Author: Jay

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. You can follow him on Twitter @jaywrong.

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2023-24 Fantasy Basketball Roto Rankings: Guards

October 4, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, 2023-24 Fantasy Rankings |

by: Jay

Welcome to the 2023-24 Fantasy Rankings! We’ll continue this wonderful (is it? Yes!) journey with other positions and formats, including all positional rankings for both Roto and Points leagues, and then of course wrapping it all up with our Dynasty Rankings. What will be released is just the pure rankings; analysis and other amazing draft preparational content (ooooh, sounds so official) will be released after our aforementioned rankings “journey”. Remember, it’s not about the destination, but the friends we made along the way! Especially if it ends in a Fantasy Championship, in which case, it is sorta-kinda about the destination, which is also fine. Because who cares about friends when you can hoist a trophy in their general direction? I mean, I’m talking both literally or figuratively here folks. Just as long as you hoist, it counts. As they say, it’s all about the hoisting… (I think.)

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2023-24 Fantasy Basketball Roto Rankings: Forwards

September 27, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, 2023-24 Fantasy Rankings | 2 Comments

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2023-24 Fantasy Basketball Roto Rankings: Centers

September 26, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, 2023-24 Fantasy Rankings | 3 Comments

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Way Too Early Top-50

September 11, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, 2023-24 Fantasy Rankings | 2 Comments

by: Jay

Is it way too early? It’s been tough to gauge the general malaise that we suffer in the NBA offseason, as this time, we’ve had plenty of distractions… Summer League with Wemby (and Scooter!), an amazing FIBA Cup has just wrapped, and NBA2K just launched to a showering of negative reviews about microtransactions and “skill regression”. Okay, so the NBA2k thing is not unique to this year, but the offseason has been a bit better at reminding you the sport does actually still exist during the Summer. So with that said, the season is closer than it ever was, and while our official 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball Rankings series won’t be released until next week, it’ll be a nice exercise (not *that* kind of exercise, you can come back now…) to take a quick look at how the way too early top-50 rankings is shaping up. Or perhaps we should call it preliminary? So many descriptors, so little time. That’s what she said. Regardless, to the top-50 and beyond! (Not really beyond, it just sounded better…)

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2023-24 NBA Draft Fantasy Outlook: Victor Wembanyama

August 30, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, 2023-24 NBA Draft | 2 Comments

by: Jay

While we’ll have a separate look at this past NBA Draft as a whole, it’s probably a pretty logical idea to highlight some of the best-of-the-best-of-the-best (contextually speaking!) players from this new class that will be garnering major minutes in their respective rotations for the upcoming 2023-24 Season. Also, the Victor Wembanyama name-drops for the almighty SEO Gods also makes this subject-matter easy to talk about. AGGREGRATE ME BRO. And speaking of which, if you thought “Wemby-Watch!” was absurd last season, wait until this basketball year when he actually gets to play professionally! However, this kinda makes our jobs as content-entrepreneurs (or how I like to refer to myself: content-philanthropist) a bit easier. I mean, what can you say about Wemby that hasn’t already been said about a tall crane following down on a skyscraper? Tall, destructive and attention-grabbing. The crane actually collapsing like it’s WWII really brings the French part out too… and the joke itself is worthy enough to lose the two-to-three French-speaking readers that I estimate we have. (I don’t know how to estimate, if you were wondering.)

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2023-24 Offseason Trade: Bradley Beal and Chris Paul

August 15, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

by: Jay

Another offseason trade, another three teams involved. Do only good things happen in threes? No, of course not! There aren’t three patties on a Big Mac, therefore I rest my case… and before someone tries to convince me that Wendy’s can do three patties, I’m here to cover trades and talk about hamburgers, and I’ve already filled my quota this season for hamburger content. Herego, let’s go over the unique trade that landed another star for the Suns and set in motion a true rebuild (can it be finally?) in the nation’s Capital. And actually, to do this right, or at least in an efficient manner, we’ll add one more bonus trade that’s related! Bonus anything is good. Except canned asparagus, that is actually not good at all. I’m thinking I might just be hungry, regardless, here’s how the Suns to Wizards to Pacers looked…

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2023-24 Offseason Trade: Kristaps Porzingis and Marcus Smart

August 8, 2023 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

by: Jay

Welcome one and all to the go-to place to hang out this NBA fantasy offseason! (Maybe?) True, it is a desolate place, so that’s why we’re going to liven things up a bit and start checking out all the trades that happened during the 2023 offseason, along with adding some of that fantasy spice for your content pleasure. Just the way your mother likes it. And as they say about spice, it must flow, so shall it flow! Regal, am I right? Spice is of course the fantasy content if you weren’t following or don’t enjoy Dune references. Regardless, while we’re not starting in any particular order, today we’ll be talking about the three-team trade that went something like this:

