I’m pretty sure Stephen Curry looks at fantasy ADPs. He’s like, “I’m not a runaway consensus #1, and this labradoodle Brow IS?!”
Of course I started writing this open when Anthony Davis was 1-16, then he got red hot AND MADE TWO IN A ROW! Somebody cool him off, he’s NBA Jam on fire! Brow was more uncomfortable with the ball in his hands than watching Scary Movie 2 with your parents last night, wrapping up with a 4-20 FG outing. Might be the worst reference to 420 I’ve ever seen! 10-15 FT helped salvage some points – and he got his 3 swats – but 18/6/2/0/3 with 5 TO and a deathstroke to your FG% is not what the #1 pick ordered. Curry on the other hand treated New Orleans like Hurricane Katrina! Too rough? Fine, then he treated them like BP… Yikes, Nawleans has had a rough ride. Then their NBA team has everyone get hurt! Steph just straight whipped it out (I mean his MVP trophy!) and pummeled the Pelicans and their awful PG for 40/6/7/2/0 on 14-26 FG (5-12 3PTM 7-7 FT). Hey, it’s opening night, and the Warriors are phenomenal at disrupting big men. And the Pelicans had all their PG minutes played by guys on the street a week ago. Hopefully you own Curry in a league or two, and I’m literally about to spam Brow owners as hard as LinkedIn emails. Seriously, I don’t care if some recruiter looked at my profile, I don’t need an email on that ish! No, no, blurb on Ish Smith is later… What an awful Pelicans team… Here’s what else went down on NBA’s opening night:
Nikola Mirotic – Hit a step-back three right over Love that I think was a good 4-5 feet behind the stripe that reminded me of a young Gallinari when he was having a hot game on the Knicks. Kinda a weird throwaway comp, but I felt like growing this blurb out like Miro’s beard! Was crazy hot, hitting 6-11 FG (3-4 3PTM 4-4 FT) for 19/9/1/1/0. But while a lot of people were freaking out, it was in only 25 minutes in a game the Bulls won by 2. Had 4 TO and 5 fouls, given one of each was an offensive foul where Mozgov flopped. Just really scares me that in a game where they wouldn’t have minded a little extra O, he only plays 25 minutes. And the very first bucket for CLE was an easy layup where he gave up the whole paint playing awful D. Joakim Noah did bump knees in this one and left after 17 minutes, so tonight the Bulls may spike Miro’s minutes out of necessity if Noah is out.
Taj Gibson – As expected, played a ton for his D, and the stats bore it out. I think I used that phrase correctly, I messed up “peaked my interest” before! I think that’s still wrong! Anywho, 22 minutes of 5/10 with 3 blocks. The 3 TO hurt, but pretty sure at least 2 of those were offensive fouls. Oh, and he also fouled out. If he knew his sixth personal was coming, I would’ve expected another kick to Matthew Dellavedova….
Derrick Rose – The overall line is pretty blah (18/1/5/1/0 on 8-22 FG), but at least he looked healthy. Hard to score when the basket is blurry! Played 32 and a half minutes as well, and survived a bad landing on either his ankle or knee at one point. If he stays healthy for two weeks, you probably need to get rid of him faster than Rush Limbaugh off Sunday NFL Countdown.
Tony Snell – So smooooooooooth. 11/2/0/0/0 and pretty boring, but so smoooooooth. I’m saying that in the voice of the Honest Trailer guy. Had one nice pump fake to get a Cav to jump way past him and swish a deep two. I wish he was given a little more opportunity in the system. Deep league ownable and obvious ThrAGNOF (2 treys last night).
Pau Gasol – LIFE FINDS A WAY! You’ll just have to excuse Dr. Malcolm, he sucks at everything except laughing and having a sweaty stomach. Had an atrocious game (1-7 FG 2 PTS 2 REB), but gave you usability with a 6-block effort including a game winning swat of a passive LeBron layup. Pau also chipped in a steal and had no TO in 32 minutes. You’ll have to take it!
Jimmy Butler – Godzilla is awesome. 17/5/2/2/1, did miss his two treys, but shot 6-14 and 5-5 FT with no TO. You metrics whore, you!
Kirk Hinrich – Wow, surprised he got a DNP-CD. As an E’Twaun Moore owner in REL, as soon as I saw Aaron Brooks come in for Rose, I thought for sure Moore was out of the rotation despite a nice preseason. But in he came and played a really nice 14 minutes (5-8 FG, 1 trey, 11/3/1 no TO). Brooks forced shots and didn’t look great, pretty encouraged for Moore for the deepest of deepers.
LeBron James – Man, the mockery for his new back treatment routine is going to be fun this year! When he comes out of the game, he lays on a rolled towel next to the bench to keep his back loose. LeBron, laying on his back, staying loose… He’s all about being sure there’s ample baby powder too! 25/10/5/1/0 with only 1 TO in a nice debut, but as mentioned above, the hopeful game-tying shot was pretty passive. Also missed all of his FT attempts (0-3), with the first one barely hitting iron. Looked healthy otherwise, at least, except ya know… The Alopecia without the headband…
Kevin Love – Yeesh, what was he wearing around his head?! It was like LeBron’s used headband’s elastic. This thin little grey thing, and Love doesn’t even have long hair! Get outta here with that, Love! 18/8/4/0/2 with 3 treys, two of them coming in a last minute comeback effort. Looked pretty good; I still have a worry either he or LeBron get to 70 games, even off an 0-1 start. Is it just me, or does every LeBron team seem to have a slow start…?
Mo Williams – Woooooo! Who has been saying to draft him all offseason?! 19/4/7/1/1 with three treys on 7-15 shooting in a crazy multi-cat line. Love he changed his number to 52 as well, that’s my lucky number! Obviously not expecting nights like this every game out until Kyrie Irving is back, but actually, I could see it being kinda close! If you’re a Mo owner and Kyrie is on an opponent’s team, this might be an epic sell-high moment in a deal to them.
Timofey Mozgov – Healthcare.Mozgov proved that while he is going to be worth a final roster spot in 12ers, you’re going to have an itchy trigger finger on his cut button virtually every night. Only 21 minutes for 5/5/2/0/2. A low line with the blocks wouldn’t have been the worst thing in the world until you look at 2-6 FG, 1-2 FT, and 3 TO. Ew.
Tristan Thompson – I literally fell asleep for a few minutes after typing his name.
Anderson Varejao – Got 12 minutes, and his only shot was a jumper and had 2 boards and 1 block. I hate the Cavs C… Bring back Ilgauskas!
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – Ohhhhhh no… This new batch is so good! It’s uncut! 99% pure with giant crystals! My KCP addiction is back into full force, with me pulling tricks in the alley just for one more sweet taste! Game-high 21 PTS in a 21/4/1/1/0 line hitting 4-7 from downtown and all 3 of his freebies – a shocking poor part of his game his first two seasons. Admittedly, one FT hit the front rim and got a shooters’ roll in, but still. He missed his last 3 FG with two frantic putback jumpers, so even the FG% could’ve been better. Played a boatload of minutes, looks locked in, my inexplicable rank is looking a bit better.
Marcus Morris – Every shot I kept thinking, “Marcus Morris is taking a lot of shots…” Led the Pistons in FGA hitting 6-19 for 18/10/4 with a trey. By far the best Pistons line-up looked to be moving Morris to the 4 and bringing the well-tuned StanJo in for the 3. Unfortunately, Ersan Ilyasova still played 34 minutes. I could actually see the Six-Foot-Turkey the first one to be phased out for minutes for StanJo before Morris twin numero dos. He probably needs to be added in virtually all 10/12ers.
Stanley Johnson – Boy is bigggggggg. Watching some summer ball and a tad of preseason, I thought he just looked big against some weak competish, but he’s a big boy! 7/4/3/0/0 in his debut, shooting only 3-10 with a trey with a few forced shots in there. That said – and as mentioned above – I think he could sneak in for more and more minutes with Ersan looking very meh.
Reggie Jackson – Looked fine out there, for a decent 15/8/5 with 2 treys and 5-5 FT. Didn’t blow you away, but didn’t need to this game.
