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Fantasy Basketball: Round 1
October 20, 2009 by
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I just completed my first 12 team live online draft with some fantasypros911.com followers. I’m going to break down each round.
League settings: Roto-8 category scoring
1st pick: Chris Paul
2nd pick: Lebron James
3rd pick: Dwyane Wade
4th pick: Kobe Bryant
5th pick: Kevin...
Giants Humbled by Saints
October 19, 2009 by
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Sometimes great teams and great people have bad days. Not everything goes as intended. Evel Knievel didn’t make it to the other side of the Snake River Canyon. The Summer of George didn’t go off as planned. You launch your balloon-like contraption in your backyard, forcing...
The New York Week That Was (10/16/09)
October 16, 2009 by
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Now that the Great Balloon Hoax of Aught-Nine is over, we can concentrate on sports again (CC Sabathia’s uniform is so big and baggy, it could probably be filled with helium and flown across the country, too). This past week in New York sports, the Yankees swept the Twins and...
A CHAPTER FROM THE YANKEES BIOGRAPHY: A STORY OF JOES
October 16, 2009 by
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With the playoffs in full swing, the possibilities begin to become realities. Manager Joe Torre’s Dodgers, focus is now on the NLCS as the team swept the Cardinals in three games to proceed onward.
Across the country another team with a chief named Joe accomplished the same...
Fantasy Faceoff: Kidd vs. Harris
October 15, 2009 by
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Who to draft: Jason Kidd vs. Devin Harris
The case for Kidd: In his first full year with the Mavericks, Kidd averaged 9 points, 8.7 assists (5th in the NBA), 6.2 rebounds 2 steals (3rd in the NBA) and 1.6 threes per game. On any given night Kidd has a solid chance of recording a triple...
Pirates Make Mets Walk the Plank
June 04, 2009 by
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In their series against Pittsburgh, the Mets looked like the pirates: A team filled with players who had peg legs, wore eyepatches and had hooks for hands. Every aspect of the team had a hand in the crushing sweep. The bullpen blew the first game, the offense was the culprit in the...
Knicks should look at Daye
June 03, 2009 by
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Austin Daye did not have an impressive draft camp last week testing as one of the least athletic players. The Gonzaga forward could not not lift the 185-bench press once and his vertical was tied for last at 28 inches. He also finished last in a 3/4 court sprint. However, his wingspan...
Knicks to pick twice in the first round?
June 02, 2009 by
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The New York Knicks offered to buy the Memphis Grizzlies 27th pick in the NBA Draft for $3 million. The Grizzlies rejected the offer but the Thunder and Bulls have multiple picks in the first round which could be up for sale. The Timberwolves own three first round picks which could...
NBA Draft’s Worst picks of All Time
June 02, 2009 by
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The NBA draft is just around the corner, which is a good time to reminisce about some major draft blunders. In order from 5 to 1. Okay let’s do this.
5- 1998. Los Angeles Clippers. Round 1. Pick 1. Michael Olowokandi (Pacific)
Usually, when you have the first pick in...
Powerless Mets Playing Old-Fashioned Baseball
June 01, 2009 by
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The Mets are playing like the Baltimore Orioles. Not the slugging Boog Powell/Frank Robinson Baltimore Orioles, but the 1890s Baltimore Orioles - the one with Wee Willie Keeler in right, John McGraw at third, Hughie Jennings at short and Kid Gleason at second. In 1895, that team finished...
Trade up for Thabeet?
June 01, 2009 by
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The New York Knicks have finished last place the NBA in blocked shots the past seasons. 6″8″ F Wilson Chandler led the team in blocks (75) while playing in 82 games. UCONN Center Hasheem Thabeet recorded 136 blocks in 36 games last season. The Junior finished second in...
Hot Stove Player of the Week: Gary Sheffield
May 29, 2009 by
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The Mets were involved in four video replays this past week, and all of them went their way. There’s some speculation that the umps were really just checking the scores of the NBA playoff games, though. They tried to stop the game on Wednesday to review whether the Nationals...
