Darren Collison

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Jeff Green Can’t Beat The Heat

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As a very fair skinned, freckly and tall guy (makes me closer to the sun) I have had my problems beating the heat.  One time in college (I went to UNCW so on the beach) I got burnt so bad on my legs it made me get shaky and more loopy than Joseph Gordon-Levitt. My friends thought I pulled an Ewan McGregor and snuck in some heroin. Suffice to say, I got some serious additional freckling on my calves.  With their long slender shape and pretty much invisible blonde hairs, I could pass them off as Lindsay Lohan’s legs.  Enough celebrity mentions already!

Unfortunately for the Celtics, St. Patty’s didn’t carry on into Monday night as the Heat led by LeBron James’ 37-7-12 (including this abuse of Jason Terry) were able to keep the streak alive at 23.  Although the city of Boston probably would have gotten blackout drunk again either way.  With no Kevin Garnett, the C’s gave another start to Jeff Green who exploded his green-ness on the Heat like Nickelodeon gak.  He was the Green Monstah last night, going for a career-high 43 with 5 3PTM, 7 Rebs, 2 Asts, 2 Stls, and 4 Blks.  Easily one of the best fantasy lines of the year for who is becoming a huge pickup for owners who nabbed him.  Speaking of getting nabbed, check out this guy nabbing a few boogers on national TV. Proves you can do anything if you have the charm. Just look at that wink with the debonair of Mark Harmon/Dennis Quaid.  I thought no more celebrity references!

Let’s take a look at what else went down last night across the NBA:

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James Redacted

Spice Up Your Life With Some Curry

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I’ve seen enough.  Injury prone label be damned, Stephen Curry rises to the second tier of the point guard rankings.  I’ve always loved the talent but that ankle injury is frightening (I drafted him in the 2nd round last year…sigh).  Through 25 games this year Curry has stayed healthy and hasn’t missed a start.  He’s also averaging 19.4 points (career high), 4.1 boards, 6.4 assists (career high), 1.6 steals, 2.6 three’s (career high), 89.7% FT, and 42.2% FG (career low).  Yeah that’s right, 19.4 points on a career low FG… and it’s not even close to his second lowest percent of 46.2% his rookie season.  The guy is a stud and COULD be better if his FG% rises some.  Did I also mention his 3P% is a career low 41.7%?  These percentages will keep rising, especially since Klay Thompson has regained some of his shooting touch.  If you have Curry, you’re probably sitting in a good place because of the draft value you got for him.

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James Redacted

Kobe Bryant is no Jack Taylor

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Last night, Kobe Bryant scored over half his team’s points (40) and reached a triple double.  No, not the good kind of triple double…the kind where you also have 10 turnovers.  An absurd line of 40/10/3/3 with 5 3PM, 12-28 FG, 11-13 FT, and the aforementioned 10 turnovers.  You’ll live with the high TO’s but the Lakers can’t.  In a night of high profile college basketball, the game turned out to be very similar.  I didn’t watch, but George Hill (19/5/5/1) hit the game winning shot to win 79-77 over Kobe Bryant.  Not to mention that the teams combined for 57 personal fouls (that’s an actual number, not some sarcastic number).  Did anybody enjoy watching that?  Glad I watched the ACC/Big 10 challenge instead.  Anyway, here’s what else happened in the NBA last night:

Darren Collison – Sometimes a coach likes to put a slumping player on the bench and see how he responds.

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James Redacted

The Results Are In: No Changing Of The Guard

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New this year to the basketball side of Razzball is updated tier rankings throughout the season.  Every Wednesday morning I’ll update my tiers on a rotating basis for guards, forwards, and centers (i.e. Guards this week, Forwards next week, etc.)  The first run through of tiered rankings may not differ much from my original rankings because there haven’t been many games played.  Don’t like it?  Well there will be no vote on this since this is a dictatorship.  However, you can destroy me in the comments as much as you please.

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James Redacted

The NBA Is Back… Somebody Tell The Lakers

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The NBA is BACK baby and so are the daily notes.  This morning, fantasy owners were greeted by their players with a trick or treat.  Oh LeBron James (26/10/3/2, 2 3PM), a snickers bar!  Thank you Rajon Rondo (20/7/14, 9-14 FG), I love butterfingers!  Kyrie Irving (29/6/3/0/1, 3 3PM), I can take two?!!  Uh Steve Nash (7/2/4/0/1, 1 3PM), a f*cking apple?  Are you joking me?  Don’t you know parents make you throw shit like that away?  WTF, and besides who wants an apple?!  Sigh.  In case you didn’t hear the general panic from California, the Lakers lost last night to the Dirkless Mavs.  It’s OK though, in the spirit of Halloween they let the Bobcats dress up as Lakers and let them play.  Such nice guys.  The important thing to remember about the first week or two is don’t overreact/panic.  Don’t suddenly trade Nash or give up on Bradley Beal (8/3/3/1, 2 3PM).  There were only 3 games last night but here’s the other fantasy relevant news from the NBA…

But first, we have yet another Razzball Commenter League open for those of you who really procrastinate!

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