Archive for the 'Indiana Pacers' Category

GMTR Podcast #16: Jim O’Brien Needs a JOB (And the NBA All-Stars)

Erik and Patrick discuss the firing of Jim O’Brien and what it means (if anything) for the Indiana Pacers fantasy-wise. We also talk about the NBA All-Star starters and what our fantasy All-Star team would look it (hint: it would not involve Yao Ming) and throw out our weekly waiver wire pickups. [Audio clip: view [...]

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Day 95 of 170: Mike Dunleavy Deep Sixes It

Line of the Night: On a night with 12 games (2×6) and 24 (4×6) teams playing professional basketball games, Mike Dunleavy (2.92) topped all players by making 1×6 threes, and going 12-16 from the field en route to 30 (5×6) points. Dunleavy added 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block while committing 0 [...]

Fantasy Owners: Be Afraid of Jim O’Brien. Be Very Afraid

Drastic changes to the rotation. Check. Playing guys out of position. Check. Mid-season adjustments to mix things up. Check. It has all the look of a coach desperately trying to keep his job. And Roy Hibbert owners are the ones feeling the pain. Is this man ruining your life? Indiana Pacers coach Jim O’Brien recently [...]

Day 24 of 170: You’re Either In, Or You’re Out

Line of the Night: Danny Granger (2.58) just kind of fill up the box score to get this one. It helped that the Pacers were playing the Clippers, so I guess if the Pacers are the league’s punching bag, that makes the Clippers the Pacers punching bag. Granger wasn’t “remarkable” per se in any category, [...]

Day 15 of 170: Paul Millsap Versus The World

or: Following The Hornets Blueprint Line of the Night: Paul Millsap (1.42) showed once again that dominating the Heat inside will lead to success. That’s in real basketball, but it has proven to translate well to fantasy basketball as well. Millsap played 43 minutes in the Jazz’s overtime win over the Heat, scoring a career [...]