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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Dyson Daniels
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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No, it’s not just an old hidden gem of a sports movie, it’s a way of life. Actually, I wouldn’t exactly know as I’ve never actually set foot in any area of New England… I mean, does Delaware count? I don’t think so, but it’s not like they have anything to do there anyways, so […]
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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 […]
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Way, Way Too Early Fantasy Basketball Awards
November 20, 2024 | Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |by: Maks
At around 15 games in, we currently stand just shy of the 20% mark of the 2024-2025 NBA season. Can you believe it? A mere 15 games ago — 4 weeks! — everyone assumed the very best of their favorite team and its players. Hope sprang eternal across the NBA and its fanbases. Even 76ers […]
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Dyson Daniels is obviously good-like, really good. Nobody is debating that. But I think he’s in the rare position of not being under appreciated, but still being undervalued. To understand why, let’s think about standard deviations. Standard deviations have become all the rage in fantasy basketball. The reason is obvious: at its core, standard deviations […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? Fantasy Basketball Podcast: Maks With The Facts
November 16, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast | 1 Commentby: Mr. Hooper
With Ossie away, Joel is joined by Razzwriter Maks to discuss life abroad, finding a fantasy community as an American ex-pat, and early impressions of the still-young NBA season. The pair put Nikola Jokic’s historic start in context, examine how Karl-Anthony Towns jumped Jalen Brunson in New York’s fantasy pecking order, assess Tyrese Haliburton’s bounce-back […]
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October 28, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell | 3 Commentsby: Maks
The beginning of the fantasy hoops season is in many ways the most exciting stretch of the year. In your league, everyone is engaged and still confident their team has a chance to win. Activity is at an all-time high. In the NBA, some players look poised to have career years. Others look like they’re […]
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Opening Day: More and More Rotational Notes
October 24, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell |by: The Educator
See, look guys, a theme! I can’t stress the importance enough of monitoring minutes. One thing I should mention, I won’t make notes about blowout games. Yes, I’m talking to you Golden State and Portland. Those minute distributions won’t be accurate. The rest though are gold. Pacers and Pistons: Andrew Nembhard hit 34 minutes, Bennedict […]
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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 […]
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August 27, 2024 | 2024-25 Fantasy Basketball, Podcast |by: Mr. Hooper
Picking up where the last podcast left off, Joel and Ossie speculate on their five favorite players who were outside of last year’s top 150 but are poised to break into standard-league relevancy this time around. Amidst technical difficulties (flagging mic batteries, power surges, and swarming flies), Ossie loves up some young Blazers, Joel doubles […]
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NBA Has One Too Many On Blackout Wednesday
November 27, 2023 | 2023-24 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |by: PhilOssie
Back in my day [classic way to captivate an audience from the get-go], we just called it the night before Thanksgiving. But kids these days [mmk, Gramps] have to slang up everything [even my Zyn] to make ‘em feel special. So now they call it Blackout Wednesday, or Drinksgiving. Well those days are a bit […]
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