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A GMTR Mock Draft League Update

Posted by Patrick on March 21st, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, GMTR Leagues

“You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills… Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.”
- Napoleon Dynamite
You might remember the GMTR mock draft from this past October. You know the one where Nels and I may or may not have a bet to be named later riding on the results. In fact, [...]

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Top 10 GMTR Fantasy Surprises on the Year

Posted by Patrick on January 29th, 2007 filed in Author: Patrick, Ballin Outta Control, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006

It may be selective memory, but it seems like there are a lot guys coming out of almost nowhere on the season compared to the last few. Here’s my top 10 as of today. Kevin Martin is running away as the biggest surprise of the year in my mind. But, I’d also forgotten just how [...]

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Fantasy Preview: Chicago Bulls

Posted by Patrick on October 30th, 2006 filed in Chicago Bulls, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006

Welcome to the final installment of the Eastern Conference Fantasy Team Previews. Whew… that ended up being a little more work than I expected. But, I saved one of the more interesting teams for the finale – those crazy Chicago Bulls! Fantasy wise, the Bulls have a lot of talent but no real superstar, at [...]

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Fantasy Preview: New York Knicks

Posted by Patrick on October 28th, 2006 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, New York Knicks

With the start of the season is coming, I have two teams to go in order to finish the Eastern Conference Team Previews. And even though something like 98% of all fantasy leagues have already drafted, I’m going to get there before Tuesday. Unfortunately, the USB flash drive where I keep all my work disappeared [...]

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Fantasy Sleeper Marvin Williams out for 2 months

Posted by Nels on October 26th, 2006 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, Injuries, Player News, Sleepers

Fantasy Bull Sports with the scoop (not Jackson). Confirmation by way of Slam Magazine.
Atlanta Hawk sophomore Marvin Williams has broken a metacarpal bone and is now out for the first two months of the year.

Two months is a long time to wait for a sleeper. That’s like a coma-style sleeper or something.
I’m pretty [...]

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Yahoo Ranks by Position

Posted by Nels on October 26th, 2006 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, Midnight Snack Club, Player News, Sleepers

Here’s your Midnight Snacks, Breakfast Club style. I’m pretty sure no one cares about the delay. If you do, go ahead and leave a comment. Feel free to ponder why it wasn’t posted at midnight last night, and instead it’s here early in the morning. Did that make you feel frustrated? [...]

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The Difference Between O-Rank and Rank on Yahoo

Posted by Nels on October 22nd, 2006 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006

Saw this one popping up a couple of times in the referral logs.
I wrote a post about Yahoo’s O-Rank vs. Rank about a year and a half ago. It’s not exactly coherent, but the basic summary is this:
Rank is rankings based on data from the past season. O-Rank is a projected rank for the [...]

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Midnight Snacks for 10 boards / 20 points / 06 assists

Posted by Nels on October 20th, 2006 filed in DroppingDimes 06, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, Sleepers

Steve Alexander of RotoWorld.com presents their Mock Draft, complete with explanation by each manager regarding their picks. Yowza. Of course, there’s something like that going on over at Dropping Dimes as well. Peace to my blog brothers.
Much as they did last year, the NBA is hosting another NBA Cares Celebrity Basketball League. [...]

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GMTR Mock Draft: This Time It Counts

Posted by Patrick on October 17th, 2006 filed in Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006

Nels has already written about the Google Mock/Real Draft Spreadsheet that is currently available for your browsing. It contains draft results from seven reputable sources and I would recommend it for anyone heading into a fantasy draft.
One-seventh of that spreadsheet was the GMTR mock draft conducted by Nels and myself as part of a little [...]

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I won the lottery

Posted by Nels on October 16th, 2006 filed in DroppingDimes 06, Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Draft Guide 2006, GMTR Leagues

…and the lottery fought.
Round / Actual Pick, Avg. Proj. Pick / Player / Position
1. (1, 1) L. James – SF
2. (24, 24) J. O’Neal – PF,C
3. (25, 25) D. Howard – PF
4. (48, 54) A. Iguodala – [...]

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