Andre Drummond – Did his normal swag for a near Goromotaro for 18/19/3/1/2. While awesome, he took a lot of forced post shots that didn’t look fundamental at all, leading to his 6-16 FG. A little scary after his awful FG% early last year. Missed his first two FT, and had a ugly one towards the end, but sandwiched in between there was a 6-7 streak at the stripe. Maybe there’s a glimmer of hope for FT%!
Paul Millsap – No steals or blocks, but his O looked great on some iso fadeaways for a 19/8/3 line on 7-15 shooting with a pair of treys.
Al Horford – Flashed that expanded 3PT game hitting a trey, and got 15-16’s first rainbow line! 15/4/4/2/3 on 6-11 shooting. By far the best Big Al in the NBA.
Kyle Korver – If only someone was constantly saying they were worried Korver would start slow! 7/2/1/1/0 in 29 minutes, hitting only 1-5 from deep. With two surgeries, “he’s more machine now, than man!”
Kent Bazemore – Well, that stream didn’t go so hot… 0/7/1/0/0 shooting 0-3, with an absurd 4 TO. Regarding the starting 5, I don’t know if he staysmore.
Hawks PG – Mmmmmmm Dennis Schroder looked goooooood. 25 minutes of 20/3/4/2/0 with only 1 TO and hit a pair of treys flashing a nice expanded range. Slashed with the efficiency of Sharon Stone with an ice pick. And while you can’t overreact to +/-, had a +4 to Jeff Teague‘s -23. Teague had an uncharacteristic 5 TO, but maybe the most interesting takeaway is they indeed played a few minutes together in the 4th. I’d add the German where I could in 12ers and he should be owned in all the RCLs after this performance/seeing a PG tandem.
Mike Muscala – Looked to have a bad ankle sprain, and is likely out a while. Before the injury, we didn’t see Mike Scott until late in the 2nd half. Scott looks completely out of the Hawks rotation, and I can think of 10.9 reasons why. I have a great sitcom idea, it’s a show called “Mike and Molly”! Wait, there’s one called that already…?
Lamar Patterson – I know almost nothing about this guy, and he was the biggest out-of-nowhere surprise for 18 minutes. Gets a star on the watch list for the 20-teamers…
Klay Thompson – Got into a little foul trouble, and got into A LOT of TO trouble. 3-8 FG, no treys, 9/4/3/1/1 with 7 TO. Hey, at least he hit the multicat in 26 minutes! Right up there with Brow for some buy lows. I know it sounds comical to you well-informed Razzballers, but people get panicky!
Andrew Bogut – Conked heads with Dante Cunningham, and with a mask to protect a broken nose, he broke his face. Bled all over the place, but nothing a few stitches won’t heal. Could miss the next Warriors outing, which would make Festus Ezeli a really interesting stream for the deep leagues. In his run off the bench last night, Ezeli looked reallllly good for 13/4/1/1/1 on 6-10 FG. Cunningham was looking awesome before exiting with a possible concussion, and might have to enter the concussion protocol. In 27 minutes, he was 13/2/0/0/0 with a couple of treys, but looked like he belonged on a starting line-up for a bad team.
James Michael McAdoo – Dropped him in REL due to Snell manning my IL spot (sorry RCL players that Yahoo abruptly switched their “INJ” and “Out” designations), and when he came into the game I was pretty mad. And then he did the weirdest role reversal ever, somehow hitting both his FT in only 2:31, but committing 2 TO and 4 fouls. Just plain odd for an awful FT-shooting post player. But for the deepest of deep daily leagues, no Bogut could open up some run. Although he got in before Jason Thompson, who was a DNP-CD. Very odd.
Ryan Anderson – I really thought he’d contribute more, but only got 29 minutes and 7 shots, on a team completely bereft of playmakers. As soon as Gentry decided to bench Jrue Holiday (not playing on back-to-backs, and got a late scratch to play tonight instead), he was pretty much conceding a win in this game. Way to throw your first game as NO head coach by giving it to your former team, Gentry! Crook.
NATE ROBINSON IS DEAD TO ME – Picked up two quick fouls, and then day-old Ish Smith went nuts. Honestly, Smith looked like the second best player on the floor next to Brow for the Pels for a lot of the night. That said, by the 4th quarter he had a few awful labradoodles. Literally doubled Robinson’s minutes playing a ridiculous 38 to his 19, and put up 17/2/9/3/0 with only 2 TO and hitting 1-2 from deep. What an awful rotation, and I’m having a crazy deja vu with a similar situation with the New Orleans PG last year. It wasn’t really, just that Jrue got hurt early, and in a complete 180, Brow was awesome on opening night. I had to fact check that. Anyway, I’m procrastinating the point – Nate, you’re awful! Took one shot, ONE, on a team that needs offense. Then he got two fouls and let Ish Smith, just off his final shift from the local grocery store, run away with the backup PG role. All this said, as TNT astutely reported during the broadcast (unlike saying multiple times that Brow was a 54% FT shooter), Smith is on his 9th NBA team in 5 years. Plus he couldn’t lock down the Sixers PG role with emphasis when given a shot last year. It’s all just an absolute mess; maybe in deep 14ers you give Ish a shot, and Nate only in the deepest of 20s to see what happens the rest of the week. I’m guessing Ish is first off the bench behind Jrue tonight.
GEORGE KARL IS DEAD TO ME – I don’t usually preview tonight’s games in the daily notes, but after I reported on the pod that Karl was pumping Willie Cauley-Stein as his starter, he’s now saying Kosta Koufos will start tonight due to the tough matchup on Blake Griffin. Whatever. DAMMIT CARL!
I hope everyone had a great opening night, but this evening is where it really counts! We’ve got a full slate to see how your full line-up plays out. But whatever happens, don’t overreact to one game. It’s a long season ahead! Happy 2015-16, Razzball Nation!
Had a 12 team H2H Yahoo league draft and I was wondering if I could get your opinion on my team. 9 category league with AST/TO Ratio instead of TO.
PG: Elfrid Payton
SG: Eric Bledsoe
G: George Hill
SF: Andrew Wiggins
PF: Lebron James
F: Al Horford
C: Derrick Favors
C: John Henson
Util: Deron Williams
Util: Jordan Clarkson
Bench: Tyreke Evans
Bench: Joe Johnson
Bench: Otto Porter
Haha I feel like my big man stats are weak but in a league that has AST/TO, I felt like it overly favored quantity of guards so I tried to go with PG quantity but not sure if I was able to reach that Center quality. Maybe try to trade Deron Williams for Robin Lopez?
@Eric: It looks pretty strong, love the Horford/Favors start on bigs but I agree you came up one short with one extra PG. So yeah turn Deron into a big with at least 1.0 blocks and you will be tough to beat in any category.
@Eric: @Slim: Agree with Slim, love that deal for this team to get one more consistent blocker. Evans will be a great value if he can come back healthy
@JB Gilpin: haha thanks for the confirmation, little weary about evans but I think he’s worth holding onto on a team like that.
@Eric: Any time!
@Slim: thanks, much appreciated! I’ll go ahead and look for a trade.
drummond beasted as expected, but i still don’t fully trust him (and based on your writeup, you don’t really either). paired with curry, its just tough.
would you trade him straight up for ibaka or marc gasol?
do any of these trade offers sound appealing to you? will float the ones you think are solid:
drum/wade for ibaka/elfrid
drum/wade for ibaka/g.hill
drum/wade for mgasol/mirotic
@hamtime: Yeah those guys are above Drummond unless you are fully embracing the punt FT build. I trust Drummond to be amongst the league leaders in boards, top 10-15 in blocks, and top 5 in steals for a big, and he’ll be a well above average scorer for a big. I think the FG% will be fine just not excessively high end. With that said if you aren’t FULLY embracing the FT punt then I would take all of those trades for Drummond. But… I think all 3 of the ‘throw ins’ are better than DWade too.
@hamtime: @Slim: Well it’s hard to pass too much judgment on one game, but the 6-16 FG was no fluke, a lot of wild “post” shots. Yeah if you’re not punting FT, def doing it for Ibaka. Gasol… Depends. I’d definitely get that Elfrid one if possible!
