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Day 11 of 170: Fall of the Unbeatens
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Line of the Night: Imagine if Chris Paul (1.58) actually had a real basketball team playing around him? How awesome would that be? Instead, the Hornets got blown out by the Raptors 107-90 despite Paul’s 21 points, 7 boards and 18 assists. Bobby Brown was the team’s second highest...
Injury News: Men Made of Glass and The Weights Strike Again
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Two injury related notes on this Friday evening.
Going into the season, I really thought this might be the year Kevin Martin rose above his muddled injury history and strung together 75+ games. The lesson, as always, is that I’m an over-optimistic, magic bean buying idiot. Martin...
Day 10 of 170: Don’t Forget, Carlos Boozer Still Plays For The Jazz
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Line of the Night: Boozer (1.26) put up 27 and 14 with 2 steals and 2 blocks. Of course, my thinking immediately goes to: Showcase! If the Jazz are still shopping him, I bet that any teams that wanted him are kicking themselves for not getting him before the season started.
Honorable...
Day 9 of 170: Chris Paul Walks Tall
2 days ago by
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Line of the Night: Chris Paul (1.45). I can’t put it any better than At the Hive… Chris Paul is just good at basketball. So good it makes my stomach tingle. Paul became the third fastest player to 3,000 assists last Monday and followed up that performance with a 39 point, 5 rebound, 7 [...]
Day 8 of 170: Dirk For MVP
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Fantasy MVP, of course.
Line of the Night: Dirk Nowitzki (2.23) took home the first 2+ of the season only 8 days in by scoring 29 points in the 4th quarter last night. Of course, besides ending with 40 total, he also had 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 5 blocks. Did he turn the [...]
Day 7 of 170: The New York Knicks: Your Natural Fantasy Enhancement
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Line of the Night: Points may be overrated by many casual fantasy owners, but sometimes it really just is about how many times you can put the ball through the hoop. Last night Kevin Martin (1.36) dropped 48 points on the Grizzlies in an overtime win, hitting 7 of the 10 threes he took and [...]
Day 6 of 170: Hayo Mayo!
5 days ago by
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This Weeks Sign That The Fantasy Apocalypse Is Upon Us: The GMTR Player Rater is back for 2009, and in it’s Season Premier, guess who takes home the #1 spot? None other than Danilo Gallinari!
Line of the Night: OJ Mayo (1.24) can fill it up all right. He poured in 40 points...
Pacific Division Blogger Previews
6 days ago by
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Golden State Warriors: Golden State of Mind
Los Angeles Clippers: Clips Nation
Los Angeles Lakers: Silver Screen & Roll | With Malice | NBAtipoff | Hoops Addict | Forum Blue & Gold
Phoenix Suns:&...
Day 5 of 170: Manu Ginobili is the Bat Man.
6 days ago by
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Line of the Night: The Blazers could not pull out a win in Houston, but Brandon Roy (1.44) did everything within his power, scoring 42 points, with 5 threes, 6 boards and 4 assists. He was also a perfect 13-13 from the line. Now if the rest of his teammates could just give him a [...]
Day 4 of 170: The Celtics are Frighteningly Good
7 days ago by
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Bill Simmons told me so…
Line of the Night: At halftime of the Bulls/Celtics game, if you had told me that Paul Pierce (0.91) was going to end up with the best fantasy line of last night, I would have slapped you across the face with a fish. But when the third quarter started...
Welcome to the Madhouse on Madison
8 days ago by
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or: The Chicago Bulls: An Editorial
by Nels Wadycki
Thanks to the magic of Groupon, I was able to attend yesterday’s Home Opener for My Chicago Bulls for a very reasonable sum of money. And as such, I have some observations to share with you. Some of them will relate to fantasy...
Day 3 of 170: Tim Duncan is a Good Player… and a Good Man
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Line of the Night: Tim Duncan (1.24) did his best to single-handedly beat his opponent. He should ask LeBron how well that’s working out. Duncan had 28 points, 16 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks in a loss to the Chicago Bulls. I was lucky enough to have tickets, but didn’...