Francis or Ariza
May 29, 2009 by
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The Knicks drafted Trevor Ariza in the second round in the 2004 NBA Draft. He spent just one season at UCLA. Ariza averaged 11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game as a Freshman. His quickness and athletiscm quickly made him one of the best perimeter defenders in...
Postell or Redd?
May 28, 2009 by
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Knicks select Lavor Postell at at 39
Milwaukee Bucs select Michael Redd at 43
It is hard to blame the Knicks for not selecting Redd because so many other teams passed him up. He turned out to be one of the best 2nd round picks this decade. The Knicks chose Donnell Harvey in...
From the Scrapheap to the Top of the Heap
May 27, 2009 by
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Livan Hernandez was signed to battle for the fifth starter slot. Gary Sheffield was signed to be a pinch-hitter. Omir Santos was signed probably because the Mets thought he was somebody else. But all three have been instrumental in keeping the Mets near the top of the division standings...
2002 NBA Draft: Knicks could have drafted Amare
May 27, 2009 by
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2002 NBA Draft
Knicks select Nene at 7
Suns select Amare Stoudemire at 9
Honorable mention: Wizards select Caron Butler at 10
Nene turned out to become one of the better players the Knicks drafted in the first round but he did not play one game for the franchise. His draft rights were...
Hot Stove Player of the Week: Mark Teixeira
May 26, 2009 by
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The Yankees are red hot, with a nine-game winning streak that included three walk-off wins in a row over the weekend. And they’re having so much fun, that they’ll be starring in a 1970s-like summer replacement series, The Yankees’ Summertime Funtime Razzle Dazzle...
Frye or Granger
May 26, 2009 by
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2005
New York Knicks select Channing Frye at 8
Indiana Pacers select Danny Granger at 17
The New York Knicks had three first round picks in the 2005 NBA Draft. Their first pick Channing Frye turned out to be there worst one. He did enjoy a productive rookie season averaging 12...
Barry Bonds: The Last Piece to New York’s Championship Puzzle
May 26, 2009 by
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On the eve of what could be the Yankee’s first double-digit game wining streak in quite some time, I’m beginning to see that old Yankee fire burning again. The team is HOT, and critics can finally see the impact of A-Rod’s return to the lineup. Everybody is seeing...
Stuff About the Mets
May 26, 2009 by
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Here are some random thoughts as the Mets head into the buzzsaw of Boston.
Will we all have a good laugh about the Mets’ shoddy play and buffoonery of the past week (or the whole first quarter of the season really)? When the season’s over, will we look back and laugh at...
2009 NBA Draft: How will the Knicks blow it this time?
May 26, 2009 by
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The 2009 NBA draft is looming, and with another another lottery pick in the Knicks lap, let’s take a look at some way that the Knicks can blow this as they so often do..
1. Don’t draft Stephen Curry, even though he is on the board.
At the #8 spot, it’s pretty...
Derek Jeter: Most underrated player of all-time.
May 26, 2009 by
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Since the Yankees are over .500, I’m feeling the pinstripe bandwagon right now. Let’s talk about someone who doesn’t get enough credit, and that man is Derek Jeter.
Over the past decade, analysts and statisticians alike have given their opinion on why Derek Jeter...
What the Mets Did on Their Vacation
May 26, 2009 by
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The Mets went on a 10-game vacation and along the way they invented new ways to balk, hit like crazy, forgot how to hit, staged heroic comebacks, stole bases left and right then ran the bases like the 1962 Mets, made enough errors in one game to last a month, played the greatest ninth inning [...]
Sweetney or West?
May 26, 2009 by
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2003
Knicks select Michael Sweetney at 9
New Orleans selects David West at 18
The 2003 NBA Draft was very top heavy with the likes of Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade chosen in the top five. The Knicks missed out on all these players and selected a player...
Balkman or Rondo?
May 21, 2009 by
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Leading up to the draft i will be discussing some of the recent Knicks draft blunders. This one occured during the 2006 NBA Draft.
The Knicks select Renaldo Balkman at pick 20
The Phoenix Suns select Rajon Rondo at pick 21 (Traded to Celtics during the draft)
This had to be one of...
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