I think people need to actually read and appreciate the write-up first before asking for an opinion on their team… Just saying. Lol
Curry was indeed on fire, way to drop 40 points. I wish Dame does this on a regular basis. Hah! The good news is the NBA is finally back, the bad news is that not a single player on my team played! What a bummer.
I’m wondering why RJax had more boards than dimes! And why was rose taking too many shots?!?! I mean if you’re having trouble with your vision why take 22 shots?!?! Doesn’t make sense to me.
Just have one good question tho, does ESPN (I know you’re a yahoo guy but can you ask the other razzball people haha) have a limit on games played per week? Thanks brotha
@Dante Green: In H2H there should never be a games limit, but I don’t know how ESPN works. Reggie will be fine. Marcus had a much bigger role than anticipated but that should tail off a bit since Reggie is obviously a much better player. What I was watching for were the 3s and steals. 2 of each is a great start! If he gets both to 1.5 per game he’s going to be a monster in fantasy.
@Dante Green: @Slim: Hah it’s all good 🙂 Hahaha good point on Rose. He must’ve embellished a tad. Everyone is so used to him being so hurt all the time! I’m not in ESPN leagues this year, last time I played there definitely wasn’t, I doubt there is
Hey JB,
HOLY SHOES for NATE ROBINSON. Help me. Experienced drowning today when I checked the first of fantasy. 20er, really in need of PGs. Drop now and never look back? Or should we still see what happens for this week?
What just happened today?!
@Kris:
Actually, here’s my plan. Cory Joseph is available so… Drop Nate for Tony Wroten and place him in the inury list thennn I’ll go get Joseph. Well?
@Kris: Yeah I’d go Joseph over Nate pretty easily. Way more season long value.
@Kris: @Slim: Yup agree, stash Wroten and own Cojo
ok I put Covington on IR and quickly nabbed ish smith. he looks fantastic, I was going to user my waiveron nate robinson but I think ish smith looks like a better pg than nate
do ya think ish smith will be a better pickup than nate during this injury run of the pelicans?
@Michael: Yes. Nate has always been best served as instant offense off the bench and even then he was better at the 2. Ish is at least a capable PG.
@Michael: @Slim: Yup I do, but I don’t think Ish will be consistent all year at all either, still will be behind Jrue who will be playing his 20 minutes most of the time.
Schroeder or Calderon?
@Lasandro: I guess I’ll stick with Jose for the assists and presumably more 3s, and probably more consistent minutes. But I would be shocked if he outscores Schroder. Maybe a bit team dependent and if I had the choice I’m probably taking the upside of Schroder vs the downside of Calderon.
@Lasandro: @Slim: That’s a great question. I’m kinda leaning owning Schroder right now too, but I still feel like Calderon might be the better bet for season-long, metrics value due to more 3s/AST/lower TO
hi guys good work on the podcast. enjoyed the arny voice inserts. could be used in so many funny segments
would also like to get an opinion on my team
9 cat H2H drafted from the 9th position
CP3, Ibaka, Oladipo, Bosh, Gortat, Ariza, Payton, Tyson Chandler, Deron Williams, Yusef Nurkic, Arron Gordon, Marcus Smart, K-mart
put nurkic to IR and picked up Gerald Green
Think i have all round good team maybe light on points but elsewhere seems good.
Thanks
@n-dawg: Haha thanks man! Glad I did that spur of the moment. Yeah AST look good, LIke your bigs, nice %s, and hah I didn’t get to your last line and was thinking light on PTS as well. Easy stat to stream. Any time!
@JB Gilpin:
If you picked 9th and still got CP3, damn I want to be in that league!
@draco21: Ha he was thinking cha-ching!
Yep… Gotta love Detroit running such a tight rotation. Besides Stanley the bench barely played. Marcus took too many mid-range shots, could run into a few FG% problems. KCP looked healthy and I don’t remember seeing Stanley playing any SG but it kind of makes sense all things considered (like ATL going 2 PGs for big stretches). Drummond’s “shooting” was a lot of 2-3 o-boards and missed tip ins. He’ll be fine but he’s not going to be a .600 FG% guy again.
Schroder played next to Teague a TON! I quickly checked all my leagues and he isn’t available anywhere… darn. Although with neither able to do much defensively against KCP we might have to take it game by game. We may have been a bit too low on Al Horford this year, the added 3s make him a legit 9cat contributor. He could easily finish top 10-15 with the metrics.
I didn’t watch the late game but the reports on Cunningham seem ok. Not that anyone besides me (my REL team) should care. Although with some added 3s (and huge minutes) he isn’t entirely useless… Fortunately on a full slate tonight there’s no reason to play him. I added Ish in the only league I could. Eh, we’ll see how that goes, I don’t have particularly high hopes and I’ll probably drop him before I ever even play him.
@Slim:
Yea Al Horford is gonna be a fantasy stud. Damn JB told me to drop Morris for Porzingis…i hope Porzingis at least puts up a favorable line tonight.
Nate Robinson is dead to me. He got 5…5! fanduel points, therefore i have to hate ish smith too cause he took all the mins and was ball hogging the whole time. Pass the damn ball!
@Jeremy: Porzingis has some shot blocking upside that Marcus doesn’t. He won’t get the minutes but he could very well contribute in more cats. I had no part of Nate last night. Yeah!
@Jeremy: @Slim: I of course was bouncing between the two games, but a lot were bad missed post shots too for Drum. But he should be fine, just a one-game observation. Yeah I’m pretty low on Ish too, we’ll see how they run it tonight.
Hah well hopefully I looked at your team and saw you could use some blk 🙂 Didn’t think Morris would be nearly this involved. Still only 1 game.
Wow, for a 1 game stream (OK a dud in DFS obviously), Nate on a 3-game slate gave 3 AST 1 STL with no TO and 0-1, it wasn’t the worst thing to happen. I’m about to get pretty ranty
Hey JB are you starting Jrue or sitting him with the 20 minute limit.. If you are sitting him are you starting kcp or jordan clarkson? I guess kcp after that nice performance.. Am I starting Kieff and galinari over aaron Gordon?
@Clos: With Gordon missing a bunch of time I’d call him the most ‘wait-and-see’ of the group. Clarkson vs KCP could go either way but both are well ahead of Jrue, assuming he even plays…
@Slim: alright thanks slim
@Slim: @Clos: I’d be looking at the matchup as best I could, if you still feel behind in 3s against a good 3PT team I might KCP, but I would likely play Clarkson. And yeah, I love Gordon but I’d rather the other two
@JB Gilpin: Actually, Jrue looks good. Would rather play Jrue over KCP. Dunno bout you but KCP looks THRAGNOFFY (sp) but Jrue has legit asst stls upside. FG going bonkers tho.
@draco21: Hah well done on the term use 🙂 I was considering that as a one-game start, and might still play KCP in some macthups over Jrue for the next month. Overall I’ll stay with Jrue though
Hey jb,
Lillard, teague, collison
Rjax, clarkson
Tjones, mirotic, hood
Blake, kristaps, hump
Hibbert, kanter
14 teamer. Should i lose someone for Schroder? Ill be really heavy at guard but im confident i can trade one off fairly easily.
@J: The PG depth is nuts. For me it comes down to Hood, Hump, or Kanter. I’m not a fan of Kanters game but I imagine you are in no hurry to drop him. Hood looks to have a pretty major role off the bench while Hump has less of a role as a starter. Tough call but if I’m picking 1 to go it would be Humphries. And yes if you get Schroder I would then look to move a PG for a big, preferably one who can block a shot.
@J: @Slim: Yup I was thinking Hump too before reading Slim’s comment. Just more value, and then yeah, explore some early trading
mix start for me today… with lebron and anderson… wasn’t that bad..
i have a decision to make of which 3 to play…
Gay, Okafor, Lopez (currently) bench: collison mudiay R anderson…
anyone secret news on Gay or any changes i should make??
@TheJohn: Gay’s wife had a baby. That’s why he is listed as DTD. I see no reason why he can’t play tonight, so I think he’ll play. He is so much better than your other guys that I think you have to start him unless news comes out that he will miss tonights game.
