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Day 130 of 170: Time to Jump on the Matt Carroll Bandwagon. There is Plenty of Room. 2008-03-08 07:50:33 Line of the Night: Chris Paul (4.5). I don’t say it because I love him, I say it because Paul is telling Lebron James get his meaty hands off that fantasy MVP. There’s still 40 days left to the regular season and, after a small lull mid-season, Paul is again making his case for [...] Read more:Carroll
, Bandwagon
, Plenty
Day 129 of 170: You know they’re saying “If only this were the playoffs” 2008-03-07 09:07:57 The Bulls beat the Cavs by a bunch last night. I’m sure they’re thinking “If only this were the playoffs.” Of course, if it were the playoffs, LeBron would have dropped 50 on them the night before.
The Rockets won their 17th straight against the Mavericks last night. I’m sure they’re thinking “If only this were [...] Read more:saying
Fantasy Basketblog is dead. Long live Fantasy Basketblogging. 2008-03-06 16:35:27 Today is a sad day. Today is unlike any other day. Today is the day that Fantasy Basketblog has shuttered it’s shutters. (At least for the conceivable future*)
And I applaud them for having the grace and dignity to just call it like it is, instead of just leaving people hanging for a very long time.
In [...]
Day 128 of 170: The Day the Celtics Clinched a Playoff Spot 2008-03-06 12:04:21 aka: The Eastern Conference has a lot of bad teams in it. And very few good ones. And some mediocre ones.
Line of the Night: On the night when Boston clinched their spot, and the Jazz won their 17th straight game, LeBron James (6.35) overshadowed both. 50 points and 10 assists will do that. Especially when [...]
The Return of the Showtime 2008-03-06 10:29:06 I’ve said it before, but it’s the kind of comment that slides off of people’s conscious like virgin jello shot going down their throat: I don’t have cable. I only mention it because I don’t actually get to watch that many NBA basketball games. It’s probably why only about half of my fantasy teams turn [...] Read more:Return
, Showtime
I am much less funny when I can’t edit what I say 2008-03-06 08:44:51 NBARoto.com was awesome enough to set up an interview (complete with YouTube slideshow) in which I was grilled like some bread with cheese in the middle about a bunch of chumps who have no right to even been considered in the world of fantasy basketball. I was much less harsh on them in the actual [...]
Day 127 of 170: Time to Step Up 2 The Courts 2008-03-05 10:49:39 Now is the time when you have to take a really hard look at your team. Most people do that right at the beginning of the season, many even before a single game is played. But now is the time when you have to know your team, know what you need, and know how to [...]
Day 126 of 170: We Heart Deron Williams. Erick Dampier? Not so Much 2008-03-04 09:03:54 Interesting News of the Day: Looks like Shawn Marion and Mike Bibby will be allowed to suit up for the Heat/Hawks replay game. I wonder how they’ll count their stats?
Line of the Night: Ok, technically Deron Williams
(4.7) didn’t have the best game score of the night (or second, or third), but Chris Paul (6.0) [...] Read more:Heart
, Erick
If you haven’t clinched a playoff spot, you’re not as good as Sarge 2008-03-03 10:39:08 That’s right. Scott Sargent over at DroppingDimes.com has already clinched a playoff
spot in the Dropping Dimes Experts League.
One good thing we can take from this is: obviously writing editorial articles about basketball and the NBA for some big print magazine with glossy pages does not make you good at Fantasy Basketball.
Day 125 of 170: Kobe Bryant Will Not Cooperate with Your Defensive Schemes 2008-03-03 09:02:47 Quote of the Night: “He didn’t cooperate on any of our defenses.”
