It may be Week 5 of the basketball season, but don’t do what everybody thinks you’re going to do and just PANIC! The written form just doesn’t do that sentence any justice, but the point remains, remember, we can take what’s aggregated out there and think the end has already been written, but there is a lot of basketball left to play. I mean, just to be this into context, we’d be wrapping up Week 2 in the NFL season right about now, so sample-size aside, just in general I still think we are dealing in an “early” phase of the season. And that’s not a bunch of words to cope with the Clippers start, no, I believe they are old and wise men who have the temperament and terrible transitional defense to stand on their own results, which are dogsh*t.
Anyways, tangentially (real word?), the biggest drop-off this week was none-other-than Bradley Beal, who I deemed unworthy of a breaking news post about his season ending surgery since it would probably not affect his points-per-game average this year. But do maybe add Kobe Sanders, who definitely isn’t like his namesake, but can run the court, which if you’ve seen the unction, you’ll know that running the court is actually a very unique and amazing thing!
Regardless, remember what I said about the 10-game mark post, this is simply the area where numbers begin to solidify, and if you’re into that whole solid thing (your mom is), it’ll take a bit for that to happen. Some call it foreplay (I should have saved the yo momma bit for this), but I simply call November, where the narratives and stats really start to matter.
Here are your Week 5 Rankings…
What are my rankings bona fidas? Well, there’s finishing in the FantasyPros Fantasy Football Top-10 Draft Accuracy (7th Place) in 2017, Top-25 Weekly Accuracy (23rd Place) in 2017, Top-5 Draft Accuracy (3rd place) in 2016, Top-10 Weekly Accuracy (10th Place) in 2016, Top-25 Weekly Accuracy in 2015 (21st Place) and on average we’ve finished in the Top-10 Draft Accuracy (9th Overall) and the Top-20 Weekly Accuracy (18th Overall) from 2014-2018. And this is out of over 100+ industry sites and experts’ year-after-year. Even though it’s the wrong sport, I’d like to think we’re pretty good at this stuff…
What does the word bona fidas mean? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, bo·na fi·des ˌbō-nə-ˈfī-ˌdēz , ÷ˈbō-nə-ˌfīdz means 1 : good faith : sincerity, 2 : the fact of being genuine —often plural in construction, 3 : evidence of one’s good faith or genuineness —often plural in construction, 4 : evidence of one’s qualifications or achievements —often plural in construction. On a separate note, I think it would make a great name for a cat.
What’s my ranking process? I’ve actually written about this in the past, and instead of working hard for new and enlightening content, I have chosen the more efficient (lazy, ahem) method and dropping in a link to that post here. Honestly, my process hasn’t changed much at all (the ole “don’t fix what ain’t broke” proverb comes to mind) and so my “A Day in the Life of a Fantasy Football Ranker” story still remains relevant to this day and now for Fantasy Basketball!
How should I use your rankings? The same way your mother does. Which actually makes no sense. (Unless your mother is in the running to always finishes top-3 in your Fantasy Basketball league. And if that’s the case, say hello to her for me.)
Jay is a longtime Razzball everything who consumes an egregious amount of Makers Mark as a vehicle to gain wisdom and augment his natural glow. Living in the D.C. area, he also likes spending time visiting the local parks and feeding lettuce to any turtles he encounters, including Mitch McConnell.
