SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
six-game teams: MEM, NOR, OKC, ORL, PHI, POR, SAC, SAS, and TOR
five-game teams: ATL,BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MIA, MIN, NJN, NYK, PHO, and UTH
four-game teams: DEN, MIL, and WAS
five best schedules:
Minnesota (@LAC, @GSW, PHO, @DAL, SAC)
Toronto (ATL, @IND, WAS, PHI, @WAS, @CHI)
San Antonio (@OKC, POR, UTH, @SAC, @GSW, NOR)
Portland (@MEM, @SAS, LAL, @LAC, OKC, DEN)
Phoenix (@NOR, @MEM, @MIN, MEM, GSW)
five worst schedules:
Washington (@CLE, @TOR, TOR, @BOS)
Denver (OKC, @LAL, SAC, @POR)
Milwaukee (ATL, OKC, ORL, @IND)
New Jersey (@BOS, @DET, ORL, CHA, @NYK)
Dallas (UTH, NOR, NOR, MIN, HOU)
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sheesh it’s a coin-flip....
same drill as last week. i’ve skipped most of the pleasantries and will await specific questions from those of you still aiming for a league crown
a few quick questions.
do you think Charlie Villanueva should be dropped for a more productive player?
is Anthony Randolph worth picking up?
this isn’t a question but Duncan is hurting me more than helping me.
and finally, if I (potentially) make it to the championship game and my opponent clearly has a better team than i do (i missed the draft day and so a friend picked my team)is it okay to stream and get a few more games under my belt?
btw it’s the last day before the championship game and i’m tied 5-5 with my opponent (11-cat H2H)
yeah given all the factors i’d rather have randolph than charlie v, but are you sure he’s your worst player?
i’m not a huge fan of streaming in general, but there’s also a fine line between a few selective add/drops and arbitrary streaming. i’ll let you make the call there, as it really doesn’t affect me
Jason Kidd….. Really destroyed my chances of playing in the championship next week. Thanks a lot Nash/Phoenix defense…
Maybe the Hornets and Jazz will go to 3OT so CP3 can get 20 assists. I’m down 14 assists, need to win in order to play next week.
Oh well.. Go Braves
that was quite the display today from DAL/PHO. so that means paul’s 12 assists got you within 2?
Yeah.. When I saw he had 12 after 3 quarters I got optimistic, but unfortunately that’s what he finished with.
I came up 5 assists short. Westbrook, Blake, Durant, Lopez, Gomes, Battier, Rasheed, McDyess, and Andersen couldn’t get me enough.
He had Andre Miller, Jarrett Jack, Garcia, Diaw, Odom, Morrow and Zach Randolph left. And he added Udrih last night.. That was the difference maker, I think he finished with 6 assists.
This sucks. He went from 48 3ptm and 163 assists last week to 65 3ptm and 224 assists this week. Miller, Garcia, Morrow, Diaw, and Kidd killed me this week. I beat him 7-1 two weeks ago, lost in a tie-breaker this week.
I’m going to have nightmares about the 1st half of that Suns/Mavs game. That was honestly the worst defense I’ve ever seen in my life. Mavs scored at will.
But whatever, I’ll be so conservative with my moves next year and won’t get stuck with 60 moves going into the playoffs against a streamer. Time for baseball.. Lowe got me 8 shutout innings =)
i benched my entire team in order to win TO’s because i am up so big in points and assists. Got to love the tie going to the team with the most points.
that’s a tough way to lose. the other manager must be miffed
yea…i couldnt imagine he is too happy. my team didnt have the best week so my third dominating category fell behind and i had to make drastic benching moves the past two days to win TO’s
Problem GasTOlved?
Love the handle. I’m not sure what else you could have done if you wanted TO’s. I mean a coach will bench a player if he’s making too many mistakes, so that’s the right call. I had Chris Duhon during the season as PG and benched him because of his TO’s. But to bench an entire team was a bit extreme… but you gotta do what you gotta do. LOL.
i won based on all that benching and am now in the championship game. i dont think i will be able to utilize a similar strategy because my new opponent is strong in most categories i am strong in. if i bench too many guys i will be at risk of losing other categories. lame!