-Avery Johnson on Kobe Bryant
Line of the Night: It was only a matter of time until Kobe Bryant
(5.4) threw up the fifty-spot, I just knew it. Sure, it took an overtime to get him there, but he actually shot efficiently - Kobe went [...] Read more:Defensive
, Schemes
Updated Playoff Odds: Can the Bulls Really Make the Playoffs? 2008-03-12 18:36:35 Here are my updated playoff odds through the games on Match 11. The four way fight for the last playoff spot in the East slightly favors the Hawks, but the Bulls have come back from the dead to make things interesting (well, as interesting as the 8th seed in the East can be). How have [...] Read more:Playoffs
Day 134 of 170: It’s a Monster of a Day 2008-03-12 13:59:57 So, it appears that NBA.com has switched over to Chinese time or something. I was able to vote for the All-Star Dancer match-ups for 3/11 (that was yesterday, btw) this morning, and now I can vote on the match-ups for 3/12. But they still have Ricky Davis as the number player for yesterday. And we [...] Read more:Monster
Ignore that Man Behind the Curtain: Interview with NBA Roto.com 2008-03-12 08:05:45 After getting Nels to give him an interview, NBA
Rotoman finally hunted me down to be a part of the latest edition of “Buy or Sell”, where we discuss pretty much the entire Miami Heat team as well as a New York Knick that you probably hate (the answer isn’t all of them). So if [...] Read more:Ignore
, Curtain
Puck the Frimaries, I’m voting for dance teams 2008-03-11 09:45:54 Since there’s some news of the Heat, now seems like a good time to chime in. Starting right now, and continuing through April 3rd, you can vote for your favorite NBA Dance Team. It’s like March Madness, except the cheerleaders dancers just show their mini dresses and underwear instead of full frontal nudity. All classy [...] Read more:teams
Day 133 of 170: Is it too late to pick up Ricky Davis? 2008-03-11 08:31:48 Line of the Night: Rick Davis
(5.33) took over for Dwyane Wade (well, like a poor man’s Dwyane Wade) last night with 27 points, 6 assists, 4 threes, and 3 steals; he was 10/14 from the field. I didn’t bother posting yesterday when it was announced that Dwyane Wade was done because Ricky
Davis was [...]
Give Me The Rock is Number 25, if you don’t count a few other blogs 2008-03-11 08:07:58 I applaud Le Basketbawl for putting together a Power Rankings of NBA Blogs, but mostly because GMTR made the list at number 25. Probably mostly due to the increased Technorati ranking from all the links from Le Basketbawl. And because Ball Don’t Lie, Indy Cornrows, Hornets247, and Brewhoop aren’t on Technorati, which evidently disqualified them [...] Read more:Number
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Day 132 of 170: Cindy McCain is a Cougar 2008-03-10 09:49:44 Line of the Night: Compared to yesterday, it’s not a banner day for the LotN. Nothing against Chauncey Billups (5.1) and his 34 points off 9-12 shooting and 13-14 from the line, but those 2 rebounds and 4 assists (0 steals and blocks) don’t exactly get me all lathered up. However, Chauncey could probably care [...] Read more:Cindy
, McCain
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Big Ass Board – 3/9/08 2008-03-09 18:58:16 Notable Injuries: Yao Ming (getting healthy for the Chinese National Team); Yi Jianlian (ankle… ah, wait a second…); Gerald Wallace (may be back Wednesday); Caron Butler (small labral tear in the left hip joint – now put your right foot in); Andrew Bynum (waterlogged); Gilbert Arenas (due back the end of month); Mo Williams (pulled [...] Read more:Board
Day 131 of 170: Hit Me With Some of That Thaddeus Young 2008-03-09 16:20:47 Line of the Night: What didn’t Joe Johnson (6.5) do last night? Well, he didn’t tuck me into bed, but he was all over everything else. First, Johnson and the Hawks beat the Heat in their 52 second do-over game, and then he went out after a 15 minute break and matched his season [...]
