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Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

It’s So Hard, To Say Goodbye…..

With the NBA Board of Governors approving the 22-team plan to finish the 2019-2020 season, fantasy basketball leagues will not be able to conclude theirs.…

  • Son
  • June 4, 2020
  • 10
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

The NBA Season Has Been Suspended

After Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for COVID-19, Adam Silver sprung into action last night and suspended the remainder of the season.…

  • Son
  • March 11, 2020
  • 12
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell

Buy/Sell: Kenny Outkinson

Coaches often become the scapegoat in situations where a team is underperforming, both realistically and sometimes in their owner's eyes. A quick fix is to…

  • Kostas
  • March 11, 2020
  • 11
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Terry Wasn’t So Scary, He Was Legendary

This is Terry Rozier's fifth season in the NBA. These are the field goal percentage numbers from the prior four seasons: 38%, 39%, 36%, and…

  • Son
  • March 10, 2020
  • 41
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

It’s True That Jrue Can Still Barbecue

Entering the season, Jrue Holiday was being drafted as a top 12 player for fantasy. And for good reason, as he finished as the 22nd…

  • Son
  • March 9, 2020
  • 47
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

The King Makes His MVP Case

There is no stopping the King. Those who stand his way are forced to bow down to his greatness. With the Friday night lights gleaming,…

  • JalonsWorld
  • March 7, 2020
  • 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Will the Breakouts Continue?

Fantasy basketball forces you to take a critical look at the NBA's unmitigated success stories. Will a breakout performance translate from one season to the…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • March 7, 2020
  • 2
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell

Buy/Sell: Love the Smell of Beef in the Morning

When was the last time you remember a true rivalry developing in the NBA? I mean aside from good old Draymond provoking everyone whenever he…

  • Kostas
  • March 6, 2020
  • 7
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Nance Romance

Back when Larry Nance Jr. was a Los Angeles Laker, younger Son had a Nance Romance. I'd watch this 6' 7", 245 pound poster maker…

  • Son
  • March 5, 2020
  • 31
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

It Ain’t Hard to Tell that Naz is Illmatic

Naz Reid was a highly-touted recruit in high school and was ranked as the third-best power forward/15th-best overall player in the nation. He played his…

  • Son
  • March 4, 2020
  • 15
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Is There Merit to RJ Barrett?

R. J. Barrett is the 361st player on a per-game basis for the 2019 fantasy basketball season. There are 13 active players on each of…

  • Son
  • March 3, 2020
  • 28
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Career-Highs All Night Long

"I got the magic in me. Every time I touch that  track it turns into gold. Everybody knows I got the magic in me." The…

  • JalonsWorld
  • February 29, 2020
  • 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Weighing Keeper Values

The fantasy playoffs are fast approaching, or maybe they’ve already arrived for you. Tough decisions will need to be made—the game is survival. Some of…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • February 29, 2020
  • 8
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Tobias Minus Simmons and Embiid Makes Him a Fantasy Goliath

Entering the 2019 NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers had constructed one of the best starting lineups in all of basketball. Then Ben Simmons went down…

  • Son
  • February 28, 2020
  • 38
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell

Buy/Sell: Through the Rabbit Hole

There are countless amazing moments that happen every year in the NBA. Dunks, blocks, buzzer beaters, you name it. But there are also some that…

  • Kostas
  • February 27, 2020
  • 29
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Is it Coby or Kobe White?

It's been an up and down rookie season for Coby White of the Chicago Bulls. In his second professional game, he scored 25 points on…

  • Son
  • February 26, 2020
  • 41
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Embiid is a Different Breed

Joel Embiid is 7 feet and weighs 249 pounds. There are only around 2800 people in the world who are 7 feet or taller. With…

  • Son
  • February 25, 2020
  • 42
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

The Beal Was Cooked Into a 50-Burger

My buddy was talking about his girl a week or so ago and mentioned that he loved taking her out to eat now. She doesn't…

  • Son
  • February 24, 2020
  • 43
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Welcome Back!

