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Underperformer of the Week: Everything is Bigger in Texas

March 21, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Underperformer of the Week | Leave a comment

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You know that feeling when the band stops playing and the bar lights abruptly turn on, signaling that it is time to guzzle down that last beverage? When you notice that the floor is actually quite sticky and the person you just met, and have been talking to for the past hour, seemed like a far better idea when the lights were dimmer? Your ears are ringing slightly and you want to hit the drive-through for a number 4 combo before getting home and sleeping with the same clothes on?

Yeah, we have all experienced this in one way or another and it is an equivalent feeling to this point in the fantasy season.

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EZ

We’re Back!

February 25, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

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Denver’s post-deadline pickup of Reggie Jackson is an ill omen for Bruce Brown, and that manifested itself on Thursday. With Brown (53 percent rostered in Yahoo! standard leagues) relinquishing backup point guard responsibilities, he struggled to find footing, finishing his night with just two points, two rebounds, two assists, and no threes or defense. I fear he won’t have enough volume moving forward to put up counting stats, or enough time to make for it with defense. I’m ready to cut bait  on him right now.

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Kostas

Buy/Sell: Injuries Galore

February 15, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell | 4 Comments

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After the news that Zion reaggravated his injury and will likely miss more weeks after the All-Star break, it got me thinking how many games Zion actually has managed to play since entering the league. And then I stumbled upon a very interesting statistic that reaffirmed my initial thoughts. Zion has only played in 39.4% of the available games in the last four years and this is a great cause of concern for his career and for the New Orleans Pelicans in general, who are fighting for one of the last playoff spots in the West and could certainly use Zion’s help.

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Bball Oracle

NBA DFS Advice for February 15th

February 15, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, DFS |

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The self titled BBall Oracle back again here to break down some NBA DFS. We have a large 10 game slate right before the All-Star break. #1 piece of advice as always is to be up to date on injuries, as the info in this article will only be up to date as of Tuesday night. I’d expect quite a bit of phantom injuries and rest for players right before the break.

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PhilOssie

Rookie Report: The JALEN n JAYLIN Show

February 8, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball |

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Last night, we all got to witness a celebration of greatness. And this article is not meant to disrespect that by any means …

BUT DID YOU SEE WHAT JALEN AND JAYLIN DID OUT THERE?!?!?

With all eyes watching history being made by Lebron James, rookie conundrum-of-names Jalen Williams and Jaylin WIlliams helped the young Thunder team beat the Lakers, 133-130 – in L.A., in front of more celebrities than have ever attended an OKC Thunder home game [fact check maybe needed].

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Kostas

Buy/Sell: Make It Or Break It Time

February 8, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Buy/Sell | 2 Comments

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Regarding last week’s suggestions, Precious Achiuwa has been solid and unspectacular, exactly as advertised and the same can be said for Donte DiVincenzo, who should remain on your roster now that Stephen Curry is out until at least the All-Star Break. On the other hand, Alec Burks had a bad week and lost minutes to Killian Hayes, which is good for basketball in general but bad for his fantasy value moving forward. Finally, on the “Sell” from I hope Dillon Brooks’ suspension for his scuffle with Donovan Mitchell was the push you needed to finally drop him.

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PhilOssie

Ant-man: Quantum-3-mania

February 4, 2023 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

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Last night I was able to test out a new Seuss-style story during my kids’ bedtime:

“An Ant-man with cool fluffy hair, who went the nation’s capital and let it rain from behind the arch. He was hitting ‘em on the pull up. He was hitting ‘em on the spot up. He nailed 3s on the swing. He nailed 3s on the run. He hit 3s from the corner, at the top. He created a skookum of 3s like it was a skookum of tallywade  ….”

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EZ

Silent Night

December 23, 2022 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, Fantasy Basketball Daily Notes |

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It was a career night across the board for Jeremy Sochan. The Spurs’ most recent lottery pick was inserted int0 the starting lineup and erupted for 23 points, nine rebounds, six assists, two treys and a swipe in 31 minutes. Normally an offensive bystander, Sochan was heavily involved in San Antonio’s attack, registering a 14 field goal attempts and 10 foul shots. With the Spurs firmly entered into the Wembanyama sweepstakes, they might as well let Sochan (seven percent rostered in Yahoo! standard leagues) try to spread his wings. In that case he may be worth an add, but I’d wait a game or two to see if this was just an anomaly.

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Mr. Hooper

The Fantasy Fallout of Joshua Primo’s Dismissal

October 31, 2022 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball | 2 Comments

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I almost never know what I’m going to be writing about week to week. Not exactly a planner, my process – if it can even be called that – consists of watching a lot of basketball and tapping notes into my phone. When the weekend comes, I look back through the scribblings and begin to flesh things out. 

The San Antonio Spurs, with their top-10 offense, a surprising 4-2 (now 5-2) record, and six top-150 fantasy players were well-represented in my collection of stray thoughts. The fact that I’m rostering Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Tre Jones, Zach Collins, and Jeremy Sochan across a variety of leagues this season also didn’t hurt. As of last Thursday, I was prepared to do a write-up about the goings on in Alamo City. Then the bomb dropped on Friday night. 

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PB

2022-23 San Antonio Spurs Preview

September 8, 2022 | 2022-23 Fantasy Basketball, San Antonio Spurs, Team Previews | 4 Comments

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At 61.1 percent, the San Antonio Spurs currently own the best running regular season win percentage of any franchise.  Prior to their three most recent campaigns, they had posted only one losing season since 1988-89.  The five titles they earned in that era serve as proof that their regular season excellence translated into post-season brilliance.  They were so good that their success became blasé over a decade ago.  The last time they were in a rebuild (no, I’m not counting 1997-98), very few of us were even walking the earth!

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