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Archive for December, 2011

What a Blow, Bro! – Lopez out indefinitely

Posted by Erik on December 22nd, 2011 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Injuries, New Jersey Nets, Trades

New Jersey Nets‘ center Brook Lopez has a stress fracture in his fifth metatarsal and is expected to undergo surgery. This sends the Nets’ trade prospects for Dwight Howard into limbo for now. There are varied reports coming from all around revolving on how long Lopez will be sidelined. For a safe estimate, to make [...]

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Updated Top 150 Player Rankings and Tiers – 12/22

Posted by Patrick on December 22nd, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2011

GMTR’s Top 150 Player List and Player Tiers by Position have been updated as of 12/22. They now reflect the Kris Humphries deal and the Rockets signing of Samuel Dalembert. Chuck Hayes has been removed from our player tiers spreadsheet after it was reported he has pericarditis, a potentially life threatening (although treatable) heart condition. [...]

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Final Fantasy Basketball Pre-Season Links

Posted by Nels on December 21st, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2011

If there’s anyone left out there who hasn’t drafted yet, that’s probably going to happen any time in the next 1 to 72 hours… If you want to shovel as much last minute advice into your brain as possible, here’s a bunch of links that are worth looking at. FakeTeams: FakeTeams Experts League Draft CBSSports: [...]

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Fantasy Basketball Player Tiers: Centers

Posted by Patrick on December 21st, 2011 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2011

These tiers are based on the GMTR 2011-12 Player Tier spreadsheet, which is in turn based on rankings for 9-category H2H leagues. A player’s overall rank is included in parenthesis after their name for reference. Tier 1: The Tower of Power Dwight Howard (13) There are plenty of guys that qualify at center in most [...]

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Stephen Curry Owners Can Breathe A Sigh Of Relief

Posted by Nels on December 21st, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Golden State Warriors, Injuries, Player News

Because now you don’t have to worry all season about when he’s going to re-injure his ankle. It’s all ready happened. Just after listening to how Tom over at Damn Lies and Stats took Curry 7th overall in the vaunted Friends and Family League, I saw the news about Curry. So, now that your team [...]

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Fantasy Basketball Tiers: Power Forwards

Posted by Nels on December 21st, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide 2011

A lot of these guys are a little hard to put in the PF tier since they qualify and Power Forwards and Centers in Yahoo and ESPN leagues. For our system, we tried to put them in their “natural” or “starting” position Tier 1: Love Conquers All Kevin Love (4) Or, at least, Kevin Love [...]

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