@Ryan: thanks ryan… i see on that part… what about the other 2 slot? am i getting it right?
i have a hunch Ryno or mundial can go big…
@Slim: any help sir?
@TheJohn: Gay and RoLo (I assume) I think are for sure. I’m not a big fan of Okafor since he might be rough on FT% and TOs but Anderson on a back to back isn’t exactly ideal and Collison’s role is still a bit up in the air so I’ll wait on those 2. Okafor @Bos or Mudiay @Hou. I’ll go with Okafor since Mudiay will probably be just as bad to percents and TOs and if Beverley covers Mudiay it might get really bad. Alright, I choose the 3 you did.
@Ryan: @TheJohn: @Slim: Yeah Gay and Rolo are locks. Ugh, I don’t want to start Okafor tonight. I’m kinda leaning Mudiay
@TheJohn: thanks guys!!! I guess i hav to toss a coin btw mudiay or okafor!!
@TheJohn: Tails!
@JB Gilpin: i went tails with okafor… but i guess anderson and mudiay raping lopez and dirk… :S
tough day gotta move on!
@TheJohn: Yeah Knicks ran their minutes very odd. Dirk was solid though! He probably woulda played more if not a blowout. Mudiay was awwwwwful in 9cat though, cost 9catters TO, especially next to Okafor!
@JB Gilpin: do u think i should stick lopez in tomorrow? or should focus on ryno and other from now on!!
@TheJohn: Think you go with Ryno. Knicks depth looks legit. KOQ is KOQ-in iykwim
@draco21: Remind me of format? If no blk need, then ya def Ryno
@JB Gilpin: 9 Cat roto
@TheJohn: Yeah those Okafor TO hurt in roto!
Hi, what do you think of my team? I’m not confident enough of my team this year. 12 man 9 cat roto legue
Russell Westbrook
Monta Ellis
Reggie Jackson
Draymond Green
Thaddeus Young
Derrick Favors
Rudy Gobert
Dwight Howard
JR Smith
Joakim Noah
Clint Capela
Kyle O’Quinn
Jae Crowder
Thanks!
@Sleepy Eyed Assassin: Looks pretty good, TO in a roto are going to get a little out of control. Also Howard/Rudy/Noah will really hurt FT%, Dwight is borderline unownable in roto and hurts TO and FT for your squad, if you could get much for him I’d look to deal.
@JB Gilpin: Thanks, man.
Man alive, Gentry’s rotations were odd last night. Ryno didn’t see a single first-quarter minute. But Ajinca got a handful. The Twitterverse was starting to speculate that Anderson was being disciplined, was getting the Jrue’d (last-minute scratch), or had fallen out of the rotation…I was having minor panic attacks since I’ve hitched my wagon to a 6MOY-calibre campaign from RA. Hopefully a B2B with the JailBlazers is just what the doc ordered for both Ryno & Brow.
Also – was Harrison Barnes pressing or what? Started 0-fer-7 and you could see he was trying to guide his shot in. Sometimes guys who are playing for a big contract flourish (see: Jimmy Butler), and sometimes they put so much pressure on themselves the things that made them valuable in the first place start to disappear. Salvaged a bit of value with a trey, steal, nine rips and three dimes. But a 3-12 mark from the field from a guy that shot 48% last year isn’t a great start.
All in all a very enjoyable opening night that ended just in time to catch the last of World Series Game 1. Congrats to anyone who faded Brow in DFS last night in favor of Steph or Drummond – always a risky proposition (especially in cash games) but when it works out, you feel pretty darn good about it.
On to a big Wednesday night slate…let’s get it!
@Matty: Hah yeah I was shocked Ryno didn’t play more or get more shots, on a team needing offense. They looked god awful.
Meh, maybe he was a little but it’s only one game for Barnes. He’s just so boring to me anyway, I barely remember him playing haha. Pssshhhh baseball is still happening?
Hi Slim,
How’s my team? 10 team roto, 10 cat (FTM)
PG: Teague, Collison, Clarkson
SG: Harden, JR. Smith, Jeremy Lin
SF: Batum, Draymond, Otto Porter
PF: Millsap, Dieng
C: Gortat, Chandler, Karl Anthony Towns
Seems like my weakness is scoring. Should I target: Gay, Griffin, Isaiah Thomas? Who should I look to trade.
@Michael: I guess scoring isn’t amazing but at least you have Harden chipping in a huge number. FG% is pretty solid considering your guards are all pretty high end. FT% and FTM is extremely high, well made is probably avg. 3s are good but not quite extreme. Boards could use a little help. Assists are solid considering there’s so many out of position. Steals are good. Blocks aren’t special… TOs are fine. So I’m thinking a rebounder/shot blocker/decent scorer and I’m not too concerned about percents. Favors would be nice. I don’t think IT2/3rds in necessary, Blake is ok but I would prefer a little better blocker, Gay is alright but I don’t really want to give anything up to get him. The toughest part is that I don’t see anyone I’m in a hurry to trade away. Everyone seems to serve a pretty important purpose.
@Slim:
Thanks Slim.
So Khris Humphries might be an option as a scorer, rebounder, and shot blocker?
@Slim: @Mike: Yeah I agree, really good balance. I think you have enough chipping in BLK that you’re solid there too. I think the pricetag for those 3 right now is a little too high. I dunno if Hump blocks too much, and I don’t see a good drop for him, I think you’re solid as is right now
am I tripping out
yahoo rank damian lillard at 343 and nate robinson at 53? I even screen capped this
@Michael:
nvm I realized it is only based off one game ranking
@Michael: Yeah I’m going to ignore ranks until everyone plays a half dozen games or so.
@Michael: @Slim: I kinda ignore Yahoo ranks all year haha
I almost fell over my chair when I read your KCP blurb! HAHAHA! Thanks again for all the hardwork! I really wanted to join in one of the RCLs but the time difference thing was just a hassle. It would have been 2am in the morning where I live during the live drafts – no go. Nevertheless, I look forward to the great content that will be here as always!
Let me start the year with a question:
Would you trade James Harden for Kevin Durant straight up? Not talking about lineups just a direct player-for-player trade.
@LOLER: I’m going to stick with Harden. Basically it’s FG% vs steals/assists. I’ll take the steals/assists. I’m kind of banking on Durant regressing a bit in steals/blocks as he gets older. Not a ton but still I don’t think he’ll reach Harden levels.
@LOLER: @Slim: Haha thanks man! Yeah we had one or two international drafts with a better time, but only a quick few 🙁 I’m sticking with Harden too, they’re close, but Harden is a little younger and a little safer to me too
RAZZUP BOYS?!!! and thats why you get curry over davis! ha!… joke. just 1 game, but still curry as num 1 this year for me. pairing him up with either drumm/dj in a punt ft build.
anyways, whats up with aminu as bust for you guys?! its not like ur picking him top 75. at around pick 100, late 8th early 9th round, i think the upside is worth it! i have him in both of my teams this season, i can see him as draymond lite this year. lets go AFA!!! hehe
@MAC: I think only one of my leagues had Drummond make it back to the 24/25 turn. I think that build is probably a pretty rare one. I guess DeAndre would work fine but I’m not sure I would want to punt FTs without Drummond. If like MGasol or Horford made it to 24 I think I would take one of them instead.
Yeah I’m not sure Aminu could be a bust considering his draft position. I don’t think Hendu or Crabbe will take his job or anything like that. Seems pretty reliable…
@MAC: @Slim: Hahaha well def looks that way so far! Curry indeed looked unreal. Hah, yeah I commented that on the Podcast that I probably picked someone pre-ranked too low, but whatever – YOU SEE SLIM’S RESPONSE?! AND YOU’RE YELLING AT ME?!
@JB Gilpin: gasol and horford making it at 24/25 is more rare compared to either DJ/Drumm. anyways, id still go 1 of the punt ft bigs than marc and horf to build around steph.
haha!!! just looked at the column again, ur the only one jb with aminu as bust, thought there were several of u guys. hehe. anyways, no ones yelling around here!!! as usual, nyc work guys.
its definitely a different feel having a top pick than a late pick. last season i had 11th pick, and every week my team had a underdog us against the world feel. ha!
this season, with both of my teams having pick 1, its like pressure to win every week. ha! again!