I’m in a 12-team h2h league. I’ve got a couple questionable guys I might need to dump before next week. I picked up Kyle Korver for the 5 games this week, but the waiver wire is pretty thin so I might keep him for championship week. I also have Thabo, but he’s been worthless aside from steals and some blocks… honestly Ronny Turiaf (available in my league) might be more useful. Also I just picked up Shane Battier to replace Thaddeus Young, but sadly he won’t be anywhere near Young’s numbers
I’m considering swapping out Korver or Thabo. Some guys still available are Keyon Dooling, Rodney Carney, Aaron Brooks, and Mike Miller. I’m fine on assists, could use some help in FT%, 3PTM, & steals, and I’m horrible in REB and BLK. Any thoughts/suggestions?
First time I’ve commented on your blog, by the way. I love your writing! Keep up the good work.
pick up Carney for Korver, check out Minnesota’s schedule, LAC, GS, PHO, DAL, SAC
both miller and carney are reasonable while foye is out. dooling’s schedule isn’t good, but he’s going to start the rest of the way, and he should definitely help you in 3PTM, STL, and FT%. and i’d say keep battier for the rockets’ back-to-back on fri/sat (@SAC, @GSW) and then pick someone else up
Hmm, good thought on Battier, except our leave has weekly add/drops (so I gotta stick with someone the whole week)…
well i think swapping out korver and thabo for two of the three (carney, miller, dooling) would be a good move
I picked up Ashton Korver because he helps in FT% and 3PTM. He cooled a bit last week, but with Miles out, I think he’ll get some minutes off the bench. The other thing I like about him is Jerry Sloan will keep him out there in a close game for his FT shooting and 3s.
Turiaf has been getting a lot of run with Biedrins out. He’s been solid in BLK and REB. I’ve been riding with him pretty much all season long.
Matt,
Need some advice on what to do for championship week in H2H eight category league with a max of four moves a week…
Roster
Mike Taylor
Nate Robinson
Deron Will
Lebron
Kenyon Martin
Chris Kaman
Luis Scola
D.J. Augustin
Jarret Jack
Antawn Jamison
Rudy Gay
Zaza Pachulia
Rajon Rondo
Raja Bell
Martin…Kaman…Bell are all injured and considered day-to-day, I had streamed taylor/pachulia/augustin this week but with the four moves I need to cut the injured guys so I am hoping for some insight on who to keep
Guys Im thinking about picking up include Morrow (GS), Big Baby (BOS), Flip (ATL), Sefalosha (OKC), Carney (MIN), Anderson (NJ)
i’d drop taylor, pachulia, and bell for morrow, davis, and carney. augustin or murray is a coin-”flip”. kaman is .. meh
I was almost a cautionary streaming tale this week. I killed in the categories I targetted but lost both %s. I benched half my squad to lower TO’s, he followed suit, I benched more guys at the last second. It ended even and points will give me the tiebreak. Stream responibly!
Ginobli fell to me through waivers, but did I wind up with fool’s gold? Even with a great schedule, Pop isn’t scared to limit minutes or rest a guy.
yeah considering the spurs have two back-to-backs remaining, manu will probably be limited
i believe that is called a Cleveland Streamer…
made it to the championships..been in first all year. made 72 roster moves so far on year. play in 15 cat. head to head with to, tech, ejt current lineup is:
j. calderon
d. wade
c. billups
m. conley
s. blake
b. rush
b. udrih
j. salmons
v. carter
j.r. smith
a. randolph
d. lee
s. dalembert
a. bargnani
i’m really thinking about dropping dalembert. i could pick up turiaf, songalia, haywood, pryzbilla(streamed him last week, lucky his ejct didn’t cost me) or should i add another guard? or just gut it out and hope sam comes up big to end the season??
the sixers are one of only a few teams with 6 games remaining (washington has only four) so i might hang tight
NBA Green Week found me in one of my least green weeks in quite some time. I ended up traveling sans computer (I’m a studio musician/sound engineer) from the NW to Nashville, then Indianapolis, then home yesterday. To borrow BoxJohnson’s genius concept I definitely needed the Flomax to halt the stream I was up against.
