Monthly Archives: October 2008
Early Panic and Undeserved Pats on the Back
Doesn’t that pretty much sum up how everyone feels after the first night? You’re either extrapolating the statistics to a) project how the players you picked are out for their worst season ever or b) figure how you managed the … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Roundup
Count the Ways: Reasons to Love the 2008-09 Fantasy Basketball Season
The season is finally almost here and while SI did a good job with its own list of NBA storylines, fantasy hoops has its own set of plots that are making hard to wait even one more day for the … Continue reading
Filed under Season Preview
Broken Ankles, A Balky Knee and the Matrix
Sunday night came my final draft of the season as I took part in the 14-team draft for the RotoEvil challenge. Trying to boil down the rules for the league as simply as possible, here it is: There are actually … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Results, Fantasy Team Analysis
Give Me the Monster Migraine
I had the honor of participating in a 20-team draft run by the guys at Give Me the Rock on Saturday morning, despite it being the last weekend before my impending nuptials. How’s THAT for dedication?! True, the future Mrs. … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Results, Fantasy Team Analysis
Did the definition of “definitive” change?
I hate to seem like I’m picking on a guy who basically pioneered a sect of internet sportswriting and has way more readers/success than I’ll ever hope to have (hell, whining about the Yankees would only get me so much … Continue reading
Filed under Fantasy Experts, Player Rankings
Daily Roundup for Thursday, October 23rd
News is terribly slow in these last few days before the season starts, but….. Amare Stoudemire discolated his left pinky in a preseason game. While I think this may be just a ploy to make me feel better about not getting … Continue reading
Filed under Daily Roundup, Injuries
Another Day, Another Draft
Took part in my longest-running league’s draft tonight. It’s a league of friends and co-workers in about its fifth season or so. It’s always fun drafting in a league full of people you know personally because the level of expertise … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Results, Fantasy Team Analysis
Hollinger is Breaking Out
Every sports site on Earth posts it’s list of breakout candidates before a season starts, but I hold John Hollinger of ESPN.com in higher esteem that others, especially based on last year’s list. He predicted Mike Dunleavy’s career season and … Continue reading
Filed under Fantasy Experts, Season Preview
The NBA, where SCHOENE happens
Kevin Pelton at Basketball Prospectus has introduced an NBA projection system he has named SCHOENE, which stands for “Standardized Comparable Heuristic Optimizing Empirical NBA Evolution”. These are not intended for fantasy purposes, but any in-depth analysis can certainly be used to help … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Strategy, Fantasy Experts, Projections, Season Preview
2008-09 Fantasy Basketball Head-to-Head Rankings
The head-to-head rankings differ from the roto rankings in a couple of fundamental ways although they are not tremendously different. Firstly, players that contribute heavily in only one category are generally ranked higher because team balance is less imperative in head-to-head. … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Strategy, Player Rankings, Season Preview
2008-09 Fantasy Basketball Rotisserie Rankings
After much blood (actually none), sweat (a little) and tears (didn’t cry but felt like it), here are the rotisserie rankings for the upcoming season. These rankings are based on a standard, nine-category (Points, 3-pointers, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, FG%, … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Strategy, Player Rankings, Season Preview
Not dead – rankings to be posted soon.
Finalizing the rankings (and planning a wedding that is 16 days away) has made things a little hectic the last few days, but the rankings (both roto and head-to-head) will be up on Monday morning. Thanks, FBJ
Filed under Draft Strategy, Upcoming Posts
Utah Jazz 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 … Continue reading
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San Antonio Spurs 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 … Continue reading
Filed under Draft Strategy, Season Preview, Team Preview