@MAC: Hah you know I’m kiddin, those picks are all for fun anyway. Yeah you’re the hunted, not the hunter!
Slim, im in a 9 team espn roto 8 cat league,can u please tell me what u think of my team?
Pg-Paul
Sg-Ellis
Sf-Gallinari
Pf-P.Gasol
C-Drummond
G-Wall
F-Horford
Util-D.Jordan
Util-K.Walker
Util-Payton
Bn-Matthews
Bn-Ariza
Bn-A.Burks
@Cohen: Drummond and DeAndre in Roto is going to make it tough to win. I think one needs to be moved. PGs are solid so I think I would try to get a big back. I know not the easiest thing to do but I just don’t think you can afford to start Drummond/DeAndre every time out. 3s are a bit low with Ariza/Matthews on the bench so I might look to get some starts out of them. Not Matthews till he’s playing 30 min but Ariza for sure.
@Slim: thank u
@Cohen: @Slim: @Cohen: Yeah AST look good, I kinda worry TO are a little high too for a roto as it stands now, just soemthing to monitor. I might try DeAndre + a PG for an elite big
@JB Gilpin: what about DeAndre for Gortat,too much to give up?
@Cohen: Yeah that’s too much to trade away
@JB Gilpin: JB,what about Jordan and Kemba for Milsap?
@Cohen: Ohhhhhh now you’re talkin! Millsap is great in roto
@JB Gilpin: cool thanks
Yo JB,
Would you take Cousins & Lillard or Harden & MGasol?
@WillieStone: Phew. Some big names there… I don’t know… I guess I’ll go Harden/MGasol. More assists, less FG% issues, Greater FT%, Fewer TOs, more steals. I guess it isn’t as close as I 1st thought.
Thanx Slim! I feel the same way.
@Slim: @WillieStone: Hah yeah I was leaning Harden side too 🙂
Hey JB!
I asked you about your favorite sleepers coming into the year but what about Slims? Just curious
Thanks man this site has always helped me out
@Connor: It’s not that different of a list than JBs.
PGs… Collison, Clarkson, Smart, Burks
Wings… Stanley, Covington (yeah I know…), Porter
Bigs… Porzingis, Meyers Leonard, Capela, Turner, Aaron Gordon
Deeper leagues… Canaan, Warren, Hood, Humphries, Steven Adams
@Connor: @Slim: Agree with virtually all of those, I still think Meyers Leonard might be a tad overdrafted in some leagues, but that’s about it
@JB Gilpin: I was thinking about this and realized I left out Jordan Clarkson. I’m not sure he qualifies as a sleeper around these parts but in general he probably qualifies.
@Slim: or I simply can’t read my own hand typing.
@Slim: Hahaha, I was about to say… BAck to 2nd grade for you, you need that lined paper!
Drop Burke and take a chance of Schroeder?
@I am the Walrus: Hmm… could go either way. I’m going to say No until we see what happens in Utah. Schroder was great and all but he did only get 25 min, there could be some inconsistency there.
@I am the Walrus: @Slim: I’m having it queued up and really thinking about it, Snyder is saying Neto might start
I hate veto’s but would you veto Drummond and Rondo for Harden?
@I am the Walrus: Nah. If they are already in a punt FT build then Harden loses a ton of value to him. And maybe they believe Rondo will be the Celtics Rondo. Eh, it’s not league breaking.
@I am the Walrus: @Slim: I hate vetoes too, and I’d have to let it slide. I’d be frustrated though!
Hey JB,
Remember how you said Robinson would help, given that ‘Reke was out? I stared at that 0-1 line for a while. :C I just grabbed Marcus Morris instead, maybe it’s time to punt TO’s for a bit until Reke returns haha. Unless I should pick up the ISH man? (Wall and CJ as my PG eligible players atm)
@Clem: You haven’t lost TOs yet… But yeah Marcus should have been owned. He looks like a major piece of the Detroit pie.
@Clem: @Slim: Sorry in advance for the rant! When did I tell you that? In my final rank updates I was already worried about Ish before the signing was official – http://basketball.razzball.com/official-razzball-2015-2016-fantasy-basketball-rankings
I was much bigger on Nate before the signing.
Then yesterday morning I said it hurts any medium term upside – http://basketball.razzball.com/it-all-starts-here-baby
Then last night Ish plays 38 minutes after being signed a day.
And even with all that, Nate gives you 3 AST 1 STL with no TO and only missing one shot, on a day when barely anyone played. I am not that mad about it in the 1 12er I used him, and he was cut by the 2nd qtr. Obviously Morris was a better stream, but I have him ranked as a guy to be owned in all leagues already, so of course I woulda used Morris! As Slim mentions. He’s a hold over Ish
Maybe LeBron could get one of those tiaras that Love was wearing to cover up his spot. I actually give him props for not covering it up with a headband. It was veering into Bret Michaels’ territory (http://bit.ly/1kacvXV). Go bald or go home!
@Pete Nice: I’m not sure the $77 Million endorsement deal from hair club for men would have allowed him to wear the headband. Fortunately I don’t know what going bald is like… yet…
@Pete Nice: @Slim: Hahaha, all he has to do is the Kobe full shave, and he’d be fine!
Well yesterday couldn’t have been more horrific. Only players I had playing were Mozgov and Robinson. Didn’t watch the NO game, but was just staring at my scoreboard wondering how in the hell Robinson got like no minutes even with Jrue not in the lineup. I dropped him harder than a rock after seeing that line. Scratch that, I dropped him harder than a massive two ton boulder after seeing that line.
Only question is who do I replace him with for the light schedule day tomorrow?
Notable FA’s: Mahinmi, Galloway, Bazemore, KOQ, CJ Miles
Leaning Mahinmi. I’m a big heavy team, but I’m going up against a team with Drummond and Gobert this week,
@Ryan: Yeah if you’re (nearly) guaranteed to win FTs then Mahinmi is the guy. Can’t trust Galloway but he should be a decent glue guy with Afflalo down. Bazemore is unplayable… O’Quinn should be ok but he isn’t the shotblocker Mahinmi is and I’m not sure what kind of minutes he gets. Miles is just a streamer for 3s if that was your biggest need.
I didn’t have Nate anywhere. Yeah. I had Mozgov on one team and I think I dropped him this morning… I hope I dropped him. He’s so bleh!
@Ryan: @Slim: Robinson gave you something with no TO for a last pick, and yes he’s gone for me too. Wasn’t the worst thing in the world as you can read above. Def Mahinmi for me too. Mahinmi was owned in my league, I already dropped Nate for CJ Miles by the 2nd quarter in the one 12er I have him haha. Mozgov I own in one league too, the TO were annoying…
hi slim/jb. 2 questions:
1. i own olynyk in a 16m/11cat. i hate him. would you drop him for:
capella, dwight powell, david west, stauskis, neto – looking for overall best value
2. tj warren is my last add in a 14m/9 cat league. again, looking for overall value. drop for:
capella, dwight powell, hood, mahinmi, patterson, adams, mahinmi or hold
thanks!
@hamtime:
1.Yeah I’m not a fan of Olynyk either… I would go Capela for the upside.
2.Hood vs Warren is close. If either is named starter then that would be the guy. I’ll lean Hood for 3s though.
@hamtime: @Slim: 1. I’m lukewarm on Olynyk, but yeah gimme Capella as well. 2. Shocked Jazz are contemplating starting Hood. Depends on need, I am leaning Mahinmi unless FT% is average and you already have good big men
Any time!
J Noah looked like he had low energy. What about his role going forward?
@Eric: Yeah then he got hurt. Seemed just like a knee to knee, but I still think he’s gonna end up a 25 MPG guy, if not higher
Hi SLim,
Question for tonights games. who should i play? Henson or Aaron gordon? I have a full slate of games and have to chose between on of them. For HEnson will he get the mins? and as for gordon is his injured fot behind him? Im not looking for any stat in particular just the better fantasy contribution.