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New Beginnings, Same Basketballs

July 12, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

by: Jay

Folks, as the title alludes, we are beginning something special here! I mean, not that it wasn’t special before… as some of you may or may not know; SON, your fearless leader (it works because he’s Korean and it’s not racist because I am also sorta-kinda Korean. Half. It’s enough. Maybe.) has recently stepped back as the Editor-in-Chief here at Razz Basketball so he can concentrate on other things. I believe he’s starting a research project on Kyrie Irving’s life story and its effect on global warming and Israel. A riveting subject to be honest.

Anyways, the point is, we are just going to be doing a different kind of special. As we move towards the new season, you, the readership, might have certain questions. First and foremost, why me? Well, that question is better left for our mustache’d-overlord Grey. The question you really should be asking is– why should I read you? Which makes you sound like a telepath. From the future. Where there are dragons with lasers. Which sounds pretty cool, until you realize there are dragons with lasers reigning terror down from the sky. Which is not cool. It’s horrifying.

See? You just read me. Did you feel a tingling anywhere? That’s your soul (it better be your soul!) saying: “You don’t need to know why, I know why, in ways that you will never understand, so go forth on this journey, and I shall accompany you. And we will be one with the Jay.” You got a deep soul there, yo.

Some other questions might follow, more serious questions, like, what is my pedigree… what makes me a “Fantasy Basketball Expert” and what can I expect for the 2023-24 season? Let’s go over those, shall we?

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Dodging Denver

March 28, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

by: Jay

Not sure if y’all have noticed, but the MVP debate has gotten a bit heated the last several weeks with an interchangeable group of three players charging the discussion. While you could still say that Giannis Antetokounmpo should be part of that discussion (I think he still has a strong case), much of the animated debate by literally everyone from the talking heads down to the water-cooler loiterers (still a thing?) has been the case between Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid. Both deserving, both amazing players, but one most remember when dealing with a Philadelphia fanbase, one must wear helmets. While the discussion has been both riveting content and a dumpster fire, mostly stemmed from Kendrick Perkins being the toxic fire-starter he’s paid to be, the discourse has gone sour the past month, and to some, a bit tiresome.

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The Hardest Road, Literally

March 21, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

by: Jay

Lo and behold, it is the gift quote that keeps on giving… Not only is “The Hardest Road” still very much meme-worthy, mostly because the always fragile Kevin Durant still seems a bit hurt that Chuck labeled him a bus-rider dating back to last season, and Durant can’t help but remind us every time there’s a mic within a five-mile proximity (the irony of doing this in a Suns jersey is too rich for my blood), but also because of the insane yet symmetrical home-road split that the Warriors have sustained. Probably with dark magic or something. So many hard roads, so little time!

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Ja Morant Now Florida Man

March 14, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

by: Jay

I’ve heard Florida is where woke goes to die, which seems like a pretty fair assessment. I remember my dad living in the Tampa Bay area back in the day and generally napping all the time, so I have to assume America’s nursing home has only gotten more sleepy. And while this war on being awake continues, it’s always important to remember that America’s armpit is home to one of our country’s most sacred of figures: the Florida Man. I’d say any rational character would legitimately wonder how they got themselves into this poor state (Pun Achievement Unlocked), but then again, I am no Ja Morant. As the Grizzlies continue their underdog (and somewhat hated?) push into the playoffs (garnering their 41st win last night against the now 34-35 Mavs), Morant has kept himself in the headlines in the most audacious ways possible, from flashing a piece on IG, to a dumping of negative stories ranging from terrible parenting practices to wholesome strip club experiences. Range on and off the court, I say.

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Playoffs Embiided

March 7, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 4 Comments

by: Jay

As I’m sure many of you have noticed, NBA play the last several weeks has been pretty fun to watch. I mean, unless you’re getting a gun pointed at you on IG Live, but the games themselves have been stellar. From the resurgent Knicks and Julius Randle in the clutch, to a game that went to triple-OT with a bajillion points (RIP Clippers) and the continued stat-padding (lol) by the Joker. Luka and Kyrie both scored 40 too, marking the end of the world as we know it. We even get the pleasure of witnessing the Celtics fall back to Earth… And this is all just scratching the surface, so the question is; can this product get any better? The Sixers answer is an overwhelming: YES.

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