It’s Fun to Stay at the YMTJ
February 13, 2018 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes | 32 Commentsby: Son
When I was younger, much younger, I used to consider myself a fairly athletic guy. Played competitive volleyball and could hang when I hooped at most courts. Then the Summer of '96 happened. I was playing tackle football, when one of the guys brought his friend to play. The new guy was a third string cornerback for the University of Maryland and he said, "No tackle for me guys. Just two-hand touch." Didn't matter because no one could get one hand on the guy. Ok, I'm exaggerating. One hand was possible, but two hands? Fuggetaboutit. 3rd stringer for a Division 1 college team. I couldn't even imagine the level of what a professional player would be at. Which brings me to TJ McConnell. Myself and many others clown him that he should be playing at the YMCA, but let's not forget that he's in the top 1% of ballers on the planet. Last night, he reminded us all as he messed around.
Played 37 minutes off the bench. The last time TJ received 30 minutes of run in a game was on January 20th. More than likely, TJ will get around 24 minutes a game, but does have the capacity to contribute across the board. Just don't expect 6 steals and for him to mess around on a nightly basis. More often than not, I'm going to talk about his hair. Every once in a while, though, he's going to remind us that it's fun to stay at the YMTJ.
Here's what else I saw last night:
| PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | 3PT | FG | FT |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5/11 | 0 |
Waddup Razzball nation!!
Welcome back to another edition of Dynasty Deep Dive, here to fill your fix for finding the stars of the future.
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Check it out! That weird, slippery ball they used briefly!
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