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Gilbert Arenas, traded for David Lee!

Posted by Erik on March 3rd, 2010 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy, GMTR Leagues

In a recent transaction, Gilbert Arenas, who is already suspended for the remainder of the season, was sent off and traded for David Lee.

When I found the news in my inbox about the transaction taking place, I was completely dumbfounded, utterly and completely. I took a moment to gather up my composure and studied what [...]

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The Fantasy Basketball All-Stars: The Showdown

Posted by Patrick on February 15th, 2010 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

Over the past couple of days, GMTR has revealed our all-star fantasy basketball rosters based on results through the all-star break. I took care of the Eastern Conference, while Erik handled the Western Conference. Well, what good are all-star rosters if you can’t play the game?
So, I went about doing just that using a fantasy [...]

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2009-2010 Week 11 GMTR Guide

Posted by Erik on January 2nd, 2010 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

It’s a rough start coming into this new year. A lot of players are hurting. Injuries are hurting real-life teams and fantasy ones alike. You can ask the Portland Trail Blazers what that’s like…
Moving forward, let’s map out what to do with our fantasy lineups this week.

Schedule
Teams with four games (11): ATL, CHI, LAL, MEM, [...]

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GMTR Watch List: Week Seven

Posted by Erik on December 8th, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy, Injuries

My boys have got the daily round-ups covered nicely. But since we want your fantasy basketball researching experience to be as informative and productive as possible, we have decided to make some additions to the blog to give you that extra assist to get that slam dunk W. I will be chiming in weekly, probably [...]

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GMTR Mock Draft Analysis: Round Six

Posted by Erik on October 20th, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

“If you don’t know what you want,” the doorman said, “you end up with a lot you don’t.”  ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 5

Round 6
Pick 6-1: Chris Andersen, F/C – This pick is way too early. Birdman’s game is too one dimensional to grab him in the sixth round. He passed up on the following [...]

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GMTR Mock Draft Analysis: Round Five

Posted by Erik on October 16th, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

Rounds five and six of most drafts are when “real reaching” begins to happen as more and more drafters pick up guys they want to speculate on. This is the zone wherein players values start to get a bit more debatable, and that’s actually part of what makes fantasy basketball so great; the fact that [...]

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GMTR Mock Draft Analysis: Round Four

Posted by Erik on October 12th, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

As we all know, three picks don’t make a team. We’re going to follow how each team fills up its roster and satisfies both its statistical and positional needs. I’ve been tracking and assessing how the stats of  each player picked interacts with previous picks from a strategic perspective. That’s just how I draft in [...]

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2009-10 Fantasy Basketball Schedule Grid

Posted by Patrick on October 11th, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

Get it now: the GMTR Fantasy Basketball Weekly Schedule Grid. It contains:
1) A team-by-team weekly schedule grid for every team in league
2) A team-by-team daily schedule grid for every team in league
Now there are a lot of weekly schedule grids out there, but why is it so hard to find a daily list of games? [...]

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How to Build a Team Around Dwight Howard in a Rotisserie League

Posted by Patrick on October 8th, 2009 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

In the first Dwight Howard related post, I created team that could win the free throw percentage category in a roto league with Dwight Howard prominently involved. Of course the team you have to build around Howard to win FT% is slightly ridiculous, filled with some of the best shooting guards in the league, a [...]

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GMTR Mock Draft Analysis: Round Three

Posted by Erik on October 6th, 2009 filed in Author: Erik, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy

At this stage of the draft the teams’  visions and/or directions should be getting clearer. Well if it isn’t, then they’re either doing something wrong OR I need a really cold beer to wash it all down. What concerns me at this point, although I don’t know why it should, is that a good number [...]

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