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Fantasy Hall of Fame Vote: Class of 2008
June 30, 2009 by
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Thanks to some good advice, we are switching up the format of the fantasy HOF vote to more closely match that of the real HOF. For comparison purposes, it makes more sense to vote on a single class all at once (and makes my life easier as well). No worries though, the two individual votes [...]
Turns Out They Don’t Make 7’6’’ People for a Reason: Yao Ming Could Miss 2009-10 Season
June 29, 2009 by
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Timing, as they say, is everything. Going into the start of the 2008-09 season, we here at GMTR were pretty damn low on Yao Ming. He was a 7’6’’ monster with a history of foot problems: the man had averaged a mere 53 games a season over...
Carnival Of The NBA #65
June 29, 2009 by
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Carnival of the NBA #65 is up over at Full Court Pest. In addition to some sweet NBA links (the Sports Agent Blog is infinitely more fascinating than the words “Sports Agent Blog” would have you believe) see the Pest expose the Bill Simmons as a Twitter plagiarist.
What Are People...
An NBA Draft Recap: Links Style
June 26, 2009 by
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I almost feel like a heretic for saying this, but I’m actually not a big fan of the NBA draft. At least the television watching part of it where guys I don’t really know get drafted at a glacial once-every-fifteen minutes pace for 4 hours so that I can catch a funny looking outfit or [...]
Introducing Barkley’s Mouth
June 25, 2009 by
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There is a new kid on the block and this one is loud, brash and has the balls the size of Sam Cassell. Oh, did I mention he’s wickedly funny too? Our friend Dennis Velasco has assembled a crack staff of writers for a new blog aptly titled Barkey’s Mouth. If there is any site [...]
Fantasy Hall of Fame Vote: Shareef Abdur-Rahim
June 24, 2009 by
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The Vitals
Years Played: 12
Career Stat Line (pts/reb/ast/stl/blk/fg%/ft%) : 18.1 / 7.5 / 2.5 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 47% / 81%
Career Value Over Fantasy Replacement Player (VOFRP): 60.3
Career VOFRP (Game Adjusted): 58.1
Highest Fantasy Rank in a Season: 11th (1998-99).
Highest Fantasy...
Introducing the Fantasy Basketball Hall of Fame
June 19, 2009 by
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With little else to talk about during these short summer months (unless you’re a big Jason Kapono fan)
what better time than to introduce something I’ve wanted to do for a
long time: The Fantasy Basketball Hall of Fame. What does that mean?
It’ll hopefully end up as a group...
Introducing the Fantasy Basketball Hall of Fame
June 19, 2009 by
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With little else to talk about during these short summer months (unless you’re a big Jason Kapono fan) what better time than to introduce something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: The Fantasy Basketball Hall of Fame. What does that mean? It’ll hopefully end up as a group of...
Fantasy Hall of Fame Vote: Chris Webber
June 19, 2009 by
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Other than KVH, I couldn’t think of a more fitting player to start off our voting for the fantasy hall of fame than Chris “Am I overrated or underrated” Webber.
The Vitals
Years Played: 15
Career Stat Line (pts/reb/ast/stl/blk): 20.7/7.0/4.2/1.5/1.5
Career VOFRP: 109.5
Career...
The Best of the Best and Things to Come
June 18, 2009 by
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A list of the number 1 fantasy player in the NBA every year from 1979-80 to 2008-09.
The Best of the Best and Things to Come
June 18, 2009 by
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I feel like I’m missing something… wait, are the conference finals over already?
As Nels mentioned, we’ve taken a short and well-needed break at the GMTR laboratories. I was officially on vacation last week – where it proceeded to rain for five days straight – and Nels...
NBA Mock Draft Update
June 18, 2009 by
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It’s been more than 3 weeks since the last post on GMTR. I think that’s a record. I guess after 2 seasons of putting out more than one post per day and then doing a terribly inefficient job of creating a draft guide in the off-season, we’re a bit worn out.
Well,...