Ended up losing FT .750-.758, 66-68 in STLS, 50-56 in 3′s (apparently JR Smith had quite a week) and finally a truly gawdy 17-21 in blocks, all of this in a 4-5 matchup.
At the risk of being the umpteenth Nile cried on this site recently I bid you all a fond adieu, and as a non-baseball enthusiast will catch up on the boards this fall.
Are you doing football Buse?
L8R,
Rusty
sorry about your luck man. be sure to keep checking in – among the end-of-season content will be polling to establish consensus keeper rankings and compilations of users fantasy profile info (which should facilitate league match-making next season). we’ll cross the football bridge when we get to it
How much does AK47 value increase now that miles is out, would he be worth grabbing for ryan gomes for the finals
well he certainly should gain some value as a starter. i was ready to write gomes off before the past week – he’s your worst player for sure?
yes gomes is my worst player, but now that I have to drop ginobli i need to make another grab in small leauge
I think I will wait to read the other comments to decide who to stream at different intervals of the week as I dont want to run down the numerous players on the free agents
Hi Matt,
Which player would give me more steals for the championship week, Barbosa or Jarrett Jack? Im facing an opponent with CP3 and if I can win in steals I think I can win. I can’t stream on this league because we can only add 2 players a week. Thanks.
for steals only, barbosa
So I made it to championship week…right now I still can’t believe it.
However, I have Kevin Martin and Spencer Hawes in my lineup. Should I drop them and pick other players up? I’m not sure how serious their injuries are at this point.
Right now my team looks like this:
Deron Williams
Eric Gordon
Steve Blake
Jason Terry
Joe Johnson
Kevin Martin
Andre Iguodala
Anthony Randolph
Chris Andersen
David Lee
Spencer Hawes
Brad Miller
Marc Gasol
Some guys on the wire include Carney, Hinrich, Q Richardson, Bonner, Gooden, Julian Wright…
i’d wait for updates on your pair of kings before making a move
Im not one for streaming so instead i do what buser mentioned and that is making intelligent picks at the beginning of the week on which players will be most beneficial. The problem i am facing this week is that so many games are on the same days that all my best players are already filling all the spots. My disposable players are already benched. i had to pick up Ariza since he plays on many of the off days (Tues, Thurs, Sun, Tues). Anyone know of any “hot” players who i may be missing on those off days?
i don’t know about all of championship week, but aaron brooks has SAC/PHO on Wed/Thurs, and KHinrich has philly on Thurs. nobody plays on the following tuesday.
My line-up for the two-week finals:
G: Steve Nash
G: Kevin Durant
F: Troy Murphy
F: David Lee
C: Dwight Howard
U: Ramon Sessions
U: Tyrus Thomas
bench:
G: Steve Blake
G: Mike Conley
F: Anthony Randolph
F: Brandon Rush
C: Jason Thompson
Should I make a move like Brandon Rush for Beno Udrih? My free agent listing isn’t too thin
if its not too thin, then can you do better than udrih?
Alright I’m in the championship of my 12 team standard yahoo league. I didn’t lose or tie a single week all year, but now its crunch time.
I really want Randolph, but to be honest my team is pretty stacked:
Paul
Terry
Gordon
Nate Robinson
Nocioni
Pau Gasol
Jason Thompson
JR Smith
Turiaf
Rasheed Wallace
Kirilenko
Turkoglu
Jermaine O’Neal
Who, if anyone, would I drop to pick up Randolph?? JR smith is my only guy playing 4 games. Carney is also available but I dont think I can use him right now.
don’t make a move just to do it. in your case, i’d be looking at your opponents roster and trying to see which categories they will challenge you the most in
Ok thanks. I’m pretty sure I will beat him with the team I have. After comparing past month averages, I don’t think a move will help me. Hopefully Randolph will stay on the wire in case I get an injury.