Thanks
@Ed: Hmm… No Antetok and no Parker vs the Knicks… I’m not 100% sure Henson gets to 20 minutes but I’m also not sure Gordon is 100% healthy. I’ll go Henson.
@Ed: @Slim: Yeah having no Giannis or Parker stretches them thin. I think it’s maddddd close, I’m actually kinda leaning Gordon, but I love me some Gordon
Hi , jb. Is it possible to balance out Drummond FT pct. in roto. I got curry. Durant, Conley. Alec burks, Otto porter,
Other bad FT shooter are Terrance jones and al Jefferson .
@Nont Nontiskul: Yeah as long as you don’t mind a middle of the pack finish, I think it’s fine with TJones a low volume
Yoo guys,
the german looked real good last night, thinking of dropping miles turner for him but not sure if i’m being too quick to the trigger given that miles hasnt played a regular game yet. what do you guys think? heres my team 9 cat 12tm hth.. maybe even calderon or evan turner considering im probably light on assists
Damian Lillard
Andrew Wiggins
Draymond Green
Markieff Morris
Rudy Gobert
Jordan Clarkson
Myles Turner
Andre Drummond
Terrence Jones
Alec Burks
Stanley Johnson
Aaron Gordon
@Tim: Yeah your blocks look great, but one more hitting 3s would help. I’m too bullish on Myles to recommend dropping him, but Schroder should be owned. Very nice roster in a 12er. Burks coming off the bench is a little worrisome if they go that way, and he’s not a deep shooter, he might be my cut but I wish we could wait until tonight
@JB Gilpin: yeah great point about burks, no ones picked up schroder yet so maybe he’ll stay on the wire a bit longer… on that note though i have burks starting over myles and gordon tonight, you think thats the right call?
I’ve got my h2h match most likely stomped in blocks and boards regardless… he probably has me beat in 3’s and assists and a slight edge on points based on his KD’s performance.. steals will be close, TO’s I definitely have the advantage if lillard doesnt totally bone me
@Tim: That’s a close one between Gordon and Burks tonight… I’ll lean Burks since you aren’t looking for big man stats. If he’s off the bench and only playing 25 mins, def would cut for Schrodes
JB & Slim:
Worth adding Schroder over anyone of these guys on my 10 team, 8 cat roto league?
Clarkson, Keiff, , Carroll
Full team:
Guards – Lillard, Bledsoe, Dragic, Clarkson
SF – Wiggins, Gallinari, Tobias Harris, Carroll
PF/C – Gasol Brothers, Dieng, Gortat, Keiff
Thanks!
@OldMilwaukeePounders: Carroll is very very close, not the asset he is in 9cat… I actually think I would for 8cat and a shallow league and hope it ends up being worth the upside
@JB Gilpin: Do you think it is possible that Schroder could average 1.5 triples, 1.5 steals, 4 dimes a game if his playing time is 25+ MPG?
@OldMilwaukeePounders: 3s maybe, steals might be a tad high, but definitely on the dimes, he was passing really well last night
@JB Gilpin: Thanks, JB! I may do it. I need a boost in dimes, but Carroll may still has the slight edge on STL, RBD, 3s. It seems like either way I go, Schroder or Carroll, I will be deficient in 1 cat or another. Carroll might just have a slightly more rounded line.
Schroder is so much more saucy though…
@OldMilwaukeePounders: Hah yeah classic upside vs. safe. 10 team i go more upside if it’s close. If it were 9cat it’d def still be Carroll
Change anything on this team for tonight?
Pg lilliard
Pg Westbrook
So harden
Sg snell
Sf wiggins
Sf mirotic
Pf randle
Pf Teletovic
C Olynk.
Switch Teletovic for Humphries and Olynk for koufois?
@Smoooty: Def playing Humphries, more minutes. Ummmm, Kouf is supposed to start, if he indeed is in the starting 5 I would play him over Olynyk. It’s kinda arbitrary for the Kings who starts since he and both WCS should play a good bit, but it’s encouraging
@JB Gilpin: Olynyk is suspended for tonight.
@Slim: @Smoooty: @Slim: Oops yeah I knew that. Stupid day 1 suspensions…
Otto porter and griffin or Anthony Davis and Hollis Thompson for tonight
@Dg: DFS right? I think Brow has a monster bounce back, I’d take his side
What is so bad about Ilyasova.
18p 50%FG 3 3pointers 7 rebounds, 3 assists and a block… What’s not to like about that??
@stumlu: Huh? The line was fine, I just said I thought their line-up looked better with Stanley, nothing directly negative about Ersan individually… That was an NBA comment, not a fantasy-line comment, and defense doesn’t translate in fantasy numbers (stanjo a much better defender)
@JB Gilpin: Check!
@stumlu: Sorry if I am still a little rattled at comments, everyone yelling at me for Nate Robinson yet no mention on people mad we said Bazemore could be an OK stream!
@JB Gilpin: Dude don’t sweat the Robinson comments.
I was one of the ppl complaining about Nate, but it wasn’t like I was attacking you or anything. It was logical to think he’d be in line for some major minutes with all of the injuries in the Pel’s backcourt. Nobody expected Ish to just roll off the couch and steal all of those minutes.
@Ryan: Hah thanks man. I’m not really mad about Nate, just that there were worse things that happened! Haha. And at least he’s easily cuttable. I’m about to get grilled on wiggins, so I look forward to that tomo afternoon lol…
Somebody’s gonna have to elaborate on the ” no love for Ilyasova ” after a surprisingly usable line yesterday (aside from the TO). So that said, Moris or Big Tk?
@Ghislain: Not quite sure who you’re asking about…
I said “unfortunately” Ersan played a lot for Stanley owners, and I could see Ersan getting phased out of a few minutes, nothing about how Ersan played bad or his line wasn’t good.
i really want to pick up schroder, i’m torn between who to drop…. guys in my league are usually all over PG’s and Blocks. but he’s not picked up yet. 10team h2h
what would you do ? here’s my team
Pg- wall
Sg-Reggie
G-McCullum
Sf- Batum
PF- Pau
F-Cousins
C-Marc
U-Terrence
U-Gallinari
U-Ryan Anderson
B-Myles Turner
B-Aaron Gordon
B-Cauley-stein
B- Gerald Green
B- Lin
Thanks, your advice is always great!
@nathan: Def losing Gerald Green for him, worried about Green’s consistency in PT off the bench. Any time, thanks so much!
Andrew Bogut – Conked heads with Dante Cunningham, and with a mask to protect a broke nose, he broke his face. Bled all over the place, but nothing a few stitches won’t heal. [b] Probably misses tonight, and makes Festus Ezeli a really interesting stream for the deep leagues[/b]
The Warriors don’t play until Friday, the 30th.
@Richie: Ah thanks, I thought everyone was playing tonight, whoops!
@JB Gilpin: I don’t know, having spent some time living in Australia some of those Aussies are crazy…tough. Lived next to some rugby guys. But ya, broken face, sure should sit out.
@miles proudfoot: Yeah with a few days it’s more questionable, I thought Warriors were playing back to back like the Pelicans were
The time has come back for basketball. Its been tooooooo long. Heres my team in my 11 man, H2H points league:
Backcourt:
Lillard
Bledsoe
Conley
E. Turner
J. Winslow
Frontcourt:
Batum
Harris
Gobert
D. Lee
Drummond
T. Young
Randle
Porzingis
I was just offered a trade of:
Me: Lillard and Drummo
Him: Cousins, Gragic and Lawson
What do you think??
@Nikko: So happy we’re back! Love Cousins in Pts, but I think your combo of Lillard and Drummo is going to be awesome, I’d hold
@Nikko: Nope
Hey jb and slim, which 3 would u start: dieng, Colli, Lin, Myles turner.
@Mark: I’m probably leaving out Turner tonight, has a little bit of a bum ankle and wanna see the role. Unless it looks like you need a lot of blocks to compete there in your matchup
so team defenses this year; Utah is very good right? Should I still be pumped about my guys (Wiggins tonight!) going up against Lakers? Knicks bad? Bucks good? Anyone else towards the extreme in either direction?
proposed my Tobias Harris and Reggie Jackson for Draymond and a scrub, was told its simply too early to trade his 3rd round pick. I do think it’s a fair and intriguing trade for him. Saw one projection had Jackson 3rd in assists/game
pick up Ish Smith in my 12 team 17 roster size h2h 10 cat (OREB) by dropping LaVine (feeling down on him) or Cauley-Stein (have great big man depth)? thanks a lot, write ups are great!
