Tristan Thompson CANNOT defend Dwight Howard. No way in hell. So I am expecting a 30-20 night out of D-12 tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is why I selected him for one of my eight roster spots for tonight’s Friday freeroll on SheridanHoops.com despite his sky-high price tag of $20,587. As Kent Williams said in today’s fantasy spin column, Howard is a sure thing. So feel free to go ahead and grab him, too, as you sign up for tonight’s contest, featuring
As the second half of the season looms, the contenders to finish “in the money” in fantasy hoops leagues have been established. Most likely your league’s standings look like the following: a few teams at the top battling to earn first place; a handful of teams scrapping to essentially win back their entry fee and finish third; and lowly bottom-feeders desperate to avoid the dubious distinction of finishing last. As of the All-Star Break, my 9-CAT squad is locked in a
The 2011-12 NBA season not only will be labeled as lockout-shortened, but as a season in which injuries destroyed many teams—fantasy teams, that is. The first significant injury (Brook Lopez) was sustained before the season commenced. Since games tipped off Christmas Day, the list of impact fantasy players missing at least 20 percent of their team’s games due to injury has been epidemic, frustrating helpless fantasy owners to no end and reducing their chances of finishing “in the money.” By my count, 15
Jeremy Lin is worth more than Steve Nash, Kyle Lowry, John Wall, Dirk Nowitzki, Rudy Gay and more than 300 other NBA players who are in action tonight. Says who? Says DraftStreet.com, which is sponsoring another SheridanHoops.com fantasy basketball challenge tonight with a $350 prize pool. To play in the freerool, you start with a salary cap of $100,000 and must choose eight players: Two centers, two forwards, two guards and two utility players. You get two points for each steal and block they
This is my web site, but it isn’t about me. It is about basketball, from the preps to the pros to the international game to the fantasy world, and we are continuing to grow. Today, I want to introduce two new contributors to the site, joining a staff that already includes Hall of Famer Mark Heisler, wordsmith Jan Hubbard, machine/animal Chris Bernucca and many, many others. The first addition is Kent Williams, who will be writing daily fantasy updates for those of
Over the past week the National Basketball Association announced its 2011-12 All-Star Game starters and reserves. Fantasy players shrugged. They are not interested in the obvious gems, they like diamonds in the rough. A universal trait among successful fantasy sports practitioners is separating real life player production from fantasy production. Anderson Varejao averaging a double-double in points and rebounds for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season had some teammates and media this past week mentioning him as All-Star-worthy. While Varejao’s real world All-Star
We are running another free fantasy basketball contest tonight ($350 prize pool), and with 24 NBA teams in action there will be plenty of players to select from. A piece of advice. Choose wisely. I made one bad choice last night in a tournament, and it cost me a chance to finish in the money. I have been playing fantasy hoops for 15 years, the type of league in which you pick a team at a live auction, then spend the season trying to
Accruing talent for your fantasy hoops squad is a threefold process: draft, trades and free agent acquisitions. A combination of guile (waiting on that player you covet to drop in the draft; buying low, selling high with trades) and good fortune (grabbing Ricky Rubio in the 13th round) is necessary in each. Hopefully you spent ample time preparing for and had a successful draft, as it is the foundation for an owner with hopes of finishing “in the money.” Don’t hold your