boy thompson has been really good lately. his past 12 games:
15.4 pts, .545 FG%, 9.8 reb, 0.8 stl, 1.2 blk
turiaf v randolph is an interesting one. they obviously will play the same schedule. past 7 games stats:
RT: 7.1 pts, .540 FG%, 7 reb, 0.6 stl, 1.6 blk, 2.9 ast, 1 to
AR: 12.3 pts, .467 FG%, 11.3 reb, 1.4 stl, 2.1 blk, 1.1 ast, 1.3 to
I just wanted to say thanks, Matt, for having such an awesome site. I had a mental block last week and posting here helped me make good decisions. I’ve learned so much from it and the great members of the forum in such short time. Now, I’ve got a chance at my first championship. Here’s my lineup:
Aldridge (just kept getting better every week)
Barbosa (I could not pass him up)
Kobe
Jamal Crawford
Eric Gordon
Korver
Brook Lopez
Nocioni
Nowitzki
Lamar Odom
Jet Terry
Kurt Thomas
Turiaf
David West
pretty solid squad to be heading to the finals with. anybody worth considering on the wire?
My opponent’s pretty solid, too, with Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, and he’s loading up on 3-pt shooters. So I’m going to battle toe-to-toe in the 3PTM and 3PT% (we got a h2h standard 9 + 3PT% and FTM) and try to snag one of them. The wire’s got castoffs from the previous week like Delonte, Udrih, Anthony Parker, Duhon, and Courtney Lee.
maybe swap out kurt thomas for parker or c.lee? both are making >40% of their threes and have solid matchups (not that you are really hurting in those cats with that collection)
Woo hoo! I just found out that I won my first Championship by one blocked shot.
I was trying to win FTs and REBs and thought that would put me over, but it was not to be. My opponent took FTs with guys off the wire like Thaddeus Young and Louis Williams. On the last day, my opponent had the players with the higher rankings in REBs and BLKs because I shot a lot of my powder with Kobe, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom on Tuesday. I thought he had BLKs, but Brook Lopez got 3 BLKs and a guy from my alma mater pulled me through on REBs — Leon Powe.
Oops. I better wait until it’s FINAL before celebrating.
oh and to you (and anyone else) that wants to say ‘thanks’ for the site – get in the habit of clicking an ad or two in the upper right corner
Sure, no prob, but where’s the ad?
Never mind. I forgot I had my ad blocker software on. I just saw the ad and clicked on it
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I think I already made a gaffe. Picked up Rodney Carney instead of Josh Howard, who’s now on my opponent’s team. I needed more manpower for Tuesday, as he had a two-player advantage.
don’t beat yourself up just yet. howard’s ankle is stil giving him problems and the mavs are facing some tough defenses
Now that Carney’s iffy, is there any player worth a Tuesday add in his place? I could add Ariza, Outlaw, Mason, Joel Pryz, Lou Will.
I will definitely stream this spot for championship week.
i like przybilla or ariza of that group, depending on what kind of stats you are after
who’s got a better schedule/chance for minutes? ak47 or joakim noah? will cj miles lose any more time with his finger? i could probably use the blocks and steals and 3s combo with ak47, but he’s been so inconsistent, and i might feel too beholden to him because i drafted him.
oh also, i could drop matt barnes, since he’s been scary bad lately.
miles is questionable for wednesday right now
Miles said his finger was still quite sore, and he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to play Wednesday in his native Dallas. “It’s going to be pretty hard to shoot without the index finger on my left hand,” he said, “so hopefully the swelling goes down and I’ll be able to see what I can do.”
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705295471/Utah-Jazz-Boozer-still-getting-up-to-speed.html
interestingly enough rotoworld is already assuming AK is starting from here on out. i’d have to give the edge to noah, but it’s close
the suns have everyone healthy now, so barnes is getting squeezed a bit. they’ve got a nice schedule though
manu’s season is over (including playoffs)
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=12179
In rotoworld’s “The Week Ahead” they mentioned Ariza losing minutes due to being benched to rest up for playoffs. Do you agree? There just arent many players available that play on the off days i mentioned before.
well he’s below 30 mpg most nights as it is, but it does make sense that they’d give their bench more run than usual down the stretch
here is my squad going into championship week. can you see an moves to make?? its H2H.
