Comments on: Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Portland Trailblazers

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:37:07 +0000

@Adam: yeah i at least feel more confident if i start with some big dogs on my team and go from there.... rather than start with ehhhhh mediocre whoevers that are like 30-40 a piece..... the FA wire is a bidding system as well, so if there's a guy explode then on like weds and sundays u can put in your highest bid of your 100 FA dollars to bid on him.... so i can be quick but its more about quality scouting and figuring if a player will continue and is he worth bidding on.... thanks again for the reply, im defly going to go balls out i think on DURANT, id much rather own a team with him on it losing than with other donkeys and STILL losing!

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:20:43 +0000

@Tony: Certainly any player in the league has a value threshold. You wouldn’t want to pay $114 for Durant and $1 for each of your remaining three players, but I’d feel more confident overpaying for an elite player like Durant and scouring the free agent pool for the rest of the season. There were huge pickups available 10, 20, 30 games into the season last year (Kris Humphries, Nick Young, Tyson Chandler and so-on) and there will be equally valuable free agents this year. If you think you can remain faster than your league in the free agency pool, I’d follow your instincts and pay what you need to for Durantula. Hopin’ for some hoopin.’

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:09:55 +0000

@Tony: I'm halfway done with a response, Tony. I need to refill my water bottle, stretch for a few minutes and then finish strong. Stay tuned ...

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:12:16 +0000

ha that post was huge! enjoy….

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:11:53 +0000

Adam- whats up man, so the NBA season has went from terrible outlook, to progress, to terrible, and now back to maybeeee we’re getting somewhere. I’ve asked some large keeper league questions before. Just found out about a week ago, in that same 20 teamer that one guy was bailing and then another guy decided to bail out to making the league an even 18 teams. There players would be thrown back to the draft, and the one owner just happened to own Kevin Durant, maybe the only good player from the two teams getting pitched back to the auction.

If I keep Stephen Curry, Darren Collinson, David Lee, and Paul George I’d spend $93 of my $210 I have…. leaving me with $117 for the auction to buy 4 more players… Big names like Melo, etc went last yr for $60+ if they got tossed in, im expecting durant to $70+…. maybe into the 80s or 90s…. would you go that far? Like I’ve mentioned before, there’s so many teams, so much money, players dollar values are overpriced due to the inflation. Last year we drafted at auction our 8 then did a snake draft for 5 more players. THEN the season was daily line up changes…. they’re talking about going back to weekly since we had so many probs with daily…. What do you think about me throwing down on DURANT? Going to $80 or $90 if thats what it takes to get him?

Durant, S. Curry, David Lee, Darren Collinson, and Paul George is a pretty nice start…. especially if Curry pans out to the next level like he can/should…. and with it being WEEKLY line ups depth isn’t as important….? Even if i drop $90 of my $117 on him, i have $27 for 3 more guys? I could go $25 on one of them then spend $1 and $1 on my last two guys and get my choice of basically whatevers left at the end….? thoughts?

I want to go for it, not try to draft value and in the end get old guys like garnett for $25, brand for $25, etc etc ….. i mean Nash is going back in, Melo probably, these guys will fetch HIGH $50s or even into the 60′s…. can’t compete if i dont have the talent in a league this big.

THANKS MAN.