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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Rob Roy
There must be some nudie pics of Pacers owner Herb Simon floating around GM David Morway’s home somewhere. I’m also convinced nudie pics of Morway…
- Adam
- January 5, 2011
- 21
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
The Rooster Only Going Half-Cocked In January
Indiana’s Brandon Rush tumbled to the floor on Sunday and on the way down slammed into Danilo Gallinari‘s left knee. That’s a mild sprain. It’s…
- Adam
- January 4, 2011
- 10
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Caron Without This Wayward Son
The big news from the weekend is that Glen Davis damn near triple-doubled on Sunday against the Raptors. Wait, that was the XXL news from…
- Adam
- January 3, 2011
- 20
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Portland Calls In A RuFer To Fix Their Leak
Ain’t no telling when Brandon Roy will return this season, but the Blazers announced it won’t be anytime soon. My guess is, if the franchise…
- Adam
- December 31, 2010
- 19
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Arsenic And Old Tracy
What would it take a sane person to grab Tracy McGrady off waivers in a standard-size fantasy league? A month ago, the thought was unthinkable.…
- Adam
- December 30, 2010
- 14
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Duncan Yo-Yoing
The biggest bust in the NBA that no one is talking about has got to be Tim Duncan. Well, no. Technically, Boris Diaw‘s bust is…
- Adam
- December 29, 2010
- 17
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Evans Considering Laser Ty’ Surgery
Tyreke Evans dropped 32 points on the Clippers in 40 minutes, but couldn’t drop a free throw that might have saved the game for ’em.…
- Adam
- December 28, 2010
- 25
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Harrington Dislocates From Denver
At this point, any news involving anyone on the Nuggets can be considered Carmelo news. It’s ‘Melo’s galaxy, everyone else is just orbiting in it,…
- Adam
- December 27, 2010
- 12
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Will The New Bobcats Coach Also Break Tyrus’ Achey-Breaky Heart?
I’ve been told over and over for two decades that Michael Jordan is the most competitive man to ever walk the planet; annoyingly so; dangerously…
- Adam
- December 23, 2010
- 14
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
The Dirty Cousins
The glass-half-full part of you wants to enjoy DeMarcus Cousins‘ 13 boards from last night, while the glass-half-full you can’t help but acknowledge that he…
- Adam
- December 22, 2010
- 16
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Wayward Jennings
Toddlers and retailers aren’t the only one jazzed about the holiday season. Half the damn league seems to have put in to take vacations around…
- Adam
- December 21, 2010
- 21
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
D.C., Orlando Exchange Wizard Magic
I spend one afternoon caroling in my neighborhood and lookit what happens: I return to a league that colluded to all swap jerseys and make…
- Adam
- December 20, 2010
- 16
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Do They Know It’s Dismiss Time At All?
When Bob Geldof gathered dozens of European musicians together to sing Do They Know It’s Christmas? in the mid-’80s, he did it presumably because of…
- Adam
- December 17, 2010
- 32
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Oh-ah No-ah, JoaNoah
So this is a blow to your team. Or a blow-ah, if you’re into continuous rhyming patterns. Joakim Noah will have surgery on his thumb…
- Adam
- December 16, 2010
- 18
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Terrence & The Machine
By the end of this season, Terrence Williams‘ suitcase is going to have more stickers on it than my Trapper Keeper during the Garbage Pail…
- Adam
- December 15, 2010
- 36
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Replete L.A.
This season’s saga involving Andrew Bynum has unfolded like Samuel Becket’s ‘Waiting For Godot’ with Gasol and Odom cast as Estragon and Vladimir. The waiting…
- Adam
- December 14, 2010
- 48
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Try A Week, Evans
The story with Sacramento’s reigning Rookie of the Year is as easy as pie. Unless you’re talking about Uncle Jake’s hardscrabble country pie, then it’s…
- Adam
- December 13, 2010
- 32
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell
You Can’t Spell Thaddeus Without ‘Add’
I discussed Thaddeus Young earlier today. It was awesome! You shoulda been there! You were? Well, then no wonder you don’t remember what I said.…
- Adam
- December 10, 2010
- 36
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Jason’s Skidd
Jason Kidd is averaging a career-low in minutes played, which informs the across-the-board decline in all his other stats. For now, the dip isn’t pronounced…
- Adam
- December 10, 2010
- 11
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Ersan In The Membrane
It’s a good bet that I’m talking to deep leaguers if I dedicate this much space to a guy who’s only started in four games,…
- Adam
- December 9, 2010
- 21
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Can’t Squash Josh, By Gosh
Josh Smith only missed two of his 16 shot attempts on his way to a season-high 34 points. Has Jorsh really become a top 5…
- Adam
- December 8, 2010
- 21
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Shawne With The Win
How do you pronounce Shawne Williams‘ first name? Is he going to add an apostrophe after a few more games like Stoudemire? Make it Shawn’e?…
- Adam
- December 7, 2010
- 23
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Who’sHot, J.R.?