@dom: in my 10 team 9 cat h2h, I was just offered Draymond and Tony Parker for Jackson and Harris. this is a 6 starter/9 bench league and Orlando’s schedule is such that Harris wouldn’t play a lot of games for me. Crazy how one good game from Jackson has me skeptical of this trade now.
I initially proposed this trade receiving Ed Davis, who I would have no issues dropping as I really want a roster spot for streaming. In theory I should be just as willing to do it with Parker? Parker, Burks, StanJo, Aaron Gordon, Porzingis would make up the back end of my bench
@dom: Yeah Utah projects to be really good, and news they might start Neto and Hood over Burke/Burks is even more defensive focused. And yup, get pumped for the Wolves! Sixers should obviously be bad, especially at guard and wing. I bet the Blazers give up a ton of pts. I bet the Nets give up not too many pts because they’re slow and you fall asleep watching them.
I’d nab Ish for WCS if you have solid bigs, WCS is probably inconsistent, but Ish will be too.
Well Jackson wasn’t “amazing”, but he was indeed good. It’s mad close, but as you said, harris doesn’t start much in that format, I’m good with it.
@dom: OH an yeah, def just as willing for Parker there.
@JB Gilpin: cool, so not worried about Draymond shooting 3/12 in 29 minutes?
@dom: Nahhhhh was a blowout virtually the whole game
@JB Gilpin: word, going to think about it a bit. he’s in my division and I’d be sending away some good talent. also, not everyone thinks Wiggins will have a better year than Harris and I wanna see how people start. I love Wiggins as an athlete but he still has to make his shots to be a fantasy star
@dom: Oh for sure, I’m all-in on upside for Wiggy
Keep Aaron Gordon or drop him for Marcus Morris? Really excited about Gordon, and wondering if Morris might have been just a flash in the pan. Thanks!
@burningbridges247: I’d hold onto Gordon for the D upside, I dunno if Morris leads the Pistons in shots that often. That said, Morris should be owned in most leagues, have anyone else to drop?
@JB Gilpin: At my PF limit. Only other option would be dropping Julius Randle. I’m with you on Gordon. Keeper league and I got him for $1 in a draft.
@burningbridges247: Oh I def like Morris over Randle. I think Randle’s fantasy game is pretty limited, although a lot of people seem to like him
THANKS FOR THE TIP ON NATE ROBINSON JB WAY TO RUIN MY SEASON! already dropped him for Ish smith in a 20 teamer haha
@SheriffMcRawDawg: You’re no longer invited for comments 🙂 Serious though, are you really that mad getting 3 dimes a steal with no TO with no real cost, and an easy to drop asset for Ish? Obviously saying Ish to stream would’ve been better, but if anyone said they thought he’d get 38 minutes after being on the team a day, you woulda thought dey cray!
@JB Gilpin: YOU TOLD ME TO TAKE HIM IN THE 5TH!!!
alright jk but no I’m not mad… just disappointed haha 🙂
It’s all good the rest of my squad is like the all-razzie all-sleeper list so I’m gravey
@SheriffMcRawDawg: Hah, sorry mom. At least it only cost you that 5th round spot!
Calderon , Terrence Ross, robin Lopez
Calderon, Danny green, koufous
Vasquez, Danny green, Steven Adams
Pick 1 or scratch Calderon and Vasquez and start over
@Dg: Wait so pick one for each group, or one overal? One overall is probably Green. In groups, likely Rolo, Green, Green
Better two plays today in 10 cat H2H (TOs, OReb) between Thad Young (vs. Chi), T Jones (vs. Den), & Myles Turner (@ Tor)?
@Jay: Probably would’ve normally gone with the first two, but I’m down 3-0 after day one in blocks and today is my Nerlens, KAT, Dieng, T Jones (?), and Turner (?) vs. his Taj Gibson, Robin Lopez, and Henson. Also getting killed in boards 37-13 since I only had Millsap and JR (who I dropped) playing yesterday.
@Jay: Yeah it’s still the first two for me, Turner is a little banged up and with an questionable role, I’d go safe with the first two
Hey guys I know only day 1 is in the books but I’m already feeling jittery without a streamer spot. I think I’m more addicted to my streamer spot then JB is to KCP, but I digress… I’m in an 8cat dynasty league and I’ve got mad depth on my team but we only start 7 positions/day out of 13 . I’m trying to get it changed but it’s too late for this season. Anyways here’s my team. I’d like to do a 2 for 1 or even 3 for 1 if possible to get an upgrade. Any suggestions?
Guards – wall, knight, dragic, beal, burks
Forwards – Gallo, TJ, draymond, Gordon
Centres – ibaka, griffin, Pau, WCS
Like I said made depth, but I’ve got beal and Pau sitting tonight (would be playing Pau but I think TJ has the better game tonight).
Here’s the guys that I think could be had in a 2 for 1.
Bosh
Teague
Faried
Monroe
Turner
Chandler
Favors (maybe)
Lowry (maybe)
AD (long shot but the owner who has him had no depth)
My team is geared to win ASS/BLK/STL/RBD/PTS, occasionally 3’s and FG% based on matchups and rarely FT%.
What do you guys think? Lots to process but any help would be greatly appreciated!
@Nick: I got Pau in the offseason but watching him last night was painful, he looks completely lost in Hoidbergs system, could he be worth moving based on his name alone? (A few guys in our league bite on big names)
@Nick: Hahahaha that’s a tough addiction to kick!
Wow, starting only 7… I think I’d still have to go Pau over Jones, but that’s just me. Now is the time to try the lowball Brow offers! Haha. I think your BLK is awesome, I would try harder for an extra dimer. Yeah Pau didn’t look great, but I think he’ll be fine. I like Pau+maybe Burks for Lowry? You’ve got plenty of blocks and REB, hopefully Lowry owner needs a big
@JB Gilpin:
Thanks JB!
Ok, that might be tough to pull off because I received Pau from that owner in the offseason haha, but maybe? He’s also the owner that has Brow. He’s basically got Brow, teague and lowry then nobody else. I trade Conley for Beal + Gordon, but I’m feeling uneasy about that one now.
@slim, @matty any thoughts as well when you get a chance?
@Nick: Ohhhhh gotcha. Yeah a PG woulda helped, seems even though on that Conley one
Which two am I starting tonight – I’m just looking at across the board production (9-cat): Myles Turner, Jordan Clarkson, Aaron Gordon, Stanley Johnson, Darren Collison. Thanks!
@Hayward Ginobili: Also, are any of these guys droppable for Schroder?
@Hayward Ginobili: Starting with Schroder, uggghhhh I want him so bad but I think I like your guys all better. I am taking Clarkson andddddd, gimme Gordon!
@JB Gilpin: Thanks JB. Couldn’t get in one of your RCLs this year, but I’m in Slim’s…team name is “The Slim Reaper” (I own KD in that one). Hopefully you’ll see that name show up in the weekly RCL updates.
@Hayward Ginobili: Hah awesome, I hope you do some good Slim Reapin!
Hi JB!
Who would you play tonight? Brewer, Myles Turner or Aaron Gordon? Assuming that Mudiay plays tonite, I think I would start Gordon since he plays home, but is close to Turner.
Thanks for your advice
@Lawson: Yup agree, gimme Gordon. More minutes assurance. Any time!
Hey guys 1st off thank you for keeping this site up and going I love it !!
So my team goes as follows in a 12 team H2H weekly 9 cats we don’t use TO’S we use FT% instead
PG- Chris Paul
SG- Nicolas Batum
G- John Wall
SF- Draymond Green
PF- Andre Drummand
F- Tim Duncan
C- Robin Lopez
C- Andrew Bogut
Utility- Otto Porter
Utility- Tim Mozgov
Because of inj. I Have on the BENCH – Jarrett Jack + Chandler Parsons
along with T.J. Warren.