billups
calderon
sessions
ford
jr smith
azubuike
w. chandler
ak
hawes
murphy
gasol
yao
some people that may be worth a look.. carney, gomes, moon, felton, battier, udrih, charlie v, duhon, morrow, augustin, mccants, bell, reggie evans, chris anderson. any thoughts?? thanks
man that’s a nice squad. you have much trouble in your previous playoff matchups? seems like if anything you are a little low in D stats?
i won the semis against the 2nd ranked team 7-3 (i fifished rg season 3rd) i didnt have murphy until last week as the team that had him dropped him when it looked like he was gonna be shut down and i luckily had the no 1 waiver position. the team im going against is also very strong with
nash
monta
iggy
granger
harrington
diaw
ty thomas
brook lopez
aldridge
bosh
z.randolph
haywood
how do you think i match up with him. z.randolph will be out for 2 games, monta may be injured… should i make any moves?? this team fished the season on top but i beat him both times we met. although i think he was struggleing with injuries both times… thanks for any advice. love the site!
man it’s going to be tight. if anything i’d be looking to add a few more games to your total and get more counting stats since you’ve got three guys only playing four games. for instance, i might use sessions on wednesday and then drop him for udrih – you then five more games instead of three. drop j.r. for morrow after wed/thu – you’ll then get four more games instead of two
Random question Matt,
What formula does Yahoo! use for their rankings? Just curious.
Thanks
i think that technically qualifies as a secret, so i’ll just point you here
http://www.fantasybasketballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55126
ahhhh thanks Matt
Hey Matt can you give me some advice for the championship week in my standard yahoo 12 team, nine category, h2h league? I was hoping that you could point me in the right direction for what five categories I should try to win. My team has really become a shadow of its former self. The only two players remaining from my drafted team are Joe Johnson and Ron Artest. I used to have a good understanding of my team, but now i’m not so sure after injuries to Camby, Foye, and Ginobli. I also traded Granger for Kidd while Granger was injured. To be honest, I am surprised I was able to win 5-4 in both the quarters and semis. We can make eight moves per week in the league. Any help would be much appreciated.
My Roster:
Joe Johnson
Peja Stojakovic
Eric Gordon
Francisco Garcia
Gerald Wallace
Andres Nocioni
Ronny Turiaf
Ron Artest
Rodney Carney
Jason Kidd
Anthony Randolph
Ramon Sessions
My Opponent:
Chris Paul
O.J. Mayo
Russell Westbrook
Shane Battier
Josh Smith
Rasual Butler
Chris Andersen
Chris Duhon
Steve Blake
Danny Granger
Tayshaun Prince
Kirk Hinrich
i might think about dumping peja for some def stats for a better REB/BLK or STL/3PT combo. and with the bucks only playing three times the rest of the way, think about dropping sessions tomorrow (to get his wednesday game) and pick up someone with more games the rest of the way. you’ll struggle to hang with him in ast, so i’d be looking just about everywhere else
Hi Matt, I’m in the final round of a default H2H league
This is my team: Andre Miller, Kevin Martin, Mike Conley, Andres Nocioni, Gerald Wallace, Kevin Love, Pau Gasol, Nene Hilario, Sebastian Telfair, Thabo Sefolosha, Grant Hill, Anthony Randolph, Richard Hamilton
This is my opponents team: Russel Westbrook, Dwayne Wade, Matt Barnes, Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, Danny Granger, Spencer Hawes, Emeka Okafor, Francisco Garcia, Samule Dalembert, J.R. Smith, Rajon Rondo, Caron Butler
feels like I have a tough round ahead of me, our league has a limit of two player adds a week and I already used one (on telfair, there will be two moves allowed for next week too)
THE QUESTION IS: Should I pick up Shaun Livingston for Thabo Sefolosha? I am also considering Anthony Morrow, our league ID is 20737. Thank you a lot!
yeah the other squad is pretty stacked. i’d rather go for morrow than livingston
thank you for the reply Matt
hey what do you know, I ended up winning the league ^^
Here are the final numbers, im the top row, lucky huh?
.464 .780 49 927 394 195 69 31 110
.468 .769 82 1115 368 187 65 60 123
i have to sit one of these guys for wednesdays games… who do you think i should sit?? gomes(GS), AK(Dal), w.chandler(Det), ford(Tor), azubuike(Min), sessions(Atl).
