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2011 Fantasy Basketball Lockout, So … Nice Weather We’re Having
. . . . Yeah, the lockout news hasn’t gotten any better – just more plentiful. Happy Friday. . . .
- Adam
- August 26, 2011
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Loose Balls
Fantasy Basketball, Jammin’ On The One!
Firstly, Raise a glass (or a highball if you’re reading this in the offices of Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Price) in honor of Razzball Basketball, which…
- Adam
- August 23, 2011
- 6
Loose Balls
2011 Fantasy Basketball, Where’s Everyone Going?
I don’t care much for travel writing and care much less for travel writing brought about because of economic negotiations. But with the summer dragging…
- Adam
- August 22, 2011
- 5
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Sacramento Kings
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…
- Adam
- August 19, 2011
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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Rookie, Jan Vesely
It’s hard to maintain perspective when it comes to rookies. It’s not in most people’s nature to imagine what it would be like for that…
- Adam
- August 15, 2011
- 2
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2011 Fantasy Basketball Lockout, Jumping Ship
It feels like everyone in the league is hopping over to Besiktas, Anadolu Efes, or Zhejiang or, at least, planning on doing so. Below is…
- Adam
- August 12, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Minnesota Timberwolves
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…
- Adam
- August 11, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, New Jersey Nets
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…
- Adam
- August 9, 2011
- 6
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Rookie, Tristan Thompson
It’s been over a year since LeBron James strapped on his giant testicle-kicking boot and whomped every last Clevelander in the plums before heading to…
- Adam
- August 8, 2011
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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Lock, Shock and Two Sides in Peril
Dwyane Wade was offered a reported $2 million a month to play in China (UPDATE! No he wasn’t). Marco Belinelli is likely off to Italy.…
- Adam
- August 5, 2011
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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Toronto Raptors
With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the seasons of 30 teams that might not actually…
- Adam
- August 3, 2011
- 8
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Rookie, Enes Kanter
It’s both bizarre and oddly thrilling how little is known about Enes Kanter. Usually, two months into his tenure as a drafted NBA player, we’ve…
- Adam
- August 1, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Washington Wizards
With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the seasons of 30 teams that might not actually…
- Adam
- July 27, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Rookie, Derrick Williams
When my computer freezes, I yank out the power cord from the electrical socket. TV goes on the fritz? I whack it a few times.…
- Adam
- July 25, 2011
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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
A Womp-Bop-A-Lu-Bop, A-Shaq-Bash-Bosh
I’m about to do something that is going to hurt us both. I’m sorry for doing it, but if I don’t, it’ll get worse and…
- Adam
- July 22, 2011
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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Up-Hill Battle
It was fairly obvious to everybody that Darren Collison was the best player involved in the four-team trade that sent him to Indiana last summer.…
- Mark Travis
- July 21, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Team Previews, Cleveland Cavaliers
With the lockout likely to linger well into October and perhaps into November, trying to preview the seasons of 30 teams that might not actually…
- Adam
- July 20, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Rookie, Kyrie Irving
We’ve all seen it happen in movies – usually romantic comedies or melodramas where someone has a disease that’s slowly killing them (or perhaps romantic…
- Adam
- July 18, 2011
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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Yao Bow
I hear that all your favorite NBA players are playing basketball overseas next year. I hear that all your favorite teams and all my favorite…
- Adam
- July 15, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Darrell Arthur, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
There’s a lot to like about the Grizzlies. They’re the reigning Cinderella squad of the NBA, their logo is among the best in sports, they…
- Adam
- July 11, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Talkin’ Turkey
A week into the lockout and about a dozen players have already ditched the United Statesfor Europe. None bigger than Deron Williams, who agreed in…
- Adam
- July 8, 2011
- 4
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Keeper, Tyler Hansbrough
I spend an inordinate amount of time imagining what Tyler Hansbrough does with his free time. I picture a lot of paintball being involved. Maybe…
- Adam
- July 4, 2011
- 0
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2011 Fantasy Basketball, Rain Delay
I was sitting in the bleachers of Wrigley Field in Chicago not too long ago during a rain delay. It was pouring and I wasn’t…
- Adam
- July 1, 2011
- 9
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Jonas Jerebko, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
I’m not sure how it works in the NBA, but in school or places of employment, your name partly determines where you fit in. No…
- Adam
- June 27, 2011
- 2
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Fantasy Basketball Liveblog, 2011 NBA Draft
Let’s just get it out of the way now: I don’t follow college basketball. Every year, a new line of freshman enter the league and…
- Adam
- June 24, 2011
- 6
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Gary Neal, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
I’m going to have to be careful here, so as not to convince you Gary Neal is a cherry, when, in fact, he’s closer to…
- Adam
- June 20, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Lonely Is The Dwight
Every once in a while when my DVR is empty and there are no dead cats in the alley for me to watch the raccoons…
- Adam
- June 17, 2011
- 2
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Heute ist ein wunderschöner Tag
As I peeled myself off the linoleum floor, sucked down the last few drops of last night’s Bitburger beer and licked the crusted schnitzel off…
- Adam
- June 13, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball, Effective Shooting Percentages
Nene Hilario led the league in FG% in 2010, but attempted just 40 percent of the shots Kobe Bryant did. Blake Griffin attempted 20 more…
- Adam
- June 8, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2011 Fantasy Basketball Keeper, Greg Monroe
Quality is a relative term. One man’s trash is another man’s trash that he treasures (or whatever). Your Member’s Only windbreaker and matching L.A. Gears…
- Adam
- June 6, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Another O’Neal Ends It All In Boston
Future Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal called it quits over Twitter (and eventually a proper press conference later today) after deciding his nearly 39-year-old body…
- Adam
- June 3, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Thaddeus Young, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
If there were a sixth man in the NBA who appeared in every one of the season’s 82 games, but was only on the floor…
- Adam
- June 1, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
It’s So Harden To Say Goodbye
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…
- Adam
- May 27, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Marcus Thornton, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
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…
- Adam
- May 25, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2010 Fantasy Basketball, The Freshman Fifteen
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…
- Adam
- May 23, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Toney Douglas, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
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…
- Adam
- May 20, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2010 Fantasy Basketball, Defensive Dynamos
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…
- Adam
- May 18, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Top 20 Centers, 2010 Fantasy Basketball
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…
- Adam
- May 16, 2011
- 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Fantasy Basketball Strategy, Ignition At 24 Years
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…
- Adam
- May 13, 2011
- 2
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Jared Dudley, 2011 Fantasy Basketball Sleeper
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…
- Adam
- May 11, 2011
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