I know I’m light on big man which leads me to believe I need to keep Mozgov But adding depth to the strength of my team I was wondering if you think I’d be a better team picking up Dennis Schroder. BUT WHO should would you drop. Mozgov is in my starting lineup so I can’t drop him till sunday probably missing out on dennis by then or taking a chance of dropping maybe T.J. Warren for him now then crossing fingers no one picks up TJ and I can get him back on sunday dropping mozgov for him. Ideas Please and thank you very much !!
@tentyme: Thanks so much man, we love just talkin hoops! Yeah I think I’d have to nab Schroder now for Warren, I’m not a huge Warren guy, I think they wanna start Tucker for D. That said, if you wanna be risky, you can wait until halfway through games tonight and see how they use Warren.
This just in……..Aaron Gordon is ridiculous!! Already two or three crazy plays for him in this game. Including a wild from behind block at one end and a CRAZY putback dunk at the other. So glad I traded for him last year in the REL.
@A Hill O’ Beans: Hah yeah I saw that dunk! Very unfortunate he played so little minutes… Saw the block too! Wish i owned him, want patrick Patterson?
@JB Gilpin: I think Gordon left for a while when he got hit in the face, which is partly why he played so few minutes. Sounds like its just a black eye though, so he won’t miss any time.
Patterson looked alright tonight, certainly better than the preseason anyway. If I’m the Raptors though, Scola is my starting 4 next to Valanciunas. He’s a very smart player, and he’s got some Amir qualities to him. Patterson is what he is at this point, a bench stretch four.
Did you see Jonas with the 21 and 15 tonight in 32 minutes. Which, except for one defensive possession, included playing the last 5:30 of the game. A promising start for Jonas and Casey.
@A Hill O’ Beans: Oh yeah I know, part of the unfortunate-ness. Also annoying he didn’t start in a matchup against Humphries that woulda made sense… So you’re saying yes to my trade offer?!?!?!?!
Yup I saw that for Jonas, very very encouraging. Pay him money, and play him. Polar opposite? John Henson. WHAT IN THE FUCK?!?! haha
@A Hill O’ Beans: We’ll see… Didn’t Biyombo foul out?
@A Hill O’ Beans: @Slim: Nice point on the Pod, I did notice Biyombo fouled out but didn’t think to connect the two
Hey, JB! Humphries or Aron Gordon to fill out a bench spot? Thanks!
@Jerry: I’m not JB but its Gordon by alot for me.
@Jerry: @A Hill O’ Beans: Yup def Gordon!
Looking to drop Nate for a streamer tomorrow night, kind of behind on all CATS after last night….
Available:
Brandon Wright
Matt Barnes
Tony Allen
Devin Harris
Tiago Splitter
Josh Smith
Leaning towards B. Wright at the moment, what you think?
@HIIII: @HIIII: actually Studkey is also available….
@HIIII: Ummmm, yeah I think I’m with ya, I’ll go Wright too. Stuckey is close but Ellis had two early fouls and I think it gave Stuckey a few bonus mins.
thoughts on raul neto? any chance he holds pg for utah?
@eric: Yup I think he does! Kinda Exum-ish, 25-30 minutes, but with a few more dimes and a few less shots/3s than Exum. Fringe 14er worthy at best though
I am very disappointed with Frank. He didn’t let Myles play! Dang it! Haha! Is tha ankle that bad? Haha! It’s okay too early to make a decision for an add/drop. Calm yo’ teets people! :))
@Kris:
And dang that Mudiay TOs @[email protected] HAHA! but hey, it’s all good!
@Kris: OMG 11???????????
@Ryan:
Yeah… 11 @[email protected]
@Ryan: @Kris: The Pacers are friggin annoying. I think it’s more the ankle, but still not a good start. Jordan Hill can never stay consistent though, Myles should be out there soon. And yeah, 11 TO in a convincing DEN win. My stat for how Denver pulled it off was something like 48% from deep to Houston’s 20% ha
al Jefferson + Kemba walker for melo 12 team h2h 9 catg
@Dave: Big Al disappeared in the 2nd half… Melo should be better, gimme Melo
Hey man. Been having some trouble trading Middleton for a rebounding big (I may be punting blocks unfortunately). At this point thinking a 2 for 1 of Middleton and Collison for JV, then grab Aaron Gordon off waivers. Other guards I have include Clarkson, Rubio, Dragic, Lillard, Harden, Covvington. What do you think, fair? Thank you!
@miles proudfoot: It’s a tad reactionary for me, but JV did get the 30+ minutes and played in the final stretch. If he does that all year he’ll be right in the top-50 range and neither guy you give up should be… Yeah I’d do it for a team need.
What kind of upside does ish smith have?
Would it make sense to drop Jarret jack for him in a 8 teamer?
@Slimbo: Not that much, as I mention in daily notes I’m wrapping up now, 9th team in 5 yrs and didnt hold starting job in Philly. Def holding Jack, Ish shot terrible and had a lot of TO tonight
@JB Gilpin:
Thanks!
How about Marcus Morris or Hood over jack or Otto Porter
Need assists .. 9 cat
@Slimbo: Def holding Jack. Ummmm, Morris I might over Porter, not an AST change though, about even overall
Need assists in my 3-Cat League (Points–Rebounds–Assists).
Darren Collison or Ish Smith next 30 days? ROS?
Coin flip?
@WThothot: Nah Collison by a decent margain in 30 days, destroys Ish in ROS
@JB Gilpin: thx
whooa Hibbert actually looks solid!!!!
12 10 4 2 blks 10/10 at the line but 1-4 fg
that’s pretty roto friendly
@Michael: Hah I know right?! I actually got him on a few teams despite what i thought was a really low rank. Seems everyone was down on him. I will say he ended up on the floor a couple times and got up slow – got pushed around pretty hard
JB and Slim you guys are rad.
I nearly sh!t myself when Slim’s last post talked about him retiring from Razzball!
Are you concerned with John Henson only playing 10 mins! Surely he is one of the highest paid guys out there on a per minute basis?!
Should I grab Porzingis instead in a 10 team?
@Patty Mills is my homeboy: Thanks man! Hah, yeah that was funny. Yup, pretty concerned. I’d get Porzingis, and do it with slamming the keyboard, as it makes no sense to pay a guy all that for 10 minutes. Even Ron Jeremy gets paid less for his 10 minutes!
@Patty Mills is my homeboy: You are the only one to say. Good stuff. It’s like a B-movie horror blog post… or maybe thats something I just made up. I thought it was fun and different.
I am major regretting not taking Mirotic now when I miss that DRAFT button. My queue kicked in and Beal got drafted.
OMG, Mirotic. He’s going to be so well isn’t he? Probably finish the year top 30 if he keeps playing at least 30 mins.
On the other than, is it time to drop Tucker? 9 mins?!!! So sad, so so sad.
@DK: Ugh yeah that one hurts right now! Ummmm, yeah he could get close to that, still worried a little about TO and FG% 3PT% are both mad fluky high right now. Yup Tucker is gone. Suns were a mess
@JB Gilpin: @JB Gilpin: Yeah, during Mirotic he fell to 6th round. On my screen was Mirotic, Parsons, Beal. Somehow I don’t know why Beal got queued. Time was ticking and I wanted to pull the trigger on Mirotic. Then oops, too late, timer is finished and Beal was drafted. A lot of pods talking about his game says he’s going be sooooo good.
On Tucker, should I wait? Or just drop?
@DK: Hah yeah his game is solid, D will always be my concern early on here. Yeah Tuck can go in 12/14ers
Thoughts on my team? I have plenty of Centers and lacking in PG position. I got the 1st pick in a 10 team 9 cat league
Dragic
Hayward
Gallinari
Anthony Davis
IBaka
DeRozan
Horford
Monroe
Jahlil Okafor
Lin
Gortat
Stanley Johnson
LaVine
@Joe: Yeah AST is so low that I think it should just be a punt. I think your FT% is so good that I would deal Okafor – he hurts TO too which I would hope to win as a punt AST. I would deal Okafor for steals