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Sorry Erik, I gotta take down the picture of Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis kissing

Posted by Nels on March 20th, 2011 filed in Author: Nels, Diatribes, Summer Movie Blockbuster Spectacular

My second favorite part of this is that they want me to take down the “Black Swan sex scene pictures” (which I am now using as a tag for this blog just to see what happens). I am amused by the fact that even though the picture in question was just two attractive women gazing [...]

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Tony Parker Wants To Be G-r-r-r-r-eat

Posted by Nels on November 17th, 2010 filed in Author: Nels, Diatribes, San Antonio Spurs

(Get it? Tony the Tiger?) Apparently Tony’s imitation of Tiger Woods cell phone use has led to Eva Longoria filing for divorce. You can read the Fantasy Basketbear’s fantasy analysis here, but really… come on you two! (Eva and Tony, not GMTR’s two readers) a) Did Tony learn nothing about text messaging women who aren’t [...]

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Fantasy Basketball and Managing Injuries

Posted by Patrick on November 15th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Diatribes, Fantasy Basketball

In our column this week on SI.com, we discuss injuries and ways that fantasy owners can hedge against them. Here are the five tips we throw out to help teams manage injuries: Avoid owning players with a history of injuries Backups are important Check on your fantasy team daily Stay on top of injury news [...]

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GMTR on SI.com

Posted by Patrick on November 8th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Diatribes

GMTR is now contributing a weekly Monday column to SI.com. Yes, it’s completely crazy. In our first column, I discuss waiver wire pickups you need to make today. Or not, depending on the type of league you play in. The guys I recommend include: Eric Bledsoe Kyle Lowry Ishmael Smith Daniel Gibson James Jones Corey [...]

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How to Calculate Player Values in Auction Leagues

Posted by Patrick on October 19th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Diatribes, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

As you may have noticed, the GMTR player rankings contain information on monetary values for auction leagues. In addition, we’ve produced an NBA fantasy cheat sheet specifically for auction leagues. If you have ever wondered how these auction dollar values are created (no, they aren’t COMPLETELY made up, just mostly), then this is the post [...]

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Auction Leagues and Why You Need to Try One

Posted by Patrick on August 29th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Diatribes

I’m not sure what percentage of fantasy basketball leagues use the traditional serpentine “draft” as their way to select players, but based on my experiences I’d put it at around 99%. And that’s a shame because auctions need more love. A lot more love. If you have no idea what a fantasy auction is; it [...]

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