Day 136 of 170: Beard Up. 2008-03-14 08:20:48 Today’s Out of Context Quote: “Right from the start we had no sharpness to ourselves at all… I’m lost… I don’t get this game”
-Portland coach Nate McMillen (more or less)
Line of the Night: Technically, today it’s a tie. But since I like Baron Davis’ (6.4) 38/9/8 line with 6 threes and 3 steals a [...]
Day 135 of 170: Chris Paul for VP? 2008-03-13 10:21:00 …as in Vice President
Like yesterday, NBA.com has decided that up-to-date stats aren’t really that important. Nels rolled on with Basketball Monster, today I’ll calculate my own. Sorry for all the switching of scales on you. I blame it on Mark Cuban.
Line of the Night: I’ve worked out a deal with Nels that I’ll only write [...] Read more:Chris
Day 139 of 170: Playing Defense is Hard Work – Seattle Allows 168 Points 2008-03-17 11:10:37 Quote of the Day: “A lot of people are going to think it’s a misprint, a lot of people will think there’s no way they scored that many points. It’s unbelievable. There are no words for it.”
- Kenyon Martin, on the final score of the Nuggets game (Denver 168, Seattle
116)
Line of the Night: 168 [...] Read more:Points
, Defense
Day 138 of 170: Protect Your Junk Around Devin Harris 2008-03-16 08:10:18 Line of the Night: Carlos Boozer (5.2). The peripheral stats aren’t great for Boozer, but all one needs to know is 41 points off 15-19 shooting from the field and 11-13 from the line. Let me channel my inner Dan Patrick… Boozer was EN FUEGO!
Sorry. You are now welcome to punch me in the [...] Read more:Harris
, Devin
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Pau Gasol Likely Out for 2+ Weeks 2008-03-15 18:46:32 Pau Gasol will miss at least the next three games for the Lakers with a sprained left ankle. According to the AFP:
He [Gasol] is to undergo further medical evaluation in the next few days to determine how long he might be sidelined. The Lakers return home next Friday to face Seattle. Lakers coach Phil Jackson [...] Read more:Weeks
Big Ass Board – 3/16/08 2008-03-15 14:56:09 Notable Injuries: Pau Gasol (sprained ankle, should be out about two weeks); Dwyane Wade (tanking); Shawn Marion (sore back, should play this week); Ray Allen (jammed ankle, whatever that means - uncertain for next week); David West (sprained ankle, but not as bad as Gasol, could be back tonight); Chris Kaman (back); Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Jumping [...] Read more:Board
Day 137 of 170: Gah. Gasol Goes Down. 2008-03-15 09:36:50 Line of the Night: When a game recap leads off with small talk about the weather, that’s a pretty clear indication of the level excitement generated by a game. Joe Johnson (5.7) had a pretty low key LotN, scoring 21 of his 28 points in the third quarter as the Hawks routed the Clippers [...]
Day 141 of 170: Dirk Nowitzki Still Matters 2008-03-19 13:24:24 I considered a question mark in the headline… but we’ll leave it as is. Dirk is #8 overall for the season according to NBA.com. But, I’ve never really hearted him, and I probably never will.
Line of the Night: Dirk Nowitzki came away with a 5.86 by scoring 35 points on 11/23 and 10/12 and 3 [...]
Day 143 of 170: Deron Williams knows March Madness 2008-03-21 09:35:06 If you’re here, you must be really dedicated to professional basketball. Or else you’re just hungover from last night’s Madness
and looking for the weekly cheerleaderslashdancer picture. It’s at the bottom.
Line of the Night: It seems like only yesterday (for Illini fans, at least) that Deron Williams
(6.48) was dominating March
Madness in the Blue [...]
Day 142 of 170: Vince Carter Still Matters? 2008-03-20 11:16:49 The second in an ongoing series of randomly distributed Where Are They Now? posts.
Line of the Night: On a night when both Chris Paul and LeBron James played the game of basketball, neither of them had a performance that matched that of Half-Man Half-Retired VinceCarter
(5.43). Carter has been sort of middling around in [...] Read more:Vince Carter
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