control, Philadelphia 76ers

In GMTR’s latest article for Sports Illustrated, Nels’ brought up an interesting fact: Elton Brand is the 30th ranked player on the GMTR player rater [at the time he was; he currently sits at 32]. Wait, what? The wildly overpaid, past-his-prime, disappointment three years running Elton Brand? The guy who has been on the decline [...]

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