Happy Trade Deadline Day! There will be more deals to come before this afternoon’s deadline, and we will have all the fantasy fallout for you tomorrow morning. On Wednesday, Houston acquired rookie Thomas Robinson from the Kings, and with Patrick Patterson going the other way, T-Rob has a chance at increased minutes in a more professional organization. [Read more…]
Not so many years ago, I was in a few redraft fantasy leagues that banned Michael Jordan for being too dominant. First pick in the draft was such an advantage, it could decide the entire season and ruin the competitive balance. Now there are two players that good. [Read more…]
Amazing late rallies, upsets and huge individual efforts highlighted a dozen Friday games in the NBA, and there’s even more fantasy hoops news. [Read more…]
It’s not always easy to remember my own ‘rules’ for playing in daily leagues. One is consistency; make the same basic plays every day. Another is diversity; entering multiple teams (where permitted) increases your chances of winning. [Read more…]
Daily fantasy leagues are much more exciting than I expected. As a veteran of Roto and Head-to-Head play whose ‘specialty’ is 20-team leagues, I love the challenge and the fun of drafting a new team — or several — every day. It’s become an enjoyable hobby to use the fantasy hoops knowledge that helps me manage those traditional teams to dabble in $2 and $5 leagues at DraftStreet. There are three types of drafts. Pick ‘Em leagues are great because they
Lost among many stellar individual performances in the NBA on Friday, but nearly as impressive, “PaulinNYC” won the Freeroll and $100 cash, defeating 755 opponents without even using Kevin Durant. [Read more…]
Monday night … The BCS National Championship … THE big game in college football. Detroit Pistons guard Brandon Knight is watching the game.
It’s not quite time to quit my day job, but I’m having a lot of fun playing daily fantasy hoops and for the second straight week, made a small profit, thanks to some luck on Thursday. It only took one winning night out of seven to finish in the black. [Read more…]