I would sit Ford, Calderon was too nice to him while they were both in Toronto and he is going to play conservative basketball
i’d probably agree with ford, if only because he’s coming off the bench and he’s only a two-cat guy (pts, ast)
don’t forget that Ford does get steals too, hes racked up a lot of them lately
are there any signs that washington will sit butler/jamison for some blake griffin action?
i’ve been saying it all along – jamison wouldn’t do it even if they wanted to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703062.html
butler’s hammy looks okay these days, but if he aggravates you’d have to think he’ll shut it down
come on, rondo. i had to set my weekly lineups and i couldve started morrow or haywood or even jarret jack. how serious does it look?
while setting my (daily league) lineups i noticed on days with many matchups i end up benching 1 or 2 guys. thursday, sunday and tuesday only have a handful of my guys playing. do you have any strategies for this? of the teams with matchups on these days who are good pickups, so to maximize the games in the remaining weeks?
of course it depends who is out there, but you could think about von wafer for thurs (@SAC), as the rockets then are @GSW on fri. nocioni is a bit shallower – they’ve got HOU on thurs and then @LAC on friday
LAL and PHI are the only two teams with games on all 3 days (thu, sun, tue) and sac plays thu and sun
Matt, after tonight, how would you rank A. Randolph, Morrow, Dooling and AK (whom I own) in relation to my roster? I’m thinking of dropping AK after tonight’s game and use that to stream. My only other option is Kendrick Perkins. Quick roster rundown. Thanks in advnce.
PG Chris Paul
G Rajon Rondo
SG Jamal Crawford
SF R. Lewis
F R. Artest
PF C. Boozer
C D. Howard
C B. Lopez
U W. Chandler
Bench – Perkins, AK47, J. Thompson.
14 3s and 12 blocks from this group last night, unfortunately Artest stunk it up and Dwight had a quite night by his standards scoring wise.
Whoops, forgot to add Eric Gordon to my team.
seems like you should be doing pretty well in reb/blk/fg, so maybe randolph is overkill? of course you don’t need a clean sweep, just one more cat than the other guy. maybe dooling’s ast make sense, but it’s tough to say without knowing how the matchup is going and he’s got a few tough matchups. neither morrow nor randolph are bad options, depending on which cats you are after
Is Yahoo letting you guys add / drop players?
When I try to add a player, after choosing the player I want to add, and then choosing the player I want to drop, and then choosing “add this player” it takes me to a blank white page. Is every1 getting this?
Yep, me too. I’m trying to add Bynum.
This shameful on Yahoo!’s part to have this happen at such an important part
its working and i got to add bynum
Ive picked up Bynum, but do you think he is worth picking up Matt?
there’s a decent chance he will be, but of course it depends on who you dropped, who else is out there, etc
dropped carney, injured / not playing for the next two days while bynum might be
yeah thats a good idea – a bonus that was brought up earlier is that the lakers play games on all three ‘slow days’ the rest of the way (thu, sun, tue)
yea, good point, they also play this Friday too, if he does well I might keep him for the rest of the year
Brian Skinner, worth picking up? He has had a couple strong games, and Clippers play Sacramento tomorrow with Kaman / Camby both likely not playing, clippers also play on Sunday too.
Skinner went 16-14, with a steal and 3 blocks in his last game vs Minnesota
I meant to say Clippers play on Saturday too***
BTW Brandon Haywood is also available, who do you think will have a better night, Skinner vs SAC, or Haywood vs Toronto?
i don’t think you go wrong either way. they both should be in dbl-dbl territory
any news on andrea bargnani?? who to play tomorrow? andrew bynum or chris duhon or jared dudley? thanks matt
the toronto star is assuming bargnani is back tonight
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/616753
i’d say bynum or dudley, depending on what kind of stats you are after. duhon’s back is clearly limiting him
thx matt. i dropped duhon for CDR of the nets. with devin harris going down. is it time to drop jamal crawford?
yeah thats a pretty safe drop
Matt, would love to know who you like better tommorrow with steals and assists being the most important factors – Stuckey (against Indy) or Dooling (against Orl)?