Most of my readers are from the South. I can say that, because no matter where you are, you’re probably not in the northernmost portion…
- Adam
- December 6, 2010
- 44
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell
Marvin and Boo-Hiss
Marvin Williams strung together a trio of decent games this week (15/8 while shooting .586 from the field) and now Joe Johnson is recovering from…
- Adam
- December 3, 2010
- 32
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
“Ak-ron! Hates You!”
LeBron James felt, for a fleeting moment, like Bruce Springsteen. A stadium full of Midwesterners wearing t-shirts with his face on it, signs requesting that…
- Adam
- December 3, 2010
- 7
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Give Your Johnson A Rest
The Atlanta Hawks, record-wise, are winners. They’re 12-7 so far this season. But, really, there isn’t a bigger batch of losers with winning records out…
- Adam
- December 2, 2010
- 14
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
J.J.’s Looking Sick, Son
Cleveland’s PF J.J. Hickson looks deathly sick really. Matter fact, the 7.1 points he averaged over the last eight games and one lonely double-digit rebound…
- Adam
- December 1, 2010
- 43
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
It’s Not Yet Time To Blatche And Release
Andray Blatche does not pronounce his name like Andre. Or even Andrei. It looks like that’s the pronunciation his mother was going for there. Like…
- Adam
- November 30, 2010
- 21
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Is Westbrook Brook’s Best?
Upon entrance into the 2010 season, the general consensus was that LeBron James was the NBA’s best player and Kevin Durant was fantasy basketball’s best…
- Adam
- November 29, 2010
- 26
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
It’s Not Too Late To Be Thankful Arenas Is Starting
Gilbert Arenas replaced the injured Al Thornton in the lineup on Thanksgiving and was the lone sweet helping of cranberry sauce in an otherwise turkey…
- Adam
- November 26, 2010
- 23
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Darko’s On The Edge Of Own
When I called the first Killers album “crappy,” I was wrong (shoulda saved that opinion for their last two). When I guessed that ‘Lost’ was…
- Adam
- November 25, 2010
- 7
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Both Light And Dark Meat Cooking On The Indy Rostisserie
Growing up in Chicago, there are three teams I’m not allowed to like. There can be no rooting for the Pistons, the Knicks or the…
- Adam
- November 24, 2010
- 16
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Putting A Dampier On Your Spirits
Heat GM Pat Riley was undoubtedly pursuing Erick Dampier ever since it was apparent than Joel Anthony was going to spend the season getting tossed…
- Adam
- November 23, 2010
- 24
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Yo, Play Jose
Sometimes trades happen that you’re sure must have taken place because one of the GMs was having trouble with his fantasy team. And yes, of…
- Adam
- November 22, 2010
- 22
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell
Pay For ‘Dre, 76 Cents On The Iguadollar
It takes a certain amount of cajones to win any fantasy league. Shouldn’t the amount be two? No more, no less? Uh, well, yeah. I…
- Adam
- November 19, 2010
- 39
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Tuff The Magic Dragic Gives T.O.Vs
I was among those who eagerly awaited the inevitable moment this season when Steve Nash went down with some sort of old man injury so…
- Adam
- November 19, 2010
- 21
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Soft-Boiled Greg Out For Season
It’s been said that Kevin Durant is an angel, a lamb of a guy; really top-shelf goods inside and out. For the most part, I…
- Adam
- November 18, 2010
- 26
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
Go Wes, Young Man
Old men should also ‘go Wes.’ Or young women. Or old women. Just kidding. Old women don’t want anything to do with fantasy sports. But…
- Adam
- November 17, 2010
- 27
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
In The Land O’Lakes, Beasley’s Like Buttah
The Minnesota brass tried to warn us. They told the whole world Michael Beasley had cleaned up his act, rededicated himself and bought, like, five…
- Adam
- November 16, 2010
- 38
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes
2010 Fantasy Basketball Strategy, The Waiver Block Maneuver
This one’s for the douchebags, as Kanye might say after playing the theme to ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ for a seemingly endless amount of time. Sometimes…
- Adam
- November 15, 2010
- 26
