Articles – Fantasy Basketball

1988 Lockout Special: I, Ron – I, Rock

I almost titles this entry, “Even Burt Reynolds Can’t Touch Ronny Anderson,” but I decided against it because I’m pretty sure Burt Reynolds, could, in…

1988 Lockout Special: Charles Smith Makes A (Really Bland) Name For Himself

The Clippers’ “other” top draft pick, Charles Smith,  is averaging 18.1 pts/6.1 rbd for the maligned squad in his first three weeks. He’s started every…

Lockout, Week 20 Infographic

  Week 20 in the NBA lockout brought the bleakest news yet, with the player’s union opting to disband and the owners letting them. Time…

1988 Lockout Special: Time To Switch To A Strictly Reggie-tarian Diet

Boston’s Reggie Lewis really wasn’t much of a factor last season. He averaged less than 7/2/2 as a rookie. But so far this season, he’s…

World Championship Bulls Teams Infographic

A couple weeks ago we looked at how the Lakers dismantled and, um, re-mantled five championship teams throughout the ’80s. Here’s a look at the…

1988 Lockout Special: The World According To Tarpley

Sweet vindication! It was just a matter of time before Roy Tarpley – my evolutionary Jabbar – proved me right. 35/17/1, with a pair of…

1988 Lockout Special: Nate’s CrackedMillan

Nate McMillan played 18 minutes before leaving with an as-yet unidentified leg injury. Frankly, I think it hasn’t been identified because it doesn’t exist. I…

1988 Lockout Special: Willie & The Poorboys

My sleeper pick in this NBA draft class was the no. 11 overall center from Vanderbilt, Will Perdue, but I’m thinking I might want to…

Lockout Special: 10 Biggest Questions For Opening Night, 1988

The NBA’s 42nd season is all up in our collective faces; bigger and badder than ever – literally. The league has two more teams and…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Atlanta Hawks

With under a week until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking at…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Chicago Bulls

With under a week until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking at…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Portland Trailblazers

With fewer than three weeks until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Dallas Mavericks

With fewer than three weeks until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking…

1988 Lockout Special: San Antonio Spurned

It’s boom times in the NBA as the Celtics traveled to Madrid to play, well, anyone, really. Whoever felt like they could keep up, I…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Denver Nuggets

With fewer than three weeks until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking…

Lockout Special: World Champion Lakers Teams Infographic

One of the more interesting aspects of these Lakers teams is that in the seasons in which the Lakers ended up winning the championship, very…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Draft Pairings

A few of you have sent me requests via U.S. mail for a post about draft pairings through the first two rounds. I planned on…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Utah Jazz

With fewer than three weeks until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking…

Lockout Special: 1988 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Seattle Supersonics

With fewer than three weeks until the start of the NBA’s 41st season, we’re previewing all 25 teams. Whatchu say? Twenty-five teams? Yup. We’re looking…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Lockout, The $4 Billion-ish Club

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Houston Rockets

With the lockout already having killed the season’s first 100 games (and counting?), trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

Lockout: Razzball Programming Alert

All right, look. Anyone who’s read or viewed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has their own opinion on R.P. McMurphy’s true mental state. Was…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Portland Trailblazers

With the lockout already having killed the season’s first 100 games (and counting?), trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, New Orleans Hornets

With the lockout likely to linger well into November and perhaps well into 2012, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Lockout, Where We Stand

We’re down to the final four days before shizz gets real. Click to embiggen and try not to throw stuff at your computer screen in…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Philadelphia 76ers

With the lockout likely to linger well into November and perhaps well into 2012, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not…

Wait. What Did Joe Dumars Name His Kid?

As the Lockout talks yielded fewer results than I would have liked over the weekend – and because it’s more painful to look toward the…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, New York Knicks

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Phoenix Suns

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Milwaukee Bucks

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Lockout, It’s Always Darkest Before The Dark

Well … just when I was getting jazzed about Roger Mason Jr. admitting his Twitter wasn’t hacked, Chris Kaman claiming he had inside information that…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Atlanta Hawks

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Indiana Pacers

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Utah Jazz

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

Fantasy Basketball 2011, bopOSPM is bopAWESOME

You see what I did there in the title? I oversold it, didn’t I? You’re imagining a new statistic that will change fantasy basketball forever,…

Ron-D’Oh!

In real life, Rajon Rondo is one of the best point guards in the NBA that talks really fast, dribbles a ball at all times…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Golden State Warriors

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, L.A. Clippers

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Detroit Pistons

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…

2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Charlotte Bobcats

With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the season of 30 teams that might not actually…