Unfortunately my opponent streamed the rebounder I wanted so it’s off to target steals and assists.
One more sit/start quickie Matt if you can. Down by 14 in assists, 27 points, up two in steals and tied in blocks.
I need one of the following: Nate vs Orl., Chalmers vs. Bos., Dooling vs. Det. or Nocioni vs. LAC.
i think you gotta go stuckey with that matchup against indy but then try dooling against the pistons. i like nocioni against the clips, but not really in many areas you are targeting
I’m the biggest goof, listened to your second answer but played Dooling twice instead by accident and never double-checked with your answer. Stuckey’s bound to get 3 steals tonight. Oh the humanity!
Hopefully the both get two.:)
need help asap, hopefully someone could help. i have to choose 2 of these 3 centers to play today: bynum, przybilla, biedrins. which 2 should i go with if i’m looking for help in fg%/reb/pts?
i think you bench przybilla if you need help with pts – he’s been pretty inconsistent lately anyway
thanks matt, wow that was quick.
Hey buser which 2 do you think would give the best overall production tomorrow?
peja vs DAL
warrick @LAL
gooden @SAC
bass @NO
love the site and insight. thx
Peja @ Dallas
yeah it’s peja and… warrick in a coin flip
Uh it’s gonna be close for me till the end, currently trailing 5-4 in finals, leading for 2 in turnovers, losing for 2 in steals, hoping i will get some luck
Which teams will still be competing for better place in playoffs these last two games and so giving it all ?
And why is Devin Harris undroppable
5-8 in the east and 2-8 in the west still have wiggle room, so not a lot of teams in operation shutdown at this point
as for the can’t cut, i agree that it could use an update
Matt,
Any word on Deron Williams rib injury? Whether he plays or not could decide the championship matchup…
nothing definitive, just day-to-day. we probably won’t get word until gametime
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705296693/Rock-bottom-Jazz-lose-to-Warriors.html?pg=1
Gay vs ATL
Salmons vs TOR
Who is the better add for Rebounds, Assists, Steals, FT%, & FG%.
Is there any chance Salmons gets rest for playoffs?
it’s pretty close so give salmons the benefit of the doubt because of the FT% and matchup
Week 24 was interesting. According to basketballmonster.com, I calculated that I had a good chance to stream roll my opponent. However, my veteran opponent, and winner of multiple past championships, realized I would steam roll him being the good player that he is. Thus, he started streaming players when we started the week and he was very good at that. To counter it, I used what I learned here, and that was to stream right back at him. However, I had the better players, so I could not do it as much. I just picked my spots. Tonight (Sunday), I’m in the lead 6 – 5 which is what I figured would be the score if we were locked in a heated battle. That was fine, and in Week 24, there were some exciting and scary moments.
However, now we’re going to Week 25, and I’m not really looking forward to it. I just picked up a player for Tuesday, in order to get the most players I can for the week, but everything seems anti-climactic now. We’re just going to stream players in and out until it’s over battling for one cat or another. Streaming is a valid strategy over a week’s time, as my opponent has shown, but it’s not much fun if you just end up streaming like we will be doing until the end of Week 25.
Thoughts?
completely agree. there isn’t a worse way to decide 5-plus months of competition than a stream-fest in the championship match
Got one spot to fill from Barbosa, AK47/LAC and Outlaw/OKC.
All 3 have been playing pretty poorly, and Suns seem to be in this weird time share for everybody situation. AK has the best matchup, but he has been sucking lately. I pretty much need to win 1 out of Ast/TO, 3′s, and pts, all of which are close. Leandro the safest play here?
yeah for those cats i think you roll with barbosa
Went with LB, but he only got 17mins and did FA. either of the other two wudda been better. Wish I knew Outlaw was gonna be starting. Oh well…
i didn’t see the suns giving their starters that much run against memphis..
Speaking of streamfest, how do you think this lineup will play out for blocks: I’m down one.
Granger, Horford, W. Chandler, Haywood, DeAndre Jordan, Gortat, Dominic McGuire and Nocioni?
