Tracy McGrady = Eight Belles?

Shocking news out of Houston. On Media Day (MEDIA DAY!!!!), Tracy McGrady is already not feeling too well.  What a surprise. I’ll obviously get more into this in the Rockets’ team preview, but the guy has played in a “full season” just once in the last five seasons, missing 81 games in that span.
How long [...]

Denver Nuggets 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:
Allen Iverson (PG)
Helps: Points, Assists, Steals, FT%, 3-pointers
Hurts: FG%, TOs
At no [...]

Riddles in the Dark

It’s only Media Day and of course teams are going to say nothing but positive things, but here are some things that were good to read.
“Kirk has had a terrific summer. Tyrus, it was his best summer of work as a pro,” Bulls GM John Paxson on Kirk Hinrich. Could mean big things for those two guys [...]

Dallas Mavericks 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:
Dirk Nowitzki (PF)
Helps: Points, Rebounds, FT%, FG%, 3-pointers
There are few more reliable [...]

Cleveland Cavaliers 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:
Lebron James (SF)
Helps: Points, Assists, Rebounds, Steals 3-pointers, Blocks
Hurts: FT%
Really, how [...]

Chicago Bulls 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:
Luol Deng (SF)
Helps: Points, Rebounds, Steals
Although he did not take the [...]

Mock This

An eventful mock draft (as eventful as mock drafts can be) is going on at Points In the Paint, including the guys from Give Me the Rock and 2nd Round Reach. I haven’t mocked enough myself yet to get real good grasp on who and where the reaches and bargains were at this points but [...]

Late-Round Drafting

Most fantasy owners tend to draft stream-of-consciousness style once the starting lineup is filled out, but there is no reason you shouldn’t have SOME kind of strategy when it comes to those last few rounds.
2nd Round Reach has an excellent post on what to look for when trying to decide on your late-round picks. How do [...]

Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Registration is Now Open

It’s a beautiful thing.

Charlotte Bobcats 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:
Jason Richardson (SG):
Helps: Points, 3-pointers, Steals
Hurts: FG%, FT%
After an awful and [...]

Boston Celtics 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:
Kevin Garnett (PF):
Helps: FG%, FT%, Rebounds, Points, Blocks, Steals
I’ll admit it, [...]

Atlanta Hawks 2008-09 Fantasy Preview

All previews follow the same format, I’ll be going in depth only on the players worth owning in a standard 12-team league, followed by players who you might consider as injury handcuffs/deep sleepers. As always, it starts with the most valuable player on the team:

 Joe Johnson (SG)
Helps: Points, 3-pointers, FT%, Assists, Steals
Hurts: Possibly FG%
There may [...]

Six Weeks of Anticipation

Now that the boring time leading up to Fantasy Football season is underway (I’m in three leagues, but let’s face it, fantasy football is EASY!), the anticipation for the NBA season is revving up.
Already lots of NBA news is starting to hit the media (knee injuries to Arenas, Al Jefferson; Lamar Odom possibly heading to [...]

Say It Ain’t So, Agent Zero

Word has come down that Gilbert Arenas will miss at least the first month of the season after having a “procedure”  on the same knee that kept him sidelined for all but 13 games last season. In case you’re counting, it’s his third knee operation. Bad news.
The huge contract Arenas received from the Wizards in [...]

Cashing In

I came across a list of the next two season’s worth of free agents at ESPN.com, and it’s worth looking at to see which players could be playing for new contracts this season. I’m not convinced that a guy in a contract year will be a good value because it all depends on the player’s situation and [...]

Add to your lexicon: Drafterglow

Great post over at Basketbawful about one of the universal feelings in all of fantasy sports. I shall be using this term numerous times after basketball drafts, I am sure.

Empire Building Part VI: The Second Season: The Post Draft Plan

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, it is more difficult to rebound from a poor fantasy basketball draft than any other sport.
 
In fantasy football nearly every team will suffer some series of debilitating injuries through the course of the season. Normally the team that wins is exactly the one who plays the waiver wire the [...]

Long, cold September

Now that the NFL season (and the fantasy football season, which is far less interesting than basketball or baseball in my opinion) has started, it seems like there is too much time until basketball starts.
Gradually over the next seven weeks or so, the posts will be coming faster and more frequently. As of now, I’ve [...]

Part V: Draft Day (just like Christmas Day, only less food and more excitement)

More than any other fantasy sport, it is especially difficult to rebound from having a terrible fantasy basketball draft. In baseball, there are always a number of guys who come out of nowhere to pitch well or hit 30 homers. In football, there will always be a number of players who were not drafted in [...]