Two nights in, and there’s already an ancient truth coming-out party. It has been the same since the days of the Aztecs, where they played that crazy game where they shot a ball through a ring and the losing team died. In that game, as in the NBA, the bad players just don’t get that […]
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DeAndre Ayton
Dan Titus and I put together this league. Titus gave me a legitimate name to float, and we got a lot of sharp analysts (and then myself) into the annual Y! Friends and Family League. (I am old and am currently trying to figure out how to make it viewable. It should be at https://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/League/friendsandfamily2025) […]
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Preseason Rotation Notes: Pacific Division
October 9, 2025 | 2025-26 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Strategy |by: The Educator
Off to the West! And just a quick reminder, don’t go nuts over exhibition games. It’s not a real competition. So, maybe it’s just for confirmation bias? Golden State Warriors: The center position is the competition. Al Horford will take his walker up and down the court to start games, based on their practice runs. […]
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Buy/Sell: Trade Deadline Cinema
February 12, 2025 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell | 4 Commentsby: Kostas
The trade deadline can get a bit crazy and to further complicate things, games can be underway when some trades are leaked to the public. A video has surfaced of such an instance, where a Heat fan informs the Miami bench about the Jimmy Butler trade. You can see even from the thumbnail the range […]
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Razzball Podcast: Who Rose and Fell in 2024?
December 31, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast |by: Mr. Hooper
After a long holiday hiatus, Ossie and Joel return to discuss how the fantasy hoops landscape has shifted during the calendar year and review some of the big movers in Ossie’s midseason roto draft. How far did Tyrese Haliburton fall? Did anyone take the bait on Joel Embiid? And are the breakouts of Jalen Williams […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Roses for Rip City?
November 19, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast |by: Mr. Hooper
Ossie returns from the IL to join Joel and the duo kick off the show discussing the surprisingly bright future in Portland and the predictably grim state of affairs for the Bucks. After considering the prospect of trading away Giannis Antetokounmpo (don’t do it…yet. Maybe. Unless…), the pair examine the development of three Jalens (Williams, […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Preseason Potpourri
October 16, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast | 10 Commentsby: Mr. Hooper
After a weekend touching grass, Joel and Ossie return to survey the fantasy landscape now that NBA preseason is up and running. While both are wary of making dramatic conclusions based on the first games of the preseason, the duo nevertheless take a stab at sorting out Golden State’s rotation, check in on the shooting […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Joel Pod 13: Silly Season Look Ahead
February 16, 2024 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast |by: Mr. Hooper
On the last day of games before the All-Star break, Joel and Stan take a tour through the NBA’s basement to get a sense of the potential risers and fallers in the NBA’s upcoming silly season. Who stands to gain if (when) the Wizards shut down Kyle Kuzma? Does Miles Bridges’ status as an unrestricted […]
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2023-24 Midseason Fantasy Power Rankings, 23-26
January 26, 2024 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, 2023-24 Fantasy Rankings | 6 Commentsby: Jay
As you may or may not have heard (read?), we’re doing some Midseason Rankings just to see how the NBA fantasy landscape is shaping. If you tuned in last time, we covered the “Draft Capital” tier, which seems like inadvertent shade since the upcoming draft is pretty barren compared to the recent WEMBYPOCALYPSE, but it’s […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Joel Pod 9: Midseason Survey and Second Half Lookahead
January 18, 2024 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast | 4 Commentsby: Mr. Hooper
We’re back from break and podding in the new year! After spending a week in a basketball deprivation tank, Joel and Son kick off 2024 by surveying their fantasy teams and discussing what’s gone right (Alperen Sengun for Son, Grayson Allen for Joel) and what’s gone wrong (Cade Cunningham and Devin Booker for both.) The […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Joel Pod 8: Commiseration Station
January 1, 2024 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Razzball Basketball Podcast | 14 Commentsby: Mr. Hooper
After spending a few days in the woods, the Razzpod returns with Joel and Ossie breaking down the rest of their rosters for Racco’s Mid-Season draft. Together they tease out how to navigate a slow draft after previously healthy players go down while you’re still drafting (looking at you Evan Mobley and Darius Garland), how […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Joel Pod 7: Diving Into the Deep End Again
December 21, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast | 7 Commentsby: Mr. Hooper
While Racco’s Mid-Season draft hums along in the background, Son and Joel pivot their attention to their 30-Team Dynasty squads. After claiming victories last year (Son snagged the roto title, Joel the H2H chip), they reflect on their build strategies and consider what they’d do differently if they were drafting all over again. Larger questions […]
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