Two New Things
May 27, 2009 by
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This is an off-season of change here at GMTR. In case you hadn’t noticed the new theme, there’s that. And now there’s a couple other things that I hope will make your live significantly better.
Comments by DISQUS. This probably won’t affect all that many...
Want to Win a Trip to the 2010 NBA All-Star Game?
May 20, 2009 by
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Here is something you guys might be interested in. Our friends over at Gear Live (home to Dropping Dimes) are currently running a contest with HP with the grand prize being a VIP trip to see the 2010 All-Star game in Dallas. According to Gear Live:
Now, the details on our contest...
The Greater of Two Awesomes
May 20, 2009 by
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Obviously, yesterday was the NBA Draft Lottery.
That’s important and all, but not as important as when the draft actually happens. As such, I want to notify anyone who isn’t aware that BallyHype has added a separate section for Fantasy Basketball. Okay, it’s not...
Top 25 Fantasy Basketball Outperformers of 2008-09
May 18, 2009 by
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So, I didn’t really do the kind of statistical analysis that you see from Patrick, but then he’s the Jeff Van Gundy of this blog, and I’m more like, what, Charles Barkley?
Anyway, I did actually do some work with spreadsheets to come up with this list, so don’...
The Age Old Question: Do Transactions Actually Improve a Fantasy Team?
May 17, 2009 by
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Do the number of transactions a person makes in a fantasy league
improve their chance of making the playoffs? Or having a better record?
Do better teams in a league make more transactions?
The Age Old Question: Do Transactions Actually Improve a Fantasy Team?
May 17, 2009 by
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An email discussion between Nels, Erik, and I led to an interesting question: Do the number of transactions a person makes in a fantasy league improve their chance of making the playoffs? Or having a better record? Do better teams in a league make more transactions?
With a little...
Things you may or may not be interested in
May 16, 2009 by
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RotoEvil is really jumping all over 2009-2010 with the Top 25 players for next season already. And the playoffs aren’t even over! We haven’t even had the draft lottery yet! I guess he’s assuming that no one from the draft this year is going to be a Top 25 player in...
Land O Linkin’ (May 14, 2009)
May 14, 2009 by
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Sports 2 Debate has two links with material that will probably have an impact on fantasy drafts next season:
1. NBA Free Agency
2. Mock Draft Roundup
By The Horns has Chicago Bulls: The Aliases. And in the spirit of It’s Almost Friday type posts, here’s Pete Marasmitch...
Big Baby Strokes a Sweet Jumper
May 11, 2009 by
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Since Nels has clearly gone into hiding while masterminding a plan to kidnap and torture the refs from the Celtics/Bulls game 7, let me take it upon myself to give you the quick rundown of round 2 of the NBA playoffs:
BIG BABY!
There, it had to be said. The Celtics have a grand total of two [...]
John Tesh is funny - and wants to give you money
May 08, 2009 by
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Honestly, when I got this email, I thought it was going to be just another lame marketing ploy. (I don’t get that many, but they’re always lame)
Hi GMTR,
I was wondering if you could put this video on your site so your readers and their families can see it and participate...
GMTR Readers League Playoff Review
May 05, 2009 by
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This was my first year to participate in a GMTR league. Admittedly, a little bit of luck (arguably a lot) played a role in getting me to the top podium spot. I snuck into the playoffs as the last seed. I also had to duke it out with some tough teams on my way to [...]
Is there any way Bulls-Celtics Game 7 will live up to the hype?
May 02, 2009 by
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(Thanks Docksquad for the video)
I kind of doubt it. But we’ll all going to be watching anyway aren’t we?
Sorry, Patrick, the Celtics are going down. I do kind of hate to say it because watching all these games at the UC and in bars is costing me kind of a lot of money...
The Bullring: A Game 6 Roundup
May 01, 2009 by
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Let’s just start with this (please watch the video now, who knows how long before it’s taken down - if the NBA is smart, they’ll make it a commercial and show it as much as possible between now and Saturday):
Docksquad Sports starts off with:
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAY...
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