Day 2 of 170: We Like Em Young
9 days ago by
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Time to Break up the Cavs: Believe it or not, LeBron (-0.03) and his triple-double had a rather pedestrian game score as the awesomeness of his 23/11/12 line was offset by the fact that he shot 37% from the floor and 57% from the line in a loss to the Raptors. I think LeBron owners [...]
Day 1 of 170: My Whole Season is Ruined Already!
10 days ago by
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And other Stunning Conclusions we can draw from the first day of the season.
Drop Delonte West and Blake Griffin immediately! They’re both huge injury risks and not worth waiting for!
LeBron James is the clear #1 pick! Anyone who took Chris Paul first has already lost!
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RotoCommunity Hoops Challenge: My First Experts League
11 days ago by
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I was pretty proud to win the GMTR Readers League last season, especially since it coincided with my rookie signing with the best fantasy basketball site in the Universe, ever. – That would be Give Me The Rock – Just in case someone has a smart-ass comment to make. Joining...
The CBS 30-Man League
12 days ago by
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And what it taught me about fantasy basketball.
The CBS 30-Man league is on. For those of you who are unaware of this league, CBS invites 14 fantasy basketball experts and me (aka, “The Word”) to complete against 15 CBS employees (aka, the “CBS”). The man who runs the league...
Day -1 of 170: So it begins… again…
12 days ago by
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Here’s what you need to know: Even if you are in a league with weekly changes, you may still be able to change your lineup since the season doesn’t start until tomorrow. If that is the case, please look at:
a) Your opponent. If you are in a H2H league, determine if the other guy [...]
My Version of the 80/20 Rule
13 days ago by
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Goes something like this: 80% of fantasy owners and people who buy the draft guide are great.
Unfortunately for the eighty-percenters, the other 20% is ruining everything for you. How so?
Well, first of all, the Bears are getting crushed right now, so watch out.
With regard to fantasy...
The GMTR Hot List: Top 10 Fantasy Centers
15 days ago by
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Here is the fifth and final part of our week-long rundown of top 10 fantasy players at each position going into the year. I’d make it more than 10, but then I’d need a second set of hands to count with. Check out the Four Fingers Draft Guide if you’d like to see our entire [...]
Help a Brother Out
15 days ago by
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At first I was hesitant to post this because I didn’t want a bunch of people emailing me asking me to post something for them. Then I realized this was the first time this has ever happened, so what they heck?
Some dude named Justin who’s been reading GMTR for a while...
Northwest Division Blogger Previews
15 days ago by
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Denver Nuggets - Denver Stiffs | The Nugg Doctor
Minnesota Timberwolves – Canis Hoopus | Empty the Bench | TWolvesBlog
Oklahoma City Thunder – Blue Blitz | Daily Thunder
Portland Trail Blazers - Blazersedge | A Stern Warning |...
The GMTR Hot List: Top 10 Fantasy Power Forwards
16 days ago by
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Here is part four of our week-long rundown of top 10 fantasy players at each position going into the year. Check out the Four Fingers Draft Guide if you really want to see the rest of the top 40 list.
Onto some of the league’s sexiest men… err… I mean best power forwards...
Crunch Time Links
16 days ago by
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If you haven’t had your draft already, it’s probably going to be this weekend. If you haven’t already purchased your Fantasy Draft Guide, then you can try these free links to see if you can guess at the statistical projections they used to do their rankings:
Tom...
The GMTR Hot List: Top 10 Fantasy Small Forwards
17 days ago by
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Here is part three of our week-long rundown of top 10 fantasy players at each position going into the year. Why 10? Because all the best lists have 10 things in them. Well, except for High Fidelity. But if you want to see the rest of our top 40, it’s available through the Four Fingers [...]
The GMTR Hot List: Top 10 Fantasy Shooting Guards
18 days ago by
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Here is part two of our week-long rundown of top 10 fantasy players at each position going into the year. Why 10? Because you’ll need to buy the Four Fingers Draft Guide to see all 40. Anyway, here are the best of the best shooting guards.
1. Kobe Bryant
Is there a less enjoyable...
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