What the hell song am I even quoting there? Is that Backstreet Boys? Boy II Men? Men At Work? Kraftwerk? I remember it being slow and sultry, and an embarrassing song to admit I listen to. So that’s probably not Kraftwerk. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Marcus Thornton, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
May 25, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |by: Adam
In 73 games last year, rookie Marcus Thornton averaged 14.5 points, 1.6 threes and percentages of .451/.814. “I’m listening,” you decided back in August. “Not bad,” you figured back in September. “Kaboom,” you shouted to no one in particular back in October. Please, blog, may I have some more?
2010 Fantasy Basketball, The Freshman Fifteen
May 23, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 2 Commentsby: Adam
We’ve looked back on the best players at each position from the 2010 fantasy basketball season. Now we’re preparing to steal a few glimpses at the 15 best rookies of 2010. Everyone has their preferred way to steal glimpses. Some put on dark sunglasses, others find reflective surfaces like storefront windows or iPad screens so as not to look directly at the subject you want to see, and yet others preemptively stare at the empty space their glimpse-able object will inhabit until they walk right into it and, whoops, it was just an accident that you were glimpsing! Please, blog, may I have some more?
Toney Douglas, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
May 20, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 2 Commentsby: Adam
Funny thing about sleepers: as soon as they’re recognized by even a small group, they can’t be sleepers anymore. It never fails. After scratching and clawing to get someone, anyone, to buy into my sleeper theories about a player, I’m always regretful for having done so the second I prove to be successful. Please, blog, may I have some more?
2010 Fantasy Basketball, Defensive Dynamos
May 18, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 2 Commentsby: Adam
Fantasy-wise, defensive stoppers don’t get much respect. Chances are if you’re known for defense, it’s because you’re not known for offense. There may be a spot for you in a real team’s rotation, but not my fantasy team. While offensive stats make up six-and-a-half categories in most leagues (we’re splitting rebounds in half – I don’t truly know where rebounds should go. Please, blog, may I have some more?
We’ve got a bit of a Good News / Bad News situation. The Bad News is that the NBA regular season is finished, and with it, your fantasy team – rendering all your strategery as useless as a neck full of Mardi Gras beads in March. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Fantasy Basketball Strategy, Ignition At 24 Years
May 13, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 2 Commentsby: Adam
In his mammoth tome, The Book of Basketball, a work I begrudgingly call both comprehensive and wholly entertaining, Bill Simmons shares the theory that 24 is the pivotal age for athletic shooting guards. He uses Jordan, Bryant, McGrady, Wade, a 25-year-old Iverson (lost five months as a high school senior sitting in a jail cell) and David Thompson as examples. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Jared Dudley, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
May 11, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |by: Adam
There were three guards I remember teasing in the comment sections of Razzball’s preseason posts back in September/October. The first was Mike Conley, the second was Kyle Lowry and Jared Dudley was third. Why? Are you asking me why I taunted these three or why I remember it? Please, blog, may I have some more?
Jeff Teague, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
May 9, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 4 Commentsby: Adam
I suppose I could be a tad blinded by Jeff Teague‘s second-round production in these playoffs, but it’s not as if the 16/2.5/4, with 1.5 steals he’s averaged after four postseason games against the Bulls is somehow disconnected from his future. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Ramon Sessions, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
May 6, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |by: Adam
With apologies to Señior Ramon, the only way we’re going to properly pump Ramon Sessions is to properly dump Baron Davis. It has to be this way. It’s a law of nature. Like women always hanging their handbags at the bend of their elbow despite having two free hands. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Top 20 Power Forwards, 2010 Fantasy Basketball
May 4, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 2 Commentsby: Adam
Point guards, shooting guards and small forwards have all been accounted for. Now, call this list the “anti-point guards.” With the exception of maybe Boozer, Jamison and Blatche, injuries didn’t dictate the direction this list took. No one here missed more than a dozen games and therefore the difference between the fifth best power forward and the 15th best is akin to the second-best PG and the fifth best PG on that list. Please, blog, may I have some more?
Louis Williams, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
May 2, 2011 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 2 Commentsby: Adam
When people reflect on the 2010-11 playoffs, they’ll think any number of the following thoughts: 1) Bill Simmons probably went nuts jibbering on about Rudy Gay further proving his “Ewing Theory” that sometimes good players make a team worse. 2) The Heat can turn themselves up to 11, they just haven’t had a reason to yet. Please, blog, may I have some more?