Lol, h2h finals is the worst week ever!
i gotta agree. surprise dnp’s are killing my team.
about your lineup. you’ve got a big chance on winning the blocks cat. hope that Jordan and Gortat plays major minutes.
thanks man, i switched my plan from winning assists or points to attack blocks when d-will pulled two rejections from out of nowhere!
Lol, h2h finals is the worst week ever!
sad, isn’t it?
anyone else not have stats update in their league after last night? killin’ me, smalls!
Matt, Its the final day of the playoffs and I wanted to know if I could get some advice. I have to bench 3 players. I Basically need steals + 3s + points, I am guaranteed rebounds + FT %. Which two do you think I should bench? I am tied in 3s, up by 3 steals, up by about 50 points. I’ve lost FG % for sure, and I am down by about 20 assists, but I am also up by 1 block. Which 3 should I bench?
C.J. Watson @ Pho
Morrow @ Pho
Telfair @ SAC
Carney @ SAC
Louis Williams @ CLE
Kidd @ HOU
Billups @ POR
Rudy Gay @ ATL
Marion @ Chicago
Tyrus Thomas @ Tor
Garcia @ Min
I have to play my two centers Murphy and Camby
Kidd/Billups both should get minutes since their games are not worthless, but at the same time they have harder match ups while the rest of the players are against phoenix and Sacramento.
up by two blocks now actually, and ignore the message about the rest of the players are against PHO/SAC, don’t know why I said that
i’d probably sit carney, louis williams, and telfair. the three most inconsistent options
Any word on LeBron James & Dwight Howard playing Wednesday.
nothing recent, but at the time it sounded like Dwight was gonna play (thou who knows how much), and LeBron was sit it out. While I’m not 100% sure of this, I plan to start Dwight and sit LeBron tomorrow unless I hear otherwise.
rotoworld is your friend for the final day
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/Home_NBA.aspx
james is out, howard is expected to play ‘limited minutes’
well as every1 says long time fan first time poster…
final day final day of the playoffs i wanted to know i have a few players that im not so sure about wanted to know if you think they would play
Dwyane Wade (Mia – PG,SG) INJ – said he was fine but they didnt want to risk him in tuesdays game didnt say anything about wednesday
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal – PF) – just not sure about him
Dallas is still in a race for 6th, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t play the German.
Not sure about Wade, but I’d assume he’d start too with Chicago one game behind them (not sure who holds the tie-breaker though).
wade is doubtful; with playoff seeding still undecided, dirk could see regular-ish minutes
I need some advice here. I am tied for first in my roto league and only have two available slots, PF and SF. The rest are maxed out. Players available for PF are Bosh, Dirk, Brook Lopez, and Anthony Randolph. SF choices are Carmelo, Randolph again and Wilson Chandler. I want to maximize FGM and Rebounds and I’m having trouble deciding with whom to roll the dice. Any comments are appreciated.
I like Randolph to finish the season strong against the Suns (and after his last performance, I’m sure Nellie will give him the time). Also, living in Toronto, I would play Bosh. He has a lot more to play for at the end of this year than most players.
a number of good options there. i like the bosh pick. with the nuggets needing a win the clinch the #2 seed, i think melo is a good play, but randolph should grab more boards
Hey Buse,
You just commented on Dwight, so I can leave that one out. Just wondering what you think about Bargnani vs. Diaw vs. Dwight vs. Stojakovic tonight. I can start 2 and with Dwight’s limited mins (I’m also dominating in blocks), I’m thinking Diaw and Peja (only because I’m afraid of Andrea sitting again).
bargnani may play, but you want to go with a sure thing
http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=NBA&id=1253
Yeah, it was that article that scared me. So you think Diaw and Stojakovic?
i don’t see how you have a choice in the matter if it’s do/die. check back for a final update right before game-time though
Grangers foot pain going to keep him out?
nothing definitive one way or another as of yet. i’d look for an update right before tip
http://www.indystar.com/pacers
Just won my league final 5-4, with 93-94 in turnovers
Amazing.
I decided in last moment not to play Turiaf because i thought i can’t come back in anything else than 3PTM and TO and he got 3 TOs, so that was the thing that won me the playoffs