I've posted that song at least three times since I've been at Razzball and.....it never gets old and always hits the spot. Anyways, I'm recharged…

  • Son
  • February 21, 2020
  • 75
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

NBA Liberation

In Dave Hickey’s seminal basketball essay, “The Heresy of Zone Defense,” he celebrates and argues that the game of basketball has been fair, civil, and…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • February 20, 2020
  • 4
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Three First-Half Surprises

Duncan Robinson is one of the NBA’s best three-point shooters in only his second season in the Association. After playing in only 15 games and…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • February 15, 2020
  • 8
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell

Buy/Sell: House Party

Everything in life is relative. People often compare their wealth to that of their neighbor, their happiness to their relatives, and their performance to their…

  • Kostas
  • February 13, 2020
  • 35
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

LaVine Was/Is/Will be a Scoring Machine

When Zach LaVine popped his head out from his mother's womb, his first words were, "Who's got next?" On his first day of school, his…

  • Son
  • February 12, 2020
  • 129
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

6 the Hardaway

I love rolling them dice in Vegas. There is no better game than craps......when there's a hot shooter. Everyone is laughing, shouting, high-fiving, and having…

  • Son
  • February 11, 2020
  • 48
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Is Morant Good? Ja

On July 31, 2019, RTS Sat (Radio Television Serbia) sent a team to Memphis, as the Grizzlies signed Marko Guduric to a multi-year contract. Their…

  • Son
  • February 10, 2020
  • 27
Trade Deadline

Analyzing the Fantasy Impact of Trades

In the lead-up to the February 6, 2020 NBA trade deadline, there was a flurry of activity. Reports of a quiet deadline were greatly exaggerated.…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • February 8, 2020
  • 0
Trade Deadline

Fantasy Implications after the NBA Trade Deadline

Whew. The action was hot and heavy at this year's NBA trade deadline. But, as my wife often says while we're wrestling in bed, certain…

  • Son
  • February 6, 2020
  • 128
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell

Buy/Sell: Let the Trading Season Begin

For this week’s introduction I am going to be laconic, like my Spartan ancestors. I will just present another exhibit of the intelligence and charisma…

  • Kostas
  • February 6, 2020
  • 8
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

The Foundation is Solid with House

The foundation of a house is underrated. When guests come over, they never utter, "Oh my goodness! The foundation is absolutely amazing! How much did…

  • Son
  • February 5, 2020
  • 43
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

JV With the Varsity Performance

JV is for the young and weak. Varsity is where it’s at. The band, the dancing honeys, the letterman jackets, the lights. That is where…

  • Son
  • February 4, 2020
  • 34
Beyond the Glory

Beyond the Glory: Trade Deadline Special

It pains me to write this, but I was never a big Kobe Bryant fan during his playing days, and I regret that fact, immensely.…

  • Mel
  • February 3, 2020
  • 0
Basketball

Yeah I Said It, The Bucks Are Boring

By any objective measure, the Milwaukee Bucks are a historic team. They have the best record in the league at 41-6, they have the reigning…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • February 1, 2020
  • 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Just Another Trae Day

It was six o’clock in the morning. The dream of kissin’ Valentino by the crystal blue Italian stream was interrupted because someone couldn’t be late…

  • Son
  • January 31, 2020
  • 48
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Oladipo, Ho!

Oladipo, Ho! That jam would always get me so pumped up, and it's perfect for the return of Victor Oladipo to the NBA. Two years…

  • Son
  • January 30, 2020
  • 24
Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell

Buy/Sell: Kobe

I am 25 years old. I idolized Michael Jordan, but was too young to watch him live when he built his legend. On the contrary,…

  • Kostas
  • January 29, 2020
  • 0
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Bam Bam Bam!

Bam Adebayo is 6' 9" and 255 pounds with a 7' 1" wingspan. So, grabbing boards and accumulating defensive stats are within reach, which he…

  • Son
  • January 28, 2020
  • 28
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Rest In Peace, Kobe Bryant

15 or so years ago, I'm walking through a baggage claim area in the Los Cabos International Airport. It was eerie. The room wasn't well…

  • Son
  • January 27, 2020
  • 23
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

High Tide & Rising Heat

The Miami Heat are in a truly delicious position. They are second in the Eastern Conference with a 31-13 record, a near lock to make…

  • Jalen Eutsey
  • January 25, 2020
  • 1
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Peep the Sexton Show

For much of the season, Collin Sexton was a one-dimensional, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am player. He'd huck. He'd chuck. He'd blow you away with how little the contributions…

  • Son
  • January 24, 2020
  • 47
Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes

Butler Protects His House

What are the roles of a butler? To answer the phone, greet guests at the door, plan events and parties, serve drinks and food, manage…

  • Son
  • January 23, 2020
  • 30